Can You Save Them All?

[@CumbersomeCucumber]

Players: *complains about player dialogue choices not affecting gameplay* Hoyo: Oh okay. Which ones do you want dead?

[@noticemesenpie69]

*insert players who likes skipping dialogues*

[@syakirfirdaus4623]

Hoyo in future story quest: Want more?

[@I.disagree]

I think it's the same players who expect their decisions to actually spawn a different route in the story from a Gacha game (which is completely delusional, even HSR, the game that prides itself on your decisions mattering, doesn't do that. They're not going to create an entire branched storyline just because of one decision) To the extent where decisions can affect the world, I'm glad they did something like this. It makes each person's playthrough feel more distinct and personal

[@darkkyoko7565]

This doesn't affect the gameplay whatsoever. Some otherwise inconsequential NPCs disappear. I bet you didn't even notice which ones were gone post quest, it's so unimportant

[@JakGniuz]

So, at the end, none us canonically dead, since players can choose their options, and in some worlds they are alive, maybe kill a playable character would be more impactful, someone we have known for a log time, that way hurts the most :))

[@The_Little_Sparkle]

This war in Natlan makes the civil war in inazuma look like a play date

[@Leon_LF]

REAL THO

[@ayatoo1]

real😭😭😭

[@weeblordgaming6062]

It made the inazuma war look like a slap fight between Sara and Kokomi

[@darklordsatan4383]

Which makes the hatred towards Ei seem all the more unfair, because her choices didn't really lead to any grave consequences at all?? Meanwhile Mavuika is honestly a really irresponsible leader, whose entire nation would have perished if not for the Traveler. People did tests and if Traveler doesn't help at all during the war, the death toll can increase to 90k, and the average player will have a death toll in the thousands. This is all Mavuika's fault for valuing culture over actual lives. I agree with the Captain. It's only because Traveler purified Chasca's sister that she was able to awaken as a hero in the first place. Mavuika had ZERO plan to ensure her people's safety when the Abyss would eventually attack because Ororon awakened. She would have failed miserably, and was lucky Traveler was there to save the day. (Compare that to Folcalors, whose plan was successful regardless of Traveler's interference). Ei might have ordered a strict rule, but she didn't cause a death toll of her own people in the thousands.

[@weeblordgaming6062]

@@darklordsatan4383 She still approved the vision hunt decree, and we dont how many people died in the civil war

[@shinda8068]

I really like that there is no optimal path where you save them all. You can't be everywhere all at once, you're just one person. It really makes you feel powerless in the face of an actual all-out war, it's great

[@leinadcoelho]

It makes me want to make a Natlan TED talk. "Why everyone needs to become a strong warrior, even the children and baby saurians"

[@odakidakida9193]

Ivan Drago: if they die, they die

[@Faura_Phoe]

Now I’m too scared to take the quests! 😭 I just wanna save them all! 😭😭😭

[@_lonely.]

Only the strongest person gonna survive

[@7872921]

true, this really make me think, is this what happen with my great grandparents during the WW ? TT_TT man....in my case , my option only saved less people TT_TT , im sorry people of natlan TT_TT

[@YaeMikoIsAQueen]

"This isn't an incident Paimon, This is war." -Traveler, Cooking up with their lines as the protagonist in the Natlan quest.

[@dumbo7683]

"this isn't a disaster paimon.. this is a war.." ?

[@thekastrik]

you know, the quest hit me hard, especially this line im from Ukraine, and i remember thinking something very similar to the Traveler's line two years ago when my mom woke me up and told me that we'd been attacked (i smh slept through the explosions) even the game makes you remember the hard reality you're living in(

[@zack-the-storm-qn506]

And this why war... War never changes...

[@champagnegascogne9755]

There's no mercy in war. It's a collision of powers.

[@kaizeremperaiga1807]

Player : "we want our choise is matter in this game" Hoyoverse : "okay, now choose... if you save the NPC in route A, the NPC in route B will be die, and vice versa" Player : "N-No, not like this!!!..."

[@Skilled_slayer007]

i feel so bad man 😭

[@StraightAssLightning]

"WHAT WE MEANT IS MC'S DIALOGUE TO NOT BE SAME OPTION THAT DOESN'T MATTER WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE!! NOT A GODDAMN ANOTHER 50/50!!"

[@Rodriuco]

I like it, because, this is how war is

[@Skilled_slayer007]

@@StraightAssLightning its not 50/50 its either he dies or they die situation oof

[@StraightAssLightning]

@@Skilled_slayer007 it's 50/50 in life scale. You won't 100 percently choose one over the other, right?

[@nugrohopriatmojo1290]

imagine how suffering dain, pierro and captain who cant save their people, its really hurt to see this war result

[@clashcon11]

Sad

[@Marnige]

And he was absolutely right when he said how many hundreds or thousands will have to die. Because more than thousands did die, and this was after Mavuika did not fail. Capitano's world isn't based on fate or destiny, he knows disaster and he knows what failure looks like. Natlan was lucky to have the traveller to divert its fate, else natlan would've lost to the abyss like Capitano said.

