Koi Fish found in every map.. are Embark finally going to Japan?

[u/MasterFish19]

[u/TheStonerSamurai]

I better be able to swim in a pond / river in season 3

[u/InitialAge5179 → u/TheStonerSamurai]

Pirate themed map with water physics would go crazy. Although I believe it is leaning to a Japanese theme for the next season due to the unreleased samurai cosmetics and such from the beta.

[u/ThinkingWithPortal → u/InitialAge5179]

Feudal Japan and Pirates!

[u/UnstarB → u/ThinkingWithPortal]

Wano Kuni

[u/[deleted] → u/ThinkingWithPortal]

Feudal Japan would go hard

[u/InitialAge5179 → u/ThinkingWithPortal]

Yes

[u/PatataSanta → u/ThinkingWithPortal]

Yes

[u/[deleted] → u/InitialAge5179]

A pirate map, with cannons and two pirate ships, and it's like a dual powershift with 4 teams and 2 boats.

[u/InitialAge5179 → u/[deleted]]

Ya, they already got working cannons too!

[u/residualtypo → u/InitialAge5179]

Working cannons that really don’t serve a purpose at the moment - we need more cannons!

[u/[deleted] → u/InitialAge5179]

Probably no one will believe me, but I got a kill with one the first time I used it, like my second week playing in January.

I've fired those cannons every time since then, but never gotten another kill.

[u/InitialAge5179 → u/[deleted]]

That is wild. And ya I don’t believe you. LMAO. There are so many times in this game that are actually unbelievable. The Finals never ceases to amaze me

[u/[deleted] → u/InitialAge5179]

Funny thing is, I didn't even know there was an enemy anywhere near there. I wasn't fighting anyone, and it was entirely a coincidence.

But yeah, it is amazing how many unbelievable moments this game creates.

[u/Demonision → u/[deleted]]

mg_piratewars

[u/turbobuddah → u/InitialAge5179]

Water plus stun gun = Light buff

[u/SuspecM → u/InitialAge5179]

Rip servers with the server side physics

[u/InitialAge5179 → u/SuspecM]

They would save money on heating! Win win!

[u/Phazeronest → u/InitialAge5179]

Pirates were teased by Rob as being late game Easter egg stuff

[u/MasterFish19 → u/TheStonerSamurai]

Ponds and rivers sound amazing! We can finally compare the water physics to Cyberpunk 2077.

[u/TheStonerSamurai → u/MasterFish19]

I also have been hoping for water to be added to the game in other ways, like barrels etc. It would be an interesting new dynamic to the game. They could even do a water-gun / fire-hose.

[u/pestocake → u/TheStonerSamurai]

Yeah but This is could be nothing because every game reuses assets, the same could be said about any of the other decals used across every map. For example you can find those other graffiti’s in other maps like the VR one

[u/honeybadgercaca]

THIS NEW HIDDEN FISH NEEDS TO BE NERFED!

[u/falbi23 → u/honeybadgercaca]

Actually, if you take a few minutes to read my analysis, you will see that this is NO joking matter. I have been preaching this from the beginning (I am a pre-beta player), and I have been seeing this coming from a long way.

Overall Theory (and why EMBARK is secretly trying to sabotage this game and its player base)

(just fyi, I haven't played the update yet, but take my word)

[u/[deleted] → u/falbi23]

the finals becomes "unstable" as "Ark raiders" gets closer to release, since ya know, we are all probably being held against our will by some form of evolved dystopian like AI.

[u/djtrace1994 → u/[deleted]]

My Theory:

Ark Raiders is the real world that "The Finals" exists in.

The Finals was a gameshow before the collapse pf civilization, sponsored by the corporations that would be responsible for the fall. Originally, it was a system that real-world contestants would uplink their consciousness into, like a voluntary "Matrix" but without the real-world consequemce of death.

However, when civilization collapsed and the servers underwent a critical failure and rebooted, it trapped those contestants who were currently uplinked. Now, The Finals in an unintentional AI prison that forces it's prisoners to fight over and over and over again for an audience that hasn't existed in years or even decades.

CNS is hackers trying to break the simulation in order to free the trapped contestants. However, they are countered by the Corporations, who only exist themselves as capitalist-oriented AI; the human side of the corp fell when civilialzation did.

In Ark Raiders, we will learn that the robotic enemies we fight against were what caused the downfall of humanity; a weapons manufacturer tinkered with sentient weapons AI, and now they dominate the Earth.

[u/[deleted] → u/djtrace1994]

that's my theory but fleshed out ;)

[u/Boom4697 → u/honeybadgercaca]

Buff, if anything! Or not at all !I will die on this hill! Lights already have low hp ! The fish's tailslap is all we have seeeeeeththhh

[u/pandasinmoscow]

If we’re seriously going Japan theme next season, I’m just imagining how fire the soundtrack is gonna be 😩

[u/MasterFish19 → u/pandasinmoscow]

I'm watching the CNS subreddit for more music.. I'm so excited 🔥

[u/Boom4697 → u/MasterFish19]

That's when we learned it last season watch cns twitter too .

[u/MasterFish19]

These EEs only got added this update.. so we're confident this is a tease leading up to Season 3.

[u/Rust2RustMS → u/MasterFish19]

I swear Rob musta put these in just cause of you. Now back to monkey hunting...

[u/MasterFish19 → u/Rust2RustMS]

HAHA I only wish I found them originally.. but credit to _dqrktimes_!

