how do you guys feel about version mechanic creep?

is seems kinda impossible to keep up with abyss, theater, and onslaught nowadays because both natlan and nod krai have introduced new mechanics that seem to pretty much leave any older characters in the dirt. before natlan, obviously we still had power creep, but power creep was pretty much just bigger buffs and bigger dps. natlan and of krai introduced nightsoul and lunar mechanics which seem to just entirely abandon all previous characters. personally, im not really sure what to do with my primos now. my only 5 stars are neuvi, xilonen, arle, mona, and dehya, all c0. im thinking i should just wait and save all my primos until snezhnaya comes out and inevitably brings out a brand new mechanic that power creeps everything previous and get that set of characters. how about y’all?

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MiserableYam96462026-01-05 18:04

Powercreep will always exist in some form. Dont fell forced to pull for certain characters for some small extra primos. Clearing stuff like IT takes time so dont fell bad when you miss out on a few things it happens to everyone.

WootyMcWoot2026-01-05 18:05

I just play the game and have fun

HuTaosTwinTails2026-01-05 18:11

I only pull a few characters from each region.

In nod krai I only have c0r1 Lauma.

In natlan I only have citlali, c0r0 Mavuika(who I have benched and only use as a off field support for Varesa), and c1r1 Varesa.

I also pulled Skirk and Escoffier. C0r1 for both.

I still use my Hu tao team 99% of the time to clear everything.

I don't bother with Dire Onslaught, I clear fearless and move on, but abyss isn't hard and IT can be annoying but overall hasn't been too bad.

CHONPSCa2026-01-05 18:11

I just clear what I can and leave. I'll probably cry about the new boss for a day or two but then remember it's only worth 200 primos (or even less depending on how much i cleared floor 12)

Entire-Magazine-42832026-01-05 18:12

The best way to play GI is to pull/build who you like and then see how far you can go with combat. You seem to be a very new player (only three exclusive 5\* and two standard 5\*), so just don't sweat it. I've been playing for almost four years, but it took me two years to 36\* Abyss for the first time. The best thing about it was, that I could do it with my two favourite characters, which felt awesome!

Just have fun. Invest in who you like, but invest into them well and then 95% of the most important endgame rewards (primos) will still be yours.

gem24922026-01-05 18:15

Before Natlan, I used to be able to 36 star abyss and fully clear theatre. Now I just don't care anymore. I do what I can and move on, reminding myself that it's just a few primogems.

Fabulous_Ground_19832026-01-05 21:17

Skill issue

BadgerForLife52026-01-05 18:19

Bro, just clear floor 11 Spiral Abyss with full stars and call it good, then move on. You don't miss out much tbh. No need to stress out about it. SO 4 or higher doesn't give out primos anyways. What's a big deal?

Powercreep is inevitable in any game. The rate of powercreeping in Genshin is quite slow compared to most other games that I've played.

Costyn172026-01-05 18:22

Theatre, it matters to just have enough characters and some good dps that can deal with the bosses.

Stygian, primos are on hard and it has coop matchmaking, anyone can get them.

Abyss, if you don't touch floor 12 at all for an entire year, it's only 15 wishes lost.

People keep saying powercreep this powercreep that, but what are you actually doing with those characters for it to matter? Not much more than with the older characters.

fiersome082026-01-05 18:25

Maybe it’s because I only pull for new characters and never for cons. I have teams for Nod-Krai and Natlan content, but even then, I’ve never really bothered to try hard the endgame.

SO Hard is enough to get all the gems. I don’t have any problems with IT given the number of characters I have, and Floor 12 of the Abyss just isn’t worth the effort

OmniOnly2026-01-05 18:28

Still using old characters to do Abyss and IT is a joke. People complain about powercreep (It's real) yet at the same time it the floor hasn't been too wild if you keep up and pick up a support every 3-5 months if needed. Or you know still using Mavuika.

Team DPS does not increase as much as people try to let on. This abyss i just used my old Venti.

natiewow2026-01-05 18:41

You sound like an old player but you have so few characters. Maybe you don't play much or don't care enought to pull? In which case, these end game modes are not aimed at you.

Personally I don't find it difficult to keep up as f2p. Obviously Dire SO is out of my range, but everything else is doable.

zhonglisorder2026-01-05 19:36

On one hand, it's understandable that hoyo wants you to pull new characters and not just clear everything with 1.0 4 stars. Technically you should be close to getting a pity a patch, so you'll at least guarantee 3 characters a region even if you have the worst luck in the world.

On the other hand, the region specific mechanics have gotten really aggressive and the 4 stars we've gotten for Nod Krai can't keep up. Especially since we don't have a new traveller. I wouldn't mind the mechanics if the 4 stars were able to clear them.

issm2026-01-05 23:22

Welcome to gacha. The game isn't balanced for you to play how you want, the game is balanced to pressure you into buying the new product.