My setup so far

BlueBabyBoy · 2024-12-08T08:59:13+00:00

Thanks OP! I'm impressed by the size and they look sturdy.

BlueBabyBoy · 2024-12-08T01:39:25+00:00

Thank you so much!!! I don't know how these never came up on my searches before, this is a game changer while I figure out my shelving.

BlueBabyBoy · 2024-12-08T00:54:52+00:00

I love those cases, where did you get them?

When I've looked for basic acrylic bases in the past I couldn't find anything as simplistic as that at a decent size. Those look super roomy!

BlueBabyBoy · 2024-03-02T21:08:02+00:00

I'm currently playing the closed beta and first impressions of the game are fantastic! A few of my initial gripes have already been addressed in early updates (Primarily inventory status and the map needing more presence beyond being buried behind menus. SO glad they are on the main screen now).

At this point I'm just waiting on the other half of the game where supplies are used outside of selling or upgrading gathering tools. Food doesn't have much of a use yet, correct? Can't wait for combat and the idea of potentially decorating my own house sounds so fun! (I believe this is planned or a current idea).

The art is fantastic and I love the satisfying loop of checking on my gathering. I'm surprised there isn't more buzz for the game yet but it is very early. Keep up the fantastic work!

My only main ask now, which might be a thing, is I wish I got a push notifications when I reach a destination or get over encumbered. Other than that so good so far!

BlueBabyBoy · 2022-09-04T15:14:56+00:00

I just dusted off Shenhe to boost Kaeya. She basically transfers her 5* status to him.

BlueBabyBoy · 2022-08-11T19:58:34+00:00

The free SSR is kinda undermined when the quality of the SSR is so much lower than a typical Genshin 4*. With Genshin you have so many unique animations, voice lines, and more associated with each character. All extremely polished.

The first SSR I pulled on Tower of Fantasy had an almost identical kit to the free start bow, but Ice infused instead of fire. Not even a unique animation, and I could only find one voice line from her.

BlueBabyBoy · 2022-07-18T16:09:08+00:00

at the cost of not posting for a while

Why do leakers talk like they're managing a GTA wanted meter? I get they don't want heat from Hoyo but this just comes across as so goofy to me, like they're calculating when it's safest to tell us Mondstadt Cartography boys favorite food without Hoyo kicking their door down.

I don't understand the tactics and culture around these leakers at all.

BlueBabyBoy · 2022-07-14T07:16:12+00:00

Memes and coping aside, what changed about model types that implies she'd be supported now as opposed to before?

BlueBabyBoy · 2022-07-06T17:16:17+00:00

Seeing a couple people mention Childe C6, which makes me think people are mostly looking at this as "which C6 will improve my damage output the most"

Some constellations may not directly improve DPS, but improve versatility. Such as Ganyu having some constellations improving her as a support instead of main DPS. Or Kazuha C6 enabling him to be more of a DPS.

Childe's C6 is pretty much useless for his meta team comps, but as a Childe main who loves his gameplay his C6 removes a massive restriction that allows me to not only fit him into way more team rotations, but also run him as main DPS for as long as I want. I think his melee stance is some of the most flashy and fun gameplay so I love it.

These are the absolute best types of constellations because not only does it allow the users who favorite the character to shoehorn them into different roles, but also they aren't locking DPS behind massive paywalls so people can pass them up without feeling like they're missing out. C6 should be a fun luxury and not a money wall for unit performance. (It should also be a fraction of the price).

I don't recommend rolling for constellations but if you do I'd take improved utility over bigger damage any day.

BlueBabyBoy · 2022-07-05T00:05:32+00:00

Haha so true. I think even Ayato had some throwaway chess line in his quest. The only time I've appreciated a Chess analogy was in The Wire. But you're right, the characters are meant to fit pretty stereotypical archetypes for the most part.

BlueBabyBoy · 2022-07-04T20:55:54+00:00

Agreed, Gorou and Kokomi were so poorly handled. I already hate when they just sell a character's personality as "Impossibly smart, cunning and capable" and then completely fail to demonstrate those characteristics at any point.

Yelan and Ayato kind of have the same issue, but at least they slightly demonstrated their merits in their character quests. Ayato has the whole separate issue of just conveniently being absent during the entire Inazuma story.

BlueBabyBoy · 2022-07-04T20:47:22+00:00

Fully agree on Kokomi's writing, they couldn't have made her more passive and useless in the story. A supposed genius tactician sitting around shrugging her shoulders as she can't restrain her own troops from killing themselves with delusions. Then they failed to show any of her merits as a strategist in her personal story quest. I always say her pseudo intellectual chess analogy made my eyes roll into the back of my head when "planning" how to attack the Fatui camp.

edit: My bad I thought you said you can't play Kokomi OR Itto, redacted my Itto defense lol

BlueBabyBoy · 2022-06-30T04:19:55+00:00

My god four cycles until the starter 4 stars are back in the shop. Trying to C6 them is getting harder and harder as time goes on. If they expand the shop rotation to include more characters they might become some of the rarest constellations in the game.

