nobody has enough goddamned hit points

........no but EVERY TIME i see "hsr" i parse it as home star runner and i don't think that'll ever recondition in my brain, sigh.

hahaha oh man. NOT the same, unfortunately

no, and i correct myself quickly, but that moment of confusion does not seem to. be going away and it's been years now lol

nor is the looping flash animatic music that plays in my brain for the next however long

ummm, do you have levelled light cones or relics?

most of the early game struggles can be overcome with having ANY gear with more levels in it, regardless of stats

no...? I have a vague understanding that light cones are equippable but i didn't know i had to level them separately

yeah, those are your equipped weapons, and where most of your raw hp comes from!

ok well THAT makes sense then, everyone can take about four hits and then they bite it, and march can't keep up with shielding everybody

the things you can level are: the character, the light cone, traces, and relics

relics aren't as important until you can start farming gold relics, but you get hp from character and light cone levels iirc

traces contribute to damage

That makes so much more sense. covers face w hands

NO WONDER

ksdeajf IT'S OKAY IT'S NOT REALLY EVIDENT especially if you're not coming from a previous hoyo property that functions roughly along the same path

idk if this is relevant but you CAN equip light cones that are the wrong path on your characters, you just don't get the light cone's description bonus

i have played genshin impact for maybe 45 minutes in my whole life and that's it

you will still get the hp and atk from the light cone

ooooh

oh shit i did not know that and i've been playing since launch..

that might help you boost hp and attack if you don't have enough leveling mats or enough light cones

head in hands

yeah one of castorice's better light cones are abundance LCs bc of the utter lack of remembrance LCs

the other main beginner tip is rn i wouldn't worry too much about the details of the characters/their kits, just worry about matching an enemy's weakness to the characters you're bringing into a fight

and remembering to level your traces as well, which unlock other skills that can help you with the fights, too

ok! thank you guys, this is extremely helpful

it's good to know roughly how the abundance or preservation characters work because those are the healers/shielders, but they tend to be rather straightforward in general

i just want to join you in your enthusiasm for the apparently six hundred and thirty four characters that are in this game

march's shield lets her proc attacks, and she can only follow up attack when that shield is hit twice per turn

kldsjfakldjflajf

there are so many characters, there's a blorbo for everyone if you look hard enough

anyway i think you'd like jiaoqiu

WHEN DO I GET ADVENTURINE, AMMAY. SHAKES MY PHONE AGGRESSIVELY!!

he's a doctor and a cook

KL:SJDFLDJFDFJDF NOT UNTIL THE THIRD? PLANET

LMAO

BOOOOOOO

oh his voice shows up at the end of some other quest

1.5's interlude quest right? future market?

but i didn't pay attention at the time b/c i was like "ugh, who's this motherfucker"

yeah!

hahahaha

the one where topaz shows up

you don't understand in the space of one patch i went from "i hate him, i loathe him, i want him off my screen" to "this is my blorbo babygirl who has done everything wrong"

i'm looking forward to jiaoqiu

HAHAHA

he's after,.. aventurine god i'm so sorry there's so much

ratio shows up after topaz tho, iirc

there is so much Game in this game, i'm kind of blown away

oh yeah, idk if you're like me and didn't bother reading to figure out what all the paths mean but

destruction: general dps, can do solo and AOE hits and usually have a bit of HP manip in their kits
erudition: AOE attackers, have kits that incentivize hitting multiple enemies
the hunt: solo attackers, they basically only hit 1 enemy at a time really hard

nihility: debuffers and DOT dealers

abundance: healers
preservation: shielders

remembrance: summoners, they can do various things tho

not all characters with summons are remembrance tho

topaz, jing yuan and fugue have summons but are not remembrance

oh yeah, harmony: buffers

casually likes my own plurk for future reference lmsdfk

you do need to know how to build a team in this game, but if you're just clearing the story it's about as far as making sure your characters can live in a fight LOL

yeah, I don't even really have that option yet, March and Dan Heng are still Required Buddies

the starting characters make a good team, since tb is destruction, dh is hunt and march is preservation

that's double dps and a sustainer (term for healer/shielder)

I added Himeko for some fire damage too, I got her in a pull

HIMEKO GOOD

oh good lmao

she's erudition so she's an AOE attacker

she has a counter where if you weakness break enemies 3 times she'll do a follow up attack

yessss it's extremely useful

elite enemies count for more points

but yes when you get herta she usually pairs well with himeko

(not to be confused with The herta, the 5 star version LMAO)

I do have herta already, this is good to know

herta's follow up attack procs when an enemy's hp goes below half by an ally attack

and it can stack so if her FUA causes another enemy to drop below half she continues to spin

kurukuru~

oh wait lemme give you my id

bc when you start activating calyxes you can borrow a friend's units to farm mats

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i think i have a few calyxes activated? are they were you fight enemies

also what's a mat

material

ahhhhhh thank u

calyxes drop mats for trace leveling, but iirc one of the first you unlock is for farming credits or character exp i think

i should probably swap my support characters off the rat team but. LMAO

oh yeah i can get you mine too!

please!

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yeah sky, go put castorice on there

LMAO yeah i put robin, the herta and castorice on mine

WOMEN.

omfg, i can level up the characters with items too

drags hands down face

i've been trying to grind my way up by fighting shit

suddenly much becomes clear

oh yeah, if it isn't evident yet, you HAVE to level with items

it doesn't play like a regular jrpg where you can level up by fighting constantly

it's a gacha game, unfortunately

fighting overworld mobs is actually useless lmao

i was like 'WHY AM I SO BAD AT THIS' bitch it's because. you don't know how games work

NO IT'S TOTALLY FINE if you've never played a gacha game before you might not realize this!

i've played other types of gacha games, just not like this

okay, in fairness i don't play other gacha games so idk if hoyo games are different, but i did play fgo and they used items to level so i thought that might be a gacha standard

i've played more AFK style games where you don't have to level everybody

your active team should definitely be leveled, but you don't want to try to level every character you get, unless you know you're going to use them

leveling mats are time gated, so you have to be picky about how you spend them

ooooh okay

i'm doing my first calyx thing now, since. i finally solved the mystery of how to fight the level 16 guys at level 6 and it's that You Don't

LMAO

you could probably borrow a friend's character and wipe the calyxes real quick

oh, btw, if you get fuels, save them for now. they give you trailblazer points which is the time gated stamina bar for farming leveling mats

okay omg i'm so glad i made this plurk, now i'm both taking and doing a reasonable amount of damage

im in the Fight Club

PLEASE TAKE THIS CYBORG COWBOY, AND KILL

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