Enjoy the game. My best advice is, try to completely avoid videos of the "Is this character any good", build and use the characters you like, makes the game way more enjoyable, plus the game is completable even with the 4 starting free characters, so you don't have to stress over power creep and stuff like that ^^

I started yesterday, going for AR 12 for daily's.

@@IliaLo I think the op wasn't asking for any advices.

Well here is me that got back a month ago😅inazuma,sumaru and now fontaine keeps me busy❤

​@@IliaLoThat is the thing, people always go for 5 star characters, I also have, but 4 stars fight better than 5 stars, so I play with 4 stars instead, don't understand genshin character balancing at all.

genuine question: did you watch the video :D

@@saurusness hello! yes I did, why? 😊

@@runeriguz goodie good, then ignore me! 😊 (The reason I asked is because a few commenters seemed to be under the impression that I implied that is *is* too late, despite the fact that 45s in I said it is not, and I couldn't tell from your comment whether you were simply agreeing with me, or whether you were part of that group 😅) Anyway, thank you for watching, and I agree! 🥰

@@saurusness oh no sorry for the confusion. Im 100% with you, just reiterating 😆

I would say almost 4 years. We just started Fontaine, then we have Nathan, then snezhnaya, and then the "???" act they show at the end of the storyline preview

Same, the story and events really do keep getting better and better which is amazing to see!

Hoping focalors gets the same effect (despite ppl hating her but personally i luv her she gives of baby / child, even more than nahida ;-;)

@@Kinichh I have offically adopted a Furina of my own, no one shall ever hurt her (waiting for 4.2, I really wanna get her)

@@Gaeshiete I ahve guaranteed, 30 pity abt 50 pulls and still going up, going for OUR baby and her weapon 🥹🥹

@@Kinichh I probs can't get her, no pity, no pulls..50/50 Which makes me extremely sad, but I'll get her on her rerun, like I did with Nahida

Thank you, that means a lot! 🥰

I spoil brief parts of the story for myself, and leave questions unanswered so I need to play the game to answer those questions;)

You'll catch up eventually! ☺ For me Fontaine fully renewed my love for this game, particularly the bit that I first fell in love with aka the exploration - not that I'd ever really stopped loving genshin, but I'd lost some steam when it came to exploring or doing quests, so I was kind of in a loop of just doing dailies and spending resin for a couple of months prior.

I started playing Genshin a year ago now and its been an enjoyable journey. Even if you hit a wall trying to solve something you can always look up a guide and one will exist for even the most mundane quests. good luck and have fun! (and build those supports!)

Don't rush! Enjoy the story and the lore and don't worry about getting stronger, you will eventually get there without even noticing.

@@itsamemoo1372 I intend to. My issue now is that I'm accumulating adventure XP at an alarming rate, so much that I fear my world level will spike by two when I finally commit to the ascension quest. I've been hanging out at AR 35 while trying to elevate eight characters and their weapons to level 50 before moving on. A world level spike would make farming ascension materials much more arduous.

No don't rush! You will get burnt out! it happened to me, and I hadn't even done inazuma at the time. I came back just as sumeru was released, and I'm happier now taking my time and just using characters I enjoy rather than what teams people say are best. enjoy it at a slower pace because then there will always be content for you to do!

so so beautiful, truly 💜🥺 after more than 2 years Is till just stop and marvel at how gorgeous this game is every single time I play - every day! So glad you don't feel rushed, take your time and just enjoy the journey ☺

@@saurusness yesss can't agree more ❤️ currently at inazuma which is scary and beautiful place at the same time ❤️

yay!! glad youre enjoying it! its such a beautiful game 🥰

Can you run it at full graphics with your poco? I have an s20+ (also kinda old but good xd) and i dont know if i can run it with high settings. It has 12 gb ram and SD 8th gen. What specs does your poco has?

@@sagansagan5395 yes i can, but its start to framedrop quite heavy and phone heat real fast 😅

So glad you're enjoying it! 🥰

Don't bother 100% anything until you're done with the main story lol. I always play through the main story and then work on exploring, world quests and leveling up sakura/fountain city rep etc. Once the main story quests are done and the new areas are fully released content slows down quite a lot and even though ever version has events exploration and reputation make up most of the end game content. Without it you won't have anything to do other than dailies and playing starts to feel like a chore 😅 trust me

Same I started a month ago and just finished Sumeru's archon quest! By far my favorite

Wait till he finishes the story💀 the only content after is to hope you get characters and do abyss

Don't speedrun! You'll feel like a chore after some time being in a game and you'll lead to burnout. Take your time!