[@blackister4768]

Dain and Cap yea, Piero doesn't seems much affected to me, he still struck me as a villain who doesn't care much about people, like if he already was bad even before the events of the cataclysm.

[@neutralplayeroflol5722]

Look up "Light in the abyss". A fanmade video shows what it really meant to be a citizen in the godless nation

[@bisayafascist5725]

​@@blackister4768 My guy, Pierro is literally the one who insisted that dabbling with the Abyss is a bad idea but King Irmin rejected his pleas and look what happened.

[@JOSHUAj519]

I saved the mother and daughter in this quest and I was deeply saddened by those Fatui who sacrificed to save them.😭 Really wish I can tell Capitano at the end about their heroic sacrifices and honour them.

[@weeblordgaming6062]

Same, never thought id be sad to see fatui die

[@Kyosukedono]

@@weeblordgaming6062 That's because then, they were not Fatui but your brothers in arms.

[@zuramaru3837]

Before 5.1: oh come on stupid electro hammer just die already! After 5.1: am sorry I couldn't save you in time comrade...

[@SurajThakare0]

What ? how ? I mean I had the conversation where he asks to check on his mother and I thought I will encounter her as the story progresses and I never met her. It is only because of this video that I am knowing that there were options and were able to go on side quest. I feel bad now. Can you tell how did you do that ? I was seeing no other options. Whenever I clicked on other locations it said something but I was not able to teleport there so I went wherever I could teleport. Man I want to redo this quest now but I can't.

[@JOSHUAj519]

@@SurajThakare0​​⁠​​⁠ Hi, thanks for your reply. The mother and daughter I talked about were from here(1:41,choose north) However as I see in your reply you seemed to be talking about Tepoz’s mom. In order to save her, you have to choose South(from 0:54),then do the optional objective.

[@HazeEcho]

As an overly sympathetic and empathetic person who feels horrible for CARTOON CHARACTERS for slipping and stuff, I may never finish this quest..

[@ananonymousnerd.2179]

Have hugs from a fellow Traveler... I usually have similar feelings to you where cartoon characters and NPCs are concerned. Sometimes I end up treating them as actual living friends before I can recall their nonexistence. Unfortunately, it is the nature of war that people suffer and die, and Hoyo decided to have their war actually reflect that reality. I will always respect them for making clear the cost of conflict when most games will wave these things off in exchange for fun, but also, this does make the quest hurt to play through... it's ironic that a game like this portrays the horrors of war better than most games actually about war. Just remember, they do still leave you with one advantage over the soldiers and victims of most conflicts - you are a true and capable hero with exceptional power who can usually save the people you come across. You are, for example, something like the Avengers fighting off an alien invasion, or the Autobots deciding to protect humanity, even at great personal cost. They can't save everyone either, and people die around them all the time, but less people will die because they were there. Same goes for you, the Traveler... no matter where and how you fight in Natlan's war, more people survive because of your intervention. This will probably be a very small comfort to you, and war isn't supposed to feel bearable, but you can save people. It is one of the burdens of a true hero, to keep trying to save people, despite the knowledge that you might not be able to save everyone, or that you weren't historically able to. The weight of the world is not yours to carry alone - but you can hold more weight than the average person can, and you use that capacity to help out those who can't carry as much. They always say that the sky is darkest before sunrise, or that once things are bad enough, they can only get better. The war will end and the sun will rise, and more people will live to see the sunrise because you shared your light in their darkest hour. This will likely not be enough comfort, because war and death are horrible things, but I hope this helps you nevertheless! And of course, you don't have to finish if you don't want to, because a game is a game first and foremost, and if you aren't having fun, there's no shame in picking up something else to play!

[@HazeEcho]

@@ananonymousnerd.2179 oh goodness I wasn’t expecting to get such a great reply. Your way of putting things actually makes me feel a bit better, thank you. I hope you have a pleasant life

[@mikagesdiary]

@@ananonymousnerd.2179this was a beautifully written response, thank you so much

[@a_person._.7214]

I to am overly sympathetic to the Genshin charachters (for some reason not really Tepei though) and I am now dreading this quest.

[@ananonymousnerd.2179]

@@HazeEcho Thank you, and I'm glad to have helped!

[@arthurmorgan2818]

This is a huge slap in the face to all the people that was mocking Natlan for being too colorful for a war nation

[@kurohnuinui]

Ikr, they judged the game too early.

[@yuukianimates3318]

​@@mark-ut3pm and when they're literally black people in natlan like Pacal and Iansan 💀💀

[@bingf.]

