does anyone else feel terrible killing saurians?

real

Yep, absolutely ToT I used the starglitter store to bypass the requirement for fighting them \^\^; Tho tbf <in universe> we're not killing them, we're sparring with them to train them, but eh... not that comforting compared to listening to the little ones squeal when you hit them \^\^;

Yes, like why have they made them your buddies and companions, and also the enemies in the wild...it feels wrong.

Nope and the reason why is because they’re not real also it’s not like they’re going extinct.

body decides to kill on it's own that I forget any guilt, feedlings, remorse.

I used to, but after prying my 400th claw off the little paw of a recently orphaned juvenile Koholasaur, I felt numb to it. Even that monstrous reflection of mine I used to catch glimpses of in those Phlogiston-heated springs couldn't raise a hair or start a beat in my cold dead heart.

This goes into my evidence book for why rerir is still the goat for murdering children.

You don't actually kill them, it's just sparring.

Same with every other human enemy (they run defeated).

Very few creatures actually die, the ones that become food mostly.

Yea, feels like playing as Anakin Skywalker.

Yes because they don't drop any meat even though they look edible and delicious

Monster hunter veteran here (Capcom game.) 


Maybe its tough for people who have only played Pokémon but from my point of view, All dinosaurs must be purged.

I feel terrible and miserable for the time spent doing the same thing over and over again, but I agree Genshin has always had this ambivalent, bipolar view towards fauna and wildlife.

On the one hand, they place cute adorable creatures and they also make quests to connect human and animals raising awareness of animal protection, take Chasca´s story quest for instance, but on the other hand, they make these animals extremely annoying in the overworld and they make you kill them like crazy to level up characters, it is what it is

The little cries from the babies make me so sad

I felt nothing after wiping out all of Fontaine's ocean life three times over.

yeah i hate it. i'm prefarming for ineffa and when i realised i accidentally killed some of them when farming whistles i felt like a monster

I try to only go for the spots with just adult saurians cuz they're ugly (lmao). I also never do leylines in Natlan cuz why tf do they only spawn the babies when fighting with a human group 😭

I have no idea who thought that making them killable would be a good approach. The worst part is that you can indwell their parent and "force" their parent to kill them

10/10 design, sometimes I want to write a fic about that /s

kinda, yeah.

there's a game i've been playing recently named CrossCode, where at some point you meet some electric cats in a jungle.

I feel guilty about taking them down, also because those guys are actually assholes that can very easily kill you

I feel worse about fighting the little Fontainian shieldy crabs.

Sometimes you just do what you got to do

It’s a video game.

I feel weird about our relationship with creatures in Natlan in general, such as beating them to inhabit and control their bodies as an exploration mechanic. I'm glad the alpacas are safe though.

I’m sorry little ones

No. Killing them brings immeasurable pleasure to me. Their cute eyes begging for mercy as I cut them down.. Pure Bliss! The more they beg the more fun it is!

i used to, but i eventually became desensitized. still, for a creative project of mine that's centered around natlan i made my new saurians moreso akin to monster hunter monsters and their babies retreat as soon as the fight begins

i kill them with their archon so they know no one will ever help them.

I feel sad too, but sometimes not cause I be minding my own business then they attack me outta nowhere, so in that case not really

I would but they keep coming back for more everyday. Thy are the resource that can never truly die.

Once I got deeper into the Little One quests and ESPECIALLY after >!the scene with Ayo's grandparents in the Archon Quest!<it was too heartbreaking, but fortunately I had already done some farming before that, particularly if a chest was involved. So now I just grab extras by using the Leyline Blossoms to summon them, even if I don't bother with the EXP books/Mora rewards.

I farm the volcano local legend because it attacks me first

No because they respawn 🤷‍♂️

No.

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If you’re patient, you can get all of the dragon teeth you need from fighting the local legend.

Forced to stroll through Natlan murdering families of four

It is a videogame with not real life implications.

Sometimes i think they degsined them extra cute and loveable because they liked that players already feels guilty of killing the mushrooms in semeru and after that the sea creatures in frontain.

I was already prepared what cute enemie i need to force to kill in nod krai tbh

no; they deserve that for all the suarian coop event

Nope
The annoyance at how few times they pop up from Leylines balances out

Only the babies.

No we apparently never kill anything and they just run away

Also do you know how many freaking claws I needed? I basically committed saurian genocide on the daily for like 3 months

Nope. I just lose respect for the dev and game.

If your story (Saurians are intelligent, a valued part of Natlan society, and are basically people) and gameplay (Lmao just go kill a bunch of these "basically people" who are standing around minding their own business) aren't consistent, then you as a dev are lazy, or just don't care - and If you don't care about the integrity of the game, then neither do I.

Genshin isn't a serious world with serious lore. Genshin's open world was designed to just be content^tm from the start, so I just think of the entire thing as just content^tm . Why would I feel terrible grinding through content^tm ?

Like, I call Genshin a generic Ubisoft open world a lot, but even Ubisoft puts more effort into immersing their mechanics into the game world than Genshin.

Nope, exactly because they look cute and everything... I expected ruthless world with heavy atmosphere from this nation of fire, where was accent on war and dragons, not cheerful dancers in hotsprings and cute pokemons. So every time I met this creatures, I felt only sadness and disappointment from wasted setting. I like cute animals, Fontaine is great example, I actually tried to minimise damage to fauna (killed animals only if they insisted on attacking me :D). But Natlan? Sorry, I just feel bad, when I interact with this region, even hate it, I think... But this is another story... 

The seal clubbing in Fontaine felt a bit worse to me, as, I think, they were passive even when in close proximity.

Meanwhile Saurians attack on sight. Not quite sure why, since they seem like an integral part of Natlan society.

But yeah, fighting Hilichurls or Fatui feels very different from both of those cases.

nope

I like to watch the light fade from their eyes 😇

YES YOU GET ME 😭 farming for Ororon always makes me so sad 🥺

Only the first 100

Well, i just sit close to them. And wait for them to attack me first. Can't feel bad if I only do it for self defense

I see it as we are sparing with them. The same happens with the tribes people we fight. And in some spars a few teeth might be knocked off.

Do you feel bad for innocent animals in the real world that are unnecessarily killed?

They attack me first

no, i enjoy killing them >:)

I feel like we are sparring though. And not every Saurians are good too. The only complain I had is
"Why we had to spar the juvenile ones TwT"

You’re not _killllling_ them.

In the nation of war, fighting is a form of competition appreciated by everyone, including the saurians and their children.

You’re just knocking. Few teeth out. An honest victor has to accept a trophy after all. Fortunately, their teeth grow back, no big deal.

I switch to Arlechino for the kill. Just a spider after her prey.

But yes I groan with pain every time

I mained Navia going into natlan, the little guys feasted on lead

Lol you should’ve been there when the abyss cycle made us kill a bunch of babies

Ifa really should have had a passuve vet skill that would allow him to collect materials by running a "check-up" on any neutral Saurians without aggroing them.

No, because I am not insecure about a game. I've been killing innocent animals and people in games for around 30 years.

We literally had to club baby seals in Fontaine; my heart is already dead

What about the cute foxes or little wales etc?

The only mobs I feel bad about and go out of my way not to kill whenever possible are Hillichurls. Anything else is fair game.

why are you farming materials if you don't want to kill stuff. isnt the whole point of ascending so your character can be strong enough to kill stuff.

If it really bothers you, there's a solution: farm exclusively using Ley Lines.

The beings you fight in Ley Lines aren't real. They're projections of memories stored within Irminsul. It'll be a slower method, since not every Leyline includes Saurians, but it will get the job done!