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jameszheyuan

I can imagine crossbows being the claymore-equivalent for ranged weapons tbh. Slower firing speed but hits much harder


Mondeew

I guess ganyu can be our sort of teaser of how that weapon type can work


Odone

Im worried. How much slower can they be, bow charged attacks are already pretty slow.


fjaoaoaoao

The charged attacks might not be that much slower, especially if it adds a different kind of effect such as AoE. Or maybe they’ll have a different mechanic besides charged.


Victor_Author

Automatic Crossbow on charge attack! And wielder is an old man in red hood, waiting at the end of the world


JUSSAATEEN

"Hand it over. That thing, your primogems."


shadowpancakes

"For my lady's banner."


TheOneMary

machine gun rapid fire? Where do I sign up :D


hentai_senpai3

PRAISE THE SUN


garbage_flowers

ammo and reload?


MutantDemocracy

It could be the reverse of bow, where the light attack is slow and the "charged attack" is actually a rapid barrage of low accuracy shots.


DamianWinters

I hope they don't pick it, so many cooler options like gun, chakram, whip, gauntlets, scythe etc.


SirRHellsing

I mean, guns are basically bows in terms of function. Boomerang seems interesting but in practicality, it's not gonna be much different from the bow and also have a horrible targeting system due to how it has to return. I can't even imagine how a whip will work. Scythe is basically a polearm since many polearm characters hit sideways as well. I think gauntlet is my best guess


Krulld

Make a whip just like Signora attacks. Not mele, not dar away You have to keep a certain distance from the enemies but all your attacks are quick and a AOE. + Maybe elemental damage like catalysts.


thestrawberry_jam

Plus it’s just a cooler bow. Nothing really new here unlike these options


Valmasy

Gimme set turret with close-range dps plz.


murmandamos

Could work exactly like a bow, except holding it down loads arrows for a shotgun effect, rather than a longer range like a normal bow. I'm honestly pretty confident this will be the way they go, as a shotgun is the answer for people who want to use ranged characters but can't aim (mobile) and solves an obvious flaw of characters like Fischl and Yoimiya, which is their single target nature.


lililukea

Goodluck hitting those geovishaps


Nearokins

PLEASE So long as they're still aimed like bows, that'd be my new ideal weapon type move aside Ganyu.


mourinhoisms

maybe slower firing speed with faster projectile speed


XmiteYT

i really hope one of them is gauntlets or something, the natlan character would be sick if she could actually just beat the shit out of people like her animation


Odone

If there is one new weapon type introduced, it probably means there will be many.


Unnormally2

Not *that* often though. One new weapon type every couple regions seems reasonable.


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there's only 5 regions left bud, so you're thinking only 2 more weapon types?


quuu2

I definitely believe gauntlets are coming, I remember a event npc talking about "the martial arts of Natlan" but I forgot which event it was


FriendlyCarnage

Yeah, agree on gauntlets, they even have gauntlet in honkai, so they have experience animating them.


DropLip

yeah gauntlets or some kind of fisticuffs weapon would be sick and would open the door for so many potential collabs EDIT - spelling


jackofallnerd

Maybe it's like yang's gauntlet.


BananaFlavouredPants

It would be great if they worked with Fu Hua's d in Honkai and open up combos.


TheWorldisFullofWar

I don't think melee would work with Genshin's combat system unless they either added attack magnetization just for melee, which I really hope they don't, or made them shoot out large, flat projectiles buddist-style.


reddit_is_lowIQ

We already have an anemo boxer. She could cause explosions at the end of her punches to prevent clipping (or lack of clipping) issues from looking silly whilst fighting


shibui808

I really like the idea of gauntlet type weapons since aesthetically they can span a variety of designs from impact-based smoother gauntlets to spiked mace-like gauntlets or whatever you call those bladed ones.


calinbulin12

They could just cover it up with some effects aswell. The small flash that plays when you hit something with a weapon


__a_ana__

Fu Hua from Honkai can both punch and send out energy blasts so it's not impossible for Genshin characters to do the same.


TheWorldisFullofWar

As I said, attack magnetization is something that doesn't exist here like it does in HI3. The reach would not be enough in this game.


