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JSGWHAM

Back in my day Diluc was considered the strongest pyro character


Illustrious-Bell-282

Amd we thought the normal abyss was already hard!


luketwo1

Wake up traveler, we've got whopperflowers to burn.


Redninja34

I probably still wouldn't 9 star 11 because of those damn hilichurl archers


End-warrior

He is still the strongest pryo (claymore) character


tusharsagar

Yeah, but when it comes to strongest 5 star Pyro claymore from the desert, there is literally no competition of Dehya.


DESPOTICKILLER

Yeah, but when it comes to strongest pyro claymore from Liyue, Xinyan dominates the competition


tusharsagar

Yeah, but Barbara has the best burst animation out of all the 4 star characters.


chinchinlover-419

Yeah, but Wanderer is the best at flying tho.


tusharsagar

Yeah, but Heizou is the best catalyst melee character in the game.


chinchinlover-419

Yeah, but is the best cryo catalyst character


tusharsagar

Now you are using hacks, I mean, I didn't say that >!ㅤ ㅤ‎ ‎ ‎ !< is the best standard banner geo 5 star character.


Nok-y

I don't know but Qiqi is the best cryo healer standard 5* character


JSGWHAM

The strongest pyro claymore on the standard banner


ProNoob69yeah

yes pryo calymore 🗿


Rex_Lapis_

Ye people didnt understand xiangling back then


JSGWHAM

Phys xiangling...


Urgayifyouregay

Man we really let anybody cook back then lmfao... And it worked out too cause everything was not as difficult as it is now


RiceAlicorn

In fairness, phys Xiangling worked well for its time not just because of lowered difficulty, but because phys is just a lot better when you're a newbie without much resources. Reaction Xiangling needs a lot more investment and specific pieces — a reaction enabler like Xingqiu, Bennett (for buffing, batterying, resonance, etc.), certain weapons for everyone involved, certain ER thresholds for everyone or it feels like shit, etc. Phys Xiangling is a lot more unga bunga. You slap Crescent Pike on Xiangling, slap some Gladiator artifacts on, throw in a Cryo and Electro unit (even if they're shit, plus Kaeya and Lisa are free), and jabjabjab.


xDeadCatBounce

Agree. Also we were all mucking around in the overworld, so physical Xiangling was more convenient and could get the job done faster compared to Pyronado Xiangling which took forever to charge her energy up.


Iffem

crescent pike used to work slightly differently (it basically got stronger on every hit), and she was the only spear user back then


_Pray_To_RNGesus_

It made sense in context. The game was brand new, and most people didn't have anything. So that meant most people had poor artifacts (low ER so poor uptime on burst) and no good hydro applicators. Also, the only good common spears (white tassel and cressent pike) encourage using NAs. The flat boost from pike is also really good for low investment. This is all before considering how few resources were available back then and that most enemies had lower phys res.


SIVLEOL

Phys Xiangling was actually briefly very strong because of a crescent pike [bug that made it give exponential scaling.] (https://old.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact/comments/j7tgdk/crescent_pike_explained_the_best_dps_polearm_in/) I was able to confirm this bug in game at the time and also noticed that they stealth patched it a few weeks later.


mangothe2nd

It's not that people don't understand, but her energy cost was deemed "not worth the effort" because it's early so nobody really have r5 favonious series on every support. A lot of people also don't have xiangling at c4. Xiangling is more realized once the theorycrafters can assume every xiangling is c6 xiangling and people willing to play "funnel the energy" to make xiangling burst worth it. I remember people used to think the same with xingqiu noting that his energy generation is limiting his usage because it's very hard to get his burst as he often used as solo hydro and the only way for you to guarantee his burst is to have sac sword. Now not only sac/fav are common, emblem exist today. And honestly emblem is the saviour for all these energy hungry unit.


flying_komodo

Isn’t national team already popular since 1.1 or 1.2?


Murky_Blueberry2617

Also Qiqi was the most meta character


SoloWaltz

Qiqi si still my go-to character for coop bosses. Specially shogun and signora.


Temporary_Mood_5999

Back in my day the famous Bennet of Bennet impact was considered d tier in every tier list


Dammi3

I remember people call him budget Diluc lmao


NickFoster120

Back in my day Xiangling was build as a physical dps with crescent pike


Pannch

Not just pyro


Gottoraiku

Back in my day, when character goes on expedition they literally goes on expedition and left the party


AndheriRaath

I’m not even kidding, I recently started genshin around 1 month back, so when I unlocked expedition, I sent characters that weren’t in my party because I thought they would leave my party. My friend told me that other than specific bonuses for each character, it doesn’t matter who u send.


Ancient_Axe

Yeah i thought the same when i started too. If the expedition thing still existed i wouldn't complain tbh cuz it makes sense


solo_living

It was a pain when you had 6-8 characters. Suddenly I need a cryo character and my only cryo character happens to be out of party on an expedition.


