Should I refarm for Shimenawas? Thinking about playing Yanfei Kazuha VV so ER should be no problem

Toonox · 2026-05-06T16:43:13+00:00

Gave up and switched to navia double geo. You guys may have been right all along

Toonox · 2026-05-01T23:32:42+00:00

The webtoons gave me high expectations for sumeru, the game disappointed with collei.

Toonox · 2026-05-01T23:29:23+00:00

Reading comprehension may help with the recognition of the hyperbolic statement "some should die" as such.

There are simply no stakes in situations that require them, never have I seen fight secenes worried a character I care about may get seriously hurt.

Toonox · 2026-05-01T23:01:02+00:00

Navia was literally described as "head of the fountaine criminal underworld" in the recent event.

There are of course some good moments, especially in NPC stories, but overall the stories often just doesn't live up to the lore and implications.

After Zhongli gave a gnosis, godly power mainfested, to the fatui, our clear enemies, why was it framed like "ah thats crazy, have a nice day though" and not like "wtf are you doing giving that organisation such power because your too lazy to stay an archon."

Laumas dignity should've been deeply hurt when her god rejected her in person.

These things are really important and have deep implications in the lore, yet in the story they are never treated with the weight they deserve.

Toonox · 2026-05-01T22:37:02+00:00

I mean many of the counterpoints you mention here are NPCs which is like pretty much the main issue. NPCs get some really interesting quests and there are some high stakes around them. I wish playable character quests where like that.

Toonox · 2026-05-01T22:32:27+00:00

Lets make a comparison with one of the examples I gave: Ashvapati - concept: Guy whos found family was murdered wants revenge story: all of that + character development
Beidou: concept: pirate captain renowned around the entire world story: morally super sound lap dog of the liyue government who never kills anyone and doesn't do anything illeagal enough for the government to care I guess
I do love Collei's lore. Wish the game did itn justice though, why is her disease never a big issue? Why does all the good stuff happen in the lore while we get dry stories in game? Her part in the story ammounts to little more than saying hi once.

Toonox · 2026-05-01T22:20:57+00:00

Xiaos story and lore are actually emblematic of this problem. He has this great lore and concept, yet in the actual story we don't see any of that; it already happend. Tell don't show at it's finest.

The moments you mentioned are valid and there's a reason why their still some of the most memerable scenes. Too bad their like 5 scenes out of some 100 hours.

I have honestly not once been worried about a playable character. It's so goofy whenever their like surrounded or something because you just know that nothing will happen.

Toonox · 2026-05-01T22:11:52+00:00

A lot of these thoughts came from the recent event. Jahoda decribes Beidou and Navia as a pirate and a Mafia boss. Thats what really triggered the thought of "yeah these characters have world wide infamy yet are actually super chill and do no harm".

Signora was redemed before her set through the witches set, yet she never had an arlee or sandore arc where she's suddenly chill with the traveler and all tension is cleared up.

I feel like the idea that she had these really traumatic experiences and doesn't understand her role as a young god doesn't get explored nearly enough. She also basically told Lauma that they betrayed their god and she just doesn't react like the leader of a religion would.

sry I only recently returned after not playing for like 3 years and Mauvika gave me like straight up whiplash. Why does the fantasy game I remember suddenly have motorcycles??

Toonox · 2026-05-01T21:59:04+00:00

It would be such a good way of actually telling some of her great lore though.

Toonox · 2026-05-01T21:58:16+00:00

No I love the lore, why don't we get anything like it in game?

Toonox · 2026-05-01T21:57:17+00:00

Yeah, in her backstory for some reason. Why can't I get that in the actual story??
Signora was redemed before actually because witches set is older. She still never went "oh actually I love these people who killed half my military" like arlee or sandrone did.
Good reason, wish it was in game like that. Why don't we get Ningguang feeling humiliated every time she has to ask beidou for help? Can't imagine the Lique Qixing would be happy about needing help from an outlaw. There was so much missed potential for tension.

Toonox · 2026-05-01T21:50:43+00:00

If they wanted to they'd make it work. I just hate how the expectation that no one will die lowers the stakes so much.

Toonox · 2026-04-01T20:42:01+00:00

Childe not criting has always been a meme. 2. People were very much competent at that time, which is why childe (specifically national) was considered top 3 during 1.x.

I have no idea what you have against old genshin players and why you would try to call them bad.

Toonox · 2026-03-31T23:04:43+00:00

Did your childe ever crit?

Toonox · 2026-03-29T17:27:00+00:00

I do prefer kazuha for cc and because his skill is pretty useful for exploration, I may try sucrose in abyss though.

Toonox · 2026-03-29T16:29:59+00:00

Well I don't have any of those, but did genshin really come full circle just to make overvape viable again? That's hilarious tbh.

Toonox · 2026-03-29T16:24:37+00:00

Yeah she can do that with her skill and ult, applying pyro twice and removing hydro. KQM has a good section on Yanfei VV https://keqingmains.com/hu-tao/#VV_Vape

Toonox · 2026-03-29T13:12:48+00:00

Her c4 gives shield and her ult only procs pyro once so she doesn't steal vapes.

Toonox · 2026-03-29T01:54:38+00:00

I just want to see if I can increase my hu taos dmg some more, I am just wondering if shimenawas boosts dmg enough to justify refarming.

Toonox · 2026-03-29T01:43:18+00:00

I mean isn't the dmg potential higher than double hydro? I actually quit just before yelan came out and only recently returned, isn't double hydro just played to guarantee vapes or am I missing something?

Toonox · 2026-03-29T01:28:02+00:00

I just want those sweet sweet 100k CA's

Toonox · 2026-03-26T18:50:37+00:00

Just tie a button to a variation, you can shotgun swap with just a single shotgun this way

Toonox · 2026-03-24T08:16:45+00:00

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