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Genshin Impact |OT| 5.0 (Natlan) - Everything Changed When the Fire Nation Arrived
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Thick Thighs Save Lives
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New codes from the 5.6 livestream that just ended (each one gives 100 primos):
- IfaCacucu0507 - https://genshin.hoyoverse.com/en/gift?code=IfaCacucu0507
- ChefEscoffier0507 - https://genshin.hoyoverse.com/en/gift?code=ChefEscoffier0507
- GI56Paralogism - https://genshin.hoyoverse.com/en/gift?code=GI56Paralogism
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jonnyXx
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InterMusketeer
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Good, hope he dies.
Didn't have time to watch the whole thing yet, but its interesting that they're whipping out the Inazuma chronicled wish now.
deanote666
Member
Mihoyo be cooking next patch!
Genshin Batman been slacking off!
Don't forget, the newest Mondstadt 5* character is Eula.
Genshin Batman been slacking off!
Don't forget, the newest Mondstadt 5* character is Eula.
Pejo
Gold Member
Wonder if they'll suicide their patch revenue by making Dahlia (the church twink) a 5*. Probably not. I assume our next Mondstadt 5* will be Varka. We heard his voice (in Japanese), but he sounds like a mid-20s something. I'm losing hope that he's a bearded badass older dude.Mihoyo be cooking next patch!
Genshin Batman been slacking off!
Don't forget, the newest Mondstadt 5* character is Eula.
Anyways, here's an out of nowhere Fatui post, setting up Nod-Krai. *edit* Looks like they're introducing the Nod-Krai factions with these posts, here's another one.
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Varka's JP voice actor and his various roles. Guess middle-age man isn't off the table.
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Pejo
Gold Member
Looks like HoYo is officially licensing a Citlali fig. Looks pretty good. I bought the Mona one and the quality was really good, might consider this.
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Looks like the English VAs are starting to panic now that they're getting replaced and they lost public sentiment. LMAO. Get fucked. (Venti's VA)
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Looks like the English VAs are starting to panic now that they're getting replaced and they lost public sentiment. LMAO. Get fucked. (Venti's VA)
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Thick Thighs Save Lives
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So I heard that most of the characters that will be involved in the upcoming Mondstadt quest will be unvoiced, including Venti... Guess I'll be switching to the JP dub once more for this patch.
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Pejo
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Hopefully this is the last one since HoYo has started dropping the VAs. But yea, major bummer considering the story looks to be the strong point of this patch.
Man, teapot mains sure are something...
Thick Thighs Save Lives
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Pejo
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Man you should check out the teapot mains. They have done some crazy stuff.Had to double take cuz my man built the whole fucking Venice inside the teapot!
I used to use the codes to import them into my teapot to look at the first hand, but a lot of the time it's a pain to craft everything you need to make it work. I heard they made some improvements on that regard, but I haven't tried it in over a year. A lot of times they're very small but densely packed, but still impressive.
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Monthly reminder that Imaginarium resets in a few days, for those that need the reminder.
Pejo
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So all of the various Nod-Krai factions have been revealed at this point, there's 5 in total. Also redemption codes for each apparently.
FATUI
FROSTMOONSCIONS
LIGHTKEEPERS
THEWILDHUNT
VOYNICHGUILD
FATUI
FROSTMOONSCIONS
LIGHTKEEPERS
THEWILDHUNT
VOYNICHGUILD
InterMusketeer
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Their special stream for today just finished. They explained their vision for future versions and their storytelling format and how they want to evolve it. Versions will no longer be tied to locations, but rather focus on factions and their goals and how they intertwine. This allows them to tell more comprehensive, tidy stories without splintered pieces of lore everywhere.
It's a pretty big change, so I'm interested to see how it turns out.
There's also a new code for primos: NODKRAI0910
It's a pretty big change, so I'm interested to see how it turns out.
There's also a new code for primos: NODKRAI0910
Pejo
Gold Member
I didn't even know they were doing a stream. That was actually a really great stream. Concise, to the point, lots of interesting tidbits and design philosophies. Not everything I agree with, like getting rid of character quests and hangouts in favor of those shitty tribe quests, but at least they're trying new things. The big takeaway from the last half of the video is that they wanna do more "show don't tell", which is great if they pull it off. They mention burying interesting information in awful formats like the book archive and statues and stuff, which is a complaint I've had with the game since it launched. Excited to see what they pull off.
