Honkai: Star Railmay be the younger sibling toGenshin Impact, but players will surely say that the game did some things better than its predecessor. For example, people no longer have to run four errands for the people of Teyvat, and instead only have to assist one daily.
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Other than that, of course,Honkai: Star Railalso includes some other features that would have been accepted with an open hand if it was ever implemented inGenshin. To list a few, here are some things inHonkai: Star Railthat should exist inGenshin Impact.
7Shield Indicator
Due to how shielding turns into ameta inGenshin Impact, it’s no surprise that players are asking for an indicator of the remaining shield HP. This is so people can better plan when to refresh their shield, especially when the protector is Zhongli, whose barrier lasts for a while.
Sadly, up until now, a shield indicator is still not a thing inGenshin Impact. But what’s curious is that this feature has been available sinceHonkai: Star Rail1.0, where players can see bold white lines around the character HP, indicating the remaining shield. It’s weird why this system is not implemented inGenshin Impactyet, considering how helpful it is, but players can only hope it will be added in the future.
6Salvage And Custom Relic
Sanctifying Essence and Unction are Artifact EXP items added inGenshin Impact1.5. However, while this item is widely welcomed,Honkai: Star Railpulled it off even better. Instead of destroying unneeded Relics for Credit like how low-rarity Artifacts inGenshin Impactcan turn to Mora, salvaging a Relic inHonkai: Star Railturns them into EXP materials, which helps players free up space without losing the precious EXP.
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Not only a feature to turn Artifact into EXP materials, butGenshin Impactalso doesn’t have a feature tomake a custom Relic piece likeHonkai: Star Raildoes. Considering farming for the correct stat can be a pain, a system to make a custom Artifact inGenshin Impactwill surely be a brilliant addition to the game.
5Remove And Equip Relic Instantly
An Artifact set feature has been demanded inGenshin Impactsince the dawn of time. This will help people move a set from one character to another effortlessly as players often have one or two perfect sets that are shared between a few characters in their roster.
While a set feature is nota thing inHonkai: Star Rail, they do have a button to remove all Relics and equip the most suitable ones instantly. The logic behind the instant-equip still needs work, but it’s definitely better than howGenshin Impactdoesn’t even have this system, to begin with.
4Open Equipment Page While Picking Characters
There are several challenges inHonkai: Star Railwhere players have to pick their characters before entering. Of course, this is not new as it’s also available inGenshin Impact, but whatStar Raildoes better is the fact that people are free to change their equipment while composing the lineup without having to exit the selection page.
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Meanwhile, if players are picking characters for, let’s say,Genshin ImpactSpiral Abyss, they have to continuously go in and out if they wish to check their character’s equipment, which can be truly troublesome.
3Standard Banner Character Pick
It’s a popular meme that Qiqi is thenumber one pity ruiner inGenshin Impact, but there are still a lot of people who have never been haunted by the little zombie (yet wish to be). Unfortunately, since it’s all RNG, there’s no way to obtain a Standard Character that Travelers wish to have.
Meanwhile, inHonkai: Star Rail, after accumulating 300 pulls on the Standard Banner, Trailblazers are free to pick whichever 5-star Standard Character they wish to have, which allows them to have who they want without having to beg to the RNG spirit.
2Dispatch Again Button On Expedition
Expedition inGenshin Impactis calledassignment inHonkai: Star Rail. The two are somewhat similar and there’s nothing interesting from it, but the fact thatStar Railhas aDispatch Againbutton can be irritating for long-termGenshin Impactplayers since this QoL feature has been asked for a long time.
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Instead of having to choose everything all over again, Trailblazers can simply press the button if they wish to send their characters on the same errand. Meanwhile, Travelers have to spend one extra click inGenshin Impact; outrageous!
1Hide Conversation Button
A lot ofmoments inGenshin Impact’s storyare screenshot-worthy, but sadly, most of the time, the moment is just blocked by the conversation box. Fortunately, this is fixed inHonkai: Star Railwhere players can truly enjoy the characters by hiding the conversation box.
People who love to share their favorite moments will surely appreciate having this button implemented inGenshin Impact, although of course, there’s no sign that it will be in the near future.
Honkai: Star Railis now available on Android, iOS, and PC. A PlayStation version is in development.
