I don't know where I got the idea that Spalter's doll is regular-specter singing and I'm sure it's probably incorrect. But it does mean I think of it whenever I see her doll, and the new skin animation is reminding me of all my Feelings about spalter and specter and what happened to her.
One of the things I was pleasantly surprised by in Stultifera Navis (which was my introduction to the abyssal hunters as a whole) was how Spalter talks about how she was before with affection, in a way. She was very sick, and found it very hard to think, and couldn't remember much, but she was still her and so the person she was then had value. Which is especially important given that that specter is still here. The originium is not gone from Specter's system- it might have more ebb and flow to it now but she's still going to have bad days. And then the new skin where she's so affectionate with the doll reminds me of that ;o;
It was very different from what I was expecting given the general fandom opinion of Specter as "the crazy nun", and I hope very much it's a trend that continues if she gets content in the future.
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Arknights 4th Anniversary Summary
First part of the stream is that they showed old concept art of the game as well as the concepts for NPCs, the setting, Closure and Kal'tsit etc. I recommend reading more into this once there are translations bc its so interesting to see the thought process behind the world of arknights!!
01 | New Sidestory
Rhine Lab focused event where they appear to focus on the evolution of Terra (and might go even to space??? Endfield moment????)
New stage mechanics where you play catch with a hyper realistic eye that acts as a roadblock
elevator mechanic????
02 | New Operators
6* Tactician Vanguard Muelsyse
Places a blob that doesnt take deployment space and has no melee/upper tile restrictions
It appears that it copies the stats and range of the operator so for example, if you place down a Fartooth, the summon gets her range and her stats as well.
One of her skills makes her make 3 more summons and they can shift(?)
6* Core Caster Ho'olheyak'
Can levitate enemies like Irene but she can also silence them
Her Skill 2 is like Amiya s2 except she randomly levitates and silences 2 enemies
Skill 3 makes her have sniper range and summons three tornadoes per lane.
6* Welfare Abjurer Silence the Paradigmatic
Talent 1: All allies in range have shelter, the lower their HP, the higher the effect
Talent 2: Allies in range with low HP will gain regen, effect doubled for rhine lab operators
Skill 1: ATK up
Skill 2: ASPD up, can summon a drone that enhances talent 1, will self destruct when skill ends
Skill 3: ATK up, talent 1 enhanced, when an operator in range tales lethal dmg, instead keep their HP at 1 for a few secs Can only use a few times per battle, can manually turn off
5* Heavyshooter Sniper Melanite
No known info
03 | New Skins
New Bloodline of Combat skins for Orchid, Ebenholz, Specter Alter, Ch'en Alter, Kal'tsit, Justice Knight
Live2D skins for Spalter, Chalter and Kal'tsit, with kal'tsit being 24 due to new voicelines
04 | Other major updates
Operator module update for Hexer ops (Gnosis, Pramanix, Shamare), Melanite, Rosmontis, Greyy Alter, Ho'olheyak', W, Kal'tsit
Implementation plan for Lee's detective agency ops
New game mode (no translated info as of yet)
apparently its contract-based??? def not the new cc update
New robot Defender Friston-3
Integrated Strategies 4
Based on the Northern Regions of Sami, the least known region in the Arknights lore and the place where actual demons reside in
Santalla might be potentially be the welfare op
These nordic runes might be used to get foresight on the paths???
New boss
Banner update
Basically a wishlist where all operators before Phantom can be chosen. You can ONLY GET the 6* and 5* ops that you've picked.
This banner gives blue certificates which able to get you a specific headhunting pass for this banner as well as buying the ops themselves (note the shopping cart icon on ceobe and astesia)
Destiny 2 Collab
05 | Merch, Anime, etc.
Official Arknights Terra Concept book
Second Artbook (get a free Lava the Purgatory skin if you bought it)
Tabletop game??? Apparently its a collab with China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
1/7 scale figures for Kal'tsit, Summer Surtr, Summer Mudrock
Choearth figures and Popmart figures for Amiya
Arknights anime continuation of Episodes 4-6 (misha and frostnova :)))))))
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