For those interested:
Thick Thighs Save Lives
NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
Ty for the primo codes.So all of the various Nod-Krai factions have been revealed at this point, there's 5 in total. Also redemption codes for each apparently.
FATUI
FROSTMOONSCIONS
LIGHTKEEPERS
THEWILDHUNT
VOYNICHGUILD
Pejo
Gold Member
Yep, they said for sure he is in Nod-Krai, so we'll finally see him.
I'm also curious about something they said in the livestream, in that Nod-Krai is by far the most technologically advanced area in the game. Wonder if we're gonna get mecha exosuit characters or something like that?
Anyways, another primo code:
Genshin Impact – Step into a Vast Magical World for Adventure
Genshin Impact is an open-world action RPG. In the game, set forth on a journey across a fantasy world called Teyvat. In this vast world, you can explore seven nations, meet a diverse cast of characters with unique personalities and abilities, and fight powerful enemies together with them, all...
SSfox
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Yeah we'll see him for sure but I wonder if he will be in banner in 6.0
InterMusketeer
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This only makes me more suspicious/criticial tbh.
You'd think we have had enough most technologically advanced nations by now. Sumeru, the nation of wisdom. Fontaine, the nation of inventions. Natlan, the nation built with ancient dragon technology. Would've been more interesting if Nod-krai was based on mysticism or something to set it apart.
jonnyXx
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There will be new artifacts by then. You can always use this as an off-piece.I rolled this yesterday btw, I don't have Varesa, hope this set will be bis on Varka :cope:
I'm using it as Beidou off piece rn
jonnyXx
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Code for 60 primos.
ZT5RJ4AX4WYV
ZT5RJ4AX4WYV
Icymanipulator
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Dang I gotta put these codes in before i forget
Pejo
Gold Member
Thick Thighs Save Lives
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Just managed to get to AR 55 a few minutes ago. I heard that from now on increasing your AR gets exponentially harder so we'll see how long it will take me to get to AR 58 and then to AR 60. 
SSfox
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Just managed to get to AR 55 a few minutes ago. I heard that from now on increasing your AR gets exponentially harder so we'll see how long it will take me to get to AR 58 and then to AR 60.
Rewards will be much better too. If you're characters are decently build you shouldn't have much issues in open world
Thick Thighs Save Lives
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Thanks my man! My team with Mavuka and Furina is decently well built, and I have everyone at max level with BP weapons and the important talents at level 9. The artifacts are decent to good on them too.
The open world is a breeze, and I can clear the regular domains as well as the ones with the world bosses at level 90 pretty easily. I haven't pushed too hard in the Spiral of Abyss, but I can clear floors 9 and 10 with 3 stars (I actually just did this earlier today). As for Imaginarium Theater, I don't have enough units for the modes past easy, and even if I did, I don't have enough resources to build them.
Anyways, here are all the units I've gotten so far since I started playing for reals back in December. The next character I'm planning to pull for is Raiden Shogun. Other than that, I'm hoping for a Citlali rerun.
Pejo
Gold Member
So I officially started on my "artifact cleanup" process tonight. it's nice that they added the auto lock function, quite handy. I still like Star Rail's "discard anything that isn't good for any character" one button press, but this definitely helps.
I've been dumping the shit artifacts into the strongbox to try to finally max out my Eula build, but holy shit is it rough. She has even more wasted stats like Elemental Mastery that some characters are okay with. The number of times I've had CRT/CDMG/ATK as the first 3 visible stats and then double rolled immediately into DEF is way too high for it to be RNG. There has to be some sort of weighting behind the stats and the rolls.
What an overall time consuming shitfest this process is, though, even with the new features.
I've been dumping the shit artifacts into the strongbox to try to finally max out my Eula build, but holy shit is it rough. She has even more wasted stats like Elemental Mastery that some characters are okay with. The number of times I've had CRT/CDMG/ATK as the first 3 visible stats and then double rolled immediately into DEF is way too high for it to be RNG. There has to be some sort of weighting behind the stats and the rolls.
