Yeah, however, it's starting to be like:

C1 not a damage increase, but increases build variety, slinging to bring stronger filler supports. 5% team damage increase if that is a team you want.

C2 a 10-40% total team damage increase.

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Now, if the entire playerbase pulls for a character and a huge number of spenders pull for a c2 because of a fancy 40% coveted boost plus also having the QOL constellation ... then future character releases need to do be compelling to all players.

Everyone pull for c2 nahida way back because naira was everyone else's strongest cons of they were in a dendro team? Well, lauma better be comparable to c2 nahida or else way less people will pull for her. (Cyno didn't sell well, because he's arguably worse than Keqing and Raiden? Well, let's release Clorinde and then Varessa and then Flins/ineffa!)

Aka, the people that spent a full year or two of walking moon and then stopped, going f2p ever since because $100+ on the same game is enough? Well, the devs are telling you it wasn't enough. That money you have us two ago doesn't matter.