@BirdizzleYT
You can’t hide the bad things about this game by giving us stuff like more pulls and character buffs. It doesn’t solve what’s bad about it, it just redirect our attention somewhere else so it gives them time to implement other janky shit.
@Fuzionable
8:14 You shouldn't have to apologize for being honest. You're a long-time player who has been repeatedly treated poorly by the devs patch after patch, and half of the content of that livestream was there to try and silence the crowd. HSR is a gacha game; people spend time and money to play these games and keep them alive, and clearly the HSR devs do not value their supporters. They demand more money with a spending event, only give out free 5-stars from version 1 that most players already have, and shove powercrept units into standard. If anything, people like you should always express your dissatisfaction, because it is valid. Don't let the people who want to live in their safety bubbles and eat the slop Hoyo feeds them every patch tell you to "stop being negative," because complacency is exactly what these predatory devs want. Always criticize live-service games, always hold them to the highest standard; because if a game never improves where it needs to, why does it deserve your hard-earned money? No game is perfect, but Hoyo games are exceptionally low quality for the money they rake in, let's be real. I know that was a whole big rant, but seriously, I hate seeing almost every CC feel the need to apologize for being disappointed and having negative feelings towards a gacha game. Not everything can be sunshine and rainbows, especially when something you love is destroying itself. You can still enjoy a game, play it daily, and point out, discuss, and criticize its flaws. No one should tell you to shut up or tell you to drop it for that. Honest feedback is the best thing we can give to these games.
@zai9783
I've played the game since launch and it really hurts to see the game go down a road like this. I've loved this game for so long. At this point I'm just waiting for the fate collab. If the devs don't improve by then I guess I'll just have to stick to Wuwa and Limbus.
@i_dont_have_a_youtube_chan8584
Basically most change I care about are delayed. Animated cutscene in game is my favorite addition. 50/50 loose pool is nice but I would at least want their lc in standard banner. The way they advertised free Loucha and Ruan mei is deceptive even though you technically get the gold token for shop
@Thedoorway123
Genshin could never meme from hsr aged like spoiled milk at this point
@laserkirby9373
2:40 Because I believe strongly that they are going to do the FGO Interlude Route, where the buffs are actually lore related, so they want to do a story section for each character that recieves a buff, also allows CC's to choose if they want to get the buff in the first place or for comparison videos. But why it would take 6 months to implement when other Gacha's have implemented new Feedback-related content within a month, is beyond me.
@lensjouly483
finally one of the youtubers spoke out about the buffs and noticed other problems besides this global passive, my big respect to you. People just keep laughing at those who are unhappy with the passive, but my god, do other problems and worries in the game not bother you?
@corvomeen5086
Agreed, people that said Castorice global passive is fine hoyo wont add more global passive that wont shake the balance is coping hard, imaged trusting a game with a global passive behind paywall, that already have history of how the cant manage their power creep and hp inflation.
@SmashTheAdam
Every update since 3.0 has been killing my interest in the game more and more, it started since 2.x but I only started REALLY feeling it in 3.0
@piterrospl9512
I think the most worrying stuff about it is all the positive stuff. I know it may be stretching and perhaps overreacting, but it feels like they are putting so much positive stuff (even if most is very vague and/or insignificant) just to slide the passive under the radar. Plus, Castorice is super hyped and a waifu, with insanely good animations, so naturally there will be tons of people distracted to care, or even defending. And I've already seen comments like "it's no big deal, the passive is very insignificant", "it makes sense lore-wise", "how dare you criticize my waifu", "why are you complaining when we get so many improvements and 2 free 5*". The main reason why this gets me worried, aside from the obvious greedy practice, is that this situation has so many parallels to another situation we're suffering from right now - powercreep. When Ruan Mei launched, she was hyped - just like Castorice. She even touched us in the story when first meeting, so of course people would simp like crazy (and they did). She released stupidly broken and raised the damage floor of all teams (in lesser or larger amount, but there was pretty much no team where she wouldn't be an upgrade). And of course, in the same version, they gave away free Ratio (just like now they are giving two 5*). And so, the comments were like this: "it's only the first harmony, no big deal", "she's strong lore-wise", "how dare you speak against my waifu", "why are you complaining when they gave away free Ratio". And look what followed - HP inflation, Acheron, Robin, Firefly, Feixiao, Herta, more and more HP inflation... and we're in powercreep hell now. Do global passives have to follow the same course? Of course not. But can we trust that Hoyo won't do it, knowing their history of greed?
@OmegaShanic
For your personal sake, there is a vast difference between this video (which is critical of HSR) and negativity videos (that I am blocking). It's easy to give examples, but difficult to properly explain exactly how - negativity videos are transparently awful is the best way I can explain it. Please continue to be critical of HSR, plenty of us will continue watching and appreciating it. :)
@admiralalyssa
The HSR community has genuinely disappointed me more than any online community I've been a part of. They see 30 free pulls and completely ignore the ramifications of the future for opening the door that global passive locked behind Gatcha mechanics can offer. Actual comments I've seen include, "Oh, so you can't clear MOC anymore. Who cares? It's only 80 Jades," or "I don't care because she's a waifu." I know I can't change anyone's mind, so I just made the decision to stop paying; once my BP and express passes are up, it's F2P from then on; if it gets worse, it's time to quit. I hate that I love the lore and characters it's the only thing keeping me around at this point.
@doge4300
The global passive itself may not broken but it’s BROKEN just by considering the fact that it is a GLOBAL passive
@lulushiny2340
I agree 100%. this short-term thinking of others is killing me
@w3t_wlpes
Releasing this at the same time Castorice’s Animated short dropped is crazy 😂
@crimzon002
I was waiting for an old character buff announcement as well. My favorite character is Silver Wolf and I still use her in teams. At least it was confirmed. As for the passive I just hope it's only for overworld enemies and story. Kinda like how now there is a casual mode now.
@Vidvie384
The fact that the old character buffs aren't coming until 3.4 which coincides with Phainon release and the fate collab has me believing they will add a new global passive (since players will be more focused on everything else in the update).
@lunosse9886
Genshin could never, hsr could never, zzz is next. Welcome to the Era of Solon Leveling
@hozay4698
Just found your channel. Really appreciate your take on this. As a whale (multiple e6 characters, and many e1/2 ones) who has been playing since launch, the game has been frustrating me more and more with its bad game balance and lack of content. Since the livestream I’ve been watching many creators talk about these similar things and I find myself really agreeing with you on the “buying time” hoyo seems to be doing. Things like the character buffs are nice to hear but I really wish they said more. Like HOW are they going to buff them. Surely by now they have to have some template or ideas. Many people seem to think they are actually adjusting their kits more than multipliers, but nothing is confirmed. So it’s hard to get so excited when they gave us no roadmap. But then I think, who is next, what’s the rate that they will buff others, what’s the plan? I really wanted clarity not just vague promises to “come back later”. I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt that maybe balancing takes time or whatever to implement but at least give your players more clarity on the plan. In that same vain, in terms of the gold token thing, hoyo is saying they’ll add more characters you can buy with the token, but again they give no roadmap on how often that pool gets updated. Every 3 months, 6 months, year? Who knows? And lastly, the content drought since late 2.X sucks and I was disappointed to hear no recognition of this at all. Sure this patch has like one combat event, and two cute minigame events. But what about 3.3? We going back to just 1-2? I don’t need everything fixed right this minute, I get there are lots of factors at play, but I feel like they just didn’t provide the clarity they should have. I’m at the point where I’m going to stop spending until I feel I get more from the game and devs. I still like this game, it’s world and characters. I just really want the game to improve (also fuck the global passive).
@jmesporlas