Event-exclusive items will no longer have event tags; they will be released in large quantities in 2024, and their value will drop to zero in 2025. (III)
2025-11-19 12:39
Event-exclusive designs were rare in the old version, with only a few designs available each year. This situation continued until 2020, indicating that the developers began to unify the designs. This approach can stimulate players' collecting mentality, naturally leading to the release of more designs. Representative works include Dunshan's Round Table Knight and Kuang Tie's Agent Shadow. The latter received countless positive reviews at the time. That season, Kuang Tie achieved outstanding data, attracting a large number of new players to train and urgently needed a recolored and modeled design. Without high-level epics or battle pass exclusives, event-exclusive designs were the best option.
The clever planning involved dividing the event into two rounds to maintain its popularity. The first round only distributed trial cards, and only after the popularity plummeted did people buy them to continue the second round of the event. Only after logging in could they permanently obtain the card. The card has a handsome appearance and becomes more and more pleasing to the eye. Shield Mountain did not receive much discussion. Before the hero was revamped, he was almost sealed away and could not be removed from the ban zone.
2021: Two models
The May 5th Friends Festival event is making a special return, one of the most beloved events for players. It features Zhang Liang's "Colorful Scroll" and Baili Xuance's "Campus Style" skins, both with a campus theme and color-changing effects, making them visually appealing. They belong to the same product series as Kai's "Dawn Guardian" skin. With that alone, how could anyone resist doing daily activities? Another skin is Lu Ban No. 7's companion skin, a collaboration with Chinese table tennis player Ma Long. "Ping Pong Junior" is a limited-time offer, while "Ping Pong Master" is an event-exclusive skin.
2022: Two models
A year later, the frequency of the event remained unchanged, with two skins consistently released. The first was Liu Chan's Summoning Mech skin, but unfortunately, it didn't get much attention. Regardless of whether it was a Brave or Epic skin, its positioning was similar to Shen Mengxi's. All skins were free to obtain through the Fragment Shop and monthly gift packs; there was bound to be one you liked. Basically, you wouldn't lack skins, so obtaining them through tasks was just to fill the quota and didn't matter much. The second skin was Meng Tian's Azure Guardian, along with Meng Ya's Nutcracker and Gan Jiang Mo Xie's Nutcracker, using the same theme. However, the design lacked imposing presence and the style was off; it looked ugly and unremarkable. Netizens even commented that they'd rather wear the default skin than use it. But free stuff is always welcome, and since ranked matches were still being played, people would just grab it. Until 2023, the number suddenly increased to four.