I'm absolutely fuming right now! As your resident no-life Honkai: Star Rail expert who's spent more hours grinding this game than sleeping, I've got some piping hot tea about the upcoming Version 3.4 that's making my blood boil. The latest leaks suggest we're getting another so-called "generous" free 4-star character giveaway, but let me tell you why this is actually the biggest slap in the face since the Qingque nerf of 2024!

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HoYoverse's Recycled Rewards Are Making Me Lose My Mind!

Holy cosmic trailblazing, folks! The Version 3.4 beta tests are happening RIGHT NOW, and the leaks are flooding in faster than my tears after failing to pull Phainon with 160 pulls. According to reliable leaker HomDGCat (who's been more accurate than my auto-targeting), Version 3.4 might include an event with a free 4-star character selector. Sounds amazing, right? WRONG!

The selection is reportedly limited to Gallagher, Hanya, Luka, and Sampo. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Half of these characters (Gallagher and Hanya) are LITERALLY available in the current Version 3.3 giveaway! I'm not exaggerating when I say I've maxed out these characters' Eidolons so many times that I could probably recite their voice lines in my sleep. For veteran players like me, this isn't a reward—it's just a single pull's worth of Undying Starlight. Wow, thanks for nothing, HoYoverse! 🙄

Where Are All The New 4-Stars? A Cosmic Mystery!

You know what's absolutely mind-boggling? The last 4-star character released was Moze in Version 2.5—that was SEPTEMBER 2024! We're now approaching mid-2025, and there hasn't been a single new 4-star since then! Meanwhile, HoYoverse keeps pumping out shiny new 5-stars faster than I can say "pity system."

I've spent approximately 47,321 hours (slight exaggeration, but you get the point) grinding this game, and even I'm getting bored of seeing the same faces. The 4-star roster is more stale than week-old Topaz & Numby memes. How am I supposed to flex on my friends with the same characters everyone's had since 2024?!

People Also Ask: Is Honkai Star Rail Getting Too Greedy?

Look, I'm not saying HoYoverse is getting greedy, but... actually, yes, that's exactly what I'm saying! They've trained us to be grateful for the occasional free 5-star like Dr. Ratio or the Luocha/Ruan Mei selector, while completely neglecting the 4-star roster that F2P players depend on.

Let's break it down:

  • ⏰ Almost 1 year since the last 4-star character (Moze)

  • 🔄 Recycled giveaway options appearing in consecutive updates

  • 💰 Constant stream of new 5-star characters requiring premium currency

  • 😭 F2P players left with few new options to build teams

The Buff Situation: Some Good News In This Cosmic Tragedy

If there's ONE silver lining in this celestial dumpster fire, it's that Version 3.4 will apparently include some substantial buffs to older characters. According to leaks, Kafka, Blade, Jingliu, and Silver Wolf are getting significant combat improvements that might actually make them competitive with the Amphoreus powerhouses.

For example, Blade's buffs will reportedly make him scale solely on Max HP instead of that awkward split between health and ATK. As someone who's spent approximately 17 billion credits building Blade only to watch him get outperformed by newer units, this brings a tiny tear of joy to my eye. But I'm still mad about everything else! 😤

My Proposed Solution That HoYoverse Will Definitely Ignore

If anyone from HoYoverse is reading this (they're not), here's my brilliant plan to fix this mess:

  1. Release new 4-star characters every other patch - Is that too much to ask?!

  2. Include newer 4-stars in giveaways - Why isn't Moze an option?

  3. Create path-specific 4-stars to fill roster gaps

  4. Make 4-stars actually viable in end-game content

  5. Give me free Stellar Jade (okay this one is just for me)

The Real Victims: F2P Players Left In The Cosmic Dust

As someone who occasionally remembers what it was like to be F2P (before I sold my soul and half my paycheck to this game), I feel for the players who rely on these giveaways. The current situation is EXTREMELY detrimental to the game's structure for F2P players.

When the only new characters are 5-stars, F2P players are forced to skip banners for months to save up enough pulls for a single character. And when they finally pull the trigger, they're still missing key support units because the 4-star roster hasn't expanded!

This creates a vicious cycle where:

  1. F2P players save for months 📅

  2. They pull a shiny new 5-star 🌟

  3. They can't optimize the character because they lack supporting units 😢

  4. They struggle with content and feel pressured to spend 💸

Is There Hope On The Horizon?

The leak mentions that this giveaway might actually be pushed to a later update since HoYoverse has already announced the free 5-star Archer in Version 3.4. While getting a free 5-star is obviously amazing, it doesn't solve the fundamental issue of the stagnant 4-star roster.

What we REALLY need is a commitment from HoYoverse to regularly release new 4-star characters and include them in these giveaway events. Without that, these so-called "generous" rewards will continue to feel like table scraps thrown to a starving playerbase.

I started this rant absolutely livid about the recycled character options in the upcoming giveaway, and you know what? I'm still mad! The free character selector would be genuinely exciting if it included new faces or at least Moze, who many players might have missed. Instead, we're looking at the same characters we've seen a million times before.

Until HoYoverse realizes that their 4-star roster desperately needs expansion, I'll continue to rage-pull on banners and complain about it online. That's what being a true Honkai: Star Rail fan is all about in 2025!

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go farm more relics that will inevitably roll into flat DEF. Such is the cosmic tragedy of my existence as a Honkai: Star Rail addict. 🌌🎮