#honkai 3rd news

[herrscherofmagic]

I'm coping real hard here, but could the Collaborator system be our ticket to "playable males" in HI3rd?

Apparently the Part 2 protagonist won't be released as a Valkyrie but rather as a Collaborator (ELF analogue). The Collaborators are the joint partner in the fancy Astral Ring attacks, but they'll also be playable in certain open-world areas on Mars, and if you use the newer main menu mechanic then when you open the menu (aka going to the "bridge") then these Collaborators will stay on the screen, basically doing the same thing as the current system where Valks can appear on the bridge of Hyperion.

If this is the case, then I can imagine that with the Male Dreamseeker being a Collaborator and not a "Valkyrie" nor a special unit like Adam, then perhaps other males (Otto, Welt, Siegfried, Lyle, Raiden Ryoma, Kevin, Kosma, Su, etc.) could also be released as "Collaborators", giving them a limited gameplay role but also letting them be controllable in certain open-world areas and appear on the bridge.

Since past surveys in CN showed that there wasn't support for playable male Valks, then the Collaborator system could be the loophole that lets Mihoyo release male characters as part of a gacha system without making them part of the same core gameplay system that all the Valkyries are a part of.

This also means that perhaps past open-world-ish areas can be updated to allow Collaborators to roam around. This could include St. Freya, Schicksal HQ, the Elysian Realm, New Atra, maybe a future release of the AE Salt Lake City base, and so on.

(screenshot from Marisa Honkai video on youtube)

[buqbite]

part 1 (on VA and being better than humans)

part 2 (on welt and being just a human)

[luiicu]

Promare X Honkai Impact 3rd Collab Kiana 💙⭐

[fukirvana]

may i have this dance, m'lady?

[ltorekdraws]

i've been living for so long

many seasons passed by

I've seen kingdoms through ages

rise and fall, I've seen it all

Jillian (I'd Give My Heart) - Within Temptation

[endlesslytired]

[genshinresource]

Zenless Zone Zero JP: *Mascot* Group Artwork from @ZZZ_TYPEII

[eternalvoxel]

Some of y'all are out here like this.

[emypony]

this was too good as a standalone not to post <3

HOPEFULLY WILL HAVE THE REST OF THE PARTS SOON EHEHE

anyway. being a herrscher is hard 🥺

Damn this blew up!!

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Go for it, banzhang!!

[luxtax]

Kallen Kaslana Sketchpage

[allysilly]

IM SO HAPPY WITH THIS ONE EEEEEK

[herrscherofmagic]

Ngl, I kinda wish Mihoyo made Sora the protagonist for Part 2, instead of introducing a totally new cast...

Sora would've been such a good choice because she'd be a perfect bridge between these two eras of Honkai 3rd! Old enough to remember a world with Honkai, but young enough to experience a world without Honkai.

Sora even has a connection with the original protagonists, but she's also independent enough that the story can move forward with the OG cast moving into a support role while Sora & the Valks of her generation step up and take their place.

Sora was orphaned by Honkai so her life has already been shaped by it, yet she's also growing up in a post-Honkai world and should be at the age of a typical Valkyrie by the time the Sky People arrive. We learned that Lyle was part of the Roost so she already has a connection in that way, and Lyle even mentions her in APHO 2. Plus Sora has a stigma so she already has a natural source of power and a lot of potential for growth. Plus there's Mark 2!!

We even got to see Sora again in Part 1.5, right at the start of the Salt Snow Holy City arc. I was thinking "oh wow, is Mihoyo setting up Sora to be the protagonist for Part 2?? that'd be perfect!" but no. i was mistaken :/

I'm still willing to give Part 2 of HI3rd a chance, but now I'm kinda disappointed we didn't get Sora as the next protagonist :(

[unu-nunu-art]

My Art Summary 2023 ✨ Thanks to everyone for the amazing year 🎆

[fukirvana]

WOE BRICK BE UPON YE

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