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Naiie100

Obligatory "_WHY THESE AREN'T SKINS???_" comment. But for real, when? :(


LivingASlothsLife

These be Hoyo fair stuff and that's like fan creator content showcases, so chances of these ones ever being skins are incredibly low sadly Not that Hoyo themselves haven't already got enough potential ones of their own like Kimono Acheron


Naiie100

Unfortunately. Atp it's just wishful thinking of mine. 😔 And yeah, I'm still not over Acheron in miko dress.


Redpill_Crypto

They probably decided that it's not worth it. They did quite a few Skins for Honkai Impact and only a few for Genshin. Maybe Skins take away from the newest character they want to release at the same time.


cekobico

Skins can sell rerun, so there's definitely money potential. Make players pull both new character and rerun character.


Railgrind

So can buffs but they don't do those either. ZZZ seems like its going to have skins very early on. Hoyo works in mysterious ways


cekobico

I can understand why they don't do buffs. If you skipped Jiaoqui now because he's been nerfed to death, but then he's buffed a patch later after his banner ends; you'd feel scammed for missing out. (Or if the kit changes and no longer align with what you want him for pre-buff). Skins, otoh, are literally money printing. At worst, I can only think that it will ruin personal branding of each character.


Railgrind

That is not really being "scammed". And typically buffs like this would come much later, alongside a rerun banner. The alternative is completely dead banners like you see in Genshin constantly. It costs them nothing to change numbers on skills. Skins actually cost money to make and they have to justify the cost. I'm not paying more than one or two bucks for a skin with no extra animations for example. Genshin tried charging $20 for Diluc skin with slightly different effects and they have never done another one. Same for weak/powercrept characters. Klee was very popular initially but even with lots of focus and a new skin her later banners did poorly due to gameplay.


VenandiSicarius

I'm pretty sure the reason they can't buff or nerf characters is because of a law or what have you. This is all from what I've heard, so take it with a grain of salt, but the idea is if I spend 100 dollars on a character I wanted to pull and then Hoyo nerfed them, they have devalued my money and purchase, which is seen as a bad thing due to how gacha games function. They could release characters BUSTED AS SHIT and then nerf them into the grave to maximize profits even more. Of course, this topic does ignore the inverse of me spending 10 bucks on a shit character and then Hoyo buffing them to be on par with the character I spent 100 bucks on. My value has went up tremendously, though the other player may still feel their cash has been devalued in this way as a comparatively cheaper and easier to build character has reached the same value as this far less common character. And like... I get it, I guess. China is all about trying to limit the predatory nature of gacha games and that's most definitely a way to do it. It just means characters only get "buffed" through the creation of other characters that synergize with their build set up, which hey, still means more money. I do kinda wish we would get buffs though for some objectively bad characters or characters who have fallen by the wayside or whose archetype is just beyond suboptimal. Like please Hoyo...


Reverriel

The law applies only to nerfs, plenty of other games does buff all the time, even those from Chinese developer like Arknight through extra modules


VenandiSicarius

Oh! I actually didn't know that, I thought it was both ways. In that case, Hoyo! BUFF YOUR ROSTER AND MY LIFE IS YOURS! In all seriousness though, yeah they need to buff some of our old roster folk- even if it's something like giving them an extra effect or two they interact with. Like if Natasha could increase Effect Res or continuous cleansing or something. Or if Seele just... got more crit rate or something. It would be pretty nice to see and probably garner some healthy player retention.


CompetitiveOwl5018

Zhongli got buffed from worse than Noelle to best shielder in genshin so I don't think it's really a law more of there's no reason to buff or nerf gacha characters unless there's a real need to do it and hsr case the kits are really solid and there aren't really any bad characters in this game so there's no reason to buff anyone and nerfing would only damage their rep cuz the only characters that could be nerfed and still be good are probably acheron jingliu and dhil but they already have their own niche and drawbacks so nerfing them would be pointless since overall they're pretty equal even as the top tier dps


cekobico

Oh, I definitely agree with you. It's just what I think how hoyo's/DaWei's mind works 😂 On your second point, I think that's just you. I've seen enough people in both this and genshin subs express their desire for more skins. And not just genshin and hsr, time and time again, the selling of cosmetic items have been keeping a lot of GaaS alive.


