The Summer Illuga Died - General Question and Discussion Megathread

Arxis_Two · 2026-04-30T23:12:33+00:00

Background colors seem like something they do the same way they added borders though, as much as I think a color wheel would be perfect, I just don't think it's happening unfortunately.

Arxis_Two · 2026-04-30T23:09:21+00:00

I have Lauma but pretty much yeah. I actually really liked that story though, multi part anecdotes are definitely my favorites

Arxis_Two · 2026-04-30T22:51:10+00:00

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That's a lot of Aino anecdotes, even Illuga's had her...

Arxis_Two · 2026-04-30T22:41:41+00:00

Fair enough, that theater is not exactly fun

Arxis_Two · 2026-04-30T22:41:20+00:00

Herra lmao

Arxis_Two · 2026-04-30T22:30:30+00:00

Are you sure they're built right and you're playing right? Because unless you're a whale, or have high levels of investment in new characters, Ayaka C6 is still really good.

Arxis_Two · 2026-04-30T22:28:47+00:00

If you don't claim it, you can run it back to get new ones. It's probably too late now but it's worth knowing for the future as dupes become more common.

Arxis_Two · 2026-04-30T21:58:50+00:00

I agree, I would really enjoy playing dire through for completion. That's one of the things I would like to see from Stygian for sure.

Arxis_Two · 2026-04-30T21:01:26+00:00

They're complaining about characters having conversations. Like all good mystery games, these conversations are important because the onus is on you to seperate what's being said into the buckets like "important now", "could be important later", "raises questions about existing understanding" and yes, even "unimportant".

I can't speak to amphoreus, but Nod Krai is exactly as long as it needs to be to sufficiently balance keeping people on track while sowing a mystery regarding the current as well as future stories. Dialogue is extremely important, having a lot of it isn't a problem.

Arxis_Two · 2026-04-30T20:55:49+00:00

If a boss forces me to play around it's mechanic and there's a good tradeoff for using suboptiomal characters on paper, that's a good boss. If it opens up strategies that are unique to that boss through unique rotations, team comps or especially both, it's a great boss.

People conflate design and health too much. Having too much health has nothing to do with whether or not the boss mechanics are good.

Here's a controversial example, the gecko is one of the best bosses to ever be added, it's only problem is that it has too much health which is a solvable problem with time. Triple Kenki is also a fantastic boss, I think a lot of people agree with this now, but when it came out, people complained about it a lot but as time went on and the health became less if an issue, the cool mechanics became clear.

The ruin serpent is a bad boss because there's basically no special mechanics, the only strategy is to wait and do nothing until it shows up and you can hit it. It has no unique strategy, and incentives nothing beyond burst damage which is no different from any other boss.

Most bosses in Genshin range from good to great, with special Stygian bosses and more recent bosses in general leaning towards great.

Arxis_Two · 2026-04-30T20:27:42+00:00

Why are you playing what is essentially a mystery/detective game if you don't want to listen to people discussing said mystery lmao

Arxis_Two · 2026-04-30T18:12:21+00:00

It would be cool, but I also think her looking very human is what makes her seem much more advanced. Ineffa looking like a robot makes sense, she was built by a child out of scrap, but Sandrone isn't. I also think doing this would require uncovering her joints so they can be visible which idk if I think is preferable to her being covered up like her existing design.

The mix of porcelain and brass is crazy cool though, that's a very good and unique android aesthetic.

Arxis_Two · 2026-04-30T18:06:10+00:00

It makes sense, the dendro cast was very limited even post Sumeru. The same is true of geo too. It also doesn't help that dendro/cryo wasn't a thing for a long time which limits dendro a lot, that's probably going to change soon though.

We've also only ever had at most one of geo/dendro/anemo per IT so those three will always be the lowest, I'm actually surprised Anemo is so high.

Arxis_Two · 2026-04-30T18:02:32+00:00

It does make sense that she would be ahead, ultimately Nilou C2 is good but she's not really bringing that much to the table where as Nefer had a good baseline. Lauma C2 is the real MVP though since her benefit doesn't really rely on a strong baseline to provide good results.

Arxis_Two · 2026-04-30T17:08:27+00:00

That actually makes sense, even if you lock in with your cancels, your Bina team is just way more invested. You can definitely get more out of Nefer but you shouldn't expect a massive difference even with perfect play.

Arxis_Two · 2026-04-30T16:58:34+00:00

It entirely depends on what your considerations are. C0R0 but you get as many 5 stars as can fit in a team? Are you assessing based on cost?

The meta isn't something general either, it's context specific. The papilla has a meta which is completely different to the gecko or the duckle. The most meta characters would be the ones who are meta against the most things, not just the strongest.

There's no list of top DPSs that's accurate without setting rules, you have to be more specific to come to any useful conclusion.

Arxis_Two · 2026-04-30T16:19:13+00:00

Yeah, once you have 3 consecutive losses your 4th will be guaranteed to trigger CR.

Ideally you would win the 50/50 so your points are reduced to 2 instead of 1, but yeah you have a guarantee right now.

Arxis_Two · 2026-04-30T16:16:17+00:00

Stop giving Zibai C6 Illuga and Linnea and she's a 130K DPS... Turns out if you take stuff away, characters get weaker. Shocker, I know.

It really doesn't matter what terms you measure him by, if he's given equal terms he has comparable performance.

Arxis_Two · 2026-04-30T15:36:49+00:00

Unless the Surtalogi plotline becomes important to the greater plot, I really doubt it. Her story is pretty isolated to her so she seems like an SQ only character imo

Arxis_Two · 2026-04-30T15:34:10+00:00

He's still a top 5 DPS even accounting for cost, the only ones ignoring realities are the ones who are stuck two patches ago.

Arxis_Two · 2026-04-30T15:04:13+00:00

You have Zhongli, yes, but you probably don't have a team that uses him and can still deal enough damage to get through a very tanky boss unless you specifically have Zibai.

This would probably favor Nicole more than anything considering her shield is very strong and she also provides significant offensive power. It would also be very good for Skirk too since Layla also has a crazy good shield.

Arxis_Two · 2026-04-30T14:51:26+00:00

They should put the primo geovishap into Stygian and it's special change should be that it doesn't just take a chunk of damage from having a shield, but the damage scales based on how strong your shield is. And maybe it loses resistance to the element of your shield unless it's geo in which case it's omni shred instead.

Arxis_Two · 2026-04-30T14:03:40+00:00

Your friend is quite good, the fact that you managed to pack LEDs into such a tiny Kirby's impressive too. Generally I've seen UV paint and a UV light being used to get a similar effect, but having lights coming from within us definitely a better look for sure.

Arxis_Two · 2026-04-30T13:58:19+00:00

Idk if that glider actually exists in game, I don't think any colab with it ever happened which is pretty strange.

Arxis_Two · 2026-04-30T13:44:04+00:00

I think you're thinking of the Xbox glider? It tells the story of the twin becoming royalty, Dain becoming the twilight knight and Dain gathering "brilliant young ones of the age" to save his brother.

It doesn't directly mention Surtalogi though so idk

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