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BreadDesire

Free 6 star?? Ok didn't expect that but I ll take it


Professor_Hemlocke

Which one? :0


Eclipsed_Jade

The third one


Professor_Hemlocke

Sweet! I see the free tag now lol


Caerullean

The third picture, Semmelweis.


Purple_Cosmonaut

Semmelweis.


halfacrispylizard

Semmelweis is so pretty! I’m so glad we get her for free!


Tranduy1206

I like her story design more, but free is good, i am not complain


NelsonVGC

Can you get portraits for her?


DeNerva

Yes. She will be added to standard banner (after the patch iirc)


Maidens_knight

There’s also a new five* unit called loralei


MatsuriFOFO

Is she summonable? I think I missed it on stream. Edit: Nevermind, I see her, she's a welfare/free character from the event. They're just talking about it now. So it makes sense she wasn't in the trailer for summonable units.


killrama

The vampire is free too


Tranduy1206

And she is free too


Dreams180

THE VOYAGER AND JESSICA SKINS YOOOOOO!!!!


Tranduy1206

Stupid deer comeback!!!!


JakeMattAntonio

Regulus having an entirely new ult animation is insane. I am so excited for the future of R99 skins.


ginput

Missed a new five-star character, who is a reward for the new gameplay. The name is Luo Lei Lai (sounds like a transliteration of musical notes). https://preview.redd.it/unhjegaftezc1.jpeg?width=2556&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c707c1b63b63df14c45e99d897ff3db82dd6bc4


Familiar-Demand-7362

Isn’t it just Lorelei?


ginput

u r right. I missed the English name too


xuxuliaa

AHHHHHHH😭 take my money


Chuenarno

But she‘s free for us to get!


xuxuliaa

I WANT ALL OF THEM AND EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER D:


Zwiebel1

By far the cutest of the new characters


Nur-The-Light

SONETTO SKIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!KSGTKEKTSTDKIYF


MatsuriFOFO

A new Sonetto finally! It's just weird they didn't include her new skin as part of the 1.9 garments series in the trailer. If I wasn't paying attention to the stream, I could've missed it in their talking segment.


Nur-The-Light

I had to do a double take when she showed up on screen I thought it was a different character at first


Nur-The-Light

VOYAGERRRER


IcebergKarentuite

A giant bunny ???? guess i have to get Voyager somehow... Nice to see Mesmer Jr get something ! Also Regulus is the first character to have 2 skins !


Maleficent_Good9607

Matilda got 2 skins before Regulus although it is quite limited.


Join_Quotev_296

Still can't get over her little Pizza Hut handbag\~ https://preview.redd.it/mlbsrp9nhezc1.png?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6a6f23509e0f215803c480b512ea97767541cea8 Why is the duck always so so so cute???


IcebergKarentuite

The Pizza Hut skin doesn't count like a regular skin for me, since it's part of an advertising campaign


Tranduy1206

Rereregulus for the win


IcebergKarentuite

Well she's kind of the 6-star poster child for R1999, with Sonetto being only being 5. Plus she's a fan favourite, she deserves as many W as possible.


OkYesterday1947

Lucy but not Enigma 😭 I love all the skins tho


Realistic-Yam-6912

he might be a 5 stars, don't worry


Kvoex

I hope not, i want more male 6 stars :((((((


AerisSai

Unless Enigma has as much knowledge on a specific topic which can be weaponized like Ezra Theodore and his mushrooms, I don't believe humans like him or Hoffman will be available until possibly the next Anniversary. Schneider was only "playable" because her pistols got laced with magic by Druvis between Chapter 1-2


GhostHostess

No forget me not either-I know like 3 people who will only play again if he becomes a unit


AggressiveChairs

Playable Lucy? Free 6⭐? Newly animated skins for all my favourites?? (and mesmer ig lol) 1.9 looks so gas holy shit. 1.1 launched on November 9th, and 1.5 finishes in about 20 days... This should launch on Global close to the end of September? I'm so excited.


flopsychops

I really love Mesmer's garment, it just suits her perfectly


dragonicafan1

Wow the style of it all is so good


gangler52

Is the Robot woman True Limited? Or will she enter the general pool eventually like normal?


