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HyphenSam said in comment #2618200:

Context: Blue Archive used to have a 200-pull spark system, but it is now changed to a Hoyo-style 50/50 pity system.

100 pulls now gives you a 50% chance to get the featured 3-star character. If you lose the 50/50, you are guaranteed the featured character at 200 pulls.
The issue is that pity resets to 0 once you get any of the featured characters from any other banner. So if you got the student at 190 pulls, you cannot use the 190 pulls to spark another character because it gets set to 0. This change is only good for pulling a single character from a banner, but it is very bad if you want to pull multiple characters in a banner.

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Ouch, that is just plain disgusting. Makes me glad that at least SD Gundam G Gen Eternal has a relatively forgiving gacha system (guaranteed a UR unit/supporter at 100 rolls for new banners, with the ability to manually select one of the featured units for 200 points or the supporter for 300).

So from what I understand now, if you have a shitty luck, guess what they are giving you more pulls and if you ran of those pulls you can still buy more pulls. The thing I liked about Blue Archive is that it allows you to plan your resources for the next banners you wanted to pull rather than gambling your way through, this new system really encourage gambling addiction. They aren't just being greedy, the wanted to monetized from others' greed as well.

Lunatic6 said in comment #2618451:

So from what I understand now, if you have a shitty luck, guess what they are giving you more pulls and if you ran of those pulls you can still buy more pulls. The thing I liked about Blue Archive is that it allows you to plan your resources for the next banners you wanted to pull rather than gambling your way through, this new system really encourage gambling addiction. They aren't just being greedy, the wanted to monetized from others' greed as well.

Isn't the new system better mathmatically speaking, at least for F2P?
Does it also apply to whales?

Provence said in comment #2618457:

Isn't the new system better mathmatically speaking, at least for F2P?
Does it also apply to whales?

I'm still speculating until we actually get a video that shows how the mechanics work, from what I believe is that it may detrimental for players that wanted to maxed out some of the characters during their banners, players usually do that during fest whenever they already got their fest unit, they would still attempt to finish the 200 spark in able to obtain a dup that they can use to enhance the character. This mechanic pretty much discourage that and would rely on heavily on luck if they wanted to max out that character from the banner.

Provence said in comment #2618457:

Isn't the new system better mathmatically speaking, at least for F2P?
Does it also apply to whales?

It's marginally better mathematically, and only under the assumption that you aim for a single character and stop as soon as you get a single copy of that character.

But BA always releases new characters in pairs, and that's not accounting for reruns. The spark system allowed you to get one character in 200 pulls or less, and then either spark another copy or spark one of the other rated up characters.

The new system doesn't allow you to do either of these things, and significantly increases the odds of going over 200 pulls if you're aiming for more than one character. The worst case scenario for the spark system is having to spark both new characters, but that would mean you went dry in 400 pulls, which almost never happens. More realistically, you get one character somewhere in 100-300 pulls, and then you spark the other character. And that's assuming your luck is on the lower end, and you fail the 75% chance to get a banner character in 200 pulls.

The new system forces you to gamble on two 50/50 chances if you want both characters in the same 200 pulls that previously would have almost guaranteed both. Before, if it took you 190 pulls to get one character, you only need 10 more pulls for the second character. Now, if you get screwed and get one character at 190, the second character is going to take 100-200 more pulls unless you get extremely lucky, totaling nearly twice as many pulls in an otherwise identical scenario.

The new system doesn't help F2P at all. The only people it benefits are people that have no impulse control and roll on every banner. If you save and plan your rolls, this system doesn't help you at all.

blindVigil said in comment #2618467:

It's marginally better mathematically, and only under the assumption that you aim for a single character and stop as soon as you get a single copy of that character.

But BA always releases new characters in pairs, and that's not accounting for reruns. The spark system allowed you to get one character in 200 pulls or less, and then either spark another copy or spark one of the other rated up characters.

The new system doesn't allow you to do either of these things, and significantly increases the odds of going over 200 pulls if you're aiming for more than one character. The worst case scenario for the spark system is having to spark both new characters, but that would mean you went dry in 400 pulls, which almost never happens. More realistically, you get one character somewhere in 100-300 pulls, and then you spark the other character. And that's assuming your luck is on the lower end, and you fail the 75% chance to get a banner character in 200 pulls.

The new system forces you to gamble on two 50/50 chances if you want both characters in the same 200 pulls that previously would have almost guaranteed both. Before, if it took you 190 pulls to get one character, you only need 10 more pulls for the second character. Now, if you get screwed and get one character at 190, the second character is going to take 100-200 more pulls unless you get extremely lucky, totaling nearly twice as many pulls in an otherwise identical scenario.

The new system doesn't help F2P at all. The only people it benefits are people that have no impulse control and roll on every banner. If you save and plan your rolls, this system doesn't help you at all.

Haven't they adjusted something down to 160? What about that?

Ummm that not Prinz Eugen,unless she was given short hair

PrinzEugen1945 said in comment #2618329:

Ummm that not Prinz Eugen,unless she was given short hair

Nope can't be,just say the eyes

PrinzEugen1945 said in comment #2618330:

Nope can't be,just say the eyes

That's Spee, the red stripe of hair is a sure proof

Definitely not Prinz Eugen

asset #49394515 ?

Official Design for fairy???

Lunar_X said in comment #2618388:

Official Design for fairy???

I don’t think so. The wiki entry (the question mark next to the character tag) says that the humanoid design is fanmade. Technically that doesn’t stop them from declaring it official, but that is doubtful given that someone else would own the design and they probably would need to either purchase or license the rights to the design.

Lunar_X said in comment #2618388:

Official Design for fairy???

Officially fanmade if that's a thing.
It comes from a HoYoFair song, Dig down!! so, officially commissioned by the company, but it isn't in any way cannon and won't be in the game.

oh wow I just realized, super easy way to tell who's who by the spike in Lucy's back. Unfortunately for her, Judgement isn't really interested in getting it right.

Taidgh said in comment #2618449:

oh wow I just realized, super easy way to tell who's who by the spike in Lucy's back. Unfortunately for her, Judgement isn't really interested in getting it right.

To be fair to Judgement, there's no way she could have known about the bolt

Okay, who let Tachyon be anywhere near where food and drinks are served?

Western players might be familiar with a reskinned version called President, which itself was adapted from Daifugou or the equivalent Chinese card games. There's also some brand name variants like The Great Dalmuti and Dilbert's Corporate Shuffle.

(Swedish used to have a... uh... not-so-politically-correct name for it too.)

Damn, Judgement's packing.

Starting to think that Judgement went real easy on Helltaker back in the game.

Think fast chucklenuts!