Apparently playing the game casually is a problem lol

\-The name I didn't blur out is me so its nor a big deal. Anyway this was under a post on hoyolab about how neuvillette dmg sucks bc he was doing like 45k?

\-I just posted this cuz I kinda found it funny that their response to me saying that people don't have to pull for meta is to compare our stats.

\-I started around 4.0 and for the first year of playing I was getting used to it again after leaving a 1.X account that I sucked at anyway. I was mostly a casual player and started playing just cuz "wow cool new update" so I wasn't really motivated to do much and didn't know how to explore or builds characters. I kinda got lucky and pulled for characters I like and I don't regret it at all.

\-Only around 4.4-4.7 was I actually understanding the game and I think 4.8 I actually shot up from \~68% exploration in monstadt to almost 100%. I still didn't build characters that much (except marcheusse wielders) so I have like no built four stars. Just a few months ago I actually started building characters and recently ascended about 5 chars to lvl 81. I'm completely uninterested in end game content so I usually do the bare minimum, more focused on building my chars since I spent so long neglecting them.

\-Idk why I said all that cuz it's unnecessary but ig I just spilled my "genshin journey" lol. It's just kinda sad when I see people like this that are just assholes to anyone that doesn't pull for meta/same way they do. Sorry for yapping haha

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Gregamonster2026-01-12 07:05

It's a surprisingly common sentiment that having different goals or priorities from you is a moral failing that needs to be corrected and\or shamed.

EquivalentBend6022026-01-12 07:12

Yeah it does suck. This commenter just caught me off guard lmao cuz I've never actually seen someone look through my profile to "critisize" me. They told someone else that
"You are a AR50 player."
"You don’t have the power to tell me to shut up."
"Get on my level first before telling me to shut up"

-thankfully I just did an easy response to them and wished them a goodbye cuz that's just clearly a toxic person

100RatsInASack2026-01-12 07:19

Yeah, it seems especially common in people who are insecure in their own decisions, status, etc.

It's basically the sociological equivalent of Mario jumping off someone's head; you're unconsciously trying to raise yourself up by putting people who are different than you down. People who are happy and confident aren't going through people's profiles to dig up dirt on them lol

walker-of-the-wheel2026-01-12 11:03

People are insecure and want to prove themselves, yet somehow have deluded themselves into thinking that video games help with that.

gna1492026-01-12 12:12

If understanding was ever a thing humanity would've been a peaceful species

emmademontford2026-01-12 13:10

Nice flair

akindertale2026-01-12 07:07

people play the game for different reasons like 😭😭

like i don’t really chase the meta but i go for characters that i like and that fulfills me even if they aren’t like top tier

i’m sorry but i am not learning 500 combos to maximum mavuika donut gameplay

Supreme-Machine-V22026-01-12 07:47

It's insane how both sides usually act.

Like guys if you like meta that's good for you if you like to get characters because of their personality and lore good for you. Can we please respect that every player plays the game for a different reason or pulls for a different reason instead of bashing anyone who pulls for meta or characters they like?

Cocoatrice2026-01-12 09:07

Both sides? Like what is the second side?

If you mean people who don't like meta slaves, then no, that's perfectly normal. There is difference between following meta and being toxic jerk, who constantly posts spam about shilling, powercreep, how unfair and terrible Hoyo and Abyss/Theater/Stygian Onslaught is etc. Following meta is fine. Being meta slaves is stupid and that's the only thing people hate. And deservedly.

Supreme-Machine-V22026-01-12 09:15

Not really I saw hate for both sides.

I saw people hate others for just liking meta and pulling units according to that.

I saw the opposite where people hate others for pulling units that are weak in meta my point is let people play how they wanna play instead of doing toxic I say this for both sides.

Hotspur0002026-01-12 08:23

The issue is not people 'not chasing meta' or playing casually – of course that's fine, and those people usually understand that if they don't focus on the meta they're not going to be able to fully clear engame.

The issue is the casual people who complain about not being able to pass Abyss or Dire SO, or get an Arcanum in IT.

