HoYoverse has become an immensely popular studio due to its multiple live-service titles, but that hasn’t made it invulnerable to controversy, the most recent of which concerns some nerfs to the latest character, Mitya, in Genshin Impact. He is a 5-Star unit who has already drawn significant drama over his power level and comparisons to characters like Yae Miko and Danica. However, the recent “bug fixes” coming in version 7.3 are the last straw for Genshin players.
What Are Mitya’s “Bug Fixes” In Genshin Impact?
Genshin Impact released details of known issues in version 7.2 and the fixes coming in the next update. The post was made on HoYoLAB and Miyoushe, the Chinese platform, and it took a while for players to notice these changes might nerf Mitya after his release in Genshin Impact. More specifically, at the end of these bug fixes, HoYoverse added one paragraph that wasn’t even listed like other bugs, and it significantly affects Mitya’s range and tracking of enemies behind him.
Additionally, while the character performs special Charged Attacks consecutively, there is a chance that the attacks will hit enemies behind the character when adjusting the attacking direction automatically.
Among the many bugs players have reported since Mitya’s release, this was the only one they claim HoYoverse snuck in to gauge reaction before “fixing” it in version 7.3. And boy, oh boy, they got a reaction. Since the post went up on Miyoushe, over 83,000 comments have been made, and it’s become hard to keep track because many players claim HoYoverse is allegedly deleting them.
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The most vocal of these fans are the CN community, which doesn’t often go against HoYoverse, and it was also these fans who informed players globally that the “bug fixes” disguise a notable incoming nerf.
How Will Mitya Be Nerfed In Genshin Impact?
To add some context, Mitya has already faced a lot of criticism for his meta value. However, being a weaker character isn’t enough to unite the fans like this. The main problem was the nerf to Mitya’s auto-target and range right when he was released in Genshin Impact. During the Creator Experience Server, almost all content creators highlighted that Mitya had a 360-degree auto-target range, and that range was ridiculously long.
For several days, Mitya’s long range became a big reason why he was discussed in the meta, and many people looked forward to getting him. However, HoYoverse told the content creators that the range was a bug, and that it was intended to be 15 meters, similar to Furina’s Skill. There was no mention of his auto-target also being affected, but when Mitya was released to the players, there were two main discrepancies:
- Mitya’s attack range was not 15 meters; it was 13 meters
- Mitya’s auto-target was no longer 360 degrees; it was 270 degrees.
The latter was especially weird because Catalyst units have a full 360-degree range by default. CN fans soon found out from Mitya’s code that right before his release, the devs tried to change his auto-target to be 180 degrees in front of him. However, due to an error on their part, it somehow became 270 degrees, leaving out enemies on the right-backside. Imagine a 3/4 circle around Mitya that leaves out the area behind him on the right side, but still attacks enemies on the left-backside.
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This is not symmetrical, and quite honestly, a bug. So, when HoYoverse says that the range is bugged and that they will fix it to attack enemies only on the front, it’s not entirely incorrect. The only mistake is that HoYoverse could have informed players about his auto-target being a bug when it told content creators about the range. It would have been a big factor for players who spent money on getting him. So now, it looks like Mitya received two major nerfs without a word upon his release, and he is getting another big nerf before the next patch in Genshin Impact, which also happens to release the next Electro main- and sub-DPS who is expected to completely powercreep him.
The Second Neuvillette Incident
Players are calling this the ‘Second Neuvillette Incident’ to relate to another instance when HoYoverse seemingly nerfed a notable meta character under the guise of a nerf to increase the value of an upcoming character, Mualani. For a year after his release, Neuvillette could do a rapid 360-degree Charged Attack move that essentially hit enemies in all directions at the same time.
HoYoverse nerfed this long after his release, coincidentally right before the debut of another Hydro main-DPS, and this enraged fans worldwide. Specifically, the CN fans went as far as reporting HoYoverse to the regulatory authorities for consumer fraud because the company changed a product players paid for (gacha) long after he was sold. Within a day, HoYoverse quickly rolled this back, and Neuvillette returned to how he originally was.
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Now, it’s Mitya that is being targeted, and CN fans are taking the same approach of threatening legal action and reporting to the authorities for this change. While EN fans cannot do the same, as there are barely any gacha-related laws like in China, they are still supporting the CN fans’ efforts, and it’s one of the few times both communities have united. They believe that if this happens and HoYoverse receives no repercussions, it will happen over and over again and for various future characters.
HoYoverse’s Other Controversies Regarding Genshin Impact
Players have repeatedly expressed disappointment with Primogem counts in certain patches and rewards for some events. One of the first major controversies involved Zhongli, a highly anticipated character in Genshin Impact’s CN community. Zhongli is the Geo Archon, residing over Liyue, which has a Chinese theme. Moreover, he has a dragon aesthetic. So naturally, when the CN community found him to be underwhelming, they called it a big insult to the culture itself, and it was the first instance of when a character was buffed after release.
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Later, when Anniversary Rewards were announced as 10 Intertwined Fates, fans were disappointed by how meager it was. Widespread global outrage and comparisons to other HoYoverse games quickly prompted the team to add 1,600 Primogems and a Wind Glider originally tied to a paid concert bundle. The lack of meaningful rewards has been a recurring issue in the Genshin Impact community, and it has been mentioned every year in either the Lantern Rite events or the Anniversary Rewards, though the latter has seemingly improved in recent years.
What Will Happen Next With Mitya In Genshin Impact?
HoYoverse has yet to make a comment on the whole situation. It seems unlikely they will go through with the Mitya nerf because it risks damaging the company’s reputation with Genshin Impact and could even raise legal issues with China’s consumer regulatory board. There is still around a month left for version 7.3, and that is a long time to let players run amok.
The main question that we have is whether HoYoverse will go as far as reverting back to the 360-degree auto-target with a 15-meter range. In that case, it will likely happen during Mitya’s banner, as the devs wouldn’t want the outrage to be a reason for why players skip his banner. There are a few different ways HoYoverse could go about it, and there’s even the possibility of extending Mitya’s banner, possibly having three banners at once for the 2nd half of version 7.2. It’s not impossible because we already had something similar with Kamisato Ayaka’s 2.6 rerun banner being twice as long as any other.
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Moreover, we could also get at least 1,600 Primogems as an apology from HoYoverse, or as fans like to call it “Apologems.” Despite the outcome, the devs have been put in a tough spot, and it’s honestly because of their own oversight. Not to mention, there are at least 20-30 other bugs specific to Mitya that need to be addressed, and players want HoYoverse to acknowledge that as well while dropping the part that could nerf him in the next patch of Genshin Impact.
Do you think HoYoverse will go through with the Mitya potential nerfs, or will they revert the changes to how he was in the Creator Experience Server? Let us know your thoughts on the Insider Gaming Discord server.
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