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Genshin Impact |OT| 5.0 (Natlan) - Everything Changed When the Fire Nation Arrived

jonnyXx

Member
Seeing this makes me wonder 1 thing…

Which would be better for Neuvillette? C1 or his weapon?
His weapon is a bigger dmg increase (unless you get high refine Sacrificial Jade from the BP) but you take the chance to loose to Zhongli's useless weapon.
With C1 you don't need shields anymore and he can face tank everything and it also elevates his Furina teams above the rest since you're able to get all 3 stacks of his passive.

I lean more towards C1 but I have the BP weapon and don't have Zhongli.
If you have Zhongli maybe go for the weapon.
 
His weapon is a bigger dmg increase (unless you get high refine Sacrificial Jade from the BP) but you take the chance to loose to Zhongli's useless weapon.
With C1 you don't need shields anymore and he can face tank everything and it also elevates his Furina teams above the rest since you're able to get all 3 stacks of his passive.

I lean more towards C1 but I have the BP weapon and don't have Zhongli.
If you have Zhongli maybe go for the weapon.
Non Zhongli, no furina, no any of those weapons
😅
Also no Kazuha 😬
 

deanote666

Member
Not sure if C1 or R1 is better. Maths. Just swipe credit card..

You know you're beyond help when you hear music and recognize it as the original to genshin memes. Currently on hold and the music this was based on popped up.

 
I spent the rest of my gems (8,000 or so) + everything from both the events, as I hadn’t even touched them yet and I got Nevu C1!

Decided to go for that because that way I won’t be tied to a shielder when I use him.
 
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Pejo

Gold Member
New Developer notes. Basically they're adding you to freely join world level 8/9 people and making artifact suggestions more accurate.

But also, the big news, more artifact slots, now a total of 2100.


Mavuika special program on the 20th (Friday)
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jonnyXx

Member
But also, the big news, more artifact slots, now a total of 2100.
Nice timing, I finally ran into issues with artifact space recently. I have too many locked potentially good artifacts and had to start going through them. Made it a quarter of the way through my artifact list before giving up.

Now I'll be able to put it off a while longer. :messenger_beaming:
 

Pejo

Gold Member
Nice timing, I finally ran into issues with artifact space recently. I have too many locked potentially good artifacts and had to start going through them. Made it a quarter of the way through my artifact list before giving up.

Now I'll be able to put it off a while longer. :messenger_beaming:
Literally me too

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Pejo

Gold Member
Damn I'm finishing up some of the limited time rewards quest things since we only have a bit of time left on them. The one area at the end of the "buddy" quest was pretty cool. Natlan has had some really great world quest locations, but I feel the story isn't as strong as other nations' world quests (the unvoiced ones). Everything here mostly points back to Xbalanque and the Pyro Sovereign Dragon and their history with each other. I'm only halfway though, I have to do the 2 new areas to see the rest of it, presumably. Maybe it gets more interesting. I've been holding off doing the current archon quest interlude with the new patch until I finish out the scroll with the little icons in it, (related to the ancient name), though I'm not sure if it matters or not. I just read the part where the quest says "go to the colosseum to start forging your ancient name and I don't want to go until I have all of the scroll slots filled in case it's story relevant later and those without all the slots get a lesser ending or something.
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deanote666

Member
Damn I'm finishing up some of the limited time rewards quest things since we only have a bit of time left on them. The one area at the end of the "buddy" quest was pretty cool. Natlan has had some really great world quest locations, but I feel the story isn't as strong as other nations' world quests (the unvoiced ones). Everything here mostly points back to Xbalanque and the Pyro Sovereign Dragon and their history with each other. I'm only halfway though, I have to do the 2 new areas to see the rest of it, presumably. Maybe it gets more interesting. I've been holding off doing the current archon quest interlude with the new patch until I finish out the scroll with the little icons in it, (related to the ancient name), though I'm not sure if it matters or not. I just read the part where the quest says "go to the colosseum to start forging your ancient name and I don't want to go until I have all of the scroll slots filled in case it's story relevant later and those without all the slots get a lesser ending or something.
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The interlude is very short and nothing of note happens so you can do it anytime. I think it actually adds an icon to your scroll.

I still have 2 open spots on the scroll and I've done everything as far as I know.

The artifact storage limit has no purpose. It adds extra strain on artifact grinding, adding another reason to not spend primos on more resin. Each artifact is what, a few bytes of data? I know it adds up eventually but computer storage these days isn't that expensive.

