45 thoughts on “The Genshin Impact New Player Experience”
Yeah the newcomer Genshin experience can be really rough if it's a Inazuma (and eventually onward) character haha.
I've included in user surveys that they could for now, do the EASIEST bandaid situation to solve this general issue: Add both regional specialties and world boss materials to the Stardust/Starglitter shop with monthly limits. We already have things like handguards and Specter materials in the stardust shop, as well as Dust of Azoth to convert ascension gems around.
If they did this simple bandaid, the only missing thing would be level 6+ talents, but that's not a high priority for new players to get talents that high.
Kind of wish there was some sorta weekly merchant where you can buy materials from regions you can't access yet to at least get characters to 40 or something. At least for certain AR's within reason.
For old players, the Noelle banner was not that bad since we got fuckload of wishes when game started. But for new…yeah it sucks lol. But you can use normal wishes you get from Ar lvl ranking and upgrading tree and shit, so its not that big deal. Of cose new players dont know that.
Oh, are we not even going to touch the talent materials problem ether? I've had Yae since the banner launched and only JUST TODAY was I able to finally able to level up ONE talent to rank 9 out of all of them being 8 so that her talents can at least try to be on par with the rest of my characters. That's not even getting into that I've had her at 90 for a couple of weeks now and all set to go.
An easy fix would be convertion method to allow new players to change thier mats to inazuma mats like how you change the rewards from weekly boss battles.
Imagine a newbie being lucky enough to get double Dainslief in their first 10 pull when Celestia gets released- theyd have to progress thru ALLLLLLLL the archon quests EVER and reach AR 65 to level him up. Makes me feel bad just thinking about it. Hoyoverse realy should add an exchange option, like a pyro resigvine seed for one bathsymal vishap drop. Only fair 🙂
Lumine, you really should have thought twice before pulling a 5-star pervert Leonie. It's not too late to pull out safely though. Plus, there's always Lisa…
To everyone in the comment section stop being worried about how hard will this be for new players in a few years. Because there is no evidence that they will be locked away from the other regions. Because we can go to Liuye as soon as we finish the tutorial, and have you ever heard about a sakoku degree Sumeru/Fontaine/Natlan edition? No you didn't because it doesn't exit!
My idiot nephew did that exact same thing where he cracked open 20 fragile resins at AR 33. He didn't ask me about it or read the description. He still has over 900 resin just sitting there to this very day.
just as like a little tip, you can get characters first ascension materials until level 40 by doing the character trial which will help a little? Def not the best but it helps a bit. obvs cant do it with the standard banner 🙁
lol i came back after stopped playing genshin for 8-9 months, was AR56. Got yae and can't level her up, had to play for 2 weeks to be able to get to the point of leveling her up
i remember that my first 10 pull was on the stander banner and i got a 5 star, right after that i threw all my primogems into that banner until AR 35 💀💀💀
I had to rush through the Liyue Archon Quest and the Inuzuma stuff up until reaching Enkonymia because my Yae Miko, who has been my main DPS since getting and leveling her, was stuck at level 40 for a while. Now I am exploring a lot more and realizing how many treasure chests and side stories I was missing out on because I kelp prioritizing getting through Liyue, exploring Inuzuma to hunt down Yae's ascention materials as soon as possible, and reaching Enkonymia. It wasn't the worst new player experience, but it was a bit annoying.
0:43 Correction there. She can be Lv40 before Inazuma. Just do her Character Trial and she get the materials for first ascension. Of course the account need to be AR20 WL1. It's when getting pass Lv40 that you need to be able to visit and completed the Enkanomiya quest to unlock the over-world Elite boss, where you can farm for the character ascension materials. Either way, the new player requires to get to AR30 to get their inazuma (or more specifically, Yae) character pass Lv40. AR25 = Lv50, AR30 = LV60. Now-a-days, you can get to AR30 with in a day (that is if you played non-stop). If you have a life outside of gaming, then it might take a week or two. World Level 1-3 is a breeze for Lv40-60 characters.
