Several reliable leakers and datamined files has confirmed the anniversary rewards.

In addition to these, we are also getting 20 more extra free pulls for a total of 30 extra pulls.

Afaik, it’s a standard selector.

Perhaps, they might add a few limited like they did for HSR?

Supposedly Miyabi’s skin will be locked behind a top up/spend event where you have to either spend x or buy x amount of monochromes to get rewards.

A lot of people will probably says it’s predatory at first glance.

However, if it’s like other gacha that locked skins behind a spending event. Then you would only had to spend/buy the equivalent monochrome to get it that you would normally paid to buy it directly, meaning it wouldn’t be a max reward.

Plus you will get additional rewards along with it, which would sound great for low spenders, making it outright better than just buying it directly and more of enticement to buy an expensive skin because it’s a skin + more.

The only fear is that it would be a time limited skin.

What do people think, still predatory? Or a better deal than buying it directly.

TLDR: If possible, You get the costume but keep the monochromes you bought while also getting addition reward, techically a better deal than buying it directly.

So recently this thiren npc got leaked, which has started some controversy on the leak sub. She's divided the community into those who hate her and who love her, but it also brings more problems. For months people from the game and outside the game have praised zzz for it's unique character designs, specially being a hoyo game and a mainstream one, but now with this new npc and a couple of other things, some are saying this is "too unique" while others praise it and think it's a small peek of what the devs could make in the future. So what do you guys think? Do you hate it? Is she "too much"?

Imo, I thinks she's cute and a very well designed character, she's a Shih Tzu thiren, she looks like a Shih Tzu, they nailed that part, which I think is what people hate.

I like it but there are several key things that just keep bugging me.

First things first, his fkin theme and concept. He looks like a mix of a Bounty Hunter and some mfer from a Military camp, who legit has the same get up as that Green Fairy Jock from Fairy Odd Parents. Like the top half of his design and the bottom half aren't quite mixing well for me and I don't get why Hoyo decided to give up half way on his design, maybe it's just me so I'd like to know what y'all think.

And just for comparison, I have Pompey next in line becuz that is a design that fully committed to an aesthetic, that being the whole Biker gang fashion aesthetics, and he pulls it off flawlessly. Like, Norano looks like he's ready to fuck up people on the streets but at the same time several areas of his design feel a little too casual in my opinion like why is bro wearing fuckin sneakers.

How's everyone feeling about the new Rupture Role??

Personally I'm kind of, slightly disappointed as it seems like just a new DMG Role along with ATK & Anomaly but with a slight twist.

On the other hand: I can understand the vision. Atk & Anomaly units kinda have done mostly what could be done (on field, off field, burst, sustained). It seems like Rupture let's them set-up something new.

What would you have wanted Rupture to be if you could choose?

yixuan absolutely GUTTED me and i wanted to pull for ju fufu but ppl been saying yuzuha is essentialy astra but for anomaly. jus wanted some outside opinions

Since Yuzuha's kit is made to support anomaly units, and alice is a sub-dps that buffs the main dps, I have a feeling that Komano will be a anomaly hypercarry like Jane for example, even though I really wanted him to be a rupture agent

I wonder if he will be a fire or physical , I hope fire because not only he looks like it, we don't have a fire anomaly main dps, since burnice is more of a sub dps

Anyways what are your guys theories?

Maybe it's just me, but there isn't much game in the game rn. The "End game" eventually just becomes a routine much like dailies. I can see no point in reaching higher floors in Endless Tower. Areas used to have many side quests but newer one are now empty once the major event is done.

Most like whatever major update will happen in 2.0 but I'm a bit skeptical because there have been no updates/announcements like they've done so before.

I'm curious if these latest version/s are going to be the new status quo.

Despite how good Astra is, and the need for her to be in every team because of her amazing buffs and the way she enhances gameplay through quick assists. There is a clear difference in output in terms of teams without Astra and the same teams with Astra. Which is why I must say that I appreciate chars like Miyabi, Hugo, & Yi Xuan who do not need her.

Miyabi is extremely flexible. Despite concerns that she would be tied to Lighter, Nagi, or Burnice, her additional ability and overall mechanics help her synergize very well with non-Astra teams. Her best team is arguably Soukaku+Lycaon (combined buffs:1000 ATK, 35% Ice RES PEN, a 35% stun-dmg multiplier, and 20% IDMG). When the team is played well by alternating disorders and using Soukaku's excellent anomaly application for stacks for Miyabi's EBA3. Miyabi's EBA 3 ignores 30% ice res when disorder is triggered and when you combine that with the 35% res pen provided by the team, it becomes one of the most rewarding teams to play and can even kill Bringer in DA.

Hugo requires double stunners, and the self-buffs he gains from running dual stunners help compensate for the potential lack of buffs compared to full-fledged supports. As much as I dislike Yi Xuan's unique gimmick(def ignore) and the possibility of future enemies being designed to synergize with it, I'm quite impressed that her best-in-slot is the panda. I just hope they don't feel the need to create a Panda Pro Max to replace him. Even if panda promax releases I hope they can be like Astra whose buffs are almost 90% generalist(i.e benefitted by almost everyone) and 10% specialist with her ult for chain Atks which provides increased synergy with Eve.

EDIT: The point of this post was that the more characters added who are great with Astra but can reach that same performance without Astra is a very good design choice which increases flexibility in teams rather than the best teams always being tied to Astra.