They somehow 'expect' to put in minimal effort and still get all the rewards from endgame. THAT'S what's annoying.

mistress_kisara2026-01-12 08:40

pretty sure they are different people

CaesarSalary2026-01-12 08:43

yeah but conflating them & then pointing out a contradiction that most often doesn’t exist makes people feel superior, don’t take that away from them

Hotspur0002026-01-12 08:46

Yeah, most of them are different. It's the few who aren't who are annoying.

Not sure how that wasn't clear from my comment.

OrbitalSong2026-01-12 09:02

Cmon this sub is full of people complaining about how hard the latest content "shills" the latest meta characters and how their off-meta teams they invest in because they like them can't clear and it's unfair and the devs are evil.

There is a significant segment saying this kind of stuff and not only is it the same people, it's usually in the same comment.

akindertale2026-01-12 08:44

idk what sort of casuals you’ve been seeing man…

amldford2026-01-12 07:08

who is gonna tell him that i am refusing to pull anyone till childe rerun ? i have been playing for a year and have not even cleared abyss 12 once due not having a second main dps (i only have arle for main dps)

tho i am mostly pulling for columbina even tho she doesn't fit in neither childe or arle teams

asphyxeno2026-01-12 08:50

columbina could be used with childe in a lunar charged team!

is it optimal? no. does it work and use characters you want and like? yes

amldford2026-01-12 09:04

valid point tbf. yes i am getting her then

asphyxeno2026-01-12 09:18

hope childe comes back soon for you!

PersonalitySad6172026-01-12 07:13

lot stupid people on the internet

Cocoatrice2026-01-12 08:59

"this post is a bait". Said the baiter themselves. Lmao, that guy.

rW0HgFyxoJhYka2026-01-12 12:33

The fun part is that casuals dont even do half of what OP's stats are.

nomotyed2026-01-12 07:13

I'm a meta player, but I'm not gonna tell you who not to pull.

Unless the discussion was specifically about meta.

E100Pavel2026-01-12 07:48

I am pretty interested in meta and even do my own calcs once in a while, but I tire of how impossible it is to talk about something other than the best possible team on some of the mains subreddits, even if the difference is like 5% between it and everything else

MagnusBaechus2026-01-12 08:40

I will use Key of Khaj Nisut intructors kuki over nahida on my nefer team and I will die on that hill

until I get c1 lauma

-Levyy2026-01-12 10:44

eyooww same hahahaha, Im using Kuki with KoKN too cuz I dont have Kokomi/Baizhu. and the no sustain team of nefer is just not comfortable, needing to dodge everytime to survive. I wanna play comfortably.

LadyKatriel2026-01-12 13:05

I don’t blame you. I’m not an expert at dodging and bosses in Stygian can hit hard, it’s stressful! Having to do resets when you’re nailing your rotation that try sucks lol. It’s one of the worst baits ever to lock Lauma’s healing behind C1, they really purposely made Nefer’s best team sustainless like how is that gonna appeal to people? I bet on Columbina being able to heal and lost 😞

PaprikaCC2026-01-12 08:40

The problem there is that you are going to mains subreddits lmao.

Just use GCSIM if you need to calc team differences.

LeagueOfHurricane2026-01-12 11:41

Mains subreddits are at their best when their character is going to be released soon. Then once the beta for their characters starts, the quality immediately goes downhill. Once the character gets released, you get a few days/weeks of interesting posts. After that, it just becomes a place for reposted fan art and build comparisons.

No_Account_27462026-01-12 13:04

I’ll build on this, take the Nefer subreddit for example.

When she first got announced and shown in the 6.0 AQ, people were going on about how much they loved her design, VA, etc. Nowadays, more than half of the posts are build comparisons/flexing, teambuilding or theorycrafting (I’m guilty of this)

GetFiltered2026-01-12 13:26

Mains subreddits are at their best when they're just posting lewd fanart. Absolute peace, no dramas in sight.

Admiral_Axe2026-01-12 08:55

I think a big problem is perception of the discussion.

Meaning that, from a neutral point of view at least, the only discussion about pulling plans is alwaysa meta discussion. This is because the other reason to plan your pulls are purely based on personal preferance and are thus not even open to discussion in the first place. You pull for char X because you like him/her? Then why even argue against that point?

