With this update, the recent drought of updates has ended. This update’s main focus seems to have been on making higher levels of gear have increased interactivity, and rebalancing the way that gear is acquired.

The Good:

Equipment Prestige: A prestige system for max level equipment was added this update. To qualify, you need to have a piece of equipment 30 pieces over the maximum level (4). Once you have enough, you can select prestige and pay gold to get a shiny FX glow on that piece of equipment. This does reset the equipment to level 1, so don’t spend the gold if you don’t want a reset. The gear icon also gains a little medal in the upper-left corner.

Butler’s Beliefs: Granted, this does cater to players who have played a lot longer, but it is a welcome change, at least to me. It gives me something to look forward to upgrading. While the effects are hardly noticeable in battle, it is nice to feel a sense of progression again. I definitely feel that this change is Squeaky Clean (6/7). Some players have complained about the level reset, but I feel that it is a fine trade-off. After all, one can always unlock more gear from crates and level it up again. This actually makes achieving level 10 a lot easier.

Falcon’s Feelings: As Butler said, this definitely caters to the older players, but that isn’t a bad thing. It allows excess gold and equipment to be put to good use and I love this addition. I rate this change Falcon Fantastic (5/5).

Gear Progression: A progression system for gear has been implemented. We will spare you all of the details, but you can find in-depth notes on the Gumbug website. Gear is also now grayed out if one cannot unlock it in crates.

Butler’s Beliefs: This change makes equipment prestige easier for newer players, and it also balances the game. No more shall someone find a level 3 Wukong’s Crown in rank 4. I feel that this helps balance the game and give a slow curve to equipment gain. I rate this Clean (5/7).

Falcon’s Feelings: I did not expect this to happen, and it is great that it did. I rate this change Falcon Favorable (4/5).

Victory Crate Rebalance: The victory crate now resets every 20 hours, instead of every 24.

Butler’s Beliefs: Honestly, I’m not too thrilled about this. I know that this was a much-requested change, but I never felt that the timer was an issue. I’m pretty apathetic about this one, but I’ll rate it Clean (5/7) for catering to community demand.

Falcon’s Feelings: I’m pleased this was changed, but not sure it needed to change. Either way, this is Falcon Favorable (4/5).

Turn Off Crates Notification: This deserves its own spot. Under the settings menu, users can now select whether or not they wish to be notified if all of their crate slots are full before going into a battle.

Butler’s Beliefs: Another highly-requested feature. Once again, I didn’t really mind the pop-up, but I will rate this Clean (5/7) for catering to community demand.

Falcon’s Feelings: I never really cared about it in the first place, but since it seemed lots of people hated that little popup, I guess this change was Falcon Favorable (4/5).

Bugfixes: Lots of bugfixes occurred this patch. Text emotes can now be muted, and updated equipment visuals now no longer require the game to be restarted to go into effect. In addition, the automatic opening of crates after tournament matches has been removed along with the tournament pop-up error.

Butler’s Beliefs: Both of the tournament errors have bugged me for a while, and I appreciate the mute feature being fixed. I rate these bugfixes Clean (5/7).

Falcon’s Feelings: Bugfixes are good, therefore this is Falcon Favorable (4/5).

The Okay:

Notifications: Push notifications now detail when crates are ready to be opened. They also give you a reminder that the game is on your phone after you haven’t played for a while.

Butler’s Beliefs: I really like that the crate notifications are working properly now. However, I am not a fan of the reminder notification for “Jumping Back into the Battle”. I find those more annoying than helpful because I can remember what games I have on my phone. I rate this change Serviceable (4/7) for one useful notification and one annoying notification.

Falcon’s Feelings: I spend a lot of time playing this game already and I don’t need a notification telling me to jump back into battle every 30 minutes. I’m also not sure how I feel about more push notifications. I rate this Falcon Fair (3/5) for now.

Tournament Appearance Changes: We can’t talk too much on this one. After all, no tournament has been held with the updated visuals.

Butler’s Beliefs: I have no idea what the new tournament appearance will be, so I guess I will leave this unrated for now.

Falcon’s Feelings: Can’t rate this yet, but can’t wait to see the changes.

The Bad:

NONE! Woohoo!

That’s all for this Deja Review! Let us know what you think on Discord or in the comments below!