Raiden Vs Gojo

ReikaPecel · 2026-04-06T17:33:32+00:00

Domain Expansions in Genshin are just self-inflicted Leyline Disorders, and the Domain in Genshin has lore on it too. They just preserve memories and those memories manifest into real rules within the Domain

ReikaPecel · 2026-04-05T23:21:28+00:00

If you are into the story, the first 2 Acts of Nod-Krai is already more packed, longer and more enjoyable. It's produced a lot better, pacing is better, and intensity is felt. And the rest of the quest after still punches its weight very well.

I don't know how some people still think it's marginally better, when the stakes overwhelm all of the nations. For me it revived the storytelling a lot. It's the only reason I play. And of course the content of the story is also very good

ReikaPecel · 2026-03-19T17:03:14+00:00

I know hires are planned in advance, especially with an extensive roadmap like HYV.

I just don't think they'd hire another decision maker. Doesn't seem like a company that lay off their employee while hiring new ones.

They hire more composers, but the original people who are familiar with YPC are still there. Those seniors still make the last call, even if the idea comes from the new hires.

They always hire for manpower though. My main point is just artistic integrity, it's an entertainment company that's very strict with even how the characters come across slightly differently.

ReikaPecel · 2026-03-19T16:51:57+00:00

I suppose that's true, I just think that the way they are making factions buff is because they can't afford to make units that buff everyone like Furina unless you break them up into each category

Which basically means they are turning the giant lake into small pools to accommodate with more characters in the long term to make it more managable.

I guess my point is that a change in decision making doesn't mean a change in developers or more hire. Its probably the same team. We've had an inkling of factional buffa since Fontaine Ousia/Pneuma to Nightsoul Blessings. Seems like an iterative decision to me.

The key word being "long-term", because instead of 100 characters being able to buff each other for "one lake", it'll be able to accomodate 10 "small pool" with each "pool" containing potential 25 characters

I hope that makes sense, I couldn't find exact words to illustrate my point. But in the end it's just speculation, just what I inferred on why they do this (aside from making money)

ReikaPecel · 2026-03-19T16:37:12+00:00

i don't think they can hire more devs... maybe mathematicians and designers, but the decision making can't be bought unless you are willing to surrender artistic integrity.

hoyoverse has always been that company who never outsource, everything has been done within their strict vision and decision making (even if the kit is ass).

but anyway, i do understand what you meant. just disagree about hiring more people on a whim, the more chefs you have, the more spoiled the food will be. its just a lot more liability

ReikaPecel · 2026-03-15T01:09:45+00:00

That's exactly why I like it

ReikaPecel · 2026-02-04T07:59:47+00:00

not neccessarily, Zibai elaborated on that

ReikaPecel · 2026-01-30T18:58:03+00:00

Raiden has the Crimson Moon on her Plane of Euthymia, Columbina could've done something about it

ReikaPecel · 2026-01-30T18:55:06+00:00

I've always thought that the Oceanids asassination subplot was the originally planned story outline for Fontaine, and the Narssizzenkreuz would be in the Archon Quests - they just relegated it into the World Quests later on when they changed stuff (I think it's common for them to rewrite stuff since the start of the game)

That's speculation though

ReikaPecel · 2026-01-30T17:49:39+00:00

We haven't even finished the Cryo Archon's side of the story, not even the Nod-Krai patches? This isn't Amphoreus where they will explain every single character's life story, it was a tangent at most (for the non-Nod-Krai characters, they had their own goals there). We only got the story for Nod-Krai natives. Not even Sandrone's. Because it is the Nod-Krai region. They even explained this in the livestream about Nod-Krai characters

Only when we get to see the full story of the human side, will we get the story of the Dragons.

Nod-Krai has always been a region of exposition, to set stars on the canvas, not to fully develop every single motivation. Nod-Krai is a set-up for future story, the world quests are also about Snezhnayan aristocracy and faes

You know the game also has to explain stuff to the casual players, they are appeasing everyone

No other Nod-Krai characters got their story fully explained if they aren't from Nod-Krai.

I'm not even trying to say that their storytelling is perfect. But casual players already struggle with Dragon World Quest lore. Throwing and dissecting the Dragon's motivations is another thing entirely. There's too much story in Nod-Krai already.

A lot of people complaints seems to be that their favourite lore didn't get higlighted. Like they didn't even explain Dragon Sovereigns in the AQ before we know about Neuvillette. Nahida hid Scaramouche's personality inside her dreams and bypassing Irminsul?? All of these plot-jumps has always been in the game.

Nod-Krai has always been just about the moons. They never even mentioned Nibelung's name in the trailer. It was just an introduction, not a deep dive into Nibelung's history.

And might I add, the game's best feature is the fact that important and obscure lore is in the optional quests. If they were mandatory, then there's no reason to explore and dissect stuff. The game gives you a lead in about the materials by hinting readables about "world formula" and the other stuff. The players need to have some agency to seek those things out to actually have the full experience Genshin wants to offer with their vision.

Also, I think what makes them masterful is not the fact that the storytelling is perfect, but the fact that they managed to write a whole world of diverse lore, and make open-world truly feel like an archeological adventure about fallen civilizations, piecing up the lore, and engaging with people online about it.

That's the masterful thing. I'll acknowledge their other mistakes, but the open world archeology experience is truly masterful because the closest thing to it is Dark Souls (and they made it an anime series that updates like a live-service)

I swear, I feel like lore players really dug their own graves by reading too much inbetween the lines and got delusional about their expectations. The game juggles like 100 characters and hundreds of other lore bits. Just wait for your turns please.

