GENSHIN 5.0 CAN'T BE REAL!

Genshin Impact thought-dump!
Unscripted, unbulleted yapping about my impressions of 5.0 as it stands pre-patch.
I wouldn't call this one an essay or rant. Just me wanting to express how freaking happy I am with this update! Hopefully this is only the beginning - here's hoping for even BETTER changes and optimizations as we go forward!
#genshinimpact #genshinimpact #natlan #genshinlivesteam #hoyoverse

[@comic3722]

If 5.0 is a dream I'm not waking up.

[@takatoz2170]

Don't worry brother it's not 😢

[@Melotaku]

I’m blown away. Never thought we’d be getting all of these things, it’s crazy! And you know what, even ignoring all of those, Natlan itself looks awesome! The new characters look really fun to play! The new area mechanics look really interesting! And omg the story looks REALLY promising. I was not excited at all from the teasers we got before, but Natlan has won me over now. I’m super excited for 5.0.

[@PsQueak2]

Glad some of the hype is returning for you :) And I so so so so agree with you, aside from all the QoL, Natlan itself just seems pretty awesome. And I can only imagine the story is going to be NUTS! I can't wait to interact with Mavuika and Capitano. Dude. Good things ahead of us, friend.

[@gunzero99]

Genshin may actually be coming off life support for me after 5.0 drops

[@PsQueak2]

No better time, man. It's going to be awesome.

[@vcgamer6538]

I just wish the imaginarium teather would let us use more than one character from friends wouod help with people who dont have many characters

[@Cry_ct]

While I've had my on and off moments with genshin, I'll probably come back just to play around with Natlan and than leave again for another year

[@RenderKey]

nothing wrong with that, it kinda became my anual addiction lol

[@whiskeyearned1543]

I will never understand why young folks choose to say "double-u" which is 3 syllables, over "win" which is 1 syllable. It's like you shortened it for text purposes, but then lengthened it when speaking. It's crazy. That aside, Genshin's new updates are great!

[@hoppie4263]

I agree I’ve been here from the beginning as well and I think we might get a artifact load out soon

[@assil555]

ABOUT DAMN TIME!!!!

[@PsQueak2]

TRUE. Funny I still have a list of like 10 QoL's/suggestions I'd like even AFTER this, which is saying a lot. But hey this is going in the right direction, gotta start somewhere, and better late than never I suppose.

[@ghostriderx2392]

If they keep listening to the players genshin is gonna bring out it's full potential

[@magallanthepenguin9132]

now i am more willing to pull on weapon banner

[@FurinatheArtist]

this video reminded me to go grind more primogems for mualani, thank you

[@PsQueak2]

Gotta grind yo, SURF'S UP

[@argetlalm]

Now THIS can make me stay and play the game. Sadly... i already left more than 5 months ago, got hooked on albion online. This isnt enough to make me come back. Good luck to mihoyo though.

[@karymdok]

I'm really happy with the new things i just hope that the reason they are changing the weapon banner does not meant that the future 5 stars are more dependent on their signature that would be big yikes for me, hope im proved wrong the rest of the stuff is amazing

[@PsQueak2]

You know, that's a valid concern when you put it like that. HOPEFULLY not. One of the good things about this game is that even if you don't get someone's exclusive BiS, there are usually really decent alternatives. A more narrow weapon path for characters would be painful. I'll choose to stay optimistic for now that it's just good will and not something like that. But I gotta say, it's a valid thing to watch out for.

[@karymdok]

@@PsQueak2 yupp from what I saw mualani and kinich will have a nice f2p craftable options hope it will stay that way for the rest of the characters

[@zephskiee5395]

They always put a really good free alternatives tho no matter how insane of a DPS increase the weapon gives. the abyss DPS requirement isn't even that high to justify pulling for any 5 star weapons in the first place other than to make abyss easier. Its all about using the right teams and perfect rotation to counter the abyss floors And then we have Imaginarium theater which has an even lower DPS requirement.