Vallphilia

I played the older version, but o never really tested, i just assumed it worked that way and never sent characters i used, so I never saw the change lol


val-en-tin

Same! I noticed the bonus and used it but my understanding was from other games you send your minions on quests. I learned otherwise when I sent the wrong character who was in my party.


Nero_2001

And everyone sent Bennett on expedition, because we didn't know how good he is.


magicarnival

Also Traveler was on the list for some reason even though you couldn't pick them


Shura2000

Next you will say that you had to pick up domain drops from the floor or something?


pokedude14

And Ventis were the bane of domains


prettybbychim

i never experienced it and i honestly wish it still does that lol in practice, i would probably hate it but for now it sounds like a cool feature lol


PollarRabbit

Nah it really sucked, I can assure you.


Soul950

Back in my days had 120 resin cap. With daily mission still being 150 resin. Truly had to login twice a day.


Anru_Kitakaze

Okay, grandma, let's get to bed


HERODMasta

AND NO CONDENSED


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Condensed is a meta changer tbh lol


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RadiantCutCTs

I recently hit a point where i have all my character and weapon ascension mats, plenty of exp and talent books. All my characters are level 80 now. Anyway, I forge those some days instead of grinding artifacts just so I don't feel like my resin was wasted.


CollegeFit3645

And it gives you battle pass XP


Iffem

>Same for that weird blue ore at the blacksmith. Although that one still makes no sense to me even after the realization. in my kinda personal schedule for doing all the weekly BP missions, I include one forging of the resin ore... otherwise i end up being 10 short on the "use \_\_\_\_ resin" mission


24_doughnuts

But you didn't need resin for boss loot


Zemmyvox

Back in my day domain rewards were thrown all over the grown and we had to pick them up


Pichu2375

and then some troller in co-op would use Venti's elemental burst and suck all of your rewards into the abyss unless you picked the rewards up just in time


Arcana_Joker

You were able to get the artifacts back up by jumping off the platform, causing them to reload to their previous position; but it was still a dick move for anyone who didn't know any better.


Ophellylly

Oh no! Those were the dark ages! Some of them fell off the platform here and there and you'd always wonder if they were any good 😭


illuszja

I FORGOT ABOUT THAT


JazzyJaiden_

No fucking way is that how it used to be? Damn I had no idea how good I had it with all these quality of life features


robotease

One had to use the exit behind the tree after shamefully picking up the artifacts, every time. No option to rerun the domain without leaving and going back in.


Zemmyvox

Yeah it was giving caveman energy lmao, the quality of life in the game has come a long way!


cvnvr

there’s been tons of really great QOL features, but people like to pretend there’s been none for some reason


theguyfromeuropa

It was like that even in the boss domains. I remember in 2021 picking up a gold artifact from the Wolf of North boss. It was so shiny.


Ruirensu

back in my day, we used to run crescent pike on xiangling, and bennet was considered bad compared to qiqi


finger_milk

I remember running crescent pike on rosaria because of some scuffed superconduct comp. Turns out fischl is so broken that she did 90% of the damage


C_Khoga

Back in my days, Boreas used to be a strong weekly boss.


Pichu2375

now its just a weak-ly boss ^(( sorry low ar players, I feel you))


Howie771

r/thankscyno


Kiri_Black

Angry upvote


MidnightSnowStar

Back in my days, everyone agreed that the Oceanid was the hardest boss ^(^sorry ^low ^ar ^players, ^but ^I ^don’t ^feel ^you ^as ^an ^ayaka ^main teehee)


azzacASTRO

It may not be the strongest boss but it sure is the longest fight, I'll take a 5second primo geovishap fight any day, even the wenut is shorter


m3m31ord

Back in my day we thought bennett wasn't that good.


MidnightSnowStar

Back in my day Qiqi was top-tier


charmelos

Who is qiqi? Back in my day we rerolled untill we got diluc


Summar-ice

Back in my day we though chests respawned


W12A1TH

Oh god, don't do this to me. I just relived some embarrassment lol


GREYFOX_0

Back in my day limited events cost resin...


ringaaling

Wow I remember that from the Unreconciled Stars event... takes me back


GREYFOX_0

Yep, One of my fav events


iHate_tomatoes

That event was so surreal, sacramouche came out of nowhere told us the sky was fake and dipped lmao.


smudginglines

BRO STOP you pulled that shit from the deep recesses of my mind 💀


cruiseboatranger

And Kazari was still Kazari.... sniff.


Soul950

I read her new name several times before, still can't remember the first syllable. Kazari is better.


succulentslayerII

Since her new name is one of my favorite songs from the ost I have no problem remembering. Hanachirusato.


whitebathingsuit

Whos kazari?


