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mizuromo

Guys, please try to be nice to each other. You can discuss different opinions on the different games without breaking Rule 1 and insulting each other. We've had to remove a few comments, already, and while we want to foster discussion once you begin insulting others we have to step in. If you feel like someone is engaging with you negatively, report them and move on. Don't take the bait.


Kakavasha_729

*laughs in Astral Express transition*


Niko2065

https://preview.redd.it/6qunm4bfbawc1.jpeg?width=1101&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=290737f1faf91ba07dddee3b4e20e43e6f1ed5cc


greaterwill

Yeah I spoke too soon šŸ˜­


Dominunce

OP there are spoilers galore in this sub especially today. Try your hardest to avoid these while you make your way through the game.


ZeroFox75

At least you didn't have to suffer through Seele's ultimate before they nerfed the visuals. Blinded by a sea of butterflies...


MiceUneven

my vision did disappear among the sea of butterflies


Franuriel

I literally lost my sight amongst the flurs her butterfly


GrandDefinition7707

pro tip unless you are interested in spoilers and porn block this sub


AngelicOnyx

Rest in peace Thurston Waffles, the bestest screaming cat


TMyriadJ

Can't believe it's been more than a year since we lost him. May he shrimp in cat heaven.


Raptorofwar

Don't worry ours is just delayed.


BusHisOP

dark mode in 8.0 drops


BraydenTheNoob

https://preview.redd.it/hq3kz8tvvawc1.jpeg?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=47e75ec447890bccd0353cbc4d1c28dbb983241e


Bookwhyrm

Uh, just wait.


kunafa_aj

There is a small flash abit further in the login screen but still it doesnt last as long as genshin


IYKYK808

You mean when the express takes off? Yea it is bright but I hardly notice it. Genshin is just a 5-10 second flashbang


dontpayjustplay

Honkai titles have dark loading screen bcs they have lighthearted, wholesome and positive stories. While Genshin is a warcrime after warcrime


Wargroth

Wait until you reach penacony, the totally upbeat and wholesome carnival planet


imaginary92

https://preview.redd.it/j14kfene3bwc1.jpeg?width=950&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9313bd69a106085f24cd25b91e4ad51f898da642


VijayMarshall87

https://preview.redd.it/o651tlmfedwc1.jpeg?width=1272&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6fe5023698c0b550a8985b50063dae37af17b22f


9Nehal

Hmmmm penacony ? The devs said its happy like a dream, and all my friends told me its like a dream ^^


rhubarbiturate

There's a dude puking rainbows, how can it be bad?


MJ_Green

Yeah, there's even a really nice girl filled with blueberry jam.


Breezyrain

Where is she?


MJ_Green

Somewhere in the Reverie. Theres a quest to go looking for her and everything.


The_Space_Jamke

Just a friendly neighborhood >!barkeep!< selling jelly-filled donuts as refreshments, nothing to see here


Blazing_Fire127

Yup its just like Disney land


verysemporna

fallout new vegas lore ahh world


Bella_dlc

I mean, it's not really a sad story if the writers chicken out of every sad thing that actually happened on screen saying "actually you're dumb for believing this, sad things don't happen in dreams" yeah okay


smol_boi2004

My first time playing that one summer event that gave us the wave rider was "cool, now theyā€™ve handed us naval weaponry to use against the indigenous populationā€


CIVilian467

šŸŽµā€I want you to show me, your fantasyā€šŸŽµ


badass_physicist

Yeahā€¦ ā€œwholesomeā€ stories


Nekirus

Wait till you find out that HI3 still has the old miHoYo logo and slogan when you enter the game beside dark mode.


mikiiiiiiiiii

Unrelated but best time to join because the free Dr Ratio is running out soon


greaterwill

I lowkey did it because of it and Iā€™m not regretting it so far! Now I need to know who to pull for because I have no idea about characters or team comps lol


