Hello, this is Kim Jihoon, director at Project Moon.
I would like to inform you of upcoming adjustments to Red Sheet Sinclair’s Passive & Talisman effects,
and Heishou Pack - Mao Branch Adept Faust's Identity effects.
1. Lobotomy E.G.O::Red Sheet Sinclair
The Identity theme for this Season was intended to focus on the Rupture Keyword, and the Identities have been released based on that idea. However, due to the severe balancing issues that are closely tied to the overtuned abilities of Lobotomy E.G.O::Red Sheet Sinclair's Passive and Talisman effect, we have reached the conclusion that adjustments must be made.
We sincerely wished to avoid making any adjustments to Identities that have already been released.
However, the existence of the Lobotomy E.G.O::Red Sheet Sinclair's Passive and Talisman buff has severely affected our game design not only in regards to Rupture Identities, but the Keyword itself.
We have worked diligently to find various possible adjustments to avoid Rupture Identities overly synergizing with Red Sheet Sinclair,
but our attempts to do so has forced us to place several awkward limitations on the Rupture Keyword itself.
And this problem has become far more apparent with the current Season.
2. Heishou Pack - Mao Branch Adept Faust
We realized that this unit's damage output was far too high compared to that of other units, which was not our initial design intent;
therefore, we mean to make adjustments to address this issue.
Our initial intent was to have this unit use its Empowered Skill every 3~5 turns,
similar to the other units who have Empowered Skills.
However, due to the mistake in the design process and the lack of testing, we ended up setting the values incorrectly.
This mistake has made the Heishou Pack - Mao Branch Faust's Empowered Skill 3 Activation conditional far too low,
which means that it can use a Skill that was intended to be used every 3-5 turns, every single turn in Focused Encounters.
Therefore, in order to address this issue, we will be raising the required amount of 'Tianjiu Star's Blade' Stack to use the Empowered Skill 3, and the amount consumed when using it.
It will be adjusted so that it can be used every 2~3 turns, considering the unit's current capabilities.
3. In Conclusion
In the process of testing and prioritizing the combat encounters and cutscenes of Canto 8,
I as the director made requests for several urgent additions in terms of story cutscenes and gameplay elements.
Due to this, our combat design team was preoccupied with adding and testing these new additions,
which means that they physically did not have enough time to sufficiently test this Identity.
That is what has led to this current situation where we have the Rupture Keyword synergy and Identity's powers breaking the game's balancing.
I am terribly sorry for having to frequently make these negative adjustments to these Identities and E.G.O that our users have been using for their powerful capabilities.
I made an announcement to never change the texts and values of already-released Identities
back when The Ring Student Yi Sang was released.
However, regretfully and shamefully, I will have to go against what I had said earlier.
This decision was made with the belief that proper game balancing increases the players' immersion,
which leads to immersion with the game's story itself.
However, I would like to express that I am terribly regretful that this change may hurt the immersion and expectation of many of our users who have been looking forward to and enjoying Canto 8.
It is especially unfortunate, as this mistake was made in the same vein as the case with The Ring Student Yi Sang.
We will put further care into our Identity and E.G.O designs going forward, in effort to prevent similar issues from occurring again.
With the May 29th (KST) Scheduled Update, Lobotomy E.G.O::Red Sheet Sinclair and Heishou Pack - Mao Branch Adept Faust's levels and Uptie Tiers will be reset for all managers.
Upon reset, any Identity Training Tickets, Threads, or Egoshards used to upgrade these units will be refunded to your Inbox.
Refunded Egoshards will be 'Season 6 Sinclair Egosards' and 'Season 6 Faust Egoshards', regardless of the Season the Identities were Uptied in.
Also, as an expression of our sincere regret and apology, we would like to give you additional compensation for these negative adjustments.
Once again, I sincerely apologize for this mistake.
[Lobotomy E.G.O::Red Sheet Sinclair, Heishou Pack - Mao Branch Adept Faust Adjustments]
▶ Lobotomy E.G.O::Red Sheet Sinclair
1) Support Passive Conditionals
- Before: 4 Gluttony Resonance
- After: 4 Gluttony Resource Owned
2) Support Passive
- Before: At the start of the combat phase, give (highest Reson. x 2) Talisman to the ally with the most HP
- After: 1 ally currently with the most HP inflicts +1 more Rupture Potency with Attack and Counter Skills
3) Talisman
- Before
On hit, inflict Rupture by the Count; When hit, gain Rupture by the Count.
Turn End: At 6+ Count, remove all Talisman and take fixed damage by its Count.
- After
Max Stack : 6
On Hit, consume 1 Rupture Count on target to inflict (Stack / 2) Rupture (inflicts at least 1 Rupture if Rupture Count was consumed; rounded down)
When hit, gain (Stack / 2) Rupture and lose 1 Stack (gain at least 1; rounded down)
Turn End: at 6+ Stack, remove all Talisman and take fixed damage by its Stack
▶ Heishou Pack - Mao Branch Adept Faust
1) Skill 3 - Traceless to Sight and Sound Alike.
- Before: [Before Use] At 10+ Tianjiu Star's Blade, activate 'Ascendant Heishou - Mao Technique: Cloudsplitting Manifestation' instead
- After: [Before Use] At 20+ Tianjiu Star's Blade, activate 'Ascendant Heishou - Mao Technique: Cloudsplitting Manifestation' instead
2) Defense Skill - Swiftfeet Protection
- Before: [Before Use] At 10+ Tianjiu Star's Blade, activate 'Ascendant Heishou - Mao Technique: Cloudsplitting Manifestation' instead
- After: [Before Use] At 20+ Tianjiu Star's Blade, activate 'Ascendant Heishou - Mao Technique: Cloudsplitting Manifestation' instead
3) Empowered Skill 3 - Ascendant Heishou - Mao Technique: Cloudsplitting Manifestation
- Before: [After Attack] Consume 10 Tianjiu Star's Blade
- After: [After Attack] Consume 20 Tianjiu Star's Blade
[Notice: Lobotomy E.G.O::Red Sheet Sinclair, Heishou Pack - Mao Branch Adept Faust Reset]
- When: May 29th (Thu), 2025, 12:00 (KST)
- Changes: Lobotomy E.G.O::Red Sheet Sinclair, Heishou Pack -Mao Branch Adept Faust Identity Level & Uptie Tier reset
※ Upon reset, all resources used to upgrade these Identities will be refunded to your Inboxes.
※ Refunded Egoshards will be 'Season 6 Sinclair/Faust Egoshards', regardless of when you Uptied these units.
[Lobotomy E.G.O::Red Sheet Sinclair Adjustment Compensation]
- Compensation: Lunacy x1300
- Recipients: All users whose game accounts were created before May 29th, 2025, 09:59 (KST)
- When: After May 29th (Thu) 2025, 12:00 (KST)
Can be claimed once per account
Compensation can be claimed until June 26th (Thu) 2025, 10:00 (KST) via the in-game Mailbox. (Mail available for 30 days)
[Heishou Pack - Mao Branch Adept Faust Adjustment Compensation]
- Compensation: 3★ Guarantee Decaextraction Ticket x1, Season 6 Nominable Egoshard Crate x300
- Recipients: All users who obtained Heishou Pack - Mao Branch Adept Faust before May 29th, 2025, 09:59 (KST)
- When: After May 29th (Thu) 2025, 12:00 (KST)
Can be claimed once per account
Compensation can be claimed until June 26th (Thu) 2025, 10:00 (KST) via the in-game Mailbox. (Mail available for 30 days)