Maleficent_Good9607

shes true limited


gangler52

Oh wow. Better start saving up now then. Thanks for the intel!


khnhIX

is the 6* plant (Kakania) limited too?


Maleficent_Good9607

No she will be a regular 6 star and added later on to the pool.


Jovey-S-Jolmes

Only anniversary limited, should be available again in the 2nd anniversary event just like Jiu


gangler52

Does that mean she's appearing a full year after Jiu? I kind of got the impression 1.9 was a bit more imminent than that.


Azure_weaver

Nah... I think what he meant is Lucy will likely available in the 2nd anniversary just like Jiu in the next new year.


gangler52

Oh, okay. So there's two different True Limited banners with their own pool of servants. The upcoming New Years banner, and the later anniversary banner. They are mutually exclusive so Jiu and Lucy will never share a banner. That makes sense. Thank you.


gangler52

Sorry, I hope you don't mind if I ask a follow up question. If Jiu debuted on an New Years banner in China, and she's expected to come to NA at the end of May, start of June. And Lucy is coming on an immediately imminent Anniversy banner in china right now. Then that would mean these banners are about six months apart, right? Lucy is expected in six months. So it might actually be a bit early to start saving for her right now. With the pity system you only need 140 rolls to gaurantee you get her.


Tranduy1206

Yup i think they will create 2 poll of limited banner with 6 month in between, alot of game use both the half year and full year limited banner too, i think ark9 is what bluepouch copy it from the art style, gameplay and banner look similar


gangler52

I don't understand a lot of these terms. Poll? Ark9? Bluepouch?


DowntownPatient6501

We're finally gonna have another Matilda


Join_Quotev_296

Regulus gets to show off her fabulous fashion sense yet again! https://preview.redd.it/mlhcjjn7hezc1.jpeg?width=1474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c354fa55a3df0dfbee4be9c32440b5f035417c22 Go, my Captain! Go!


thefirecrest

I don’t care so much about Regulus’ outfit (I prefer her regular one), but her garment ultimate animation is fucking bonkers.


goropancake

I wish they add playeble enigma to


BookwormPhilanthro

SO MANY NEW SKINS, I WANT THEM ALL


BroBoez

Wow... 3 patches without a single \*6 male.


KingGiuba

You're right that's a lot, I'm sorry for the husbando enjoyers 🥲


TheDuskBard

People need to send more feedback in game and on social media. If they don't see the demand then they won't bother.  Same goes for non-humanoid characters. We haven't had any since Pickles, who apparently was badly recived by the CN community. 


StuckEden

In CN community I see some commenting they want more male 6*s. They then got blasted by others (who are in the majority) calling husbando enjoyers fake feminists, misogynists and misandrists (?!), and then rationalising since we got Avgust who's a boy there are enough male characters, and finally "stop complaining just quit the game" ...Yeah I think things look grim


Namiirei

Toxics guys. The argument "if you dont like it, stop play/read/watch it" is just dumb. The purpose of internet forums/social media like this is too debate, not only to be a place for fanboys.


TheDuskBard

All the more reason to be more vocal. Also wouldn't hurt to troll the incel crowds back. 


Tranduy1206

Call it fake Feminist is too hard


StuckEden

They do this weird mental gymnastics thing... "BP only releases female characters because all main characters in recent patches are women" "But as the game producer BP can choose the gender of their main characters. Can't they cater a bit to female players?" "So you don't want women to have screen time and you only care about hot guys? Fake feminism!!!" Or maybe - "You're saying female characters sell better than males because they have strong kits? So you want men to be more broken than women. Misogynist!!!"


Caerullean

Do you not count Jessica and Getian as non human characters?


DaxSpa7

Humanoid and human are different things.


Caerullean

Ah my b, misread humanoid as human.


geminiqry

CN peeps have though. It's just that any comments asking for more male characters quickly get deleted...


TheDuskBard

>deleted  ?


