An artifact video I watched recently talks about problems with system, but doesn't take into account the "What else are you going to do with your resin" side of things. If they are going to keep the RNG on top of RNG when it comes to artifacts, I'd really like to see either more artifacts drop per run or the resin cost drop a bit, since watching streamers dump 2000 resin and getting nothing seems to be a fairly common thing. A few actually tell you what pieces are fine if you aren't going for the 99% perfect piece, but not nearly enough.
The video looks okay but on practice it's everything i hear from every youtuber, "big rng = bad" which yeah thats valid but the video is full of bad to wrong takes.
If this is his gameplay then this dude kinda sucks. At one point he uses xinqiu skill on the water mage then bennet skill on pyro mage. Also brings raiden in a domain where her skill doesnt proc (shields) and another elec domain. Uses kazuha burst without swirling etc. Dude has 5* weapons and 5* cons and doesnt know how to play smh.
>Complains about "requiring" 4pcs who are only good on 1 character which borders on trolling. My ayaka and ganyu use 2pc hybrids, my sayu uses copium vv and my barbara is naked yet i can 36* abyss. He also says NO is the exception because it's good on xq and bennet when it's good on many more and not even the best for xq lol.
>-"A crit rate hat rolling atk, er and em and not crit dmg is pretty much unusable" is a retarded take. All offensive stats are good, stop acting as if only crit matters. At least you got a crit rate hat lol.
>-"artifact rng causes burnout, farming artifacts shouldnt cost resin" this argument contradicts itself. I'd argue resin is what prevents burnout. If you're burned out then farm something else or play something else really.
>-"artifacts are too character specific and cant be changed around"- Why he keeps preaching this? If you have 2 full EM VVs you can share that between all your anemo forever and never touch the domain again. A lot of generalist 2pc bonus can be passed and a few 4pc are very good on many characters (emblem).
>-"The problem with artifacts is that it's the only form of gear progression that doesnt get any faster. " I get what he means but fucking all progression gets slower in this game.
>-"Imagine you get a great second blizzard strayer flower but no one to use it, it's useless" what, you're complaining about being too lucky now? This is the worst possible example too, if you play freezem you want 2 cryos.
>-"You have to get new artifacts for every new character" no you dont lol. I have less than 10 charactes with "invested artifacts" (diluc, xq, benet, zl, ayaka, ganyu, beidou, venti) and those are far from perfect(TM) but can still clear abyss. you sound like an insane collector wtf.
>-"I'm a day one player who buys resin with primogems" LOL buddy if you didnt quit till now then you you aint quitting due to rng, you lost.
I'm gonna admit the artifact system is grindy and rng as fuck but it's has some forgiving aspects. 80% recycle value is surprisingly high, good pieces can be passed around you get fodder and some light resources while farming, good sets are unlikely to be powercrept, etc.. Also, optimization is a self imposed challenge, you're only done when you agree to stop.
I remember r/gachagaming saying genshin was dead on arrival due to "lack of endgame" but at this point it's obvious the artifact system works great as at keeping players playing daily for that one awesome god roll. The "endgame" is as hard and long as the player wants it to be.
Also if you're struggling to gear ayato, he can use gladiator and heart of depth very well. I'm almost glad i have him so i can give my HoD pieces to someone while i still farm a BS for ayaka and ganyu.
btw everyone do NOT farm the new set for ayato, it's allegedly ping dependent so it's thrash if your ping is high. (according to ayato discordcrafters who knows if it's true).
(that domain has terrible resin efficience anyway)
