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Mistwalker/Hironobu Sakaguchi's Terra Battle |OT| Season 2 has been unleashed!
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theMrCravens
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Some people asked them at expo, and so far answer is no.
Main reason is that Terra Battle 1 is not closing, and will still be getting updates even after sequel is released.
So.. Uhhh..
New event guarantees you one character from a list, with 10 other random pulls from the pool (with SB, Luck, levels). And it only costs 30 energy!
The catch? It only works with purchased energy...
I guess it's pretty cheap if you really want a specific character or you're a completionist whale and missing one..
But coming this late into the game's cycle, I don't know, feels like a cheap cash grab.
New event guarantees you one character from a list, with 10 other random pulls from the pool (with SB, Luck, levels). And it only costs 30 energy!
The catch? It only works with purchased energy...
I guess it's pretty cheap if you really want a specific character or you're a completionist whale and missing one..
But coming this late into the game's cycle, I don't know, feels like a cheap cash grab.
Aha! That must be why they went to the trouble of cleaning up the game code in the patch to very clearly separate free energy and purchased energy!
So you're saying they're basically selling me Sayu and a grand Peta so I can actually try to kill Mutoh? Sigh, lemme get my wallet.
theMrCravens
Member
Probably them testing it for what they can offer in TB2.
I think it works as a system, since Granblue Fantasy does something similar, but like you said it was added a bit late.
I won't bother with it since I'd rather open up wallet for TB2 gacha honestly.
Hmmmmm. I bought "100" energy to pull Sayu, and to basically just tip Mistwalker for the upcoming Fujisaka and Matsuno events. Turns out literally only 43 of those count as "purchased energy" while the remainder count as "free energy". Meh. Kinda deceptive imo. Don't regret tipping them though.
Yea, I was kinda annoyed at that too since it leaves you just short to buy the grand peta companion.
theMrCravens
Member
Looks like TB2 "Guardians" will have the 3 jobs system as well.
... Huh
I hadn't noticed this particular Guardian design was so, um, risqué in the few previews and the initial trailer.
I guess TB2 promises to up the ante on everything.
theMrCravens
Member
Wow. Didn't expect new scenario to be released today.
News just came out of nowhere.
News just came out of nowhere.
avrophantasm
Member
This was a surprise, so I ended up not having enough energy to do the special roll, but I rolled anyway.
I got, like, 3 Samupis.
I got, like, 3 Samupis.
Finished the event. Got all endings, and all the drops. A+++ event, will play again. Totally Yoko Taro, great scenario, great music, and very clever use of existing assets with new art. It may not be as elaborate as The Last Story and Vengeful Heart when it comes to having brand new backgrounds and tons of new character art, but the little story it told here is much more intimate and touching. <3
Can't wait for Matsuno's! Ha...haha...hahaha...
Can't wait for Matsuno's! Ha...haha...hahaha...
theMrCravens
Member
They showed a new trailer for TB2 on stream today.
Pre-reg on August 3rd. So release end of August ?
So damn pumped for it.
They've probably learned so much from designing Vengeful Heart and Arachnobot's Tale that the main story chapters in TB2 will end up delicious.
Pre-reg on August 3rd. So release end of August ?
So damn pumped for it.
They've probably learned so much from designing Vengeful Heart and Arachnobot's Tale that the main story chapters in TB2 will end up delicious.
I wonder how long it'll take for the Global version, which I assume we'll get eventually.
I'm interested to try this one out.
theMrCravens
Member
Another stream yesterday where Gooch played some more early TB2.
Nine elements this time around (TB1 had four at launch):
Quick nod to Dragon Quest XI at start (sword and shield tattoo):
Invincible 2.0 sketch. I do hope he brings back Amano for some other art.
Anyway, closed beta Tuesday (Japan only), and pre-reg (or download starter?) info later this week.
Pretty hyped. ヽ(‿)ノ
Nine elements this time around (TB1 had four at launch):
Quick nod to Dragon Quest XI at start (sword and shield tattoo):
Invincible 2.0 sketch. I do hope he brings back Amano for some other art.
Anyway, closed beta Tuesday (Japan only), and pre-reg (or download starter?) info later this week.
Pretty hyped. ヽ(‿)ノ
theMrCravens
Member
The pre-reg for TB2 is up.
EN pre-reg
Seems we'll get some free gear, otomos and possibly Samatha (not specified if free).
EN pre-reg
Seems we'll get some free gear, otomos and possibly Samatha (not specified if free).
theMrCravens
Member
TB2 10 man raid battle (early works) from Nico stream today.
(poor quality vid though)
10 man raid
This is awesome.
You can see everyone moving at same time trying to pincer boss. haha.
(poor quality vid though)
10 man raid
This is awesome.
You can see everyone moving at same time trying to pincer boss. haha.
The Samatha redesign is really nice. Adding in more black to contrast with the gold and taking out most of the brown was the right choice for sure here.
I would think she is free, since the only thing to roll in this game would be the equipments? So all the units/''guardians'' are usable by everyone who plays through the game.
