Honkai: Star Rail’s latest event sheds light on the game’s contentious relic system.
Honkai: Star Rail, a turn-based RPG by HoYoverse, has garnered attention for its engaging storyline and complex character system. Players travel across various worlds, resolving crises with a team of uniquely skilled characters, battling through levels with strategic prowess.
A focal point of recent community discussions has been the Planar Fissure 300% event in Honkai: Star Rail, particularly highlighting issues within the relic system. This event offered players a chance to earn relics at three times the usual rate, intended as a boon, but it instead magnified existing frustrations.
Players voiced their dissatisfaction, pointing out the low quality of the high-quantity drops.
A player expressed disappointment, saying, “I just finished all 12 3x drops, and I got like 4-5 relics that are somewhat good, but only 2 of them turned out to be good after leveling.”
This sentiment was echoed across the community, with another adding, “After the event, I didn’t get even a single useful item out of the entire 3x drops deal; I literally couldn’t believe it.”
The issue’s core lies in the game’s RNG mechanics, where the probability of obtaining high-stat relics remains discouragingly low despite increased drop rates.
Players suggest permanent improvements, such as one player proposing, “They should either keep 2x relics forever or add an item similar to self-modeling resin that lets you play with substats.”
Another proposed, “All I want is the ability to use self-modeling resin to alter main stats.”
I participated in this event and didn’t get anything good, either. No relic is useful or an upgrade for me, but I didn’t really expect much, given that the relic system in Honkai: Star Rail has RNG in it. Thus, I have still been farming relics up until now to upgrade my characters.
Amidst these critiques, some players initially defended the event, only to be let down by their actual rewards. “Before the event, I was lowkey mad at people who said, ‘3x relics? Who cares, it’s 3x trash’ because they sounded so ungrateful,” shared one player. Their tune changed after experiencing the event firsthand, getting not a single good relic out of it.
While the Planar Event in Honkai: Star Rail was designed to be a generous offer, it inadvertently highlighted significant flaws in the relic system, sparking widespread community critique and calls for systemic changes.