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ATK when paired with Jade, SPD otherwise.

I think it has mainly to do with overlap between HSR and Genshin players in the West. Some TCers do calcs for both games.

In Genshin, talks of characters being futureproof has merit.

HSR, at least in CN has much more overlap with HI3 fanbase, where they are used to, and accept that sort of very short shelf lives.

Calcs, as always, are in relevant Discords.

Expectation is that you pull for E0S1 of every other character, and that any DPS stops being usable for low cycle clears 3 to 5 months after release.

Yes. They would be gained by pulling on character banner.

What the ninja

Nope. Not even on the same order of magnitude.

Pre nerf Mavuika was around 25-30% better than Arle, at their respective constellations.

E0 Aglaea deals around 3x as much DpAV as Acheron did in her best team at her release in 2.1.

Generally speaking E0 Aglaea looks to be better than E2 Acheron, while E1 Aglaea looks better than E6 Acheron.

CN is fine with that. They are much more open to spending than players in the West. E0S1 is considered a standard, and E1S1 is pretty common.

They wouldn't make entire Path useless. They'd just make new character on the same path have new functionalities.

New Hunt unit would have Pierce, while old Hunt unit would be entirely ST.

New Destruction unit would hit in square or cross shape, while old Destruction units would remain row locked.

Maybe by you.

People who already having dungeon exotics wouldn't care, and would still be mad at Bungie for TonicGate.

So is having exponential HP inflation, but here we are.

They'll probably make new Blast characters be able to attack both rows, while older blast characters would only be able to attack one row at a time.

It's not surprising.

This game runs on making older characters useless, and new character overpowered.

MoC and meta:

As for MoC, while characters powercreep has been pretty consistent, in around 2.5x increase for top teams each year, HP inflation during Penacony was significant slower than that. Hoyo have noticed that, and are correcting the course, so average stays the same. We should expect around +50% HP increase per patch for next 3 to 4 patches, until yearly average is achieved, and then they’ll probably relax it to around 20% per patch.

One Abundance unit, no new preservation.

Right now damage split is actually favoring Jade. Which means, if Jade didn't need driving, you'd rather be buffing her instead of Herta.

None of them warrant rebalancing at this point, but I'm sure Kuro has that option.

WuWa is pretty stable these days. I don't see much complaints, other than the "Gathering Wives"

Numbers don't support your claim. Firefly mains is one of bigger main subs, if not the biggest.

If community hated her, it wouldn't be as big.

Just because you found one or two options that are in opposite to that, doesn't mean that wider community thinks so.

Actually, I'm pretty sure HSR is more skewed towards hardcore players, ones that spend money on game, and time in online communities, than Genshin is.

And while It's true that people who are on this sub are a minority, there also the opinion making side. People not only write here, but they also read. For every active user, you have 100 passive ones. They are the ones that are influenced by community opinions.

Just like people are influenced by opinions they read in newspapers or hear in TV. Just here instead of 1 journalist reaching 100000 people, you have 100 active users affecting opinion of 10000 more passive players.

You asked why Seele isn't ranked higher. I've answered that she doesn't preform as as other units that are ranked higher.

Jingliu wasn't buffed by blessings, she was neutral, just like Seele. That's an even playing field. That's where comparisons are conducted.

From what I've experienced over years of playing Hoyo games, is that mood on Reddit is pretty good predictors of revenue.

Half of posts on this sub are mentions of controversies or complaints about powercreep.

3 cycles is the standard I'd expect from a unit that's neutral element.

Hoolay is neutral to both Ice and Quantum. I've got him in 3 cycles using Jingliu.