I just realized the order of the the free chibis for this year’s anniversary is in the order of 2021 overall ranking
This year’s participation was ridiculously embarrassing due to Cybird’s inability to meet our expectations. Instead they were so far off the bullseye that they pretended like they were not in the wrong and two (maybe three days in, don’t quote me since I was half absentminded during the whole event) days into the Sengoku showdown 2022,
They “offered” more prizes because of our “love and dedication” to the warlords
When really, they were experiencing extremely low participation and a tremendous amount of email complaints.
Some of the most baffling points of this event are:
The large button and handwritten letter were originally for top 3 overall rankers ONLY
How unfair can it be right?! In 2021, the top 3 rankers of EACH warlord ranking had received a tiny 1.5 inch button. That’s a total of 51 buttons. It wasn’t even a grand unique button, mind you! It was a regular CG that could be found and seen in game all the time plus the “name of event~ Yes, my warlord” 😑😑😑
Then they had to extend the large button to top 4-10 overall rankers ~~ honestly, should have been this way to begin with. So from last years 51 buttons down to only 10 buttons needed to be made. (It would be irritating if the button the rankers receive is that EXACT sample image during the event though…. This will be pending an update once my friend receives a notice 🫣🫣)
The handwritten letters remain the same, only for the top 3 rankers. Which is only fair, since they’ve worked hard to stay up there.
The large modern wedding dress was made as the overall top 50 rankers ONLY.
Okay, I see …. Let’s see what the overall top 100 rankers receive then. 🧐🧐
My eyes must be playing tricks on me, I don’t see the tab for overall top 100. 🤨🤨
NOPE, they decided to give the dress to only 50 players out of the whole event. Something we’ve never seen before WITHOUT a prize for top 100 at least.
We are English version players.. we do not compare to the Japanese version player base!!! 😡😡😡
I don’t believe they did overall top 50 for Japanese version last year though… (I have check my screenshots)
The top 1 wedding frame for each warlord rankings, I had no problems with this until they released their revised prize list …
The best thing about trying for top 1 for each warlord was because it’s going to become a custom frame with the top 1 players name in the frame.
But they went ahead and offered the same exact frame to top 2-3 as well just WITHOUT the custom name of the player.
This would have changed the way players started this event if they had known right at the start of the game… maybe they would have tried harder
But they’ve already missed the ECB bonuses … to me that feels so bitter when they know they’ll spend more coins but don’t get all the items the event has to offer. 🥺🥺
Lastly, I wouldn’t be as annoyed and disappointed if they gave a simpler frame for the top 2-3 such as ONE or NO chibis part of the frame because that’s literally half the reason why I fought for top 1. 😡😡
Another huge disappointment was the musical chibi’s of our boys in suits playing English instrument with their pets was only available to each warlords top 50 ONLY. Yet another thing we’ve never seen!
Last year the chibis were made available for top 100 players of each warlord rankings. Which is COMPLETELY fair. Great job last year cybird 💪🏽💪🏽
This gave chances to players that don’t usually get a chance at receiving cute chibis
This also meant that many of the F2P players were able to play comfortably.
Yet, they pull a stunt like this but no reconsideration was made for this when they released a revised list of prizes. 😤😤
As a business owner myself, this was a complete disaster.
For disproportionate allotments of prizes
Continuous influx of the price packs
Drops in items RECEIVED per price packs
Ridiculously high glamour requirements in story events for VERY LITTLE RETURN
Ridiculously high ballet/vote/ticket/heart requirements in collection events for chibis or “bonus” stories
Comparing English player base to the Japanese player base
Skipping events without notice and explanation
Skipping BIRTHDAY FESTIVALS without notice and explanation ~ plus when reached out to they sent an automatic/repetitive response of “we are unable to discuss and disclose information in regards to current and future events. We thank you for playing Ikemen Sengoku.”
To continue in regards to birthdays, they decided to
SKIP KEIJI AND HIDEYOSHI joint birthday festival in March,
SKIP MOTONARI AND SASUKE join birthday festival in April,
BUT RELEASED A TWO WEEK, I REPEAT TWO WEEKS, THAT’S FOURTEEN DAYS, for Nobunaga’s birthday festival
Now we’re back again, they SKIP YUKIMURA Birthday festival in July
Which is extremely concerning since Yukimura’s birthday is the “reset” or “start” of the new versions of birthday events.
August is literally around the corner now, then comes Masamune’s birthday in September it will not be a surprise for me to see his birthday festival releasing without a hitch as he is top ranker in the game just like Nobunaga.
However, once they release him, it almost confirms the fact that they are pulling favourites and only releasing the guys that they KNOW bring them profits.
I can already see the downfall of the English version of Ikemen Sengoku. 😤😤😤
I will hope for a next year but I will not be the only one surprised that the end is near.
