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Seira and New Side Story Coming to KR Next Update
▲ 41 r/GuardianTales

Seira and New Side Story Coming to KR Next Update

hello.

This is 'All the fun in the world' Guardian Tales .

 

We would like to inform you of the upcoming updates currently being prepared.

 

We are preparing an update targeting next Thursday, and

Please check the details below regarding preparations.

※ The information provided is subject to change during the testing process or planning settings.

※ Added details regarding the schedule change for the new article attendance event on July 3 (Fri) at 14:05

- The schedule for the currently ongoing New Knight Attendance Event has been changed to end during the update maintenance on Thursday, July 9, and

The new season will start immediately after the maintenance ends.
- You can check your attendance rewards for 30 days even after the ongoing New Article Attendance Event ends.

 

■ New Hero

- A new hero, 'Herald of Counterattack Seira', will be added.

 

■ New Side Story

- A new side story, 'Reply 1988 Canterbury', will be added.

 

■ New Event

1) Pickup Event

- A pickup event for new heroes and equipment will be held.

 

2) Free 100-Pull Event

- During the event period, a free summon event will be held where you can summon for free 10 times a day for a total of 100 times.
※ The probability is applied the same as the existing summon probability.

 

3) New Hero Campaign

- A new hero campaign begins where you can complete missions to grow Seira and her exclusive equipment and receive rewards.

 

4) 6th Anniversary Attendance Event
- An attendance event will begin for all knights who log in during the event period.
※ This is conducted separately from the existing attendance check.
※ The attendance event runs for 28 days.

 

5) Set Costume Discount Event

- During the event period, a special shop will open where you can purchase set costumes at a discounted price.

※ Discounted purchases of set costumes are only available with paid gems.

 

6) Special Daily Mission Event

- Special rewards will be added to daily missions during the event period.

 

7) Roadmap Event

- A new roadmap event is starting.

 

8) Guardian Pass
- The new season's Guardian Pass is underway.

 

9) Festival Pass

- A Festival Pass is available where you can obtain Super Costumes and Unique Goods.

 

10) Guild Raid
- A new season Guild Raid is scheduled to be prepared.

 

11)   New Article Attendance Event
- An attendance event for new knights is being held.

※ The schedule for the currently ongoing New Knight Attendance Event has been changed to end during the update maintenance on Thursday, July 9, and

The new season will start immediately after the maintenance ends.
※ You can check your attendance rewards for 30 days even after the ongoing New Knight Attendance Event ends.

 

12) Special Training for the Knight of Eva's Return
- A new season of the Return Knight event 'Eva's Return Knight Special Training' is underway.

 

For further details regarding the update,

We will provide detailed information through the update announcement next week.

 

thank you

m.cafe.daum.net
u/cosmichero1996 — 3 days ago
▲ 169 r/Pokemonranger

Team Dim Sun's Activity in Fiore

During the events of Shadows of Almia, there are several mentions of Team Dim Sun being active in Fiore, either through characters, The Almia Times, or even a huge monitor in their Oil Field Base. It left me wondering what exactly they had been targeting there, so I decided to do some research and try to come to a satisfying conclusion.

The first mention of Team Dim Sun in Fiore is Almia Times volume 3, which talks about a rampaging Gyarados in Summerland accompanied by two smaller headlines about abnormal Pokemon behavior being on the rise, and people seeing what sounds like Team Dim Sun members. We don't get another mention until Almia Times volume 7 which talks about Keith stopping Team Dim Sun's operation. Interestingly this is accompanied by a picture of Keith and Hastings by the Joy Clock Tower in Fall City. Under that headline is another that shows Keith battling Lavana, one of the Sinis Trio in the Fiore Temple, near Wintown, and finally mentioning that Pokemon are disappearing all over the region with a picture of a Gigaremo unit.

I think The Almia Times makes it clear that Team Dim Sun are bringing Fiore's Pokemon under their control through the use of Gigaremo and then spiriting them away. It must be a pretty important operation to them considering they even had one of their three top executives lead that mission instead of being present in Almia. The fact that we see three of the four major locations of Fiore being targeted means that their efforts are pretty wide spread throughout the region.