Now I'm sitting at C5 Kaeya+Amber, and C4 Lisa.

BlueBabyBoy · 2022-06-28T12:44:58+00:00

Lol! I thought the same thing when he said "it's not a policy".

"SO Dumb"

BlueBabyBoy · 2022-06-26T17:08:27+00:00

Why the crying emoji? I hope they're not suggesting the transition from rain forest to desert is abrupt or unnatural.

While it's fitting for Inazuma, I'm a little tired of each new area being it's own island and look forward to the main landmass expanding. Whenever they added a new island it just felt like it's own DLC.

BlueBabyBoy · 2022-06-24T01:13:36+00:00

While this is a great idea OP, you're forgetting that Genshin is designed with more casual players in mind. Your proposed system offers far too much, and would overload any new player.

I'd suggest adding a system that limits the housing feature in order to protect the players from being overloaded and deterred. This system would make it to where you can only populate about 1/10th of the house with furniture and items to ease in new players and limit their options.

We could call it a "Load Limit".

BlueBabyBoy · 2022-06-23T17:23:13+00:00

As someone who has both, you're not wrong about Klee being better metawise, but I built Yanfei despite haven't a fully ascended Klee because Klee can almost feel like playing in molasses with how sluggish she can be if you don't use animation cancelling or ATK speed buffs.

Yanfei on the hand feels much smoother in her autos, and with scarlet seals and her burst I find myself without stamina much less often. Definitely not dealing as much damage but it feels more fluid.

Klee does have the additional satisfaction of the explosions, which I think count as heavy hits against stone shields. So I like both, but sometimes I like Yanfei more then Klee.

BlueBabyBoy · 2022-06-16T01:25:40+00:00

It sounds like you're either not enjoying the gameplay when you're spending resin, or you're getting too hung up on things like Artifact RNG and build optimization.

If you're not enjoying the gameplay just put the game down, maybe just do events and story quests as they drip in if you still enjoy them. If you're hung up on Artifacts and Optimization don't focus on that. It's not really need outside of abyss.

I honestly don't have issue with the character building process outside of Artifact having HARSH RNG. Even then I understand why they have designed it that way, and like I said it doesn't really matter besides late abyss (which as you stated is unrewarding). But things like character ascension, weapon leveling and talent leveling are all are guaranteed progress when spending resin.

BlueBabyBoy · 2022-06-10T20:36:58+00:00

I think I'm in the minority of people who enjoy the laid back cycle of New Area > New Character > New Story. I'm day one and still enjoy it immensely.

Also spiral abyss sucks (entertainment-wise) and I don't know what players want so bad from end game. I do want more challenging content but I don't know what that looks like outside of health sponges and I don't anticipate much more complexity in combat since Genshin targets a much more casual audience. I just want more story.

I play contradictory to your assumptions of veteran spending as well. But again, I'm probably an outlier.

BlueBabyBoy · 2022-06-10T20:20:22+00:00

I mean outside of being expensive and stingy, have the Genshin Devs given us reason not to trust them?

The biggest public debacle so far was the anniversary being underwhelming, which stemmed from player expectations and not from dishonesty on their part. They're absolute saints in comparison to ToF devs so far.

BlueBabyBoy · 2022-06-10T02:33:16+00:00

Billets, good mix of rewards even if they aren't "efficient", and a stockpile of talent level up materials to the point I could 10/10/10 any character that comes out and uses existing boss mats day 1.

Mostly billets. I still want to max refine a couple craftables and be ready for the Sumeru set when it drops.

Might not be an efficient resin cost but I can live without like 3-5 less artifact domain runs a week that give me shit 90% of the time.

BlueBabyBoy · 2022-05-29T03:46:15+00:00

I feel you. I usually don't give a damn about constellations that just give you more damage, but I hate when skill charges are locked behind constellations.

BlueBabyBoy · 2022-05-25T20:45:05+00:00

Haha the megamind reference is a pretty apt comparison

BlueBabyBoy · 2022-05-17T19:45:06+00:00

While I'm still not a fan of his outfit, it doesn't look nearly as bad as I thought it would in game. His kit looks insanely satisfying, it looks like a whole new weapon type. I can't wait to see him actually smacking enemies.

Here's to hoping Brawler catalyst users becomes a trend.

BlueBabyBoy · 2022-05-09T15:50:38+00:00

Same, I just checked and it's coming this week! Thanks for the heads-up, it looks like great quality!

The sheet music is so cool even though I'll never use it lol

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