Ahead of its global pre-registration period, an interview with Blue Archive Program Director, Yong Ha Kim, has been made available via the official Youtube channel. You can watch it in its entirety below:
The cliffnotes:
- Pre-registration will begin 14 October, with the game planned for launch within a month
- “Reducing elements that players dislike, with emphasis on areas that can be further developed”
- Assured that players can feel positive improvements made to these areas, though what they are were not specified
- Collaboration with “people with deep understanding of the genre”, so that the dev team can express their creativity
- No changes to gacha rates for either global or Korean servers
- The “spark” requirement to guarantee a unit changed from 300 to 200
- Unit stats unchanged
- No plans to alter any artwork
- Game client will support Korean, English, Traditional Chinese, Thai languages
- Servers divided by region
- Updates to come at a steady pace, some may be brought forward as well
- Inclusion of various convenience updates
- “Something prepared for 14 October”
- To be continuously provided until launch, with the biggest one in November
- e.g. new OST
Certain things remain under wraps, of course, but this interview might put some concerns to rest regarding the global launch of Blue Archive. You’ve waited this long, what’s a little longer?