I would think she is free, since the only thing to roll in this game would be the equipments? So all the units/''guardians'' are usable by everyone who plays through the game.
theMrCravens
Member
No, Gear and Guardians are in the gacha. (not sure about Otomos yet)
They've shown some video of them pulling Z Guardians, and other stuff.
Story characters (like Serah) will be equipped by Guardians, Gear and Otomos.
These characters will change depending on Chapter.
theMrCravens
Member
I edited.Are they "NPCs" if they are actual playable characters in the party?
These story characters will also have their own spells, and combo techniques.
(top one requires all 3 brothers)
I wish I could purchase recent Famitsu.
Ah, I see now!
I thought that story characters also counted as guardians, and that we would be equipping them with gear and what not, hence my confusion.
But if they count as completely different units, that makes more sense then why they are offering Samatha as a free unit.
Derp on my reading comprehension.
Guardians are like Companions in TB1, except they have their own job changes too iirc. I guess we can think of it as like.... story characters are not gacha, so they can tell a better story with the player controlling actual characters without consideration for their gacha library, but the characters themselves have servants/stands/whatever which are gacha, and also equipment which is gacha.
What I'm most excited about is how the game retains all the things I loved about TB1 while expanding on existing systems and making them more exciting. Having chapter maps instead of loosely connected battles, fixed story characters, secrets hidden in the stage map, 10-man raid battles. Everything is shaping up to be awesome!
theMrCravens
Member
New gameplay video showing some features and Chapter 2 for first time.
Major story spoilers, so beware.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CNWgZ6AQTLs
Major story spoilers, so beware.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CNWgZ6AQTLs
Yeah, when you break it down like that, it makes more sense that what I was originally thinking about. Which is better, so I'm much happier about now that I understand it.
I agree on that! The thing was that I though that they were going on a different direction with the game play initially, but seeing what they are doing made me realise TB2 is a step up in every way from TB1 on all fronts, and your point about them expanding the gameplay system is what makes me super excited about TB2.
But what I am looking forward most is that the story is clearly going to be more of a focus here with the fixed cast units and them committing to a serial release. I liked TB1 well enough, but the story was sadly lacking given that outside of Pulpa, no one else got to be in the "end game" phase and most of the units outside of the tiny bits of lore in their descriptions had any impact on the greater story. So I am super looking forward to that changing with TB2.
theMrCravens
Member
Hiso stream of mostly TB2 stuff today.
They'll have a Download Starter again this time, but they aren't releasing a full list like in TB1 (which is smart of them).
You can watch them playing the 10 man raid HERE.
Pretty awesome to see everyone on combo screen like that (pics from TB Forum).
...and it'll have an MVP screen.
They did some gacha pulls on screen too. Some A ranks are pretty cute.
New Metal Zone monsters look great.
They'll have a Download Starter again this time, but they aren't releasing a full list like in TB1 (which is smart of them).
You can watch them playing the 10 man raid HERE.
Pretty awesome to see everyone on combo screen like that (pics from TB Forum).
...and it'll have an MVP screen.
They did some gacha pulls on screen too. Some A ranks are pretty cute.
New Metal Zone monsters look great.
theMrCravens
Member
Terra Battle 2 art is so good.
Fukisaka is going hardcore work mode for sequel.
There's a big chance it'll launch next week.
Either Tuesday or Thursday (usual Mobage updates).
I hope someone makes a better OT than this one we got for Terra Battle 1.
(I think OP stopped playing after a week. lol)
Fukisaka is going hardcore work mode for sequel.
There's a big chance it'll launch next week.
Either Tuesday or Thursday (usual Mobage updates).
I hope someone makes a better OT than this one we got for Terra Battle 1.
(I think OP stopped playing after a week. lol)
theMrCravens
Member
Cool beans.
Last week's stream teased with art of main character (I think) for Matsuno Quest.But I need to know where Matsuno World is....
Broad of the Mist 70 timestamped.
Oh, and Vengeful Heart rerun starts Friday.
Best TB1 scenario if anyone missed it.
Pre-reg being at 140k and not being a sweeping success would have me concerned if I was them and maybe re-evaluate their release/marketing for the release if they can't even get people to complete all the achievements on the pre-reg.
The way it was launched was kinda messy and even now when I'm trying to sign up with firefox I'm getting an error site.
Makes me also wonder why exactly there's so little hype surrounding it.
Kinda sucks that the "from the creator of FF" is the best angle they've got. Makes it kinda feel like Sakaguchi is squandering his and his team's talent...not because they're doing a mobile game but even that mobile game feels low budget.
The way it was launched was kinda messy and even now when I'm trying to sign up with firefox I'm getting an error site.
Makes me also wonder why exactly there's so little hype surrounding it.
Kinda sucks that the "from the creator of FF" is the best angle they've got. Makes it kinda feel like Sakaguchi is squandering his and his team's talent...not because they're doing a mobile game but even that mobile game feels low budget.
theMrCravens
Member
It's your typical mobage pre-reg.
You know how they work.
They wait until the last minute to fill it to the final milestone tier before releasing the game.
It's all marketing hype.
Guess it's not all too hype building if it's permanently stuck at 140k, seems to have the opposite effect on me. Don't really recall Sinoalice' going down like this.