For me even though Natlan has great music and colorful environment but the vibes of it is so sad (like a mourning someones passing)that I can't even explain when I started the NATLAN journey. 🤔And I was right, this sadness we feel right now in latest AQ and feeling I had in the beginning are the same...😭

[@daydreamer9469]

Too colorful with war blood

[@jessquiatchon2204]

It still is... mfs acting like this happens everyday there 😂 yall acting like other nations didnt face calamity size threats in their respective archon quests.

[@FardinKhanBT]

Even if u save the mother and daughter if ur fast enough u can still save achiyaku (the guard in the village) i have seen this in a streamer's stream named "Hey Raion" then in "doro44"'s stream i saw that during the first wave when u save tepoz if ur fast enough u can still save the messenger. SO GUYS CAN SOMEONE PLS VERIFY THESE CLAIMS AND MAKE A FULL VIDEO on how to have the lowest amount of casualties while saving a good number of npcs

[@7872921]

damn even the time also matter ?????

[@Aozora210]

You can save the mother and daughter and Achiyaku together. Iyoba and her child are the choices u gotta make between them + Fatui or the people of springs (Haronga's group with the saurians), while Achiyaku is the choices you make between his group near the Canopy or courier Raman. So if you chose to save Achiyaku's group at first, then chose to help the Fatui and save Iyoba and her daughter, it's plausible that they all going to survive. The ones that won't be saved are Raman and Haronga's group with their saurians (the one with the yumkasaurus whelp left). Unfortunately no matter how fast you are, some loss are inevitable. That's just the nature and horror of war of the story...

[@endyeauto1304]

As someone who plans to play Genshin, I would appreciate it if you have this compilation as I want the lowest casualty numbers

[@KnucklesKyosukeKido]

So.... You need and actual strong and fast team to save more NPCS.... The theater was just a drill (?

[@Voen_Sveta]

dont start this quest and everyone will stay alive

[@nihirunarukami7997]

I don't know why but probably this war was the turning point of the story. It was also the reason why outcome differs in each choices.... So far, the story has always been in a straight line but now the story is starting to diverge. The only reason I can think of is because Khaenriah is getting nearer and nearer in achieving their goals.

[@nihirunarukami7997]

Additionally, it also tell that Traveler is only one and his choices affect the flow of the story. (Btw, I watched the Genshin Impact 4th Anniversary of CN so I got this kind of mindset about the "choices" here...)

[@aniyapeach]

I've noticed too that each nation, the story gets heavier. Even more so here in Natlan. I couldn't believe they dumped so much lore already and we're only in Act 4. The things we also found out in Enkanomiya has become relevant now after 2 years😂

[@kimarimoi]

We thought Fontaine was a big step in seriousness with the murder mysteries and impending natural disaster, and then Natlan's like "war is hell, and you are going to experience the trauma and helpessness personally." The inevitable war with Celestia is gonna be nuts... this whole chapter was probably just a beta test for that.

[@001-x1b]

No the reason it diverges is because Hoyo is DESPERATELY trying to give it's game any relevance whatsoever storywise. They have been riding the easy train now and to be absolutely frank about it the story is bad no matter what. It's too convuluted and the whole pulling on the heartstrrings is just to traumatize the player so they'll keep playing. This game literally injects stockholm syndrome into it's players it's really bad.

[@aniyapeach]

@@001-x1b if u think genshin's story is bad then u just have no taste or u dont undestand any of its lore at all.

[@RitoGooby]

Thank you for confirming that reinforcing the Fatui, unlike every other choice made, does not affect future battles. It only affects surviving NPCs at the Stadium/maybe the camp outside the Stadium at the end of Surging Darkness. I kind of wish the Fatui did show up elsewhere thanks to you reinforcing them.

[@marcinpilarski2412]

I mean, it kinda fits with the whole narrative surrounding the Fatui Did you complete the Chasm and the optional quests there? The Fatui are expendable and they know it, not meant for recognition.

[@forstuffjust7735]

@@marcinpilarski2412 Yeah, all Fatui soldier, regardless of Harbringer seems to abide by the rule of "execute order for the greater good"+whatever value their harbringer instills into them.

[@RitoGooby]

@@marcinpilarski2412 not yet, I know there's one for the electro cicin mage. I've built up quite a backlog...

[@cottoncandyUwU420]

@@RitoGooby Katarina

[@Kuryou_Ka]

5.0: this is just baby game👶 5.1: 💀, wth why outside fake sky Teyvat is destroyed

[@gaminglife8103]

Just watch Wei . U will get the answer Almost all his theory proven right

[@ChillyPeppir]

I went to go take a piss and my death count went from 200 to 1800 😭 now the game making me feel bad for going to the toilet

[@cottoncandyUwU420]

U at least went to piss, I went to lunch with the game open 💀

[@KelumKey]

the minimum number of victims is 1500 for the entire quest

[@impostorsyndrome1350]

Don't be, it's just some random npcs lol

[@lunix3259]

​@@cottoncandyUwU420 bro how many was your toll 😂

[@cottoncandyUwU420]

@@lunix3259 I haven't checked . Story was really immersive.... But my focus was touching every region as much as I could, talk to everyone, aid them and leave the rest to the remaining fighters. Only thing I should not have done is to leave the fatui escort supplies. I thought they are much more capable than other natlan fighters but in the end I found them all dedge... I should have aided them a bit more. For the rest , I avoided casualties as much as I could.