Definitely the right decision/mentality! 💜 shockingly I only realised I don' have to have everything completed this year, but realising that honestly made a difference for me too!

Do you play genshin impact u r on which adventure rank

OOH a very lucky start!! 😁

Yass 100% same! I've been helping Saurus keep up with her alt account, it's been fun to do some of the more memorable quests a second time - Baizhu's story quest is probably my favourite, just fantastic. Think it'll be super fun to do a re-run of the early story in a couple years time too!

Literally this! This is why I started a second account which I play much more casually - and as raptori said he helps me do some of the events and dailies when I don't feel like it. It's such a nice reminder that you don't need to invest a lot of time and it doesn't matter if you miss some events, the game is great even so 😁

@@saurusness Love content like this darling! Please keep it up!

tysm @@ArchonKujo 🥰💜

Well as someone who lost there ar60 account it's pain starting over

That's big of you because a lot of people trashed the game becuase it was a "gacha" when it first came out, but the gacha is the most ignorable part of the game. You can pull when you like, if you like, if you don't like. The game gives you enough tools to play the story without ever worrying about getting new characters.

Very much this!

I agree, Im skipping until Arlecchino as f2p. Also having lots of characters to build is very overwhelming for me therefore I try not to pull at all mostly

​@@Columbina.Damselettesame!! just got furina and will be skipping till arle

I'm a f2p player and the best thing about Genshin is it's a single player game and you can play at your own pace. There's no need to compete or speedrun any content and the exploration aspect is unparalleled by any mobile game there is. I've played the game for a few months now but I have yet to step foot in Sumeru because I love exploring the map and doing challenges.

@@cherenmertens indeed, that's the point! 😊Unfortunately some people forget about that, and thus cause themselves or others needless pressure and stress.

I agree, best and worst; there are sections of the community that turn this single player game into some sort of a toxic competition and there are people who will literally mock others for bad rng luck, but there are also corners where people are immensely helpful and happy to help each other out and support each other 💜

Agreed, I used to feel a little sad about the 1.0 era items I'd missed, and it annoyed me that I started JUSt after my birthday and thus had to wait for my first cake an entire year 😂 but these are little things really in the grand scale of things. Really would appreciate some past items being made buyable though, i think hoyo would make a pretty penny with that..

Oh I absolutely LOVE Baizhu! I wasn't interested in him at first, but pulled because I thought hey hey he could be cool and I REALLY wanted Kaveh (who was on his banner) - well, Baizhu has come one of my most frequently used healers 😂

Oh this is such a huge issue for some popular online guides too; for example telling people bennett needs a pyro goblet and a crit circlet when he's literally a buffer/healer 😭

very much this! So glad you're having fun 🥰

I'm so happy to hear that 🥺💜 Time and time again I see people burn themselves out and the number one cause is definitely the grind to try and build "perfect" characters - I know because even I felt it at one point before I suddenly realised that 1. your characters don't have to be anywhere near "perfect" to be extremely good, and 2. what other people's characters look like has nothing to do with your game!

I think that's a smart approach! Super early game you can get away with not upgrading anything, and just hoarding your resources until you reach the point where you have to start levelling things! The wishing system is kind of complicated; there are 3 types of banners: limited character event, limited weapon event, and standard. The first two use the pink wishes, the last one uses the blue wishes, while all banners can also use primogems for wishing (all wishes cost the same otherwise). The limited banners change every 3 weeks. There are rules about the guarantees and 50/50s that'll make this explanation way too long, but hopefully that helped a bit! When it comes to the matter of whether to do 10 wishes at a time or 1, just know that it doesn't affect your chances of getting good stuff, either way the chances are calculated individually for every wish, 10 at a time is just faster and more satisfying 😁 Sadly Amber gets a lot of hate because she struggles to keep up with any of the "tougher"/"end game" content unless you have hyper invested in her and are rather skilled, but when it comes to the rest of the game none of that matters, and indeed the fact that she's an archer is really useful! She's one of those characters that quickly pales in comparison to other pyros for various reasons, but the outright hate is definitely unjustified. Also the late game Amber mains are kind of hardcore 😁

Exactly this!! I think most people get excited when their friends ask them to help - at least this is how it is for me! 😁 that forever r3 sword tho :((((

funny to suggest finding friends to play with, I'm horrible at finding friends in video games. With Genshin's more single player focus, I seriously doubt I'm going to use the co-op feature... ever.

