u/SintiWasHere

I havent seen anyone mention the latest Chief Concierge, if I overlooked it, then Im sorry.

https://www.whiteoutsurvival.wiki/sneak-peek/070465987en/

But what do you guys think this new event "Winter Siege" will be? It kinda reads like Canyon Clash from that small paragraph, but Im assuming it has to be a little bit more different than that.

Bunch of QoL improvements across the board tho, looks like a pretty decent patch.

Very surprised about no new Expert yet, it has been over 3 months since Kathy, but they are boosting Frostfire Mine rewards trying to incentivize developing her, so they might introduce new Expert soon enough.

What do you think about these changes?

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>[New Content]

>New Event: The all-new Winter Siege is coming soon! Fight alongside your allies in alliance stronghold battles. Deploy garrison squad and attack enemy strongholds to earn victory and valuable rewards for your alliance. Gather your allies and prepare for a brand-new strategic challenge!

>[Optimizations & Adjustments]

>Chief Avatar Improvements: A new “Preview Avatar Frame” option will be added to the confirmation popup when uploading a custom avatar. You can choose whether to display your current avatar frame, making it easier to preview the overall appearance of your custom avatar and frame combination.

>Expert Improvements:

>(1) Added an Idle Trek Status popup, allowing Chiefs to view current Idle Trek progress and completion status before entering exploration stages.

>(2) Agnes’s skill “Project Management” now grants a “Increases Research Speed” bonus, helping you advance research more efficiently.

>3. Fishing Tournament Improvements:

>(1) Improved the overall fishing experience. Added current season deepest depth records and extreme depth indicators to help Chiefs better judge depths.

>(2) A beginner tutorial will now be available when participating in the Fishing Tournament for the first time, helping Chiefs learn fishing controls more quickly.

>(3) Added filter options to the Guide page. Chiefs can now filter entries by season or acquisition status.

>(4) After unlocking the Seaweed Guide, a new 10x Fishing option will become available. Fishing gear will also automatically start at max level, helping Chiefs participate in Fishing Tournaments more efficiently.

>4. Daybreak Island Improvements:

>(1) Added a new basic decoration: “Frostgrove”, bringing more beauty and depth to your Daybreak Island.

>(2) Added the “Mark of Revival Shop”. Once the Tree of Life level and State Progress meet the required conditions, Chiefs can purchase “Marks of Revival” from Daybreak Island Supplies and exchange them for decorations and accessories. Shop contents will unlock in phases as State Progress advances.

>5. Game Settings Improvements: A new “Swipe Back” toggle will be added to iOS settings after the update. When enabled, swipe inward from either side of the screen to quickly return to the previous page. This gesture will be disabled in certain interfaces to prevent accidental activation.

>6. Scouting Improvements: When viewing a Chief outside your alliance, if you or an ally has recently scouted the target, a preview of the latest scouting report will be displayed. You can also quickly open the report to review troops and lootable resource info.

>7. Battle Mail Improvements: Hero portraits in the Hero Comparison section of battle mails will now display generation indicators for S5 and later Heroes, making participating Heroes easier to identify.

>8. Hero Portrait Display Improvements: Generation indicators will now be displayed on S3 and later Hero portraits in Hero Selection, Hero Drill Camp, and Lucky Wheel Hero selection screens, making different Hero generations easier to identify.

>9. Combatants List Improvements: Added a [Participants Only] button to participant lists in Foundry Battle, Tundra Arms League, Frostdragon Tyrant, and Canyon Clash, making it easier to view active and substitute members on your side.

>10. Alliance Improvements:

>(1) Alliance Leaders (R5) can now manage member whitelist status directly from the Alliance Members page.

>(2) Added whitelist status change logs. Alliance relationship change logs will now also display who made the change, making alliance relationship adjustments easier to track.

>(3) Alliance Leaders and R4s can now set alliance power leaderboard requirements to control which alliance relationship changes generate notification mails.

>(4) Added participant rank settings for alliance votes. When creating a vote, Chiefs can choose which member ranks may participate, providing greater flexibility in vote management.