[@boss_one]

Then, no matter whatever spots we chose to rescue, there will still be casualties and survivors, thus depicting the reality of war where we can save anyone, but we can't save everyone. ☹️

[@kra6958]

Hoyo : Remember what happened in Fontaine? With Focalors and the people in Poisson? Players : Yes we do Hoyo : Wanna watch me do it again ? But this time your choice will matter. Players : huh? Genshin be slapping people in their face with the "Not too fast honey" again....

[@CelestiaWings]

Ngl i was crying because the fatui died saving people only mother and daughter survived.

[@tartaru749]

yeah and that big fatui soldier died on the entrance blocking the monsters from attacking the mom and daughter :(

[@zuramaru3837]

Tbh even when I saved the humans in their group I still cried over their saurians and felt horrible for not being able to save the mother and her daughter

[@swanswanswan-205]

we kil* fatui everytime yet when they died we all felt bad

[@edensordreamer]

​@@zuramaru3837I cried a lot over the saurians too! 😭 Poor babies and their humans. I can't stop crying during this quest 😭 If it's not for those primogems, I might never finish it until 6.0 comes 😂

[@scaleofjudgement]

First impression: oh wow, there's a surfer village and all these people are pretty chill Surfer girl: I died already...

[@RuneKatashima]

Mualani literally said she's never died in the Night Kingdom Wars yet though.

[@FireBlueZ]

This is the archon quest that you need to pay attention a lot when it comes to your decision making, plus you also need to be fast. Truly a war

[@ShadowGunR]

I'm mad because I hated the Abyss so much I just charged head on into every combat encounter without even stopping to help the NPC's. I didn't even know our choices mattered and now I feel like an idiot

[@ahmuadparks9248]

I don’t even know I’m looking for his mom even matter in the end I realized I didn’t save her and it was my fault for not going to her location. This quest makes you feel like a real piece of shit sometimes.

[@boeman6702]

1:24 If you interact with her, she gets help from the Fatui to go the People of the Springs. Iirc, when the Abyss Tumor fell on the route to the People of the Springs, you can see her body there next to a broken carriage

[@rakmodslyr7459]

I honestly wish i could've saved the doctor but i figured supplies would be essential and she might have been escorted. That's the only decision i regret. Saved the mother and daughter, supported the fatui but asked them to escort the survivors to the tribe and found the lone baby saurian..

[@Sora_Saku]

I had 2240 deaths,but i saved almost all of the video, not Raman cause i chosed the doctor. My choices were: south, south, north.(Or down down up if you prefer) 1 one save the doctor, raman dies. 2 save potion lady (tell her not to risk it or she will die in springs) i guess more people died there because of my choice. 3 save mother and daughter hiding behind a chunky fatui corpse. In the other side saurians die. Also do all side quests optional. Motivate ururuku in 2 ocasions. Tell him is okay to be afraid and the second time chose the first option again. That was my run and imnsatisfied with that

[@Danjiano]

About #2, I'm not entirely sure. If you read the battle reports it mentions that the warriors are evacuating towards the stadium, and don't need any support.

[@whiteender7694]

What a good day to lower my world level to clear the quest faster

[@kjxboy121]

now imagine this a full scale attack of abyss on every nation sound like fun time

[@soep19]

Cataclysm be like:

[@plum6999]

The Abyss is still okay, they attack wildly without a strategy. Imagine a full power attack from the Abyss Order ☠️ a fully strategic invasion led by people like Skirk and the Traveler's Sibling and shit, the nations probably stand no chance. Except for Fontaine, since Focalors defied the Heveanly Principles they'll probably be spared or smth

[@odakidakida9193]

​​@@plum6999unless the Heavenly Principles started moving and they nuked Fontaine first for their defiance, or getting mistaken for working with Abyss coz spared

[@ivanryanisiderio7578]

now imagine you have to choose who to save between playable characters, pretty scary :')

[@StraightAssLightning]

Now imagine this 100x worse... Yup! That's Khanreah!

[@VexTrooper]

Damn, this is the first time in game where our choices mattered. Every player's playthrough during that event is different, and no matter what, you can't save everyone. It really weighed in the fact that that whole part of the story was a war, with people actually dying.

