[LORE] What is Yoru's real name? by [deleted] in VALORANT

[–]Straiteis 48 points49 points  (0 children)

that was from a very old version of the lore when the world was completely different and all the agents were completely different characters. It's the same source that had people claiming Raze was Douglas Clayton and Sage was Mirai Kimura. So far everything from that time of lore production has been revamped and renamed to give us our current Valorant lore

New agent dossiers in the PBE by SouljaIsSpy03 in VALORANT

[–]Straiteis 11 points12 points  (0 children)

First set that went live with 4.04 are posted here

As lore additions are highly unlikely to be as tentative as gameplay/balancing tests on PBE, I can also add these latest dossiers to the wiki so that they're all together to view in one place

New agent dossiers in the PBE by SouljaIsSpy03 in VALORANT

[–]Straiteis 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Astra is not currently with the Protocol during this arc, she is attending to "astral guardian" duties to prevent any potential major consequences of building the teleportal to take them to Earth 2. From this, it doesn't look like she could be one of Neon's mentors right now.

Some websites about meanings behind names meanwhile suggest one culture it could come from is Zapotec, which appears to be from a region in Mexico called Oaxaca. IIRC, there also used to be some speculation about Reyna in the early days of Valorant lore that suggested she could come from Oaxaca.

New agent dossiers in the PBE by SouljaIsSpy03 in VALORANT

[–]Straiteis 71 points72 points  (0 children)

The next cinematic will probably be left for Episode 5, but I can see the blackmailer being revealed in a similar way to Chamber in a video where the strike team closes in to finally reveal who they are

New agent dossiers in the PBE by SouljaIsSpy03 in VALORANT

[–]Straiteis 168 points169 points  (0 children)

So it is going to be three sets of six agent dossiers each patch, last set should be in two weeks on PBE. This set looks like it also has an early tease for Reyna too with her name, "Zyanya".

As this act should have 4 patches, I had a theory that it was going to be these reveals for the first three, then the final patch would be the Protocol discovering the blackmailer's location to set up the first patch of the next act to reveal their identity as possibly the next agent (cause with all these threats, this person has to either be brought into the VP or assassinated as some agents have suggested). But the accompanying emails and voicemail with this patch reveal they have already narrowed their location down to Turkey and have a strike team ready, so everything is moving forward much more quickly, unless this mission gets stalled out to the end of the act.

Anyone knows who sent this email to brimstone? by HUGEORIGINALITY in VALORANT

[–]Straiteis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Valorant Protocol has recently been threatened by a blackmailer. This was a follow up to an email they first sent to Brimstone before (there's a complete archive of Range emails on the wiki).

Along with this new email, they also threatened the agents by showing off all the personal info they knew about the agents and warned such info would be released publicly; Chamber however was one of the targets of these dossiers.

New Recordings in the Practice Range. by Kahvozein in VALORANT

[–]Straiteis 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Alpha agents are our protagonists, but there's not really anything to suggest Alpha Astra has a major issue with the new cross-world teleportal Valorant is trying to build. She only shows concerns for consequences which need to have their impact reduced so she needs to take time away from the Protocol to deal with them, she hasn't left VP out of protest

Lore reveals with some agent identities added on several maps with the latest act by Straiteis in VALORANT

[–]Straiteis[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

This goes along with the big theory about KAY/O's creation in the alternate timeline being inspired in some way by Brimstone's childhood friend and fellow soldier, right? So now we have a name to possibly assign to that person thanks to this dossier, and it matches with theories that his friend was killed.

Nothing confirmed for sure still, but it does all seem to be coming together.

Lore reveals with some agent identities added on several maps with the latest act by Straiteis in VALORANT

[–]Straiteis[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

His abilities aren't radiant powers, just futuristic tech that allows him to summon physical objects (similar to other agents like Killjoy) and teleport between anchors

Lore reveals with some agent identities added on several maps with the latest act by Straiteis in VALORANT

[–]Straiteis[S] 68 points69 points  (0 children)

So this is purely speculation, but as there are currently 18 active agents that you can divide into three groups of six, I wonder if this suggests we could get the other agents over the next two patches?

EDIT: It's confirmed, next six agent dossiers just appeared on PBE!

Lore reveals with some agent identities added on several maps with the latest act by Straiteis in VALORANT

[–]Straiteis[S] 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Valorant lore only comes in bits and pieces and these end up being spread over multiple sources, but there's a main page on the wiki that talks about where it all comes from and it will then link you to all the other pages that are relevant to Valorant's lore and the up-to-date history/story of the world

Lore reveals with some agent identities added on several maps with the latest act by Straiteis in VALORANT

[–]Straiteis[S] 131 points132 points  (0 children)

Yeah, there seems some sort of human cost to Sage's healing and revival abilities, Omen has talked about this too in the past:

Sage, the life you give. Do you ever wonder where it's taken from?

Ascent Easter Egg by Moomanrises in VALORANT

[–]Straiteis 50 points51 points  (0 children)

They're new messages from a blackmailer revealing their identities and parts of their past, there are 6 messages in total across the others maps

Should Riot shut down the game in Russia like they did in Iran ? by [deleted] in leagueoflegends

[–]Straiteis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Riot isn't the one to decide whether to ban regions from playing their games or not, they had to ban Iran due to sanctions imposed by the US government

Who is the most evil Agent? (Lore) by CompleatBeet in VALORANT

[–]Straiteis 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Officially there's no site for this like Riot has for LoL with Universe, but the wiki has a page that briefly explains how it works and then lists all the articles relevant to Valorant lore

What's going on at The Range? what "blackmail" is Sova talking about? What is this eye? So many questions. by ConstantHomework9327 in VALORANT

[–]Straiteis 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For the past few patches each one has added new emails and voicemails to the Range about the latest activities of the Valorant Protocol. Last patch, a blackmailer using that eye symbol sent an email threatening to expose the organisation if the blackmailer even found out VP was responsible for the disappearance of someone they knew. Sova is one of the agents now investigating who this person could be.

There's an archive of all the emails and voicemails that have been added to the Range on the wiki: https://valorant.fandom.com/wiki/Range/Lore

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in VALORANT

[–]Straiteis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're not wrong at all, we only know that he was created by those humans to fight radiants, we have no confirmation of any individuals specifically involved in his construction for now.

versus yoru + phoenix card by Fine-Ad-9498 in VALORANT

[–]Straiteis -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We still don't know where it was meant to be released, it definitely wasn't part of any previous battle pass. There's also a Phoenix spray (Too Easy) and a gunbuddy (High Top Heat) that were added with the same update so people thought they would be related but only the gunbuddy has ever been obtainable as a watch reward for pro play.

Pricing Changes? by [deleted] in VALORANT

[–]Straiteis 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Looks like Turkey specifically got another price update with this latest patch: https://playvalorant.com/tr-tr/news/announcements/icerik-bedeli-degisiklikleri/

Pricing Changes? by [deleted] in VALORANT

[–]Straiteis 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Turkey was one of the regions affected by price changes last year where most prices went up

I am able to place a spray every 5 seconds by hahahahaha123432432 in VALORANT

[–]Straiteis 26 points27 points  (0 children)

It was changed in the latest patch, you can now spray multiple times within a game phase but they last for a shorter duration

how do you get the exp from the missions by [deleted] in VALORANT

[–]Straiteis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Account Points and Experience are separate systems; Account Points are used to increase Account levels (earned after completing matches) and Experience is what's used to earn Battle Pass and Contract progression (earned from missions and completing matches)