shouldn't surprise anyone that the game that simply makes characters disappear when you get too close while climbing and gliding won't let you oogle them while swimming...
That's exactly what happened to someone else last night who wanted to pull in my world for some reason and I got to watch their disappointment in real time.
unless it's a constellation given the abysmal chance to get a standard character I'd still call that a win. still regret not grabbing tighnari when it was "easy" (especially since I still don't have a proper dendro carry...)
The banner overall is pretty meh for long time players, but it's good for new players imo. Decent - good supports at the start, free Bennett event at least guaranteeing for his C1.
my personal issue with bennett (and barb) is that they're both in paimon's bargains, so anyone who really wants him just has to wait till november - and new players won't really be able to utilize him properly or even want to, I doubt they gonna sweat abyss on lvl30 like people did way back in 1.0, and the rest of the game is easy enough already.
I mean it makes sense they show up on a banner again at some point, what mihoyo really should do is update the fucking store, maybe even put one of the old 5* in it for a good measure.
At least MHY announce new character one patch before their actual release, so Neuvillette and Wriothesley will be next. And I'm just assuming another archon (Venti) rerun in second phase like Zhongli is in 4.0 now. Like Archon rerun continuously on x.0 to x. something.
Considering 5* female usually has more pulling power than male, both Neu & Wrio are on field catalyst dps before Furina patch. 4.1 patch may not be that high in pulling. Since these two are new 5* in one patch, it's one of them (Wrio) being speculated to be in standard not Lyney.
yeah, looked it up because I'm pondering to grab lyney since I'm like 5 pulls before guaranteed pity (which means I can't even do 10-20 rolls to maybe grab another 5* early or maybe a new 4*), and by 4.2 I hopefully should have enough primos again to get the brat archon. also reminded me I already read complaints about the several fujo banners in a row, suddenly it made sense.
if mihoyo really puts wrio on standard I probably have to grab him, luckily got all the standard 5* already so missing one (again) irks the collector in me, even when I rather safe for waifus. otoh they kinda spoiled navia and clorinde by giving them a DEF greatsword and EM sword respectively, if that isn't a missdirect or just a silly placeholder till the official weapons are released, I'd assume they gonna put female itto/5* noelle or kek 2.0/fontaine sara in the standard to double down on the waifu FOMO.
it also took me 2 days to figure out hydro mc and lynette can do the arkhe stuff to weaken mobs and interact with puzzle stuff, I already knew how and when they do it, but I was still grabbing the random nearby orbs which you only need if you don't have or don't want to use those 2 or lyney. can't even imagine how unclear that's gonna be for new players...
you can pretty much ignore it for now and just burst most stuff down, but I can see mihoyo get real nasty with it later (luckily I already don't care about abyss).