[@ravensword4354]

In natlan I was hoping some 4* and 5* characters would die considering how they were abusing the ode of resurrection. Especially mavuika choosing what people to resurrect and letting them rot in the night kingdom if they lost their life. Natlan is one of the most ironic places ever designed

[@safe4547]

"first time" that's the bummer part. It took them 5.1 patches to have actual use on "dialogue choices"

[@alataadvenavod]

You forgot those people and creatures who died in other regions so fast...

[@mr.fabulousmegardev6256]

1st wave (pleased): chose south, north was just a messenger detachment, and intel said were rescued; south meanwhile had an entire village with civilians, even had NPC sidequest linked to save mum doctor; furthermore, on 1st return hotspot helped a lot more civilians escape to stadium 2nd wave (regret heavily): saved north cause heard abyss pylons were involved and could threaten Children of Echoes, while south were escorted by Fatui and thought they could handle it; turns out south got completely wiped out and north would've still had survivors, plus the south had important supplies; kicking myself for this choice to this day 3rd wave (satisfied): chose south because they had saurians and human squad while north had Fatui for vanguard; saved a valuable saurian medic and more people with this decision, so was a rational trade-off...

[@amandaslough125]

While I'd prefer not to have certain spoilers as I have now, I'm glad I found this before doing the section of the quest. I need to make sure my computer has the ram available to save everyone as fast as possible.

[@MollanPollzan]

Where i’m from, we don’t say ”I’m crossing my fingers”. Instead we say ”I’m holding my thumbs”. So, i’m holding my thumbs for you! You can do it! 👍👍

[@RuneKatashima]

Time isn't a factor, decisions is.

[@1Gymfreak1]

If I knew any better I wouldn’t have rushed it and taken my time with this

[@vetreas366]

Not rushing means more casualties overall. Wait for too long and the number of deaths spikes.

[@agiant5715]

On the brightside, you had the more immersive experience of a soldier/general needing to make quick decisions with limited information during the chaos and fog of war.

[@ventithebard5401]

My only regret is that I can't save that one warrior's mother. 😢

[@fehaxolote]

I feel terrible now, because I made a wrong choice in the dialogue with Uturunku, in the part where I should have motivated him or said "Absolutely". I really spent a lot of time making this choice, thinking about what would be the right thing for me and what wouldn't cause problems, but now I just wish I could do it all over again... I cried for a virtual character that we only found in this mission (and will only find in it)... But yes, indeed, it is brilliant that they were able to demonstrate the feeling of repentance in this war

[@EngelAguilar]

I'm proud of my choices, I didn't save the most but in each area I got at least 1 survivor which makes me cope thinking I was helpful to someone instead of finding an area where everyone died

[@esheep8697]

Or you can just leave the war going on your oc for 80 hours and let the death count get up to 99,999

[@chigo999]

What? Is that possible? Does fast timing count not just choices?

[@ashrafhakim379]

​@@chigo999yep the longer you stall the higher kill count is

[@agiant5715]

​@chigo999 some CN players been testing the limits via afking as long as possible and the highest screenshot numbet of the death count i had seen yet is 114k.

[@hayond656]

​@@agiant5715 They REALLY meant it when they said "Emergency" huh? It's a good thing I picked pretty quickly

[@weeblordgaming6062]

@@agiant5715Are u guys working for the abyss

[@Daksh-rg8zb]

i feel so bad for not being able to save tepoz's mother 😭

[@ashishitD]

im scared what will hoyo cook to traumatize us with decision making next

[@MaxWeb2599]

I hate quests where you get multiple options but non feel good. I'm more of of an person who, when asked which I would hit, people or an tree, say "hit the god dammit break"

[@Quiet_Void]

Ok so first I went north, then north again, yet the one green warrior was still alive, the sole survivor at the other location was the baby Saurian, then saved the first Echo group, got the one with more survivors, and I managed to save the doctor mom too, I believe I motivated the guy at 3:51 too, but I forget. Finally, i picked Under Siege in the first wave, so I saved the kid and the red guy. Yeah this quest broke me lmao

[@impostorsyndrome1350]

You're terminally online and should seek help

[@watchingshows6683]

Hoyo made us drop our guard before pulling this off...

[@ChillyMountain-Jade]

i completely did not save the npcs

[@Fuji_sukai]

Me too :(

[@DimasAMulyadi]

me too 😢

[@lifeosranfell4715]

Life is nobody knows 😢

[@impostorsyndrome1350]

Good

[@joewho2259]

same

[@hfurqonpurnomo994]

First wave i choose south (saving tepoz mother the doctor) Second wave i choose south (the group in near children of echoes left only with 4 people) Third Wave i choose south again saving the group and saurian but lost the mother and child addition in children of echoes with kachina and xilonen are fine able to motivate uturunku

[@danisosa2233]

Which choice was the one to save the family of the baby saurian that appeared in the video?

