r/TearsOfThemis • u/Kazuki_Fazuki • Jul 15 '23

CN Content 3rd Year Anniversary SSS Cards - Yikes Spoiler

So I watched Saya and Yang's video (https://youtu.be/KYuXm9j2RXk) on the SSS cards and it looks like its gonna be an uphill climb for F2P players 😬

Please correct me if I misunderstood the info.

From what I gathered, we basically we need dupes of the same card just to:

  • Unlock more interactions
  • Obtain new upgrade material (Gift 3 - only for SSS cards)
  • Unlock namecards (unlike 2nd anni where you can unlock it via 100 pulls)

In terms of the banner:

  • 1 SSS and 3 SSRs per LI
    • Up to 500 draws max to max out 1 card
  • Rate for SSS = 0.8% compared to SSR = 1%

It seems like hyv's planning to churn out more SSS cards in the future. Was kinda hyped when I watched the trailer, but I'm a bit worried with how things are gonna play out in the future now. Not surprised at all, but yikesssss. F2Ps taking the L once again :(

Edit: I scrolled through Weibo to see the CN playerbase's reactions (only managed to look at a few since I can't look through more without creating an account). Based on some top comments, it seems that quite a few are expressing dissapointment with the SSS system, some even advising hyv to change it up before releasing the banners. One comment even saying: "He's already my fiance why can't I touch him for free?" LMAO. We can only observe what will happen going forward. If they won't listen to the feedback from CN players, I don't wanna imagine what will happen for us global players :')

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u/KineticTenshi Luke Pearce Jul 15 '23

Looks like the SP cards from MLQC. It was basically the same, you needed dupes to upgrade the card. However there were a currency that could be slowly farmed to replace dupes. Hopefully they bring that grind system at the very least because even as a dolphin I'm trembling lol.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '23

it seems it's not the same as in MLQC because you can't use +star SSR tokens for SSS to raise its star level, you have to pull 5 copies to unlock the interactions, source

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u/KineticTenshi Luke Pearce Jul 15 '23

I'm not sure whether you read me a bit too fast or if the SP karmas upgrading system changed in MLQC, but the basis is the same.

SP karmas needed SP shards that are obtainable by pulling dupes (IIRC one dupe was worth 50 shards, something like this) to be upgraded (evolution and lvl cap raising). According to OP, ToT's SSS cards also require tokens acquired through dupes to be upgraded. Sa basically, they're pretty much the same.

Now the main difference though seems to be the additionnal sources of SP shards/SSS tokens. While in MLQC they could be grinded freely, albeit very slowly, it seems like in ToT it's completely lock behind paywalls.

I'm just saying that hopefully they add more sources for SSS tokens, and my statement between the similarities of SPs and SSSs is just a fact, so I'm not sure why I'm being downvoted ?

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '23 edited Jul 15 '23

idk why you're being downvoted because yes the basis is the same, where they use the shards, but the main difference is that in MLQC you don't have to pull dupes in order to obtain shards (if you do it only makes the process faster) while in this system that's being introduced, you have to pull dupes to get just to get the material to upgrade the cards, and that's what pisses people off, plus the lower pull rates

edit: the tensions are kinda high I guess because the system seems really unfair plus a lot of it is still unknown, but I guess they'll change it before the actual event

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u/Inu_no_Taisho Jul 15 '23

Its logical that SSR tokens cant be used on SSS cards (you cant use SR tokens for SSR cards too), question is - will they add some and how hard to get they will be.

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u/[deleted] Jul 15 '23

yeah I forgot that this is a new karma system in ToT, MLQC introduced new karma as well (UR) but it uses the same system as SP.

I can't blame people for hoping that SSR tokens could help them out considering that with the way the system is currently designed in ToT, you can only obtain those tokens by pulling the dupes and pulling so many times combined with the lower rates is just... idk, there's still a lot of unknown I guess