It’s been six months since Arknights: Endfield went live, and in that time we’ve been busy building factories, setting up zip lines, helping the people of Valley 4 and Wuling solve problems, dealing with landbreakers, getting involved in regional politics, and somehow still managing not to remember too much about our past. ああ. The life of an RPG hero.
もちろん, there are still more issues to deal with, and that’s the case with the free-to-play action RPG’s “Homecoming” アップデート, which is scheduled to release on July 16th. All the work we’ve been doing in Wuling is finally coming to a head and with the improvements to the Xiranite Nexus, we’ll head into the North Wuling Exclusion Zone to reclaim the land lost to the Very Large Rift a decade ago. The journey takes us through two new areas, the Zone itself and the Yinglung Pass, which acts as a gateway to the Exclusion Zone. Here we finally meet the proxy Si, who helped us from afar during our time in Wuling.
We’re joined in the area by a familiar face: 難解な, who will also be the first of two new six-star operators arriving in this patch. The other will be an idol named Liino. Arcane will be the first wizard with multiple fighting forms, while Liino will use her music in battle.
もちろん, the update also brings new AIC expansions and new equipment. Gas will be introduced as a new material, and players will be able to convert materials between gaseous, liquid and solid states, bypassing various production steps and reducing the number of machines required to craft items.
The update also introduces a new seasonal battle mode, Echoes of War. The mode is permanent and features rotating levels, three difficulty levels and more. For those less hardcore, don’t worry, all Oroberyl rewards can be earned on normal difficulty. There are other rewards at higher difficulty levels.
Other activities introduced in this update include a dual-operator combat activity, a timed exploration and collection activity, and additional Umbral Monument challenges and puzzle cards in Delver of the Cryptic.
The developers have also decided to add an early unlock feature for new players. Typically these come in a year or two. This allows players to quickly move to Wuling after completing an early story requirement.
前述したように, we’ve reached the six-month mark in Endfield and the developers are celebrating with login, email and other rewards. When all reward sources are combined, the player can collect at least 10,000 Oroberyls: 3,000 from the login campaign, 2,000 from in-game emails, and at least 5,000 from Fortune Connect and Win attempts. This means some lucky players might get more. Players will also receive a total of 110 limited HH permits through two 7-day login campaigns.
加えて, the developers ended up having several announcements and managed to sneak in the fact that Perlica will appear in Fortnite. Or at least her outfit. We don’t have many details about it yet.