One problem that often arises imo is when some people want to combine both worlds and ask: I like playing char X, what would be the best chars to pull to support him/her? And then a lot of people turn the discussion on char X and try to argue about how chars Y and Z are a billion times better.

wobster1092026-01-12 10:51

It’s a HoYoLAB culture thing. Some people treat HoYoLAB more like a blog, less like a discussion forum, so they’ll post “here are my pulling plans” in a personal-bloggy way. It’s like “can’t wait to go on vacation in Hawaii”… like they’re giving a life (or account) update instead of opening a discussion.

IWatchTheAbyss2026-01-12 11:36

it’s a damn shame because the most fun to be had in this game is making the meta decisions around your favourite characters imo

UmbralNova_2026-01-12 14:16

It annoys me even more when someone specifically asks about meta and then ignores the advice because of blatant misinfo. I've seen so many people ask if Columbina will have good pull value if they don't have/plan to pull any other Nod Krai units, and no matter how many people point out that the answer is no, there's always that one person saying "Yes, she lets your Dendro/Electro/Geo DPS do Lunar DMG" when that's not even what she does. She converts the Reactions into their Lunar variants, she doesn't magically let Cyno directly deal Lunar-Charged DMG the way Flins and Ineffa do, but because of that single person, the OP will decide to pull Columbina, and then immediately complain because Cyno isn't pumping out damage rivaling to Flins' premium teams.

LadyPlantress2026-01-12 07:17

I mean I've been playing since 1.0 and I still don't have 36 stars on spiral abyss, lol. I would probably drive someone like that insane. There were a couple of points I got 35 stars recently, and probably could have got them all if I tried a few more times, but I just didn't care enough. A few extra primos and bragging rights aren't worth it.

I've only been pulling for who I wanted for *years* now. My highest invested 5-star is my C2R1 *Baizhu*, lol. I wasn't even able to clear floor 12 of spiral abyss until I got Neuvi and I still want to get more of his cons. But I have fun with the game, and that's what matters to me. I feel like there's this subset of meta players that just get outright offended not everyone cares as much as they do and use 'casual' like an insult. Those people are kind of exhausting.

I_am_the_grass2026-01-12 10:42

1.0 player here. I don't remember the last time I even played the spiral abyss let alone what floor I got.

Spider_juice_balls2026-01-12 11:27

I managed to get 36\* once in my entire time playing the game and I'm also a 1.0 player. From my point of view, the extra effort slaving to get the last 100 primos isn't worth it.

Not only that, the current funds from getting all Theatre and Abyss rewards is 21600 primos per year, which is substantial but does not even guarantee a single 5\* character. I rather just stop stressing myself out and pick whoever I want.

TreadingMurkyWaters2026-01-12 12:31

Me to, has been playing since 4.5 and almost never clear the 12th floor because I don't think it's worth the hassle. My current highest invested 5-star is my C1R1 Cyno and he is one I actually do want to C6 someday, simply because he is my favorite character and I find him so satisfying to play.

And I find ways to make my own fun, separate from the endgame. It is kind of the only way to not constantly chase the next new thing and ending up burned-out miserable in the process.

No_Account_27462026-01-12 13:09

Idc what the meta is, if I see hyperbloom buffs then I’m immediately running Cyno. His build could be slightly better but he’s my first limited character and the first character I actually saved for on his debut

Hot-Masterpiece43252026-01-12 07:18

im not pulling shit till Raiden reruns, and you know what, ima use her in a Hypercarry comp with Chev, Benny, and Sara because she is amazing, C2 or not

The_4th_Wonderland2026-01-12 07:23

no matter what you do theres always going to be an asshole out there. casuals can be just as annoying as meta players, as well as any other kind of player in between, it really depends on the individual and doesnt paint the picture for the group as a whole. best to just not give any attention to the assholes

__mymelody2026-01-12 07:26

Why are they flexing endgame completion like it's a competition or like it actually means something in life

waifumateriaI2026-01-12 07:34

Sadly to them, it is their entire life

FlameDragoon9332026-01-12 09:35

people who have no achievement IRL

same like AI prompters who call themselves AI "artist"

httpwwwredditcom2026-01-12 07:27

So you didn't get the validation over there so you came here looking for some. Dude, stop justifying yourself and just do you.
You're gonna let online whispers from nobodies ruin your fun?

