Yeah that's really bad and very low of them to do so.

Genshin has puzzle-like games in them.
Especially in Inazuma, and if you do them right, you get treasures+gems.
Some that are very hard involve quests that give payout of like 30-60 gems.
So sometimes i look to see if i missed any.
Treasures are still valuable regardless of gem amount because sigils
which you can give to the sakura tree and they sometimes give out fates
as rewards.

I'm very good at grinding gems in games as a free player.
As i normally do not have a choice XD
i have pretty decent self control mostly because i worry if i won't make any income for a few months.

there is a lot of quests and puzzles in inazuma.

and the new 2.4 update is today.
my friend and I are trying to co-op
before the update

my laptop just hated co-op mode.
wanted to do two boss runs but was only able to do one.
better than none but my laptop handles games very poorly lol

I'm still wishing for Xiao but saving a bit. I almost have another pull.
But if no Xiao second pull, i will scrap what i can do for free lmao.

I don't even remember what i got...i think Chongyun? i think maybe he is at c3.

I have c1 thoma. Tho my 5 stars are top priority right now.

i feel 10 pulls are better just because you dont have to get nothing but 3 star items one at a time.

polearms and claymores i prefer so i love using characters that have that.
i still need to level my chongyun as he is at 50 but will do no damage at my world level lol.

thoma has a very good design and very nice character. i really like Xiao and Zhong Li