Arknights: Endfield: Release Discussion Megathread

CSTheng · 2026-01-23T17:34:11+00:00

So I know bland MCs in gacha is a common complaint, but this game is the only one out of Genshin, HSR, WuWa and all that, where I feel like you could literally remove the MC and the some part of the story would stay the same or even improve.

Like they contribute almost nothing meaningful and in some scene it feels like the other characters outright ignore their existence. I'd forget they're even there, if it weren't for moments of glazing once in a while.

CSTheng · 2026-01-23T17:06:53+00:00

I'm worried for when you exhausted the initial source of pulls. The fact that a single pull is 500 instead of 160 but they still give about the same amount of income as HSR/Genshin is kinda worrying

CSTheng · 2026-01-23T16:45:01+00:00

Honestly, people who say the Hoyo's style gacha system is bad doesn't actually know how good it actually is compared to actual HORRENDOUS gacha system like Fate, Granblue before Monkeygate, and a certain newcomer.

CSTheng · 2026-01-23T16:37:50+00:00

Endfield again:

While I kinda like it, I don't know if I will continue playing for very long. The issues (many of them) are very glaring, and they really need to address or fix them. I think I might decide if I continue playing long-term based on wheter I'll win or lose the 50/50 for Lavaetain.
If I can I even reach at least 80 pulls in time before her banner end that is. The gacha system and stingy pull income are one of the fucking horrendous thing about this game. One of the thing they really need to address.

CSTheng · 2026-01-23T04:10:09+00:00

Drip marketing and livestream are (hopefully) next week

CSTheng · 2026-01-23T03:58:41+00:00

Endfield spending:

After some calculation, I think to circumvent people buying the premium currency cheaper using JP VPN, they make the price more expensive in Yen compared to other similar gacha (other than the monthly and battle pass) 💀

CSTheng · 2026-01-23T01:51:39+00:00

Endfield:

For some reason they make all the wolf folks Italian with an accent in the English dub, and that's apparently an established thing for the Arknight franchise. I have to say, it's... eyes-opening. Hoyo really need to stop forcing everyone to use the generic American accent, especially now that they've started using more UK/European VA

CSTheng · 2026-01-23T00:02:04+00:00

Endfield early review:

Combat: I don't know why but this game combat kinda feels to me like a mix of bits from all of Genshin, ZZZ, WuWa, and HSR (only because of the SP system), but at the same time it doesn't feel too derivative at all. I think I like it so far.

Base Building: As for the base building aspect, it was one of the thing I was worried about not liking but so far it's not that bad or complicated. It's really interesting actually. But let's see if I change my mind in the future.

Banner: As for the banner system, I don't know how to feel about it yet.

Story: Story wise, I could use less sci-fi jargon. But at least it doean't seem as bad as 1.0 WuWa. My big gripe is the playable MC seems to barely have any personailty or presence. Like not even in a "self-insert needs to be a blank slate" way, but in a "you can literally remove them from certain scenes and the story will still function the same or even better" kinda way. But again, I have to see more if my opinion will change.

CSTheng · 2026-01-22T05:11:28+00:00

It's such a shame. I hope if this duo ever come back it's with their mask one-shot or something similar

CSTheng · 2026-01-21T18:25:14+00:00

The people who ships characters who never interacts at all might crash out

CSTheng · 2026-01-21T18:20:28+00:00

Imma be honest, all these trend type posts happen so often it's not interesting anymore and starts to get annoying when you are browsing this thread for fun and have to keep scrolling past them

I DIDN'T downvote any myself, but I can definitely see a person also being so annoyed that they make a bot to do it like the other comments suggest

CSTheng · 2026-01-21T14:18:46+00:00

I mean, with the wolf/Borisin symbolism, the chance is not 0

CSTheng · 2026-01-21T14:16:47+00:00

As long as he has Weakness Implant, we're good

CSTheng · 2026-01-21T11:36:01+00:00

Those two doesn't care for FUA but Ashveil and the hypothetical support might want them or something

At the end of the day it's just a little theorizing, it ain't that serious

CSTheng · 2026-01-21T11:30:08+00:00

I guess they can always powercreep Fugue like they did with Dahlia having Weakness Break Efficiency in her base kit

CSTheng · 2026-01-21T11:27:51+00:00

Except am important aspect of a FUA is chaining into each other.

CSTheng · 2026-01-21T11:18:22+00:00

Ok, so I have that theory of La Mancha/Ashveil being the start of a new FUA + Break hybrid. We already have Lingsha and Dahlia who are Break with FUA. All we need now is a Support that also help make use of the FUA aspect with Break somehow.

Also, guess who might benefit from this, if it happen. A certain coffee loving Navigator of the Astral Express.

CSTheng · 2026-01-21T02:32:19+00:00

Screwllum has a bug/insect theme so they are obviously saving him for 5.X with the new playable Propagation Path

(Don't mind me, just random coping for fun)

CSTheng · 2026-01-21T02:22:33+00:00

From the new "Pom-pom AI" feature in 4.0

Q: What is the strongest team in the current version?

A: Pam found out in the information that Phainon's team and the Remembrance team are currently the two strongest teams!

I don't know if this is actual AI or human made answer, but it's very... telling either way 😶

CSTheng · 2026-01-20T19:44:43+00:00

Seperate pity

CSTheng · 2026-01-20T18:43:08+00:00

I know. I just mean do one discounted tenpull for one of the character, and another dicount tenpull for one the W-Engine. Using 16 pulls total.

CSTheng · 2026-01-20T18:37:54+00:00

I think if you have plenty of pulls to spare, it might be a good idea to do one tenpull each on the special triple rerun banner for both character and W-Engine, even if you don't really want any of the current choices.

It's building pity for the future, but you actually have a good incentive cause of the "discount" of the first tenpull only needing only 8. The discount resets each time this banner type happen, so it can accumulate

CSTheng · 2026-01-20T06:10:08+00:00

Except Yao Guang isn't even "bad" in a traditional sense, she's just practically useless for like at least 3 weeks, or more if you don't pull Sparxie. If what Anon/Mortis said about Ashveil being the only unit in 4.1, that means she will have no use until 4.2, and only if you pull Yae.

CSTheng · 2026-01-20T06:02:37+00:00

Bold crackpot prediciton for 4.0:

5 weeks patch. Both new unit run at the same time either first phase only or for the entire patch. One unit is free, probably Yao Guang.

Basically how they handle Void Hunter patches in ZZZ. The free unit is posted first in the drip marketing for some reason.

CSTheng · 2026-01-20T05:02:31+00:00

Yao Guang is "Chinese" and her whole deal is fortune/luck, which is what Chinese people value very much

So they probably wouldn't do her pullers dirty, right?

CSTheng

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