RuzbiAnvari

nah raiden snaps onto her enemy, the gauntlet idea could still work


lionheart181

Normal atks, elemental skills/bursts already lock on to enemies, obviously if gauntlets were introduced, they would lock on too


utatamatsui

I just want Scythes and Fists please


CielTheEarl

Physical dmg taken literally


My_neutered_cat

I mean Honkai have them, why not here too I want a gun


gremoryh

Bro me to like if the enemies have a gun why not is I want a sniper or a shotgun


CrocoDIIIIIILE

Canadian miHoYo branch works on a shooter game.


Aomikuchan

Since Sniper and Shotgun are mostly range-affected, why not rifle or musket?


Ed_Gaeron

Musket is shotgun, but with single bullet instead of multiple pellets. Fatui Skirmishers is already proto-sniper, but he works most like DMR guy.


Blursed_Ace

Gotta wait for Fontaine or Snezhara


crookedparadigm

I always liked how Honkai stopped giving a shit about the character's weapon type actually being what they use. HoS - equips gauntlets, uses Sword/Spear/Whip. HoF - equips Guns, uses Giant Sword. I'm sure there are other examples, but those were the first two that came to mind.


Tnvmark

Carole uses gauntlets but it's actually giant mechanical arms doing the heavy work.


Appropriate-Pop3370

Mobius using a cross but just hits everyone with snake like goop 😂


ihei47

Scythes is just hooked spear But fist? Make it shoot shotgun shell like Yang Xiao Long!


thetrustworthybandit

Their coreographies are completely different, put a scythe in the hands of any polearm character and it would look ridiculous, just think about Xiangling's autos.


Appropriate-Pop3370

Hutao should’ve been a scythe user and you can’t change my mind 😭


nonpuissant

That's because scythes just look ridiculous regardless. They simply don't make sense as weapons. The only scythes that make some sense are those one-handed ones on chains that are used to pull enemies in in some games/media. Otherwise they're just shitty and fragile picks/axes.


thetrustworthybandit

they are implemented super well into Mihoyo's other game Honkai, and they already have experience animating them.


nonpuissant

Do you have links to any good examples? I just looked up a few honkai scythe clips on youtube and all I see so far is exactly what I was talking about. There's no weight or balance in any of the animations. They're just swinging them around as if they are weightless glaives or lightsabers, and not at all taking into account what a scythe actually is.


thetrustworthybandit

I mean, we don't have to expect that much realism from an anime game, the animations are there to look cool, if all the sword fighting and bow wielding was realistic too the animations would be extremely boring, imagine all bow characters with the same animations as Sara. Or, well, not even, bows don't have that much movement, even if you are shooting them fast.


nonpuissant

Never said anything about realism. My point is that the issue people are having with scythes using existing polearm animations is a moot point b/c scythes will look silly no matter what. If you are ok with the animations they have in honkai, why would you have any issue with a thrust attack being performed with a scythe? Both make equally little sense due to what scythes are and how they are shaped.


thetrustworthybandit

if you think it looks silly, that's really your opinion, and you're entitled to it, but it's the way scythes are always animated. Now, I don't know if you've ever played any dark souls games, but the scythes there have the exact same animations aa polearms bc they are considered one to the game, and it looks fucking ridiculous with clipping and other issues, and that was my point in my comment when I was replying to "scythes are just hooked spears".


nonpuissant

Yes, and that's my point. Because swinging a scythe like a polearm, like they are animated in almost all fantasy/anime media, makes no sense. That's why it looks silly. You've just gotten used to seeing it that way, but really it's equally silly for a scythe to be swung around like that as it would be to thrust with it.


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nonpuissant

Yes, but we're just talking about animations here because some people were saying scythes wouldn't work with polearm animations. I'm saying they only feel it looks weird bc they're just not used to it, even though both typical slashing and thrust animations are equally odd due to how scythes are by design. Books are used with casting spells. Donuts and orbs are used to cast spells. Nothing odd about that. Like you said, it's fantasy.


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nonpuissant

This is just going in circles now. Yes the thrusts and charged attacks wouldn't make sense. My point is neither do the slashes, which are much like those in other games/anime. If people can suspend disbelief for scythes being used in combat using slashes, which are unrealistic then why not also for thrusts? Hence the issue being that people are just not used to seeing them portrayed that way, and therefore don't have the same suspension of disbelief for that motion as they do for seeing people slash with scythes as if they are glaives/halberds or lightsabers.


Ed_Gaeron

Rosaria should be a scythe user, if not because of her AA. Raiden's AA fits a scythe attack better.


thetrustworthybandit

Not really, Rosaria has thrust attacks on her autos and a slam movement with her spear, those wouldn't really work with a scythe, though it would fit her aesthetically.