Now, why split their forces like that when the key components to their plan are all in Almia? I considered that they might be seeking Legendary Pokemon but unlike the Go-Rock Squad which sought out legendary Pokemon often and were very clear about it, Team Dim Sun usually never cared about legendary Pokemon. The only legendary they successfully contain is Darkrai, who is guarding the Shadow Crystal, and it was stated that there was no getting around Darkrai and it needed to be dealt with to obtain the Shadow Crystal. Likewise, Heath didn't care to engage Cresselia, and was more than happy to let Keith capture it so he could swoop in and take the gem afterwards. The only time that we see Team Dim Sun target a legendary Pokemon specifically is in the case of Shaymin, who they want to sell for lots of money, because this is in the post game and they're on their last legs as an organization. Furthermore, the fact that they're active in Wintown, Summerland, and Fall City makes me believe that they weren't targeting a specific Pokemon at this time.

I think the true answer is the Fiore has powerful Pokemon that Team Dim Sun that are not available in Almia. It's important to note that FIore's browser is likely different than what we see during the course of the first game. My evidence for that is Keith doesn't get a partner Pokemon until he leaves for Fiore after graduating. Yet he has a Buizel as his partner, so he most likely met it there. That means that Fiore can have Sinnoh Pokemon if we can make a case for why they couldn't be in Almia instead.

That brings me back to the newspaper clipping of Keith facing Lavana. She already has her Infernape during their battle in the Fiore Temple. I originally thought that maybe she might have gotten that from Almia since there is in an Infernape in Volcano Cave, but that's actually pretty unlikely. I say that because Chimchar's entire line is a bit dubious in terms of being in Almia. There's only one known Chimchar in Almia and it's the partner you get in the story, Monferno is only available on the Cargo Ship which Team Dim Sun was using to transport kidnapped Pokemon. It's nowhere else in the entire region. Even after you save the Pokemon on it, Monferno stays on the ship instead of going back to Volcano Cave like all of the other Pokemon caught by Team Dim Sun there. That seems to imply that Monferno wasn't from Volcano Cave in the first place.

Infernape is in the Volcano Cave, but it's the same one that Lavana uses, and I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be the same one she uses in Fiore. A counter to that would be that Keith likely caught Infernape during their battle in the Fiore Temple but we never see how that battle goes, and we also know that the Sinis Trio can recall and reuse Pokemon you catch from them, because in the Altru Tower, after capturing Lavana's Magmortar and Heath's Rhyperior, they immediately give those Pokemon to Ice to stall you. After Infernape is captured, it likely just stays in Almia's Volcano Cave because it's a suitable place for it to live, and Fiore is too far to travel back to.

But even if you're not convinced about the Chimchar line being native to Fiore, remember that it's not just that line that's weird. Did you notice that the browser has Blaziken and Sceptile? Two fully evolved starter Pokemon but it doesn't include any of their pre-evolution lines and they're only found in Dim Sun controlled areas (Either the Altru Building or Oil Field Hideout). Like how can I be expected to believe that Sceptile's only natural habitat in the whole game is the Oil Field Hideout? Not even Vien Forest. On the other hand, Sceptile and Blaziken's entire family are fairly common near Summerland and Fall City in Fiore.

But it's not even just those. Absol, Houndour, Houndoom, Machoke, Machamp, Mr.Mime, Murkrow, Honchcrow, and Mothim all share similar issues of only existing in either the Oil Field Hideout which is completely surrounded by water on all sides or the Cargo Ship. Almost every single one of those Pokemon have at least one family member native to Fiore except Mothim, which stands out a lot because Burmy's line, if you count all of the Wormadam cloaks, is bigger than a normal Pokemon family, and they evolve to suit the environment they are in, yet Mothim is the only member of that line in this game. I think Mothim are now native to Fiore, around the Olive Jungle, and it was just taken from there.

