Genshin Impact 3.0 |OT8| Oh, My Sweet Sumeru Childe (Character diversity matters!)

[Tyaren]

Genshin Impact is a F2P open world action RPG with co-op multiplayer by Chinese developer Mihoyo, available for PS4, PS5, PC, Android and iOS.
A Switch version has also been announced without a specific date as of yet.

Your main character is the Traveller from a far away world. You choose between the twins Lumine (girl) or Aether (boy). The twin you don't pick will still play a major role in the game's story.

You are joined on your journey by a big number of unique characters. These are all the playable characters that have so far been revealed:

With the main character and a team of three other party members you make use of elemental powers and their combination to defeat your enemies. Instead of all party members being present on the combat field at once, and part of them being controlled by the AI, you control all of them. With the press of a button you switch instantly from one character to the other, unleashing devastating combos.

There are seven unique open world regions to travel to and to freely explore. These are the four regions that have been released so far:

Exploration and traversal is closely inspired by Breath of the Wild. You will run, swim, climb and glide to every nook and cranny of the game world to discover enemy camps, hidden treasures, puzzles, dungeons, bosses and more.

Genshin Impact is a story driven game. Apart from an extensive main story, many character and world quests bring the world, lore and characters to life. The story is told in many hours of high quality and fully voiced (in English, Japanese, Chinese and Korean) dialogue scenes and cutscenes.

Everything is accompanied by a beautiful OST by the award-winning composer Yu-Peng Chen and by Western and Eastern producers and orchestras that also brought us the film and game OSTs of The Lord of the Rings triology, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, God of War (2018) and Final Fantasy XV.

On what platforms is this game available?
Genshin Impact is available on PS4, PS5, PC, Android and iOS. A Switch version has also been announced without a specific date as of yet.

Is this an MMO?
No, this is a single-player focused experience with co-op multiplayer to invite a couple of friends over to your game world.

Do I need to be online all the time?
Yes, you will need to stay in constant contact with Mihoyo's servers.

Does this feature cross play?
Yes, it does feature cross play on all platforms.

Does this feature cross save?
Yes, as of game version 2.0 all platforms' saves will be compatible.

Is this really F2P? It looks too good to be true.
Yes, it is F2P. Crazy, right?

How is this monetized?
The game is monetized by a character and weapon gacha system.

Hah, I knew it! Will playing this game in the long run cost me an arm and a leg?
No, it is very F2P friendly. The gacha system can be mostly ignored, but even by just playing the game you will earn currency to get into some gacha action to with a bit of luck pull some of the additional characters.

How does the gacha exactly work?
Playing the game, or purchasing them with money, you obtain a rare currency called primogems. You can exchange this currency in the game shop for acquaint and intertwined fates. Those fates are used to pull characters and weapons. Characters are a lot rarer than weapons, there is however a pity system in place in case you have very bad luck pulling characters.
It is also noteworthy that not all characters are obtained just by gacha. Some are obtained by playing the story, by completing game events and some can be obtained by purchasing them in the game shop.

Is this a cheap Breath of the Wild rip-off?
No. It's openess, world exploration and traversal are closely inspired by BotW, everything else, like its world, its lore, its story, its characters and its combat system are its very own thing. This game's production value is also anything but cheap.

What exactly are you, Paimon?
NOT EMERGENCY FOOD!!* Paimon just likes tagging along, guiding the Traveller and helping them out as good as she can while being incredibly adorable.

* Genshin Impact community inside joke. ;)

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Thanks to DatManOvaDer and Dlanor A. Knox for their great gif work. :)

Thanks to Doorman and Bansai for coming up with the cool topic title. :)

Thanks to ArcticDonkey for coming up with the note on gacha for newcomers. :)

Genshin Impact is an incredibly fun and rewarding game and is very FTP friendly. All content can be cleared with starting characters and some of the strongest characters are 4*.

It should be noted that the cost of pulling is very high and rates are incredibly low of pulling a 5* character outside of pity. If you're really enjoying the game and don't mind dropping a few bucks, it's generally advised to stick to the $5 Welkin pass or the $10 battle pass.

It can be very tempting to drop money on pulls when posters show off their shiny double off pity 5* pulls, but please be aware that these pulls are extremely rare. Spending real money to chase the hot, new banner character will lead to very real disappointment if they are not in your pity range.

There is no issue spending within your means as long as you're enjoying the game, but be responsible as even spending here and there will really add up over time. If you're considering dropping a large sum of money on pulls for a non-guaranteed 5* here are some general tips:

1) Be prepared to receive nothing for your money. Ask yourself how disappointed you would be.
2) Sleep on it and see if you still want to spend the next day.
3) Set a monthly budget and stick to it.

Now, fun police time over, go do your commissions. :)

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[Chumunga64]

i swear to god if I get tighnari before I get Jean

 

[Busaiku]

Huh, so I didn't realize it, but I just did a count, and Monstadt has the most people.
18 for Monstadt, 17 for Liyue (including Tartaglia), and only 13 for Inazuma.
Liyue has the most 5 stars though, at 9. 7 for both Inazuma and Monstadt.

