On one account, I'm at level 65, which means I have to face the Trial of the Equilibrium again. This time, the characters are at level 80. I had the Main Character, March 7th, Bailu, and Welt Yang. I still have Traces to finish but 7/10 isn't bad.
Well, it took a few minutes. Always, remember the personal shield, Cosmic Fried Rice, and an energy drink or something to help your DEF.
The other account might struggle more, but it's been good in the past. I may wish to strengthen the Traces more than 7/10.
The new version struggle with the assassins went quickly. Jing Yuan and Imbibitor Lunae were good, even though they were at level 78, which is lower than my own characters and in the one case, I only selected three characters for the team.
I'm sure that you can appreciate that I haven't spent any real money on playing the game. It's taken a lot of patience and planning to get to this point without paying for anything. I'm not paying anything to play Genshin Impact, and it's certainly difficult to get even 4-star characters there.
Update 2023.09.05: How did everyone do with their free pulls? On one account, I got an extra Himeko and an extra Yukong. This is especially important because Yukong is my only Imaginary character on that account. The other got an extra Herta and a Yukong-specific Light Cone, Past and Future. Eidolons are good. Both are getting an extra Sushang because of the Aurum Alley event.
With both accounts into level 65, I wonder what else will happen as I complete characters.
Update 2023.09.12: I've been completing every character I can. I've been working the Aurum Alley event, as well. Mostly, I'm waiting for Traiblaze power to be regenerated and credits to be enough. I was playing the event with Bailu at Scalegorge Waterscape and I noticed level 85 characters afterwards. When did that happen?
I've also been working on Genshin Impact again and I'm up to AR 32 on both accounts. I see so many prerequisites and I'm not sure where they are. I'm finding new temples for artifacts and weapon ascension materials lately. I'm getting caught up in little side quests, but they might be exactly what I need to move further. I have a feeling that I need to finish Dragonspire quests before I can find Inazuma. I found Fontaine after dealing with the desert. I don't suppose I can use the Waverunner and take it all the way to Liyue and on to Inazuma. There always seems to be something in the way.