@Shigurui I'm really enjoying Natlan. The story is great and the land is fun to explore. New X.0 versions with new lands are Genshin at it's best.
I haven't quite decided which free 5-star i'm going to get. I am close to pity on the standard banner and will wait till the start of the months free wishes to see who I pull naturally before deciding. I have all of them already so it's more about which constellation I want. Jean C2 (team 15% Spd + 15% Atk boost), Mona C3 (+3 Ult) or Tighnari C2 (20% dendro dmg boost) all are good. Diluc C2 or Keqing C1 would be OK. I'm not interested in Dehya C1 and I don't need Qiqi as I have her C6. lol
Can I talk about Zenless in here as well? My priorities with ZZZ banners are a bit different than HSR, as HSR requires you to have specific pieces, whereas ZZZ is more casual at least right now, so just pull who you enjoy.
I skipped Ellen for this reason as her playstyle isn't for me, although in hindsight I basically have no ice character I enjoy using, so if they ever do become more strict about this I am in trouble.
I did pull on Qingyi's banner but not with any real seriousness cause there are a lot of electric agents in the game already, maybe not of her class, but felt I could live without her. Especially as she is like a carpal tunnel simulator, so I didn't get her. I think its cause I was part pity dipped, I ended up getting Jane despite not really being all that interested and Seth (the new 4*).
Surprisingly out of the three new banner characters I pulled, Zhu Yuan, Seth and Jane. I think I ended up enjoying Jane the most, despite being the one I was least interested in. She has a very different playstyle than the others, with it having a high ceiling for skill mastery and expression. When you nail her counters, manage her meter and overwhelm your opponent for massive damage it feels so good. Seth is fine, he fits a niche as only the second defence class character we have and the first electric type in that class too. I pulled Zhu Yuan cause she was only the second character of her element, but I have to be honest, I don't like her playstyle. I kinda liked it in the story, the way she has a dodge built into her combos seems cool, but pulling it off is harder than just dodging with the dedicated button and I find myself just defaulting back to Nicole. She isn't an offensive class, but her playstyle is just easier (put down bubble and switch).
@Pizzamorg I don't mind if you chat a little ZZZ occasionally, though we only chat about Genshin in passing every now and again. I'd suggest if it's going to be a big part of your, or anyone's posts going forward it would be better in the ZZZ forum page instead.
That out of the way I got Ellen, Zhu Yuan, Qingyi and Seth all F2P but missed the 50:50 on Jane, instead I got a second 'The Brimstone' W-engine... which I don't mind too much, weapons are strong in this game and both my main DPS's Ellen & Zhu Yuan can both use it.
I think the casualness of it is mostly because it's early game and no one has larger teams to choose from yet. HSR and Genshin were similar at the beginning. But I have no doubt they will make it harder and you'll have to optimise many characters team archetypes if you want to succeed further down the line.
I've played ZZZ almost every day since it launched but to be honest i'm possibly thinking of dropping it, or at least only coming back for bigger content. I like the combat but I don't like the 'hollow' / TV mechanic at all; and all the to-do list, especially WEEKLY (Notorious Hunt x3, Hollow Zero several times and more) seems to take too long compared to others. I just don't need another time consuming live service on top of what i'm already playing.
To be honest since I finished the story and moved over to HSR. I probably play ZZZ less than an hour a day, and some days I don't log in at all. I love jumping into a quick mission just for the feel of ZZZ as it has one of the best combat systems I've ever experienced, but I don't much care for gaming when there is no goal to what I am doing and right now, the events added to ZZZ have been much smaller than HSRs and its sorta on life support until the big update comes with the new location etc
To be honest though, with HSR and ZZZ, I am only putting the time into them like I am cause this year has been dry for gaming releases, at least for my tastes. Seems like a lot is coming out all at once over the next three or so months, so I dunno if I am gonna have the time to really dedicate much of me to these games, beyond setting aside ten minutes to log in and collect my daily currencies.
@themightyant - Glad you're enjoying it. I doubt I'll ever see Natlan, I noped out right at the start of Fontaine. I've got zero desire to explore that watery hellscape. I detest underwater exploration in any game so Fontaine pretty much killed Genshin for me. As for Zenless, I quit that very early. Probably put about 60 or so hours into it and I was done. Combat was fine and the animation work was superb but I just found everything outside of that utterly tedious.