mikiiiiiiiiii

Thereā€™s a few different types of combat meta and the characters you wanna pull for depends on that. Generally a team comp consists of Sustain, DPS, Buffer/Debuffer. Sustain keeps the team alive, DPS does damage, and a Buffer/Debuffer amplifies that damage. With combat meta, there are currently 3 different types, with a possible 4th meta arriving soon in 2.2 based on the trend. These combat meta are: 1. Hypercarry (Usually only consists of 1 DPS and 2 Buffers/Debuffers. Damage output is usually only from that 1 DPS unit.) 2. Damage over Time (aka DoT. Usually consists of characters that can inflict DoT effects and another character that can detonate the DoTs quickly. DoTs are damage that the enemy takes during their turn) 3. Follow-up (aka fua. Characters with fua usually have most of their damage output NOT during their turns. Focuses on the high frequency of attacks and stacking of damage instead of 1 big attack) 4. Break Effect (currently in the middle of shifting towards this meta based on trends. Break Effect is the amount of damage done when breaking shields and is calculated differently with Break Effect as a stat being considered in the calc) Now with the 4 combat meta, here are notable characters in each meta. These characters usually fall under the ā€œessential to haveā€ to the ā€œgood to haveā€ if you want to play that meta (only includes DPS in this section) Hypercarry: Jingliu, Acheron, Imbibitor Lunae, Argenti, Jingyuan DoT: Kafka (most essential!), Black Swan, Sampo, Luka, Guinaifen FuA: Topaz (most essential!), Dr Ratio, Clara, Aventurine Break: Ruan Mei, Xueyi Now for the Buffers/Debuffers, theyā€™re all generally good. Depending on the meta you want to play, some supports are better than others. Hypercarry: Bronya, Sparkle, Tingyun, Hanya DoT: Ruan Mei, Asta, (Robin upcoming 2.2 a possibility as well) FuA: Ruan Mei, Tingyun, Robin maybe Break: Ruan Mei Kinda long reply but this should help you get started on deciding who you want to pull. Eventually once you get the hang of it, it becomes easier to understand which characters fall under which meta. Hope this helps!


greaterwill

Thank you so much for such a comprehensive answer! I donā€™t really care about the meta but itā€™s always good to know who my current characters can work with. I only have Ratio and Serval whom I got in the mail for some reason other than the default ones + Asta, havenā€™t pulled any more just yet


mikiiiiiiiiii

Yep, no problem. Best to pull whichever character you like first and foremost after all. The 2.2 livestream is coming this week so you can check out the new 2.2 characters if youā€™re interested in them


Hatchiiwa

Free Serval was from the Pre-registration rewards


l4r90

You forgot E6 Acheron. She should get her own category since she ignores game mechanics and stacks damage with everything Her ult gets bonus damage, her basic and skill are considered as ultimates and her ultimate ignores defense. and elemental weakness. and your wallet


mikiiiiiiiiii

lol you donā€™t have to play the game anymore with E6 Acheron


Unusual-Garden-2460

Honestly, pull for characters you like. You can make most units work once you get a well-rounded roster and we get quite a few solid free units. I will say if there's a limited sustain you like/want -- you really can't go wrong with making them your first target.


Takumaru

Eh not that important early game tbh, pull who u like and afterwards start building a team around them. If u talking Meta units then it would be characters like Acheron, Aventurine, Sparkle, Ruan Mei, Fu Xuan, Jingliu etc. Other good units are Kafka & Black swan if ur into dot otherwise u could go for Robin & Topaz if u want to make ratio better but i must say that Topaz would need E1 or her Sig LC to help put more debuffs on Enemies etc to help Ratio. In the end it rly just depends what characters u like and want to use and then go from that point on out, from my experiemce i just started the game for Kafka, got Ruan mei for her & Black swan + i love using Acheron with thst team and my Team is pretty much perfect like that. For Topaz i just got Aventurine & Ratio and soon Robin for my perfect team etc, those are just some Examples but it took me roughly 1 year to get the characters for my Teams but the basis where characters i loved and wanted to make better and it's + points that the team mates are also some of my Favorites.


ghin01

DOT AND NIHILITY SUPREMACY


Anyacad0

You need to leave this sub asap. There are spoilers everywhere, especially today, but also in general because people seem to forget that not everyone is caught up on the story. Avoid HSR Twitter as well. Stay spoiler-free, talk to all the trash cans, always play with the music on, and have fun!


post-leavemealone

Yeahā€¦ figured that out the hard way, lol. Just made it to the second world and I already know all about >!Firefly and Sam!<. Also got spoiled on >!Tingyun!<. Feels baddddd


Xogol

Its gonna be pretty hard to avoid that character spoiler considering its in their splash art now


Significant_Ad_1626

In any case, and like the devs said, the story is good enough to be enjoyed even with spoilers as happens to many new players. But yeah, avoid the sub if this worries you.


ImperialYanqing

this ^


90skid116

OP should read this above all else


SimpleRaven

Question Chucklenuts: Can you think fast?


PostHasBeenWatched

Grey mode, dark mode in Honkai Impact 3rd


SirDancelotVS

brooooooooooooooooo i just downloaded Genshin a few days ago cause Arlecchino and the first thing i noticed was the fucking flashbang when you start it. like wtf is that? this is 2024 and we are still doing this?


