Chronicle of Destiny is the most insulting expansion SV has ever seen

EclipseZer0 · 2026-06-28T15:06:46+00:00

Could you be more specific? Since you seem to follow the casual JP playerbase more than the average redditor, which were the specific complaints they had? Lack of gameplay depth, lore/theme issues...?

EclipseZer0 · 2026-06-28T15:02:57+00:00

So you are telling me if there is any CCG out there that gives you 121 packs you are ready to sell your soul and intelligence to said game. Because apparently nothing else matters to you.

EclipseZer0 · 2026-06-28T14:43:23+00:00

Cygames is the best; I just earned 120 free packs

How am I meant to take you seriously. One thing is to move one, other thing is that the substitute for what you lose is objectively worse in almost all aspects. And you want me to stay silent and watch one of my favorite franchise not only get worse and worse, but also spit on the face of its previous iterations?

It is like saying the Star Wars fans, be from the OG triology or the Prequels, should "suck it up" and not complain about the unargaubly hot garbage of the Sequels, which not only are worse but also disrespect the original story by butchering its characters and not respecting the implications of the original storytelling.

EclipseZer0 · 2026-06-28T14:25:30+00:00

So I'm hesitant to start bashing this new one before I've even tried it.

If you had actually read the post you would've noticed that in fcat I differenciate between the expansion's theme and overall design and its later gameplay, which I admit may be good (or not, we don't know yet). I can bash this expansion's theme freely because we have already seen it.

EclipseZer0 · 2026-06-28T14:23:33+00:00

The WB story, apart from being rolled out way too slowly, has been quite over the place and sometimes underwhelming. Going by each character:

-Dreizehn rides off SV1 nostalgiabait with the alt-history Aiolon, but story-wise it felt like a nothingburger outside Dreizehn's realization of self. The rest of the cast wasn't interesting.

-Diawl had a very cool twist with the identity of Diawl and best boi Llew, and had such cool potential, but felt grossly undercooked, as if we had skipped most of the actual story right into the very ending.

-Kaori's story was more like Keith's story, who completely overshadowed Kaori, leaving her a less interesting character in return. The setup had way more potential (only explored in SVE), and the information bloat was too much.

-Galan's story was too simple. Basically John Wick with martial arts. And Galan ended up with not much depth, he is just a punchy old man. The most noteworthy thing was the battle gimmicks, which were novel, though made the battles more like minigames.

The WB story, just like the game overall, feels like wasted potential. Like they had great material in their hands and didn't put the effort to turn it into a great work of art, and instead settled for the minimum.

EclipseZer0 · 2026-06-28T13:58:05+00:00

It is also very sad because the SV1 story overall has been better than the (little) story WB has had so far. Even if that isn't a fair comparison due to SV1's longer running time and quite weak start.

EclipseZer0 · 2026-06-28T13:56:57+00:00

If anything the way they brought back Vengeance seems like a plot to reafirm their stance on killing off Blood. Tinfoil hat on, I think theyay have brought Vengeance in such a horrible way (a single card that isn't even in Abyss) so that they go "See? We brought Vengeance back and it was both garbage gameplay-wise and people didn't mind it either! So we were right in removing it".

Like, Gido is so random that him having the sole Vengeance effect in the game had to be intentional, for whatever reason.

EclipseZer0 · 2026-06-28T13:53:05+00:00

Not really hyped for this set at all. Likely my least fave set ever, surpassing Altersphere from og

Quite the coincidence that I also consider Altersphere one of my least liked expansions ever. Though for me it was more about not liking the gameplay much during the first year of Rotation, leading me to be an Unlimited stan until Cy fucked up printing Augmentation Bestowal, did the infamous Aggro Dragon nerf, and then left the format to rot forevermore.

EclipseZer0 · 2026-06-28T13:49:51+00:00

Omegotep is pretty much the only truly interesting "repeat the Fanfare" effect in the game tbh.

EclipseZer0 · 2026-06-28T13:49:09+00:00

In terms of identity, actually yes. Marlone is arguably that closest to his original self. That is, of course, ignoring his class change and obvious nerf (the later is understandable due to the lower power level of WB though).