MeowjestyMeowgician2026-01-12 07:30

Some metaslaves are incapable of comprehending that people dgaf about meta and plays just for fun..

ContributionLow65402026-01-12 07:33

Bwahhahahahaha imagine being that much of a loser. "I cleared fearless stygian and all endgame content and you didnt!" 😭🥀 ok so?

FinalFantasyLord2026-01-12 07:33

Bro is getting superiority complex over a game, a game that many people are all playing for different reasons at that, some for story, some for gameplay, etc. Must be one insecure little bitch in real life

AdorableDonkey2026-01-12 11:51

Even worse, Genshin is THE casual game

GlitterDoomsday2026-01-12 13:14

A game that's not ranked, not even PvP... last time we had some official data only 20% did Abyss and from those not even half did the 12th floor. Like people seriously don't understand how little endgame matters to the bulk of players, waifus collector whales included.

Tainted_Bruh2026-01-12 07:34

Imagine trying to mog someone over a gacha game. Holy shit that person is pathetic lol

NLiLox2026-01-12 07:34

if theyre so smart and pull all the meta units then how have they not cleared dire?

what an ass

D0cJack2026-01-12 09:24

Dire requires additional vertical investment in those meta units and not just "pulling all meta units".

TheChosenerPoke2026-01-12 09:51

I mean there have been c0 dire clears since pretty much the first onslaught, if you literally have the perfect characters I’m pretty sure it’s very very possible.

D0cJack2026-01-12 10:26

Only meta characters are not enough. Most of said clears require their sigs, from the very first iteration, C6 on 4* s and of course very strong artifacts, not talking about perfect rotations, like latest Mavuika combos. Pulling meta characters =/= having perfect characters for dire.

workisxpwaste2026-01-12 12:24

How are you going to say it’s been done before and then say you’re “pretty sure” it’s possible? Has it been done before or not?

natlansucks2026-01-12 07:35

The funniest thing is people judging characters by their performance in fearless or above, when that difficulty literally gives you nothing. Not even one primo.

Quanthes2026-01-12 07:36

insert stop having fun meme

noafelixart2026-01-12 07:43

I'm somewhat of a meta player myself but would never fault anyone for not caring about meta. Hell, in 3.8 I pulled C3R1 Eula even tho she isn't meta by any standards just because I love the character.
It's weird how people care about what characters other people want.

YeetaIta2026-01-12 07:52

I'm glad you blurred the name so that person doesn't get undeservered/unwanted attention. Some people need to learn to let others do their thing and not try to flex their ego in a mobile gacha game (a good one but still).

issm2026-01-12 07:52

Those people are no more toxic than the people who think that anyone who doesn't love Genshin's story should just quit.

newplayer1352026-01-12 07:53

Being a meta player in Genshin today is being a hamster on a wheel going nowhere.

If you're not interested in F12 abyss and Fearless+ SO you can literally pull or build anyone you want. If you do care about meta, like 70-80% of characters in the game cannot even touch endgame (Dire SO, soon to be abyss with 4 Wild Hunts in a single half-chamber).

In the old days you really could just pull or build anyone and make progress towards clearing endgame as you built your account.

GlitterDoomsday2026-01-12 13:17

That's probably why there's a correlation into the more meta a player is and how much they dislike Theater... is the only mode that actually forces you to invest and learn different characters, some of them that will not be "useful" anywhere else.

promptotron50002026-01-12 08:12

Imagine playing any videogame for 800+ days and bragging about your high score to someone.

Careless-Profit66582026-01-12 08:14

Me who have 1900+ days active : "Hmm, I see.. okay, sure buddy."

I enjoy playing Ganyu with her charged attack, spare me from those rotation comp. Okay, next.

KirigayaAlex-04032026-01-12 08:15

Hence they are called Meta Slaves.

LOwOJ2026-01-12 08:17

its literally people with 1-3 likes post are we gonna make this big of a deal? if they think that okay then left them be.

xomowod2026-01-12 08:28

I haven’t touched endgame in ZZZ but also don’t ask me how much money I’ve spent in it.