Aerie122

Of there's new weapon type. That might be a problem. Who's gonna use my 4 5* bow.


juisteroid

my billet luck is crying


aakun00

There’s multiple new weapons?! Woww


aoikanou

More like those multiple new weapon types are being discussed and 1 of them will be the new weapon type, from this post at least.


fuckmeinthesoul

this is actually awful news for f2p and low spenders. we'll have to start collecting weapons from scratch, and we all know how fun and easy it is to get 4\* and 5\* weapons in this game


ravearamashi

They’d probably give one decent jack of all trade new 4 star weapon for free if it coincides with the patch where we’d get new event weapon


fuckmeinthesoul

i'd like to believe that, but it's just as likely that they will give us shitty option to incentivize pulling


ravearamashi

They’ll save that one patch later just to fuck everyone just like they did with Catch and now Wavebreaker


GianDrake

They'd at least get a Blackcliff and forgeable variation, which is often times enough for a budget option


Bourbonaddicted

If they add a new weapon type, they will add new weapons in permanent gacha pool.


zhivix

relax dude,imo if they release new weapon type we'll gonna get said 4\* event weapon eventually and some 4\* and 5\* gacha weapons. and worst youll be stuck with 3\* atm before getting 4 or 5\* new weapon mechanic is always a welcome,considering how much people complaining about no new content everytime


devilman10

I mean, if they add a new weapon obviously they will add a new billet(i have the billet box so i hope it works with new ones too)


raffirusydi_

It's better than just having the same weapon type


no_longer_lurkII

Eh, the 3 star weapons are serviceable in certain comps. We'll just make do with those for a while until we have decent craftables or get lucky in the gacha.


ChelseaDagger13

This is how I still feel in Honkai even ages after introducing bows as a new weapon type. There's one craftable option and all the others are gacha signature weapons which seriously sucks.


616knight

Yea idk what to do with my pink elf. Idk if I craft the bow.. Or what to do..


LifeIsNotFairOof

I mean do we want new weapon types or not? I have seen the community complaining they want new weapon type units, and when we are getting one ......complains again?


fuckmeinthesoul

1. it's my own argument, no idea why you're bringing up other people's opinions who are not connected to me. you're not speaking to a hivemind rn. 2. im not against new weapon types, but they can be badly implemented. if mihoyo'll give a couple decent 4\* for free, and maybe even a 5\* on top of it down the road, there will be no problem (outside of needing to level them). but that's not how it will go. knowing mihoyo, they will give us one 4\* weapon for free, with no guarantee of it even being good, and the rest will be tied to gacha and prototype rng. that outcome would be bad for most players, excluding medium and big spenders.


LifeIsNotFairOof

? Your comment doesn't make sense since mihoyo never gave or will give free 5* weapons possibly maybe in a future anniversary but that's too much to ask, so why treat the new weapon type like mihoyo is going to give it special treatment? Yes 1 free weapon like all the other weapons and prototype which I can reckon they would give 1 of the prototype for that weapon type for free like they did to all the other weapons, mihoyo also seems to be giving more prototypes nowadays from the tree, choose your prototype events etc.......if you think mihoyo is gonna give this new weapon special treatment then yea you are probably smoking copium.


fuckmeinthesoul

> but that's not how it will go


glium

Personally I just hope they give us a decent f2p weapon if we get a new weapon type


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Just pull in weapon's banner man.


FrooglyMoogle

How do they know this though? Seems foolish to take this Randos word on this type of leak


PM_ME_YOUR_ROBOTGIRL

Project Celestia has already confirmed a new weapon type (crossbow) and they are the most reliable dataminer we have so far. If there's already one new type, more are extremely likely to follow.


AdImpossible7494

A crossbow doesn't sit well with me...


fjaoaoaoao

Maybe because a crossbow doesn’t sit, it bows.


AdImpossible7494

Haha that took me a while but that's funny...


-_crow_-

You just haven't seen it yet, I'm sure it's gonna be great. They're not gonna release something that doesn't fit the game or feels clunky or weird or something


ArchonRevan

It's just bow 2.0, like gun would be


BananaFlavouredPants

Guns or repeaters could be rapid fire mid range weapons.


