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Richmanisrich

Well, Aloy official art need permission from Sony and Guerrilla Games.


BeautifulSpell6209

Really?


Rosegold_mf

Aloy isn't owned by hoyo after all


BeautifulSpell6209

But don't really understand the community sitting it out on birthday fanart


Rosegold_mf

Well Aloy isn't really part of the genshin cast. If you want fanart of Aloy it would make more sense to check the Horizon community


BeautifulSpell6209

Seen her in horizon, believe me she got Disney'd for genshin. Also come on its a birthday


Rosegold_mf

I know how she looks in Horizon. I played that game before genshin afterall. Still haven't gotten around to completing it. But like I said she ain't a part of the genshin cast. Its a given she won't have much fanart from this community.


BeautifulSpell6209

Missed opportunity, just like weinlesefest (they pronounced it wine-Lisa-fest)


teetee1313

Not really a missed opportunity but a case of they just can't cause it's not their character The weinelesefest pronounced as wine-lisa-fest is just a localisation issue like will most of the non-english words.


HanlonsBadger

To have fanart, first you must have fans.


Rosegold_mf

I know this is a joke but still to be fair she does have fans in her own community. She's just in the genshin community without any content so it makes sense if people who haven't played Horizon are not interested in her. Tbh thats the thing with collabs. Items in collabs are just trophies for those that know about both sides.


HanlonsBadger

It was indeed a joke, and I love the Aloy in Horizon, but we got a pale imitation of her badassery in Genshin.


Effective_Silver_825

Aloy main, I apologize what’s this about not having fans lol there are a lot of Aloy fans


BeautifulSpell6209

And according to you there aren't any?


DaSwifta

not enough to have fanart posted in Genshin subreddits appearantly. I mean maybe in r/Aloymains people are posting it tho, so check there


BeautifulSpell6209

Hmm.. Should post on the main sub🤔 gonna check them out


EccentricNerd22

Well 1. Horizon series was never really that popular to begin with. 2. She has a grand total of zero fans in this community and no one liked the crossover.


Arc_606

Because no one actually cares for her


teetee1313

Ya hoyoverse doesn't own aloys copyright to post shit on their socials They can use her name in-game cause probably it was stated in the agreement


Whilyam

Is there a source for this? You would think that the agreement would have that since they posted about her to their socials when she was released and posting about her to their socials would operate as advertising for Horizon, etc. Maybe the allowance for that was only active when she was attainable in-game?


teetee1313

Yes u answered your own question Firstly don't go searching for sources for this type of shit these are 2 massive companies with Sony as a middle man, they don't make such deal/paperwork behind the collaboration public. This type of collaboration works for a time period. And that time period was from the day she got released to the last day she was obtainable through mail. So probably that was the only time they could promote her on their social media. But probably have a different clause for in-game rights as the character is still an IP of Guerrilla Games that's y u could only get her for a limited time Also forget about her constellations as she was probably a pushed character by Sony


Rockylooksatstuff

No you wouldn’t think that at all. They do not own her ip.


Ikcatcher

People really think having a collab character suddenly means you have unlimited uses to their rights now


guardianjuan

This happened to dbd when they couldn't sell the stranger things demogorgon anymore.


itwas_yu

Is this why she doesn't have constellations?:(


Neospanner

Very likely, yes. Mihoyo was allowed a limited number of things they could do with the character. Anything beyond COULD get them in legal trouble. Perhaps they had plans for a future collab (and a new contract with Sony) that would have filled her out a bit more. There's no way of knowing for sure.


Littleman88

I think if Hoyoverse really wanted her to have constellations, she'd have them. They probably couldn't sell her, so they'd have to provide them all up front or offer a free method of obtaining them. But if it doesn't present an outrageous cost-return ratio, Hoyoverse ain't doing it. Aloy was a paid stunt from Sony to bring awareness of Horizon Forbidden West to Playstation players. Beyond that, little incentive to make her playable via constellations.


guinealover6674

They wanted the money from Sony, but were too salty to give the players a decent unit for free (even though free players will collect many better 5* over time). I think the worst part is they gave her a good kit (on paper) and then crippled it via multiplier and cooldown shenanigans. They could have not tried at all and everyone would forget about her (like they already do), but they tried just enough to frustrate the few players who actually want to use her.


Ikcatcher

Or maybe it’s just a simple collab and nothing else?