Electronic-Price-5302026-01-12 08:30

Ew. Best to block and ignore them.

BeeSecret2026-01-12 08:31

I haven't cleared end game content for a very long time. Could I grind and focus on a character and beat them? Probably. Will I enjoy that? Hell no

No-Theme-43472026-01-12 08:34

I am fairly good in my understanding of meta etc. but honestly let people play the way they want to instead of your way.

6991120267752026-01-12 08:36

I'm actually jealous of (rich) players who just play for fun. Like do joy pulls every newly released character. Early pity? Great. Lose 50/50? Swipe credit card and win. Do some NAs, jumps, 5 screenshots, quit for 3 months. That's true winning. &#10;

Meanwhile my broke-ass, tryhard, min-maxxing mentality has to keep up with leaks, save pulls, skip meta units because I don't like them, then get frustrated when I can't clear endgame because I can't force myself to pull for units I don't like lol.

AuraEx982026-01-12 08:37

That person is so weirdo... like okay who are you trying to impress? everyone in your living room??

StarKid_Tommygotchi2026-01-12 08:37

Oh my god these people need to get laid

oldmonk_972026-01-12 08:43

"I HAVE PLAYED LONGER AND BEEN MORE MISERABLE WHILE U HAD FUN PLAYING THE GAME"

type shit.

asphyxeno2026-01-12 08:44

imagine bragging abt giving into the hoyo shill that is endgame lmaoo

if i can clear floor 12 period then im happy. the reward of like one pull from those final stars is not worth the amount of effort for me.

like sure, generally i like teams built around my faves to make them hit big number but i will make changes and take dps dip if my fave's bis is a character i dont like

also this guy would probably hate that my kaveh is level 80 and my nilou is 50 (got her on accident pulling for kaveh) and that i pulled lauma for kaveh bloom

LORDxRUDRA2026-01-12 08:50

Me with my mualani, emilie, cyno, wanderer(in dps sense otherwise bro's loved by all), yoimiya, kokomi(got her in 3.0 when i started playing when she was getting so much hate). I always pull those characters who gets most hate I also have varesa but she's strong dps but the forced hate these characters got was...

highoncopium2026-01-12 08:55

some people really not gonna come to terms with neuvi as the most casual dps of all time huh. you slap a shield with that guy and you can clear every casual content in the game and these people still gets pressed everytime his name comes up lol also, unless you are an omega hyper optimizing tryhard, neuvi with dogshit ass substat will always be enough to clear as long as you slap MH on him

natu1292026-01-12 08:56

Well others have said enough, but can't help to join in.

Just ignore this kind of person

Cocoatrice2026-01-12 08:57

Neuvillette is the best DPS character to have in account, because he works in every scenario as long as there is no Hydro immunity. One enemy? Works. 20 enemies? Works.

Columbina will be meta for 3 months and then everyone will forget about her.

Glazura2026-01-12 09:05

Playing this game any way is a problem borh for people in and outside the game lol.
Not only that, but in most of the cases they statememts wont even be correct.

chocolate-corn2026-01-12 09:13

“And that’s the difference between you and me”

He pat his shoulder in the shower later

SomeAwakenedDude2026-01-12 12:29

bold of you to think these type of people even shower

WildBrick1422026-01-12 09:13

Metaslaves are always some of the most obnoxious and insufferable people, even more than the most hardcore waifu/husbando lovers, no matter what game it is. Don't think too much of that interaction. Just enjoy the game the way you like.

Petecustom2026-01-12 09:24

i use Itto in teams and he still can manage

irllyshouldsleep2026-01-12 09:26

>fearless or dire

Bruh there isn't even a single primo to be earned there

Redguard123452026-01-12 09:38

Hot take: "Pulling Plans" posts are dumb and anytime I see one I immediately scroll past it. Why do I or anyone else care about who a random person wants to spend their pulls on?

Adorable_Bar_19002026-01-12 13:44

especially when it's a "pulling plan" that has "skip" across the entire board

Techlet96252026-01-12 09:38

Real talk...who cares?

Untouched grass.