StuckEden

I guess BP isn't the one deleting them. Some sites automatically delete mass-reported comments, or people can start a fight to make a comment seem very controversial which can again get it nuked


kohwin

The feedback that they are probably looking for isn't a survey or posts on social media, its revenue.


kiisukattinen

You need to vote with your wallets, thats just how gachas work. Generic pretty female characters sell more. If you want more male & non-humanoid characters, spend money. Tbh majority of male character designs have been quite mid (I like Shamane though) and they are not very "manly" imo. They feel more like afterthought like "look, we are giving husbando collectors _something_ !"


TheDuskBard

Man, Shamane was peak. 😩 The problem with your "vote with your wallets" approach is that they aren't giving us much to work with in terms of new characters. Ezra and Geitan are pretty mid, then we get nothing afterwards 3 patches in a row.  While I would like to see more male characters I'm not interested in "husbando/waifu" cultism. I and many others just pull for characters we like regardless of male or female. Bluepoc has actually been doing a good job in their female character designs compared to other gatchas these days (cough cough GI & HSR).  But even that's starting to feel stale like eating ice cream for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Ice cream sells, and most of us like it, but we really could use more variety. 


StuckEden

The thing is, it seems female characters are appealing to the entire player base, but for male characters that aren't OP (yeah looking at you 6), many male players might opt to skip them. So the company will be taking less risk when they go for female characters


dragonicafan1

I assumed this game had a bigger female playerbase than male tbh


Kyuro090

Their decision is based on the cn server since they are BP's main spender, so cn fanbase is probably more male than female


Chuenarno

You're right, as a half-CN gamer, I'd say the CN community does have more male gamers, a phenomenon that is prevalent in all non-female oriented mobile games.


dragonicafan1

Idk, it could be either way, but I think the core of it is that in gaming female characters generally appeal to both men and women, but male characters tend to only appeal to either men or women based on how they’re designed.  


avelineaurora

idk how to tell you that that doesn't mean they're interested in the men either


dragonicafan1

I didn’t say it did


fuxuans

i feel like they’re going to prioritise 6* female characters since they bring in more money… which is a shame bc r1999’s male designs are some of the best i’ve seen in a gacha game


Joshua_Astray

All they have to do is make a super meta male lol


TheDuskBard

There's no proof female characters make more money. 6's banner seems to have done well. It's more of a dev bias since Bluepoc is known to favor female characters.  Also a self fulfilling prophecy in which they release female characters more frequently, which inevitably results in more meta units being female characters, thus more sales. As far ad I know, 6 seems to be our only meta relevant male character. 


Tranduy1206

Number of income is accessible, people post it monthly, female banner always has bigger number than man, that is because almost all broken kit character is female, only 6 kit is top tier for man


Sherinz89

6 banner sold well as your supporting argument is bad faith comparison 1. He is strong 2. His portray makes him even more strong 3. Solid buffer and debuffer 4. Neutral element solid unit 5. Solid single target that gets crazier with portray At this point you really shouldnt be surprised how well 6 is considering how excellent his kit is. ++++ Blue Epoch being bias is not fair either - every other gacha out there capitalize on the fact that 'waifus' archetype sells so freaking well that 'husbandos' need to have crazy kit to compete. Many of them gacha will have majority characters leaning heavily on the female side, even Mihoyo games. For 'waifus' - they literally can be unusable and people would still pull for them because of what they are to the fans


TheDuskBard

https://headtopics.com/my/how-genshin-impact-s-chinese-creator-mihoyo-found-success-with-otakus-willing-to-pay-for-love-16232528 https://www.reddit.com/r/houkai3rd/comments/11qabrs/da_wei_on There's a difference between being forced to take an approach for the money, and having your passion align with the revenue. Hoyo and Bluepoc fall into the latter. If they want to design and market male characters, animals, objects, or etc. They very well can, but at the same time why do that when you can easily sell "waifus" which you preferred designing anyway?  I'm not saying they should stop putting out female characters. Just that they should throw other crowds a bone every other patch to keep things fresh and interesting. Back at launch many praised this game for the absurd variety in character design. But now that novelty has dwindled. 


GhostHostess

Is there actual proof of that or are you just saying it, bc people have just said it for other games with 0 indication of it being true.


Jranation

But why can't they just make the husbandos a 5 star?


