New Secret Red Pull Mechanic on Multipulls!

[u/Scottmandoo]

https://m.imgur.com/QTerkji

[u/Doffy-Mingo]

It sounds like more of a bug than a secret mechanic Seems to be intentional I guess

[u/ninakuup21 → u/Doffy-Mingo]

It has an animation when turning into a red so I don't really think they are going to make an animation for a bug

[u/PatenteDeCorso → u/ninakuup21]

Seems weird, and if they didn't advertise it maybe is some kind of bug... what's the point of showing a gold that turn into a red? I've got reds from my multis, bun none of this 'surprise' ones... I think we'll get some notification soon.

[u/WootieOPTC → u/PatenteDeCorso]

what's the point of showing a gold that turn into a red?

Managing the suspense till the end. When you see a gold poster, you won't know for sure it's a gold until you discover the unit (or get that animation). ;-)

[u/PatenteDeCorso → u/WootieOPTC]

Yes, I understand that, I remember the days when legends where regular gold posters, my point is, why changing it without any advertisement? Seems like a bug or a feature released before time, IMO they should have notified this, mainly for some weird legal reasons, I think.

[u/WootieOPTC → u/PatenteDeCorso]

why changing it without any advertisement?

Technically, all the updates don't mention all the stuff being updated. Example : the "new" icon when you want to evolve a unit you don't own yet, was never mentioned in the update notes. They usually mention the "important" things and leave the rest behind the "other fixes" mention and such.

I could ask you the same about the original red ones : did they mention when they changed from regular gold to red, at that time? Same as for the secret RRs : did they announce/advertise there would be a new animation for those? Nope, it's the kind of nice little updates that they leave for the players to discover by themselves, and they don't have any impact on the game itself.

It's not like you would pull a unit but while showing you that one unit, it would actually be a different one (example : showing a Kuro while in fact, it's a Fujitora). And it's not like there's some random algo that would change your already random pulls (meaning, you would pull certain units but randomly, they could change a unit for another -> that could be a legal problem, eventually).

But here, all your pulls are decided as soon as you press "do the multi". Even if you don't stretch luffy's arm by closing the app, when opening, you'll have all your units in your box already. The fact that there's a different animation has 0 impact on your pulls. Heck, there's no "law" or "rule" in the game saying that all gold posters are 4 or 5*, for example... it's a visual thing that we, players, have noticed and use as a rule of thumb. And in fact, a gold poster can be a fake silver (but since it's a 4*, it's gold)...while technically, all legends are in 5* form, meaning gold as well. Them becoming red was a nice addition to distinguish them better; and now, the addition is simply that they don't necessarily show red at the very start but a bit later.

[u/PatenteDeCorso → u/WootieOPTC]

I understand this, I'm not saying is a bad thing, is a fun mechanic, and I know thant not every single update is advertised in game, but stills seems weird to me having an in-game notification about changing the color pants of the new G4 and not one saying, "hey, be ready to some surprise during your pulls!!!", when they give some hints about changes at TM having only buffs/special stages/etc. that's the only thing I find weird :)

[u/WootieOPTC → u/PatenteDeCorso]

Changing G4's pants is kind of fixing what's not "working" properly; but the new animation is working as it should (and it would be pretty spoiling the surprise if they announced it xD). Kind of like "When you go home today, be ready for some surprise" while it's your birthday... Ruins pretty much the surprise effect. The surprise, by definition...is a surprise; if it's announced, that's not really a surprise (or at least, you can't be surprised anymore : you know there is one, you just don't know what it is).

If I were a developer and developed such a feature, I wouldn't announce it :p It's a hidden pleasant surprise (you assume and expect a 4/5* but you get a 5/6* instead), not a bad thing. And the only change is the way the game announces the results, not the results themselves.

[u/PatenteDeCorso → u/WootieOPTC]

I get the point, but they say thinks like 'hey, there will some surprises at the next TM', that's the reason of expecting some kind of hint.

[u/WootieOPTC → u/PatenteDeCorso]

That's more like a teaser of new stuff/features/mechanics incoming, though... (and make people want to pull more on the anni for those units, to be prepared :p).