Genshin Impact is a fairly extensive video game with a wide variety of waifus and husbandos that have unique characteristics that have managed to captivate fans, although the franchise also has its ups and downs and it is one of them that has generated a lot of debate in recent days.
Despite offering a lore that lists visual elements representing different cultures around the world, a new demand has arisen through Reddit regarding the lack of playable characters that use armor. Specifically, the criticism originated in a thread titled “We need more characters with armor” that was shared just 5 days ago and has gone viral on social networks.
Noelle is the only character with Genshin Impact armor.
The description of the publication points out that Genshin Impact is a video game with a fairly large fantasy world that has been in operation for more than 3 years and only has Noelle as a playable character with armor. Although the points do not end here, since it is also mentioned that the most recent video game of HoyoVerse, Honkai: Star Rail, is only 6 months old since it was released and in this short period of time it already has 3 playable characters with armor.
In the comments made by the community, it can be seen that one of the first groups we meet in Genshin Impact is called Knights of Favonius, which, as its name suggests, would be expected to have members wearing armor. Noelle, the aspiring member who wishes to join the organization, is the only character who wears armor.
Another group of fans claim that the use of armor would not make sense due to the elemental abilities possessed by the enemies and the playable characters themselves within the game. Especially, they point out that it makes no sense to use a protection for blunt damage to fight against an enemy whose power consists of freezing, burning, electrocuting everything close to his environment.
Although there is another percentage that does not care whether they use armor or not and point out that Genshin Impact is a completely different game from Honkai: Star Rail that follows its own line of design when building its lore and playable characters obtainable through gacha.
It is understandable that a portion of Genshin Impact players are upset with the lack of armored characters in the game, but let’s remember that what makes the franchise stand out the most is its excellent design that enhances the youthful beauty and unique charm of its large repertoire of characters. Not having to implement armor on all characters gives the creative freedom to use lighter clothing that allows HoyoVerse’s designers to present distinctive characters that match the new regions coming to the Genshin Impact universe.
On the other hand, the discussion has highlighted that the use of armor in much of the games’ regions is completely unnecessary for the climatic and cultural conditions in which some of the characters’ repertoire resides. In the first instance, it is specified that Sumeru is a tropical jungle and desert, so no one native to such a region would want heavy armor.
Another one of the points is the region of Inazuma, a nation made up of islands and swordsmen, where it is possible for someone to wear body armor, but full metal armor is out of the question.
And one of the last regions where it is pointed out that armor is unthinkable is Liyue, fans point out that they are all sailors and spear carriers, so due to the situations they would all prefer lighter armor than bulky metal equipment.