Board 8 > Genshin Impact Topic 8: To Inazuma; to forbid, divine.

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swordz9
09/13/21 10:55:14 AM
#352:


I didnt get to make much progress yesterday due to severe lightning in the area. Did the weekly boss reset today for the 4 anyways since I dont have access to others yet. Didnt really get anything of value, but oh well. Man I wish they would do something about artifacts though. Theres so many characters Id have fully built already if I didnt need RNG for the right crap to make them shine. Talents and ascensions are so much faster and easier. Even gathering all these random resources like crystal marrow is way faster.
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HeroDelTiempo17
09/13/21 12:13:31 PM
#353:


Got Qiqi as my first 5*, from the Raiden Shogun banner. A bit of a bummer. Is she any good?

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Sceptilesolar
09/13/21 12:31:42 PM
#354:


Honestly, not really, but you can use her. She's a much better healer than Barbara. It's just that healing isn't that well regarded by itself.

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SovietOmega
09/13/21 12:53:14 PM
#355:


HeroDelTiempo17 posted...
Got Qiqi as my first 5*, from the Raiden Shogun banner. A bit of a bummaner. Is she any good?
Even Qiqi Mains acknowledges that she's not in a stellar spot compared to her peers. That said, you *can* get some good mileage out of her by building her as phys dps. Slap on a prototype archaic. Give her 2pc Bloodstained/2pc Pale Flame. It isn't gonna win you any dps races, but it will mean she can contribute decently while she's doing some heals.

I had built her up just as I was getting around to exploring Inazuma, and I had no regrets swapping her into my exploration team. She was a godsend with the region's damage over time areas.

edit: remembered I had found a dps qiqi guide that outlined her strengths pretty well.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bLIkVUckpNOuu2FhgrGhq32w_UsNVpzR5VZErhJzN3o/edit

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profDEADPOOL
09/13/21 12:59:42 PM
#356:


If they ever introduce enemies with a shield break mechanic, it'll be Qiqi's time to shine... but until and unless that happens, shields>healing.

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azuarc
09/13/21 1:05:29 PM
#357:


swordz9 posted...
I didnt get to make much progress yesterday due to severe lightning in the area.

You know, there's a quest that'll clear that out.

swordz9 posted...
Man I wish they would do something about artifacts though. Theres so many characters Id have fully built already if I didnt need RNG for the right crap to make them shine.

There's two sides to this coin.
1) It needs to be slow because it's the roadblock to you "completing" your account and getting bored and leaving.
2) It's still way too extreme.

I've been on record saying that all they need to do to fix artifacts to reflect both sides of the argument is remove flat defense. Nobody ever wants flat defense, the system is rigged in favor of it, and there's still plenty of garbage you don't want without it.

HeroDelTiempo17 posted...
Got Qiqi as my first 5*, from the Raiden Shogun banner. A bit of a bummaner. Is she any good?

You might actually be in better hands than most people who get spooked by Qiqi. The Kokomi banner is in a week, and there's hints that some components of the game might be adapted to reflect what Kokomi does well -- which is heal. She heals too much, in fact, and there's no advantage to it. But if the game suddenly needed that healing...?

And guess what the problem with Qiqi is. She's the best healer in the game, to the detriment of being good at anything else. So guess who might suddenly be useful in a week.

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swordz9
09/13/21 1:08:42 PM
#358:


Haha I meant in real life not the game.
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HeroDelTiempo17
09/13/21 1:21:37 PM
#359:


SovietOmega posted...
Even Qiqi Mains acknowledges that she's not in a stellar spot compared to her peers. That said, you *can* get some good mileage out of her by building her as phys dps. Slap on a prototype archaic. Give her 2pc Bloodstained/2pc Pale Flame. It isn't gonna win you any dps races, but it will mean she can contribute decently while she's doing some heals.

Good to know, I'll keep that in mind. I'm using Xiangling as my main DPS but outside of her I feel like I'm lacking in other good options (I think Razor and Yanfei are my other candidates).

Sceptilesolar posted...
Honestly, not really, but you can use her. She's a much better healer than Barbara. It's just that healing isn't that well regarded by itself.

At the very least I will prioritize her over Barbara then. Noelle is starting to get outscaled and I was thinking of swapping her. And Cryo can help boost Xiangling so this might work better than I thought.

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SwiftyDC
09/13/21 2:52:45 PM
#360:


Razor is great.