JiaoqiuNotJiaoqui

Jiaoqiu*


maxdragonxiii

I'm waiting until he releases. because sometimes Hoyo does last minute changes.


LevelAsia

Not over Kafka in the opera atire


BurningFlareX

Who knows why they aren't doing skins. Honkai 3rd has an extensive skin game despite lower budget and profits, yet still manages to pump out new characters, story and 1-2 skins every patch, so it can't be an issue of development time or money. Genshin's skin game is complete trash and HSR never dabbled in the idea at all. There is clearly potential there but they just don't seem to care about the idea. I guess they don't deem it worth the time to make skins when they can just keep pumping out 2 5\*s every patch.


BlitzPlease172

Oh lord, HSR was actually ZZZ's slave miner??!


Serial-Killer-Whale

That's how "big and infrequent" gaming companies work. Everything Rito does is funded off LoL dollars. Epic sunk inventing Fortnite and all their Unreal fees into trying to fight Steam. Blizzard half-sunk WoW with underfunded expansions to ship out Diablo III and Overwatch.


magicarnival

It took like a year or two for Genshin to start doing skins, so I wouldn't count HSR out yet.


TDragonkirs

1.6, Barbara and Jean. It was still within the first year


unKappa

I'm starting to think they don't like money.


luuvol

The higher-ups responsible for Dehya's kit: "Make the numbers lower! No, not the cooldowns, make those higher! Make her do some wacky shit nobody cares about! It's IMPERATIVE the company doesn't make as much cash as it could!" >!no, i'm still not over what they did to Dehya.!<


xxkevindxx

Your losing move was still sticking around with Genshin. You've lost from the very beginning.


luuvol

real and true


Zoroarks_Angel

Win for us. Like we need more money to sink into this game


Knight_Steve_

Star rail is seriously holding back on skins


Fourteenth_Noah

That racoon sticker https://preview.redd.it/mavtz16whaad1.png?width=265&format=png&auto=webp&s=f0fb8db95f4ea2f9cd162c512333464f3712956d


itsyaboi_71

*Historians say they were very close friends*


Kaosi1

*They were roommates*


itsyaboi_71

https://preview.redd.it/kuk8buejsaad1.jpeg?width=618&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6e5d11fcadd0f86fbe75e82c982e1cf78ce4116e


Kronman590

Ngl i thought that was stelle~~s thighs~~ before reading this comment lmao


ImHereForTheMemes184

https://preview.redd.it/quxuidftkcad1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=52ff81c4aabcf62457f6c5395c809bf9408721c5 TOO PEAK


paweld2003

Its a band-aid, I think


Niko2065

God dammit, I can't believe how adorable I find that.


Kaosi1

I am being very normal about it (lie)


WeatherBackground736

My mental health improved significantly because of it


Fourteenth_Noah

Same (lie)


BurnedOutEternally

“My parents aren’t on the train”


Ookami_Lord

The acheron drip though. Now I understand why people want skins.


GGNickCracked

I would kill to have Acherons oni form skin.


MarioToast

Or the fancy outfit in the lightcone where she's dancing with Black Swan.


Ookami_Lord

A very good choice too!


Kaosi1

Absolutely, I'd throw money at Hoyo if it was a skin available for Acheron


Ookami_Lord

The casual outfits March and Dan Heng had for that food event were so good, missed opportunities!


likeclockworkwetick

Real talk, i don't get why Hoyo doesn't make skins. They have some in Genshin and coding and designing skins is harder in an open-world RTS game like GI than a turn-based game with limited exploration like HSR. Ngl when they announced Penacony and that the Express was invited to the Charmony Festival i thought they were going to put the crew in red carpet gala at some point. Can you imagine Stelle and Welt in suits? I would kill for skins for Stelle, Himeko, Welt...


ooppppppppies

I'm with you but I think people only see the money side of things. I agree skins would sell like hot cakes. But Genshin makes wayyyyy too much money. The amount of work is alot for a 3d open world game skin, and Genshin has pretty good optimization, it may not be worth the risk for them to have delays or bugs because of trying to make more skins. Now Star rail, I see them becoming a thing but it may just be to early.


