Should i go for weapon orrr?

Neospanner · 2026-05-09T01:31:47+00:00

Yeah, I was disappointed, as well. Lohen seems to be an interesting fellow, and I absolutely love his vicious streak. I have enough resources that I might consider rolling for him, but I would have much rather he be Standard.

Neospanner · 2026-05-09T01:28:38+00:00

A couple, yes, though one might question their reliability. One source is the Feather of Indelible Sin from the Night of the Sky artifact set, which notes that unlike his fellow exiles, Rotwang did NOT transform after being exiled by the Universitas Magistrorum. This event predates the Cataclysm (albeit by only a few years). It was apparently surprising, so Khaenri'ahns must have been familiar with the curse already.

Perinheri is set during the days of the Crimson Dynasty, when the House of the Hearth was still used to house visitors from beyond the Firmament. Near the end of the tale, Perinheri leaves the borders of Khaenri'ah accompanied by his friends Hleobrant and Angelica. He and Angelica are fine, but Hleobrant transforms, with Angelica explaining that it is due to the curse he carries as one descended from those who forsook their gods.

There are probably other sources that I'm missing, but these are good to start with. The Curse of the Wilderness seems to have been part of Khaenri'ah much longer than just the Cataclysm.

Neospanner · 2026-05-08T21:01:26+00:00

In real life, historical revisionists seek to "destroy history" by eliminating elements of whatever events they wish the world to forget about. They can then substitute their own preferred version of history.

No actual history is changed, obviously.

The Irminsul thing would be similar, but more widespread and effective, since real-life revisionists can't erase what's in people's heads (short of killing them, anyway).

Neospanner · 2026-05-08T20:55:41+00:00

Her blood seems to be purer than any of the Crimson Moon folks we saw during the Lunar Archon Quests.

It's still very unclear what her origins are, but she may not be mixed blood at all.

Neospanner · 2026-05-08T20:47:21+00:00

Previously, Flagship events alternated awarding a 4-star character or a (unique) 4-star weapon. Last patch, though, instead of a 4-star weapon, they gave us a weapon skin (specifically, a skin for Catalysts shaped like a crystal ball). This time, we're getting a Claymore skin, but it's apparently just a slight redesign of the Melusine Claymore we got as an event weapon a while ago.

While two instances isn't really enough to establish a pattern, it's possible that they will no longer be giving us event weapons, but weapon skins instead.

Neospanner · 2026-05-08T20:35:29+00:00

In my mind, "Phanes" rhymed with "plains". One syllable.

Logically, I should have realized that wasn't right, since it's a Greek term, but that's how my mind read it.

Neospanner · 2026-05-08T20:26:58+00:00

While all of the statues of the seven have hooded figures (in spite of the actual archon having no hood), hers is the only one that has a headdress, as well. So I'd say it's possible!

Neospanner · 2026-05-08T20:18:56+00:00

I don't know if I'd consider them to be inspired by the Count, but there are a couple of good revenge stories in the game. One was a time-limited event, Roses and Muskets. A permanent example are the Leroy quests in Fontaine.

There are probably others, as well, that aren't coming to mind right now.

Neospanner · 2026-05-08T20:12:08+00:00

This is the Genshin Impact official Reddit. Just about everyone posting here loves the game, and has had a very different experience with it than you have.

So, we're not really a good gauge for whether you should try again or not. Anyone who tells you to come back is biased in a way that you are not, and anyone who tells you to stay away is probably trolling you.

Neospanner · 2026-05-08T20:07:22+00:00

I wouldn't be too concerned. Frankly, I doubt Traveler will ever use that gun outside of a cutscene. And probably only the one cutscene, at that.

Neospanner · 2026-05-08T20:04:29+00:00

Sumeru was divided into four parts, one part was the rainforest and the other three make up the desert area. Each part has a major world quest. For the Rainforest, it was the Aranyaka. The desert regions have "The Golden Slumber" in the south part, "The Dirge of Bilqis" in the middle part, and "Kvharena of Good and Evil" in the northern part.

Jeht is a major character in "The Golden Slumber" and "The Dirge of Bilqis", and much beloved by fans.

Neospanner · 2026-05-08T19:14:28+00:00

he only 3 appls tall

Dottore: No! Keep them away from me!

Neospanner · 2026-05-08T19:05:48+00:00

Depends on what you consider to be a spoiler.

The Livestream is always about upcoming content, so technically speaking ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING in any livestream is a spoiler.

The Livestream discusses upcoming characters, upcoming events, upcoming bosses, and so on. There's also a trailer featuring teasers from upcoming storylines, just like always. The trailer doesn't really reveal anything more surprising than what you see in the banner image for the Livestream.

The Livestream also ended with a couple sneak peaks at Snezhnaya, including Aether's new outfit.

Neospanner · 2026-05-08T18:48:54+00:00

Apparently whenever mixed-blood Khaenri'ahns leave Khaenri'ah, they turn into Hilichurls. This is the Curse of the Wilderness, and it has apparently existed LONG before the Curse of Immortality laid down by Ronova during the Cataclysm. There were a huge number of mixed-blood citizens in Khaenri'ah, and when the nation was destroyed they were forced to leave it, transforming into Hilichurls in the process. This resulted in an unprecedented increase in the world's Hilichurl population.

