Played strange fiction up to stage 3. Got 3 stars on the first 2 stages then 1 star on stage 3 on my second try. How the heck did it drop so badly? More fine tuning required I guess.
@themightyant Sucks you didn't get Bronya this time but that LC is a better get than a lot of the other options. Will Dr Ratio's LC be a standalone banner then?
@Shigurui My worst fear was pulling Bronya's lighcone instead of Bronya. That would be top level trolling from MiHoYo. lol Same position as you, IF I got lucky and got her before E1 is likely.
@z0d15g0d That's not surprising. They VERY carefully balance these modes so that you can get though the first few stages but then hit a wall. (same in simulated universe, Swarm disaster, MoC etc.) They are, after all, just there to tempt us to put more time and/or money into the game with the tempting reward of more stellar jade... so we can get more characters and put EVEN more time and/or money into the game. lol
These modes are also Pay to Win. If you have a massive roster of characters with Eidolons, or Signature weapons (maybe with Superimpositions) and better traces and relics because you have been using stellar jade to farm then you have a HUGE advantage.
Pure Fiction specifically likes AoE and Follow up characters right now, so Himeko and even Herta is a good character in this mode... for now. On the one hand I like that they make all characters viable in some situations. But on the other I know they are just trying to get us to spend so that we can upgrade more characters. Many will fold.
Hence I try not to mind when I hit these walls because I understand why they are DELIBERATELY there and balanced to test our spending resolve. But I won't just spend lots of money to get over the hurdle, i'd rather get less stars and rewards but do it my way. I will have to wait to get a better team SLOWLY and get more stars and stellar jade next time. Though MiHoYo will make it harder and harder each time.
Lastly I just ran out of credits for the first time last night. Honestly I hadn't looked at my money almost ever. Last time I looked I had 6 million plus, and then was trying to upgrade Ruan Mei but couldn't... I had just 4,000 credits. welp. I looked up methods to gain credits and one guide suggested running through all the standard enemies, but I did this for about an hour and got a paltry 40,000ish. Not worth the time. So on top of everything else I am waiting for, I now need to waste my trailblazer power on bloody credits. At times I hate this game! But only briefly.
Did either of you have problems with credits and what did you do to resolve it? Any tips?
@Shigurui@z0d15g0d With Pure Fiction it's also worth bearing in mind that the PHASE (as they call it) changes every 3 weeks but, if I understand this correctly, the rewards only reset every 6 weeks. In other words you may be able to do better with the next phase which will keep the same rewards.
The current phase is beneficial to any character that has an AoE Ult that fires often or hits often, but also follow up attackers as they will get their Ult quicker. e.g. Argenti, Himeko, Jing Yuan, Blade etc.
The next phase is already announced and will likely be more beneficial to Damage over Time (DoT) characters like Kafka, Sampo, Serval, Hook, Luka, Guinaifen.
Worth bearing that in mind as that may help of hinder your progress. I have no DoT characters built so will try and get a few more stars in the next 3 weeks.
@Shigurui I'm guessing it's mostly because I didn't get the battle pass initially, so missed out on around 3+ million credits.
Have you pushed any characters to 9 or 10 on traces? That also seems to be pretty expensive. i.e.
Lv 10 costs 300,000 (for a 5 star, 240,000 for a 4-star)
Lv 9 costs 160,000 (128,000 for a 4-star)
Lv 8 'only' costs 80,000 (64,000 for a 4-star)
Plus materials. So far I have only pushed my DPS Seele to 10, she's at 5/10/10/9 (basic, skill, ult, talent) but have pushed key supports to 9 in some key areas like Tingyun 5/9/8/7 or Silver Wolf 4/9/9/8 and Lynx 4/9/9/8 everyone else is 4-8 on characters I have levelled.
Have you also taken them to level 80 and upgraded minor traces? Again I've only taken Seele to 80 and upgraded all her minor traces. For my supports most are at 70 (ascended) or 75. However a lot of them have minor traces that enhance their main kit at Lv 75 or Lv 80. E.g. Silver Wolf gets 8% Effect Hit-rate at Lv 75 which is very useful. Lynx gets 8% HP, which enhances her healing, at Lv 80 (which I don't have yet).
@themightyant So far I've only used Argenti or Jing Yuan in pure fiction. I'll try with Himeko but my Herta is still lv 30.
Yes credit is always an issue now but I don't focus too much on it. I tend to get a few million when a new event starts every couple of weeks and BP so I just focus on mat collection till then. All my main DPS are maxed now so I guess it's less annoying than it was before.
@Shigurui Damn I wish I had that kind of RNG luck. Don't think I've ever had that in a game before. A hit rate of 68 would be amazing. I hope this isn't a set pattern on my account. That would really suck.