What an overall time consuming shitfest this process is, though, even with the new features.
My artifact inventory is also a huge mess since I am a hoarder and its just not fun trying to clean up.
I'll bring up an artifact to +4 to see if its getting a good substat. If not, I'll use it to bring the next artifact from 0 to 4. But here comes the problem. I takes forever for me to find this specific artifact to use it as fodder. And I dont see any workaround for this specific problem. What I do is sort by level and then search for it. But I probably got at least 150 lv 4 artifacts and its just so exhausting to search for the specific artifact every single time.
They added a function for the normal inventory to sort after newest items you got when it comes to artifacts which is kinda handy. But where is this function when it comes to the strongbox?
My biggest issue is that I categorize artifacts into 3 types: 1) Very promising (which I lock) - 2) maybe - 3) trash and this just doesnt work out with how genshin handles artifacts.
In general I also have way more luck with artifacts that just look okay at best on first glance than with super promising ones. I mostly get flat def/hp/atk as the fourth substat and instead of having a 25% chance for going flat def/hp/atk again, it feels more like 75% to me.
I'll bring up an artifact to +4 to see if its getting a good substat. If not, I'll use it to bring the next artifact from 0 to 4. But here comes the problem. I takes forever for me to find this specific artifact to use it as fodder. And I dont see any workaround for this specific problem. What I do is sort by level and then search for it. But I probably got at least 150 lv 4 artifacts and its just so exhausting to search for the specific artifact every single time.
They added a function for the normal inventory to sort after newest items you got when it comes to artifacts which is kinda handy. But where is this function when it comes to the strongbox?
My biggest issue is that I categorize artifacts into 3 types: 1) Very promising (which I lock) - 2) maybe - 3) trash and this just doesnt work out with how genshin handles artifacts.
In general I also have way more luck with artifacts that just look okay at best on first glance than with super promising ones. I mostly get flat def/hp/atk as the fourth substat and instead of having a 25% chance for going flat def/hp/atk again, it feels more like 75% to me.
InterMusketeer
Member
How long's it been since you've done that?
I haven't found any of the artifact tools they introduced to be useful at all. It locks trash artifacts regularly and sometimes lets promising ones slip. I've found it easiest to just keep up with it by checking everything I get. After all these years and the various uses for trash artifacts (strongbox, sanct elixers) I'm much more demanding of my artifacts and willing to let mediocre ones go. New sets are so much better than old ones too, that it doesn't make too much sense to hold on to a whole hoard of pieces that might eventually possibly come in handy.
In other news, they revealed the full banners for Escoffier and Navia: Layla, Ororon and Ifa. The weapon banner is chockfull of exclusive Fontaine 4-stars.
deanote666
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Doesn't sound right. x.8 patch is always the summer event patch.Looks like we'll finally get Mare Jivari. It better have some deadly mechanic like Dragonspine or super tough monsters or something. They've been hyping it up to be the most deadly place in Teyvat since version 1.0.
Pejo
Gold Member
*looks at watch* Never. I've never organized my artifacts lol.
Yea not a terrible group of banners, but I'm in and out with 1 copy of Esco, hopefully sooner than later.
Yep this is how I'm feeling now that I'm closely paying attention while doing this cleanup process. I also noticed that when the "main" stat is something less desirable, your crit stats seem a whole lot more likely. Like when I'm leveling a DEF% sands for a Geo character and get all crit stat dumps. Seems awful fishy.
Summer is CANCELLED
In seriousness though, they mention in that dev interview that they're going to be changing things up for Nod-Krai, so maybe the leadup will be different too. To be fair, the last few "summers" were more like "for itty bitty babies" events about toys and amusmenet parks and stuff. Not very Summer-ish.
The 2nd archipelago with the transforming islands will never be surpassed for summer, I feel.
Shame for people that started the game after that, they'll never know what they missed.
Thick Thighs Save Lives
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Dunno why I thought that the new version drops today. Silly me...
InterMusketeer
Member
Dang, I do it once a week. Artifact runs fill up mu inventory quickly.