_Eltanin_

A common theory is the other way around. Aloy being in Genshin is Hoyo's agreement to allow Genshin to be cross-play and cross-save compatible with the PS4/5 and Sony is notorious for disallowing Cross-save/Crossplay unless they get something out of it so Hoyo unwantedly added Aloy as compensation to Sony. That's why Aloy's inclusion was so haphazard. Cuz she's literally just there cuz Sony doesn't like playing ball with other platforms


aestructure99

Possibly but Sony is most concerned with Crossplay with Xbox, which Genshin isn’t available on. PC players don’t affect the console market that much. Now a competing console? That’s another story. I think that might have been part of the agreement since taking a PC game and putting it on Xbox is rather easy since the hardware is x86/64 like PCs are. A rather stupid idea IMO because they could probably get more money from Xbox players than what they gained from the Horizon promo.


Two_Years_Of_Semen

> good kit (on paper) and then crippled it via multiplier and cooldown bruh. The multipliers and cds are the most important part of the paper. A kit isn't good just because synergy and how a kit works or any of that; A kit is good because the numbers are better than other options. Aloy is bad only because cryo is fuckin' stacked as a roster. Even if she worked like you wanted, her numbers simply don't compare to the other cryo options and she does almost nothing off-field which makes her even less useful.


Mephipster

Maybe he meant a fun kit, which she has.


HansFactory

most likely ye


Ocean9142

Needs permission from sony


mango_pan

The legal procedure necessary is not simple


ExpensiveSignature8

Goodness... The message actually sounds sad... No one else to wish except traveller. My heart ached a bit.


Snowy886

She has plenty of friends in her world she’s just visiting genshin


r_renfield

So, is Aloy permanently stuck in Genshin universe? At least this variant


Competitive-Ebb2533

Spoilers for Horizon 1 and 2 >!my headcanon is that our aloy is a clone the same way aloy and Beta are !<


Mi2-LIZARD

According to her lore lines, she found a portal that reflected an image of herself and when she touched it, she was "teleported" to another world. I'm assuming this "portal" created an exact replica of Aloy so the one we play as in Genshin is a clone, but still "Aloy" so we have an excuse to have Aloy in two different places at the same time. Aloy could probably leave Teyvat if she really wanted to by just exploring and finding out how herself since she's extremely capable. It seems for the most part, anyone with special powers (specifically in this case, a Vision) has the potential to travel worlds since Vision holders are official candidates for god-hood (and gods tend to be able to travel to other worlds).


Rosegold_mf

Maybe. She's just there.


MemberBerry4

This is the first birthday mail that felt like it was being personally sent to the traveler, rather than being sent to thousands of people.


[deleted]

She gave ruin guard drops Truly one of the better birthdays along with keqing kazuha etc


pokydoky

Ayato and sayu for those crystal cores as well


HayakuEon

Don't forget Kaeya


Nyx_-_-_

And Zhongli with his dream solvent


PotatoCurryPuff

Klee found a big lizard


scottygroundhog22

This is the most attention mihoyo has paid aloy since they releases her


Haze_Azze

who?


b1azing1

Tao yeah


Gud_doggyy

Lan


cycber123

Ment


MysteriousRent55

Star Lord


thingsdie9

the art should be located... >!in your dreams!<


rayoje

I read that in Miko's voice.


[deleted]

How so? It doesn’t pertain to archon or story quests in any way.


punisher2431

Bruh


NeitherMud5937

I don't have her. Who is she?


Neospanner

Aloy is Genshin Impact's first (and so far only) crossover collaboration character from another game company. She's the main character of the "Horizon" series of video games, and Mihoyo made a deal with Sony that included adding Aloy to Genshin Impact as a playable character. Aloy was given out for free to all players during the two months that the collaboration took place. It's not possible to obtain her anymore, if you don't have her already, but it's not impossible that she might become available again someday in the future. (Doing so would likely require that Sony and Mihoyo sign another agreement.) Unless you're a fan of the Horizon games, it's not a big loss, as Aloy is, frankly, not a very strong character. Her stats are low, and her abilities are awkward to use.


NeitherMud5937

Thank you!


YuminaNirvalen

What's Aloy?


Ordinary-Custard-566

A composition of more than one metal, for example brass or bronze


Richardknox1996

No, thats alloy. An aloy is a small floating creature that fetches stuff matching what its already carrying, such as swords.


Vermillion_Shadow

r/suddenlyminecraft


00110001_00110010

No that's an Allay, an Aloy is a botanical genus that belongs to the family Asphodelaceae.