>(5) Added Recommended Alliance. After the update, the system will recommend alliances based on your current alliance status, alliance activity, and recruitment requirements. Recommended alliances will display information such as members, power, and rankings, helping Chiefs find suitable alliances more easily.

>11. Chat Improvements:

>(1) Optimized the action menu displayed when long-pressing chat messages. Options will now be displayed vertically instead of horizontally, making them easier to view.

>(2) Adjusted Transfer Channel requirements. After the update, during State Transfer events, Chiefs with Furnace Lv. 20 or above can join the Transfer Channel.

>(3) Added quick phrase recommendations for private chats in various scenarios. When attacked or scouted on the World Map, applying to join an alliance, or contacting alliance leaders through the Alliance Info page, Chiefs can quickly send relevant messages for more convenient communication.

>12. Alliance Chat Improvements:

>(1) Added a Alliance Leadership Management Channel (R4/5). After the update, alliance R5 and R4s can communicate through this channel, making it easier for alliance leadership to discuss and manage alliance affairs.

>(2) Added new member welcome messages. During the first 3 days of a State, a welcome message will automatically appear in Alliance Chat when a Chief joins the alliance, helping new members participate in conversations more naturally.

>(3) Improved alliance welcome notifications. Starting on Day 4 of a State, Alliance Chat will display special welcome messages when highly ranked Chiefs join the alliance, allowing members to better recognize the strength of new recruits.