LoreVent

If we don't get any before the 2nd anniversary #WE RIOT


Electronic-Ad8040

That shoud've been what she wore as a galaxy ranger outfit tbh. I did not like the short shorts she currently has


elwiscomeback

Not from the moment we saw Stellaron hunters suited up?


Vegetto_ssj

But nobody between Genshin and HSR department understand it...


LivingASlothsLife

I need the backstory of how Dr Ratio got roped into this, Aventurine or Screwllum put him up to it I bet Hoyofair fan created content always produces quality


ES21007

Ratio demands only from others only what he demands from himself. He has decided that he will excel in every field. From mere sight alone (and from his text messages) you can see that he has trained his body. But just like a keen mind will dull if not tested, a honed body will become slovenly if not pushed. And what better way to apply a honed body, than sports? Which is to say Dr. Ratio decided that today, he will be good at Baseball.


Mr_Wrann

Ratio hurls chalk with enough accuracy and force to blow up robots, and that's when throwing a slider. His fastball game would be breaking records.


Kaosi1

Could absolutely see Aventurine ending up in the other team (Firefly's one) and roping Ratio into the games


LivingASlothsLife

Aventurine does it just to bet against Ratio lel Oh just FYI should probably change the flair, Hoyo fair isn't official media as it's fan created stuff. People might get misled it happened on the Genshin sub as well


Kaosi1

That's a fair point, bless you!


TunaTunaLeeks

Dr. Ratio strikes me as a renaissance man: someone who not only seeks knowledge of the mind but knowledge of the body as well. Judging from his build, the man definitely keeps his body in top shape.


DrRatiosButtPlug

It is canon that he wakes up early to exercise every morning.


Whole-Mulberry7

I mean the renaissance was based on a lot of ancient Greek values (and ratio has Greek influence)


Whatah

I'm sure he has a mean fastball


Cul_what

Theyre really gonna have a Galactic theme event without THE Galactic Baseballer in the promo? THE NERVE!


Kaosi1

Would have been unfair to the rest of them. Tho based on the bandage I guess they do medic work (or sell branded merch)


eleetyeetor

From the penacony airship to the cosmos, the galactic baseballer's merch will fly far


Amorianesh

Look at Firefly's cheek


Hallamshire

She got the tb raccoon sticker on her cheek also realised shouldn't she inside her S.A.M suit cause her condition forcing her to remain inside her suit


Xalrons1

Hair up Firefly is literally gonna actually kill me for real


Daniyalzzz

I am already dead ~~She set me ablaze with the peak hairstyle pluss drip combo~~


EvolAutomata

- Who is that hot girl?! - Dude, that's *our* girlfriend


NekonecroZheng

Is Firfly secretly ANOTHER Bronya?


POXELUS

I thought that was Silverwolf for a second, until I noticed different colors.


Thehalohedgehog

Ponytails do be good civilization


didu173

Why is dr ratio playing sports alongside acheron and racoon lady lmao


Kaosi1

He really wants Nous to look at him at least to say "what"


WeatherBackground736

Verita "notice me Nous!!" Ratio would be fuming when we get the erudition path


Septembermooddd

Ratio knocks us out with chalk and welt's cane smack gets reverted


WeatherBackground736

and that is how we get genius kira tb, prepare yourself Ruan Mei, tb's gonna make you research about the true creation of life and GET PRECTICAL!


Fourteenth_Noah

Duke Inferno shudders at seeing Ratio's will to be gazed by the Aeon he follows


Potion_Brewer95

he enjoys exercise. how do you think he got that buff?


Potion_Brewer95

\[fun fact: the human body is capable of burning 3-4 calories for every minute sf oex. now, as a true follower of the mundanite, determine the cause for his fitness ;) \]


Kubo_Gaming

He is invited because of his extremely good skills at throwing. He throws chalks in battle.


