No fucking way I'm building Lynette, she feels trash while playing. Her skill is like Yelan's but slower, shorter, gets stuck on enemy hitboxes, and she has no grouping as an anemo character. I see all my leaks on the reddit leak sub, and I'm not really impressed by Neuvillette or Wriothesley which helps me save for Clorinde, Furina, and Navia (if she isn't shit). I might pull for Neuvillette on a rerun if Furina creates his damage orbs just like Traveler. I'm getting to the point I don't really care much for pulling new characters when I already have so many teams to choose from. And I don't feel pressured by the Ousia/Pneuma mechanic when Abyss is not something that interests me much.
I got the chance to play the Archon Quest and OMFG it was actually the best X.0 AQ we ever had. The characters were interesting, the plot and dialogue entertaining, and the murder mystery/whodunit approach was much more involving than your run-of-the-mill talk-a-lot and do nothing fetch quests. The finale was satisfying enough, with the Childe bit being obvious why he was found guilty if you know about Arlechinno/House of Hearth, and that she is from Fontaine. Neuvillette will be a mystery for the unaware or those who don't give a shit about the plot but HoYo is not a little bit subtle with the hints of what or who he's supposed to be, especially after Kokomi clears up the community's suspicions about her origins during the Secret Summer Paradise event.
I'm quite surprised I liked everyone involved in the 4.0 AQ. Childe played his role and sets up the Fatui plot for the upcoming patches. Lyney and Lynette had enough spotlight to make them relevant for what's to come as well, especially their relationship with Arlechinno. Neuvillette and Furina will tie up the creation of the Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale, the Melusines, and the Fontaine Prophecy. Navia was actually useful most of the time she was on screen, and Clorinde will probably be what Kujo Sara should have been as the archon's right-hand woman.
I'm liking Fontaine a lot more than Sumeru and Inazuma, we had a resolution of the current plot thread of the murder mystery and moved on to more important matters. Oh, and before I forget. Underwater exploration is actually FUN and has not many recycled ideas from previous regions. Props to HoYo on this one.