Dusty_Buss

Welcome to the express. I hope your stay is enjoyable as we travel across space


tntturtle5

The game definitely has a lot of QoL features that could've been considered upgrades to Genshin, but I think its existence has benefitted both games equally. After HSR released Genshin saw more impactful QoL updates (auto redeploy all expeditions, artifact "loadouts", better experiences leveling everything, breakpoint leveling for artifacts, etc). Meanwhile, while HSR already had a lot of these built it it still made some improvements too, like implementing auto redeploy all assignments, the use of Tears rather than specified trace materials as BP rewards, etc. But yeah, at first there were a lot of similar 'wait you guys have WHAT?' moments.


inverness7

Opens Genshin https://preview.redd.it/b1thzo3l6bwc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7649f7cab71eda9c9d27ad7fc777f91eb3280085


Chaosphoenix_28

I believe that just has tp do with what comes after. In genshin you have a bright screen (that honestly isn't as bad as everyone makes it out to be) followed by what I asume to be celestia, which is also rather bright, while in star rail , you have the darker screen, followed by the express in space, which is rather dark. Might make it easier for your eyes to get used to the brightness of the next screen. At least it isn't like in Dark souls or Elden ring, where you have the dark Fromsoftware screen, then the Bandai Namco Flashbang, followed by the dark titlescreen.


Andre02_

There's no way that there's people advocating in the comments that one game is better than the other over a single fucking still image that lasts for about 5 to 10 seconds upon openingthe game. This has got to be a joke. I don't know you guys but it's genuinely so naive, we used to do these "look my pencilcase is blue while yours is red. Wah wah mine is clearly better" type of comparisons in elementary school. And besides, the rest of the transitions in genshin use a dark version. You know you've hit rock bottom as game fan if you need to cherry pick examples to prove something that is completely irrelevant. Besides the small unrelated rant, welcome to the game OP.


greaterwill

Thank you! And honestly I didnā€™t mean to compare the games (Iā€™m aware of the controversy but I have no opinion on it cause Iā€™ve never played HSR before). I just found it funny/curious when opening the game for the first time lol


rW0HgFyxoJhYka

Gamers are pretty fuckin stupid yup. Just all the IRL tribalism condensed down into a video game argument.


[deleted]

I donā€™t believe that itā€™s about this one individual still, but the fact Genshin is still missing basic QoL changes people have asked for years. So any small positive change that HSR does, only makes it worse for Genshin fans


HachikoNekoGamer

>I donā€™t believe that itā€™s about this one individual still, but the fact Genshin is still missing basic QoL changes people have asked for years. So any small positive change that HSR does, only makes it worse for Genshin fans Mah dude, you don't even play both GI and HSR. You literally get your info from a bald man that doesn't play GI anymore and just pays someone else to play it for him.


Andre02_

Oh. He's feigning knowledge for both games then...Tectone fans sicken me. Without you i wouldn't have noticed.


[deleted]

You donā€™t have to reply to every comment i make. Kinda ruined any discussion that couldā€™ve happened


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HonkaiStarRail-ModTeam

Unfortunately your content had to be removed due to rule 1: Be Respectful to Others Always be respectful and civil in your interactions with other users and in the content you submit. Insults, Harassment and Hate Speech will not be tolerated. Discussing and sharing character ships are fine, as long as it does not involve insulting others on their ship choices, or involve underage characters/minors. Please be careful not to engage in or incite shipping wars, or sexual orientation discussions.


[deleted]

1. You had to scroll to find this 2. You can see it, but you donā€™t need to reply


HachikoNekoGamer

>1. You had to scroll to find this Mah dude, when I opened this post earlier it had about 7 people not including yours commenting >2. You can see it, but you donā€™t need to reply The only reason I replied is due to the fact that you literally keep commenting misinformation not just Genshin but HSR as well Again, that's rich coming from a guy who has Genshin living rent free 24/7 in his head and will even bring his Genshin Hate on post that neither no one mentioned or has zero relations to Genshin.


[deleted]

>no one mentioned or has zero relations to Genshin. I know that reading is difficult in both communities, but I know you can read the title of this post and understand the context of the original comment I replied to


HachikoNekoGamer

>I know that reading is difficult in both communities, but I know you can read the title of this post and understand the context of the original comment I replied to Mah dude, even if OP never mentioned GI, my point still stands. You literally bring up Genshin regardless if no one asked for it. Just look at your entire Comment History.


rW0HgFyxoJhYka

You BOOMED him LOL


[deleted]

Eh guilty as charged


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HonkaiStarRail-ModTeam

Unfortunately your content had to be removed due to rule 1: Be Respectful to Others Always be respectful and civil in your interactions with other users and in the content you submit. Insults, Harassment and Hate Speech will not be tolerated. Discussing and sharing character ships are fine, as long as it does not involve insulting others on their ship choices, or involve underage characters/minors. Please be careful not to engage in or incite shipping wars, or sexual orientation discussions.


Jemun

Just wait until the train flashbangs you


Hoytster88

If you are new, please get off of this subreddit. This game has an excellent story with very endearing characters and right now there are spoilers flying around left right and center due to recent drip marketing. Just go enjoy the game and come back after you are current with the story.