X3m9X2026-01-12 09:53

ill do him one better, i have done all those with older dps'es >!/s!<

Shinda_012026-01-12 10:07

Like, there are people that don't enjoy endgame content. And even among those who do (like me), not everyone pulls meta units.

I skipped Skirk because I didn't like her team.

I'm going to pull Bina because I'm building a Nefer team.

I'd be able to clear Abyss, Lunar mode theater and Stygian IV regardless.

And I got 2 of my Arcanum cards thanks to Neuvilette.

Spiral14072026-01-12 10:07

I'm pulling Neuvillette cause I like him

skullzrothxx6662026-01-12 14:06

as you should!! I hate when people do stuff like this

Rulhado2026-01-12 10:09

I read the third screenshot in Scaramouche's voice

Delano72026-01-12 10:19

Let's be honest, that guy only ragebaited so he could have an excuse to flex his account.

Crymsyn_Moon2026-01-12 10:19

Hoyolab might be the worst possible social media to interface with over Genshin. It's like twitter used exclusively by 14 year old kids.

AtomicSwagsplosion2026-01-12 10:20

Im fine with people pulling their faves just dont complain when u cant clear

In this case casual players wont really mald endgame anyway so I see no reason to attack them like this unprovoked

Terrorbalrog2026-01-12 10:22

Obsession with beating hardest endgame is so stupid, like extra 150 primogems doesn't worth spending 15k+ for character you don't like. Just pull who you like

kronpas2026-01-12 10:30

He is not wrong on Neuv count. But he was also a dick to non meta slave people like OP.

TBH I stopped pulling for cons once SO was out, the dps gulf between dire and the next level (fearless something?) is so wide it was pointless to even try, while I can comfortably clear fearless with my non Nodkrai roster.

Dokrabackchod2026-01-12 10:31

Wait you can see how many days someone has played and how much they have completed the game? I thought it was personal and others couldn't see it

SoulStriker342026-01-12 10:31

people be ranting random shit that doesn't matter here

Ok-Tension-74682026-01-12 10:32

There is more then one way to enjoy a game. I wonder how many times this has to be said before people like that finally get it 😭

fuminghung2026-01-12 10:42

Neuvilettes been around for two years and always useful. Let him rest alright geez

Rex_Lapis_2026-01-12 10:44

Last few days had some wild takes, yesterday a guy told me he is f2p but buys welkins.....

maxwellreformed2026-01-12 10:48

Some people treat genshin like a job with a monthly performance evaluation. Thats fine, but why force it on others?

NeonUnicorn972026-01-12 10:49

Yeah some people are just like that.. i had someone call me a "casual" as an insult, bcs I said I'd play Varesa even if she wasn't that strong, then they proceeded to tell me maybe one day I'll be able to beat abyss floor 12 and menacing stygian.

And after I showed them my stats (36 stars, fearless SO and act 8 on IT) they proceeded to make fun of the fact that i only got to act 8 on IT (I've only been playing for like 9 months so sry if I haven't gotten the time to get 24 characters of specific elements to lvl 70 lol), and that I "barely" managed to beat fearless.

I found their UID and just saw that they've been playing for like 2 years and had worse score than mine in SO. SO yeah, some people are just dumb.

IRLMerlin2026-01-12 10:51

i think that both are a little cringe

i am quite the meta player, i love making teams, i love doing damage, i love getting all my rewards. i do my dailies everyday and i wait for events to finish and do them all in one afternoon. when im exploring, i explore with the interactive map in order to do it as fast as possible. i like building characters i like optimizing rotations

my sister is kinda the opposite. gets into genshin for 2 days straight, doesnt do anything else other than genshin but will then leave it for 7. she doesnt build her characters that much. she doesnt have very many meta teams. she has a hard time doing proper rotations and she also gets very angry when i try to correct her or tell her how to do more damage so i dont do that anymore and havent for a very long time

my sisters favourite team is skirk premium........