Noelle is honestly not a bad character for a beginners wish. She is a claymore so she can mine all those rocks that your ori 4 takes longer time. She shields and she heals… which provide a survivability unit before you get the free Barbara
new players should get some sort of convert mat atleast enough to get characters to level 60 or 70 and talents at level 6 and for further they need to reach the particular region.
They should just add a skip cutscene function, let those cutscenes be stored in archive so that the new players can progress much faster. If they want to know the story they can just view it again in the archive, every gacha literally allows u to skip cutscenes and just play the game
Me who already luckily got Ei: “totally worth it.” Me trying to getting Kokomi: “don’t give up on me, mermaid priestess.” Me trying to get Keqing on the Standard Banner: “please Keqing, I felt so sorry about your original banner. Please let me pull you to join in, my bro Aether will make Golden Shrimp Balls for you.” Me who already got Mona after numerous tries: “totally worth it.” *rings a handheld bell* “Come, Mona. Aether welcomes you home.” Me who already got Noelle on the Beginner’s wish: “totally worth it.”
Yeah the newcomer Genshin experience can be really rough if it's a Inazuma (and eventually onward) character haha.
I've included in user surveys that they could for now, do the EASIEST bandaid situation to solve this general issue:
Add both regional specialties and world boss materials to the Stardust/Starglitter shop with monthly limits. We already have things like handguards and Specter materials in the stardust shop, as well as Dust of Azoth to convert ascension gems around.
If they did this simple bandaid, the only missing thing would be level 6+ talents, but that's not a high priority for new players to get talents that high.
Nostalgia…of me wasting primos on Standard to get Jean…got Diluc instead.
How cool would it be if you could trade/buy boss materials and regional resources at the Adventurer's Guild?
We at least need something. As is, Inazuma characters are locked behind like 60 hours of gameplay.
Kind of wish there was some sorta weekly merchant where you can buy materials from regions you can't access yet to at least get characters to 40 or something. At least for certain AR's within reason.
Got Keqing on my beginner wishes. Went on a JOURNEY to find cor lapis, and that's the story of how I uncovered the map and got every teleport.
Barbara does it again, 😂
That's what I immediately thought about Yae for new players lmao
as if Raiden's case isn't bad enough…
For old players, the Noelle banner was not that bad since we got fuckload of wishes when game started. But for new…yeah it sucks lol. But you can use normal wishes you get from Ar lvl ranking and upgrading tree and shit, so its not that big deal. Of cose new players dont know that.
Oh, are we not even going to touch the talent materials problem ether? I've had Yae since the banner launched and only JUST TODAY was I able to finally able to level up ONE talent to rank 9 out of all of them being 8 so that her talents can at least try to be on par with the rest of my characters. That's not even getting into that I've had her at 90 for a couple of weeks now and all set to go.
An easy fix would be convertion method to allow new players to change thier mats to inazuma mats like how you change the rewards from weekly boss battles.
Imagine a newbie being lucky enough to get double Dainslief in their first 10 pull when Celestia gets released- theyd have to progress thru ALLLLLLLL the archon quests EVER and reach AR 65 to level him up. Makes me feel bad just thinking about it. Hoyoverse realy should add an exchange option, like a pyro resigvine seed for one bathsymal vishap drop. Only fair 🙂
Lumine, you really should have thought twice before pulling a 5-star pervert Leonie. It's not too late to pull out safely though. Plus, there's always Lisa…
They have to find a solution to fix this lol. Imagine you are a new player getting a Natlan or Snezhnaya character.. 🗿
Oof thats true indeed!
But, lets say in 2 weeks… If the player can play good and quick, they can reach inazuma in said week 😉
To everyone in the comment section stop being worried about how hard will this be for new players in a few years. Because there is no evidence that they will be locked away from the other regions. Because we can go to Liuye as soon as we finish the tutorial, and have you ever heard about a sakoku degree Sumeru/Fontaine/Natlan edition? No you didn't because it doesn't exit!
my dumb fat self pulled on the standard banner instead of limited
Just don't be a new player and remember to git gud scrub
Yeah that 20% off 🤣🤣👍
Oh and more water animals pls 😀
The fragile resin usage…
Exactly what I was thinking 🤣🤣
My idiot nephew did that exact same thing where he cracked open 20 fragile resins at AR 33. He didn't ask me about it or read the description. He still has over 900 resin just sitting there to this very day.
