That time when Genshin Impact had its own Simulated Universe | Remembering Labyrinth Warriors 

As a lifelong Pokemon fan, hearing you talk about a dev refusing to bring back a high quality game mode despite community outcry is giving me ptsd flashbacks

That's the thing, the Labyrinth Warriors was fun for the mid level players. I don't max the abyss because I can't. I am not a min maxer but the Labyrinth Warriors was that perfect sweet spot of being fun and engaging.

"It might end up creating excessive anxiety for our players" NO, THE WEAPON BANNER DOES

I forgot how much fun Labyrinth Warriors was, rip fun game modes. Genshin is explorer simulator forever.

Crazy that a game with millions of players would not be a company’s main focus. Great video!

I am a Chinese player during Labyrinth Warriors event came out at that time. Hoyo always use events as experiment and trial for new game mode. I can definetly see that when they put Labyrinth Warriors during Enazuma patch. But the player's reaction to that patch is extremely POOR! I remember that during that patch everyone on Bilibili (Youtude in China and where Hoyo's main playerbase gather the most) is complaining about this event. Even big influential content creator on Bilibili at that time do videos say that Hoyo is dying because Labyrinth Warriors event is boring and make no sense to Genshin impact's most attracting aspect regarding to gameplay. People complain how Hoyo force casual player to spend more money to buy Meta characters and in Chinese we have a word for that (逼氪, literly means forcing you put money on gacha game). There are many players just skip that parch and Hoyo is loosing their loyal players during that time. We can definetly see that during Inazuma Hoyo want to make more challenging content (the whole Inazuma area is designed to be unwelcome and dangerous and difficult even for exploring content) and therefore they try Labyrinth Warriors events. But everyone at that time (very early stage of the game) is frustrated to see this kind of difficult content. But I want to say that situation has always been changing since Genshin release. So maybe Hoyo really should try to pick up the concept of developing challenging overworld exploration and combat gameplay NOW. Because compare to Inazuma patch now there's a growing need for old player to enjoy combat without getting too board while exploring overworld. Maybe seeing those dangerous mini-boss in the wild of Fountain is a good sign. I think Hoyo is cooking something for that reason. BTW, they do mention Genshin is a massive game and every tiny change to the orinigal function NEEDs ridiculous efforts by IT department to FIX the BUGS. I think that's the reason why HSR has more QoL improvement than Genshin. They simply learn from Genshin's short-comings and apply it to HSR. And that's the reason why I feel like comparing them with each other is not fair to Genshin.

They really need to take those bosses with long immunity times off the Abyss. I totally hate these guys.

NGL I love the TCG game mode, but I would trade it any day for a permanent labyrinth warriors and theater mechanicus game mode! And I mean the OG tower defense theater mechanicus, not its shitty future iterations.

I love it when events used to be both the exploration and combat instead of just combat that's not that hard. 2.3 and 2.6 were one of my favorite battle events with one being a rouge like and the other being a randomizer dungeon. I also miss the misty dungons.

There was this one event in genshin that i really liked. They gave you an incentive to use your benched characters, like claymores do x2 damage and the enemies had so much hp that you had to take it seriously. Wish hoyo did more like that but they never brought it back

iF Genshin had a domain on each region like Labyrinth Warriors I would be all for it.

actually a really good critique of the current situation with spiral abyss and offering a genuine good solution! great video

I remember how much I LOVED this event. Best combat event in Genshin and it's not even close. I seriously don't understand why they wouldn't add it as a permanent mode. They could do so many cool dungeons based on the regions in Teyvat with many unique enemies and as you said even put some weekly bosses as the final challenge. It would be so freaking fun. But I guess Hoyo hates the idea of fun in Genshin 😒.

With Labyrinth Warriors, they can explain it by saying is a remnant of the ley lines and can appear suddenly around Tevyat. This way hoyo could make thematic Labyrinth Warriors castles that reflect the region they spawn in and contain enemies from the respected area. This mode could do so much for this game and yet hoyo refuses to implement it, because they see that not everyone 36 star the abyss. The reason why people don't 36 star it all the time is quite simple, people just don't find it engaging enough to do it and they realized you can just wait for the next day to get the same amount of primos (150 if you have welkin moon) instead of wasting time to finish the last room.

the thing is, simulated universe and or elysian realm can be fun and not stressful, genshin dev is in another level of apathy

There is a simpler explanation. Hoyoverse wants everything in genshin to be related to the lore and world-building. Natlan will be a nation of festivities and competition. That would be perfect to debut some new endgame contents in the 5.0 update, which actually has a lore implication.