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SwiftyDC
09/14/21 10:36:10 PM
#361:


Today I learned there is a fishing limit.


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SwiftyDC
09/14/21 10:43:08 PM
#362:


C5 Sara
C3 Raiden - Talents 6/8/13

2nd crown used.


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SwiftyDC
09/15/21 1:38:48 AM
#364:


NioraptH posted...
Isn't it for the event only?

I don't know. First time fishing.

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azuarc
09/15/21 1:49:45 AM
#365:


Yeah, there's definitely a limit. It's called "ugh, I can't stand this any more and my friends won't let me into their worlds to steal their fish."

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HeroDelTiempo17
09/15/21 11:24:33 AM
#366:


Holy shit my first 10 pull after my pity Qiqi got me Raiden Shogun! That more than makes up for my awkward luck so far. Now I just need to actually unlock the Thunder Manifestation so I can actually rank her up lol. And...fuck, I guess I need to seriously grind The Catch now too.

So I know pity carries over between character event banners but does it do so indefinitely? Probably won't pull at all on the next banner, maybe longer, but I still kinda want to pull on the current one while it's up to get more constellations for the 4*s.

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SockoressKnight
09/15/21 11:36:41 AM
#367:


Yeah. If you don't pull on Kokomi, your pity will carry over again to the next banner.

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azuarc
09/15/21 11:54:53 AM
#368:


The only thing that doesn't carry over is the new epitomized path system on the weapon banner, which I seriously doubt you care about.

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SwiftyDC
09/15/21 9:44:47 PM
#370:


How exactly do you acquire the Catch? Ive been slowly trying to catch the fish needed for the fishing poles, but not in any rush.

C6 Sara and C3 Jean get. Felt dirty reaching for Sara cons, but its over.

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SovietOmega
09/15/21 9:49:39 PM
#371:


SwiftyDC posted...
How exactly do you acquire the Catch? Ive been slowly trying to catch the fish needed for the fishing poles, but not in any rush.
Near one of the waypoints in Inazuma there is a fish guy (same person that starts the fish event going on now iirc). He has The Catch in his inventory. You need. 6 purple electric fish things, and 20 each of the rusty/golden koi.

Refinements of it take 3 more purple fish, and 10 each of pufferfish/bitter pufferfish.

It is quite a long term chore, made only a little bit easier by the event going on now.

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SockoressKnight
09/15/21 10:45:15 PM
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swordz9
09/16/21 1:10:01 PM
#374:


Kokimi banner supposedly is:

Kokimi
Beidou
Rosaria
Xingqiu

Thankfully I wasnt interested. Im missing a C for Rosaria, but otherwise just not interested. Xing is already C6 and I think Beidou is C5? Not sure.
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azuarc
09/16/21 1:21:58 PM
#375:


There probably isn't a 4-star combination that would convince me to pull on the banner unless it included Sayu, which obviously it won't.

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swordz9
09/16/21 1:24:26 PM
#376:


Id pull for 4* combos of Noelle, Sayu, Sara, Rosaria, Yanfei & Bennett (only because I dont have him still)

Otherwise probably not too interested overall. I guess I have the least Cs for Ningguang, but also dont really care.

Oh and maybe the trio of Lisa, Amber & Kaeya, but I still probably wouldnt use them even if I got them to C6
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SockoressKnight
09/16/21 1:36:04 PM
#377:


Probably gonna skip the banner regardless of the 4*s. Kokomi did not impress me during in the story. Gorou was much better

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azuarc
09/16/21 1:52:29 PM
#378:


Kokomi is a pretty nothing character for me. I don't get into anime tropes, so I find her vocal style (in English) obnoxious, and she has these weepy down-turned eyes that are a big put-off. So even if I were a waifu hunter rather than interested in characters for effectiveness, I'd still need convincing.

In other news, I've been off my Welkin's blessing for almost a week now and I skipped the battle pass last cycle. Is this a sign I'm going true F2P?

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swordz9
09/16/21 4:41:07 PM
#379:


Wow that HP loss on floor 11 is insane. Making me wish more of my healers were built moreI mean I have a few, but only really Noelle is up to snuff so far. The rest I need artifacts or ascensions for still for party heals instead of single heals.
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SwiftyDC
09/16/21 7:07:02 PM
#380:


Yeah Im going to skip Kokomi also.

