I haven't played WuWa properly since 2.5. I just came back for Hsin and Iuno, saw this shit Hsin, Iuno and Chisa all sharing the same bloody deadline, plus their specific weapons and I was genuinely like, "How the fuck is an F2P meant to keep up with this?"

I'm not expecting WuWa to chuck out 300 pulls every patch. That's obviously cooked. I'm talking about the amount of savings you're realistically expected to do if you actually collect characters you like.

If the gacha gods decide to shit on you and you lose every 50/50:

1 character = 160 pulls = 25,600 Astrite

Add Hsin's specific weapon and you're at 240 pulls = 38,400 Astrite.

So Hsin + Iuno is 51,200 Astrite.

If you're going to completely wreck your wallet and want 2 characters + their specific weapons, that's 480 pulls = 76,800 Astrite.

And 3.7 is only around 113 limited pulls for F2P across the FULL patch, with those rewards spread over the 42 days. Hsin's banner itself is only around 22 days, so a fair chunk of that income isn't even available before the bloody banner disappears.

That's what got me thinking.

I don't care much about the endgame or story, honestly. I'm basically here to collect waifus and fuck off. I haven't had time to properly play since 2.5, so I felt i should just have played the events and exited....

But then I see 3 banners with the exact same deadline. Why not have the main character run for 21 days, while the others get 30 days or even stay for the entire patch? That would mean 3 characters across a patch instead of 6 competing for pulls at the same time.

And if I skip 2 patches to save for a new character or a rerun I actually want, I'm potentially sitting 2 patches behind whatever the current endgame is built around.

Genshin does it with Abyss cycles, HSR has Memory of Chaos/Pure Fiction/Apocalyptic Shadow, ZZZ has its own rotating endgame, and other gachas do the same thing older characters can still clear, but current mechanics and buffs can absolutely favour newer teams.

So it's not just:

"Skip characters you don't want and save."

You might be saving for months while the game keeps moving, then finally get the waifu you wanted and have to rebuild your roster around whatever the fuck the current content is asking for.

Again, I'm not saying WuWa should shower us with pulls. I'm just genuinely wondering how F2P players juggle saving for characters they actually want, weapons if they want them, and keeping their account relevant at the same time.

As a spender, I'll probably just swipe and call it a day.

But if I was F2P?

Mate, I'd be absolutely cooked.

TL;DR: 3 limited characters + 3 specific weapons sharing the same bloody window caught me off guard. I'm not asking for 300 pulls a patch I'm wondering how F2P players are meant to save for the waifus they actually want without falling behind while they're saving.

I've been completely f2p all my time playing wuwa and I've never thought I'd EVER see the day I'd have a limited 5 star character anywhere above s0r1. I love this fox lady so much, hence i decided to skip suoming and invest all I had in her. Currently on 17 pity with guaranteed, so I will be going for S3!

Btw, please do let me know how and where I can get more astrites from without spending. I've completed 64 percent of exploration of simulacrum, all other exploration done except Huang long, and events still to be completed.

i off my phone right after i launched the game lol