Spiral abyss had one small, limited-time event that ties it to the Genshin lore, albeit not with any of the main playable characters. iirc it was something with Dragonspine where you found notes of an adventurer who has already passed away long ago. In his lifetime, Musk Reef was not a reef in the ocean. It was mountain. Ages passed by and that region became flooded by the ocean. The gate to enter the Spiral Abyss was once the peak of that same mountain. Maybe this is also related to Venti's acts in the Archon War as, iirc, it was he who razed the region with his anemo power which also caused many of buildings of the old age to fly off and helped create the islands of the Golden Apple Archipelago.

The fact that all the games modes i loved is event locked The hude and seek mode, music mode, and this mode. They were the most fun

Great video.. didnt even know about Labyrinth Warriors, as i started in 3.1. I'm going to put this on all my surveys. Great outro on the light cone.

Well observed. Labyrinth Warriors was a highlight not only in Genshin, but in the space of Rogue-like games, by the pure fact that the dungeon was a 3D world where you physically moved from room to room. The only thing missing was the Amulet of Yendor being the ultimate prize. Btw, Genshin had other events borrowing well known game modes, like the initial Theatre Mechanicus, which were great games in their own right.

if genshin is going to introduce something like a simulated universe then its going to be in the days where we can visit the irminsul freely since they NEED some sort of lore reason for everything they do traveling to irminsul would be the best way to do it as you can go back and experience the past or something

I first downloaded Genshin in 1.1, I remember seeing the Spiral Abyss and thinking "wow a bunch of enemies on a flat platform, sounds like a boring endgame." You can imagine my surprise when upon returning to the game all the way in 4.2 the endgame hadn't changed at all lol, I've been intentionally moving slowly wrt the story and upgrading my characters solely because I don't wanna reach the point where Spiral Abyss is the only thing I have left to do

Labyrinth Warriors and Theatre Mechanicus were my 2 favourite things about Genshin. they could've made both permanent game modes one way or another. Labyrinth as roguelike end game content, and Theatre Mechanicus as a player-driven tower defence game where creative members of the community design new maps and share

a few small things about the QoL but the fact that genshin still does not show shields on hp bars and buffs is wild to me. stuff like the battle pass being much easier and only having weeklies has been a massive help for me. mob drops being incredibly easy to farm, especially with new calyx drops, not having to worry about open world ascension materials like 160 flowers. character supports, expedition and daily turn ins from anywhere, and the ability to convert materials easily and not needing a shop exclusive dust. just small things that a lot of people do not notice or talk about that have made my life a little easier, but when its dozens of little things it adds up. i'm sad that i was on a break during 2.2 because labyrinth warriors sounds like the exact type of combat i installed genshin for. it feels like they are so indecisive, always wanting to try new things and see how players feel about them, but never making anything permanent.

In my opinion if they want to make hard content for endgame players there should be 2 alternatives, 1 that test your current characters and builds and 1 that is completely independent from what you grind for,imagine if they fully extent the gamemode they added recently(the one where you pick characters after each chamber)

Of all the things you talked about, I m just gonna say, the outro was genius.

i hope a hoyo employee watches this. it would be nice to have that event back permanently!

LET'S MAKE THIS TRENDING GUYS🔥🔥🔥🔥 LABYRINTH WARRIOR ENDGAME CONTENT 🔥🔥🔥

EVERYDAY I MISS THAT EVENT. thank you for bringing this up

This was my first event ever in Genshin. Still fond of it to this day

This could potentially bring back old players who have drop the game , I had so much fun with this events ;-; good video!

For me personally, DIVINE INGENUNITY is the closest we got to the simulated universe And for hardcore players, the 12 floor battle event from chasm. They always had gorgeously genius events, but that's the thing, they're EVENTS

I think about this event all the time man it was so fun

Great vid! I hope this gets more visibility!