doing big damage is part of the game and it feels nice like it or not. big numbers appearing, enemies disappearing is great. i think that any discussion on rolling characters should have that as a primary focus especially because most people (f2p) get one chance at a 5 star every 40 days. lose your 5050 and now its 80 days. getting something that will not improve your account or best team like xilonen will feel bad for a lot of people. there was a post on mavuika mains about a guy complaining that he does less damage with xilonen rather than iansan. that guy might have lost his 5050 to get said xilonen, that would probably feel bad

what im trying to say is obv dont call people out for being mid like this guy, but also try to center discussions on easy to build damage. this isnt the fault of anyone other than genshin economic model of course. if 5 stars came every 10 days instead 40 or 80 we would be having a totally different discussion. my anti meta anti calc anti proper rotations sisters favourite team is not chasca.
its premium skirk

Latter-Oil-2412026-01-12 10:52

Da hell

crunchyracoon2026-01-12 10:56

"And that is the difference between you and me" 🤓 ahh comment

Ravemst2026-01-12 10:58

Like I’ve been saying since 1.0 screw meta I do what I want. If I want to bring Amber everywhere I go then I will do just that. 5 years later and that’s still my mindset.

wobster1092026-01-12 11:00

Wow what a rude stranger. Don’t mind them, the right way to play is the way that makes you happy. Better to enjoy the game than stress yourself out grinding endgame and lose the love for it!

EchosOfJupiter2026-01-12 11:04

What a weirdo

lipfang-moe2026-01-12 11:08

bro literally WHO ASKED. unsolicited opinions are so annoying.

as someone who completes all endgame content (except dire onslaught) I'll never judge someone for not completing it. It's annoying and only judges you based on how good you are at playing genshin as an enemy killing simulator. the game is an ARPG, last I checked I dont need to be a meta-prisoner just to kill some hilichurls for a chest, advance in the questline, decorate serenitea pot, play miliastra wonderland/TCG, build characters, etc.

the endgame modes rewards are absolutely ass, too. spending 20k primogems to get one good character is not worth the 200 primos you'll get from beating abyss 12. and in nod-krai you can change that cost to 40k primos since now characters come out in pairs. in stygian, all primo rewards are coop-able. in IT, the arcana levels give you 200 primos total, but beating those typically just means having more characters, not having better characters.

and all of this is not to mention that you can beat abyss floor 12 with only 4 stars. not that it's easy, but it shows that there's really not much point in pulling specific meta characters as long as you're willing to put in the effort to make weaker characters perform well.

guylovesleep2026-01-12 11:09

just how Entitled can one be

ThePoohKid2026-01-12 11:10

The word mid has lost any and all meaning

ArgonianWhoSeekGod2026-01-12 11:11

I do what I want

cjd26052026-01-12 11:11

I think you’ll get this in every game, sometimes people forget especially with gacha power levels don’t always matter. For me I play with my strongest team possible yes, but when I’m running about with Ayaka Saryu Tighnari mona cause I like the characters 🤣

nekorinSG2026-01-12 11:13

I too keep getting the same replies when I ask for character interactions or lineups when they aren't meta.

I get non constructive replies like

"Destined to be unable to clear Dire. Stuck at Diff5 for SO." "Spend so much pull c6 to do c0 level of damage with your team lineup"

To "this team will never work, it isn't meta".

Sometimes I wish these elitist players can just realise that not everyone plays meta. And not everyone aims to clear end game.

XxLucidDreamzxX2026-01-12 11:15

"Heh.. Ive cleared all endgame"

I... dont give a shit?

mojaee2026-01-12 11:18

stupid bitches and their superiority complex that they want to rub on people's faces.

DarkoakQuarks2026-01-12 11:29

Consider: Neuvillette is hot

nakorurukami2026-01-12 12:04

Unpopular opinion: I feel more liberated that I can't clear end game content. It gives me more time to do other things instead.

sdric2026-01-12 12:10

To me, it's still insane, that Neuvillette is now seen as "Mid", Natlan escalated power-creep to an ungodly amount.

FirstCurseFil2026-01-12 12:16

Anyways on today’s episode of Why I Don’t Look At Anything on Hoyolab Except My Stats

SexyCak32026-01-12 12:29

No it isnt, stop cherrypicking random ragebait or immature dumbass comments and let it affect you to any degree.

_PretendEye_2026-01-12 13:28

Idc I'm skipping Columbina for Neuvi lol

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