Don't have anyone to vent to so feel free to ignore. It's just me whining apparently.

I really don't know where else to post this or get this off my chest. but.

I've been wanting to get back into genshin.
But everytime I try, I just get immediate burnout or 'overwhelmed'.

I played all the way up to the end of sumeru. Then stopped. joined back in when wristholey was released but getting those beetles was such a pain I dropped it immediately. then tried to rejoin when During dropped. I got him but when I though "now to get his materials" I lost every bit of motivation.

Building from the ground up isn't fun. gathering world materials isn't fun for me. And the fact it takes 3 days to get all the materials kills my enthusiasm. (Yes I know I can go to someone else's world to get them but that's not the point. I shouldn't have to bum off another person's resources)

It's not like I can't do the world bosses either. I still have a team good enough to handle everything.

It's just. Nothing makes me want to keep playing. I love the world and story. But the effort to build new characters just isn't worth it to me anymore. It's more frustrating than fun. Especially when game tells you a material is somewhere but it's locked behind a story locked area. That really annoys me.

I'm starting to think, if I want to get back into genshin is has to be because I want to. Not because there's an event or a character I want or something. Just, returning just because. because Everytime I returned it was because I wanted a certain character and when I realized I had to build them from scratch. Completely takes the wind out of my sails.

Anywho sorry for the rant. I just wanted to get that out there. Or see if anyone had any advice.

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_Mysto_2026-01-03 03:51

You don't need to play for combat. If the only things you enjoy are the story and exploration, then only do those things.

Vizzard992026-01-03 03:55

I know, but I rejoin cause there's a character I want. I get them. Then the wind is taken out of my sails cause "Oh...now I have to build them" it's not even the grinding for exp or boss materials cause the game lets you skip story to get those. It's literally the world resources. Cause you can never get enough in one sitting to finish. I can get them to maybe level 70 but then have to wait 3 days to get the rest cause it has to respawn.

WhooooCares2026-01-03 03:54

The Overworld isn't made to be overwhelming difficult. Artifacts with the right main stat should be enough to clear the story.

Vizzard992026-01-03 03:57

It's not the main story or over world that's difficult. I can clear everything in the game with my current team. It's the over world materials and gathering everything that's overwhelming. Being locked behind story to access areas to get materials. Like the beetles for wristholey (yes I know there are others in the world but it's not enough to finish ascending him)

MofoPro2026-01-03 04:01

Remember when you were a kid and your older brother or relative would grab your arms and smack you with your own hands to your face saying "why do you keep hitting yourself? "

I shouldn't have to say this but you just don't enjoy the core gameplay of Genshin and don't understand why people force themselves thinking " next tine will be different" , just quit before you make yourself even more miserable and just watch story and lore videos , why force yourself , its not a job so stop treating it like it is

Vizzard992026-01-03 04:04

That would be true. But I played all the way up to the end of Sumeru. I went and played other Gacha games that has world resources like genshin but it doesn't feel like a chore.

But genshin has a certain charm the others lack. The elemental reactions are too notch and no other game has come close to marching or scratching that itch. I want to come back. I can enjoy everything else. The combat, the story, the exploration everything. But as soon as it comes to building characters now. It just takes the entire wind out of my sails.

MofoPro2026-01-03 04:07

You sound like a drug addict ready to fall off the wagon and know the end result will be ugly , just don't pull anymore characters then and use what you got

Vizzard992026-01-03 04:12

That's what I've been thinking. But the game only draws me back when there's a character I've been interested in.

(Durin being the prime example from 1.X player and his lore.) But now there's really no one else I'm interested in. So possibly now would be a good time to try again. Just once again...building durin is gonna be a pain.

Vicious cycle. Wanted to play cause of durin and can't play him.

MofoPro2026-01-03 04:22

Well you can't have it both ways so pick a side , either suck it up and put in the time and effort or let them sit on the bench like useless trophies , there are no magic words people can tell you to get your motivation back you have to want to do it yourself .

Vizzard992026-01-03 04:24

Yeah, yeah, I know. Was mostly just wanted to vent or see if anyone else understands.

If I get back in they'll eventually get built. Just don't like the current process for gathering materials. hSR makes it's so much easier and convient in comparison.

Gold_Pineapple76442026-01-03 04:38

>But the game only draws me back when there's a character I've been interested in.

Do you really like the world and story then? If you can only have motivation to play when the new hot guy fear of missing out comes in the banner? Stop playing for characters, this will be healthier for you. Or give up on the game altogether.

Vizzard992026-01-03 04:53

Yes actually I do like the world and story. Me and my wife theorycraft for the game all the time when I played on the regular (had to stop playing cause work got chaotic but calmed down now) and since I fell so far behind in story, it all got spoiled for me one way or the other. Cause my spouse. So I live vicariously story wise via her.

That's besides the point. I'm thinking that since there's literally no one else that interest me story wise (cause durin has huge story implications) a dry season would be the best time to try to reestablish myself into the games ecosystem

Furina_Simp_692026-01-03 04:05

You want to be a part of a popular thing but don't actually enjoy what the popular thing actually is. Maybe find something else you enjoy instead of hoping the thing conforms to you.

Vizzard992026-01-03 04:07

I mean I was there from day 1. Then stopped when it got annoying for me. I'm not really trying to get back because it's 'popular". I'm trying to get back because the game has come full circle back to my interest. But going back to it, feels daunting.