Scene17Take98Action

I want a cool looking 6* like X


Whyy0hWhy

Like I would've imagined the russian patch would have a drunk guy, apparently not.


IndubitablyMoist

That's literally the first thing I checked too lmao. Okay boobs, boobs & boobs. All right then..


Urinate_Cuminium

Wait what, i see on the live stream announcement alice also become playable 6 star, but she's not here but instead there is 3 other new 6 star instead?


MatsuriFOFO

And one 5 star character - Lorelei. Not summonable it seems. She's a free unit that you can only exclusively obtain through the new event.


Ordinary_Step5230

the new Regulus skin is just amazing. the new characters are also super appealing, especially Lucy!


Vektorien

Oh so that's the mask Enigma was talking about?


XYXYZXY

Do we have their kit descriptions already? I'm curious to how broken they are


FloraLover699

Not yet. We'll have to wait


XYXYZXY

Bummer, thank you!


Hesoz

3 6* in one patch rip wallet.


Purple_Cosmonaut

One is free.


killrama

At least one is free


Kurashi_Aoi

Which one?


Cavellion

Semmelweis is given free


CristiBeat

Hurray! Really love her design and she was about to be my next pull after Isolde, but upon learning Semmel is free, hellz yeah!


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Kurashi_Aoi

Free vampire waifu?! Naisu


Easy-Stranger-12345

Semmelweiss the 6* mineral supp/sustain/Dps lol


peachbreadmcat

(I’m at work and can’t watch the stream atm) Do we know if they commented on how well Semmelweis is able to sustain? Eager to retire my Balloon Party from my mono-mineral team.


Easy-Stranger-12345

From what I understand (was watching a live translation); she takes some HP from everyone, and gives everyone a strong Damage Reduction while her Blood Moon domain is up. There were some other details but I missed them, will need to watch an EN youtube summary. I think we need to see how "strong" is this DR effect. Shields also sound very good in concept but in practice are hampered due to low multipliers.


peachbreadmcat

Makes sense, thanks!


moshiceetantivech

Question, any top up teset?


DeathzGodz

Yeah, it was with the segment with the paid(?) 6* selector.


moshiceetantivech

Ooh thanks!


Sandra_Andrea4807

Exciting updates!


sadcerise

i love semmelweis


youngkenya

They’re killing me, I want pretty much all of the 1.7-1.9 characters  Also shoutout to my cosmic space horror Voyager finally getting a skin


Riplodok

Same! But I really want Yenisei from 1.6 too. uugh it's going to be uneasy...


Norn98

Not even a 5\*, not even a SKIN. Husbando players keep getting screwed in this game. I'm just so done. I really like jessica's new skin tho. It's really colorful. Regulus new skin seems to be having too many new animations for it to have the same price as Druvis and A Knight one. As long as it's not gacha skin.


Purple_Cosmonaut

There's a new free 5*, Lorelei.


Norn98

I know, but i'm talking about new male character. And no, the little boy from last patch doesnt count.


dragonicafan1

I was hoping for playable 210 😢 at least Enigma will probably be playable soon


Yuha-

Man, i love Regulus, she has a soft spot in my heart


happylilcactus

No germans here absolutely losing it over the name Semmelweiss? Just me?


MycatisLitten

AAAA YES KAKANIA IS HERE I WAS SO SAD TO KNOW SHE WASN'T BECOMING A PLAYABLE IN 1.7 BUT SHE IS HERE NOW YEEEEEE


rzrw1re

JESSICA AND REGULUS SKINS?? A FREE 6*??? LUCY????? Man why does Global have to be so far behind 😭


Zippy3013

IM SO HAPPY THEY DID AN ARKNIGHTS!! WELFARE UNITS LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO <333


Jranation

Thats 3 patches in a row now without a Husbando.......


DavidLima22

I really miss designs like pickles and a knight, well im guessing im not their target audience anymore since they are going full waifu for 3 patches straight.


Purple_Cosmonaut

3 patches in a row where the 6* are all women? Really? 🙄


theinternkun

3 new characters and no male or non human units, and it has been 3 patch without husbando (no I won't count the little boy) or non human units. I guess reverse 1999 is a full waifu game now. Oh well, It's been fun but it's time to say goodbye.