"Character Rate Up! Chance of getting (insert limited banner character) increased"
Yeah, we all know that's so "true".
test run then level 40 while in monstadt
my cousin doesn’t even know what ascending characters means- and she’s AR lvl 10-12-
1:04 as an AR 45 Xiangling main, this is relatable when I see people wasting their resin for a single domain lul
just as like a little tip, you can get characters first ascension materials until level 40 by doing the character trial which will help a little? Def not the best but it helps a bit. obvs cant do it with the standard banner 🙁
lol i came back after stopped playing genshin for 8-9 months, was AR56. Got yae and can't level her up, had to play for 2 weeks to be able to get to the point of leveling her up
i remember that my first 10 pull was on the stander banner and i got a 5 star, right after that i threw all my primogems into that banner until AR 35 💀💀💀
Man. That Yae part was very relatable with me getting raiden at low AR
ngl…no one told me not to do the beginner wish…
I had to rush through the Liyue Archon Quest and the Inuzuma stuff up until reaching Enkonymia because my Yae Miko, who has been my main DPS since getting and leveling her, was stuck at level 40 for a while. Now I am exploring a lot more and realizing how many treasure chests and side stories I was missing out on because I kelp prioritizing getting through Liyue, exploring Inuzuma to hunt down Yae's ascention materials as soon as possible, and reaching Enkonymia. It wasn't the worst new player experience, but it was a bit annoying.
0:43 Correction there. She can be Lv40 before Inazuma. Just do her Character Trial and she get the materials for first ascension. Of course the account need to be AR20 WL1. It's when getting pass Lv40 that you need to be able to visit and completed the Enkanomiya quest to unlock the over-world Elite boss, where you can farm for the character ascension materials. Either way, the new player requires to get to AR30 to get their inazuma (or more specifically, Yae) character pass Lv40. AR25 = Lv50, AR30 = LV60. Now-a-days, you can get to AR30 with in a day (that is if you played non-stop). If you have a life outside of gaming, then it might take a week or two. World Level 1-3 is a breeze for Lv40-60 characters.
Well, who could blame them? We all did the same before, and whoever asks a long time player what to do in any game they started playing?
Not Itto using up all the fragile resin lmao
I mean technically, Banner Characters CAN go to Level 40 before their area gets unlocked if you do the Test Run Events for them.
But yeah, once those Boss Mats become a necessity, good luck…
Noelle is honestly not a bad character for a beginners wish. She is a claymore so she can mine all those rocks that your ori 4 takes longer time. She shields and she heals… which provide a survivability unit before you get the free Barbara
Hoyo need fix yae skill by holding spam 3 pillar at same time, 1x tap spam 1 pillar that would be better for combo
new players should get some sort of convert mat atleast enough to get characters to level 60 or 70 and talents at level 6 and for further they need to reach the particular region.
THE FRAGILE RRSIN HURTS MY SOUL BEVAUSE I WAS LIKE THAT
I am Lev 21 nd still don't have a single 5 star except geo traveller……
The fragile resin 1 was so true, I used it up & did not spend a single of those resins until my friends told me abt its use
Why is this actually true?
They should just add a skip cutscene function, let those cutscenes be stored in archive so that the new players can progress much faster. If they want to know the story they can just view it again in the archive, every gacha literally allows u to skip cutscenes and just play the game
Me who already luckily got Ei: “totally worth it.”
Me trying to getting Kokomi: “don’t give up on me, mermaid priestess.”
Me trying to get Keqing on the Standard Banner: “please Keqing, I felt so sorry about your original banner. Please let me pull you to join in, my bro Aether will make Golden Shrimp Balls for you.”
Me who already got Mona after numerous tries: “totally worth it.” *rings a handheld bell* “Come, Mona. Aether welcomes you home.”
Me who already got Noelle on the Beginner’s wish: “totally worth it.”
the last one hurts to the bones