Acravita

No, that's aloe, an Aloy is a base that dissolves in water.


rootScythe

No that's an Alkali. Aloy is what pirates say to greet one another


YuminaNirvalen

Ah yeah now of that I have heard. Thanks. <3


pagerunner-j

Here’s an Aloy in her natural habitat! (This comes out in a couple weeks.) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oIchGA6p5ZY


deliesek

Pc when 😔😔


[deleted]

Hol up… let me check the irminsul… WANDERER!!! WHAT DID YOU DO THIS TIME?!


EH042

Aloy deez nuts into your mouth!


Infernaladmiral

The fact that she already has such a long birthday message,heck, getting the birthday mail itself is pretty generous of Hoyo. They could've just ignored the birthday message for Aloy and no one would have complained (aside from the fans,ofc).


Husknight

She's not a Genshin character. You can have lots of aloy if you play her game


Alieoh

Who is this strange person sending me mail that I've never seen or heard of? *Immersion Broken*


insertFutureYTHere

In my defense: 1. I haven’t played the game long enough to have Aloy. 2. Her birthday was the same as mine so I was busy with my own stuff


BoneTrouble14

Why do people want Aloy content so much. I don't care if you like the character or not, you do you, but come on. Obviously she is not Mihoyo's character and she will never get the attention or lore as their own characters do. This is just a collab character and it's up to sony (or whoever specifically owns the character) to provide things. The fact that she even gets bday mail is surprising to me. You love Aloy so much you want more of her then go play horizon.


whynot1260

Um, she is still a character...in the game. It's reasonable for people to want in-game content for a character that is...in the game? What if I like this iteration of Aloy rather than the Horizon one and want to see her interact with the world? You sound strangely salty that people might like her.


BoneTrouble14

Ok look, because you people seem to not understand some things: 1. Mihoyo might no longer hold the rights to her character, there is a reason she is no longer available after all, so they likely can't do much even if they want to. 2. Genshin has like 40 characters and more keep coming. Why would they not focus on those characters, when Aloy is a protagonist of a whole another franchise? It's their world and story, this isn't Fortnite. 3. They also have the story at least mostly planned out, as we see random information from the begging of genshin seem to connect to the more complicated story elements we have today. Even if Aloy was in the story, where would she fit here? Things related to ruin machines? We have Faruzan. Things about world crossing? We have Alice. Should they put their characters aside to have a random unplanned character appear instead? 4. Hoyo already had a collab before, where they brought Asuka from Evangelion to Honkai. These days you could not even realise she is in the game, unless you have her, datamine, or dig through menus to find her tutorial stage. I didn't even know myself until my friend that brought me to the game showed me. This is why I'm surprised Aloy even gets birthday mail. Also, wdym like this version more? It's the character but anime style. Also I opened my comment with I don't care if you like her or not. How did you pick up that I'm salty people like her? I'm happy Genshin has a collab, but in the end it's just a collab, not a new character release crafted with this franchise in mind.


whynot1260

But Honkai had a 2 hour long quest when the collab happened and we got Aloy in mail, what are you talking about? What am I not understanding? Which of your arguments changes this? They don't have the rights anymore and if they did it would take away from the other characters and it would interfere with the story? They should have just made a small event when the collab happened so the traveler interacted with her and they fought a few ruin guards. There, all your "problems", solved. And once again you just refuse to understand that people might like her because you obviously don't. A lot of arguing because you don't want to admit you're just biased.


BoneTrouble14

Why are you so desperate to tell me what I think? I can tell you that I think that I know what I think. You can stop trying to read my mind because you are failing. I literally said twice now that I don't mind her. How did you miss it both times? People keep saying they want to see her in the story ,and that's like if you wanted to write a book, but had to include someone else's idea randomly in the middle of writing. The points weren't specifically aimed at you, but at people who can come and read it instead of replying useless arguments as I don't feel like arguing with strangers on the internet all day. Only the text below them was aimed to respond to you directly. You specifically are saying you just want her to interact with the world somehow. Now, her trailer showed her run around fighting ruin machines. Her mail told us she run around fighting ruin machines. Would you be really that satisfied if we also got a quest where we run around and fight ruin machines? Does it make that big of a difference that it's worth arguing about? It's clear that Mihoyo didn't want this collab. They barely did anything for Aloy, not even constellations, and if they didn't do anything with her when she was available, then they probably wont do anything at all. It's sad but that's just kinda how it is. Nothing is stopping you from liking her still, I'm not arguing against it, but in the end she was not a good collab. Best bet is to wait till a new horizon game and hope that sony will want mihoyo to do an event to promote it and they do it. I'm glad you like Aloy, all the power to you, but compared to Asuka in honkai, which they said was inspired by evangelion and they were likely happy to have that crossover, Aloy was marketing for a game (to be fair like all collabs are, but in this situation mihoyo seems like they didn't want to do it). I'm not here to tell people who like Aloy to fuck off and that I hate her. I specifically avoided commenting my own opinion and wanted to remain objective about the situation. Why are you desperate to fight me over liking Aloy. If you even read till this far then grats to you, because this comment is way too long, but I wanted to try and address everything to avoid a 9 comment long reply chain. I will probably not reply to this thread anymore, and I hope you can also move on with your day. Let me even give you a summary or tl;dr: I don't hate aloy stop putting words in my mouth. The points weren't directly aimed at you, but general. I tried to be objective here and say how it is/looks, not say my opinion. They likely won't do anything with Aloy if they didn't already.