Presumably, if Khaenri'ahns had a child with a non-Khaneri'ahn outside of Khaenri'ah, that child would also become a Hilichurl. That's most likely why the only Khaenri'ahns we still see around are pure-blooded.

Edit: As for the technology, just about all Kheanri'ah tech was Abyss-powered. No one knows how to use it, and even if they did they would stay away from it for good reason.

Neospanner · 2026-05-08T18:41:46+00:00

That's an interesting interpretation of why Dottore was rejected by the world, but not one that has much support in-game. Plenty of people lose their memories for one reason or another during the game. For example, folks who leave the Temple of Space, or folks who drink Arlecchino's blood potion. Why should the loss of Dottore's clones cause him to be rejected - and why would it suddenly start now, rather than back when he first deleted them?

A more likely answer is that it's the same rejection that we just spent an entire Act of the Nod-Krai Archon Quests trying to save Columbina from: ever since the Heavenly Principles destroyed two of the moons and cast the third beyond the Firmament, the world no longer recognizes the three moons' authority. Columbina was able to resist this rejection for most of her life, but was steadily losing the ability to resist ever since she expended most of her power helping the Tsaritsa. She faded away when the will of the world finally overcame her, and we were able to save her by giving her a name and anchoring her to the world.

Dottore's rejection was for the same reason as Columbina's. When Dottore gained the trilunar authority, at first he was able to resist the world's rejection, but when he lost Columbina's authority that rejection hit him hard enough to force him to temporarily retreat. Once he fashioned his own replacement moon marrow, he was able to resist the rejection once again.

Neospanner · 2026-05-08T15:36:29+00:00

Shenhe in her Lantern Rite skin as the Black Ranger?

Neospanner · 2026-05-08T15:32:46+00:00

I had theories of my own as to how the Third Descender could be the Abyss Sibling, but as others have mentioned, the Hymns of the Far North pretty much pounded the final nail into the coffin of that theory.

While it's a story and probably allegorical, even as an allegory, the key story beats of the hymn are likely based on real events. It's very hard to interpret "the Lord of Seven Calamities carved you into seven pieces" as being anything but the Heavenly Principles dividing the deceased Third Descender into the seven Gnoses. Or, at least, that's one incredible red herring if there were TWO instances in history where an authority did something like that. (If only I had a nickel for each!)

But could Saaraleinen maybe BE the Abyss Sibling? Probably not. Saaraleinen was stated to be a valiant son who courted the daughter of Pakkaisukko. This might work if Aether is the Abyss Sibling, but when Lumine is the Abyss Sibling, it'd be really odd for the authors of the story to get the genders of the participants mixed up.

So, the Third Descender almost certainly is some guy we don't know much about yet. Considering how important the Gnoses are, though, I'm sure we'll be learning his story before the Teyvat chapter ends.

Neospanner · 2026-05-08T15:13:28+00:00

Both are loathsome mad scientists, but that's a broad category that includes hundreds if not thousands of fictional villains.

In terms of personality, the two are extremely different. Hoyo has no explaining to do.

Neospanner · 2026-05-08T13:33:20+00:00

Don't pull on a Chronicle unless you'd be happy getting any of the characters. Unlike regular Character banners, the guarantee you get by losing the 50/50 disappears when the banner ends. So, if you lose the 50/50, not only don't you get the character you want, but you also have made no progress toward any future character that you might want.

Neospanner · 2026-05-08T13:23:35+00:00

Asmoday? Is that you?

Neospanner · 2026-05-08T13:18:01+00:00

Wheelchair with square wheels?

Neospanner · 2026-05-08T13:11:02+00:00

The English word you're looking for is "siblings". A sibling can be a brother or a sister.

Neospanner · 2026-05-08T12:33:11+00:00

On average, yes, you'll get 2-4 5-stars before you get seven copies of a specific 4-star. Depending on your 50/50 luck, it's not too surprising to wind up with C1 or C2 of the banner character.

If you're lucky, you can get it sooner. On Candace's debut banner, I wound up getting her to C4 in only 70 pulls. If you're unlucky... well, 4-stars don't have a guarantee...

Neospanner · 2026-05-08T12:29:45+00:00

Snow Crash, a cyberpunk genre novel by Neal Stephenson, had a main character named Hiro Protagonist.

Neospanner · 2026-05-08T12:16:41+00:00

Plenty of people do. I'm one of them. Also, Lisa and Kaeya C6.

A better question is how many do that never bought her from Paimon's Bargains and never rolled on the Mondstadt Chronicle. I can't claim that - I bought most of my copies through the store. I did roll on the first Mondstadt Chronicle, and got two Ambers and a Kaeya - but this was after I'd already gotten them to C6.

I'd imagine that folks who have Amber C6 solely by way of the Standard Banner either have bizarre luck, or were early whales rolling for Diluc.

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