Hoyoverse launched its 5.0 model replace of Genshin Affect on Wednesday. Whereas gamers are usually excited for flashy additions to the sport, equivalent to new characters and areas to discover, this massive replace additionally incorporates extra quality-of-life options. The builders have diminished the necessities for folks to play late-game content material and added a gadget that can minimize down on grinding for sure gadgets. However not everyone seems to be thrilled and a few long-time Genshin Affect gamers are lamenting the modifications.
The 5.0 Genshin Affect replace, known as “Flowers Resplendent on the Solar-Scorched Sojourn,” launched a number of updates that alleviate grind within the recreation. The builders made the brand new area Natlan, and its mainline Archon Quests, open to all early and mid-game gamers so now gamers don’t must slog by means of dozens of hours of quests simply to play the brand new story or go play within the area. On high of that, the addition of a brand new gadget makes constructing sturdy characters within the recreation so much much less tedious. Within the newest model of the sport, gamers can now custom-design gadgets known as artifacts, equipable gadgets that assign character stats, fairly than simply repetitively taking part in till they occur to get an artifact optimized for his or her character.
Now, devoted gamers who grinded away within the Genshin Affect mines over time appear to be a bit salty. In a single viral video, an individual layered textual content over gameplay of the character Kazuha leaping off a cliff to say “the way it feels understanding i can customise artifacts now.” The highest remark underneath the video, appreciated greater than 13,300 occasions, mentioned, “these new gens won’t ever perceive what i went by means of to get my xiao artifacts.”
One other video, seen greater than 1.6 million occasions, reveals an individual wanting completely satisfied because the textual content says, “Genshin Affect: ‘Now you can select your substats for artifacts! No extra countless farming!’” After just a few moments, the tone of the video switches to muted-down audio and we see an individual crouching over a desk with the textual content, “OG Genshin followers who spent numerous hours farming for the perfect artifact.”
Within the remark sections of those movies, some folks say that modifications like these are “making genshin simple.” Right here’s my take: I don’t suppose that taking away the grind and the time funding in a recreation makes it “simple,” however I can at the very least empathize. Relying in your luck, it could take weeks or months to farm for the suitable mixture of things for a single character. The method will be arduous and seemingly countless and regularly resulted in me questioning why I performed the sport.
However even then, I’m nonetheless glad the builders are making these modifications. If something, this speaks to why the builders ought to have launched options like these sooner. If folks hadn’t been grinding it out for all these years — and the crew launched modifications like these sooner — the bitter sting of what may have been wouldn’t really feel so dangerous.