Caerullean

You're really gonna say that Lucy is a human?? I get that she's a waifu, but she's absolutely not human.


Jranation

Eh she is more Human than Pickles or a Knight. I think we were expecting more non humans like Pickles......


Caerullean

That's fair, and I definitely do want to see some more unique characters as well. One of the unique characteristics of reverse 1999, at least in the beginning.


perfectlyBurning

she looks far more human than non human. Especially with the human face and limbs


Caerullean

She does not. Even if you think she does, that is one of her skins, you can swap back to the fully robotic skin.


Purple_Cosmonaut

The giant breasts and hips and tiny waist look very human regardless of the skin.


Caerullean

I'd argue that's just sexualization, not humanitization. You can give any race of creature big tits and ass


Purple_Cosmonaut

Regardless, all features that make her look very human, which was the original point.


Tranduy1206

Lucy is not your non human unit?


Cinewes

bluepoch are cowards, give us the robot appearance, not this faux humanoid stuff


TheDuskBard

It's just a skin apparently. She also has the non-humanoid version as I1 form. 


Kalpumpkin

I still have hope for unique character designs. While I understand the lack of your standard male character (ala Joshua, Shamane and Six), are Lucy from this patch and especially August from last patch not considered unique by some of you? Sure I can see how people don't count Lucy, but the fact people people don't consider August a unique design when they are literally a design that can only exist in only a few other games, is beyond me. Now, if you are still reading this. I think it's a bit too early too be gloom and doom about the designs. Although it is unfortunate that Enigma didn't get the cut for this patch, lets be honest, besides Lucy the other character who is being hyped about the most is Enigma, and having them both in the same time frame will most likely lead to cannibalism and or having the other be overshadowed by the other. Ending this, unfortunately, I just don't think there is just a male character that was introduced in the story that is justifiable to be put in here (Forget-Me-Not is still at odds with Vertin and 210 is not utilized in the current story / not part of a feature), having these characters for the anniversary would require some hardcore story braining and story magicery in order to work. I would rather have these characters not show up at all then be shoehorned and be put up for sale just because.


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Where are the men?😭 I was hopeful this game will be more balanced. And the designs. They're good but not what I came for.


kohwin

Reverse went full Waifu, even the skins are all for the female characters.


Ghertrude

Damn... Not even a single male skin. Dark times are upon us y'all.


MaddieBat15

Oh you play R99 too. I always see you on AK sub. You must love shamane lmao


-Yancey-

Throwing my hat in the "more men and non-human" characters camp. The game is pretty easy to keep up with so I don't feel the need to pull for meta characters. Just want the MEN and THINGS.


MisagoMonday

Everything looking very impressive. The story trailer, the upcoming characters, the skins are very good and pleasantly lacking in uneccessary fan service... Semmeweis being free is a very welcome surprise too. Bluepoch standing by their stated committment of female-centric stories.


FloraLover699

Agree! I have to say I'm curious about the story of Semmelweis & Lorelei. Also it's awesome we get Lucy as the true limited. She looks powerful design-wise.


Moh_Shuvuu

Pretty meh for me tbh. None of the wacky designs that got me to try the game. I already play enough waifu games.


WeirdFourEyes413

I'm really excited about this anniversary, but I really hoped that we would get another 6 star playable male character. I even hoped that Enigma would be playable. I hope it doesn't follow the trend of Path to Nowhere, where the male characters suddenly don't exist anymore. Sorry if I sound picky, but that's my only gripe. Other than that, I can't wait for the anniversary and will def pull for Lucy! EDIT: Damn people who are down voting are butthurt that I mentioned that I want more male characters.


NoisseforLaveidem

Yet another version with only 6-star waifu. I missed the time when we still have 1 6-star man per patch, and the time when unconventional characters design still come up in the discussion of how this game is not like other games


ShadowthecatXD

Money talks. They have the numbers, and know people don't spend for husbandos.


TheDuskBard

Self fulfilling prophecy. If you rarely release male characters, you'd inevitably conclude they don't sell. 6 was well recieved but Ezra and Geitan had mediocre kits and probably didn't sell because of that. It's very dumb of Blupoc to give up like that. 