@@dandarr5035 there's a lot to be said for finding communities be it here on KZfaq or on Twitch who play the same games. Aside from 2 people I know IRL the majority of friends I play with are internet friends made in communities! Honestly this feels like just a complaint for the sake of complaint so I shouldn't even be answering this but I've made friends in Windtrace that have become co-op buddies too. When you're not doom and gloom all the time and have a speck of hope great things can happen. I hope you find the good people for you - they are some out there for everyone if you give them a chance ✌

​@@dandarr5035 each to their own!

@@saurusness don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't want to find friends. It's simply that I don't think it'll happen with this game.

OH yes I forgot you can buy many of the functional gadgets later on!

i barely remember most of the events, except the few memorable ones, so its fine really :) the best parts are the end cutscenes which u can find online

yeah it takes a lot of patience to collect the characters you want, especially as a f2p, but thankfully there's plenty of content to keep you engaged, and free primogems to save up! Even I sometimes take granted some 4 star kit enhancements that come from constellations despite trying to remain aware of it; when I started a f2p account a few months ago I was shocked by how much more energy hungry sucrose is at c0 without sac frag compared to the c6/r5 on my main. It was super helpful though for guide making purposes specifically!

My honest opinion when it comes to building teams is don't focus on crowning or maxing character until you find a team that works for you, and when you find that team don't feel pressured get the newer characters and have Uber strong teams. I've been running a team with fischl, yanfei, qiqi and kazuha for almost over a year now and honestly they aren't even fully built. Forcing yourself to max character is one of the most exhausting things you can do in genshin so it's best to just build a passable team and slowly max them out as you play through everything. I do domains and bosses in coop and either learn the attacks of world bosses or have other players help me with them. I've gotten a couple of the newer characters and I'm slowly building some of them up in the mean time but again, I don't push myself or try to get it done fast because it exhausts me.

I'm someone who does not pull for the meta so I would like to highlight some characters/abilities that have made the game much easier/more pleasant for me outside of Spiral Abyss. Exploration: - Kaeya, Ayaka, and Mona are great picks to cross water easily - Albedo, Zhongli, and geo traveler have climbable constructs - Anemo boys (except Heizou) can help you with aerial mobility. Venti is the best for co-op because his skill creates wind for all players, but if you don't mind spending resin, you can craft the wind catcher which does the same thing. Wanderer has faster aerial travel than Xiao but he can't start flying from midair - Alhaitham and Keqing have grappling skills that let you jump extra high - Yelan, Sayu, and Wanderer can make it easier to travel without spending your stamina due to their alternate sprints. Farming - Klee, Mika, Qiqi, Yanfei, Gorou, Tighnari, and Lyney can find local specialties on your map for you - Zhongli is the #1 rock breaker, followed by Razor's hold skill. If you have neither, the three catalysts that can break rocks are Klee, Yanfei, and Ningguang. Or you can use any claymore, or sword plunging attack. - Ningguang can help you locate rocks on your map - Nahida's skill can pick up plants from a considerable distance - Don't underestimate your teapot. You can grow local specialties in it which makes it easier to farm them! Combat: - You should go for at least one meta character. Even if they aren't in your main team, it will help in the long run. Some 4*s who are meta include Bennett, Xingqiu, Xiangling, Sucrose, and Kuki Shinobu. - Albedo is not the best pick for any team outside of mono geo, but he is a good pick for almost every team. His burst gives a guaranteed 125 EM to the entire party with no additional requirements, and his off field damage is significant. - You should make sure to build at least one character of each element when you're starting out. - Make sure to build a healer but be careful because the hydro healers self-apply hydro - Prototype Amber will turn any catalyst user into a healer and you can craft it! - It may be stupid to say this, but learn how elemental reactions work. Superconduct reduces physical defense. Damage from swirl, overload, bloom, hyperbloom, and burgeon scales off EM and can't crit - Sometimes energy recharge is more important than damage - Low damage characters are not bad, they make combat comfier with their utility. Dehya and Xingqiu provide damage reduction and resistance to interruption. Zhongli's shield is unbreakable. Kokomi can outheal anything. The most important thing is having fun so play the way you want to play.