Great vid, idk why they didn't release another endgame mode in genshin, or maybe they wait for a proper lore related for the new one like elysian realm in HI3? But that really not necessary cuz there's also no lore related to the current abyss (cmiiw) Hope we get some improvement when wuwa is released *cope*

came from zy0x on twitch-- he watched this video on stream! i'm so glad there's a video talking about this! i feel like it expresses basically everything i've ever thought about this event. i had just started not long before this event came out (i started in 1.5, i think?) and i wasn't able to clear the lvl 90 stages. i remember being over the moon at the idea of the event returning eventually so that i could properly beat it... and look at where we are now :( i loved labyrinth warriors so much (not only for its gameplay, but also because it was a childe event and he was one of my favorite characters at the time) and it really was peak genshin for me. i think this was also the same patch that tsurumi island came out (which is my favorite island) so i look back on it really fondly. but i latched onto labyrinth warriors so much because, at least to me, not only was it one of the best events by far just in terms of its concept, i think it's also the one most rife with potential for expansion. labyrinth warriors wasn't everyone's cup of tea (even among meta players, for some reason) but i feel like it would be so easy to re-tool it and add modes within the event that *would* appeal to those players. just like how SU has swarm and GnG-- SU at its base is whatever for me, but swarm is probably my favorite mode in all of HSR. i remember writing out my survey after labyrinth warriors gushing about how much i could see the event getting expanded in the future, getting all hyped to do things like solo challenges or maybe an endless mode with content that scales higher and higher the further you go until eventually it becomes near-impossible... alas, maybe one day. i'm just glad that other people see how awesome this event was. considering how many events they re-tool and rerun, it's really weird that they haven't even brought it back as a limited-time event again :/ and yet we get the 50th lame iteration of theatre mechanicus. 5:22 i am SO glad you highlighted the forge here, it has honestly been my favorite part of exploring fontaine by far. i know genshin's exploration/open world is also kind of a controversial topic amongst genshin players (honestly, what isn't) but i'm glad other people recognize it as being one of genshin's truly exceptional qualities. mostly because of the music and scenery (sometimes quests), but so much of genshin's exploration has an absolutely massive atmospheric appeal to me and has given me so many experiences that i won't forget. i wish people didn't trash-talk it so much, because i feel like if you're willing to give yourself over to the game and actually immerse yourself in the world you're exploring, (and don't view it purely as a vehicle for dispensing gacha rewards), it's a beautiful experience. the one-time domains is a great point too. have you ever watched out-of-bounds videos about some of the old 1.0 domains in the game? it's crazy how massive they are, and how little of the area is actually used as a play-space! i feel like so many of the one-time domains in sumeru only existed to try and teach players about dendro reactions... hyv, i miss them, please bring them back :( sorry for being so rambly! this was a really well-made video, you have earned a like and sub :) also... 11:39 man that trotter was tragic LOL

I'm glad that Labyrinth warriors wasn't just a fever dream i had once and actually existed.

Ahh I was wondering where you went in particular. Discourse is something I do quite enjoy so you did make a particular impression on me with your first video, which resonated with my feelings at the time of playing the Luofu arc. Speaking of presentation, I really liked the presentation of this video! I once looked to make a discussion video like this in the past and even wrote out an entire script but I didn't really feel enamored with the tone so it never got past the -attempted- voice recording stage. I particularly admire the audio quality of your video as well as your fairly good articulation, really makes it quite pleasant to sit through. I'm looking forward to your next video!

You're extremely underrated man... Just finished the video and that outro was gold

This is one of the best videos about the end game situation. Thank you buddy. We need more people like you ❤❤❤❤ Subbed❤

holy moly this was a really well constructed video thank you for the content om nom nom

Yo man great video i totaly forgot about that event but now that you refreshed my memory im even more mad ad hoyoverse for not giving us endgame content to genshin

Watching this video is making me miss this event even more 😭 playing around with the constallation buff was so fun

I watched the vid and wow The quality of it is very very high and the analysis with the editing is top notch. YOU REALLY DESERVE MORE SUBS. Best of Luck in your journey and Can't wait for more content

Fire video, you nailed it

i remember this event and i loved it dude, will never understand.

Very good video, just a thought on single domains getting less and less and none (for now) in fontaine, I think they simply gradually made them directly in the overworld, starting with Inazuna they created very complex and big dungeons in the overworld directly so there wasn't any necessity anymore for domains that simulate an interior because everything is directly in the overworld. In Fontaine in particular there are very complex underwater structure and buildings that probably would have been single domains in Monstadt or Liyue.

