Even then, HG shouldn't copy Hoyo on inflated player stats. Not when they need to work on Endfield's story, cuz right now it's Hoyo levels of bloat. Valley IV arc is a boring mess.

I can't picture myself sticking through future patches each filled with tens of hours of bloated dialogue and poor story pacing just so I can be "caught up" with the story. Devs, not just Hoyo or HG, need to put in effort to make spending time (and optionally money) in their games worth it. Don't hold players captive with dailies and drag out stories just to pad it out.

Was not aware there's 8 Hoyoverse games now. Looks like a gacha hell to avoid or play sparingly.

A friend dropped GI and HSR, but still plays ZZZ because the excessive dialogue of the 2 games takes hours to catch up on their current stories. It's mostly irrelevant to character development and lore too.