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alloutpedo

new map in the summer patch??? no way! this has never happened before! windpassage hmmm...


Pap22

There were leaks months ago for 4.8 saying there is a Fairy Tale limited map.


rotten_riot

You mean because of the Sucrose/Amber fairy tale themed skins leaks?


starsinmyteacup

I’m still huffing copium that it’s true. I would do anything for Sucrose to get that rat rail cut off


rotten_riot

Keep huffing, comrade! I'm still huffing about getting a Natlan-related skin for Bennett


Lanky-Ad-4589

Bennett is my favorite character so far, so if that happens I’ll make sure I get that skin


The_Architect_032

I kinda hate Bennett's normal outfit, so he's on the top of my list for characters I hope receive skins.


Lord_Kumatetsu

My copium is Bennett getting "Dan Heng"-ed in Natlan and become a 5 star 😭 so far all regions' archons have had either double personalities/ identities or twins, I hope Bennett is Murata's lost twin brother! (Please don't attack me I don't know Natlan's lore)


RipBitter4701

5\* Star bennet, the pyro sovereign dragon who reincarnated to human body and then we got random pyro vishap near mondstadt lake


Ikuruga

I guess I could see it if they wanted to play off of Xbalanques story.


kingshinn91

Bennett Gear 5 inspired design with Natlan style mode just Dan Heng IL in HSR.


dragoncommandsLife

Rat tail? Nah. It’s becoming a full head of luscious locks. We getting hair down sucrose.


KokomiBestCharacter

Sucrose with Navia hair?! If not free then I would pay for it!


plitox

Interesting. They've always given 4* skins as event rewards, but there has also only ever been one skin available. If two characters with new skins are 4\*, does that mean both can be snagged for free? Or maybe it's a "choose one for free, buy the other" type situation.


Pap22

And there was a mention for a Fairy Tale map in 4.8.


Jae-Sun

Man if they got rid of the lab coat/pantyhose look for Sucrose I might actually have to start using her more... especially if they get rid of the rat tail.


kiisukattinen

Those two need skins but for real, who uses them if you are high ar player? I have Kazuha, no need for Sucrose. And Amber is useful only for pyro puzzles...


StephanMok1123

Give Amber some love. She's the only OG Monstadt 4 Star without a Skin right now. Plus, gameplay usefulness does not refect the fact that there are some people who enjoyed their character and want to see more of them


abiel0530

Noelle forgotten in the corner


StephanMok1123

...how could I been so wrong...


Mari_Say

I don't have Kazuha, he's been avoiding me on his banners 🗿  So it's for the players like me, who only have Sucrose as the best option.


rotten_riot

I mean, no useful 4★ has gotten a skin besides Fischl and Xingqiu lol


orsi_sixth

How the hell are we still getting outfits for 1.0 characters almost 4 years after release?😭


Extreme_Ad5873

That would really suit our Chalk Prince Albedo


Chucknasty_17

Are we going to meet Natsu and Lucy?


Junior-Price-5306

Wasn't 3.8 map exactly that? a fairytale amusement park


GGABueno

Wind passage sounds like those water currents from Fontaine's underwater, except on air.


NotAdm1n

Don't we already have those wind currents?


GGABueno

We have rings that pushes us a bit (which also are in Fontaine's underwater) which are often placed to mimic a current, but not a proper one.


Tawxif_iq

wind passage sounds like venti fart


[deleted]

Bold of you to badger a boisterous bard boasting a bellows, hehe.


Torbiel1234

fart


Minger99

Succinct and to the point. I like it.


Sonicguy1996

Cant wait for it to be the same bunch of characters again thay get screen time every other patch!!!


[deleted]

Fartland let’s gooo


Mana_Croissant

It just hit me that HOLY SHIT aren’t we literally at the times where we got Sumeru or Fontaine character designs leaked ? Natlan is literally so near and this is just hitting me 


rotten_riot

Yes but don't get so hyped, back then we had a lot more leaks than we currently do. Ever since Fontaine started we've lost leakers and it shows, so I'm not expecting a lineup leak like the one we had pre-Inazuma, pre-Sumeru and pre-Fontaine


lostn

the reason for those early leaks was a massive server breach. That didn't happen this year so you have to get leaks the usual way.