MofoPro2026-01-03 04:14

Then you really don't want to come back you just think you do , if you find the game daunting then find something that isn't and you actually enjoy

Vizzard992026-01-03 04:17

Maybe because I played for like 3 years, sunk cost fallacy I want to come back. The combat is fun, the exploration and world is great. Hell even artifact grinding is that bad for me. But it's just...the world resources gathering that bothers me so much.

I think it's because I tried HSR and Zenless and all those materials are so easy to get compared to genshins that I think 'It shouldn't be this annoying'. But it is to me.

MofoPro2026-01-03 04:27

Not really , for ZZZ you get only 3 boss mats a week to fully level characters and probably takes longer than it does in Genshin

Vizzard992026-01-03 04:29

Probably. I haven't gotten to endgame in ZZZ. So haven't felt the grinding stop gap. Regardless that's boss materials. I for some reason don't have as much a problem with that in genshin.

I think it's because it's a quick, get in get out quick combat.

With Genshins world materials, I have to plot out 30 minutes to an hour to wander the map to get all of them and that feels tedious I guess.

MofoPro2026-01-03 04:32

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Vizzard992026-01-03 05:01

If your facepalming cause I sued ZZZ as an example, I was more or less doing it as a comparison with HSR to Genshin and how there are QOL stuff that are more convient.

If it's about th tedious and tedium if gathering materials. combat is more engaging than spending 30 minutes to an hour managing stamina to glide, climb and waddle over to collect 1 of 78 beetles needed. Then seeing you can only get 38 of those beetles and needed to wait 3 days for the beetles to respawn. To finish it.

If it's about the whole weekly think. Genshin does allow the synthesis to other boss related materials so that's a good QOl so I don't have problem with that.

uptodown122026-01-03 07:01

In ZZZ you can get 3 boss mats for free per week. After that, you still can farm it by using your stamina. So if you hoard a lot of stamina potion, you can technically build your units in one day.

I just farmed a lot of it to fully raise Shunguang and Zhao skills in 2 days . Used around 15 stamina potions lol

Also there is no dream solvent bullshittery there, you'll always get the material you want

Gold_Pineapple76442026-01-03 04:33

>I love the world and story. But the effort to build new characters just isn't worth it to me anymore. It's more frustrating than fun.

Do you NEED new characters? Do you HAVE to upgrade them? If you want to get back into the game to keep following the story, any team you already have is enough. You can even decrease the world level to make things even easier to keep playing the story with underleveled characters.

You really don't have to engage with the gacha, with farming and building characters if story is all you want. Just get out of this mindset of coming back to the game because you saw a cool character. You clearly don't like the game enough to farm to make those characters playable, so just choose a team already built and play whenever there's story to read.

Vizzard992026-01-03 04:57

Honestly yeah. I live through the story through my SO. So I'm not really missing anything story wise. We sit and watch every genshin teaser and trailer, cutscenes and I watch the story beats through her at home. It's nice.

The story is not all I want. No other games has an indepth elemental reaction system. and I love that about genshin. The combat is great too. I just don't like the world materials needed to ascend characters.

Wit the fact I don't really care about varka coming out. I feel like a dry season is probably the best time for me to return. That way I don't feel pressured to rush story beats for events

HuTaosTwinTails2026-01-03 04:33

It is a video game, if you arent having fun, dont play it.

Vizzard992026-01-03 05:07

That's the thing the game IS fun. But it's like...that one part that I despise.

Alot of games have those moments.
"when you get to THAT part of the game" that you just don't like.

From software poison swamps being a prime example. Everyone hates the poison swamp, but the rest of the game is amazing enough to up with it.

uptodown122026-01-03 06:55

What you just described is one of the reason i quit Genshin and avoid other open world gacha games lol.

Still following the story, but couldn't stand playing it because of the timegating & manual repetitiveness.

Anyway, it's better to stop torturing yourself by playing something you don't like.

Luzis2026-01-03 07:14

1. Then stop getting new characters. Play the game with what you have.

2. Alternatively, built 1-2 safety teams where you can put your underlevelled new chara in, enjoy the chara for exploration but ignore endgame. E.g. my typical current safety teams are a mixmatch of albedo, durin, furina, c2 baizhu, zhongli, etc. I.e. all offfield charas that neverthless hit hard to clear everything in overworld without stress and protect my shiny new lvl20 dps (or support, whatever) while allowing me to still play the chara in ovetworld combat for funsies. To be clear, the safety team works together, the new chara is just a parasite (e.g. I played Alhaitham, Albedo, Zhongli and bennett for weeks bc I haven't built alhaithams correct supports yet either).

Then gather the materials of the new charas overtime without stress, just by exploring, just collect evetything shiny. Use the resin on whatever talent domain is open that day or whichever artefact set you might need for the new charas later. Lock whichever looks potentially useful and move on.

I did this so many times when I now want to build a chara I have so much materials en masse and artefacts with correct stats I can build charas from 1-90 and talents 8/8/8 within 5min.

E17Omm2026-01-03 12:42

Im in the same boat. Pick what characters you find fun and just use them for the story.

I'm still using my Physical Beidou as my Main DPS that I have been using ever since I began playing in 1.0

Ive pulled some recent characters and at best they sit at level 60 with nothing upgraded because farming is just so tedious and annoying.

Remove daily domains and let me automatically finish them if I've cleared them once.

Until then, I'm not caring if I miss any characters, because I wont end up building them anyway.