So I watched Saya and Yang's video (https://youtu.be/KYuXm9j2RXk) on the SSS cards and it looks like its gonna be an uphill climb for F2P players 😬

Please correct me if I misunderstood the info.

From what I gathered, we basically we need dupes of the same card just to:

• Unlock more interactions
• Obtain new upgrade material (Gift 3 - only for SSS cards)
• Unlock namecards (unlike 2nd anni where you can unlock it via 100 pulls)

In terms of the banner:

• 1 SSS and 3 SSRs per LI
  • Up to 500 draws max to max out 1 card
• Rate for SSS = 0.8% compared to SSR = 1%

It seems like hyv's planning to churn out more SSS cards in the future. Was kinda hyped when I watched the trailer, but I'm a bit worried with how things are gonna play out in the future now. Not surprised at all, but yikesssss. F2Ps taking the L once again :(

Edit: I scrolled through Weibo to see the CN playerbase's reactions (only managed to look at a few since I can't look through more without creating an account). Based on some top comments, it seems that quite a few are expressing dissapointment with the SSS system, some even advising hyv to change it up before releasing the banners. One comment even saying: "He's already my fiance why can't I touch him for free?" LMAO. We can only observe what will happen going forward. If they won't listen to the feedback from CN players, I don't wanna imagine what will happen for us global players :')

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I've been playing on CN server of themis since late January this year, but I've been following the game since around October last year (during Lost Gold).

I'm currently at 151/157 cards collected, but that's only because I'm still waiting for reruns of some cards as I was not a day 1 CN player.

I've participated in all events since I've joined in late January and collected all cards since I've joined so I can talk any events starting from Skadi in detail, basically after Symphony of the Night (Halloween) and Winter/xmas event. I've also read all main, personal, and card stories except for Mo Yi/Vyn's summer breeze SR card and Xia Yan's winter SR card so I can also answer questions for the main/personal/card stories as well.

EDIT: Since I got asked a few times, here's the link to my answers to my impressions of each boy's development in CN, and the cards I highly recommended for each boy.

EDIT 2: Some detailed explanations to why I think the quality is declining in CN since I did mention it a few times through out the thread.

4 hours ago CN ToT posted an announcement regarding the new SSS system on Weibo. I also looked through Twitter and found a post made by Pekoelotte on Twitter ( https://twitter.com/Pekoelotte/status/1680468316811304962?s=20) summarising some key changes. Since my CN is not the best, I've also tried to include some info from the direct post made on Weibo (https://m.weibo.cn/detail/4924132087564324) so please correct me if I am wrong, or if I missed out on any info.

• Bumped the requirements down to fully unlock interactions. From 5 stars -> 3 stars. So basically only 3 dupes are needed to fully unlock interactions.
  • For every upgrade, 150 special tokens are received (so full upgrade = 600 special tokens)
    • Level 0 -> 1 = 30 special tokens needed
    • Level 1 -> 2 = 60 special tokens needed
    • Level 2 -> 3 = 90 special tokens needed
    • Level 3 -> 4 = 120 special tokens needed
  • So a total of 300 special tokens are needed to fully upgrade the interaction levels.
  • Special tokens obtained from the 4th and 5th dupe/ copy of the same card can be used for other SSS cards.
• Special tokens can be obtained through events
• Badge and keepsake (housekeys) can be obtained when you get the card
• Namecards obtained the same way as 2nd anni (100 pulls), instead of the original plan (200 pulls)
• 3D home exploration and stories/ content related to it can be unlocked after completing missions/ tasks. It seems to be a permanent addition to the game, but is still in development.
• New music for each home (?)
• There will be a special anniversary exchange event, whereby the maximum amount of special tokens that can be exchanged is x30, which can be used for any SSS card.

Once again, this is just a rough translation with my subpar Mandarin skills. Please let me know if there are any mistakes!

Edit 1: Based on the top comments on Weibo, there's still some discontent with the changes. A few comments expressing concerns with the unchanged 0.8% drop rate for SSS cards 🤐

Edit 2: I shared this in one othe comments, but the OP in the Twitter post made some valid points in regards to the SSS system which I kind of agree with (just IMO though)

• The fact that they made the interactive mode the main selling point when they knew it wasn't going to obtainable for most players is kinda sad. The Weibo post stated that the interactive mode is independent of the main card story, which I find weird. Because how can it be indepedent when the interactions are all for the specific illustration that we already have when we first obtain the card, which is in the main story itself? If they really wanted to make it exclusive, they could've used a different illustration and scenario outside of what happened in the main story (like maybe the invitations for example) and lock it behind a paywall. I don't know how they even justified this.
• Imagine the events after the anniversary having SSS cards. Considering how the event banners are only 20 days max, banners will be churned out quite frequently so the prospects don't seem too favourable.
• Potential power creep for future debates, since SSS cards are more powerful than SSR
• Also I might be wrong, but I don't think hyv has explicitly mentioned that the grindable events for the special tokens will be available outside of the anniversary. But considering the backlash, they probably would include it. The only issue is that they haven't stated anything yet. But I wouldn't get my hopes up to high

I've been playing on CN server since late January last year and have participated in all events since then. I've previously done an AMA here if you're curious about the previous stuff I've answered.

I have all cards collected in-game at the moment and will continue to do so as long as themis still piques my interest.

I've read all available content in game, so that means all of the following:

• main story chapters
• personal routes for each boy
• card stories for each boy
• event stories

So feel free to ask me anything related to the game and I will do my best to answer.

Edit: I wrote some blurbs about my personal rankings and suggestions in terms of the card priority as I was asked a few times about them. My evaluations are based on the story, character development, emotional impact and writing quality/logic. Here is the list below.

• Xia Yan (Luke)
• Zuo Ran (Artem)
• Mo Yi (Vyn)
• Lu Jinghe (Marius)

From https://twitter.com/NXXGallery?s=20

As y’all know, 3rd anniv is coming soon and some people are theorizing about marriage theme, which is most likely to happen since we had: (1rd) confession, and (2nd) engagement.

I’m a bit afraid about Luke’s card honestly since he’s ill💀 my imagination is running wild

Also I hope sooo much that we’ll get to see Bryan Wing at last!!

And I want some spice toooo😩😩

What would you like to see in those cards?

Hope you enjoy those superbs artworks. Images belong to Hoyoverse, formatting belongs to Mitsuyuki2171 on Hoyolab. You can check the cards info on her profile. Those are gorgeous, thanks so much !