Some of these are also in Altru Tower only, but it goes without saying that the stolen Pokemon were carried on the Cargo Ship to the Oil Field Hideout as their main base, and their strongest Pokemon were then taken to the completed Altru Tower to be used as a defense against outsiders through the use of Miniremos.

Tl;dr: Team Dim Sun were active in Fiore in order to get powerful Pokemon that were only found there.

u/cosmichero1996 — 7 days ago
▲ 12 r/Pokemonranger

The Super Styler and the Fine Styler

Do we think that the Fine Styler in Shadows of Almia is the final result of the Super Styler that Professor Hasting developed during the original Pokémon Ranger?

I always thought that it was the case, but SoA never mentions the Super Styler at all. The Fine Styler is also never treated as something new either. On top of that, because the Fine Styler is only used by Top Rangers, we wouldn't have encountered any characters that would have one in the original Pokémon Ranger even if it existed during that time period.

On the flip side, what else could it be? Something that might point to a connection is Gordor's Power Styler. The 'power' in Power Styler is most likely in reference to how powerful it is. Gordor even boasts that Professor Hastings could never develop a styler as powerful as the Power Styler. That said, in universe, it could also be referencing the 'Power Charge' function of the Fine Styler as well.

Something else that I find interesting is that when Hastings first speaks with Spencer at the beginning of the original Pokémon Ranger, Spencer mentions that he has been left with the Super Styler for some time and is impressed with how outstanding it is and is worried about it falling into the hands of criminals. Hastings brushes that aside and mentions that the Super Styler is only a prototype and he had a flash of inspiration that will power up the Super Styler further.

From this conversation, if we assume that the Super Styler and Fine Styler are one in the same, then perhaps Spencer only had access to Power Charge 1, and Hastings figured out how to add Power Charge 2 to it. I don't believe that to be the case though.

I say this because the Super Styler is already regarded as so outstanding in its capturing potential that Spencer is worried about it falling into the wrong hands. It doesn’t really feel right to me that it would only have half of the maximum strength of the Fine Styler at this point. I think Spencer already had access to the full Power Charge 2 and that’s what made it so outstanding.

So, what was Hastings flash of inspiration if it wasn’t Power Charge 2? My theory is that the 'power up' that Hastings was intending to add to the Super Styler was actually the ability to install 'power up' data from completing quests and helping regular people. Most of the power ups granted to the player are elemental defensive upgrades, healing, or capture line increases. Useful upgrades that make the finer styler more well rounded with the Power Charge, rather than making it even stronger.

Now, in SoA, even a regular capture styler has the ability to install ‘power up’ data, but in the original Pokémon Ranger, we don’t have quests or ‘power up’ data, even when you’re assigned to spend time helping people in Fall City with their problems, it’s treated as a mission instead of the patrolling that we see often in SoA. From what we see, our Styler doesn’t have the means to be modified with power up data in universe.

 What I believe might have happened is that the ‘power up’ modifications were originally intended for the Super Styler, but eventually it was decided that all stylers would be given the ability to install them to incentivize Rangers to properly patrol and prioritize helping people even when not on a mission. While the power ups would slowly build up to help a regular area ranger with their duties, it wouldn’t allow an inexperienced ranger to capture a Pokémon well above their level, that they wouldn’t be able to handle, which is what the Go-Rock Squad wanted to do with the Super Styler, or with Power Charge.

I’d love to hear what other people think of this theory. Thank you for reading!

Tl;dr The Super Styler is a prototype of the Fine Styler with Power Charge. The power up that Hastings wanted to add to the Super Styler during the course of the story was the ability to install ‘power up’ data, which eventually gets added to all stylers by default to incentivize Rangers to help people even outside of missions.

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u/cosmichero1996 — 14 days ago
▲ 28 r/GuardianTales

I finally have all characters and their exclusive weapons!

I only need red shards to evolve some of the remaining 5 star weapons I have, and there are only a few more characters that need to reach 5 stars too at this point. I don't have a use for grey summoner controllers anymore. Feeling pretty hyped!

u/cosmichero1996 — 1 month ago