Here's some new gameplay: https://youtu.be/PFE_-0Sl2tY?t=70
She does a couple multi pulls and then play some seemingly more advanced stages that I haven't seen before.
Pre-reg is at 180k now. They're probably just using it as an artificial countdown for the launch.
They also announced the Aug 26 Hiso Bar stream. This time there will be 3 segments of it: Mistwalker staff for TB, Silicon Studio staff for TB2, and Naoto Ohshima from Arzest (Sonic designer, and the old time Sakaguchi collaborator on Blue Dragon and Away) will be presenting the Terra Wars segment. This might be a big one!
They also announced the Aug 26 Hiso Bar stream. This time there will be 3 segments of it: Mistwalker staff for TB, Silicon Studio staff for TB2, and Naoto Ohshima from Arzest (Sonic designer, and the old time Sakaguchi collaborator on Blue Dragon and Away) will be presenting the Terra Wars segment. This might be a big one!
theMrCravens
Member
No Terra Battle 2 release date yet.
New Terra Wars trailer with cool claymation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUnP3wh8LlA
New Tower of Temptation event in 4.9 and a Terra Battle 2 Guardian will be added as a TB character.
Matsuno Quest confirmed for 5.0, will be very substantial and have its own mini world map like the main scenario. They showed off a bunch of character art for it, and again confirmed that Sakimoto is doing 4 new tracks.
New Terra Wars trailer with cool claymation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUnP3wh8LlA
New Tower of Temptation event in 4.9 and a Terra Battle 2 Guardian will be added as a TB character.
Matsuno Quest confirmed for 5.0, will be very substantial and have its own mini world map like the main scenario. They showed off a bunch of character art for it, and again confirmed that Sakimoto is doing 4 new tracks.
theMrCravens
Member
No release date is a kick in the nuts.
Terra Wars stuff is cute though.
Terra Wars stuff is cute though.
Saw Sakaguchi make an appearance on a Brave Exvius nico stream yesterday. The stream had ~50k viewers, I'd guess. Today the prereg had jumped from 190k to 240k. The stream probably wasn't the only cause for this, but I'm fairly certain it was a big contributor.
They also stated that there would be a Terra Battle2 x FFBE collab sometimes in the future.
They also stated that there would be a Terra Battle2 x FFBE collab sometimes in the future.
theMrCravens
Member
Hmm...
I don't like Rain or Lasswell, but a Fujisaka drawn Fina could be mighty fine.
The Gooch love his Exvius. He's even put Trust Masteries in TB2. lol
Dat incoming grind. ;_;
theMrCravens
Member
There's a JP promotion site where you do random pulls, and at TB2 launch you'll get a code for that character to use in the game.
igetgatcha
It's in JP, but if it is like Terra Battle 1, you'll be able to use code anyway.
You need a twitter account.
igetgatcha
It's in JP, but if it is like Terra Battle 1, you'll be able to use code anyway.
You need a twitter account.
or multiple
There's a JP promotion site where you do random pulls, and at TB2 launch you'll get a code for that character to use in the game.
igetgatcha
It's in JP, but if it is like Terra Battle 1, you'll be able to use code anyway.
You need a twitter account.
or multiple
So is the trick to create a few throwaway twitter accounts and use them to gacha all the 3 different SS characters available at least?
theMrCravens
Member
It'll most probably only allow a single code use per account.
If you got time, might as well try to get all 3 on standby, and choose which you want in the end.
Also, from latest famitsu. Is this release date ?
Nice, I did the pre-register gacha and got SS Hikari! She was the one I liked the art for the most, so needless to say I'm extremely happy.
I just hope I can bring her over to the Global version. They say I'll get a code to redeem her (in an email, I believe?), I'm just worried it won't be valid in the Global version. I want her, damn it! If I could manage her, I probably wouldn't even bother re-rolling.
Not sure if I'll bother creating multiple Twitter accounts to try for the other two SS, since I'm guessing only one code will be redeemable per account. Even if the others are better, I like the above character so I'll probably go with her regardless.
I just hope I can bring her over to the Global version. They say I'll get a code to redeem her (in an email, I believe?), I'm just worried it won't be valid in the Global version. I want her, damn it! If I could manage her, I probably wouldn't even bother re-rolling.
Not sure if I'll bother creating multiple Twitter accounts to try for the other two SS, since I'm guessing only one code will be redeemable per account. Even if the others are better, I like the above character so I'll probably go with her regardless.
It'll probably be the same as it was with Terra Battle -- same client/version, just different language options.
We can only hope!
theMrCravens
Member
The promotion being on DMM *might* require access to the PC version.
Altough there's nothing indicating it.
Note that they've long removed the "input code" options in the mobile version of Terra Battle 1 because of issues with Apple.
We currently need to log-in through the PC version (on AndApp) to implement gift codes.
I do not know if TB2 will do the same.
Altough there's nothing indicating it.
Note that they've long removed the "input code" options in the mobile version of Terra Battle 1 because of issues with Apple.
We currently need to log-in through the PC version (on AndApp) to implement gift codes.
I do not know if TB2 will do the same.