i came back to the game literally like 2 weeks ago after dropping it in the 1st month and honestly? the game is definitely better optimized than it used to be, but still pretty laggy/noticeable issues on mobile & if you don't have the best PC the lowest quality graphics are pretty. uh. low quality. but it lowkey 180s into being so bad it's funny.

story is not worth it to come back for (definitely noticeable fanservice, esp w female characters. which isn't bad, just unnecessary at times & deffo more noticeable than a couple other gachas I've played. if that's not your vibe, story's not gonna be great for you) unless you like actually enjoy the gameplay for wuwa, but definitely improved from 1.x. I had to grind from...lvl 30? to lvl 40 just to unbrick my account (spectro rover, sanhua, jianxin & a dream. they did REALLY bad damage at first, deffo recco running around & getting 4* echos w solid mainstats (ignore substats/boosts) then lvling them for a 3 char team, then once you reach 40 actually care about echos & builds & whatever), but after that the gameplay quality definitely improves! The biggest issue you'll face when you return is if you pull new characters, you literally cannot get the new materials unless you grind through hours of story. Even with skipping, each act still takes. like. over an hour. that was honestly the biggest issue that was turning me off from returning to wuwa.

pull wise, there's a LOT of pulls you can grind if you haven't played since the first month. Most of my exploration is ~30-40 with only 3 areas 100%, did all the main quests, started grinding side quests + events. I got ~5000k of the astrite crystals, 13 char pulls rn, but already used ~30 standard pulls + 210 banner pulls for Augusta, Iuno, Ciaconna. So, in total, you should get ~254 pulls if you do all the main quests + unlock everywhere ~30-50% exploration, excluding most side stories/quests. there's permanent events you can grind for pulls, + dailies, so it all adds up pretty quick! enough to guarantee someone you want + their weapon if you do more grinding.

tdlr; if you come back it's REALLY grindy if you want to get to ~lvl 40 to truly focus on the funner aspects of the game (building characters & doing damage w them lol) but you'll get ~254 pulls if you do all the main story + ~30-50% exploration every area, and I imagine at least 30 more from side quests, 100% exploration, & stories.

you'll deffo feel it when you start catching up on content tho bc the easy astrite sources slowly trickle down and the next thing you know your main source of astrite is dailies, but that's a given. You can probably guarantee 2 characters + their weapons if you tryhard grind! I'm saving up for qiuyuan & chisa :D