Updated with some details from the English Press Release and English trailer!
Before we get to more on what I’ve been doing since my last full update post, I wanted to talk more about the update first due to news coming out today. In general, I’ve had one goal I’ve been hoping to clear before the update hits in December– unfortunately, partially due to me getting really sick (and still am, honestly), it is very unlikely I’ll complete it: Getting all the NPCs unlocked along with all their level-up rewards. I’ve only met a little over 50% of all the NPCs in the game and I don’t even have 10% of all the level unlocks of those I even met. It’s very much a grind and with the lack of filters, even after finally deciding to make a few helpful quick categories, it takes longer than I’d like and is what takes up most of the playtime right now.
I had hoped, at least, maybe the update would be late December. I already have to deal with Dreamlight Valley’s update on the 5th and Pokemon’s DLC expansion on the 14th so late December would be the best time for me.
But it ended up being announced over on Twitter that it’ll actually be on the 5th as well. There is a chance it could be late on the 4th due to timezones and based on the maintenance time they give (1:30AM-2:30AM UTC on the 5th which would be 8:30PM-9:30PM Eastern Time on the 4th), but of course, that still means a late night followed by an early morning.
They ended up giving some additional information as well alongside a Trailer:
There are also some collaboration items coming as well.
As for the Event, it’s bringing:
- Limited Time Fair – Online Only. Earn Stamps by clearing tasks to get rewards such as limited patterns, hairstyles, and keys.
- December’s Fair is the ‘Fantasy Fair’ which will be available for one month. It seems 14 total fairs may be planned right now?
- Tasks seem to be doing certain things multiple times such as Liking outfits another player is wearing, Liking items from the Showcase Board in the Pop-up Areas, making Lookits for other players, and following other players.
- There will be 5 Patterns you can get (all consumables so make sure you make colors you really like or hope you can get more options from other players), a new hairstyle, new eye color, 3 new poses, and 6 new Photo Frames.
- Plus 4 new Showroom items
- In general, the Fairs themselves seem like a permanent feature that will change up monthly.
Plus, the following new features as part of the update in general:
- 4 new Patterns (possibly tied to Influencer level?)
- 1 new Hairstyle
- 1 new eye highlight
- 1 new make-up
- A Lookbook so you can save your favorite outfits.
- It seems you can make categories/catalogs of up to 10 Outfits per “Label” so to speak which I have mixed feelings on? I’d rather just have everything saved together.
- New Muse Notebook so you can easily check Character Muses you met, their levels, and see photos of them that unlock as you earn their level-up Rewards. A good way to easily see if you still have items to unlock from them and be reminded of what they unlocked.
- New Collaboration items with the Japanese Shoujo Manga magazine, Ciao. Features items with patterns for Shining! and Lily the Fashion Doll
They’ve also added more previews for the January update showing a wedding-themed Jacket, bridal-dress, and a Steampunk Hat with goggles.
Personally, I would say I’m most excited by the Lookbook (It’ll be nice to FINALLY save outfits) and this Showcase item:
On a downside though, it looks to be about 3×3 which would be too big to just replace my current Dress Mannequins, so I have no clue how I’ll fit it without having to overhaul things which I really do not want to. I’m really hoping I’m either wrong about the size or miraculously, the Showroom size will be increased, but my hopes are low…
As for January, I’m excited to see the Steampunk set and I hope there will be other styles of Wedding Dresses and not just a sleeveless one.
But in the long run, it’s still hard for me to actually be excited by new items as long as the item limit continues to be as small as it is. I REALLY hope there is an increase during the update, but I feel like that is something that would’ve been announced if so :/ And once again, we’re encouraged to be liking everything and do more following despite these limits…
Moving on to my own progress, it’s really just been constantly trying to work on leveling up the NPCs whenever I do feel up to playing. I essentially go to Online mode first to get any new likes or Lookits or things and then switch to offline mode.
Some of my favorite Lookits I’ve received from other players recently.
I ended up making my hair a bit darker now that I unlocked a darker color.
I had fun exploring official randomly generated Showrooms. Honestly, if there’s one thing I’m sad about with the whole room limit, it’s no longer visiting showrooms because they can be so fun to check out.
I also ended up making another version of the Witch’s Dress which I felt got closer to Mizuki’s dress colors… It’s definitely not perfect, but it works. I need to see if there’s maybe closer shoes and hope I get a closer option for her hair/eye colors at some point. I also made one more muse to claim my final spot.
Besides that, I’ve had lots of NPCs showing up in my Showroom including repeat visitors. I thought each could only show up once, but I guess not.
Anyway, it’s back to the NPC Grind… as soon as I start feeling better x-x
Edit as of November 28th at 9:15AM: The English press-release is out! Some additional details:
Some of these new looks are available through the Limited Time Fair, a free in-game system to support every influencer in Eve with a fresh set of objectives for them to complete each month, earning them useful items and patterns. Designed with approachable objectives respectful of players’ time, the first Limited Time Fair features a Fantasy theme with nearly two dozen items in a butterfly dream motif.
That sounds like a lot more items, though, I’m still in the “how can I deal with more items when I can barely handle everything that currently exists”. The way this is worded though does make it sound like a Season Pass essentially which… I mean, I guess at least they’re free, but I suppose I’ll see how “approachable” these objectives are in the first place. At least nothing will be truly gone due to being able to get items from other players (in which I desperately want a bigger showroom and the ability to place more things), but with so much color variety, there is no guarantee someone will find the exact color combo they want if they don’t make it themselves.
We also got more clarification on the Collaboration Items:
Finally, all Muses will receive T-shirts made in collaboration with ‘Naisho No Lily’ (written by Fujita Hasumi), which is being serialized in Ciào Deluxe; and ‘Shining!’ (written by Nao Maita), which is being serialized in Ciào’s main magazine; and a T-shirt and Photo Egg frame made in collaboration with Ciào.
It’s nice to get confirmation that all players will really be getting them and it won’t be a situation of hoping to get from Japanese Players.
I updated the video above with the English Trailer so we also have the exact translation for tasks:
-Like an item won by a Player Muse [3 times]
-Like an item marked with a blue star in the Pop-up Area [3 times] (If you haven’t played online, a Blue Star item is an item made by another Player)
-Make a Lookit for a Player Muse [3 times]
-Follow a Player Muse you met in a Cocoon [3 times]
For the most part, these really do feel approachable, but considering there are both Follow Limits and Item Box Limits, it once again feels a bit like an oversight…
Edit 2: They’ve been giving additional information on some new features that will be in this update over on the official Twitter:
- You will now be able to zoom in when dressing a muse to whatever item is highlighted. Pretty happy with this as trying to find the right glasses colors is a huge pain. Still would prefer color filters though.
- The button to confirm the Filter change is being switched to Y to lessen confusion.
- Notifications for Likes will be sped up. As someone who has left the game up for like 30 minutes for these to finish, I definitely appreciate it.
- Muses will switch out more often.
I really hoped maybe the Item Box would be increased because 5,000 is really small, but it doesn’t seem like it unfortunately :(