 

[Nayishiki]

Nice OT. I will enjoy exploring Sumeru.

 

[SpookySpice]

Yay Sumeru OT!! So excited for Dendro and the new country!

 

[Cirrus]

Nice new OT

I skipped Zhongli the first time he was out, and then failed the 50/50 everytime since. I was deadset on getting him this rerun, but now I'm having second thoughts.

I've been fine without him all this time, and saving for the new Sumeru characters is tempting...

 

[Tankshell]

Wait, when does 3.0 drop?

 

[Bengraven]

I took a break for the four or five months. I still need to do the quarry quests. I pulled Yelan and retired again.

 

[Busaiku]

Wait, when does 3.0 drop?

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23rd for US, 24th for everywhere else.

 

[KageYume]

I thought new thread wouldn't be up until 3.0 is released.
Nice thread as always, Tyaren. :')

 

[DantesLink]

WE MOVE

 

[RedEther]

Sumeru looks fun

 

[HeartlessNobody2134]

Saving up wishes. Ready for Sumeru.

 

[hypersheep325]

I will summon for Tighnari regardless of if he's on the standard banner or not. They don't give enough standard pulls and the pool is too large to expect to get anything that you specifically want from standard. Also, does anyone have the codes from the live stream?

 

[Tyaren]

Our dear Lord Rex Lapis blessing the first page:

We might have to think about slimming the OP down a little, lol.

 

[Alkez]

Ah, no vote/discussion for the message we were gonna go with? I think for some people part of it is (what feels like) the cultural misrepresentation of Sumeru, so I thought we might have wanted to discuss the wording in-depth beforehand to we nail it down. "Character diversity matters" is fine though. For me personally it's the bulk of it.

 

[KageYume]

I will summon for Tighnari regardless of if he's on the standard banner or not. They don't give enough standard pulls and the pool is too large to expect to get anything that you specifically want from standard. Also, does anyone have the codes from the live stream?

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Genshin Impact is an open-world action RPG. In the game, set forth on a journey across a fantasy world called Teyvat. In this vast world, you can explore seven nations, meet a diverse cast of characters with unique personalities and abilities, and fight powerful enemies together with them, all...

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[Aexact]

Huh, so I didn't realize it, but I just did a count, and Monstadt has the most people.
18 for Monstadt, 17 for Liyue (including Tartaglia), and only 13 for Inazuma.
Liyue has the most 5 stars though, at 9. 7 for both Inazuma and Monstadt.

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I guess they want to go for parity between nations. Last new Monstadt character was Eula in May 2021 though. Meanwhile we got 3 new Liyue characters since Inazuma. Guess that's not such a drastic numerical difference but it feels that way!

 

[NioA]

Which of the two banners last 3 weeks and which one is two?

 

[Kewlmyc]

Which of the two banners last 3 weeks and which one is two?

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I assume both are 2.5 weeks.

 

[Gohlad]

Beautiful OT as always Tyaren!

Can't wait to get to another 450+ pages on this one and the debate on the next OT name to be about Childe yet again lol.

 

[Son of Sparda]

Did I miss the poll for OT title?

 

[Courfeyrac]

Been spending the last couple of months catching up on Ekanomiya and Chasm, and I'm very much ready to dive into Sumeru. Exploring new zones is always my favourite part of those patches, and this'll be great. Also definitely pulling for Tighnari despite him joining the standard banner later - considering my luck with that banner I want the best chance of getting him.

 

[Zulith]

Sumeru hype!

 

[xendless]

For anyone who plays and is visiting here for the first time, it would be appreciated to fill out your in game surveys when prompted and ask to address the colourism problem in the game, for Sumeru and beyond.
There's not really any other way to make your voice heard to the developers.

 

[JB2448]

Guess we're about to find out what makes a Sumeru a Sumeru.

 

[Gohlad]

Let me use this occasion to bless new people with the awesome character trailer music of Genshin:

The GOAT:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oBpaBEMBIM

 

[Tsuyu]

I pull for 4 stars constellations....

 

[Magneto]

First page secured

 

[Ascheroth]

I think this first page definitely needs a peek at the upcoming music (Thanks Tsuyu for posting it in the previous thread)

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf6TLytoRRk

 

[Alkez]

For anyone who plays and is visiting here for the first time, it would be appreciated to fill out your in game surveys when prompted and ask to address the colourism problem in the game, for Sumeru and beyond.
There's not really any other way to make your voice heard to the developers.

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I'm still of the belief that nothing outside of CN gets listened to, but I might start doing surveys again as you suggest. I haven't done them in like a year cause the mora isn't worth it.

 

[CrazyHal]

Saving everything for Nahida Cyno and Dehya. Let's gooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

 

[Tyaren]

Beautiful OT as always Tyaren!

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Thank you very much! :)

Let me use this occasion to bless new people with the awesome character trailer music of Genshin:

The GOAT:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oBpaBEMBIM

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No, Gohlad is not my secret altaccount that I am talking to, lol.

