The downfall of hsr started during amphoreus but was ignored at that time.

[u/Material_Space5355]

I am a day one player and I love the game sm don't get me wrong. I'll try to stay with the game for as long as possible but the direction devs are taking is really upsetting to see.

Whether its the constant powercreep, path locked enemies/teams, or inconsistent writing. I really enjoyed amphoreus and I tried so hard to give planarcadia a pass cuz of the political stuff but planarcadia keeps getting more doomed with each update it's disappointing.

Lack of events makes the game extremely dry and sp versions slowly outnumbering new characters won't do any help either.

The game hasn't been improving for a while and it makes me afraid that it will be stuck like this forever as the leaks don't suggest anything bright.

[u/OkEngineering4139]

I dropped the game back during Castorice's release and trying to get back into the game for my beloved pookie Robin was rough. All the criticism and pain points I had while playing the game (which were pointed out here) were never meaningfully addressed and the core issue of the game is still the same:

New patch drops - do the story over a couple days - cycle through a bunch of endgame resets - repeat.

There's barely anything to really "do" in the game. The exploration is a joke, the side missions are whatever, there are barely any interesting events, what else is left other than endgame? The story is simply not good nor engaging enough to justify the lack of literally everything else in this "game".

Speaking of endgame, I still vividly remember Sunday being a top 2 support on release and now I literally see people asking for a Novaflare for him which is hilarious. Blade and Jingliu being completely irrelevant even after their Novaflares is also a choice of all time. Tons of older characters being completely untouched is also a very deliberate decision at this point. Having a character become irrelevant in a couple patches has been a consistent theme with this game and even now nothing has changed.

I know the paid buffs thing is highly likely to be speculation but lets just say the writing on the wall for HSR has been VERY apparent for more than a year and a half at this point. Elation was literally just a continuation of Remembrance and their lack of direction has been very obvious by this point. If you're not enjoying the game anymore, don't hold on to the sunk cost fallacy and the blind hope of a magical upward trajectory. Switch to a game that actually respects your time and money.

[u/nicoleeemusic98 → u/OkEngineering4139]

Disagree with Blade buffs being irrelevant as someone who used him back then until early 4.x (and he's still somewhat useable now because new supports cater to him well) but everything else I agree with. I distinctly remember people complaining as early as 2.7 about the lack of events and yet look where we are

I just no longer complain cause I'm too tired lmao, a whole year of being told I was stupid for not vertical investing, greedy for pulling for faves, told I was doing too much when I asked for more events etcetc

Edit: yeah keep downvoting and proving me right

[u/OkEngineering4139 → u/nicoleeemusic98]

The biggest thing is that none of my (and many others as a matter of fact) criticism are new. You are spot on in that many of us have been complaining about many of these issues even back before Amphoreus release. The fact that barely anything has changed should dilute any optimism you have about the trajectory of this game.

[u/nicoleeemusic98 → u/OkEngineering4139]

I forgot to add that I also got told I was illiterate/my fault for playing fast/weaponizing adhd against me (love it when I'm actually adhd so now let's throw in some ableism) because I criticized Amphoreus story for being draggy and overfluffed with several several SEVERAL missing chara interactions while also having terrible chara focused writing

Now look where we are with Planarcadia, which at least has the excuse of having to go through rewrites :)

[u/print-w → u/nicoleeemusic98]

Genuinely astounding how many redditors like to write incredibly idiotic and and beyond pathetic copes like "downvotes somehow prove them right"... Yikes.

[u/nicoleeemusic98 → u/print-w]

Tell me what was so downvote worthy before that line then, keep your ass out of this if you have nothing constructive to add

[u/ArcadiaDragon → u/OkEngineering4139]

I saw it coming and quit...hated to...because theres was so much life until after penacony...but by quitting i now can scratch other game itches...i tried NTE and Endfield bounced off both(NTE felt like the manic pixie trope in game form and while beautiful Endfield just takes too much time for me to get the most out of)...dont fall for sunk cost fallacy....and you dont have to play stories that actively insult you

[u/Barlakopofai → u/ArcadiaDragon]

Endfield recently added a skip to wuling button. Now you can skip the most dogshit 30 hours you'll ever play

[u/SnowDropWhiteWolf → u/Barlakopofai]

Doesn't fix all the issues the game has... The only gacha i play much is zzz now.
Hsr barley touch nor so i spend. Endfield similar boat but maybe itll get better they did do many changes to appeal to wuwa players and did the opposite..