[@matthew78917]

Kinda reminds me of the trolley problem

[@-IGRIS-]

i had 1843 deaths i thought it's too much but after reading the comments i realised i was pretty efficient lol

[@whoszulyy]

what were your choices?? i’m literally so scared to do this quest lmao 😭

[@clamiyep7008]

I regretted so much not being able to save the warriors and their saurians but at the same time, I don't regret paying tribute to the fallen fatui and helping out the mother and her child.... Honestly, I went there bc I remembered they said that the people from the flower-feathered clan or smth like that were evacuating so I thought there would be more civilians ... What's done is done anyway. It was really an immersive quest, it actually made me feel so anxious and paying attention to the details as well as defining priorities bc I obviously couldn't save everyone and in my mind it was civilians first then as many people as possible. I'll be honest, when I first started the serious part, i wasn't feeling anything particular, but seeing the death count really stressed me out, especially when I finally got an update from the fallen messenger. Dude, my heart legit missed a beat, I was mortified. These kind of quests are great tbh, and I absolutely loved the experience...I mean, let's not do that too often ....

[@IshimurA99]

Genshin can truly make us Heroes or Villains depending on our choice..and I have become evil

[@KelumKey]

It’s not about hero and evil. This is about the war and consequences

[@impostorsyndrome1350]

Yeah, I got 99000 casualties 😂

[@impostorsyndrome1350]

​@@KelumKeywar against no one cares npcs

[@weeblordgaming6062]

@@impostorsyndrome1350how did u get 99k casualties?

[@impostorsyndrome1350]

@@weeblordgaming6062 left it afk, and they accrue. Went exploring a bit, then afk, then came back to to explore some more, then afk again, back and forth

[@noticemesenpie69]

*This action has consequences* Litle Nightmares vibes 😭😭😭

[@didikindran]

3:38 i lost his mother, even thought we promise to "save" her, if meet her. and it hit me hard. 😥

[@kyori75]

- The players who told tepoz they will save his mother IF they encounter her, so it's not their fault IF they didn't encounter her aka didn't chose that particular node because you chose to save the courier Raman instead. But I do saw a youtuber going to the correct node but just rushed off without checking for optional tasks thus missed the chance to save his mother. - About the mother and kid in the north... the choice description didn't mentioned the mother and kid, so players sure won't know they can save them by going north first.

[@neoinfinity5204]

It really hurts I couldn’t save the mom considering she’s a doctor but I guess hoyo for one decided to take war seriously unlike Inazuma

[@hsJoo343]

This is a very... weird way of customizing each Teyvat...

[@Daivd1111]

This give me Mass effect or Witcher vibes, your choice actually matter. However I wish they make the difference more prominent, I didn't notice some of the NPC I saved

[@Aquas1998]

Just like what Niko Bellic had to go through, only this time, the old and bitter gets the last laugh.

[@AlterSign02]

I left the mother and daughter and I didn't even know. well I feel bad now lmao

[@Kakedugem]

Imagine. If in the next Archon quest, Genshin make the quest work like how some daily quest that needed sensitive action (Can't break crates, box or pots and yes like delivery event quest, either you can't run, climb or glide included ) and ofc we can't repeat like how archon quest does and the outcome would be different with how we treat it

[@vetreas366]

That would not make it better, it would make it more annoying. Nobody enjoys those missions.

[@agiant5715]

Didn't play during version 1, but seeing the KZbin videos and asking OG players about that pizza delivery event, i gonna agree that it seemed annoying as hell.

[@leithejudge]

as a player since 1.0 maybe all I can say is the recent event is better a bit than before, we used to clear the event using resins, and that food delivery event surely traumatic, especially when the weather suddenly poured, and you're just a meter away from the target XD

[@Ksavero777.]

I didn't save anyone since I didn't know it was that important

[@gggggg-in1in]

The last baby yumkasaur survived make me hurt😢😢

[@Romashka_Sov]

I know you can't save them all, so I came here just to see what is the least amount of deaths

[@riosan1721]

I think this is the first time genshin made us had to choose a hard decision, in their other game like hsr there is so many hard decision event on the dialougue choice it's like your answer really matters and made me think twice before answering. Really glad that they finally add this to genshin and in the future i hope we get a lot of this 👏

[@KyokoChan9]

I felt bad about a lot of it even when I already researched long and hard enough before playing (didn't wanna get stressed by the emotional damage). And STILL there were moments I felt overwhelmed. Everytime my Arlecchino accidentally set the grass on fire I was crazily switching to Neuvi to put it out and not kill people. Or when those pylons took ages to break. And then for Toto when I couldn't immediately see the NPC there and I felt upset for a moment that I was too slow (It was fine. I was just blind and didn't see the NPC). For all the horror.... it was a frickin awesome one. I ended up with 1991 deaths which I know is higher than the best possible..... sigh, to move on I guess. It was amazing anyways and I don't regret staying till 2 am to finish it😂 Edit : Reading the comments 1991 is not as bad as I thought?! A little relief I suppose even though I made some wrong choices

[@LMC-xz6qh]

It's actually really good! I think I got 2100 and I know some people got 5000 or even 6000

[@Camaika1997]

Wait she can set them on fire? Damn it, I gotta be careful now >-

[@KyokoChan9]

@@Camaika1997 yeah the allies take friendly fire damage lol. If you have Furina she's great though because the 3 little blobs would auto target enemies first without any risk lol

[@Camaika1997]

@@KyokoChan9 Oh thats a great tip. Thanks!

