[ SECRET POST #5770 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5770 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

Whales in mobile gaming is used to refer to people who drop inordinate amounts of money in the game to have all the best characters, abilities, and equipment. You can spot a potential whale if they have a recently released character already maxed out with all the best gear. It’s not always an indicator cause some people are really dedicated to the grind, but its usually more likely than not that they’re a whale.

I’ve seen developers use the phrase going whaling to mean encouraging high spenders to spend even more money. Or something like that. It was in a Stephanie sterling video if you’re into their stuff.

[(Anonymous)]

Unsurprisingly, the term is a carry-over from the gambling industry.

[(Anonymous)]

Nayrt

But that makes sense, and I’m surprised I never made that connection sooner.

[(Anonymous)]

you won't like Genshin if u dislike bloated. It's all skip skip skip dialogue.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, the main criticism I have of Genshin is that there is so much unnecessary dialog. Sometimes it feels like the game is catering to kids and/or stupid people in that regard, because there is so much repetition (usually in the form of "so, to sum up..." after a conversation that really doesn't need summing up) and overexplanation. Which I'd be fine with if skipping it was a bit quicker!

[scissorsevered]

I used to play genshin all the time earlier this year, mainly only because I really liked the environment designs in Liyue and because grinding to level up and get equipment is really satisfying to me. I uninstalled it so I could have storage to download a Call of Duty game on my PS5 and never got it back lol.

The story is SO lackluster imo though. It's not terrible, but its so forgettable to where when I got to the point of finally being leveled high enough to access more of it, I had forgotten what the hell happened prior. Also in the spirit of what another anon said, the dialogue is especially dull.

[(Anonymous)]

I actually enjoy the story in general. Some aspects or chapters more than others, of course. At 10 hours in you're probably still in the prologue and it still feels kinda...generic? Around then? (though later maybe you will look back and be like, "wait...they were hinting at [x] even then?")

It stays pretty free-to-play friendly. All content in the game can be completed by the characters you get as you go along. You don't have to spend money to get the latest and greatest characters or weapons just to be able to move forward or anything like that. I won't say I've never spent any money on the game but it's a pretty tiny drop in the bucket and was mostly because at some point I started thinking about how many hours I'd put into the game compared to AAA games I'd played and figured if I was willing to spend $60 on a game with a defined ending I could only play for so long, I should be willing to chip something in on a game with continuously updated content that I could spend many more hours of time on getting enjoyment out of.

[(Anonymous)]

+1 to all of this! I ended up making a deal with myself to buy a Welkin Moon for each nation as it's released. Which I think considering the several hundreds of hours of play I've already got from the game, is a pretty good deal.

But I've never been in a position where I felt like I really needed to spend any money. Everything (except some cosmetics) is attainable through just playing the game. And eventually you'll probably get to a point, as I have, where you're happy with the characters and teams you've built and you don't feel drawn to roll for new characters anymore.

[(Anonymous)]

Wrt keeping up with the characters: don't. Most of them won't be relevant to you, especially if you're only 10 hours in (as the upgrade materials for most non-Mondstadt based characters won't be available to you until much later in the game). Focus on learning the mechanics of the characters you have and use events where you get to try out new characters to discover which characters you'll want to roll for.

Watching videos and looking up team guides is the best way to learn about what teams work well, but if you don't want to do that, just try out different combos of the characters you have. Learning about the different elemental reactions will help. Actually, I'd recommend trial and error anyway even if you do look up some guides, as you might find a team that works for you that isn't commonly recommended. Eg. Yanfei/Fischl is not a combo I see recommended a lot, but they've carried me through almost 300 hours of this game and I'm still using them regularly.

Oh, and don't worry about artifacts until you reach Liyue at the VERY earliest. Early game you don't need them at all and the system can get very complex for very little trade off. Later on it becomes more worth it and it will also be less overwhelming because you'll be more familiar with the combat mechanics and able to better understand what it all actually means.

[(Anonymous)]

Probably the Yanfei/Fischl combo doesn't get recommended a lot is because a lot of people recommend teams almost solely with Spiral Abyss in mind and the Overloaded reaction tends to send enemies away from you so you end up wasting time chasing after them.

As someone who doesn't care much about the Abyss, I think watching enemies go boom like that is rather satisfying. :)

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Ayrt

Yeah that would make a lot of sense. I barely touch Spiral Abyss these days, I forget it's even there half the time, so my teams are definitely not optimized for it!