[@CookieMunching-w2n]

You sound a bit like Welt

[@PsQueak2]

HAHA, first time I've heard that one. I really enjoy the way he speaks too. And I think I know what you're getting at, especially with how I sometimes slow down what I'm saying when I'm trying to think on the spot lol, and Welt does this spaced pacing between his phrases sometimes that's kind of similar Is that what you mean? Haha, cool comment though, Welt is goated.

[@ticx.6]

Wish i had both that laugh and that voice

[@passwordyeah729]

He do got that southern twang

[@PsQueak2]

Haha, I always like seeing comments about my voice, thank you. ❤

[@PsQueak2]

​@@passwordyeah729Yup yup, you called it. Must be the Tennessee in my Tennessee-born veins. Call it Tennessee twang I guess.

[@kasuha]

I think players are still in honeymoon with all the changes and I'm pretty sure there will be a ton of complaints again soon. What I expect no later than next anniversary is complaints that we're getting a free standard banner 5* while other games are giving out featured 5*s instead. And that's just one thing. With regards to the artifact crafter, if you buy BP, you'll be able to craft one goblet every two patches. If you don't, then it's one every four patches, or about two per year, unless a new, so far secret source of elixir emenrges. Will we be getting them from events in a similar fashion how we're getting crowns? Maybe but I still think it only needs time before people will start complaining about their scarcity. Anniversary rewards are phychological warfare. In context of full year of playing the game they're inconsequential. But once something is given, there's no going back and it has to be given every year over and over again. So there's no wonder devs are stingy about raising the rewards too fast. By the way, I found it comical that they did put special emphasis on the fact that we're getting a free 5* "every year" (and everybody was all excited about it), as if not getting it the next and every further year was an option. There is ONE change I consider really important. And it was only briefly mentioned during the special program and I have not seen any of the commentators even notice. They promised the total primogem load of patches will go up. THAT is important. It means we will be able to get more pulls and more characters and weapons of our choice. But even that has bitter taste because while I don't have any hard statictical data to support it, my impression is that primogems obtainable in the game slowly crept down from about 8-10k per month to today's 6-8k. And while I am happy we are getting more primogems in long term, there's still that feeling that it's just what we already used to have.

[@Canary_Cry]

Love to see someone who have the same view as mine. You dnt need to shit on the game when they bring QoL (later is better than never 😭). All my friends moved on from genshin (except me) and they keep laugh and mock-me for sticking whenever i bring genshin QoL updates… but like dude, i love this game (even with all its flaws). It have its own taste somehow 🙇🏻 Also, love that Laugh its so pure and cool 🥹💛💛💛

[@PsQueak2]

Haha, well hopefully your friends can lay off the mocking for a while now, cause you got plenty of W's with 5.0 to talk about. It's true, the game does have flaws, many of which I talk about as well. And honestly there are some people that can't wrap their head around that part - that I can both really enjoy this game, while seeing flaws in it and even calling out the flaws. But it's possible to find the good in something, or even love something, that has flaws. Not everything has to be all doom and gloom, and especially not in a game, which has the first purpose of being entertaining and fun. Wishing you well in 5.0! And also thnx for the compliment haha, it made me smile and laugh itself. :)

[@k5nz15]