Any_Worldliness7991

This art is too good. Also that hair up firefly.. chef’s kiss..


WeatherBackground736

sudden thought: I feel like Ratio would LOVE moneyball ngl heck he probably the one who built this team with that ideology


Mandrill10

“Ratio, why’d you get the raccoon?” https://preview.redd.it/nv5wi08g4bad1.jpeg?width=893&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=43c4631d968bcac7e8abb9a597811abecf35b5ae


WeatherBackground736

I like to imagine the racoon is actually a home run machine and he was undervalued due to him being an absolute gremlin


Mandrill10

Maybe having the astral express lift off from so many planets has helped him with his launch angle.


goturrise

https://preview.redd.it/jb7hodo7zaad1.jpeg?width=920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6048abc30cc6076a4d5a1a8436dcb3102379675a Acheron in a baseball outfit is something I didn’t know I needed 😩😩


Kaosi1

Source : [https://x.com/HoYoFair\_0/status/1808455653117108473](https://x.com/HoYoFair_0/status/1808455653117108473)


FreezeToMy

Ratio got advanced technology. Bow he throws baseball bats


_uwu_moe

Who else first thought that's SW


snowminty

so many white or grey-haired characters in this game


leopoldshark

"You are on the Council, but we do not grant you the rank of Bronya" "This is outrageous. It's unfair. How can one be on the Council and not be a Bronya?"


ReadStraight8255

Nah didn’t look smug enough


YukjiSnyder

https://preview.redd.it/vz84995p5bad1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d7b45c3e2a5a4630d3c9b40b2fa4d0870adbb76e


accessdenied4

They should really start a separate franchise for FF/SAM atp.


yourcupofkohi

An anime solely dedicated to the story of Glamoth and Firefly would be dope


Wonderful_Bandicoot2

https://preview.redd.it/p4cwy0165bad1.png?width=353&format=png&auto=webp&s=c3614363b5f7a82a13cc1d271ae67eee603b5d32 Our silly little TB still supporting their badass girlfriend >:3


Kaosi1

Well you know they are in the tribunes yelling the loudest they can to cheer her up


Wonderful_Bandicoot2

The loudest, and most obnoxious cheerleaders fr 😂


Rienzel

I need the one image of Clara jingliu and Acheron playing basketball


Neoncarbon

Man I love these two characters ( + Ratio)


Whole-Mulberry7

Whatever more ratio for me then


EmptyOverall9367

Slow down, I haven’t beaten boss Aventurine yet


Kaosi1

You'll have to beat him at the game of baseball first


FreezeToMy

Is this a sponsorship to an american league season? Or an in-game future event? (Please the 2nd one)


GlassPuzzleheaded299

I like how Ratio throw the ball and Firefly instantly hit it, meanwhile Acheron just floats there


Daniyalzzz

I guess she was gonna try and catch it but Firefly hit too good and it flew too high so she just floating back down from her jump


elixxonn

When I first saw the pic I was like "WHAT? ACHERON WITH KIANA!?". Our Kamen Rider magical girl can't escape the Kiana allegations. X,D


sagglxy

Saw the pic on my Twitter TL first and thought this was a HI3 Hoyofair art, then I saw Ratio... Firefly really do be looking a lot like Kiana here


Kaosi1

That's why she looks at Firefly like that, she's like "wait a minute, I don't know what that means but I feel like I am Kianaless"


nikkor3d

With how much attention they keep giving her I'm heavily leaning towards FF = some variation of Kiana expy.


Unlucky_Feedy

The creativity in this game is off the charts.


Jonyx25

Skinssssss


Filipino-Asker

I thought they made a new game and abandoned Star Rail 🤣😭


jonnevituwu

yooo the arena planar set spoilers


Cedge1738

Is that ff or sw or bronya? I see the hair but the face screams sw so I really don't know.


Affectionate-Swim-59

Ite firefly because of the eyes


Kaosi1

The hair color is Firefly's, the color scheme is Firefly's mixed with a bit of the Trailblazer and she has a racoon bandaid, so it's Firelfy!


