Lantern Rite Thoughts
Feb. 9th, 2025 10:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
incompleterulerHello everyone, it's been a while! I got busy with finals and then I simply didn't know what to post about... I'm still working out that one Wanderer and Ei post in my mind. Unfortunately I have classes again as well as some other stuff to do, so I haven't been playing that much Genshin.
That being said, I did play through the whole Lantern Rite! And finished the story about 2 hours before the event ended. Thankfully, I had half of it already done so I didn't have to rush it, and oh man I have a lot of thoughts about it. This was my first Lantern Rite, so obviously I was very excited to see everything - the characters in the overworld, the minigames, the story itself... I had a lot of fun overall! I bought myself some Lanterns as well. They're very pretty.
But obviously, what I have the most to say about is the event story quest. I've always liked Hu Tao, but I have to admit I haven't played her mission or anything so... it's not like I stopped liking her, but she kind of ''fell off my list'' in favour of other characters. However, this event definitely resparked my interest in her character. I'm glad I chose to finish the story, I think it really shows what kind of person she is and well, it's exactly my type of character LOL. Maybe not completely, but it's safe to say she's shot up in my character favourites list. Not so far as to consider her my Pyro fave though, that spot is reserved for Lyney!
Aside from that I thought the story was nice, but there was one thing I wish they'd done more with, and that's Lan Yan's character. I know that what sells, sells; money talks and whatnot, but I was so ready for Lan Yan to be behind some kind of conspiracy or... not necessarily evil thing, just not completely good? With all the figurines scattered around I was so sure that was the route they were going to take, and even though I liked her I was hoping for her to have some sort of twist like that. Not really a nitpick, just something I would've enjoyed more. I understand that making ''evil'' characters can be a dangerous move taking money into account, but idk man, I like variety.
Anyway! Overall it was a cool event, and as I said earlier this was my first Lantern Rite so I was very excited to see what it was all about. I finally got Xingqiu's C1 because he simply refuses to pull up to my account normally. I loved the minigames too, including the battle one which is surprising because I usually get my ass beat at those, but I actually thrived in this one!? My favourite one was the Electrocharged stage.
And speaking of Electro... I reached my first 100k damage with Raiden a few days ago! It's so, so cool to have finally reached that number, even if it was with my friend's supports' help. I'm very happy about it, can't wait to reach that number again!!
There's one thing I also can't wait for, and it's VENTI'S RERUN. In my entry last month I mentioned I still had to look at the 5.4 banners to see who I wanted, and I think it's safe to say I'm skipping this version too, lol. I haven't really pulled since Nahida in October, aside from one 10-pull on Hu Tao's banner and like, two wishes for Shenhe. I almost have enough for a guaranteed Venti, too (and that's not taking my pity count into account! If we combine both that and my wishes, I definitely have him guaranteed already). I don't mind not pulling because, well, I only pull for characters I like (that's the point of the game!), but I want to have him already.
And that's it for now, I think! Hopefully I'll be back to posting regularly. Life has been very good to me lately, but I've been so busy (with good things, thankfully!) that I almost completely forgot I had a blog. Now I'm getting busy with uni again, but I trust I'll still have some time to write every now and then. There's so much I want to write about.
Until next time!
That being said, I did play through the whole Lantern Rite! And finished the story about 2 hours before the event ended. Thankfully, I had half of it already done so I didn't have to rush it, and oh man I have a lot of thoughts about it. This was my first Lantern Rite, so obviously I was very excited to see everything - the characters in the overworld, the minigames, the story itself... I had a lot of fun overall! I bought myself some Lanterns as well. They're very pretty.
But obviously, what I have the most to say about is the event story quest. I've always liked Hu Tao, but I have to admit I haven't played her mission or anything so... it's not like I stopped liking her, but she kind of ''fell off my list'' in favour of other characters. However, this event definitely resparked my interest in her character. I'm glad I chose to finish the story, I think it really shows what kind of person she is and well, it's exactly my type of character LOL. Maybe not completely, but it's safe to say she's shot up in my character favourites list. Not so far as to consider her my Pyro fave though, that spot is reserved for Lyney!
Aside from that I thought the story was nice, but there was one thing I wish they'd done more with, and that's Lan Yan's character. I know that what sells, sells; money talks and whatnot, but I was so ready for Lan Yan to be behind some kind of conspiracy or... not necessarily evil thing, just not completely good? With all the figurines scattered around I was so sure that was the route they were going to take, and even though I liked her I was hoping for her to have some sort of twist like that. Not really a nitpick, just something I would've enjoyed more. I understand that making ''evil'' characters can be a dangerous move taking money into account, but idk man, I like variety.
Anyway! Overall it was a cool event, and as I said earlier this was my first Lantern Rite so I was very excited to see what it was all about. I finally got Xingqiu's C1 because he simply refuses to pull up to my account normally. I loved the minigames too, including the battle one which is surprising because I usually get my ass beat at those, but I actually thrived in this one!? My favourite one was the Electrocharged stage.
And speaking of Electro... I reached my first 100k damage with Raiden a few days ago! It's so, so cool to have finally reached that number, even if it was with my friend's supports' help. I'm very happy about it, can't wait to reach that number again!!
There's one thing I also can't wait for, and it's VENTI'S RERUN. In my entry last month I mentioned I still had to look at the 5.4 banners to see who I wanted, and I think it's safe to say I'm skipping this version too, lol. I haven't really pulled since Nahida in October, aside from one 10-pull on Hu Tao's banner and like, two wishes for Shenhe. I almost have enough for a guaranteed Venti, too (and that's not taking my pity count into account! If we combine both that and my wishes, I definitely have him guaranteed already). I don't mind not pulling because, well, I only pull for characters I like (that's the point of the game!), but I want to have him already.
And that's it for now, I think! Hopefully I'll be back to posting regularly. Life has been very good to me lately, but I've been so busy (with good things, thankfully!) that I almost completely forgot I had a blog. Now I'm getting busy with uni again, but I trust I'll still have some time to write every now and then. There's so much I want to write about.
Until next time!