lvl.100 and loadouts are coming. true and real. i'm kinda more excited about the region and story itself, rather than qols. but that's just me. i like how you said "it's trying to become the game it's trying to be". being a big game will make you just have more jank as a result, especially on a 6 week patch cycle. and with such a diverse playerbase i would assume it's even harder to please everyone. that being said, i have no idea how development for this type of game even is, and the majority of the playerbase is the same. i remember genshin being an insane thing in 2020 autumn. but with time ppl just start take all for granted and i guess that's fair? you can't really espace that. what i'm afraid of is the main stat and sub stat chosing thing may just be once in a blue moon (considering that one is locked behind the payed BP, not free like in ZZZ/HSR. but you can't chose subs there, so i guess it kinda makes sense? maybe). about the weapon banner: you can actually lose 50/50 to an another on-banner weapon - not just standard. so with 1 fate point that's nice. the 5* selector is kinda better than i initially thought it is. the standard 5* are way harder to actually guarantee (like, i'm missing Ke queen and Tighnari, so i will be building phys Keqing. i don't wanna a charged attack bow dps, and i already have Alhaitham and Nahida + i'm going for Kinich. and the reason why i'm building phys on her is 'cuz i already have Raiden and Clorinde lol). so yeah, not bad. Diluc has plunge now, Tighnari is a solid DPS, Jean for Furina and c4 for anemo teams, Qiqi for Furina and that one Clorinde team, and Keqing has dendro now. the only two who feel a bit underpowered are Mona and Dehya. and even they can find their uses: Mona freeze, mono-hydro, etc. and Dehya for burgeon, etc. yeah, IT changes are nice, too. the lower refresh rate isn't coming, considering that the WL9 raised the drops for resin. more abyss is, well, theatre. skins probably not, too. WL10 is very unlikely, at least now. i can see loadouts happening tho. and c'mon, the 3 pulls were 13 and for Lantern Rite buuuh. it wasn't anniversary

[@PsQueak2]

ohh, interesting. Have you had "dreams" about lvl 100 and loadouts, or are you just speculating optimistically? I read that both ways haha. Also the region and story itself do seem incredible. I'm stoked about some of these changes, but neither the region nor story can be overlooked. If I'm not mistaken, I read somewhere that you'll be able to get one of the custom artifacts every patch. Or was it half-patch? I can't imagine that though, once every 3 weeks would be too crazy lol. But even at one per patch, that would be crazy, considering that essentially means that any new character you get has a high chance of getting a free artifact (unless you get both characters from phase 1 and phase 2). Don't quote me on anything though, I'm not sure, it's just what I read somewhere, and I can't even remember where. I feel like it was on Reddit And for the weapon, I'm sure there's reasons but it's still a little painful that the weapons aren't just separated, such as in HSR. It creates weird situations where sometimes one of the limited weapons is a really niche option for a character you don't have, so you're just as worried about getting it as the standard 5 star. But there are those times where both weapons are useful for your account and you're like "I wouldn't be upset with either of these." Now though, you'll be able to really go for what you want after one single loss, regardless if it was the standard or the unselected weapon. It's so much better now than before. The 5 star selector has value that has aged with time. A lot of these characters have just gotten better, not worse, which is actually a notable point considering they are standard characters in a gacha game. And if not better, they have their niches. Like you said, even Qiqi and Dehya, who everyone would say are in competition for worst standard, have places they can actually fit. I'm actually excited to be getting a Dehya finally lol. The only thing they need is a Geo in the pool. It's conspicuously lacking a Geo. Good point on the lower refresh rate; call it x. WL9 increases the value per resin through more drops; call it y. I can see your point there, raising either x or y likely lowers the chances of the other changing too much, if at all. And y just changed, so the value of x might be locked for a good while. Maybe! I'll still hope. But that's me just being needy and greedy haha. And oh yeah for sure, like I said in the vid, WL10 is looking far into the future. For Abyss though, I think it could use some love. Theater is really good itself, but I think Abyss could have a face-lift. Heck, I'm not even talking about more rewards necessarily either, just a fresher take on the gameplay. IT released and got mini-reworks almost instantly, which I found striking. I mean I expected changes eventually, but these changes have come way faster than I'd had thought. When I compare it to Abyss, which has been largely the same, it's like... Theater has had more work done on it in 2 months than Abyss in 4 years lol. That's the angle I'm looking at it. Although, if we will be leveling up even further, maybe this can happen eventually? Maybe another floor or two? I dunno. But it could use some love I feel. Always good seeing your takes on these things man. You bring good perspectives.