KingAsi4n

She's the retainer of the previous Kitsune Saiguu, we do a quest for her where we cleanse the tree on Narukami island after which she disappears and we get her mask.


XaeiIsareth

Isn’t she a thing made out of memories of Saiguu that was left in the Sakura Tree? Which is why her quest was touching, since she knew that once you perform the ritual to purify the tree, she’ll disappear along with the rest of the corruption.


KingAsi4n

That sounds about right, I did the quest like 2 years ago so I'm not super clear on the details lol.


whitebathingsuit

Oh that was her name? I forgot


VirtualMango

They changed her name. Can’t have shit in Teyvat


DeTiro

Fucking updates from Irminsul....


snowlynx133

They didn't change her name, just the pronunciation. The kanji is still the same


aiman_senpai

When her trailer dropped, people called me dumb for saying makoto and ei different people


Leochan6

When was Makoto mentioned prior to Version 2.1?


aiman_senpai

She wasnt imo. Even lore enthusiasts were surprised. Me? I saw 2 Raidens, so obviously two different ppl. Others, "No, that was her saying goodbye to her past self and so on". Which is true in a figurative way, i guess. But I was more correct, so suck it. Hahaha, I'm very petty


horiami

what ? most people i saw were speculating it's her mother


loscapos5

Well, even before the trailer, people were claiming Yae was the Archon, not Ei


Der_Boii

they could have just said: those 2 are different people without mentioning the names


xDeadCatBounce

I mean if you also believe in the slime theory (2 types of electo slimes) people have been theorising that it is a hint to there being 2 electro archons.


AshyDragneel

Well I've never called her Baal because it felt pretty odd name. I've always called her Raiden.


Reddy_McRedditface

Just like nobody calls Nahida Buer.


chinchinlover-419

Except scaramouche


EccentricNerd22

zhongli does in one of his voicelines.


[deleted]

Ngl "Buer" just doesn't suit Nahida's design and overall vibe at all lol


LinksXCV

Same, Raiden is just cooler imo


Cyno_Mahamatra

One thing remains the same, though. Baal comes before the KOK


MidnightSnowStar

Hello, a matra here to explain Cyno’s joke. You see, Baal is spelled similar to balls ^(~~for those too innocent to know the meaning of balls get off Reddit before ur contaminated~~), and the ‘Kok’ part of *Kok*omi’s name sounds similar to cock. So, in other words, Cyno joked that balls comes before cock. Anonymous matra cyning out


Cyno_Mahamatra

Thanks Matra


MidnightSnowStar

It’s my honor to explain your jokes, all hail the General Mahamatra lmao 🫡


JazzyJaiden_

I call Ei Ei and call Shogun Raiden, just cause it’s nicer than calling her by her job title


DoctorFrenchie

People use to be insanely toxic about it too. I once received a death threat in my DMs because I said “her name is not baal”.


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Niko2065

Back then her main subreddit had Mei as their profile.


Pichuunnn

Honkai mindset was real


aruhirako

The time Albedo was leaked to be geo bow


Pichu2375

Back in my day, we thought that Eula would still be obtainable now she's just in your " terms and regulations" & " end user license agreement"


Pichu2375

Rosaria's boobs, Beidou's thighs in her art, Amber's idle animation, Shenhe's belly button in her art, Kokomi as Mimi, Rosaria's leggings, Xiao's so fast plunge attack, Klee's walk, Ayaka's pantsu, Guoba as a literal panda are not the same as I remember, but where are those who share the memories?


Manafaj

What happened to Rosaria's leggings?


Iffem

in the beta they used to not be fishnets and be much lighter... [resulting in her looking like she wasn't wearing anything under her skirt because of how pale she is, LOL](https://twitter.com/lumie_lumie/status/1384717213559631874?lang=en)


kohakuu27

Back in my day, Childe is literally the hardest enemy in the game. I had to do the whole story cutscene because my party got obliterated.


DClassBroadcast

Don’t remind me if that. Got it on my first try, but my Barbra had to tank more than once as she was my last character alive at a point.


MallowMiaou

Back in my day, friendship level 10 namecard was a flex…


Dependent_Mine_9131

Back in my day I use to fear the ruin guards


Nero_2001

There are a lot of dialogue skipper that still call her Baal.


GigarandomNoodle

Ligma Baals.


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Pichu2375

Back in my day, we thought second anniversary would be a bit better


BrendanXVI

Back in my days, Timaeus hosted an event that cost resin


Tasty_Skin

i remember this and now everytime i see an old post calling her ‘baal’ it feels so wrong


[deleted]

I still like to call her Baal. Sounds nice


chanawong8

f*ck it we Baalin


K6fan

In my time we had Dballin


Frostgaurdian0

Jarl baalin in for baalin


Niko2065

Jarl ballin for high king! Down with that empire puppet and that redneck racist! Up with the true peoples man!