The limit is the reason I've barely touched artifact domains the last few months. Been doing the talent and weapon domains to burn resin since those don't involve storage wars.
 

Pejo

Gold Member
The interlude is very short and nothing of note happens so you can do it anytime. I think it actually adds an icon to your scroll.

I still have 2 open spots on the scroll and I've done everything as far as I know.
Ok thanks for that, in a game like Genshin with no take-backs, I wanted to make sure. I didn't lock myself out of the scroll stuff by moving forward without having done all of the world quests.
The artifact storage limit has no purpose. It adds extra strain on artifact grinding, adding another reason to not spend primos on more resin. Each artifact is what, a few bytes of data? I know it adds up eventually but computer storage these days isn't that expensive.

The limit is the reason I've barely touched artifact domains the last few months. Been doing the talent and weapon domains to burn resin since those don't involve storage wars.
Alternatively I wish artifact dismantling and quick review were a thing way back from the early days of Genshin. Being able to turn trash artifacts into the xp potions would have been huge several versions ago. My artifact number went up and up, and now it's just an absolute chore to sit there and review every one. I have started reviewing them when they drop and locking the potentially decent ones though. That still won't matter when I need to sit there and comb numbers for hours to clean the rest.

The inventory increase is a bandaid fix for sure, but at least it beats getting full and manually emptying during treasure chest runs and boss farms.
 
Fairly interesting stream today. The rumors were true and Mavuika and Citlali will run at the same time. No mention of this banner running longer than normal. Second half will have Arle and Clorinde along with Lan Yan. No cons for me unfortunately.

They're also bringing back the Chronicled Wish banner for Liyue. They've changed the rules so Shenhe can be on it, and it includes Ganyu, Childe, Xiao and Baizhu too.

More importantly, they teased the upcoming characters for the coming months:
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So there's some mysteries here. I assume the one next to Iansan is the guy from Mondstadt that was leaked/rumored a while ago. I think his name was that of a flower. Then there's the Natlan vet, we know about him. But after that? Hard to say. Is that Varesa from Iansan's tribe? Kinda looks like Skirk to me... Is the fifth character the Inazuman girl? The cow girl has potential, maybe she's Varesa? That final character I would speculate to be from Snezhnaya.

So I'm pretty excited for all that. There was a part during the stream where it almost seemed like they were giving away a free Liyue 5-star, but no such luck. We're getting 20 wishes like normal and the 4-star selector.
 

Pejo

Gold Member
Fairly interesting stream today. The rumors were true and Mavuika and Citlali will run at the same time. No mention of this banner running longer than normal. Second half will have Arle and Clorinde along with Lan Yan. No cons for me unfortunately.

They're also bringing back the Chronicled Wish banner for Liyue. They've changed the rules so Shenhe can be on it, and it includes Ganyu, Childe, Xiao and Baizhu too.

More importantly, they teased the upcoming characters for the coming months:
EbpKIDN.jpeg

So there's some mysteries here. I assume the one next to Iansan is the guy from Mondstadt that was leaked/rumored a while ago. I think his name was that of a flower. Then there's the Natlan vet, we know about him. But after that? Hard to say. Is that Varesa from Iansan's tribe? Kinda looks like Skirk to me... Is the fifth character the Inazuman girl? The cow girl has potential, maybe she's Varesa? That final character I would speculate to be from Snezhnaya.

So I'm pretty excited for all that. There was a part during the stream where it almost seemed like they were giving away a free Liyue 5-star, but no such luck. We're getting 20 wishes like normal and the 4-star selector.
My guesses:

  1. Iansan (obviously)
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  2. Dahlia, that church twink from the leaks like 2 years ago 🤮🤮🤮
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  3. Ifa, pretty obviously
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  4. Gotta be Skirk. The general body shape and abyss feather thing in her head all match. Hopefully she brings in a new element (void?)
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  5. This is probably that Mizuki or Ayano or whatever her actual name is that we've been reading about lately in leaks. Looks like she's a restaurant server/owner or something. The long sleeves indicate most likely Inazuma, so everything lines up. Hope they introduce her with the hot springs finally
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  6. Gotta be Varesa, from Iansan's tribe and already leaked to have placeholder playable character stuff in datamines. I'll say she probably looks like a Draph from Granblue Fantasy
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  7. Only wildcard, but I think she's Fontaine, not Schnez. Just look at that stupid fucking hat and long coat tail. Wonder if she's a revised version of gothic jailor girl?
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Anyways, just my guesses, but I'm feeling pretty confident about it. Also kinda sad that Mummy girl is RIP for good, probably.

