I was a v1.0 player who mostly quit around 2022/23. I logged in occasionally, did a few quests, and pulled a couple of pretty characters and that’s how I ended up with Arle and Chasca. Those are still the only limited 5-stars I have from Sumeru, Fontaine, and Natlan.
I started playing again in December 2025. My old Hu Tao used to carry me hard, but after coming back I couldn’t even clear Abyss or Stygian (Menacing) with her anymore.
When the DPS dummy first dropped it was humbling lol. My best team could barely scrape 60k. Luckily I managed to finish a bunch of quests and pulled Columbina and Ineffa. Their wheelchair setup let my freshly built Arlecchino hit over 100k kinda consistently.
Later I bought some Welkins to scrounge up enough primos (& Genesis Crystals) to pull for Zibai (got her on the very last day of her banner). Similarly pulled Linnea on the last day of hers.
Now with the Zibai premium team (C0R0 on all three 5-stars + C6 Illuga) I’m hitting 150k. I haven’t even fully built the team yet and I’m still super happy. I never thought I’d see 150k from my account (TT)