Aloy is a bit meh tho

Granted, she's a boon for F2P players. R5 Rust works really well on her if you can get it to R5. Practically a R1 Skyward Harp. A shame her scalings are passive/ability-gated. Her level 10 auto attack scaling is on par with Yoimiya's lv5 scaling I think. Scalings aren't incredibly high in Aloy's case unless you factor in damage increases from passive and Rushing Ice stacks...

2pc BS + 2 pc Glad as expected. I see someone running NO on her too.

The second half of 2.1, the abyss challenge or perhaps 2.2 will introduce a new mechanic called Bleeding aka Corrosion in game which functions much like Balethunder.

Uncle 竜宫一心 on the Riftstalkers

Note: The Uncle uses the word "bleeding" here, this refers to the official translation of "corrosion" inflicted by the Riftstalker mobs.

"Bleeding stacks, 1 stack of bleeding is 1500 HP lost (this is after the effect got nerfed on the beta server, it was probably 3000 HP per stack before the nerf); just like Balethunder it ignores invulnerability frames. If you get hit by three Riftstalkers once each, your entire party will lose 4500 HP. The same monster attacking twice will also stack. We don't know yet whether there is a stack limit or not. If there are a lot of monsters and you get hit a lot, the bleeding damage will be really scary.

Rage is fine, since after going into rage their corresponding elemental RES will be decreased.

The Riftstalkers can flash behind you to attack; the bigger ones (Riftstalker Hounds) can even use ranged attacks, best that you keep an eye on the bleeding damage. You pretty much have to bring a healer. Hu Tao and Zhongli could manage their health, but Xingqiu absolutely could not."

Translation by Zhongli Mains (ZLM)

The corrosion/bleeding affect is then caused by these mobs, which will be linked to an event in 2.2.









Personally, I think this is a great way to reintroduce healers like Qiqi and Barbara to the meta, instead of relying on off-healers like Bennett and Xingqiu to do the trick.

That being said, I can't help but wonder what will happen to healers once the 2.1 second half or 2.2 meta is over. Will we be getting more corrosive/bleed-based meta moving forward? Assuming it's a no, then Mihoyo just pulled a very dirty trick to make you want a character for the short-term. If it's a yes, then good on Mihoyo for trying to force players to play Barbara and Qiqi again. Because healers don't get the acknowledgement that they need.

Ah... I should add that the bleed/corrosion effect bypasses shields too. Gotta double check with the community but I think that is the case.

davidtcf just checked. It bypasses shields and damages off-field team members as well.

It's a not problem if it's in it for the long run. But yes, I'm a little offended by their move myself lol.

I don't think you need a particularly high-end graphic card to run Genshin, even at its highest quality. Currently using a GTX 1070 that I bought 4-5 years ago. Does pretty okay for Genshin actually.

In case y'all didn't know, Mihoyo is currently suing Bilibili in China in an attempt to crack down on the number of leakers present in the scene. Mihoyo and Bilibili are on good terms, they're just suing Bilibili to get to their users because of some privacy law that protects internet users in China.

Leakers in the international community are also facing a witch hunt as we speak now. One of the community's most reliable leaker aka Sukuna has made his last tweet with a mixture of infos that are true and false to avoid appearing on Mihoyo's hunt list. Feel free to take what you will

Gentle reminder that the leaker mixed in a bag of right and wrong info, so interpret the leaks according to how you see fit.

Cutscene for the Moonlight Merriment event, aka Mid Autumn Festival. The girl depicted in the cutscene with Xiao is speculated to be the character using Fuhua's model. Unsure if the Fuhua rumor mentioned by Sukuna is real or fake.

Edit: Also seen at the very end is the girl in the picture below - Yunjin. Yunjin has a model already. Initially speculated to be Geo, her cutscene shows an Anemo vision instead. Not sure if 5 or 4*
Edit2: Girl said to be using Fuhua model (Fuhua is a character from HI, I think?) could just be a young Madame Ping aka Yanfei's granny.



This post has been edited by MerryGoRound^2: Sep 10 2021, 12:38 AM

Yessu! Also, in the cutscene, you'll realize Guoba is actually the God of Marchosias or a fire-spewing creature (traditionally, the term refers to the Marquis of Hell, a griffon-like hellhound. But in this case, it probably just refers to Guoba's fire-spitting skills).

That means you can potentially hoard up to C6-worth of freemogems for Scara

You need at least 14.4k of primogems to amass 90 pulls. So just go by that ratio.

I can't stress this enough. Sukuna included in a deluge of right and wrong infos to avoid getting witch hunted by Oyohim

If I were you, I'd take the safe statements. Itto's skill descriptions are quite spot on, as they are quite in line with infos made from an insider in Mihoyo. Yae could possibly be on Ganyu's level of powercreep but the part about her visions being pyro and electro-centric may be wrong. Ayato is confirmed to be in game, but he might not necessarily use a claymore. Hydro is quite a possibility as past leaks have echoed that sentiment.

The leak about 2 female characters, one which may be the Fuhua-model girl we spoke about could really just be a diversion. I know for a fact Yunjin is pretty much locked in as a new character. As is the claim regarding her vision going from Geo to something else.

So only trust the ones you feel is right .

Uh oh. Mihoyo is already acting on a larger scale to take down international websites like Honey Hunter.

If you regularly refer to HH for mob stats or character info, know that the owner of HH is shutting down the server in 24 hours and will keep the public in the loop regarding the revival of the website.

inb4 folks who commend Mihoyo's move to take "leakers" like Honey Hunter down, HH is the reason you guys get to decide how far you wanna whale for a character, to roll or skip them. Or to even know what upcoming characters are debuting on the game soon. If you're laughing at their misfortune, you probably don't realize how much boon this guys have been the international community and with them gone, you're going to suffer too. So I'd advise laying off the schadenfreude for the time being.

sos

Kinda like her JP voice, but the teaser is doing little to make me want her ;-;

Nehh. Yanfei's a hypercarry. Most times people just don't invest in her because she needs quite a lot of work to come through. DPS for a 4* is very, very amazing. She's on NG's level of power, which her focusing on sustained damage instead.

If you think her JP voice is bad, wait till you listen to her EN voice lol.

This post has been edited by MerryGoRound^2: Sep 15 2021, 06:38 PM

Do you wanna take it a step further? Go listen to her in-game EN voice lines Her teaser EN voice is bearable, in-game voice lines were a pitch or two higher. It's that bad.

ooooooh. You learn something new everyday. I had no idea Suzuko is married until you mentioned about it hahahaha.

Monkas. Diona, as in main dps Diona? Monkasssss

Oh, I almost forgot. si kutu rayau How does a C6 Eula + C6 Raiden duo feel to you in terms of gameplay fluidity? Can you feel Raiden's C6 if at all? I heard most times Raiden's C6 is an overkill, but I'm curious if it truly benefits Eula.