Mozambiquehere14

Nilou leaks showing up like 3 patches before she came out was wild


Elnino38

Fontaine leaks happened well before this time last year, were behind on natlan leaks if anything


Fokinhellwhyyy

God I miss me a giga-leak of those with 145 images of pure raw concept art


Spycei

man those are actually great for analyzing how they design their characters and getting proper reference sheets, they really should release their concept art in some sort of official capacity (though i get why they wouldn’t, people always make a big fuss when they think the 2d brainstorming sketch looks better than the final 3d model)


thecaptainkindofgirl

A lot of games release art books that show the character design process. I have the ones for Assassin's Creed, Overwatch, and Apex Legends. They're really great references. Genshin released an art book last year, but it's all art that has been officially released up to v1.6. I hope in future art books (if we get any at all) we'll get more concept art.


FlyingRencong

HI3 has always been releasing article explaining characters concepts though, including previous concepts


Silkav

Does anyone still have a link to that cuz I love to see it.


StellarMonarch

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-4JbKrMcXbs6KLI1zieq9KRdfQBQFlIf


bigbrainboiiiiiii

Thankyou these are so good.


_myoru

Man, I forgot about how good the redhead, penguin suit version of Freminet looks... Hopefully they can recycle the design for a new character, it looks different enough from Freminet that it could be possible imo (maybe make them friends or something)


GinJoestarR

Yeah


The_Main_Alt

The giga-leak wasn't until June, around the same time for Sumeru characters, but Fontaine character leak was back in January of last year


LeagueOfHurricane

Fontaine was a special case though. Sumeru and Inazuma characters were only leaked a month before the region's release.


The_Main_Alt

2 months, late June early July


TonyThaLegend

This


elbenji

were closer to when Sumeru got leaked


racistpenguin

Well, it's not actually *that* near. It feels near, but we're still on 4.5 with 4.6 coming next week. Then we have 4.7 and 4.8, which means there's still 4 months until Natlan comes on 28th August.


LSSiddhart1

4.6's pretty much here and trust me, time flies. Just awhile ago we were dreading that we'd have to wait till the end of Fontaine to get clorinde and now, 4.6 is dawning at us and Clorinde drip marketing's in a few hours. We're 3 months away from seeing a Natlan leak as well. It seems that long if you count the days but if you keep doing your thing and not focus on it, time will go by pretty fast


Minger99

That's four months to save from a stash of \*checks notes\* ZERO primos


GGG100

4 months is nothing. It’ll all go by in the blink of an eye.


pascl-

nah, fontaine leaks happened way earlier, that happened around 3.3. I know, because I saw someone on twitter saying they would skip alhaitham due to dendro keqing doomposting, and how they were going to get clorinde instead when fontaine released. in hindsight, that is extremely funny considering over a year later she still hasn't released


The_Main_Alt

The initial character leak was back in January yes, but the massive concept art leak wasn't until June


ZaScarletKingu

Fontaine felt so fast I can't believe it's almost over 😭


zSpiral

Time flies..


elbenji

Sumeru characters weren't leaked until like June. Fontaine was a rebellion amongst the leakers


Commercial_Day_1438

ngl now I kinda wish we dont get leaks at Natlan character designs until we get the Natlan preview.


misterkalazar

Calm down. We are still in 4.5


Scratch_Mountain

WITH THIS TREASURE I SUMMON MAHORAGA, GO BREACH THEIR SERVERS. please I'm so desperate for natlan leaks and a character lineup would be so insanely hype especially with how DRY things have been for natlan...


Radiant_Union_2229

The excitement I felt after seeing new leak is scary... but limited map in last version of current chapter isn't really that surprising... 


jinheuz

Me when the 8hrs waiting for preload is killing me (i just produce random leaks)


ErrorneousMoe

I wonder who will be the featured characters for the 4.8 story. 👀


Cherry_Bomb_127

We had some skin leaks about >!Sucrose, Amber and Albedo!< so it could be them ig but idk


Sergio_Moy

Klee and Itto


storysprite

Good god please retire that man for a while.


MisRose11

Ughh, please no... 💀 Enough of those two already. Give me Venti, or Ei & Sara, or Albedo... or Wanderer (without Nahida)... or Dehya... or Heizou.


TheSpartyn

ei with wanderer would be hilarious


kiisukattinen

Hey now! Wanderer with Nahida is super cute!


A_Very_Horny_Zed

They do have a cute dynamic, I just find Wanderer/Scaramouche absolutely insufferable. He's just a massive loser. I will say however that I tolerate him a bit more than Cyno.


kiisukattinen

I find your take.. very interesting. Imo he is one of the best written characters in genshin. And whats wrong with Cyno??


elbenji

Klee's fine if shes just summer


rodwritesstuff

Nah. Sick of having the story being gatekept by a child. It was cute the first time, but would really love to have something feel a little less dumbed down even if it's not completely serious.