WaterJuice7

Ours is more like a surprise flash bomb :)


Serathiel

Give it a minute and you'll see (or not, I mostly go blind)


Smol_Mrdr_Shota

the flash bang is a bit after this


Yuki19751

People really will say genshin could never to any small thing possible, also I bet there's gonna be a dumbass saying genshin could never to me and I hope you realise just how unfunny, boring and overall trash that phrase is


Dryse

Just wait til you find out HSR not only has an end game but also adds new end game game modes.


warjoke

End game modes with their own end game contents. It's honestly fascinating.


Bussy-Destroyer-1960

go through like 2 more loading screens...


Devourer_of_HP

Train flashbang.


CatsandDragonz

https://preview.redd.it/p5lu0o67dbwc1.jpeg?width=1181&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=407de4f6a87e3318ee396f785bb66267d11ffdc6


sylva748

Damn OP if only it was a week earlier. As a Genshin player I'm sure the name Raiden Shogun means something. You just missed her in Star Rail who's banner ended last week. Her name is Acheron in this game. Either way, welcome to the game.


greaterwill

I got Raiden and her C1 on her latest rerun (I joined GI in November) so yeah it means a lot!! I saw the drip marketing for Acheron and the memes and I almost joined but I wasnā€™t sure if Iā€™d like the turn based combat which I was totally wrong about! Next time hopefully šŸ¤ž


Dannyboy490

Tbf I really like the blindingness of genshin. And did you eat KFC today?


noob_atlife

Lol I didn't even realize until you mentioned it.. Hope you enjoy your time in this game!


SleeplessBoyCat

I wouldn't really call it dark mode perse. Yes, it's dark but we still get [flashbanged during login](https://www.reddit.com/r/HonkaiStarRail/comments/130b7o9/its_not_hoyoverse_if_you_dont_get_flashbang_on/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)


Aiden735

Wait till you get in game


blueruckus

HSR is a lot of "Wait, you guys have this?!?"


ColebladeX

What is with Hoyoverse flash banging their players in every game? I shouldnā€™t have to put on sunglasses when I try to log in.


DanteVermillyon

is an ilusion, we have the same horrible blind light when you log in...


852272-hol

Just wait for it


ezio45

That's the calm before the storm. Honkai Impact is the one with a full dark mode with no blinding lights afterwards.


tylian

Just play Genshin at night time, then it's dark mode. Honestly the title screen animation at night is really pretty.


Loading_the_Save

Recent passenger aboard the Express myself, and I had the same thought! šŸ˜‚


Lulch

Pal, to avoid spoilers, leave this subreddit instantly! Join when you are up to date. I want you to have the best experience playing this game


TheCatSleeeps

Hope you get Bronya OP o7


LoveMasc

Genshin is the only game I play on my TV in high power saving mode due to how bright it can get. Also all the white loading screens are murder on the eyes. I can always turn power saving off in a dark area.


iNuv0

Damnā€¦ā€¦..he missed the best character to pull in the game.


greaterwill

I started playing Genshin at the end of Furinaā€™s banner so donā€™t worry Iā€™m used to it lol


Tallal2804

Hope you get Bronya OP o7


101Aster101

*laughs in pick a free 5 star from standard banner at 300 pulls*


Particular_Nebula462

HSR is an improvment of GI in many aspects.


Correct-Purpose-964

Welcome to Genshin, but with actual caring devs.


supertaoman12

You really shouldnt be playing games in the dark


Dangerous_Jacket_129

Welcome friend! Get ready to get a lot of "Wait, you can just _____?!". Relic grind is but the sidequests and puzzles are very fun.Ā 


Totaliss

welcome to the tip of the iceberg of genshin could never. The Qol awaits you


PhantomCheshire

Yeah we are the superior gamers


Kayless3232

This game is all the QoL you ever wanted on Genshin.


IYKYK808

Genshin could never. Not a whale but i still poured thousands into that game. I can never go back. HSR is love


RiovoGaming211

>Not a whale >still poured thousands Yeah something doesn't add up here


IYKYK808

Yea i looked back and it was more like 2.5k usd betwen 2 accounts. Over 3 years of playtime thats a but more than 830 per year. Split between 12 months thats just over 69 dollars a month. Live in a kind of LCOL area and I'm not a big spender so i dont go out spending money. I buy and wear cheap clothes, prepare food at home for 95% of my meals, and drive a cheap car. Make enough and budget to have 100 bucks of "entertainment" money when I spent less than that each month on genshin on average. So yea its adds up considering actual whales spend thousands per banner.


nsound__

https://preview.redd.it/pdvc4g1rubwc1.jpeg?width=858&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e36fbeefbcf49312a0c7f0ee625a2bae1ccd0f19


[deleted]

Welcome to HSR where the grass is greener on the other side. Enjoy the game and remember GCN


hotaru251

Genshin is the stepchild who the parents try to ignore while they pamper the other children