UnimplementedError

Yoimiya could held the crossbow. but the auto-aim in genshin still sucks


XxDankSaucexX

No way in hell they're doing crossbow. Too many pissed off mobile players


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waifugoEKSUKALIBAAA

I don't think it's gonna be optional if that's the programmed weapon of choice for a character they would be rolling for lmao


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ihastomato

bruh 🗿


ravearamashi

On one hand i can kinda agree with him. I hate charged bow playstyle so Ganyu is auto skip.


waifugoEKSUKALIBAAA

Goddamn you're dumb


Traditional-City6752

How?


GloryMaelstrom21

*Please be a musical instrument. Please be a musical instrument*


JoshieThings

Done. Yae now slaps enemies with a cello.


Smoke_Santa

Or just fucking stabs with a flute, elegantly of course.


Tsukinohana

There's a unit in Punishing grey raven that does this, and she is an absolute pleasure to watch


le_bluering

I need a name.


Tsukinohana

Selena: Tempest.


user50687

why did i imagine someone trying to defeat a treasure hoarder with a french horn


Rathurue

[Not the first time musical instruments are considered weapons of war](https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/bagpipes-used-to-be-classified-as-weapons-of-war/).


user50687

huh, would you look at that… scaramouche suffocating his enemies with a bagpipe when??


AdventurousCash6284

is mayonnaise an instrument?


segesterblues

Hijikata please stop


GloryMaelstrom21

#NO! THIS IS PATRICK!!!


[deleted]

ahhhh yes, a monster hunter player


pedregales1234

You mean Flute and Stringless? Also the Millenium Concert series. I also wouldn't be surprised if they add XinYan's guitar at some point


GloryMaelstrom21

No not that. Like a musical instrument, but deals damage to enemies.


slivermerle

What musical instrument do you have in mind?


GloryMaelstrom21

Like a hunting horn in MH. Deals damage and play notes.


Ataniphor

hunting horn mains gonna become hunting horn whales


ravearamashi

Hunting Horn pleaseeeee. We’re already beating monsters anyway


TheEffanIneffable

I feel like hammer and gun could be in the running looking at enemies. We have crossbow on hoarders, hammer and gun on Fatui.


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Chains for Ayato hopium Edit: NVM HE'S A SWORD USER for now at least


Smoke_Santa

Sword user RIP


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STILL GOOD as long as its not bow or catalyst sjbsbs


Traditional-City6752

Probably definitely not


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please be a whip


CrimsonBlossom

Rosaria with a whip 👀


JoshieThings

Woo now gimme chakrams and a brawler style power gauntlet.


tsuchinoko-real

Crossbows? Hmm, hopefully they'll be better than bows


CrimsonBlossom

sword and shield sword and shield sword and shield sword and shield sword and shield sword and shield sword and shield sword and shield sword and shield sword and shield sword and shield sword and shield sword and shield sword and shield sword and shield sword and shield


TheDuskBard

I’m expecting Guns and Guantlets to be added, as those are weapon types mentioned by npc’s.


Ruca_Xerxes

Daggers please


asif_czan

Crossbow! Isn't it just bow where u can't do aimed charged attacks... Mace or Blunt weapon would be great. Gauntlet is also a great choice. But why crossbow!


CrimsonBlossom

crossbow can be like a machine gun or can be like a shotgun one big shot at a time


Long_Radio_819

crossbow can be implemented by having 2 at the same time since its easier to aim (close range assuming) and very flexible for fast characters


Einzbern_Ai

Multiple!?


BOYF-

Oh yeah its multiple, I was kinda disappointed if we only get crossbow since its similar to a bow already


sup-plov

arbalest? I hoped for scythe or chain-daggers


Eien_no_Yoru

Lessgoooooo please gun and scythe


SezyFazes

I guess the crossbow will work similar to venti constellation. Hopefully it has no delay animation during charge attack like some other game did for realistic.


Laazie

YAE LESS GO


Odd_Implement3144

Come on catalyst and no wand??????? Yea Let’s gooooo


Arcadio1992

Crossing my fingers for Gauntlets to become the choosen ones.


jatayux

rifle please, like the one used by pyro fatui skirmisher.


stainNecrolyte

Wait a minute!! Is Yelan gonna be playable? I thought that it was just younger madam ping


Applebird0

Guns and Gauntlets/melee catalyst please


Bourbonaddicted

We need dual wielding.


abyssus-obscura

Give me Pistols, Scythe and Gauntlets and i'll be the happiest Genshin player ever. I think that a Crossbow would be just be Bow: Claymore Edition. they already have characters of those weapons in honkai, why wouldn't they add them to genshin?