>13. Emote Improvements: Added a Frequently Used Emotes section for action emotes, displaying the last 4 action emotes used by the Chief.
14. Alliance War Improvements: Optimized team indicators in the Alliance War interface. After the update, the Chief count icon will be highlighted in green for rallies you started or joined, defenses where you are being rallied, and defenses you have reinforced. In rally and reinforcement details, your squads will also be highlighted with a green background, making them easier to identify.
15. March Speedup Interface Improvements: Optimized information display in the March Speedup interface. After the update, when participating in a rally, the March Speedup interface will display the rally preparation countdown, helping Chiefs better track march and rally progress.
16. World Map Improvements:
(1) When zooming on World Map, the level, name, and occupying alliance tag for Facilities will now be displayed, making them easier to identify and locate.
(2) Optimized the experience of teleporting and placing alliance buildings, enhancing operational smoothness.
17. Exploration Improvements: Added reward preview icons to certain stages. Chiefs can tap the icons to view stage rewards.
18. Private Chat Skin Improvements: After applying a chat background, the background will also be displayed in your public chat channels, including World, Alliance, Battlefield, and Transfer Chat.
19. Tundra Adventure Improvements:
(1) Rewards for landing on the Start tile have been increased. Previously, Chiefs would randomly receive rewards from 2 item tiles and gain +1 EXP for those tiles. This has been increased to rewards from 3 item tiles and +1 EXP for those tiles. Rewards for passing through the Start tile remain unchanged.
(2) While carrying the “+2 XP on the next Item Tile stop” bonus, landing on a max-level item tile will now grant an additional max-level reward.
20. State of Power Improvements:
(1) For States with Generation 10 Heroes or above unlocked, the 200,000 Personal Points reward tier in the State of Power Preparation Phase 1 will be upgraded.
(2) For States with Generation 10 Heroes or above unlocked, the 250,000 Personal Points reward tier in the State of Power Battle Phase will be upgraded.
(3) For States with Generation 10 Heroes or above unlocked, “Refined Fire Crystals” will be added to the State of Power Shop.
21. Crazy Joe Improvements:
(1) Optimized the event’s registration system. Tuesday sessions can now be registered 1 day in advance. Registrations for Thursday sessions will open after tally at UTC 12:00 on Wednesday.
(2) After the update, alliance reinforcement information for allies can be viewed during Tuesday and Thursday sessions even when monsters are not attacking.
22. Icefire Warhymn League Improvements:
(1) Added event preview mail to help Chiefs prepare for upcoming league matches.
(2) Improved league information display after state changes. When a Chief’s state changes due to transfers or State mergers, a corresponding notice will be displayed to help clarify current league status.
(3) Improved the Like feature during the Results Phase. Chiefs will have 3 Likes during the Results Phase and can freely distribute them among the Champion, Runner-up, or Third Place, or use multiple Likes on the same contestant.
(4) Added a “State Rewards” tab to the rewards interface. This allows Chiefs to view ranking rewards available to Chiefs from the same State once a State representative reaches the Top 16.
23. Snowbusters Improvements: Optimized “Superplow” unlock requirements. After the update, “Superplow” will be permanently unlocked if a Chief has previously reached Area 24, or if the State’s Snowbusters event has reached season 3.
24. Tundra Arms League Improvements:
(1) The required completion count for the daily and weekly task “Call rally and hunt down Polar Terror(s)” has been reduced by half.
(2) Optimized certain rewards in the Champion Shop.
25. Arena Shop Improvements: Before the Pet feature is unlocked, additional exchange items will be available in the Arena Shop.
26. Facility Display Improvements:
(1) After the update, tapping a Facility will display its current bonuses on the information page, allowing Chiefs to quickly view occupation benefits.
(2) In the Alliance Battle – Facility page, a small bonus icon will be added to the upper-right corner of Facility icons, making different facility types easier to distinguish.
(3) The Alliance Battle – Facility – Occupation Buff page will be changed to full-page scrolling, making bonus information easier to browse.
27. Tundra Album Improvements: Added support for custom filter presets. Chiefs can create filters based on Scene Fragment Star Ratings, Album, and Excess Quantity to quickly recycle unwanted fragments.
28. Alliance Championship Improvements:
(1) Added a “Neighboring States” tab to Alliance Championship rankings. Chiefs can switch between Neighboring States and All States alliance rankings.
(2) Fixed an issue where group ranking rewards could display incorrectly after an auto-advance in Alliance Championship.
(3) KO Rewards, Defeat Rewards, Auto-advance Rewards, Group Ranking Rewards, and Promotion Rewards will all be converted to Secured Resources.
29. Intel Improvements: When Intel is about to expire, countdown reminders will be displayed on the corresponding Intel icons in the Lighthouse interface and the World Map. The World Map intel entrance will also provide reminders, helping Chiefs avoid missing expiring Intel missions.
30. Birthday Card Improvements: After the update, collecting a Birthday Pouch will no longer automatically send birthday wishes. The Wish button on Birthday Cards will also be hidden.
31. Leaderboard Improvements:
(1) Optimized the display of Alliance Rankings, Alliance Mobilization Leaderboard, and Arena Leaderboard, making Leaderboard information clearer and more visually appealing.
(2) After a State reaches a specified age, a Neighboring State Range button will be added to the upper-right corner of the Neighboring States tab in Leaderboards and Labyrinth Leaderboard. Tapping the button allows Chiefs to view all States included in the current range, making Leaderboard coverage easier to understand.
32. Squad Details Improvements: The Troops Overview section in Troops Details will now display troop type ratios by default, making troops composition easier to review.
33. Refund Pack Improvements: After the update, Refund Packs can no longer be purchased using Frost Stars.
34. Event Points Optimization: Increased the event points earned from “Train 1 Lv. 12 Troop(s)” in [Hall of Chiefs], [State of Power], [King of Icefield], [Officer Project], [Alliance Showdown], and [Frostdragon Tyrant—Champions’ Eve].
35. Chief Charm Optimization:
(1) Adjusted the unlock timing for Chief Charm Lv. 12-16 and the Chief Charm Material Exchange feature. They will now unlock together when Gen 5 Heroes become available.
(2) Chief Charm-related rewards in [Frostfire Mine], [Castle Battle], and [Defeat nearby beasts] event will also increase in sync with the Chief Charm feature unlock progress.
36. Beast Hunting Optimization: Reduced the days to unlock Lv.22-30 Beasts in the Wilderness.

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