The official Genshin Impact account is getting downvoted to Reddit Hell by disappointed Dehya diehards
Genshin Impact is gearing up to welcome Dehya as a new playable character, but for many players her impending release has been a source of disappointment rather than excitement, and those frustrations are boiling over in the game's Reddit community.
A reader alerted me to a comment (opens in new tab) from the official Genshin Impact account on a recent post sharing Dehya's ability and story preview, which arrived on the heels of her official character teaser (opens in new tab).
"Hello, Travelers! The character we are introducing today is a member of the Eremites, Dehya!" it reads. "Valiant and powerful, she enjoys great fame amongst her fellow Eremites. Let's learn more about Dehya's story."
The post itself is doing fine, but at the time of writing, this comment is sitting at -2,561 karma, which would put it around the middle of the pack on Reddit's (admittedly outdated) list of most-downvoted comments (opens in new tab). (Another recent comment about Kokomi's birthday is fairing positively, for reference, which supports the theory that this is very much Dehya-related.) It's not got a patch on EA's infamous post about "a sense of pride and accomplishment" in Star Wars Battlefront, but it's also probably not the enthusiasm Hoyoverse would want to see around new characters.
As you'd expect, the replies are not sunny.
"I'm honestly really disappointed in you Mihoyo," writes IriKnox (opens in new tab). "I've been with you since Honkai 3rd launched and have always admired your ability to make fun kits. But this? Fix this. You can do better. Unless you want the allegations of being racist to continue."
"'And powerful,'" writes Shradow (opens in new tab), quoting Hoyoverse's description of Dehya. "How dare you. Actually,
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