I hated combat events until this one. No time limit (at least in low levels), buffs for underleved players, exploration... thanks to this event I started building more characters and replayed it until it was gone :c

Bro exactly said what i wanted to say and ur video is so good bro u are underrated i am subscribing

The inescapable problem with more endgame content is, anything repeatable that feels required eventually becomes a chore. Simulated Universe was fun... for a month or so, then it became a grind, and all the fresh elements became stale. Labyrinth would have had the same problem if it was permanent. It's still better than the Abyss, but if they brought it back it'd likely be an add-on rather than a replacement, just like HSR... because this is a gacha game, so it needs a no-frills DPS dungeon that can't be cheesed except with a credit card. Bringing Labyrinth back with no significant rewards would be an option, but then it ends up like TCG, where hardly anyone plays it and people seem to get angry when it takes up dev time. There's just no ideal solution; nobody likes the Abyss, but anything they tried to replace it with would soon be just as unpopular for pretty much the same reasons. Maybe that's why they put it on a random island in the middle of nowhere.

Man i loved this event, you gave me a lot of nostalgia with this one.

And don’t forget Windtrace. It made coop so much fun and one for the best event in genshin imo. BRING IT BACK HOYO

Thank you. I've been calling for this ever since its conception. It was perfect, just more polish and it would've been end game worthy as hell.

Labryth warriors was the ONLY time I cared to put up a review where I LOVED IT and wanted it to come back. Only time I actually reviewed as well.

This video was well edited and pretty nice to watch surprised you don't have more subs!

04:37 yep, Before the Simulated Universe they had it in Honkai Impact 3rd already, they planned to implement it in all their games i guess but something stopped them from doing so (Probably Cai Haoyu thought making the game harder would make them lose players). I think it’s safe to assume ZZZ will have its own version as well. Played Genshin Day 1 and left it Day 1 because the world felt too empty, but if they had made this mode permanent i would have definitely played it again from 2.2 onwards.

I totally forgot about this, at the time I wasn't that invested on that mode, but seeing what they make I would've 100% prefered this game mode to stay and making it a 2 week end game mode

more people should subscribe to this guy 😭 seeing that subscriber count with this many views on a awesome video with really good editing is crazy lol

heya! just saw this vid. so this is what happened to that comment way back. great stuff!

I don't even know how you managed to do this, but I literally cried watching this video lmao. I'm a big fan of genshin's combat and I played Labyrinth Warriors, it was so much fun. Remembering it and seeing how they could've done differently by just even making it a rerunable event got me emotional ig. They really kinda hate their players.

Amazing video. I remember playing through laberynth warriors back when I was AR45 and man I miss it so much. I cleared it just fine despite having 0 idea of what to do, now I wish it returned because of how far my account has progressed since then. Honestly I don't understand Hoyo's reluctance to making an endgame mode with good rewards. Artifacts were created to be as unfair and annoying as possible, they literally have the perfect bait right there lmao

Player since launch here. And my god, i feel bad for forgetting this event haha it really was different and fun, they made new ones that were similar, but not quiet there. I HOPE something like this comes back someday, and stays for good.

I dropped genshin last year because I was tired of the repetitiveness, long dailies and hardcore abyss I remember participating in that event RELIGIOUSLY it was so fun and dynamic I wish they kept it

this event was the first memorable event I experienced... and I want it back so badly

Another great thing about simulated universe is that it gets tied into the lore of the game, both in terms of the gamemode having a clear place within the world, and also in terms of the curios, encounters, and expansions having opportunities to learn more about the setting. Im never looking at Nous and Mythus the same way again after Gold and Gears' lore drops.

Also, adding to the stuff that HSR did better than genshin. The introduction to both MoC and Pure Fiction are way better, literally MoC you get a person from the Garden of Recollection to tell you that it was memories from ancient civilizations and times and it could help to thread a new future. Pure Fiction is literally us reading books from the Xianzhou and getting like pulled inside and live the fight, it has lore, something to at least make it feel more appealing to do

Great video

Such a Good Video

Man, my favorite event(s) were definitely Labyrinth Warriors, the first Treasure Hunting event (there was an Abyss Mage challenge gauntlet scattered in Stormterror's Lair and I had to call friends for help at the time!), the big combat event from Unreconciled Stars (where the team has to gather energy and deposit it while fending off attackers), and now the new Hilichurl event is slowly making its way to my favorites list. The reputation system had so much potential and promise, but no, it was a letdown. They could even make "random abyss rifts", like limited time challenges scattered across Teyvat for a new endgame... Heck, they can even make a simulated universe, but make it Nahida attempting to re-develop the Akasha terminal in lore... the possibilities are endless, it's just Hoyo chooses not to do it.

I remember the Labyrinth Warriors event! We need this back, but permanently. Also, have it reset weekly with rewards like how HSR does with it's SU.

I haven't watched the video but before I do I want to say that Labyrinth warrior was one of my favorite events of all time, and implementing it permanently woud be easily feasible. You could do so much as just copy the weeklies system: accept quest, clear dungeon and enjoy

this is so sad.... great video..

