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One Year In, We are Still Playing [Genshin Impact]

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  • GrisloGrislo Registered User regular
    Most of the really crazy 4 stars are early characters. I can't imagine they'll ever create anything like Bennett again.

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  • MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited December 2021
    This game is actually Bennet impact. He's the only SSS tier in the game, and the top of many tier lists over every 5 star, especially for whales into speedruns where he's completely mandatory, but even for f2p.

    It's at the point where they have to design content and new characters that don't work with Bennet. He literally shapes the meta, and design, of everything new.

    Sadly he is still not Amber.

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  • GrisloGrislo Registered User regular
    Amber -> Bennett

    C6 Bennett -> Amber

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  • KamarKamar Registered User regular
    Got my Eula C1, which is nice for amping her damage even higher.

    Also got my Bennett C5, which means I'm now teetering on the edge of the eternal !

    Or pyro-support-only Bennett and dumb shit like mono-pyro with a non-pyro carry with good normals.

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  • Darth_MogsDarth_Mogs Registered User regular
    The reason we'll never get to toggle Constellation effects is purely because Mihoyo wants people to C6 Bennett to nerf him so they don't have to do it themselves and face that monster backlash.

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  • MirkelMirkel FinlandRegistered User regular
    edited December 2021
    Grislo wrote: »
    Most of the really crazy 4 stars are early characters. I can't imagine they'll ever create anything like Bennett again.

    If this wasn't a gacha game they would've had nerfed Bennett ages ago. Even as a gacha game I think they might be better off in the long run to nerf him now and take the backlash but I guess they'd rather just ignore his OPness. His single redeeming factor is that he is a support instead of main dps which means people still want 5* dps characters.

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  • AuralynxAuralynx Darkness is a perspective Watching the ego workRegistered User regular
    Fencingsax wrote: »
    My only 5* Is Mona, and she seems to do some work, but I don't know if she's better than others.

    Mona is probably one of the more-niche 5s, but she's very strong in her niche.

    Generally, for the damage 5*s, the important questions are "as much as Diluc?" And "how much more of a hassle than Diluc?"

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  • BrodyBrody The Watch The First ShoreRegistered User regular
    Darth_Mogs wrote: »
    The reason we'll never get to toggle Constellation effects is purely because Mihoyo wants people to C6 Bennett to nerf him so they don't have to do it themselves and face that monster backlash.

    Can't you just not apply the final constellation?

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  • GrisloGrislo Registered User regular
    That's what most people do, yeah.

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  • XantusXantus Registered User regular
    edited December 2021
    Brody wrote: »
    Darth_Mogs wrote: »
    The reason we'll never get to toggle Constellation effects is purely because Mihoyo wants people to C6 Bennett to nerf him so they don't have to do it themselves and face that monster backlash.

    Can't you just not apply the final constellation?

    but then you must constantly do battle with your greatest arch nemesis in the endgame...

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  • eMoandereMoander Registered User regular
    Funny enough, Bennet was actually the first four star I ever pulled back like a week into the game on the beginner banner, and I managed to get two copies somehow. I remember looking up a tier list since I had no idea what the characters did and he was ranked at a C because he was pyro but not as much dps as Diluc. I was disappointed, but still put him in the party since he was my only 4* with constellations so the game must be trying to tell me something. No regrets now other than not giving best boy Bennet more confidence at the beginning!
    It was a couple of months I think before the community came around and realized he was good for support rather than dps.

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  • Doctor DetroitDoctor Detroit Registered User regular
    Productive weekend so far. Pushed up to AR48, and finished the main story quests.

    I think I’m still running 1 WL below normal. I think I’ll keep it that way for a bit.

    Guess I’ll deal with this glut of story quests and hangouts I’ve been ignoring.

  • surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    qiqi is not a low tier 5* have u seen how she runs

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  • akjakakjak Thera Spooky GymRegistered User regular
    I'm sure you all talked about this pages and pages ago, but....
    OMG JOEL'S FATHER LIVES. I'm so happy.

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  • Doctor DetroitDoctor Detroit Registered User regular
    akjak wrote: »
    I'm sure you all talked about this pages and pages ago, but....
    OMG JOEL'S FATHER LIVES. I'm so happy.

    I was waiting for a twist with that to be honest. I mean
    we just learned about the bio-duplication!

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  • MirkelMirkel FinlandRegistered User regular
    akjak wrote: »
    I'm sure you all talked about this pages and pages ago, but....
    OMG JOEL'S FATHER LIVES. I'm so happy.

    I was waiting for a twist with that to be honest. I mean
    we just learned about the bio-duplication!

    They are just leaving it as a mystery ... for now. Next episode of Invasion of Body Snatchers next winter?

  • XantusXantus Registered User regular
    qiqi is not a low tier 5* have u seen how she runs

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    qiqi's voicelines are 6* ;D
    " Hey, do you know what? Neither do I. I already forgot."

