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Next Patch Preview! The Facebook post included the Star Burst characters as well so here’s the link to my Star Burst post if you missed it.

Extreme Evolutions: Evylin, Black Ivy, and Lindberg.

Skins (Pirate themed): Lukia, Shanti, Lucian, and Jheet.

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It’s time to Burst through the Stars. Next Major update: Star Burst.

2 New Legendary Players: Jibril (Light, Assist), and Presty (Dark, Goalkeeper).

3 New Extreme Evolution Materials: Cupie (Ardor), Sparky (Thunder), Klaon (Whirlwind)

2 New Superb Bosses: Thor and Fenrir.

Ace Burst, Live PvP, Club Match Renewal, New Managers, and so much more coming your way soon!

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tfw you do a 10+1 for the heck of it, get a new 5* and a Legend you didn’t have.

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Saber Q&A with the Developers

Link to the video

S/O to my friend @cruzentes for helping clean it all up. The answers were pretty long so they’ll be under the cut.

Saber: There's a big update coming in the December, what information can you give us about the update?

Rep: There will be Real Time Galaxy PvP; we've been working hard on it since the last update. There will be 2 modes in real time PvP: Player Ban Mode and Normal Mode.

Saber: What else is happening in this update? 

Rep: We'll focus more on Ace skills in the upcoming updates. It's about single attributes; if the player forms a team 11 players and they are all the same attribute, the Ace skill will be more powerful than what it used to, but only in Galaxy League.

Saber: Will the chains be upgraded or changed on new and old characters?

Rep: It's not 100% certain yet, but a fix for that is in the update after the major update; there will be some improvements to the chain system.

Saber: When will there be more ways to obtain Unique Spirit Stones? 

Rep: Players will be able to find Unique Stones in Scout after the major update. Then players will be able to find more Unique Stones in different ways in the updates afterwards.

Saber: Will there be any updates for rewards for CoD Rankings and Club Matches?

Rep: There will be improvements to Club Matches in the major update; it's 5v5 now, but it will be 3v3 post-update. There will be a big change to the system as well: when you win, you will acquire gold after a club match and there will be more changes to Club Matches overall. As of now, suits are hard to get; we'll make it easier for players to acquire them. For CoD, there are no plans to change or rework it for the time being, but there will be some changes in a patch after the major update.

Saber: Where do you find the artists for this game? 

Rep: There is an artist community where we can observe which artists are good and if they find one of the artist goes well with Soccer Spirits as a whole, we will contact them directly by email or SMS. Sometimes, artists themselves contact Big Ball directly to do work for Soccer Spirits.

Saber: Would an Anime for this game be possible in this future? 

Rep: As you know, Soccer Spirits has so many characters; we are currently developing in new areas including anime, toys, and new games. However, at the moment, all of us are developers, so it's not easy for us to make an anime. The size of our business is not ready yet. If we succeed in making the company bigger and better, it could be possible.

Saber: When making new characters, what is in the process and do you consider using community input? 

Rep: First, we need to figure out which position and which attribute the player should be. After that, we analyze what kind of character they should be and make a plan for said character alongside some concept art for them. We then give the concept art to the artist chosen so that they can draw based on our concept. When an illustration is approved for release, we design the skills for the character based on their attribute and position. We don't take community opinions when designing characters, but we do take their opinions about their skills and how they should be changed to heart.

Saber: Where would you like to see this game in the future? 

Rep: We are going to focus more on character balancing in the major update; we understand some players are being affected by recent gameplay trends and we will put more effort in for those kinds of players.  

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Patch Preview for Next Week!

We have 1 New Player, 2 Extreme Evolutions, and 3 Skins.

Extreme Evolutions: Gaphyl and Magnus.

Skins: Mikael, Mariel, and Black Daisy.

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Yeah, okay, I’m NOT gonna be able to get Aslan. Maybe I can get Yeon when she comes back around.

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Patch Preview for next week!

We have 5 New Players, 2 Extreme Evolutions, and 5 Skins

Skins: Miho, Sky, Lia, Vann, and Malcolm.

There’s more info below the cut!

This is a bit of speculation on my part, but given file names it is heavily assumed 4 of the 5 new players are meant to be Colosseum helpers, while the last one is a regular player. This would mean all of these helpers would be obtainable with a chance when you defeat a Colo Champ. The guy spraying gas seems to be the one who will be a regular new 5* player.

Finally we have the 2 new Extreme Evolutions coming up! Yeon and Ustiel!

Thanks for reading! See you guys next time!

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Patch Preview for September 24th, 2016:

Extreme Evolutions: Renee, Aslan, and Celus.

Skins; All Egyptian Themed: Jean, Jheet, Blade, Uriel, and Kiki.

EDIT: NA FB page confirms it is indeed an EE for Celus

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Patch Preview for next week’s Maintenance!

A new Thunder Player, Nute EE, New Vitos Unique skin, Edward Art Change and EE, Vivid Fear Art Change and EE. Plus one more skin that is unconfirmed at the moment, Young Jin.