It's as though any event is a survey to see what should stay and leave for upcoming updates and games be it for Honkai or Genshin

Genshin Impact's Spiral Abyss is by far the worst and most unsatisfying endgame dungeon mode I have ever seen. I have played several of similar endgame modes from different games, and every single one of them was better designed and more fun than Spiral Abyss. The only reason I even look at Spiral Abyss' direction are the small rewards every couple of weeks, and even then I don't even bother every time. Meanwhile in every other game, I felt like I could do the endgame dungeons forever just for fun. Biggest reasons that make the Spiral Abyss unenjoyable to me are how disconnected the gameplay is from the other 99.9% of the game, how it forces you to play in a specific way, expects you to use certain types of characters even if none of them appeal to you, and lastly, the timer. I would forgive so much if it didn't have that timer, which is nothing more than artificial difficulty. Then there are the baffling little things that make me think the whole mode was never fully thought through, or just lazily designed. Like the game spitting you out and forcing you to go through two loading screens to continue, if you accidentally keep hitting air after the last enemy, because the exit and normal attack share the same button. I would much rather have something like the Labyrinth Warriors, or even world levels 9 and 10, and wouldn't miss it if the Spiral Abyss got left behind and stopped refreshing. Excellent video. Great voice, really well put together, and everything was well explained.

0:14 Bro that Digimon Tamers credit card meme caught me off guard so hard 😂 Massive W for that

U remember I lost during this game mode and I didn’t know how to restart my progress, but it was so difficult and it honestly made me mad I couldn’t beat it, but looking back at it, this was the last time I complained abt game difficulty, besides those abysmal Abyss stages during the sumeru times with the cryo and hydro heralds and beast things, I honestly would love to see them come back into the game, especially now that I have more chars and game sense.

Being a Genshin player feels like being a beta tester for Star Rail sometimes.

Incredibly correct, well said

We should also try remembering Genshin had coop raid bosses before as well. I can't remember what the event was cos I just started playing the game when the event was on (v1.x). Since I was a noob then, I remember I had to go on discord to recruit people to carry me to get the minimum score required to get all rewards. It was tough for me at that time, but it was fun, having to interact with other better players giving advice on what handicap to choose and what char to choose etc. then going into battle and just trying to survive. But I guess it generated too much anxiety? there was a couple of boss rush events after that, but iirc they were single player modes and were pretty easy. The thing that killed all end game content, are the overly anxious casual players, who can't/won't invest time into building chars for combat, but cannot stand missing out on any event rewards, so they whine incessantly about the difficulty of the events, so the rest of the players are left with kiddy games like balloon chasing... It's frustrating that Genshin just choose to cater to these casuals who dun give a f about the longevity or potential of the game. Though I know that decision is based on who is banking the payrolls of their devs.

the first time i discovered spiral abyss was great tho. when exploring the overworld, i just saw big hole in the sky and boom i like that we didn't introduced it through quest, it adds mystic to the world. but i agree that abyss would be much better if they adding story to it, heck, even battle pass has it's own lore. Great Video, btw.

Good vid

I wished Labyrinth Warriors randomized the environment like SU. Seeing cramped rooms of the same style one after another was nauseating. If they actually implement it as a permanent game mode someday I hope they consider adding variety and increasing each arena's size

It seems that genshin dev don't understand what casual player are and they think casual are just player that want little effort or easily clear any quest or exploration in the game. They just think Casual player are just stuck in their own bubble afraid something new but in the real meaning casual are the first stage to convince player to improve their skillset and naturaly they become experience/ hardcore player, this game skill ceiling are not that high, easily understandable and the elemental reaction is simple but lies a quite neat and many variety of option to make reaction based on what type of team you have not too complex but it is fun when you know what you are doing. the sad part are those who deny want to get new content are most likely just a collector, they get the chracter they want and then leave it as it is without even bother to use it and they think it is ok which cause division in the community sadly it;s been 3= year and they still cater to player like this than casual and experience/hardcore player.

To this day, I’ll never understand why they didn’t bring this mode back 😢 I started Genshin back in 2.0, and it was a fun game for a while, but the combat started to feel boring. I had very low investment too. My best team was like level 70 units. But I still played Labyrinth Warriors, and it was fun as fuck. It singlehandedly made me love Genshin combat, because it allowed me to better understand reactions, and try out units I’ve never used before. Plus, that one constellation buff was so awesome. Being able to use C1 Bennet when I only had C0 at the time changed everything for me. I wasn’t even upset I couldn’t beat the hardest difficulty, as I had heard even high invested F2P accounts struggled with it. Overall, it was a good, unique, challenging, and fun event that has every reason to return. If the Genshin team was the Honkai team, Labyrinth Warriors would’ve been made into an Endgame Mode two years ago.