@themightyant The new item from BP (Tears of Dreams) is pretty handy for getting mats you need without wasting TBP but I guess it's just replacing allowing you to choose specific mats like before.
At the mo I'm farming Suppressing Edict as that will be for Dr Ratio's Ascension mats. Those mats seem the be the most annoying for me to obtain so best to get them out of the way early.
@z0d15g0d Argenti is the best for Pure Fiction, with Himeko second I believe, I was talking more about characters who weren't highly rated before (Like Himeko and Herta) shining in Pure Fiction.
I like the new tears of dreams, much better than having to choose there and then which to have. I particularly like using it for the lower level traces and light cones without having to go and farm a domain again. More flexible to stockpile for new characters / light cones too.
@Shigurui Talking of luck I just got 2 back to back 5-stars in Genshin within my first 20 wishes. Granted one was C1 Tighnari who I didn't want/need, the other was guaranteed Raiden C1. To be honest I wasn't trying to get ANY 5-stars, I was only trying to snipe Chevreuse who ended up taking 70 wishes to get.
Debating whether to try my luck for C2 Raiden now. (75 wishes is around 40-50 wishes away and I had saved up 200 wishes) I was really saving for C1 Neuvillette as he really needs that shield to enable more teams including Furina!
My account is at the point where I don't really need new 5-star characters often, i'd rather make the best characters I do have and actually USE stronger. But I do try and get every 4-star.
I finally used up 15 of my saved Fuel and all my Trailblazer power last night farming Simulated Universe and Caverns. I was trying to farm Rutilant Arena and Genius of Brilliant Stars for Seele... didn't get ONE useful piece for her. Perhaps a Fire piece that would be good for Himeko... that is about it.
God I hate relic/artifact faming RNG.
I've got 30 more fuel, but am half considering maybe saving it for 2.0 in a month when there will almost certainly be new sets available anyway.
@Shigurui Damn that's some amazing luck. All My most recent 50/50 have screwed me over Yanqing E3, Himeko E3, Welt banner S2 (I don't have Welt). The only good one is my Clara being E2 not losing mark of counter and the +30% DMG on Ult makes a huge difference. What's the classification for erudition? as Clara seems to fit the bill but is destruction.
@themightyant Lol I was doing the same for Seele last night also. I keep checking out the companions for farming and saw a Seele on there with 78% CR and 220%CD Seele was E0 and LC S1. I'm guessing that's god roll relics. I managed to get a good Rutilant Sphere so now I'm on 77%CR 153%CD gonna farm the rest of her relics again so I can use CD body instead of CR.
@z0d15g0d Nice. 77% CR / 153% CD is strong and a perfect ratio!
Completely agree that people's stats I have seen for farming are RIDICULOUS, it's hard to know what is a reasonable level.
I was going to suggest maybe we each share our Seele (or your most built DPS Shigurui) stats/build to see where we all are. The only problem with this is I think you are about 8 months ahead of me and about 6-7 ahead of @Shigurui. Would you two be interested in doing that?
Okay heres my Seele. Bear in mind I’ve only been playing about 7 weeks and haven’t started farming for relics properly, most are a 4-star scratch set. Plenty of room for improvement.
Seele - lv 80
Lightcone - Cruising the Stellar Sea (S5) lv 80
I also have Sleep like the Dead (S1) which is better on paper in some situations but I need the Crit Rate right now.
Traces - 5/10/10/9 (all minor traces unlocked)
Stats
HP - 2793
ATK - 2748
DEF - 1148
SPD - 124
CR - 47.2%
CD - 96.8%
Quantum DMG - 35.8%
Relics
4 piece Genius of Brilliant Stars all at Lv 12. 1 x 5-star. 3 x 4-star. Crit rate body. ATK% boots
2 piece Space Sealing Station all at Lv 12. 2 x 4-star. Quantum DMG chain & ATK% rope
Very few crit substats. 3 SPD substats. The only two OK pieces I have are
Hands - ATK - 234
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CR - 4.6%
CD - 13.4%
EHR - 2.7%
HP - 30
Body - CR 21.5%
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CD - 9.3%
ATK% - 6.9%
ATK - 16
HP - 27
Stats in battle
In battle when FULLY buffed in battle with Tingyun & Asta and all relic effects activated stats are
@Shigurui I'm trying to get my main DPS' to the same level as other players who's builds look like f2p also. The time and cost of mats is too much to be thinking about so I'd like to remove characters from that list while I can. I'll probably be playing this for years (if it's still going strong) so knowing I never need to further improve a character will keep that (voice) silent lol. Knowing Hoyo they will probably release better relics/ornaments down the line.
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