Next free DLC in "2-3 weeks"; Illfang The Kobold Lord will be new Raid Boss

[DEAD S.n.A.k.e.]

Title. Now it's in a "debug stage". New weapon class will be added in the future too (spears; not sure if it will be in the next free update, probably not). Also, "interactivity" (chose one-out-of-two/three option that will not affect anything) will return to the VN-like scenes.

[KUMAN]

woah nice!! looking forward for this dlc update.

[kensuke]

add:
dengeki article
https://dengekionline.com/articles/70858/

Futami P
https://dengekionline.com/articles/70650/

road map
https://i.imgur.com/zEFz5bT.jpg
ver 1.4 free DLC3 and boss battle arena
ver 1.5 free DLC4 and base camp
ver 1.51 new kind of weapon and past series original heroines

1.4 Kobold
https://i.imgur.com/uS3N1yN.jpg

!spoiler!
1.51 new kind of weapon
https://i.imgur.com/ZM2s8Uo.jpg

[总是积极思考]

Damn no combat or records fix, I might going close to the exit door really
Tired of crashing in east extreme raid...

[ForThatB]

Interesting, but Kobold Lord could be reskin Goblin Boss from chapter 1 or least model without texture will be that. Spear ok I mean this better be some better designs and some sword skill around it. Itsuki coming to SAOAL would be interesting to see in context for dlc paid story.

[总是积极思考]

Originally posted by ForBacon:

Interesting, but Kobold Lord could be reskin Goblin Boss from chapter 1 or least model without texture will be that. Spear ok I mean this better be some better designs and some sword skill around it. Itsuki coming to SAOAL would be interesting to see in context for dlc paid story.

For me is not lol, since you need to find the one with strong stat again
I have enough when I am farm those rapiers, lightwolfes and forbidden twilight so if there is needed to farm 45 days++ to get good spear I am out definitely out.

These nuts devs never improve the quality but just increase enemy level over and over and recycle some graphic to made new 'dlc' with boring and crappy loong story that even not interesting to read and add some craps weapon that has no use.

I am pretty sure DLC #3 will also the same.
Neither of bow, blade, necklace, and boots from DLC mini raid are useful they are totally crap, I never bothered to do that stupid 'mini raid'

They should rather fix the biggest cheat mechanic in this game first, the infamous tiger resolve then releasing anymore updates.

[DEAD S.n.A.k.e.]

Originally posted by outoftheboxgaming:

Originally posted by ForBacon:

Interesting, but Kobold Lord could be reskin Goblin Boss from chapter 1 or least model without texture will be that. Spear ok I mean this better be some better designs and some sword skill around it. Itsuki coming to SAOAL would be interesting to see in context for dlc paid story.

For me is not lol, since you need to find the one with strong stat again
I have enough when I am farm those rapiers, lightwolfes and forbidden twilight so if there is needed to farm 45 days++ to get good spear I am out definitely out.

These nuts devs never improve the quality but just increase enemy level over and over and recycle some graphic to made new 'dlc' with boring and crappy loong story that even not interesting to read and add some craps weapon that has no use.

I am pretty sure DLC #3 will also the same.
Neither of bow, blade, necklace, and boots from DLC mini raid are useful they are totally crap, I never bothered to do that stupid 'mini raid'

They should rather fix the biggest cheat mechanic in this game first, the infamous tiger resolve then releasing anymore updates.

Don't expect any fixes of the core systems (I include balance there too) at least until first paid DLC. But the most real scenario that even if this will happen, it will happen only after both paid DLCs will release (alongside with all new sword/combat skills, [new] weapons/Finish Arts, etc.) so they will fix everything at once. That's because they don't really know what they are doing, so they will try (if they will) to fix things only when they will be certain that there won't be anything really new that can ruin balance again (as we can see, they just raise the levels of the enemies/player/equipment, lol, and you don't need to be a genius to realise that this won't work forever; even now we know that in this new Versus mode bosses will be up to 500LV, so first paid DLC will raise it to ~750LV and second - to 1000LV - and that's insane amount of farming and grinding imo).
And, like, what we are even talking about? Now it's not a guess - they, without any shame and hesitation, released a game in totally unfinished state for a full price and with microtransactions. Okay, bad releases (optimization-wise) happen often in this industry. But for the God's sake, they didn't even include all those weapon types that were availible in previous games (both IM/HF and HR) FROM THE START. I really thought they were trying to follow the canon (there weren't any spear or shield users in UW as far as I know, that's just how it was with using mostly swords and Sacred Arts). But now they suddenly decided to add it. Will anyone still try to protect them and say that their "free DLCs" weren't part of the original game after all of that?

[总是积极思考]

Originally posted by DEAD S.n.A.k.e.:

Originally posted by outoftheboxgaming:

For me is not lol, since you need to find the one with strong stat again
I have enough when I am farm those rapiers, lightwolfes and forbidden twilight so if there is needed to farm 45 days++ to get good spear I am out definitely out.

These nuts devs never improve the quality but just increase enemy level over and over and recycle some graphic to made new 'dlc' with boring and crappy loong story that even not interesting to read and add some craps weapon that has no use.

I am pretty sure DLC #3 will also the same.
Neither of bow, blade, necklace, and boots from DLC mini raid are useful they are totally crap, I never bothered to do that stupid 'mini raid'

They should rather fix the biggest cheat mechanic in this game first, the infamous tiger resolve then releasing anymore updates.