[@endymionisrafieldeios7362]

I went into this quest blind. I based my decisions on whether the area was a crucial, if the people there had less chance of survival without help, and which had a higher number of possible casualties. Needless to say, I was still heartbroken. I listed my choices and reasoning for those choices below.

[@endymionisrafieldeios7362]

Basically my choices were: 1. Under Siege (Had a higher number of possible casualties and I was hoping the courier could hide somewhere...) 2. Key Supply Rescue (Supply routes are very important during war. I was hoping the other site could hold off a bit longer since they had a defendable position...) 3. Survivor Search and Rescue North (These were defenseless civilians, I concluded they would have less chance of survival. I was hoping the Saurians would be able to help defend the people..) Also, being a lore enthusiast, I was able to talk with everyone and pick the correct responses. Still, I was not happy about the lives I wasn't able to save....

[@holabuenas9880]

​@@endymionisrafieldeios7362 we had the exact same train of thought, but i chose the wrong option in my last encounter with uturunku and i wasnt able to motivate him

[@iiaqxa]

Btw theres a timer, the faster you save them, you can have a chance to save others too

[@Mc_venti]

When your choice actually matters..

[@boo_isweird]

I’m actually so happy that hour didn’t make this look like a more serious war compared to inazuma.

[@Laserstormelpies]

My philosophy was to always go to the closest place. Traveling is time and time is not at hand when everyone needs your help.

[@sweetyboy8187]

I didn't know my choices could affect that much but I was really anxious and banging my keyboard because I felt like if i took too much time fighting, the figures could go up. I forgot the total casualities afterthe war but damn, I hoped everyone would be revived when mavuika did that. The story don't need to be that immersive. I just want chuychu and others back.

[@AK-zi2rg]

suddenly getting Naruto flashback, where only after Naruto used multi shadow clone the death toll reduced.

[@mcKaeyaa]

meanwhile me who went to make noodles in the middle of the war:

[@aikoaoki4734]

damn, I wish I knew this sooner, I didn't realize in the moment that I needed to choose between the two hot spots. The feeling of urgency got to me and I just frantically clicked on random spots and didn't pay attention to which NPCs were there because I though I could go to the other spot next. Well, that sucks.

[@darkknight-cc4hf]

I want to go back when the choice didn't had that much effect. Because that archon quest made me super sad 😔 😟

[@damano6289]

A wise man once said: "remember that you can't save everyone. We save who we can, that's enough."

[@Peruer-ou2dt]

I didn't pay attention to those side quests, now I regret it and the whole place seems less crowded and sad.

[@mavil.6802]

The best explanation I found so far for this quest 👍

[@siddhartha5172]

People who said Natlan is so chill got womped so hard after this quest💀💀

[@gothicchemical9381]

It's as if it was rushing for me and I couldn't even get to do certain missions like you

[@RoflCannon6]

Now make another video called “can you kill them all?” That’ll teach these NPCs to give me pointless quests ever again

[@ahmuadparks9248]

Playing this quest too much for me. I felt like the people who die was my fault for not being there sooner and in genshin this quest heart the most

[@eycubduloan3759]

I'm glad to say that I saved Mayahuel. In the 2nd route, you have to choose the Scions of Canopy to be rescued first. And after you destroyed the abysal pylon in that area, you can actually talk to Dr. Mayahuel.

[@BillyBob-p1x]

I need to know how to get the least amount of casualties.

[@zellrang]

No matter what I'll always be satisfied that I save Tepoz mother... Since she is a doctor she could save a lot more behind the scene

[@Malick-ix9io]

*Ace Combat 3 computer voice (out of nowhere):* DECIDE!

[@markte-mingyeo8643]

What's the best route to minimise the casualties? Haven't found a guide yet.

[@shaami8622]

i think its to prioritize the medics.

[@TrustyTabibito]

Previous video on this channel shows prioritising the medics results in higher casualties.

[@KelumKey]

in fact, medic only increase the number of victims... they cannot fight and heal the abyss, they have no use. so the death statistics are only growing stronger

[@lifeosranfell4715]

More survivor more minimise the casualties, at least 😢

[@impostorsyndrome1350]

None, embrace them.

[@levshifrin2216]

Is it true that you can get softlocked from certain achievements and side quests depending on your choices? Because some people were saying that. But that wouldn't make sense. Hoyo can't just do that. It almost feels like it would go against the rules that China set for games recently or whatever. Idk.