 

[Maedhros]

Hey you, new player.

Don't let anyone convince you of getting Kokomi, get Xingqiu instead and you'll never need another hydro character until a Yelan re-run.

Kokomi sucks.

 

[Divvy]

Fantastic OP Tyaren

I think this first page definitely needs a peek at the upcoming music (Thanks Tsuyu for posting it in the previous thread)

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf6TLytoRRk

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Amazing music as always, I can't wait til they release the behind the scenes for it

 

[KageYume]

Kokomi sucks.

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It must suck to be stuck forever in 2021/9 smh.

 

[Ascheroth]

Let me use this occasion to bless new people with the awesome character trailer music of Genshin:

The GOAT:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oBpaBEMBIM

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And here's the concert version:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTLXQu4t69Q

The concert version of Ganyu's theme slaps as well (and is kinda appropriate since both she and Zhongli get their reruns in 3.0, lol)

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m1uWztmSMM

(And the original for completion's sake)

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHRXP8ceeBU

Hey you, new player.

Don't let anyone convince you of getting Kokomi, get Xingqiu instead and you'll never need another hydro character until a Yelan re-run.

Kokomi sucks.

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Hey you, new player.

Don't believe his lies, Kokomi is good and so is pretty much every other character.

 

[Magneto]

It must suck to be stuck forever in 2021/9 smh.

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Zhongli sucks ! (I'm stuck in 2020)

 

[hypersheep325]

Here you go:

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Genshin Impact – Step Into a Vast Magical World of Adventure

Genshin Impact is an open-world action RPG. In the game, set forth on a journey across a fantasy world called Teyvat. In this vast world, you can explore seven nations, meet a diverse cast of characters with unique personalities and abilities, and fight powerful enemies together with them, all...

genshin.mihoyo.com

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Thanks!

 

[Son of Sparda]

Look at all the shades of white we have here. So much character diversity 😃

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[Chumunga64]

Hey you, new player.

Don't let anyone convince you of getting Kokomi, get Xingqiu instead and you'll never need another hydro character until a Yelan re-run.

Kokomi sucks.

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Kokomi is way more important than yelan if you already have a highly invested xinqiu

Yelan is a sidegrade xinqiu that is less "jack of all traits" and more raw damage

While kokomi is an amazing healer

 

[ventuno]

Great OT, love the emphasis on Genshin's beautiful environments too!

 

[Bansai]

First page secured

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Tyaren, could you please also credit Doorman for the OT title? There were a few variations of the OT suggestions (Summer, Sumer, Summeru etc.) posted around the same time, but Doorman was first iirc, so it seems only right to do so. I only caught that few minutes ago when I went back to check the history.

Also, wish you well on your short leave. :)

PS. Fantastic OT, as always, especially for a Zhonglist. ;)

 

[Maedhros]

Kokomi is way more important than yelan if you already have a highly invested xinqiu

Yelan is a sidegrade xinqiu that is less "jack of all traits" and more raw damage

While kokomi is an amazing healer

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Healing in this game is useless.

Just keep killing Timmy's pigeons and hoard FOWLS, as much as you can.

Cook "Sweet Madames", as much as you want.

There, you never need healing ever again.

Alternatively, you can own Jean or Bennett or master the dodge button.

EDIT: Of course I'm being sarcastic, in this game you can pretty much do whatever you want and you'll have no problems whatsoever.
EDIT2: But I actually hate Kokomi, so I can't ever recommend this character to anyone.

 

[Bansai]

Zhongli sucks ! (I'm stuck in 2020)

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Damn, how could I forget about such a fundamental (AND STILL VALID) statement on the first page, guess I'm slippin'.

 

[Kewlmyc]

It's less that Kokomi sucks (she doesn't gameplay wise), but more that she kinda skipped the imaginary line. I get them pushing well rounded units since 3.0 will be bring new and returning players to the game, but damn some characters have been gone for almost a year now.

 

[Orion]

May it be a blessed era of knowledge and discovery where all our dreams come true, our wishes carried on the wind through the grassy jungles and across the sandy dunes. Wow, I feel luckier and wiser already tbh.

 

[Tyaren]

Tyaren, could you please also credit Doorman for the OT title? There were a few variations of the OT suggestions (Summer, Sumer, Summeru etc.) posted around the same time, but Doorman was first iirc, so it seems only right to do so. I only caught that few minutes ago when I went back to check the history.

Also, wish you well on your short leave. :)

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Done!
And thank you. :)

PS. Fantastic OT, as always, especially for a Zhonglist. ;)

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Get it right, it's Zhonliist! D:

 

[Bansai]

Get it right, it's Zhonliist! D:

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That's only for C1 Zhongliists, heyoooooo, inside joke!

 

[Busaiku]

I'm still of the belief that nothing outside of CN gets listened to, but I might start doing surveys again as you suggest. I haven't done them in like a year cause the mora isn't worth it.

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If that were true, Xinyan wouldn't have gotten the most story content of the Liyue 4 stars outside of Ningguang.