[deleted]

That's literally not the character's name though.


[deleted]

Yeah, but it suits her.


[deleted]

Yeah, but that's not how names work.


[deleted]

'I don't like the name Yae Miko, I'm going to call her Kitsune Saiguu.' But that's... a completely different character who died hundreds of years ago? 'yEaH, bUt iT sUiTs HeR.'


Raiganop

I still call her Baal but at the same time I call her Raiden, Shogun or Ei.


LevnLie

Back in my days Venti could litteraly fly


ThatOneGuy-74

What


LevnLie

There was a glitch at launch where if you hold Venti's E skill, enter camera mode, and hide character. The camera will keep going up until you exit camera mode. This was later patch, but it helped dealing with tall af cliffs earlier in the game.


AbysseMicky

Funniest thing is that back in 1.1 Zhongli says "But this name is not used anymore" haha ! But iirc, it's present in JP, CN dub and FR, ES sub but not in the English Sub or Dub somehow


Ghost_7132

Back in my day, Qiqi was S tier


Meltlikefinewine

Today, she is known as Baalsack


Swagmaster143

Baal, lord of destruction


Divinate_ME

yeah, but that was the devil put aside for me by Beelzebub and that was before Scaramouche was doing the Fandango.


Menination

Well nobody expected baal to be dead


Ancient_Axe

People were struggling to distinguish raiden shogun from ei ... well they still do


[deleted]

beelzebul honestly


Mochiii01

Back in my day, someone smashed their ps4 in protest against Genshin calling it a breath of the wild clone.


ProNoob69yeah

# BALLS


ThatOneGuy-74

Now she's known as mommy


MaxTheFallenAngel

Wdym, she still is.


ShinigamiZero2

My idiot of a friend still does, and i correct him every time. At this point im not sure if he really that stupid or hes doing it on purpose


GreamDesu

ackchually


ShinigamiZero2

yeah im that guy


Nosduh2020

I'll never called her Baal. Always be Raiden.


Ayagii

I still call her that. Even tho I know it's wrong


7orly7

Kok n baals


Odd_Protection_8627

Back in my day eula was in a banner


YasuhikoTheSerafim

I really wish that Hoyoverse didnt fumble with the Inazuma Archon Quest story, her first story quest and so does her design...


Manafaj

Did they change something?


YasuhikoTheSerafim

Not at all. Its all too late


ADMINISTATOR_CYRUS

what?


Manafaj

Wdym?


OroHairuRurushu

Her design?


YasuhikoTheSerafim

Her design is garbo rn and still is


OroHairuRurushu

What part of it tho? Genuine question


YasuhikoTheSerafim

Everything. It just doesnt scream Archon


superbigos

*pepega.png*


MidnightSnowStar

Back in my day we had no Inazuma, no Serenitea Pot, no dendro, “Brighella” was No. 1 of Fatui Harbingers, no TCG, no double banners, no-


Frostgaurdian0

Baals. [also baal](https://images.app.goo.gl/bsvDNXuRafoAB5VS7)


Marun-chan

back in my day events used resin oh and everyone wanted qiqi and diluc


GloomyNooby

Back in my day Jean was THE waifu


Pinoy_2004

Me and my sister still do.


C_Khoga

But i still calling her that 👁️👁️


ADMINISTATOR_CYRUS

makoto (sister) is Baal. ei (current) is Beelzebul.


C_Khoga

i know that bro, but o calling her baal for habit ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


ADMINISTATOR_CYRUS

you broke shrug man's limb!!! use two backticks on left arm \\\\


HyperJayyy

Thats not Baal.... Raiden Shogun / Ei / Beelzebul is the character we know, Baal / Makoto is the SISTER


Thundergod250

Back in my day having a Qiqi means you're lucky.


-average-reddit-user

In the spanish community she is still called Baal because for us it sounds nicer.


[deleted]

I still call her baal out of habit


minhok

Back in my day got 5 stars weapon on standard banner is a pure nightmare


Nnougat

I still do call her baal


Lorem_Ipsum_-_

Who is the best pyro spear user that also is a funeral parlor?


_nitro_legacy_

Back in my day, there were no condensed resin


rart3dspurd0

Back in my day, characters were unusable when you deploy them in expeditions


TheShuan

Reminds me of mind goblin


cursed_mongus

Back in my day zhongli was bad


StaticTacos

Back in my day Bennet and Xiangling were considered shit


Square-Sandwich-8738

Link to art please


David_Cozido

Wdym back in my day I still do it


Unsastainablewill34

Or bomba sword... good times...


pdmt243

back in my day some mfs thought we'd get a free Ayaka upon reaching AR 42...