@themightyant - Yeah afaik it's one copy and upgrade mats and limit reached for any you own already. Great for us PS5 players that never had the chance to get Tutorial Mission. Always annoyed me seeing it in the data bank and not having the event to get it.
@themightyant - Yeah mate, it'll be nice to have it for SW on my alt and Pela on my main. I wonder if Genshin will follow suit? I've missed loads of event weapons on there. Would like to get Spindle for Albedo.
@Shigurui I think I've only missed one Genshin event weapon the recent Desert Polearm for healers. I don't think it's a BiS for anyone though so i'm not as fussed.
Meanwhile my WuWa luck continues to be insane, I just got Shorekeeper after 30 wishes. I have every 5-star except Zhezhi and still have 40 wishes and 37 weapon wishes left. All my HSR bad luck has been funnelled into that game for now
@themightyant - I have exactly zero clue who or what Shorekeeper is lol. I'm on a total blackout where WuWa is concerned. I've never even seen any actual gameplay beyond the PC launch trailer. I'd like to keep it that way until it gets a PS5 release.
@Shigurui Haha, fair enough. It's VERY similar to Genshin in terms of... well almost everything... it's an unashamed clone in terms of structure and open world. But does have a few ideas of it's own and combat is fun. It's not as polished as Hoyo games but it's decent. Genshin-lite.
@themightyant - You know I actually did watch another WuWa vid on Gacha Smack's YT channel, iirc it was an endgame activity from the beta. Basically a challenge thing where you went through a series of portals. Combat looked really fun, much better than GI tbh. Looking forward to it.
That aside, any plans pulling on the next banner? I'm Jade broke, got exactly 20 pulls as of today with 20 days left on the rail pass so nothing for me. Would like Lingsha but Aventurine is likely getting a rerun soon so saving for him.
I remember trying WuWa to try and satisfy my ZZZ itch when I was between patches. WuWa also uses the "swap character to do a cool move and parry" thing ZZZ does, but it just felt so much clunkier. Really couldn't get on with it.
@Shigurui That mode in WuWa is a LOT of fun, probably my favourite end-game across all these games as it's a bit of a power fantasy (a bit like the Galactic Baseballer event) but it makes building your teams a bit worthless due to all the buffs you get. Hopefully WuWa is coming to PS5 soon... and with good performance as it runs like ass on both my iphone and tablet.
Back to HSR I just got Robin to support Feixiao. I usually save my Undying Starlight (shop currency you get from pulling characters, duplicates and cones) for if I want a 5-star Light cone. But I spent a bit as I was about 5-10 wishes short, even after competing the new event as well as speed running Simulated Universe / Pure Fiction / Swarm Disaster / etc. and everything I could to get another 15 or so wishes. That's my second 50:50 win of the year... is my luck finally turning? Lol.
The only downside was I had been pulling for Moze Eidolons before (got to E4) but now I have Robin I have a decision on whether to play Moze or March 7th, I currently don't need either in other teams. I guess it's a situational thing. Moze is a little more 'target this one guy' and March is more SP positive. Will have to try both.
Now i'm skint again and saving for Adventurine rerun.
@themightyant - Oh sweet, congrats mate. Robin is a quality add to your roster across the board. I'd definitely try for Topaz over Aventurine if you can. I have Feixiao, Aventurine and Topaz on my alt and I'd take Topaz with Feixao and Robin over Aventurine all day long.
@Shigurui Appreciate the advice. But I think Adventurine will fit into more team comps for me, more flexible. Fu Xuan has been a mainstay in almost every team except Super-break since I got her. Could do with another for end-game content.
@themightyant - All good mate, just throwing it out there. You know what your account needs far better than I do. Aventurine is an absolute fortress. Can't go wrong adding him!
5T3Y6764D3Q3 : 50 jades
LINGSHAQUIZ : Few xp books, credits.
@themightyant - Decided to throw my 20 pulls at the Lingsha banner for Guinaifen's E6. Didn't get it but got an early 5* in the shape of an E3 Welt. Guaranteed Aventurine now so not too bad a result.
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