Observation: I can see why miHoYo decided to release only two of the islands for the initial release of the Inazuma region. There are some folks who have whizzed through a good portion of it already (not even 24 hours into the actual update and some already took on the Baal boss fight). No one wants gated content that is purposely held back (like the rest of the islands) but given the OCD compulsiveness that is prevalent and is seemingly in overdrive in the Genshin Impact community, these same folks would be playing upwards of 20+ hours straight at an unhealthy pace trying to do everything in a short a period of time as possible. And then some of these same folks will end up complaining about the lack of things to do.
I do realize content creators have a motive to speed run the map so that they can put out as much guides (and other related content) as quick as possible to drive the algorithm in their favor. But it’s the regular everyday players that are also going crazy in just this first full day of the update (when there really is no reason to rush). People can play however they want to… but it just seems ridiculous that there are some literally burning themselves out with this update when there is really no reason to rush.
As for the newest 5-star character (Kamisato Ayaka), I managed to acquire her (on the 77th pull doing single wishes) on my self-capped AR35 account. As noted in my prior posting, my last 5-star pull was Mona during the Zhongli re-run where my objective was to actually try to get Yanfei (I pulled Zhongli first on the 25th wish and got Yanfei on the 40th). I then did another 10 pulls to complete the 50 wishes for the battlepass (which was when I got my second Mona for C1). Given how I got two 5-stars within just 35 pulls of each other, I was expecting to have to go through at least another 100+ pulls for a chance to get Ayaka. My RNG seems to work out way better going the single wish route (I also managed to pull dupes for additional constellations for Chongyun, Ningguang, and Yanfei). In the end, I used only 8200 Primogems and will hold off attempting to get at least a C1 Ayaka for the time being (I may try towards the end of the banner; I am not sure if I will try for the pyro archer Yoimiya since I still want to roll for the Ganyu re-run). This may change once Yoimiya’s banner comes out and she can be trialed (to see how I enjoy her combat).
On my AR55 account, my luck was even better since I managed to get her with just 21 wishes (I got Yanfei on the 17th pull) again doing all single pulls. I’ll likely do 29 more wishes towards the end of the banner to complete the 50 for the battlepass (and see if I can get lucky with a C1 for her). My plan on this account is to stock up on Primogems for Baal and also gives me leeway for Yoimiya if her game play feels good. I don’t intend to pull for Ayaka on my AR54 (previously AR53) account since that one is remaining free to play (no blessing purchase) and I’m building up Primogems (which will be used for Baal).
Recently, I’ve sort of come full circle in terms being back to playing a single player/limited co-op RPG since most of my recent game time has been in Genshin Impact (and will be this way until Lost Ark launches). It’s definitely scratching the exploration itch (and is helped greatly with luck in getting 5-star characters that I want to play).