[@k5nz15]

@@PsQueak2 nah, i just turned my irony switch regarding lvl.100 and loadouts lmao. even tho lvl.100 seems a little excessive (unnecessary numbers grind)... i do hope for loadouts (even tho this might not be what the game wants us to do - which is to gear every character we play. well, this is what i've been doing for a long time at this point anyway). you may get some these custon artifact bottles every patch. the thing is - goblet costs 4. we will be getting 1 for free in the mail and 1 (! potentially more !) from the open-world. so that's 2 minimum. but we need 2 more if we want to craft a goblet - so you must scrap around ~100 lvls of 5* artifacts (and that's just for 1 more bottle) - at least that's from the livestream footage. yep, i agree with what you're saying here about the weapon banner and 5* 's. abyss is kinda really simple. you have the timer, the arena, and the mobs. not much you can do with it. this is why Theatre is its own separete thing that you even access in different place on the map, rather than that blue portal. they removed the cooldown thing when you restart the chamber - this was the best thing i could have ever asked for. so now the abyss is just kinda finalised i think? it even gotten some UI changes a few patches back. the only thing that sucks - abyss resets once a month now, but a line-up only after 2 months. this is really, really bad imo. although, on the second thought i do agree. changing the areas for the abyss, adding more defending mononlith objectives would be nice... anyway, thanks for your kind words. i also appreciate your videos

[@anthony8721]

I got C2 Dehya from losing 50/50s and tbh she's not great. Also they can't expect lvl 100 materials requiring more than level 90, that would just be insufferable :s

[@k5nz15]

@@anthony8721 yeah, maybe the lvl.100 can require some special mats. like a crown or something

[@jakkubus]

Lv 100 is a really bad idea from a player's perspective, since it means more tedious grind and Abyss powercreep.

[@gio87vr]

The artifact creation will be good IF the sanctifying elixir will be obtained in a good amount (not 4-5 per version, at least 30), if not then it'll be unusable. IMHO we shouldn't forgive nor forget the PR disaster that was the 1st anniversary, that must be their original sin for the rest of the life of the game, no forgiveness, surely not after 2 other extremely lacking anniversaries. To get forgiveness they whould have to make each wish cost 80 primogem. And we know it will never be, so no forgiveness must be. The rest is surely a good direction they are taking.

[@Goujiki]

Hey man. Was wondering if you wanted to do a sort of "podcast" where every once in awhile we talk about our perspectives on certain gacha games. Can be Genshin, WuWa, ZZZ, HSR or whatever. It was the idea I wanted to ask you about. (Obviously more details in the idea but this is the general jist of it) Just an idea, but up to you of course.

[@PsQueak2]

DUDE. Yeah we started talking on my other video and we never could figure out how to exchange infos without self-doxxing in the comments lol, hmm This sounds like something potentially fun though, we could always chat about it further for sure. Just need to exchange infos. Heck, me and some friends are playing Smash and chilling in discord text chat as we speak, I'm on disc all the time.

[@moredinorno]

tone the hype down people. the game's been treating everyone like poo for literal years, and now, after the devs have practically been forced into kinda giving people what they wanted/deserved for years, everyone is singing their praises. calm down everyone. you get the bare minimum of basic human decency after years of suffering and suddenly genshin impact is your bff again. sad. a 5% increase when summoning on rate up? cool but still stingy. one less fate point? brothermann its a fricking weapon. a weapon. I've said enough. still no way to get specific 4 stars guaranteed. still can't skip the brain damaging text. but hey, we can get specific artifacts now! gj hoyoverse, on making a problem, letting it simmer for years, and then selling the solution (in the battle pass lol). do wonder how many death threats they had to receive to give the 5 star selector. reeeeealy don't think that raising the lvl cap will change much. characters and new region looks dope tho, gotta give em that. but people seriously need to calm down and re think this. the only reason any of this is being implemented is cause competition and constant whining. definitely getting better but getting an update thats the usual compared to what other games would get and people genuinely loosing their shit like it's the 4th coming of christ is just funny to me. i mean, compared to the usual slop, this is some gourme type stuff. still, for basically any other game, just part of the course.