Ill get her on a rerun.

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SovietOmega
09/17/21 1:48:02 AM
#381:


50/50 on if I get Kokomi. I've read a few analysis of her kit. I think she'll be nice to have, though hardly essential. One of the perks she brings to the table is role compression, which frees up some potential team comp issues.

Her meta viability will come down to how some of her skills interact with others. I've heard that her jellyfish both does and does not apply hydro every hit, for instance.

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HeroDelTiempo17
09/17/21 11:57:48 AM
#382:


Man, collecting Violetgrass for Qiqi is just the worst, huh? It's just completely haphazardly scattered on the sides of cliffs. I've literally got a map open and finding them is still a total pain in the ass. And I need 30 more of the damn things for the level 60 ascension skill.

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azuarc
09/17/21 12:19:39 PM
#383:


HeroDelTiempo17 posted...
edit: oh my god I'm a moron, Qiqi puts Liyue specialties on the minimap

Beat me to it. Also, unless I'm forgetting someone else who uses them, I probably have all the violetgrass ever that I've collected.

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swordz9
09/17/21 1:38:25 PM
#384:


Is the Hamayumi bow best on anyone?
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azuarc
09/17/21 4:23:10 PM
#385:


I keep saying someone needs to do a weapon guide where they rate characters on the weapon instead of the other way around.

Hamayumi is not, to my knowledge, the preferred option for any character, but it's a decent alternative in many cases. I'm currently using it on Ganyu.

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Sceptilesolar
09/17/21 6:33:29 PM
#386:


I've been doing random singles on Raiden's banner for a bit, gambling on C3, but I suppose I'll keep rolling on Kokomi once she comes out and we got our login rolls. I'll have to contend with the 50/50 anyway, and I'm at least somewhat interested.

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swordz9
09/17/21 6:40:09 PM
#387:


Im still trying to get to my pity. I think Im at like 68 pulls now. Just havent gotten to advance things much at all still
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SovietOmega
09/17/21 7:23:11 PM
#388:


For collecting Violetgrass, I made it part of my weekly farm back when we needed to collect regional specialties. I hit up the interactive map to see where the best or laziest spots to get it were.

Definitely would have been a bit easier if I had had a Qiqi back then >_<


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swordz9
09/17/21 7:26:21 PM
#389:


Well I now have a C3 Sara. She loves me I guess since I keep pulling her
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SockoressKnight
09/17/21 8:12:20 PM
#390:


Been sitting on quite a bit of Violetgrass, saving it for the day I finally level Xinyan.

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azuarc
09/17/21 9:53:21 PM
#391:


Who? Xingqiu? Xiangling?

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swordz9
09/18/21 9:44:08 AM
#392:


Continuing to build characters up more today. Trying to figure out exactly what to do with Yoimiya. Some stuff recommends different things even for building her as a main DPS.

Im gonna use Rust as her bow, but I dunno if I go 4 piece Shimenawa or 2 Shimenawa & 2 Crimson or what yet. I want to build all my characters better even if I dont get perfect substats on artifacts.
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swordz9
09/18/21 9:54:05 AM
#394:


Im trying to figure out what to do with the only 2 5* weapons Ive pulled too. It doesnt appear like I have any of the best options for them character wise though :(

Stupid Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds and Skyward Spine. Might be able to use the latter for Rosaria or Xiangling if its better than Crescent Pike, but Lost Prayer seems like a lost cause on me without Mona, Klee or Yanfei
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swordz9
09/19/21 11:15:53 AM
#396:


So many resources I need for everything. Gonna be burning resin refills left and right.
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SockoressKnight
09/19/21 4:35:45 PM
#397:


Wow, 8 minutes in 12-3-2 and I ran out of time. Maybe one day I won't suck at this game

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swordz9
09/19/21 7:07:53 PM
#398:


At the rate Im going I wont even hit my pity before Raiden banner is gone. Gonna have to try to plow through as much plot as I can with what time is left
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swordz9
09/20/21 8:57:24 AM
#399:


Wow got 1 of each of the Dvalin items AND a bow billet from him today :o
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swordz9
09/20/21 2:46:06 PM
#400:


Also if I do miss Raiden pity I guess Ill just not pull for a while to keep my pity
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SovietOmega
09/20/21 3:45:51 PM
#401:


Probably a smart idea with rumors of a Ganyu and a Hu Tao rerun in the near future.

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