Genshin doesnt have nearly as bad power creep, even though its totally headed in that direction. HSR does like 3 years worth of Genshin powercreep in a single year and makes none of the previously released dps worth saving for when you can just pull a shiny new one thats not only shilled but also just outputs 3 times the damage lmao
It isn't even just the DPSes. I didn't pull for Hyacine the 1st time around because i was saving for collab and thought i would be fine without a limited healer. When i finally pulled on her rerun? I went from unable to clear a boss (the undead dragon) on manual to 3 starring it on auto just by slotting her in. The difference is disgusting.
I love her a lot she's my favourite Amphoreus chara but hoyo also made enemies hit harder to encourage people to pull for Hyacine/play hp meta 💀💀💀 I remember my Huo2 and Ling Sha being unable to keep some of my charas alive in some runs
I also remember back when AA was still in beta people tested and realized only Hyacine and pt could survive Lygus' nuke while all sustains prior to them couldn't keep their teams fully alive
Same as you I returned during penacony and spent like 100 for Acheron and her LC, and now she's eating dust and I got bored to keep with the powercreep that I quit the game after getting Hyacine during her rerun.
Saying Genshin is headed toward power creep is deceptive. Mavuika raised the DPS ceiling once and it has not been raised since then. All of the characters since then are below the DPS ceiling but close to it, and make it easier since optimal Mavuika requires insane skill. There has not been continuous power creep after that and I doubt the devs are going to raise the DPS ceiling further any time soon (maybe in another couple years).
Neuvillette essentially raised the floor (there are other teams that deal higher damage than him during his prime). That doesn't really accelerate powercreep. He's just braindead to play and easier to reach his sheet numbers like hyperbloom.
What Mavuika did is she broke the DPS ceiling to smithereens and it took a year for the rest of the team to catch up.
Neuv didn't raise the DPS ceiling. He's just braindead to play, since despite what people say optimal gameplay in Genshin requires a lot of skill/knowledge and most players won't be able to reach their maximum DPS, meanwhile Neuv lets them unga bunga and get acceptable results.
the difference you aren't acknowledging is that Mav and Bineffa existing hasn't jacked up the HP at all. in fact, the highest amount of HP we've had was and still is the 5.8b abyss. every NK abyss cycle has had less HP than that one, and even despite all these new powerhouses, Mav is STILL at the top of the DPS ladder among them. where as with hsr, the HP has in fact been raised throughout Amphoreus. you conveniently left this information out in your little attempt at a dig at the game. I sure wonder why?
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Genshin doesnt have nearly as bad power creep, even though its totally headed in that direction. HSR does like 3 years worth of Genshin powercreep in a single year and makes none of the previously released dps worth saving for when you can just pull a shiny new one thats not only shilled but also just outputs 3 times the damage lmao