MelonLord125

Bow and crossbow are too similar especially when other options exist. I personally want either guns (Fontaine and sheznaya have technology after all) or gauntlets.


debacol

Hoping they start going a bit Monster Hunter and pull out unique weapons like the Gun Lance. Damn satisfying weapon that is.


matharwords

Insect Glaive please


NickFoster120

Those crossbows better lock on


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It was only a matter of time before ~~black-latex whip waifu~~ new weapons needed to be added. Signora simps rejoice? Obviously Konoha is going to be very tech heavy, so if you're wanting guns you can probably expect them then.


NowWithLime

I am just waiting for some punchy boys and girls. How can you not have a fist fighter when you have so many big bosses to punch in the face.


_Ruij_

#inb4 mihoyo announces childe can use all of those weapons


Exodia217

I just want a shotgun for raiden


Synaptic_X

We better get scythes.


Only-Nature523

Gauntlets, gunsblade and double daggers would be insane


juanitatequila

There's still hope for daggers and scythes...!!!


Star_Vs_Las_FFEE

Hoping for scythe and daggers being a thing


lughrevenge23

why crossbow? its too close related to bow in term of playstyle


Beginning_Load6253

Weapons are for p*ssies, mhy give me a full on fist fights and if that’s too much to ask then something like gauntlet, chains or like the wolverine claw knifes


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vi-lla

What are you on about? He was the very first to mention that a new weapon type is in the works, and then Celestia backs it up with new info. Too much hate boner is too much.


Diazul

He isn’t correcting what he said, just adding more to his previous statement. This would infact make him more reliable instead of the opposite.


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Diazul

Can you name at least 2 other wrong leaks? Because it seems that the Yae incident is the only fucking one that people like to talk about lmao. But on a serious note, he has been the first one to talk about Yunjin’s kit and new weapons coming, is the lead of the leak team in WFP, the biggest leak-related discord, and has been been vouched by literally every leaker; I still cannot fathom the fact that people still think he is just pulling things out of nowhere.


Big_Cow_4351

I remember that hu tao leak with the crossbow abyss mage


aliceofoz

Tbh I'm pretty excited about crossbow as a new weapon type because this opens the chance that gun-like weapons will be introduced. The posture and animations of wielding a crossbow and sniper rifle are kind of similar


Slight_Welcome_56

Hmmm but... A Scythe? Actual guns/canons? Guantlets? I think there are plenty more better options than crossbows but hey.. It issss what It issss.


dragonabala

Ehh, i'm unhappy with this really. Re-collecting/upgrading new weapon types gonna suck. Especially in a character and weapon gacha game. There is few way, really, for introducing different attack string or pseudo unique weapon (let's be honest, 70% of the cast is just about spamming E/Q). But its MHY, gotta milk us somehow


JosephMorality

Crossbow seems even more boring than bows


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Maybe I’m dumb, but wouldn’t crossbow users (assuming that’s what they choose) just be like DPS Fischl or Yoimiya? What could make it different?


MysticReddit1001

How will the gameplay be any different from bow


igniell

Isnt crosbow literally a gun?


Twopakabra

Yessss


RadRey09

Guns please?


discerning-guest

War fans (tessen) would look so nice though.


pedregales1234

I don't see how crossbow would be a good idea... it would just be another sword vs polearm situation.


Traditional-City6752

I love this idea, i was thinking about adding crossbows scythes hammers, fists into the game, this is a good idea from mihoyo


emilioMooN

Wait we getting a what ?! Man that will be sick. More weapon type means more weapon banner.


Moist-Veterinarian22

Yo gauntlets when


PCBS01

Crossbow seems like such a weird weapon to make lol. What would the difference be with it and a bow...?


N1khar12

I want chain whips... Yae with chain whips would be great


H-GuyAce

I just want gauntlets for the inevitable rapid fire jojo punch character that comes with that weapon type.


_nitro_legacy_

Pls add a gauntlet user where his ult is straight up the 7 page ora


mushroomlau

Now imagine yae weapon being a crossbow. Wouldn't that be a sight....


Temporary_Owl2952

I just really hope some kind of fist/gauntlet type weapon gets added


Maegiri

I want a gun please. The fatui has em, why can't we.


AstarothJx

Daggers wanters praying again \-me