Skirk's description is a bit too much for me. I'll wait for theory crafters to explain that stuff to me. Dahlia's kit is out there too, but I ain't posting that. He does some shielding and a small atk speed buff, but nothing crazy. I assume the best team will still be Skirk, Escoffier, Shenhe and Furina.
jonnyXx
Member
Increases all party members' Skill talent by 1.*edit*
Skirk full kit and constellations. Make a cup of coffee and get your reading glasses on, it's WORDY.
Wow they *really* want you to play her with Escoffier & Furina.
deanote666
Member
Got chef girl at 76 pulls on my guarantee.
Got her weapon 20 pulls in.
Only got 1 copy of the vet. Copies of Lala for days.
Got her weapon 20 pulls in.
Only got 1 copy of the vet. Copies of Lala for days.
Pejo
Gold Member
Definitely, I have just made it part of my daily life getting the "your artifacts are full" warning and dealing with it. I got rid of about 600 artifacts the other day when I was cleaning but got so bored that I quit for now. I'm using the built in filter to toss out stuff that's obviously bad, then leveling up the ones with 3 visible substats to see what the 4th is, then either using those as fodder or leveling them until I get 2 rolls into undesirable stats. Out of all the ones I culled, I didn't get a single upgrade on any artifact for any character.
This just reinforces my decision that we should be able to craft and roll at least one artifact every month to make a godroll perfect artifact with zero RNG. Imagine being obsessed enough to do this for every DPS, or hell, every character for the literally insane people out there.
Pretty much. These kits are like short stories now. Between the overly complex style of writing and the flowery words, I'll just wait and watch a video about it when she releases.
Yea that's what the general consensus is. Won't stop me from making absolutely gimped teams like Skirk melt, though.
New update is done, got Esco in 40 pulls, with 2 Ororons and 1 Ifa. In and out, just like I like. I'm surprised at how fanservicey Escoffier is. Heart patterned thigh straps, and she's basically completely topless minus her apron, which is just a flap of cloth. Better than the usual Fontaine design for sure. I tried out her "make free food" gimmick, kinda unique.
Pejo
Gold Member
The FTC changes are live this patch too. If you look at the Top-Up screen, it shows real world money value of what you're buying.
Additionally, it looks like everyone in the US will have to provide their age before July 20 or your account gets nuked. I'm not sure how they're planning on verifying age, but I'm not exactly keen on providing my driver's license to them or anything like that, so I hope it's just like a porn site: "Are you 18+?" checkbox.
Additionally, it looks like everyone in the US will have to provide their age before July 20 or your account gets nuked. I'm not sure how they're planning on verifying age, but I'm not exactly keen on providing my driver's license to them or anything like that, so I hope it's just like a porn site: "Are you 18+?" checkbox.
Thick Thighs Save Lives
NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
If it's similar to Fortnite then the age verification methods might be:The FTC changes are live this patch too. If you look at the Top-Up screen, it shows real world money value of what you're buying.
Additionally, it looks like everyone in the US will have to provide their age before July 20 or your account gets nuked. I'm not sure how they're planning on verifying age, but I'm not exactly keen on providing my driver's license to them or anything like that, so I hope it's just like a porn site: "Are you 18+?" checkbox.
- Credit or Debit Card (available globally)
- Social Security Number (available only in the US)
- CPF Number (available only in Brazil)
- CURP (available only in Mexico)
- ID Scan (available outside the US and South Korea)
- Face Scan (available outside the US and South Korea)
Edit: I just checked, and it looks like they didn't implement the top-up changes here in the EU, so I guess it's just meant for American Genshin players.
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jonnyXx
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InterMusketeer
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Unfortunately lost the 50/50 and had to go pretty much to hard pity to get Escoffier. Very disappointed by that. Looks like it'll be worth it for Skirk though.
Pejo
Gold Member
I'm not a super fan or anything, but I hope he gets a cool kit.
Also they should probably update his character model. They've come a long way since 1.0, and his model is one of the worst in the game for a non-standard NPCs. Compared to modern characters he looks like he got his outfit at Spirit Halloween. (maybe only US residents will get this reference?)