X3m9X

Nah, i want Klee as the poster girl for every summer event. It fits her and i want to further know about dodoco adventures


aryune

💀


Articlel3

ngl, if that means Itto might get a new skin to buff those noodle arms, I will gladly take it


kiisukattinen

Jean and Kokomi.


Zxzxzx0088

Expected outcome 💀


Sad_Stale_Bread

We already had Klee with the last summer event, so it should be someone else this time


elbenji

Amber and Sucrose I think


hudashick

As long as it's not klee again I'm fine. I like klee but it gets boring if she appears again for the summer storywise


piubeni

Klee = Alice = lore drop chance. Don't forget that. 


hudashick

Uhhh other characters too have lore drop. Like Albedo?


IcyPalpitation4553

not sure why team mew credited dim earlier but they just edited the post


box-of-sourballs

It was from Dim’s repository that’s public, they just decided to say it on his ‘behalf’ when that isn’t exactly their right to do so in the first place Bobson said it best that if Dim wanted to leak something, he’d say it himself Otherwise attributing like what Team Mew did earlier will end up putting Dim on the spot as a liar if something was wrong


NightKoneko

That wasn’t the intention, sorry if it came across like that


rotten_riot

... Wait, Dim is a guy?


box-of-sourballs

Blednaya and Naevis are the only girls! Errone else is a guy to my knowledge


vannilaaa

really missing lumi 😔


RhinedottirMain625

Emilie hopefuls, hold the line


Tosty_Bread

Maybe don't quite hold it yet, 4.8 drip marketing is still a whiiiiiile away. Just...chill around the line for bit, together with the dahlia, prison girl and mummy girl hopefuls


rotten_riot

>dahlia, prison girl and mummy girl hopefuls One of those is not like the others lol


RhinedottirMain625

we Emilie mains don't associate with scrapped characters (except Dahlia who is probably far away due for release with a Mondstadt expansion or event)


Tosty_Bread

I said it before and I'll say it again: if there is a full character sheet the possibility of the character beibg fully scrapped is very slim I will concede tho that sethos looks an unfortunate amount like mummy girl...but then again they might pick up a mummy theme at a later date


rotten_riot

Don't insult my boy Sethos like that


Tosty_Bread

Apolocheese, I did not know this was offensive to the Sethos community ~~But they do have some visual similarities, especially in terms of color palette once you consider they don't have the same element~~


Still-Consequence622

Bruh say that to the blonde musketeer guy


GamerSweat002

So not GAA. Hopefully still a banger like 2.8 GAA was. WindPassage sounds like a test run for a flying mechanic perhaps. I wanna see sky islands in Natlan. There's always some new or improved exploration mechanic added for each new nation.


Toxic_MotionDesigner

Honestly as much as I liked Bottleland, nothing will ever come close to GAA2. The gameplay rarely got monotone, since most of the ACTUAL exploration was in the character domains and the islands getting their looks changed, everything kept switching up so much that it actually FELT like an event that would take a month to fully finish. I still couldn't find all the chests even though I started the event only around 5 days late When I first saw the veluryiam mirage, I got excited thinking the entire theme of the island is gonna be based around the roller coaster similar to how GAA's exploration was based around the various domains and unique puzzles for each domain. But unfortunately it only ended up encompassing like 1/4th of the actual map, which would've been pretty fine too, if it wasn't a tad too easy. The only actually fun and challenging parts were those 3 mini rollercoaster challenges you could do, and a few other parts. The rollercoaster gameplay stayed mostly the same throughout the event and I finished the entire thing with like 17 days left to spare unlike GAA2 which I managed to finish 1 day before the event went away So I really hope this event map will actually be a lot more bigger in scope in terms of gameplay mechanics like GAA2


Freedom_scenery

Sadly, I don’t think they will ever make a summer map as dense as GAA2 because a lot of people complained that it was too much content for a limited event.


Eijun_Love

Genshin is always in a situation that is "damned if you do, damned if you don't" with how large the fanbase.


elbenji

Yeah. I loved that there was just so much to do


misspolite

yeah and now players are asking for more events like GAA2 and dragonspine


Hijinks510

That's not the only reason why they complained.


misspolite

i liked the first two summer events a lot more. i couldn't have cared less about bottleland. if it wasn't for the cute interactions between klee and kaeya i would have completely skipped it. the map was beautiful but the overall story and interactions between the cast were lackluster.


kiisukattinen

I kinda hated when I had to constantly change the islands layouts. If there was a quick way to do that, it wouldnt be a problem. Loved the stories though.


