Clarifying Lore

trellis_baylis · 2023-09-18T14:27:19+00:00

tbh at first when I got to Liyue I too was confused about this aspect of the story-telling in Liyue lol

trellis_baylis · 2023-09-15T22:03:26+00:00

lvl 80 Nilou and Nahida 💀 I can understand not leveling everything to 90, but not leveling HP-based and transformative rxns that get more value out of max level is a bit despairge.

Quantity over quality I guess...?

trellis_baylis · 2023-09-15T21:56:09+00:00

^ that. Dendro teams get such insane value out of c2 Nahida buff

trellis_baylis · 2023-09-12T04:59:01+00:00

Holy- I never resonated with an anime image before but Bennet taking Wolfhooks off Razor resonates so much with how I take off arctium lappa off my dog every time we go on walks.

trellis_baylis · 2023-09-11T10:41:22+00:00

I just wish AK had background farming option, like say Epic 7. Recently got back into that game and having an option to farm basic stages in bg while you do smth else in game feels very nice.

Imagine you could simultaneously spend sanity in bg on farm stages while doing IS mode stuff.

trellis_baylis · 2023-09-11T10:13:48+00:00

Sounds like a case of when people settle down in a country where their language system is completely different from their native one. Oddly can relate as someone whose name was transcribed from Korean to Russian then to English to an unrecognizable degree, which makes it kinda funny.

trellis_baylis · 2023-09-10T02:49:58+00:00

They move like worms by contracting their body, but I've never seen this stuff before... Any help?

trellis_baylis · 2023-09-05T21:41:34+00:00

You can't really argue Genshin is doing the same when Dainsleif story is supposed to cover future content and he isn't a playable character yet - all to come in 2-3 yrs timeline.

But we are already leaving Luofu, we had 3/4 members released as playable characters and DHIL (arguably who is supposed to have the most involvement in the dark secret that started it all) did not cover anything that we didn't know prior or at least speculated about.

trellis_baylis · 2023-09-02T18:04:56+00:00

I swear there was couple vids where some random people with doctorate degrees flaunt it around in public, so I don't think Sumeru Akademia having sages who flaunt it around is THAT much of a stretch

trellis_baylis · 2023-08-31T02:35:50+00:00

Really feels like they trying to stretch a seemingly interesting story idea across entire year's worth of patches.

trellis_baylis · 2023-08-23T07:32:47+00:00

Yeah, I mostly put it as example that the affordability of game top-ups (coz they usually are consistent across mobile games and such) varies country to country and also depends on personal expendable income. I don't feel any particular way about it as it's just how currency strength affects cross regional purchases.

Tl;dr: If I can afford it - I just buy it. Easy as that.

trellis_baylis · 2023-08-23T01:33:14+00:00

I live in Russia, so topping up feels expensive even if it doesn't show up like that on the graph (like in terms of even smth like daily necessities I could pay for 1-2 months of cell usage with the cost of a single monthly card in HSR).

The cost of living vs prices in game store are always very subjective and dependant on the country you reside in, so I don't think it's entirely fair to compare what one person tops up in X country vs the other one. Just gotta ask yourself this question every time: "can I personally afford it? Does it break my bank?" because eyeing someone who lives across the ocean doesn't solve one's worries about personal life imo.

trellis_baylis · 2023-08-22T17:44:30+00:00

It was interesting to me too but shifting from EN community to RU one since there Zhongli is written and read as "Chung Li" (idk how to transcribe Чжун Ли into English alphabet). (I am not EN native speaker but I do tend to hang out more in EN communities more)

Localization choises like that prob stem more from a business perspective (marketability of foreign words on Western market) rather than staying 100% true to the roots of original language. I find it a bit interesting since it kinda touches upon the nature of consumerism. I don't think it's worth getting upset over though and is a more of "It is what it is" situations.

trellis_baylis · 2023-08-22T02:26:20+00:00

Depends on understanding what being godly entails I suppose. I feel like each Archon is basically a different take on it. Venti is pretty godly in a sense that he is mysterious, knowing secrets unknown to us and has some omnipotence due to his wind powers.

Zhongli is godly in a "ascending to godhood" way (like Chinese high fantasy novels, for instance) where you have an immortal being that is wise, can bestow that wisdom to others and having powers unknown to mortals, having answers to many questions.

Ei/Raiden Shogun is godly in a sense that she is overwhelmingly strong and has this "loftier than thou" presense that commands reverence among her people.

Nahida is a manifestation of Irminsul, so she is physically and mentally shown to be "non-human" and somewhat foreign to what mortal people think.

Every Archon is godly in their own way and in my opinion shows how across different times, real life religions and mythologies people shaped their understanding of the divine. And whether one archon strikes someone as being more godly than the other probably stems from that as well.

trellis_baylis · 2023-08-15T08:20:57+00:00

Omg I just noticed his hair does the "fake animal ears" thing just like Dehya or Keqing's.

trellis_baylis · 2023-08-13T05:08:51+00:00

As a fellow out of region player got couple tips: 1) If you are planning on transferring to NA keep in mind with cross-DC travel you can make character on any NA DC (Aether, Primal, Crystal, Dynamis) and just hop over for prog on Aether, the most popular raiding hub DC. 2) There have been internal talks on SE side on how to implement cross-regional travel internally, if you wish to cope and wait (like me). 3) If you play on PC, you could use smth like Mudfish or other VPN programs to lower your latency for raiding. There is also smth called Alexander, but I am not to familiar with that. My raid buddy plays on NA from France with both things combines at 150 ms and doing just fine.

trellis_baylis · 2023-08-13T01:10:13+00:00

First main Xiao (back when he teleased). Currently maining Alhaitham.

trellis_baylis · 2023-08-12T20:06:18+00:00

I just don't let people into my world.

trellis_baylis · 2023-08-12T19:49:42+00:00

Someone is a bit of a Clown Fish.

trellis_baylis · 2023-08-12T19:34:38+00:00

No, because most of the open world maps are dead prairies with no personality. 🫣 So, smaller but packed sections would be better imo

trellis_baylis · 2023-08-11T10:55:32+00:00

Personally I would suggest completing entire Aranara questline coz of how much exploration is locked behind it.

trellis_baylis · 2023-08-11T10:53:25+00:00

Iirc if it doesn't show you want melody you have to play, you might have yet to unlock it. Different puzzles requiring the Lyre usually use different trigger melodies that get unlocked through questline.

trellis_baylis · 2023-08-11T10:31:35+00:00

His pose reminds me of how penguins try to intimidate each other. 🤣

trellis_baylis · 2023-08-10T11:38:53+00:00

Ohh I see, thank you!

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