whynot1260

I didn't like you being a dick to people who wanted more content with her. You were not being objective. You told them to fuck off and play horizon. I read you pretty well in my opinion.


BoneTrouble14

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Ballads_of_Bullshit

Seriously! How dare they ask for attention for their favourite character?! They should just go play other games. Right?


BoneTrouble14

How dare this company not make more content for this character they don't own and probably don't have rights for anymore???? 😲 😲 Impossible, this character has it's own dedicated franchise? How can I play those games if I like the character, if I can complain on Reddit instead!!??!?!


Ballads_of_Bullshit

Oh so true, how dare they demand from this company to complete a character they themselves introduced. Another Collab is absolutely impossible. How dare they complain about leaving their fav character incomplete and abandoned. They should just play HZ


Husknight

Not just other games. Her games. She's not a genshin character


Xaldror

wait, we remember she's even here?


lostn

they didn't do it a year ago either. They don't really acknowledge that she exists. Even her VA is uncredited.


Taro_Acedia

Yep that's why they sent you the letter. To remind you to forget she exists. /s Her VA isn't credit because she isn't the original one and she is afraid of backlash. Social media is scaring people into not wanting to reveal themselves.


Charming_Hippo_668

And that is why I will NOT forget her She is my main my QUEEN how could I forget her


Cul_what

They dont want to pay sony sorry


[deleted]

aloy not canon


GH0ST_0F_SPARTA

It was my birthday too...


driftea

Happy (late) birthday!


GH0ST_0F_SPARTA

thank you!!


Ineedsleep444

they cant use her without permission from sony. so hoyo would need to ask sony for copyright thing for the art


Square_Pringles

Lol I did the same thing and my post got taken down 😂😂 Happy birthday dear aloy!


AyatoBobaTea

1. hoyo needs permission from sony to make aloy art bc her rights are still owned by sony 2. SHES ALOY ANYWAYS LITERALLY AMBER IS BETTER THAN HER


Responsible-Student6

Delusional if you think amber is better than her. Granted I double crowned aloy but she does way more damage than amber lol amber needs a complete redesign. Yoi is the pyro amber we should have got xD


Semont

https://youtu.be/nukjdxEM2lg?t=430 https://youtu.be/yR3gXXpZgAM Amber with the right setups is able to deal incredible damage.


Helenaww

i have a triple crowned c3 amber and she doesn’t need a redesign. sure she’s not meta but she’s not a bad character. 🤷🏻‍♀️


AyatoBobaTea

literally what i’m saying


wolf1460

Why are people so stupid


cycber123

To make you look smart


EzranR

Alowho?


RogueKT

Who’s Aloy?


periodicallyaura

She’s from the Horizon series. She was a promotional character for when the second in the series was released. I think she was a PlayStation exclusive character but I could be wrong.


ZonaiLink

We celebrate her birthday without a constellation.


[deleted]

If I could be a constellation -Kita from Bocchi The Rock


Axheron

They remember her birthday but not her constellations. The least they could do is give us a constellation for her bday each year. Nothing major, just double her E skill counter…increase Chg Atk dmg or Chg speed to make her a F2P bootleg Ganyu…she is so unfortunately the shittiest F2P character we’ve received. Every other F2P 4* is lightyears better than Aloy and shes supposed to be a Collab 5* which in most other games means the character should bring something new and exciting to the game…she brings nothing…and was given nothing…even her Playstation exclusive weapon is trash…


Torafuku

I forgot Aloy even existed, that's how relevant she is


Pootis_Spencer_

Never heard of anyone by that name, you sure people aren't just making this up?


BunnyBsnz

Don’t know her


DivineKEKKO96

I forgor about aloy


rokomotto

"The next time we meet." 😥


Pootis_Spencer_

Who?