Good luck, I hope you get her!! 🙏

thank you so much! 🥰💜

I agree! Glad you're both enjoying it 🥰

thank you! 🥰

Yeah ignoring meta is the key! I kinda feel both ways about the whole missing the old times thing - there's something special about some of those memories, which I don't think would've had the same impact if they were places you could go and revisit. For example I'm much fonder of the Golden Apple Archipelago than I am of Enkanomiya 🤔

@@raptori Like I said about how Limited Events might not return, they can be fun in a way, however not getting the weapon in time is sad.

@@ArchonKujo Yeah absolutely! It's an effective way to keep people coming back, but I wish they'd at least make past event weapons be available in the Paimon shop or something... sad for all the Albedo players who don't have Cinnabar Spindle, or Klee players who don't have Dodoco Tales!

oh VERY true, I haven't yet had time to finish the newest archon quest and I almost accidentally watched the cut scenes when hoyo posted them the other day 😅

@saurusness lolz. Same here. Fontain is the first time I'm not playing catch-up so I'm very keen to experience the story first up without spoilers! 😄

That's a very good point, also there's a distinct difficulty increase at around ar35-40ish where if you don't have *some* artefacts you'll probably feel it.. 😅 Also YES BUILD SUCROSE! I had mostly terrible wishing luck early on, but I did have sucrose from the get go, and I think I gained her cons fairly quickly too, and boy do I love her - to this day she's my first pick usually out of the anemo swirlers 😊

Thank you! 💜 Hope he gives it a go ^^

I've played since day 1. Only reason why l have every character. Cause l didn't go for the same 5* characters l already have. 4* characters will always be there. You can get them on standard as well. I like to 100% everything so l can focus on other games to play.

Thank you! 💜

thank you SO much, ily 💜🥺

I don’t think so.

not rlly, my friends already ar30 and understands the whole game while only playing for about 1-2 weeks

@@omgkangellW friend 🙂

My fave game too 🥰

So glad you've had a good comeback! 😁

so glad to hear it! 🥰

than you so much! 💜

If it helps I've never managed to really truly choose a main, sometimes I like swapping teams multiple times a day even 😂

@@saurusness that will definitely be me, too lol

so happy to hear it 😊

Hello Baby

​@@vampiszoonis9691why are you harassing people? This ain't a dating site

If you're not enjoying the dailies, you can do the alternate commission thing! If you open chests, do quests, play the events, etc, it fills up the dailies meter and you can claim your commission rewards without having to do the annoying dailies! Glad you're enjoying it overall though! 😁

Oh wow I had no idea that was even a thing, It might have told me at some point but I must have skipped past it. Thanks for telling me lol.

@@Pyrrhus_Archvile Yeah it's a fairly recent addition, and it's probably easy to miss in amongst all the mountain of stuff the game introduces you to early on, but it's an absolute lifesaver honestly!

Ok yeah wow, that way better lmaooo. I was wasting so much time on dailies so just finish all of them after doing a story quest felt great, thanks for enlightening me!

@@Pyrrhus_Archvile Yass happy to help! Legit one of the best features they've added 😁

Yay I'm so glad! 🥰💜

Hecking LOVE Wriothesley!! Congrats for getting him🥳

@@saurusness I actually got him and his C1 back to back Almost like Genshin doing its best to entice me. It's definitely got me hooked lol

@@Helldragon789 now do weapon banner and get lucky again haha

Thank you so much! 💜

my biggest gripe with joining late is of course the missed events. they'll never rerun, i'll never see them. that sucks !!!

The regret for missed events will eventually pass too fwif! I remember when I started I was so upset about not having a couple of the event weapons that were before my time (festering desire for one), but as time has passed and I've accumulated a pile of similar enough weapons, I know it'd never get used anyway! 😁

Yeah it's going to be such a different experience for people starting in like 2-3 years from now even compared to people starting today 😅

very much this 😔

Just remmeber that those damage showcases are in no way realistic representation of realistic damage! The ones that are legitimate spend sometimes hours re-setting their teams and re-recording the fights to get that *perfect* clip where every buff lines up exactly right, and they often use food buffs, and take advanate of domain buffs as well. Some people go against weaker enemies (you can tell if you can't see enemy level), and the worst ones of all: those who use private modded servers with their own rules where they can manipulate everything from character stats to enemy resistance etc. If it seems "too good to be true" it probably is :D (and I mean this also in reference to the legitimate clips; it's usually very far from their average highest hits, and far beyond the sort of damage you'd ever need to do in this game)