Don't expect any fixes of the core systems (I include balance there too) at least until first paid DLC. But the most real scenario that even if this will happen, it will happen only after both paid DLCs will release (alongside with all new sword/combat skills, [new] weapons/Finish Arts, etc.) so they will fix everything at once. That's because they don't really know what they are doing, so they will try (if they will) to fix things only when they will be certain that there won't be anything really new that can ruin balance again (as we can see, they just raise the levels of the enemies/player/equipment, lol, and you don't need to be a genius to realise that this won't work forever; even now we know that in this new Versus mode bosses will be up to 500LV, so first paid DLC will raise it to ~750LV and second - to 1000LV - and that's insane amount of farming and grinding imo).
And, like, what we are even talking about? Now it's not a guess - they, without any shame and hesitation, released a game in totally unfinished state for a full price and with microtransactions. Okay, bad releases (optimization-wise) happen often in this industry. But for the God's sake, they didn't even include all those weapon types that were availible in previous games (both IM/HF and HR) FROM THE START. I really thought they were trying to follow the canon (there weren't any spear or shield users in UW as far as I know, that's just how it was with using mostly swords and Sacred Arts). But now they suddenly decided to add it. Will anyone still try to protect them and say that their "free DLCs" weren't part of the original game after all of that?

It's very very sad then as I said many times this games could be a lot better of they

1. Nerf Tiger Resolve ASAP, as that skill is too powerful and even made possible wooden sword to kill the strongest enemy in this game in the extreme raid in hard difficulty, when without that skill it's only possible to kill it in normal difficulty.
   
2. Restore or overhaul the records so it's work at least pre 1.09 update as what's the point of the healer record if it's only active when the exskill is healer.
   This made the game too static as each character can only do based on his/her exskill, when prior the update they can do all but with the exskill they got buff for specific skills.
   
3. Fix the bugs with several sword skill such as sbs lagging when switched upon when the skill animation is played, vorpal strike tends to lag the game etc.
   
4. Fix constant crash that happen in south and east extreme raid that logged as illegal access to memory address.
   
5. Fix the enemy mechanic especially the Boss so it's not so dumb that just charging forward which makes the method to defeat always the same mb. su then sbs combo....
   
6. Fix several sacred arts (ice, dark and crystal) that interrupt hazard status with stun, dazzled and freeze that's not better than downed status as I mentioned yesterday

I believe if they managed to fix few things above even without add useless new content people will be happy to play this game, because with it's current state no matter how many content you add at the end it's only like grinding and grinding for equipments to meets the new required AI and with their poor RNG system that required countless day of grinds to get decent weapon, I believe no normal human will play this game anymore except a really really Avid SAO fans that's just happy which each new visualisation they constantly added even willing to top up to buy those silly items in sao shop (especially items that can't be bought with ticket from cube).

[ForThatB]

I see SAOARS get Alice with cat ear Unital Ring. Where is our paid for special promotion stuff now.

[DEAD S.n.A.k.e.]

Originally posted by ForBacon:

I see SAOARS get Alice with cat ear Unital Ring. Where is our paid for special promotion stuff now.

Not just ARS, but IF and MD too (well, MD for now got only UR's Kirito, but that's only part one of the gacha and nekomimi Alice will follow soon too). It's pretty ironic how mobile games have more (and up-to-date arcs-wise) content - and more often too - than the "big brother". Even Rain already appeared in ARS, as well as Medina appeared everywhere (both in MD, IF and ARS), but Eydis never appeared in AL and only God knows when (and if) she actually will.

[Gilgamesh-sama]

Originally posted by DEAD S.n.A.k.e.:

Originally posted by ForBacon:

I see SAOARS get Alice with cat ear Unital Ring. Where is our paid for special promotion stuff now.

Not just ARS, but IF and MD too (well, MD for now got only UR's Kirito, but that's only part one of the gacha and nekomimi Alice will follow soon too). It's pretty ironic how mobile games have more (and up-to-date arcs-wise) content - and more often too - than the "big brother". Even Rain already appeared in ARS, as well as Medina appeared everywhere (both in MD, IF and ARS), but Eydis never appeared in AL and only God knows when (and if) she actually will.

Not to mention that Alicization Blading(a.k.a Rising Steel) is more canonical than Alicization anime and first chapter of Lycoris. One of the main reasons is that they didn't cut Zakkaria.
And it's a mobile gacha game.
I guess at least some developers of SAO games have their priorities straight

[Softis]

Originally posted by Gilgamesh-sama:

Not to mention that Alicization Blading(a.k.a Rising Steel) is more canonical than Alicization anime and first chapter of Lycoris. One of the main reasons is that they didn't cut Zakkaria.
And it's a mobile gacha game.
I guess at least some developers of SAO games have their priorities straight

Yeah, it's really telling that I've enjoyed being FTP in SAO:IF and SAOA:RS more than playing this full $60 title.

When your $60 title is less enjoyable than mobile gacha games, you ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up. Bad.

[onizukaftw]

Kobold Lord is the next dlc? can it be even more generic than that?
♥♥♥♥, at least do the Reaper or the Skeleton boss, or even bring back the Dragon from re;HF

[DEAD S.n.A.k.e.]

Originally posted by onizukaftw:

Kobold Lord is the next dlc? can it be even more generic than that?
♥♥♥♥, at least do the Reaper or the Skeleton boss, or even bring back the Dragon from re;HF

What will happen to you when you will know that 4th free DLC boss will be The Gleam Eyes...

[onizukaftw]

Originally posted by DEAD S.n.A.k.e.:

Originally posted by onizukaftw:

Kobold Lord is the next dlc? can it be even more generic than that?
♥♥♥♥, at least do the Reaper or the Skeleton boss, or even bring back the Dragon from re;HF

What will happen to you when you will know that 4th free DLC boss will be The Gleam Eyes...

If they the goat, i'd be way more excited than getting the kobold rehashed for the what..the 6th time? in a game.

[ForThatB]

so tomorrow some event looking something on beater cafe. I watch the stream like normal