I started in late 2.0 and when this event drop I was still too weak too pass whole event (basically I didn't have enough characters), and even so I still remember this event as one of the best in this game.

“We dont want to cause excessive anxiety 🥺” >Adds the chronicled wish banner >flat substats in artifacts >weapon banner >limited timed banners >floor 12 of spyral abyss

One of, if not the best event we've ever had. I've been playing daily since 1.3 and admittedly don't remember every event we've had, but this one has always stuck with me.

omg YES PLS. you had such good points. genshin listen to this man pls

Ah yes they don’t wanna release a different spiral abyss cause it will cause more anxiety yet in star rail they gave us Swarm disaster and Golden gears

I posted 5 videos similar to this months ago, but I had the archons as the main bosses in each of their challenges

HSR isn't afraid to reference or outright borrow ideas from other games. The sim universe is much more like Hades with the various gods, fixed bosses and slowly evolving story. The side stories have borrowed gameplay from the Yakuza management sims and Pheonix Wright. Aetherium wars takes gameplay and story beats from pokemon. None of this makes the game worse, it gives us way more quality content to do. I feel like Genshin is obsessed with only making really unique content for it's unique universe, at the risk of that content not always being fun. The bland tower defense and flying challenges come to mind.

I remember the 2.2 event clear as stone, bloody heck, that was the peak of Genshin when I played it as a kid. Labyrinth Warriors was such a fun gameplay mode, but because of secondary school I missed out a bunch on it, and when I was able to come back to Genshin, the event ended. Definitely the most miserable time, for a while my one feedback was literally 'rerun of Labyrinth Warriors' but sadly, nothing from Genshin, but TCG. It was so fun though - no annoying dialogue, just dungeons and straight up fun exploration. You can choose where you want to run on the floor, and even get consequences for stepping on dangerous tiles (cursed tiles I think they were called). Definitely the most I ever enjoyed Genshin. Exploration is definitely addictive with its vibrant colors, the only thing I'm scared of is running into a side quest where I have to hear Paimon's monologue for a straight hour.

they gave that event in wrong time that was peak of genshin and most new player who move from liyue to Inazuma finds game a little hard because of sudden difficulty increase. Only if they have released like that later most people would have said for making that permanent.

Well said

I have consistently mentioned bringing back this event or at least another iteration of it on their surveys and it’s nice seeing a CC talk about it. The only reason I can think of as to why we don’t have it back is that a good part of their team is hyper focused on developing Natlan, Khanreiah, and whatever’s after both of them. Alternatively, a way to integrate it into the world that isn’t too hand fisted Personally I find it more appealing and engaging than Simulated Universe.

I always ask them to bring this (or something akin to this) back as a permanent game mode in the version feedback surveys. Hopefully one day we’ll get it!

Hoyoverse be like: nice suggestions. I'll make sure to add these in ZZZ

i'm not doing simulated universe because it's fun. i do it because i have to grind for rewards, usually is twio easy runs at max difficulty. and that event in genshin was a pain... hardest level didn't even has any reward!

We never got additional endgame content because the base average player is stupider than stupid and genuinely believes they can put 3 ATK pieces on their Raiden and call them "Mostly built". The actual population that even does spiral abyss consistently is probably like 10%. And the people who actually clear Abyss with 36 stars is probably closer to like 5%. That being said, when I saw Simulated Universe for the first time i immediately went "Holy shit its like that one Genshin event we had". Not knowing it was also similar to something Honkai Impact has. It would definitely be welcome if they bring something like this back as a permanent game mode after they finish all their recent QoL patches that seemed to be purely aimed at bringing up the skill floor of casual players from the bottom of the Primordial Sea.

I loved Labyrinth Warriors... And Misty Dungeon used to be quite fun too! But all the latest events with a seemingly similar concept lack the dungeon part for some reason? Was someone giving feedback that they don't like running around collecting buffs and trying to avoid debuffs? Now similar events are barely different from regular domains, you enter, do a couple of additional challenges that are right there if you want - or go straight to the main challenge that is, again, right there. No map, no exploration, no rogue enemies hiding in the corners, no cursed floors, no fun...