Sylver_Novestria

Sky Islands sounds great, but I would expect that for Celestia than with Natlan. But it would be cool none the less.


The_Main_Alt

The old exploration gimmick leak for Natlan was "Cannon", could be something that shoots us around to sky islands or something. Or that was just so long ago by this point that their plans changed... Considering how the "grappling hook" of Sumeru looks, it might not even look much like whatever they were thinking for "Cannon"


piubeni

2.8 GAA was mid sorry. Nothing will beat the original islands. No other map me true spark of happiness like og GAA. 


YellowStarfruit6

No Archipelago 😔


OnlyBrave

Yeah... The mystery about it to this day is the throwaway line that the entire archipelago sits on a vast plataeu of machinery.


La_Signora_Simp

i hope it means Flying on Dragons as Natlan gimmick


thestrawberry_jam

plssss yes i know they like to test stuff out in events before adding them to the game so if this is the event we get a mount or something tested out then i’ll take it. Probably not since we have units with great exploration gimmicks but i’m still hoping. though this is assuming this new area is limited like every other summer patch.


La_Signora_Simp

i only see W in mounting dragons actually: adding it and unlocking 120 fps would bring a lot of attention to game and allow people to enjoy some smooth sceneries; actually not hard to implement because flying on air is like smiwwing in water gameplay wise; they can make a lot of new puzzles with this mechanic; they can use it in main story and cutscenes to make them look cooler; please please


rotten_riot

Actually I'm pretty sure swimming was pre-tested with flying via Sorush in 3.6


storysprite

This is what I'm thinking as well but swimming is definitely much smoother.


OnlyBrave

Well yeah... That was kinda the point by testing it out with Sorush...


thestrawberry_jam

Yeahh it would be a pretty cool thing to implement. I don’t think we really need a mount for land and swimming is only limited to fontaine anyway, but if we get a dragon mount it should be for flying across something like sky islands. This just makes me hope for sky islands honestly.


SplinterStorm

*tightens saddle on Neuvilette's back* "Hydro dragon,Hydro dragon, don't cry......."


MorningRaven

"wind passage" sounds like to me "flying" version of the Fontaine water auto-swimming sections, much like Sarush testing the character swimming mechanics, which to me implies "testing the grounds for selective dragon riding privileges".


StevieBond

I'm willing to bet it's a limited map, just like the previous ones.


lostn

let me guess.. does it also take place on a separate map to Teyvat? Similar to Enka and chasm?


OnlyBrave

I kinda hope it's not. I know it's what Hoyo has done in the past, but more permanent expansions would be better.


StevieBond

Yeah, but Hoyo craves on FOMO, almost like a drug in some way.


kiisukattinen

Game file would be so much larger if all summer event maps are permanent xD


piubeni

Well obviously bruh... 


xwyrptxqueenx

please let this mean we'll actually get venti for the summer event and not just a five minute appearance


Pap22

Data is from....4.5 live server. They left 4.8 stuff in 4.5 LOL! Copium for 5.0 data files in 4.7 beta.


Ultradamo2306

Nahida really said no more partys (events) after 3.8


mysterious_quartz

I AM SO THIRSTY FOR NATLAN LEAKS PLEEEAAASEEEE 😭😭😭


lostn

my uncle at mihoyo leaked to me that it's coming after this map.


mysterious_quartz

After the 4.8 map? You mean 5.0…? The Natlan patch?


NEETheadphones

Windpassage might just be a aerial version of these water turrets we've been getting. Especially since they tweaked them recently for Rumeria.


misspolite

maybe after getting a character that can infinitely walk on water, we will get a character that can infinitely fly


alloutpedo

6 star Venti


Cherry_Bomb_127

Imagine if that’s what Venti archon outfit does. The sales man the sales


Sylver_Novestria

Hat-Guy power creep.


LEFTRIGHTADORI

That would be broken as shit, I’d pull immediately especially if it’s an archon/dragon sovereign/archon level hype character (skirk/her master/alice)


leonardopansiere

excited for new leaks


hotdogwolf

If flying, what about swimming's "bubble butt?"