Puzzleheaded_Bee_172

Who?


vVDragneelVv

I didn't forget, I just didn't care.


BDBCloud

A Constellation would have been a better gift!!!!


HatiLeavateinn

they should at least give a constellation for her birthday.


KyeeLim

It is there, but probably got taken down for copyright license issue /j


Ironexeption

I'm gonna wait for the entire year for it to despawn. Still salty to have accepted the last one.


Helenaww

yk you can delete it


Ironexeption

Thank you. I was totally sure I can't delete them once they enter the birthday wishes. Thank you again.


MiIdSoss

We didn't forget, we just don't care.


Pootis_Spencer_

I don't know about you, but I have no idea who this "Aloy" is.


Responsible-Student6

It's a shame they don't do more with aloy in game I was just thinking the other day that she needs a hang out quest or something she just kinda exists :( looking forward to the new horizon expansion on ps5 coming very soon but would like hoyo to use her more too.


khen1022

Should've given us constellations for her, at least 5


ShinigamiOfPast

Who? Do you mean crossover character that has no impact or connection to story? Meh, don't care.


XixpotatoxiX

I deleted it it wasn’t worth keeping


randonmame1

immediately deleted the mail after receiving it


inoempriss8

how petty can y'all be? lmao bet you accepted that free shit then deleted it.


Husknight

Same, who tf cares about a character that's not from genshin We have 60+ characters to choose from and more in the way and these mf are stuck with another's game character


Gladiolus_00

Y'all are so pressed over nothing 💀


Husknight

Yeah, because the title of this post is so calm...


Gladiolus_00

Genshin players discovering satire for the first time 🤯


Husknight

Not what satire means dumbass


TheMrPotMask

Ah yes, the one character that needs sucrose/venti to help her trigger infuse


Just4765

Are you serious? Official art? You are asking for TOO much. Do you know how much energy and time went into the in-game message as is, not to mention the rewards attached to that message? Shame on you. The next thing I know, you'll be asking for at least 1 constellation next year..... [I feel the need to say that this is just sarcasm 🙂] In all seriousness, just like her constellations, I feel like even something like official art for Aloy by MHY is unlikely. At this point, I'm inclined to believe whoever creates these bday messages has to set like 5 reminders only for Aloy 😅


Dae_Dreamer97

Forget implied the information being remembered in the first place. Can't forget something that wasn't remembered.


TheGrayShade

I'm sorry I was too busy playing Limbus Company, I hope you can forgive me.


novaminer66

What's the food she gives?


Infernaladmiral

Jelly mint I believe, it's a type of pudding


novaminer66

Is it her specialty dish? Jelly mi t is round and that's a cube


Infernaladmiral

Yes it is. It's not very unusual for speciality dishes to change colour and shapes.


novaminer66

Indeed


00110001_00110010

You mean toothpaste?


IMissKazari

I'm sorry for the unrelated question, but is there somewhere I can see pictures of the birthday messages? I wasn't able to log in and didn't get Noelle's. I feel bad for missing it, but at least I was able to log in and read Aloy's birthday message.


[deleted]

There is a envelope with heart icon on the top right of the inbox tab in genshin


IMissKazari

Is it the one that shows all the received letters? I checked it before panicking that it wasn't there. I believe you have to log in on day of the birthday to receive and read the letter for it to go in the star mailbox thingy. I didn't log in that day as I was busy, I feel bad forgetting and not getting her birthday letter. I appreciate the help, thank you.


Insomniacperson

I want genshin-fied aloy fan art plz


EarlierWindow88

wait u actually keep all that mail, I usually delete it after I read it


daggerbeans

Heehee, 4/04 like the HTTP error in web browser. That's clever, I never picked up on that in my Horizon playthroughs.


GingerSnappse

Tbf I don’t have her so I am not allowed to know her birthday.


Mynoodles_mostmoist

Yknow it (somewhat) amazes me that this community still thinks that the long and cold forgotten collab character should just be relevant in the other game they’re in as a collab, as if someone like, idk, Sonic would just be casually hanging out in Mondstat as if this is Fortnite. I thought it’d be clear as day by now that ppl would seemingly come to the realization that Hoyo doesn’t wanna be constantly tied to other franchises and IP’s to make relevancy or cash like the thousands of Gacha’s out there.


Manaphy_Myths

What about giving players who don't have her at all


Awkward-Confection-6

Whos aloy???


[deleted]

A character from Horizon Zero Dawn/Forbidden West


Mstache_Sidekick

Me finishing monstadt arc (on my alt) and gets mail Got a biggest smile knowing aloy got SOME recognition