[@Koko_jojo-i6o]

Ok........5.0 is cool

[@jakkubus]

​@@Koko_jojo-i6o It looks pretty mid tho.

[@tomokokirihara3436]

It really was about time!!! Genshin became way to greedy torwards their paying community and never gave a damn!!! it was time to reduce the pity from what? 90 or 75 to 45? 55? yes it was.

[@jakkubus]

It's quite funny how fans are blown away by few positive changes. It speaks volumes of how shitty Hoyo has been over the last 4 years.

[@randomboi2595]

Thank you Wuthering waves i guess

[@novu6196]

Nice to hear someone with a chill voice narrate their opinions on the new version. I'm so sick of the overly hyped and irritating high pitched voices or the AI ones. But besides that, I agree, it's gonna be a big thing. Hopefully all the rioting hypocrites calm down with time (since everyone knows mihoyo will be mihoyo and won't change those things they're rioting about).

[@_ViIe_]

The fate point going away between banners coupled with the fact it's a 33/33/33 instead of a clean 50/50 or even like HSR 75/25 makes it still the worst weapon banner I've ever seen.

[@PsQueak2]

@@_ViIe_ It's absolutely still the worst. Although it maths differently than 33/33/33. Genshin is actually 75/25 for a limited weapon, just as Star Rail. The problem is that 75 is split between two weapons, at 37.5 each. So it really comes out to 37.5/37.5/25. It's only slightly better than 33/33/33, but the chance for some kind of limited weapon matches HSR. Still the worst banner though, cause it might not be the limited you want. HSR separating the weapons is so good. And neither can compare to WuWa with 100% guarantee. No 50/50 at all. It's crazy. That said, I will absolutely take this change. I don't disagree at all with it still being the worst weapon banner lmao, facts. But even being the worst banner though, this change will be miles better than the current system.

[@_ViIe_]

@@PsQueak2 I'm still waiting for the game to convince me to come back. I started on Dehya's first run, then lost every 50/50 going forward. With the rest of the toxic game design, I quit and only came back briefly to collect Arlecchino and mark her off my check list. Haven't been back since. After experiencing a decent exp with HSR, a few other random games, and then WuWa, Genshin has a long way to go to prove to me they're not just paying lip service and making hollow moves. Better than some who've all but given up and are no longer even paying attention to the news cycles.

[@anthony8721]

Wuthering waves and other new Gacha games are responsible for this, people who say it's not are coping big style. I've been playing for just under 1.5 yr (ar58 wl8) and even i feel this has too wayyy too long. I can't even begin to imagine day1 players. Rip.

[@jmdc4425]

Im sorry i gotta be that guy but i played the game since launch and stayed with the game for a long time but getting betrayed and taken advantage over and over and over again by their horrible management made me lose any faith or sympathy i had for this game. I dont care anymore, they could even give free 5* every month im not coming back. I know they are only doing this because they finally have competition and people are tired of the game. Im positive they didn't change and are only doing the bare minimum to get people back, the moment they get comfortable we will go back to the old same greedy mentality. Like you said too little too late? Nah more like too little, too late and only because they had to. Im amazed i have to say this but we got so little for so long we are getting excited about basic stuff that should have been in game for the longest time. Im sorry but it doesnt help that you sound like a victim of abuse, in clear denial because maybe they have "changed".

[@zephskiee5395]

U see a lotta people didn't enjoy genshin merely from freebies and gachas, they all enjoyed genshin just from the sheer quality of art, world building, lore and story the game provides. That's why people stayed and that's why most actual casuals who played Genshin always has this play then dip play style. A lot of people actually treated Genshin more like an RPG game than a gacha game because there's really no important reason to keep up with the dailies weeklies monthly. Most people pull for characters simply because they liked it. Its a too far fetch to call it "victims of abuse" when people enjoyed Genshin just fine, all this 4th anniversary stuff is all just a nice W for a huge chunk of the playerbase. I think we all should stop being so addicted and obsessed to a gacha game to the point where people would call it having a relationship with (I mean that's just weird), and take a step back and realize it's not that deep at all to stop playing for a while when you are burnt out, dissatisfied, or unhappy and take care of ur precious time. Its honestly just some game, no big deal.