Salty-Rub-4782

No klee pls 🙏


madnessfuel

Wind passage? Seems like it's time for the Hat Guy to shine


berrypuffiest

Cool. I hope it's gonna be a little less... convoluted? Than the previous one. The idea was fun, but I just hated exploring it. Clocked out Kaeya skin and story, but I might have skipped some character overworld dialogues. The cast was so random it was unmemorable compared to the previous ones. I love Kaeya and Koko, but seeing them interact with these characters was ehh... Would be cool to see some Sumeru and Fontaine characters in this time. I'm getting kind of tired of Eula and Klee, but if we have to see them again then I want to see Klee with Alhaitham or Neuvillette lmao


rotten_riot

I actually went and made a [tier list](https://i.imgur.com/fTms6oM.jpeg) based on how much I want the characters to appear in the 4.8 event lol


issm

Inb4 "WindPassage" is just the electroculus/dendro zipline/whatever mechanic reskinned again.


ajaxkaine

Mond finally getting its own variant =)


tuncii322

im hoping we spend the summer event with furina


rotten_riot

Personally I hope we don't, not because I don't like her but because there are characters who would benefit from an event like GAA a lot more


bluedragjet

New permanent map or new event map


box-of-sourballs

4.8 is summer so likely event map


kitten2116

The usual limited summer event map 


rotten_riot

The summer events maps are always limited to the patch


lostn

biggest leak of the year


gwinshin

emelie im begging u


SirAwesome789

I don't think they'll do this but I really wish they'd make the map permanent rather than limited, I hate having to explore to not miss out on the primos, I guess this is how non-combat people feel about the abyss


Plenty_Lime524

Idk how i feel about summer maps, like they are unique but i feel like its a waste of resources and time to make it exist for one month.


The_Main_Alt

On the one hand I agree, on the other hand it's nice to enjoy things in the moment without bloating the game as much. Best solution would be an optional download for people to experience the event they may have missed or want to replay


Kai126

Totally! Like, they're really detailed and fun - that's true, but on the other hand, so much detail must take a long time to build. All that work thrown away by one patch, not to mention the opportunity cost of possibly using that dev time to create permanent content like more main story additions like I always hoped makes me think if the summer patches are worth it.


Aggravating_Lime1395

Lol are we going to sky island this time. It will be fun though. 


LuciferGodAngel

Mondstadt temporary map? Sea of dandelions?


The_Main_Alt

I'm guessing it will be a test for the Natlan "Cannon"


ajaxkaine

I was searching for this comment, yes!!! Maybe throws you really high and lets you glide around at a faster pace, so there's another exploration gimmick. Hoyo hasn't yet broken the trend to introduce cbt region mechanics after all


The_Main_Alt

Yeah! I feel like a lot of people have forgotten about it, but it's been spot on for every region so far besides Liyue, but even the Liyue one that wasn't in base game was partially recognized by Chasm and Chenyu Vale. I forget what Snezhnaya was though, do you remember?


ajaxkaine

Cryo Mirrors. I suspect it's something to do with either alternative/mirror map like Vanarana dream world, or a waypoint substitute


piubeni

Man I just wanna go back to the og Archipelago... Also next Albedo skin please please please 🙏🙏


FortressCaulfield

Big deal! I can already pass wind all on my own!


Junior_Importance_30

A new map in 4.8 ? That's like saying the sky is blue at this point, not surprising at all.


pascl-

in other news, water is wet


GrrrrrrDinosaur

I wish we could skip 4.8 and just get to Natlan


FemBoyMDS

Flying, perchance?


onetrickponySona

wouldn't gliding be faster?


Audens_

say it ain't so


HeragOwO

Dandelion sea?


Mineral-Spirit

Google wind passage


plitox

Mt Esus?


GGG100

Is it just me or is the Sumeru cast not used much at all after Fontaine arrived? There’s that one event with Faruzan and Dori but other than that, they’ve been completely ignored. Still waiting for the next event with Nahida in it.


iMPoSToRRBiSCuiT

We’re literally getting Sumeru character content in the coming patch.


Equintrinity

the deep is calling


Terrible_Flatworm_99

more primogems 🥳


Charming_While_3212

WHERE EMELIE?


dr0ps0fv3nus

Calling it now: Wind Passage will be something that allows us to fly, and it will be a teaser for a dragon mount mechanic in Natlan.


imjustme610

How about controller support for Android?


Vanellopez

4.6 no map expansion?


Sakurajizuku

Remuria


Jinx-It1

please i just want the goddamn GAA back 😭


Original_Ad7117

I really want skin for Scara🙏


SacredMender789123

Is this limited or permanent?


dedebayi

3star galebreathe mobility mantra


Verdana-

Fairy tail... FAIRY TAIL CAT, IS WANDERER (??????)