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    "Now, I have more power. But what does that mean? Please explain. Thank you."

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  • surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    a friend is building the diona qiqi sayu klee squished team of dreams but no klee yet...

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  • akjakakjak Thera Spooky GymRegistered User regular
    So we have a new problem. Kiddo is doing the "Through the Mists" questline. Whenever there's enemies to fight, I come in to help him, but in co-op the relay puzzles aren't there, so I have to leave again.

    We're on the Shirikoro Peak part, but where the guides and videos show the last feather... It's just not there. He's in single-player, and he's relogged an all too. No feather. Are we stuck forever, or is there some part of it we missed?

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  • Doctor DetroitDoctor Detroit Registered User regular
    akjak wrote: »
    So we have a new problem. Kiddo is doing the "Through the Mists" questline. Whenever there's enemies to fight, I come in to help him, but in co-op the relay puzzles aren't there, so I have to leave again.

    We're on the Shirikoro Peak part, but where the guides and videos show the last feather... It's just not there. He's in single-player, and he's relogged an all too. No feather. Are we stuck forever, or is there some part of it we missed?

    I'd double check all the locations, can be tough to tell which one you got in the fog and which you missed.

  • surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    edited December 2021
    noelle says shes sweeping but im pretty sure her main tool is a leafblower/pressure washer because she absolutely blasts asses i just saw her shove childe into a locker AND give him a wedgie

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  • akjakakjak Thera Spooky GymRegistered User regular
    akjak wrote: »
    So we have a new problem. Kiddo is doing the "Through the Mists" questline. Whenever there's enemies to fight, I come in to help him, but in co-op the relay puzzles aren't there, so I have to leave again.

    We're on the Shirikoro Peak part, but where the guides and videos show the last feather... It's just not there. He's in single-player, and he's relogged an all too. No feather. Are we stuck forever, or is there some part of it we missed?

    I'd double check all the locations, can be tough to tell which one you got in the fog and which you missed.

    Well, there were three feathers in that area and we got two of them. We saw the third one go rocketing off, but when we got to where it should have been, it wasn't there.

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  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
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    akjak wrote: »
    akjak wrote: »
    So we have a new problem. Kiddo is doing the "Through the Mists" questline. Whenever there's enemies to fight, I come in to help him, but in co-op the relay puzzles aren't there, so I have to leave again.

    We're on the Shirikoro Peak part, but where the guides and videos show the last feather... It's just not there. He's in single-player, and he's relogged an all too. No feather. Are we stuck forever, or is there some part of it we missed?

    I'd double check all the locations, can be tough to tell which one you got in the fog and which you missed.

    Well, there were three feathers in that area and we got two of them. We saw the third one go rocketing off, but when we got to where it should have been, it wasn't there.

    For one of the points, the feather keeps running away from you bit by bit, with a few points you have to fight monsters. It ends up practically at a completely different tree. If you just skipped to the end that may be why you can't find it.

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  • akjakakjak Thera Spooky GymRegistered User regular
    He went to do a different quest for a while, and when he came back it was back at its original position and we were able to chase it to the right spot.

    On a side note, I still really hate “puzzles” in this game. They are simultaneously too easy and too fiddly/opaque. I have nothing but frustration for all of them.

    I just really hate questing in general in this game. So. Much. Shitty. Dialog. There are some occasional gems but hoo boy does it take forever to click through all the crap.

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  • surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    because i followed some mohiyo social media stuff to acquire free bongles i occasionally see some inspirational things cross my gaze

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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    To be fair, the game is really dark. A lot of the subquests and even bit characters have super tragic stories that can get kinda depressing.

    And Itto's new trailer was pretty fun.

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  • The WolfmanThe Wolfman Registered User regular
    Well, this is a world that is 100% tangibly trying to kill a person and anybody within 5 feet of him.

    "The sausage of Green Earth explodes with flavor like the cannon of culinary delight."
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  • surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    edited December 2021
    ok look 1) hes a m*n 2) hes wearing shorts (not even jorts) 3) he has goggles, but he doesnt even wear them!!!! this is TERRIBLE eye safety practice taking him out is literally saving the vision of thousands

    sometimes the hostile universe has the right target ok

    EDIT: ok im going back to picking flowers, looking at sunsets and doing interior design in order to improve the stuffed toy throwing of a genki girl who hanglides

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  • ThePantsAssociationThePantsAssociation A million could-be years on a thousand may-be worldsRegistered User regular
    Regarding Joel's dad:
    I got the impression that Joel's dad was being hinted to be Albedo's rejected homunculus brother - but I don't think he's necessarily a malevolent entity. He mainly just wants to be accepted into society like Albedo was. Sure, he tried to replace Albedo, but that plan didn't work. So if he can nail the gig of being Joel's dad who died on the mountain, maybe that's a happy ending for both him and the kid.

