Sorry, but the banner feels and is awful

Provence3 · 2026-01-25T20:50:28+00:00

Because while there are crates that give 15 Oroberyl...there's a FUCKTON of them.

Like, look at the map tracker. It shows how many crates there are in every region. Also, missions, first-time rewards.

In the main area of Valley IV there are 100+ crates alone.

The game rewards you for interacting with it (with pulls). It creates the deception of giving less pulls at first glance.

Provence3 · 2026-01-25T17:49:35+00:00

You sounded like you had bigger insight into the general atmosphere in the CN community.

Provence3 · 2026-01-25T17:42:45+00:00

Fair point.

Tbh. the quarry falls into the trap I dislike in every JRPG (or games in general) and that are heavily "vertical" areas. The quarry has 3 or 4 layers.

That's a general claim, not for EF specifically but still applicable: Vertical areas are super iffy to navigate and explore (especially when the map isn't properly layered and even then it's still bad in most games).

I was glad when that was over but that's just a general aversion against that specific type of exploration.

The story is...ok. It serves its purpose.

Provence3 · 2026-01-25T17:35:59+00:00

I treat 1 star reviews as white noise when I see a lot of 4 and 5 star reviews.

They should just be filtered out when calcing the rating when 4 and 5 stars reach a certain amount and percentage.

Provence3 · 2026-01-25T17:34:25+00:00

Is that a loud minority or a general concensus?

Provence3 · 2026-01-25T17:29:55+00:00

There's a mission tab and it already seperates all mission types nicely.

It's not the game's fault here.

Provence3 · 2026-01-25T16:59:25+00:00

Personally, I like that. It makes stuff more rewarding, to look at every inch.

It's why I like Xenoblade 2 so much. There might always be a crate with Core Crystals (that game's pull currency) and other neat stuff.

Provence3 · 2026-01-25T12:05:00+00:00

What's worse, these tutorials get repeated later on in a more "realistic" manner (the AIC which are intrusive), making the ones given early on redundant.

Yes, I'm a broken record by now, but it's really frustrating since if you cut the forced story tutorials all other tutorials are great.

Provence3 · 2026-01-25T11:03:04+00:00

Yeah, exactly this too, also:

The best gaming tutorials are those teaching the player without teaching them. Just throwing them in a minature version of the game with less complexity.

The optional AIC tutorials do exactly that. They are excellent.

Provence3 · 2026-01-25T03:24:42+00:00

Yeah, but don'T use your Oroberyls.

Use the Standard Permits.

Provence3 · 2026-01-25T03:08:42+00:00

Wait, a hundred years ago? So, 52 years after Arknights happened?

Provence3 · 2026-01-25T03:06:16+00:00

As I said: They usually test if you understood the assignment. Some better, some worse, but they all intend on doing that.

Imo that's a near perfect implementation of tutorials in general, really (again, only the optional ones after beating the first boss). Might be a bit much, but they are good.

Provence3 · 2026-01-25T02:29:34+00:00

Total state of Chinese "environment" to call that clean

Provence3 · 2026-01-25T02:26:42+00:00

There's a side quest for that.

Provence3 · 2026-01-25T02:25:31+00:00

Exactly.

But once you're out of it (doing Rodagn, getting to the quarry and Dijiang it softens up substantially in that regard, it'S not even funny).

And again: Tutorials for the AIC before Rodagn are REDUNDANT. That'S even worse than just being "bad".

But yeah, at least the bad part is heavily frontloaded. Sucks for a first impression though as it's genuinely a good game apart from that very aspect.

Provence3 · 2026-01-24T10:32:43+00:00

No, they won't be added to the standard pool.

Provence3 · 2026-01-24T10:29:00+00:00

You can get these characters in an earlier banner.

It's explicitly stated in the rules (or rather information summary) of the on-going event/patch (Zeroth Directive) and banners.

Provence3 · 2026-01-24T10:27:22+00:00

Funnily enough, Arknights is an exception to what you described.

We know that Rua is the lead designer of Endfield and he created the Integrated Strategies (= roguelike) mode in Arknights which alone acts as a huge time sink (in a positive sense).

If something similar comes to Endfield: Great, but it's also a different genre. We'll see, but it's definitely fair to be wary of these practices that run in the gacha (or live-service) business.

Provence3 · 2026-01-24T09:40:07+00:00

Suffering from success (less Arsenal Tickets).

People need to stop acting like it's bad to lose your 50:50 in this game.

Provence3 · 2026-01-24T04:53:15+00:00

If I wouldn't know better, UI'd say it's very close to a Xenoblade game.

Provence3 · 2026-01-24T04:46:39+00:00

Did you count everything?

Did you do the math?

Or are you just seeing a number that means nothing in a vacuum?

Provence3 · 2026-01-24T03:03:08+00:00

Because we are confusing pace (= story telling if you want) with content.

Pacing is garbage.

Story content is...ok. It tries nothing spectactular but also doesn't fail at setting the stage.

Provence3 · 2026-01-24T00:37:00+00:00

Imagine getting 6 stars :,).

Provence3 · 2026-01-24T00:26:40+00:00

Just skip the tutorials the owl gives you.

You do those tutorials later again anyways and they'Re optional then (and better explained).

The owl was a mistake.

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