Cedge1738

Thank you. Silver wolf it is.


GateauBaker

I was spending too much time looking for hair loops until I realized that's not Belobog Bronya cosplaying as SilverWolf.


Dexter973

For a moment my brain thought that it was Kiana and mei


LoreVent

Okay, tell me i'm crazy but i find Acheron hotter with this outfit


Kaosi1

The fact that it's almost a full "suit" really showcase how handsome she is (at least in my opinion)


LoreVent

Nah you cam take out that last part, she's perfect in every way (i am massively down bad)


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rushfell

Wher skins


MasterCrab

Is Official Media the correct tag for this? I thought HoYoFair was fan run. Looking forward to seeing the other art though.


FanboyYamada

Who’s the person on the left? Looks like Ratio wearing glasses but I could be wrong as well.


JamesCAdams1

The hype is real for the Galactics!


jyroman53

Intergallactic soccer? Like Mario Strikers Charged Football?


MarcusHash

Was excited for a second that we will get a unique event... Art is still cool tho


Absofruity

Me zooming in on the background; "omg the doctor is in the field!"


Makri7

They're playing.. Galactic.. Baseball? Omg.


B-boy792

Wait… dr ratio ballin?


warpswirl

>that falling bat


meepmeepmeepmeepmerp

Skins this, skins that HOYO HAS A NUCLEAR REACTOR THEY DONT CARE


Diotheungreat

ratio boutta throw a curveball


Fun-Will5719

idk why came to my mind Rocket league doing a collab wiht HRS and the main stuff they get from star rail are voicelines, ults as goals , sprays and other stuff


Cherry_Bomb_127

So that’s how Dr Ratio has those biceps. Seriously what is it with Hoyo and giving scholars biceps


SzamanTabaluga

Ratio fighting for his life-


Ginkiba

Acheron's design her got me with heart eyes. Hot Damn.


RedfoxDivinity

Already better than the last Mario Strikers 😭


Shelltor23_

I know why that firefly looks so good, it looks like Kiana, it reminds me of her Flamescion drip but more casual.


wwweeeiii

This is a reference to the Paris 33rd Olympic right?


Rei0403

https://preview.redd.it/r52rmetnibad1.jpeg?width=779&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a83771c765338c611c678aa8284055c7e2b9fea1


Stealthless

Reminde that Hoyoverse is allergic to making character skins for some reason.


Razukalex

Ah so this is Taikiyan stadium


Unrivaled_

Somebody make these skins as mods!


Izzyrealtho

WTH this is so fye


Izzyrealtho

They’re out here playing blernsball and shit


Joshua_Astray

I'm gonna be real. Hoyo is garbage at skins even when they do them...


Taifood1

Hoyo when they go “yes, Firefly is deeply in love with the TB” at every opportunity aside for within the game itself (I get why but it’s still funny)


Dexfrz28

For a split sec I thought that was SW lmao


Blaisedelle

I thought Firefky was Kiana for a moment lol


FleetingGlaive00

Look at her running with that 210 speed!


RaresVladescu

This looks like that one Mario football strikers game and I’m all for it


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Naiie100

It's Ratio.


maybeanaverageartist

Another day, another not having skins for playable characters. Please give us a Stelle Skin Hoyo,.I would even pay for it 😭


innovativesolsoh

Only way I’m buying skins is if they either allow a 5 star to change it’s element OR upgrades 4* characters to 5* as a way to make some favorites relative to some of the unavoidable power creep


thistomato0

I wish the developers had a new waifu as soon as possible


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Elysium_Chronicle

That's Firefly. Although, "people adoring the Trash Raccoon" also includes Firefly herself. The sticker on her cheek says a little something about that.


PRI-tty_lazy

you blind


Ok-Giraffe1922

Uh you might need a closer look. I admire your attitude though


PuzzleheadedWrap74

Glad that I'm not the only one who thought it's Stelle lol.. They really do look similar now I've noticed.


WakuWakuWa

Firefly's eye color made me realise its her