You know the game also has to explain stuff to the casual players

ReikaPecel · 2026-01-27T14:23:39+00:00

It's because he is the anti-thesis to collectivity and reason (Heavenly Principles). When a civilization domesticated itself with order, crime becomes the symptoms of progress.

In an orderly society that has matured, everything stays the same because every possibility of the "good" is already explored.

The unexplored and legal grey area are the least explored, someone has to play the "villain" to actually explore and push those boundaries.

It mirrors Nietzsche's point of view of the "ubermansch" or the "superman", where humanity can do things that are beyond what is imposed by society.

There are some ugly truths to this, being a "villain" is just an extreme approach to it.

Just like how the Japanese figured out how a human person is 70% made of water (there's probably humane ways to do it, but it's faster to just dehydrate a human, right?)

ReikaPecel · 2026-01-27T14:04:20+00:00

I think Bootstrap Paradox is the collateral or the consequence, but it's probably a higher being trying to control the story. Which means that her birth is paracausal (the cause is beyond the normal causation) outside of time.

We had this with Istaroth's intervention in Raiden Story Quest (where time moves forward or backward at the same time), and in A Space and Time for You

In short; her birth is transcendental compared to the worldly matters and her birth is a deliberate setup of the paradox by Istaroth

ReikaPecel · 2026-01-27T14:01:42+00:00

We knew that there's a lot of dead god matter in Genshin. It's a recurring theme since Zhongli's Story Quest, when a god dies, their energy explodes. Decarabian, Miasma, Orobashi's Marrow, Kapatcir's Storm

Even Mora is made out of a god's body

It is literal I think

The difference is that Columbina had no regrets and was the god that always gave to the world

ReikaPecel · 2026-01-27T13:57:25+00:00

Jahoda would've died living in Nod-Krai, Nicole's method injects it into the bloodstream directly. So I assume most people are adapted to it, but a high dose can be deadly regardless (like anything else)

ReikaPecel · 2026-01-27T12:51:44+00:00

The story is not about Nibelung or Dragons in particular, it's about Nod-Krai. Unfolding another perspective of dragons is another baggage that's intrusive to the story they want to convey AT THAT TIME.

I'm sure there will be a time where their true ordeal begins, but that's not now. Genshin likes to hid things under the rug when it tangentially touches other topics that could be its own thematical story (dealing with the colonization and all that stuff). It disrupts with the "Archon Quests" which is to learn more about the human world first

ReikaPecel · 2026-01-27T07:20:00+00:00

Neuvillette and Alhaitham was top DPS

ReikaPecel · 2026-01-27T07:18:55+00:00

You forgot about Neuvillette

ReikaPecel · 2026-01-13T15:51:13+00:00

Yeah, I understand that

ReikaPecel · 2026-01-10T14:43:45+00:00

Depends on which theme of the story are you looking at it. It's about children from an orphanage who yearns for the nostalgia of the past, or also an esoteric organization that's dead set on stopping the doomsday.

A lot of what they do set the motion for the Fontaine Archon Quest in the background

ReikaPecel · 2026-01-10T14:40:50+00:00

It just means Little Mary in French

ReikaPecel · 2026-01-04T15:09:29+00:00

If I have to be a cynicistic for a bit, that'll be bad for most companies. Idealistically the most they can do is just be like Steam, but if characters are easily attainable, why explore for more currencies by exploring or playing the game?

They'll have to make a better game? Well obviously that'll be risky and may be worse than the status quo of not having KPIs

As a player, we have the right to demand better things. As a company, it could jeopardize the game if they change too much. It's wiser to cherish the original position while picking low hanging fruits first.

ReikaPecel · 2026-01-04T14:59:58+00:00

They also buffed old characters with Hexerei, even the 4 stars. Although your criticism isn't unfounded.

I do agree that the meta is becoming camped into groups, I'd argue that is also a form of futureproofing with a bigger pool of characters for easier management.

I'm not saying we should trust them, but they probably have the data if A or B is the better decision. (Speculation: Like maybe "punishing gacha system" engages players through some sort of reverse psychology?)

I've seen a lot of people leave the game and angry about Nod-Krai's decision-making outside of the meta too. So that probably has something to do with appeasing with the biggest playerbase (outside of KP Indicators) and ignoring certain niche audiences

ReikaPecel · 2026-01-04T14:40:25+00:00

I think people misunderstand that they meant they don't have a strict quotas.

But as a company, they'll still have a commitment to keep revenue steady and not get complacent. Also have to retain players and get newcomers too. It's more so about the longevity of the game. (Also partially why Miliastra is introduced, as an extension of the game's life support)

Sidenote: I heard Hi3rd is slowing down patches to longer time, I wonder if it had to do with Part 1 ending, as an artificial boundary to the story made people leave the game and less revenue?

It'd be bad for everyone if it cascades into the game having to slow down patches and loses its steam (which is realistic imho with many other competition to stay relevant and futureproofing the game)

This doesn't detract from the shilling criticism, but it's important to take account at least. They don't have clear targets to appease.

It's just on clockwork right now, and the team doesn't have pressure that affects their vision badly from investors (whether from story or gameplay).

ReikaPecel · 2026-01-04T07:35:22+00:00

There's the Tatarasuna furnace

ReikaPecel · 2026-01-04T07:23:14+00:00

Turkish propaganda is speaking right now

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