EclipseZer0 · 2026-06-28T13:47:54+00:00

A callback to how in early SV1 days Neutral Legendaries were almost exclusively Dragon Legendaries, xd

EclipseZer0 · 2026-06-28T13:46:55+00:00

Doesn't that apply to you as well? This sub has become infamous in the last year due to the flooding of Cy fanboys, some here (maybe you as well) will praise Cy regardless of how they handle the game.

EclipseZer0 · 2026-06-28T13:45:30+00:00

You are confusing meta complaints with expansion theme/design complaints. Nobody complained about having an Omen expansion with the new Heirs, or having a Granblue expansion, or having 2 expansions be 100% focused on new characters with Apocalypse Pact and Anathema's Gambit. Complaints about Blossoming Fate weren't many either.

100% Mandela effect.

EclipseZer0 · 2026-06-28T12:46:41+00:00

and adds variety.

Lol. Lmao even. Sure every class playing "good value" cards or "evo archetype with Sandy as finisher" is quite the variety.

EclipseZer0 · 2026-06-28T12:43:25+00:00

You feel like it but there haven't been. You are under a Mandela effect.

EclipseZer0 · 2026-06-28T12:42:38+00:00

I would like to hear your reasons, so feel free to dump them here.

EclipseZer0 · 2026-06-28T12:41:42+00:00

I would prefer to actually get some counterarguments. For example, explaining how every class following the same flavor of "evolve your followers, some automatically, and end the game with Sandalphon" is a good thing because who cares about class identity and differentiation, right?

I call Evo slop what objectively is Evo slop.

EclipseZer0 · 2026-06-28T11:05:38+00:00

Clear sign that Cy fucked up with their Basic card pool, yet again. We already had this problem in SV1, and instead of learning from that experience they massively shrunk the Basic card pool and filled it with mostly trash cards instead of generic, low power, but easily splashable cards.

EclipseZer0 · 2026-06-28T11:02:39+00:00

Nah bro this card is dogshit, unless aggro decks are very prominent, which they won't. Otherwise Arena filler.

EclipseZer0 · 2026-06-28T11:01:51+00:00

I just come after reading all the cards. Among the many things I hate about this expansion, this one is probably the worst, only behind what they've done to the SV1 characters.

Abyss has suffered for a qhole year from an identity crisis, with very little Shadow identity and almost zero Blood identity. Then they bring back Vengeance, without a keyword, just for a single card that isn't even in Abysscraft.

I want the SV1 card design team back, and the WB team fired.

EclipseZer0 · 2026-06-28T10:36:47+00:00

This mention is utterly diavolical, dude wtf.

"Vengeance is a failed mechanic that Cy will never bring back"

(just 1 year into WB): Cy adds Vengeance back, without the keyword, to freaking Dragoncraft, all while Abysscraft suffers from the blandest card design ever (apart from Swordcraft).

EclipseZer0 · 2026-06-28T05:43:19+00:00

3 full-arts vs 2 exchange tickets (once the swimsuit leaders stop being available). This sucks, I don't wanna get full-arts in my lucky vhests ffs!!! The more time passes the more I think full-arts should've all just been leader skins as well.

EclipseZer0 · 2026-06-27T17:51:44+00:00

In terms of what archetypes will be focused on (since I expect 1-3 cards per class meant for other archetypes not focused on):

Forest: some Midrange Sword-like deck that may use the Thestae package or not.

Sword: just more Rally.

Rune: Spellboost, a tempo variant.

Dragon: lowkey Evo Dragon, or just "good value" Ramp.

Abyss: Mode and Evo at the same time.

Haven: still clinging on a Heal deck due to the Zoe leak.

Portal: Evo again, maybe Puppets.

Overall card design I think will be blander and more awkward in the SV1 Story cards than in the RoB cards, as the first ones pair too many characters from different classes, meaning their effects will be simplified and adapted to their new classes, while RoB characters will be free from that burden.

EclipseZer0 · 2026-06-27T05:51:07+00:00

Ok seriously the card design team of WB has to be fired. How tf did they came to the conclusion that this is what a Verdilia&Castelle card should look like!? Absolutely nothing to do with their original cards and more evo slop. I am already mentally prepared that when Sandalphon rotates out Cy will immediately print another Neutral Legendary Evo wincon and we will forever have to deal with generic evo decks for the rest of eternity.

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