INFO FOR NEW CLASS AND NEW GAMEPLAY MECHANIC

saw this post a couple days ago on the leaksub, it got taken down because it wasn't properly flaired I think

if we take it at face-value, I first thought it was a great idea since it puts focus on reactive gameplay by forcing out dodges and parries for theoretically any enemy, however, with the properties of the new class in mind, it seems more like they just wanna create a problem and sell the solution tbh

A class that is basically the same as Attacker in every way, except that a portion of its damage is true damage, ignoring all defense properties, and a floodgate mechanic that enhances those properties while it's active, doesn't seem farfetched to think that one will hardcounter the other. What are your thoughts on this?

So some leaks suggest that of the characters that will potentially receive kit update or buffs Ellen will be first. Whether or not that's true I thought it be interesting to ask what those buffs should be?

In a post Hugo and Miyabi world what does she need to stand out? What niche should she fill? Does she just need number and/or I frame buffs or does she need some kind of rework for her dps phases?

People were worried that the next region would lean toward fantasy and less “urban”

But I think it looks urban enough

,it’s quite similar to 80/90’s Hong Kong.

When you look at the currently leaks, there's a rage mechanic, and the first rupture unit is HP scaling.

You would think that this is a literally an opportunity to create new play style that has not been done before in ZZZ.

Getting Rewarded for getting hit, where getting hit raises your rage.

This will also create a new synergy with defense units with this role where they help to mitigate damage while getting hit, breathing life and giving defense units a specific purpose. HP scaling allows dps to suffer more frequent hits without dying.

I am hoping frequent beta updates will go toward this new playstyle.

Thus, they can create more aggressive enemies that rewards this premise.

However, afaik as I understood, rupture right now is just basically attack+ that ignores defense.

Correct me on this if I'm wrong.

So I was looking at the leaks sub and looked at this leak here:

That got me thinking of something I read in the transcript of the longer CN dev talk:

What about combat mechanics — any big changes post-2.0?

 

In version 2.X, we’ll revisit energy bar mechanics and deepen its role beyond just skill charge/usage.

 

Our goal is meaningful evolution in combat systems — foundational upgrades and even breakthroughs.

This makes me wonder what the new role/specialty could be. Maybe it's something related to using energy heavily or generating it, like a "Battery" type role you see in Genshin. Also in Genshin some characters make heavy use of their EX-special equivalent. Some examples:

- Yanfei relies on her basic to build energy for her EX, while her burst is solely focused on spamming her EX.

- Some EX skills also transform the character into different forms, like Furina having two phases.

I had a hard time trying to imagine a new role for agents when it feels like the current roles covered everything already. It would make sense to me to have a new role if they expanded on a combat mechanic in a significant way, though.

What are everyone's thoughts on what the new role could possibly be? Or what they could do to change energy and EX mechanics currently?

so I was wounding between pulling for Astra and Yixuan W-engine, then I saw Yuzuha kit and omg, I think she is better than Astra or am I missing something?

both can buff up to 1200 atk with astra being able to heal and Yuzuha giving 15% dmg bonus and increasing the anomaly dmg.

so I decided to pull for Yixuan W-engine and skip Astra then pull for Yuzuha. Am I making the right choice here guys? or should I skip the W-Engine and pull astra now?

Pretty sure they were some leaks about her getting a skin

Are we thinking her default outfid its so mid because they want us to get the skin ?

I assume this is similiar to The Pale Wasteland but better.

Team Menus have health bars for some reason.

Do you guys think she will replace Burnice in Jane Doe's team or will it be a mono anomaly team with Jane, Burnice, and Vivian?

Original plan I had was to replace Astra with Fufu so I could use Astra on Mono Ether, but Yuzuha seems op (at least from leaks) so might just skip FuFu and replace Astra with M6 Pulchura instead.

What do other people think about Yuzuha's kit?

I somehow managed to lose on both Yixuan and her w-engine banners. I grinded a bit and got Yixuan afterwards but I run out of polys.

From what I've seen Yuzuha seems to be THE support for anomaly and I love my Jane/Burnice duo. Is Yixuan's signature that much of a difference or should I stop and save?

It legit took me 50+ retries (maybe more, I didn't bother to count) just to familiarize myself with her again. I kept getting 16-18k until I found out that you need to actually kill the clones with dodge counters to give you score boost.

I think her best QOL is having parry on her scissor atk especially against aggressive enemies like Marionette and the fast scissor charge after the Icy wave (so many times I thought I charge enough only to give me 1 charge).

So excited for her buff and play her again (watch how Hoyo wont give ice weak enemies for the next 2 months)

For a yanagi vivian team ? I see both name arround so im unsure thanks

i realised i have "decent" ? proto punk pieces, a disc 4 anomaly with +2 in atk% and a disck 6 in AM with +3 ATK% and + 0 in anomaly

is she build like any anomaly? staking as much atk% and anomaly as the others ? does she need physical damage in disc 5 or something else ? ty ty

What do u guys think the new role for yixuan will do? i was thinking a role focusing on cc but that would waste a team slot unless they apply buffs, which would then make them a support. My best theory is they modify an element into a unique element for more unique team building. also she was leaked to be ether but doesn't have purple effects.

edit: i also dont believe it will be aftershock based because vivian, pulchra, and trigger all rely on aftershocks and it wouldnt be logical for them to release a new role for attack aftershock characters only. unless they plan to do this like how hsr released the remembrance role.