I would like to applaud Mihoyo for making Barbara permanently accessible from Patch 1.1 onward
To be honest, I have a lot of issues with this game like everyone else but one of my biggest concern is Barbara. It's on my list of the things [I wanted Mihoyo to make permanent the most](https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact/comments/jfonj5/shouldwill_barbara_stay_accessible_after_patch_11/). For me, the lack of Barbara can really break the game for F2P unless they can lucky pull another Hydro.
\[**Note**: The recent barrage of news included one that stated that Barabara is now available [through completing the "Baptism of Song " quest](https://genshin.mihoyo.com/en/news/detail/6536) (like Xiangling for Spiral Abyss) with NO-TIME LIMIT. So Barbara is now a permanent roster for people as long as they **reached AR 18.\]**
In hindsight, AR 18 seems like a far away number but it's actually around the perfect spot because of one thing, Liyue. If you don't rush into Liyue to open the entire map at the start, you'll most likely start your Liyue Story Quest and your adventure into Liyue around AR 15-25+ (depending on Comission too), and that's where you'll meet the biggest bulldonger against you if you don't have Barbara, the **Pyro Abyss Mage** (they only appear in Liyue so far). Without Barbara and her Hydro (unless you lucky pull), good luck dealing with them other than running or smashing nonstop, and have fun with any trials involving them. Yes, other elements work too (Cyro, Electro, etc.) but you guys all know by now how slow it can be if it's not Hydro.
This doesn't even count the fact that Barbara is your white mage (except can't Res). Yes, you can say "Oh, Noelle can heal too!" but Noelle is more like a Paladin/Monk hybrid, a semi-healer, that can somewhat heal but you have to set her up a lot more than Barbara just to make her viable. And since I know many will hound onto this part of the reason I would like to say that this isn't the most important reason (it definitely is a plus), its her hydro element.
Last but not least, Barabara allows you to experience the full potential of Genshin Impact, being frozen 24/7.
This praise might come back to bite me later. But for now, this is my happiest news of this update.
https://redd.it/jqtrk6
@Genshin_Impact_reddit
To be honest, I have a lot of issues with this game like everyone else but one of my biggest concern is Barbara. It's on my list of the things [I wanted Mihoyo to make permanent the most](https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact/comments/jfonj5/shouldwill_barbara_stay_accessible_after_patch_11/). For me, the lack of Barbara can really break the game for F2P unless they can lucky pull another Hydro.
\[**Note**: The recent barrage of news included one that stated that Barabara is now available [through completing the "Baptism of Song " quest](https://genshin.mihoyo.com/en/news/detail/6536) (like Xiangling for Spiral Abyss) with NO-TIME LIMIT. So Barbara is now a permanent roster for people as long as they **reached AR 18.\]**
In hindsight, AR 18 seems like a far away number but it's actually around the perfect spot because of one thing, Liyue. If you don't rush into Liyue to open the entire map at the start, you'll most likely start your Liyue Story Quest and your adventure into Liyue around AR 15-25+ (depending on Comission too), and that's where you'll meet the biggest bulldonger against you if you don't have Barbara, the **Pyro Abyss Mage** (they only appear in Liyue so far). Without Barbara and her Hydro (unless you lucky pull), good luck dealing with them other than running or smashing nonstop, and have fun with any trials involving them. Yes, other elements work too (Cyro, Electro, etc.) but you guys all know by now how slow it can be if it's not Hydro.
This doesn't even count the fact that Barbara is your white mage (except can't Res). Yes, you can say "Oh, Noelle can heal too!" but Noelle is more like a Paladin/Monk hybrid, a semi-healer, that can somewhat heal but you have to set her up a lot more than Barbara just to make her viable. And since I know many will hound onto this part of the reason I would like to say that this isn't the most important reason (it definitely is a plus), its her hydro element.
Last but not least, Barabara allows you to experience the full potential of Genshin Impact, being frozen 24/7.
This praise might come back to bite me later. But for now, this is my happiest news of this update.
https://redd.it/jqtrk6
@Genshin_Impact_reddit