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My Thoughts on the Seventh Star Update.

Well, it's about time I said what I think about the Seventh Star update. I'll be going over each section talked about in the Developers notes, you can find them Here if you missed them.

Season System Improvements

Honestly, this a good change, especially for those with dream teams that include S2 units. Personally I find the 24 weeks thing is a bit much, but it's good enough. For those who don't want to look over patch notes to figure out which S2 units are becoming "Classic" and which S2 units will stay as "New," here's a rundown:

Classic: Elaine, Renee, Angela, Death Queen, Choi, Freyja, Haru, Nikita, Askelaad, Miho, Evylin, Shanti, Vivid Fear, Black Tortoise, Sky, Black Ivy, Chitose, Patricia, Shura, Verister, and Asakura. New: Gaphyl, Karpila, Ernesto, Duran, Crocell, Dynames, Vonchi, Lindberg, Damien, and Serestia.

New Legendary Characters

I half expected Jiho to be a girl, to be honest. As soon as I saw the hidden art of her with a Skirt I just sort of accepted she was more then likely going to be female. Felix looks about as good as I expected. Not too much to say on these two to be honest.

Player Draw Modifications

I'm fine with them adding the Pink Ball for Legendaries, makes it easier to tell when RNG decided not to throw you under the bus. The Player Draw exclusion system seems pretty good, if not a bit expensive.

The fact Attribute Draw didn't last long at all makes it clear that no one liked it; it's easy to see why, 5*s having a lower rate then normal Player Draw, and the fact Legends weren't included meant no one would ever want to use it. Mileage Draw giving you 5* players in 6* makes everything easier, including this next part.

7 Star Players

I've been dreading this, I really don't like this addition. Personally I find it adds a ton more grind to the game and some "Whales" (I hate that term) even don't like it. I don't blame them either, needing 6 6 star players to train to 7 star is a pain in itself, the fact it makes sure you can fully max a players skill build makes me dislike it even more.

I kinda like the whole "7 star players can change around their stone slots." At the same time I feel it's such a meh thing since it's RNG.

Making 4 Star Players Relevant

All I can say about this addition is that it's great for CoT 4* missions. Like, really good.

6 Star Gatekeepers

Littre: Getting 3 SPUs from basically 2 and a half 5 Star Littres is a welcome addition. Kuma: Getting one for free when you Special Train to 7 Star is great. Not much else to say. Mera: It does what it's expected to but at the same time why? Beelzebub: +20 to each stat? That's good.

Transcendent Power Up

I actually don't really know what to think about this yet, mostly because we don't know how much each dupe gives in TPU points yet. If it's 1 per dupe/SPU, then I'd say it's terrible due to that meaning you need 30 dupes to Max the TPU.

Spirit Stone Modifications and Additions

I mean, I like the fact there will be more variety but at the same time..... Why would you remove getting a Unique through RNG while powering up a Rare stone? Why would you even release the Spirit Stone revamp when you don't even really have it fully finished?

It's evident that it's not finished when they said that new ways to get Uniques are still in development. I just find they should've held back on releasing this.

Modification to the Colosseum of Despair

Lowering difficulty and adding 5 more matches is actually not a bad idea, I'm indifferent to this.

Saving the Decks for Colosseum of Trials

Thank god, I've been wanting a system like this for a long while. Having to go into my formation and change my Team around for almost every CoT match was such a pain in the arse.

Modifications to Gameplay

Penalty to Spirit for the player who goes first in PvP: Okay but why? I mean, I see your reason of "making it like Chess" but this is not the right way to implement that sort of penalty. Modifications to Long and Forward Pass: Better AI? Good. Lowering Action Bar recovery? Also good, especially for balance purposes. Incoming Askelaad buff, probably.  Attribute Bonuses: Okay but why, Reflex is already a pain in my ass, this will just make it worse.

Other Changes

Spirit Stone Max Limit Increased: Not bad. Autumn Themed Background and Music: Sure, why not. Power Up Transfer Ticket: I mean, sure, that works. Hopefully it doesn't cost a fortune. Real Time PvP in Development: Not bad, just don't somehow fuck it up like you did with Club Matches.

Well, that's everything from this Developers notes. I may do another post like this next time one of these comes out; depends on what it details.

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It’s summer time so that means a big old batch of Summer skins. All of these are coming in the major patch currently scheduled for next week.

We also have one more skin, likely to be only through a purchase event like the Femme Fatale Baltheon one. It’s Metatron!

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New Patch Preview! 

1 New Character, 3 Extreme Evolutions, and 2 skins!

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It’s time to dance, boys.

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> checks Patch Notes

O hi there

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New Patch Preview!

First up is a new (probably) light character. Next we have 2 EEs, Angela and Mariel. Finally there’s 2 skins, Jury and Anael.

Note: The Jury skin may actually be her EE, we haven’t gotten a confirmation on that yet.

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My current PvE and PvP teams!