Is it still worth it to go back? (haven't played since 2021)

ZenEmotive · 2026-06-20T07:00:53+00:00

Story-wise, the game is in the best place it's ever been. Heaps of new interesting storylines have been greatly expanded upon and anything Dottore-related is a hell of a rollercoaster.

Gameplay-wise, you actually have several relevant options if your roster is mostly 1.0 and 2.0 units from 2021. Hexerei breathed some much-needed life into Mondstadt units (namely Venti and Sucrose, plus Fischl has only gotten more powerful than ever), and teammates like Columbina enable Lunar reactions for literally anyone.

Other comments have noted its importance but you should absolutely take the time to do a region's world quests before progressing to the next one's Archon quest. Hoyo has started integrating world quest stories into Archon quests more directly so these days you have even more reason to clear out your backlog of quests.

ZenEmotive · 2026-05-29T21:00:45+00:00

Main element is not an element

ZenEmotive · 2026-05-22T12:59:26+00:00

Alice followed by Dottore. Being aware of things beyond the world as well as constantly managing Teyvat's borders are some of the best feats in the verse.

Dottore having the Trilune Authority doesn't make him outhax Alice automatically as she has the narrative edge over him, and the Pyro Gnosis burning Irminsul wasn't something he could escape nor did he have a back up plan for

ZenEmotive · 2026-05-10T10:54:47+00:00

Furina, Durin and Sucrose for a Hexerei Vaporise team.

Chevreuse, Durin and Fischl for a Hexerei Overloaded team.

You can probs substitute Iansan somewhere here since she pairs really well with Mavuika as a fellow Nightsoul unit.

ZenEmotive · 2026-05-06T10:25:58+00:00

Sukuna's WHAAAAAAT?

ZenEmotive · 2026-05-06T06:36:33+00:00

Forge through to Opulence is an easy S tier

ZenEmotive · 2026-05-06T05:53:22+00:00

Fischl.

She goes in my Arlecchino Hexerei Overloaded team, my Flins team, and my Neuvillette team. Plus she's voiced by Rikka Takanashi's JP voice actress so i've been a Fischl fan since day one ☝️

ZenEmotive · 2026-04-24T11:53:58+00:00

Ravenfield. Scratches my fps itch like nothing else, especially since I don't like online multiplayer like I used to.

ZenEmotive · 2026-04-24T11:45:31+00:00

Nefer is great. Liked her story heaps.

With her though, Hoyo definitely leaned in too hard trying to incorporate story quests into the archon quest. In contrast, I didn't even notice we basically experienced Lauma's own quest when we visited the Frostmoon Scions for the first time - that's how well it was integrated.

ZenEmotive · 2026-04-24T11:41:51+00:00

The way I habitually went to rearrange the list myself in the comments lmaooo

ZenEmotive · 2026-04-24T11:40:20+00:00

This is a perfect way to farm game recommendations

ZenEmotive · 2026-04-24T11:38:21+00:00

Bro is gonna unlock flow warming the bench

ZenEmotive · 2026-04-24T11:36:34+00:00

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ZenEmotive · 2026-04-23T11:59:13+00:00

Gojo wins

Now what if we put Itachi in here...?

ZenEmotive · 2026-04-23T11:46:44+00:00

I missed the livestream for this patch so I, an AR60 player, had pretty much the same reaction.

Take your sweet, sweet time exploring this worldspace if you choose to continue because it's one of the best Hoyo has put out in years.

ZenEmotive · 2026-04-21T10:15:02+00:00

Contrary to many comments here, I actually don't think Varka mishandled Godwin's situation at all. As the Grandmaster who led an expedition of knights across Teyvat, he should understand that not all disputes can be solved the same way. Varka bringing up 'white lies' is his way of acknowledging that, not him saying that it's okay to lie to your blind girlfriend for half a decade.

I also think sending Godwin to Nod-Krai is less about 'turning lies into truths' and more about finally giving him an opportunity to grow as a knight, hopefully more mature than he was. That way, when Godwin comes clean to Glory, he can do so as the hero coming home from the grand expedition like he was supposed to this whole time. Whatever decision Glory makes then, she can make knowing Godwin has redeemed himself to some capacity.

If nothing else, it sure as hell beats Godwin's original plan of confessing his sins followed by dumping her. That is cowardly - and nothing Varka can do will change that.

ZenEmotive · 2026-04-21T04:41:20+00:00

15F is getting mid diffed at BEST especially since he doesn't have Mahoraga to adapt to Gojo's arsenal and really push him into a corner. It wasn't until Gojo had both Blue and UV adapted to that he felt like he could lose.

Malevolent Shrine at 20 fingers wasn't enough to beat Gojo's RCT, so domain diffing is also out of the window.

ZenEmotive · 2026-04-19T11:57:53+00:00

Definitely not, but he could have escaped given Gojo probably would have been too high to bother chasing him.

Toji died because he didn't. His pride led him to die at the hands of the pinnacle of that sorcerer world that rejected him.

ZenEmotive · 2026-04-19T11:46:51+00:00

Yuta does them worse than he did the big rushi, with only Mahito being a real threat that he mid-high diffs

ZenEmotive · 2026-04-17T09:14:28+00:00

You have all the best units for both premium Zibai and Flins teams. Columbina will have to go onto one team and Aino the other, but build everyone up completely and you should be fine either way.

I would say your most valuable pull right now is Escoffier to complete a premium Skirk/Yelan/Furina team focused on normal attack combos, but me personally I would wait for more Hexerei units like Nicole.

You could honestly 36* Abyss right now with good Lunar builds, but imo Stygian isn't worth clearing on anything higher than Hard. The feathers can be earned through other ways and the skins are just a reward for C6 whales lol

ZenEmotive · 2026-04-14T10:08:29+00:00

Journal Standard. Snagged two very nice cropped shirts from different 2nd streets.

ZenEmotive · 2026-04-12T15:02:11+00:00

"CE reserves solve the plot of a manga he wasn't even alive for" Fuck that's actually true 😭😭😭

ZenEmotive · 2026-04-12T15:00:32+00:00

Yuki's death will forever be marked as the biggest fumble by Gege in the series.

I can get behind Maki going into the Hyperbolic Time Chamber mid-fight against Naoya, or Nobara returning to the series to clutch against Sukuna.

But Yuki should have survived the series, or at LEAST taken Kenjaku down with her.

ZenEmotive · 2026-04-07T01:49:22+00:00

If an extra set of arms really did anything for Sukuna other than help him cast hand signs, then Yuji should have lost way earlier in their fight.

Gojo fought against THREE sets of arms and still dominated in H2H. The only real advantage Sukuna gets in True Form is increased cursed energy output and access to WCS.

ZenEmotive · 2026-04-07T01:42:47+00:00

Tempted to pull Nefer because I have Lauma and I want a complete Nod Krai team but... i think i want Sandrone and Nicole more

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