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  • cursedkingcursedking Registered User regular
    Regarding Joel's dad:
    I got the impression that Joel's dad was being hinted to be Albedo's rejected homunculus brother - but I don't think he's necessarily a malevolent entity. He mainly just wants to be accepted into society like Albedo was. Sure, he tried to replace Albedo, but that plan didn't work. So if he can nail the gig of being Joel's dad who died on the mountain, maybe that's a happy ending for both him and the kid.

    yeah this is absolutely what happened

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  • MirkelMirkel FinlandRegistered User regular
    Regarding Joel's dad:
    I got the impression that Joel's dad was being hinted to be Albedo's rejected homunculus brother - but I don't think he's necessarily a malevolent entity. He mainly just wants to be accepted into society like Albedo was. Sure, he tried to replace Albedo, but that plan didn't work. So if he can nail the gig of being Joel's dad who died on the mountain, maybe that's a happy ending for both him and the kid.

    I agree that's the current situation, but who knows how well it'll work out in the long run? Gotta make every little kid sad, right? :P

  • GlaziusGlazius Registered User regular
    Regarding Joel's dad:
    I got the impression that Joel's dad was being hinted to be Albedo's rejected homunculus brother - but I don't think he's necessarily a malevolent entity. He mainly just wants to be accepted into society like Albedo was. Sure, he tried to replace Albedo, but that plan didn't work. So if he can nail the gig of being Joel's dad who died on the mountain, maybe that's a happy ending for both him and the kid.

    Look.

    Mondstadt is a city where you can sing and dance and nobody asks why. That offer was even open to Subject Zero.

    Not that it ultimately worked out since he said hello by vomiting ten kinds of poison on people, but the offer was there.

  • PenumbraPenumbra Registered User regular
    Whelp. I made a mistake. I pushed into WT6 before I beat Raiden Shogun…

    I am getting absolutely dumpstered by her and it’s not even close. Is there any trick to that? I really don’t want to put my world tier down a level just to get through it.

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  • TheScrupleTheScruple The Oldest of BridgesRegistered User regular
    I had to eat a lot of food to survive the boss fights on Inazuma, the dang tree tumor can die in a fire. I was on WL 5 for the Shogun fight I think. There was a lot of cursing and stalling as Diona involved. I'm not entirely sure what the win condition is, but I don't believe you need to get her to 0HP, for me, stuff happened in the fight, then I dodged around a lot, then the fight was over. You're in Act 2?

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  • surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    edited December 2021
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    we did it team, the game is complete

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  • McMoogleMcMoogle Registered User regular
    An inspiring tale of determination in the face of overwhelming opposition.

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  • PenumbraPenumbra Registered User regular
    TheScruple wrote: »
    I had to eat a lot of food to survive the boss fights on Inazuma, the dang tree tumor can die in a fire. I was on WL 5 for the Shogun fight I think. There was a lot of cursing and stalling as Diona involved. I'm not entirely sure what the win condition is, but I don't believe you need to get her to 0HP, for me, stuff happened in the fight, then I dodged around a lot, then the fight was over. You're in Act 2?

    I don’t know what act 2 means. It’s the vision hunt decree meeting. (Having that cutscene be unskippable to get into the boss fight sucks.)

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  • MirkelMirkel FinlandRegistered User regular
    TheScruple wrote: »
    I had to eat a lot of food to survive the boss fights on Inazuma, the dang tree tumor can die in a fire. I was on WL 5 for the Shogun fight I think. There was a lot of cursing and stalling as Diona involved. I'm not entirely sure what the win condition is, but I don't believe you need to get her to 0HP, for me, stuff happened in the fight, then I dodged around a lot, then the fight was over. You're in Act 2?

    Did some reading and looks like you just need to survive a while, so dodging and eating food are your two main tools for it at least once the abilities get locked down.

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    Mirkel wrote: »
    Regarding Joel's dad:
    I got the impression that Joel's dad was being hinted to be Albedo's rejected homunculus brother - but I don't think he's necessarily a malevolent entity. He mainly just wants to be accepted into society like Albedo was. Sure, he tried to replace Albedo, but that plan didn't work. So if he can nail the gig of being Joel's dad who died on the mountain, maybe that's a happy ending for both him and the kid.

    I agree that's the current situation, but who knows how well it'll work out in the long run? Gotta make every little kid sad, right? :P
    I thought it was susbedo at the end, with the disapearing birthmark?

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  • BethrynBethryn Unhappiness is Mandatory Registered User regular
    Spoit wrote: »
    I thought it was susbedo at the end, with the disapearing birthmark?
    My interpretation is that Albedo has always been capable of disguising his pontil mark, but does not do so because he is accepted for who he is and feels no need to hide his "flaws".

    ...and of course, as always, Kill Hitler.
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