Mav and Citlali running simultaneously for only half the patch is fucking BULLSHIT. Especially considering you know they'll hold the 20 free pulls for Lantern rite when the banners are over. I hope the community gets pissed about this, but I doubt they will to any major degree.

Lan Yan is selectable with the 4* picker, so that's whatever.

Also looks like Capitano fans are going to get to sit and wallow with the Signora fans for at least a year lol.
 
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deanote666

Member
The artifact limit and the boss/domain auto collect I think is comparing apples to potatoes.

I can get a 20tb hard drive for around $450 USD. Mirror that drive and it's $900. Add a mirrored backup and the total is now $1800. How many millions of artifacts could be stored on that for a sum that is less than a single streamer can dump on a character for their channel content.
 
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BJK

Member
Codes are live:

Primogems ×100 + Mystic Enhancement Ore ×10 "UAMPGJASECZH"
Primogems ×100 + Hero's Wit ×5 "LT5NH2TTXUHM"
Primogems ×100 + Mora ×50,000 "4SLPH3BSFVH9"

I have somewhere over 300 pulls saved up. Will definitely grab Pyro archon, but then I have decisions to make. If I like the motorcycle, I will see how many constellations I can lock in. If not, then my next target to C6 is Yae Miko (who I have at C0, with her custom weapon). Virtually every mission or ley line in Nathan is the same pattern: Miko turrets into Jean yeet into fiery overload destruction with Yoimiya. A C6 Miko (eventually, not all at once) will pair very well with my already C6 Zhongli.
 
Gotta be Skirk. The general body shape and abyss feather thing in her head all match. Hopefully she brings in a new element (void?)
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Apparently a reliable leaker? We'll see if this holds water.

Only wildcard, but I think she's Fontaine, not Schnez. Just look at that stupid fucking hat and long coat tail. Wonder if she's a revised version of gothic jailor girl?
Looking a bit more closely, I think she's supposed to be a chef. That's a cook's knife she's holding and the hat looks like one of those stereotypical chef's hats. They probably wouldn't tease Snezh this early, so I assume Fontaine or Mondstadt.

Anyways, just my guesses, but I'm feeling pretty confident about it. Also kinda sad that Mummy girl is RIP for good, probably.
If the twink from 2 years ago can still make it in, there's hope for mummy girl too.

Believe Jason Sudeikis GIF by Apple TV


Mav and Citlali running simultaneously for only half the patch is fucking BULLSHIT. Especially considering you know they'll hold the 20 free pulls for Lantern rite when the banners are over. I hope the community gets pissed about this, but I doubt they will to any major degree.
Yeah I'd be pissed too if I was low on resources. Seems especially rude to Asian players who may have wanted to use New Year's money on those characters.

Another nice change they're making: Overflowing Abundance (event for double drops in talent/weapon domains) now allows you to farm any type of material regardless of the day.
 

Pejo

Gold Member
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Apparently a reliable leaker? We'll see if this holds water.
Disappointing, but probably true. What a shame. A new element could really shake up the game again like it did for Dendro, and she'd be the perfect time to introduce it.
Looking a bit more closely, I think she's supposed to be a chef. That's a cook's knife she's holding and the hat looks like one of those stereotypical chef's hats. They probably wouldn't tease Snezh this early, so I assume Fontaine or Mondstadt.
Yea good call, probably a patisserie from Fontaine, now that you mention it.
If the twink from 2 years ago can still make it in, there's hope for mummy girl too.

Believe Jason Sudeikis GIF by Apple TV
Alright, just ordered 20 gallons of hopium, let's see when it runs out.
Yeah I'd be pissed too if I was low on resources. Seems especially rude to Asian players who may have wanted to use New Year's money on those characters.
It's just too much for one patch. When was the last time they introduced 2 new 5*s at the same time in the same banner duration? And this is when they bring back chronicled wish too, when people are already going to be dumping their savings. It just seems hateful towards the playerbase.

Looks like they're really leaning in on the Citlali/Aether pairing. Official Citlali art:
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Somebody on reddit noticed she's basically reading smut light novels, too, lol.
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