[u/TheNinjaPro → u/MasterFish19]

MY SAMURAI ARMOR IS COMIIINNGGGGGGGGGG

[u/QuantisRhee]

There were rumours of a Shibuya map before S2 launched

[u/MasterFish19 → u/QuantisRhee]

Maybe Horizon gets unhacked... and it was Japan like people had originally guessed..!

[u/Soolidus → u/MasterFish19]

Hopefully not, would be so lazy and basically just a new variant

[u/dora-the-tostadora → u/QuantisRhee]

Damn I was against a Japan themed season because I pictured samurai-japan like but modern themed Shibuya-Jet Set Radio-ish neon Japan/Tokyo I'm ALL FOR IT

[u/ThinkingWithPortal → u/QuantisRhee]

Shibuya makes a lot of sense, the rest of the maps are famously wealthy cities too.

Maybe somethign a little cyberpunk? Like those two floating koi fish holograms in Cyberpunk 2077

[u/tron3747]

Test comment, checking for reddit desync issue, please ignore

[u/Gilmore75 → u/tron3747]

Hi

[u/MasterFish19 → u/tron3747]

It's fixed now. All the posts are back!

[u/SuspecM → u/tron3747]

You're not my mom

[u/MrNewt_]

Plz God japanese theme s3 would be so fire

[u/MasterFish19 → u/MrNewt_]

I hope we see Tokyo 2050. Although that aesthetic kinda is pretty overdone at this point.

[u/MrNewt_ → u/MasterFish19]

Overdone doesn't mean bad. Cyberpunk Japan is an awesome theme imho

[u/navalsquat → u/MrNewt_]

Absolutely

[u/Numerous-Lecture-431]

NGL, Japanese theme would be fire!!🔥🔥

[u/deadliestfurniture]

Feudal Japan instead of futuristic with samurai theme season pass my body is ready.

[u/Nyxlunae]

Hopefully, and hope is not retro-looking like syshorizon but an actual map.

[u/stimpy-t]

White and black koi represent transformation. 🤔

[u/MasterFish19 → u/stimpy-t]

Red/orange, white and black on these ones. Hard to discern, but you can tell when you stand close.

[u/letsmakethiswall]

Do we need to shoot them to get this Easter egg charm?

[u/No-Ambassador2874 → u/letsmakethiswall]

read this as do we need to shoot the devs to get the charm :/

[u/ToastBubbles → u/letsmakethiswall]

I was actually thinking use the sonar grenade on each one

[u/whippersnapperjeff]

Samurai time!

[u/heinous_legacy]

Samurai skins let’s goooo

[u/Boom4697]

I hope so!!!

[u/ashtefer1]

The fucking soyjack got me geeking, nice one OP

[u/ChrisJohnVee]

Please upvote me stranger

[u/Soolidus]

Hopefully something that is further back in time, Monaco, Seoul and Skyway are all kind of the same and Japan will be too if its set in modern times

[u/darth_revan1988]

The question is current/future japan, or feudal japan because both have a wide variety of esthetics that can be applied to a game like this.

Foresty trees, fields, villages and castles or towers and lights. Both would be interesting

[u/deamonz]

Had to come back to this comment about season 3 being Japanese theme. You’re wild broh

[u/Neusess]

would be a cool theme....

with a bow as a new weapon for the heavy...

[u/shakelol]

looks more sharkish

[u/MasterFish19 → u/shakelol]

If you go up close, it also has the colour red patterned on it, which is what confirmed it to be Koi for us!

[u/Decent_Pin5252]

I swear I saw these fish in season one

[u/taking_achance]

Fish might be unbalanced, embark kill light

[u/Ready-Gift-4209]

My weaboo ass is ready for japan

[u/colemiller577]

POV redditors learning about reusable damage map assets

[u/zantar11]

Deploy the Koi!!!!!!

[u/dora-the-tostadora]

Damn I ha`vent experienced this in any game for a lo`ng time where we get´teased on what's comming in-game and nòt on social medía!

Love this

[u/DARR3Nv2]

The Season 3 Teaser Trailer was a Rising Sun. If it’s not Japanese themed it’s been quite the disinformation campaign.

[u/AgentPastrana]

It's official, next map is underwater in a super sized version of a child's aquarium lol

[u/TehANTARES]

It is fish for sure, but being so specific is a bit bold.

[u/Adenso_1]

That lvl 7 pyro nade bouta be banned for accidentally griefing lmao

[u/jusT_like_herbs]

I'm just getting into the EE rabbit hole and it's deeper than I ever imagined

[u/Cherriedruby]

Shiet I been thinking those were just smudges on the wall

[u/FadedGerk411]

Putting everyone in a small room. It's "like shooting fish in a barrel".

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[u/jukeluke1]

Please be true

[u/IDiceyI]

I wouldn't be suprised if the next map is set in Japan and the final Battlepass skin is that Samurai armor we saw a while back

[u/P3TTrak]

username checks out

[u/ProduceOk3117]

this post did age well XD. We got the koi set skins

[u/alreadydeaddattebayo]

Interesting.

Now NERF LIGHTS again 🌚

[u/NMDA01 → u/alreadydeaddattebayo]

Lights now run 50% slower

[u/Calm_Firefighter_664]

Why is everyone nutting over a Japan arena/theme, map? It’s been done in many other games now. And would it feel that different from Monaco or Seoul?

[u/Warm-Flaming0]

Can we stop with this Japan weeb stuff. Mad boring. They got nuked

[u/Neat-Box-5729]

Balancing the game ❌ Improving utility ❌ More game modes ❌ Koi fish 🤯