[@UltramanII]

Yeah they won't make you miss contents completely. In Honkai Star Rail there are a lot of cases where if you choose option 1 you got an achievement, if you choose option 2 the story will end up very differently but you still got another version of that achievement. There is one point in the HSR story if you proceed to a main quest first you will forever lost a NPC's side quest, but there will pop a big warning screen if you try that, reminding you the 60 gacha stones you could've gained from it. And this is a very special case because that side quest was originally a main quest, only after people complained about it breaking the flow of the story then Hoyo updated to be a side quest, it's not the original design.

[@levshifrin2216]

@@UltramanII Okay. Good to know.

[@agiant5715]

There is a very small chance that something less significant like a special npc dialogue which would give you an artifact/food dish maybe lost. But as you have said, because china laws on monetisation of games, anything that may give premium currency must be accessible for all players (except natlan local legend achievements for those who had skill issue like me lmao). And we all seen with the recent short nevuillete nerf how CN players are quite rapid in reporting and suing hoyo if they break the rules so im sure the devs wouldn't dare to something like this.

[@blackister4768]

The only thing you can miss are chests. In some quests there's a temporary domain and most of the time you can loot between 3-5 chests. Achievements are 100% obtainable, i have everything myself, few can't be obtained right now because its linked to the statue of Natlan and few other things that are time gated since Natlan like each time when a new reagion is released. Other than that, events might have few items that you can miss like a weapon, a free 4* character or whatever they give you.

[@onionwarrior7447]

I didn’t take it seriously when the prompt said “this is urgent, game play will be affected” blah blah so I went downstairs to grab a bite and when I came back and started doing it, it said everyone already died 😭 it legit bothered me so much 😭😭

[@riuskiii_1899]

my dumbass trying to find the npcs i saved but then realized they are only exclusive npcs for this quest...

[@-Rafay]

Well I saved All of them just for extra content 4:12

[@xoticboi]

How did you do it? I’m a bit stressed out about this Archon Quest and want to save as many as possible

[@-Rafay]

@@xoticboi 🤣 I was curious about what would happen if I interact with all of the MPCs And I kind of broke the game 🎮🎯 I went in front of the Dr mpc and then the dialogue started I was also roaming around the area where the purple color Fox was just walking right and left the green color animals were looking at me even though they are lying in one spot however the MPCs were not moving. Sad story 😞 but I was surprised to see so many MPCs at the ending of the story quest 🌟🌟🌟

[@cheesyborgor8394]

​@@xoticboiyou can't, that's war for you

[@atala_4236]

You can't bro. Check the altar, you'll know he who died

[@elykcrowblack1712]

That end transition got me rolling! LMAO

[@_yxm]

2:47 "everyone is dead" Damn.

[@gothicchemical9381]

This game didn't give me the full paths as everyone else

[@FBIBRUH-xf6on]

Im never expected to depressed because of genshin

[@blueskiesandclouds5596]

I was wondering about the “motivating the NPC!” choice

[@bingf.]

Wow I never thought that the choices we make in the game will have effects afterwards.😣 Seeing the number of casualty gives me goosebump all of a sudden.😳 Thanks for sharing this.

[@DaNiceGuy]

I think it’s gonna happen again because it’s similiar to memories in Sumeru and Fontaine’s court battle mechanic

[@yujee9682]

I was really tearing up when I was playing the quest. It really reminded me of Infinity War and End Game 😭

[@Aozora210]

The only thing I regret is actually I rushed to get out the first area as soon as I could so I didn't get to talk to Uturunku to motivate him. I only figured it later when I was checking some websites for alternate dialogue. I managed to talk with all the other NPCs in other locations afterwards, hoping I didn't miss a single of them.

[@EldenXord]

I gotta scream "For Natlan" and fight the abyss now? 👀

[@scorch5226]

Bruhh in this quest my dead count was over 5000, i can't believe how terrible I am . i wasted so much time didn't talk to those npc. It kinda feels bad you know that in my world I lost more npc I can't even do anything to bring those npc back they are literally gone RIP😢

[@gamerbeast3616]

Mine was around 2k

[@bluchismoon]

Thanks, you just told me I let a mother and her child, a courier, and a baby yunkasaur die...

[@Diamond1234]

...I don't regret a single choice I made here, looking at this, I did the best I could. It sucks, seeing the outcomes I wasn't able to save (the mother and child, Raman, Kamaka) but I don't regret the people I did manage to save the lives of and see how they were at the end of the game.

[@riskysaleh3454]

I didn't even take serious about this quests, i miss a lot 😅

[@madicecream3450]

Anyone else didnt save the mother and child? Cuz I still feel bad about that to this day

[@thundexx1]

bruh just like hoyo can’t save me from losing my 50/50 i will never save them