[@jmdc4425]

@@zephskiee5395 Ok i feel like you are missing the point so ill explain it again. I get where you are coming from, i also like the art, the characters, world and story they are very good and its probably the reason why most players started playing but thats besides the point, this isnt about art or story or whatever, its about how the games management treats its player base over time, yea sure some players enjoy the game casually but you cant invalidate others who have invested significant time and possibly money, for them the stakes are higher and the disappointments more personal. They have repeatedly disappointed the community over and over again, bad rewards, poor and repeated events, horrible communication. Been there since launch and it feels like a pattern rather than a one time thing. The 4th anniversary "W" feels more like a minimal gesture to pacify frustrations rather than genuine change, this isnt about wanting free stuff, its about respect and acknowledgment that we should expect after our loyalty and commitment. Remember last years anyversary? 3 fates? really??? i would have been more ok if we got nothing that felt more like an insult. Its obvious that all the new stuff is only happening because genshin finally FINALLY got competition, meanwhile during their prime we never got anything like this, and now sudendly when they are at their worse they sundenly changee??? Please it feels disingenuous, its reactive, not proactive, they didnt change! better than nothing? cmon buddy have some self respect. Anyways, i said he sounded like a victim of abuse as an analogy, its just na example, but for real tell me that a company that repeatedly mistreats their loyal customers and said custommers still cling to the hope that maybe just maybe things will change doesnt sound like a toxic relashionship??? They dangle just enough to keep players engaged but dont do anything meaningfull until its too late, its not about being weirdly attached to the game, its about recognizing a pattern of behavior. Look i dont care anymore im only this mad because i loved the game and had to see this horrible management do nothing for the community for years, we should step back and stop playing? Heeey i completly agree, thats exactly what i and many others have done but its not gonna be for a while tho. Im not coming back period, its not a joke of an update like this thats gonna regain my trust, been a year since i last played and im more than fine, actually ive tried to play before but got instantly demotivated. You gotta love fomo! Fomo is just like a wall, its good to keep players in but the moment the players get out makes it harder to get back in, smart genshin built such a massive wall that the moment someone leaves they rarely come back or dont stay for long and now that players and whales are leaving in waves, and the community is slowly dying causing more players to leave, the strategy isnt about caging players anymore, now we gotta attract new players, so down the walls must go! Increase resin! make artifacts easier to farm!! lower pitty!!!!! FREE FIVE STAR SELECTOR FOR EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yea sure buddy this is definitely a W and totally not them once again trying to take advantage of people. In fact if the only reason they are doing all this stuff is because the game is finally losing players, people leaving the game has done nothing more than help the game improve lmao. I LOVE GENSHIN

[@ossmboy7914]

Have you tried zzz?

[@PsQueak2]

Not just yet, got it downloaded though. However, been eyeing the new rat woman 👀 Haha, I think I'm gonna have to start

[@ossmboy7914]

@@PsQueak2 yeah Start now before it's too late. You will miss out on soo much resources and ingame currencies

[@gamerdian1048]

what is voice 💀💀 it sounds so 🇺🇲 what

[@gamerdian1048]

kkona

[@Caporal_Croaporal]

Im betting 5$ that all of those changes will stop coming after ver 5.3

[@shsuemlshdk]

No it will keep coming I bet 200$

[@zephskiee5395]

In fact it started coming in 4.7, continues to 4.8 then 5.0 there's no reason to expect that it's gonna keep on coming. I mean Cai Haiyou blud stepped off from the company entirely, bro was hands off in Genshin the whole God dang time until Da Wei recently picks it up.

[@The_Laughing_Magician]

Wake me up when they add a skip button to all dialogue. 😴😴😴