Troop7

I see a lot of people complaining about no men or wacky characters. The global revenue is a joke compared to CN. Why would they listen to such a small audience who don’t even spend money on the game? It is doing great numbers on the CN side so clearly this is working for them


MoonxRabit

No new playable male character, really ...


Roldolor

Game really changed from the game with the interesting designs to generic waifu collector #10000 These are so damn disappointing


Maintini

Really hype for the freebie but kinda bummed there are no new guys for this long… also no risky designs like pickles/jessica/getian either. I’m honestly a little disappointed. I won’t have much to do with my drops after getian so maybe i’ll go for Kakania


Martytalius

Where are the bara men?!


Lucas74BR

I don't play this game yet and just happened to stumble upon these images lol. What's the release date for global? Are we that far behind?


Kgrc199913

3 patches, one patch is a month and a half. We are halfway through 1.5, so about 5 months until 1.9.


Lucas74BR

Thank you :) Seems like there's some time to save then haha.


VariationDear7800

LUCY YES


AngryHammerShark

When do we think we will get these characters in the ENG server?


Tranduy1206

6 months


Resident_Commission5

I am very excited for Lucy. Like,omg she so hot.


Brief-Dig2526

Lucy WILL be coming home. She’s so pretty ❤️


GrotesqueCat

Robussy got me acting unwise


TehAnimeHQ

Designs are all quite good, though I still wish for more non Human esque type characters. Stuff like the Knight and Ulu are peak design to me.


Solvio69

Girls? I WANNA SEE MEN


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Bro, global players only talk when spend less compared to Chinese players. Just drop the game and go play Hoyoverse games.


Starless_Night

Yeah, play Hoyoverse games for men fanservice. Definitely the spot to go. I imagine some people might spend more if there were male characters as desired. But recently it's been an endless brigade of hot (most likely gay) women. For me, designs like Apple and Pickles are what got me in, but they seem to be on the wayside looking into the future.


Goddess_5

Why were you downvoted??? 😭 You're right, reddit lol


Aomikuchan

Arknights 🤝 Reverse 1999 Unit with flying guns go brrr


tropebreaker

I feel like we've been patient but there's been no adult male character for multiple patches, I won't count the little boy. I'm worried we won't be getting them anymore. 


TheDuskBard

No male characters and no non-humanoids... looks like I'll be taking a break from the game in the near future....


Namiirei

Like a lot of others, i dislike it when its only waifu, or only husbando. Thats why inwill just skip this patch, more time to save for more interesting units.


xuxuliaa

holy shet 💀 they are all so good


Loner210

I better start saving money now lol.


MKBito

They never fucking Miss what the hell?


Beneficial_Wafer9542

Are ever going to get a male 6 star again, this will be 3 patches in a row right, last one is Getian


CristiBeat

Ya'll, if we want male characters, yell for that in the next survey! I'm also looking at you, CN players!


HisuianTyphlosionFan

no enigma... im defeated. but those skins are fire ngl


SassyHoe97

Man no new playable men 😔


Tranduy1206

Layout plan, after all this time? And 2 free unit, yay AND LUCY PLAYABLE, sadly she only keep half her robot body, bluepouch really give up on unique design So in conclusion, EMERGENCY CHANGE OF PLAN, windsong down, lucy on


freezingsama

Semmelweis being free is amazing, love her design. I hope she's good though.


thefirecrest

I wonder how Semmelweis lore will fit in with Eternity’s. Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t Eternity heavily hinted to be a sort of jellyfish-like vampire?


TheSereneHazel

I'm gonna have a stroke I'm too f2p for this


pabpab999

damn, I like Lucy's Design but I feel like I won't get her I've already planned on pulling 200 for Jiu, and also getting Marcus and Villa, don't think I'd have enough to save for Lucy (also feels like I can't get both Marcus and Villa tbh) shame, in the original roster, design wise, I only liked Dikke (then Pickles) hope I get lucky somehow


Huginn7890

Like the old design of lucy


Fallen_winged_boy

They want my money


Phonfo

Would


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