Hm, again?

Official Snowbreak accounts have announced that there will be a set of changes to the visuals of certain operatives, outfits, and interactive scenes. This comes as arguably a bigger surprise than the first wave of visual adjustments, as it seemed that the game would be "safe" from further changes after that.

Affected Content

Case 1

Operatives and outfits listed here have their splash arts, story illustrations, and 3D models adjusted.

• Yao - Quiet Quitter: Enduring Valor
• Yao - Winter Solstice: Sparkling Swell
• Mauxir - Shadow Ka: Sizzling Holiday
• Chenxing - Ethereal Cloud: Wavecrest Glimmer
• Katya - Dawnwing: Surfside Leisure
• Enya - Exuvia: Seacove Serenity
• Cherno - Enigma; Tidal Whispers
• Marian - Riptide: Radiant Sunkiss

Case 2

Operatives and outfits listed here only have their illustrations adjusted, with no changes to their 3D model.

• Katya - Dawnwing (Base)
• Lyfe - Infinite Sight: Frozen in Love
• Fenny - Starshine: Flourish of Heart
• Marian - Swift: Midnight Rose
• Lyfe - Wednesday: Devoted Voyager

Interactive Scenes

• Katya - Dawnwing's exclusive interactable scene "Sea of Allure": The interactable scene will be temporarily unavailable. It will be be made available again after the 2.3 update.
• Marian - Riptide's exclusive interactable scene "Night of Desire" preview will be temporarily unavailable, and will be made available again once adjustments are complete.

Other

Some story images, cutscenes and images related to the Azure Paradise event have been changed.

The Practical Impact

Make no mistake - this is in fact a censorship change. Change always sucks. However, the decensor tool will still work on this set of changes, and let's just say that I have good reason to believe that it will continue to do so with no risk to your account.

I have also been told that Seasun remains committed to providing fanservice elements to players. If you don't believe me, maybe the compensation that Seasun has planned will convince you as they put their money where their mouth is.

Compensation

Outfit Purchases

• All BitGold directly spent on outfits receiving 3D model changes or interactive scenes that have been adjusted will be 100% refunded
  • Yao - Winter Solstice's "Sparkling Swell" outfit is a Quartermaster Rebate outfit and as thus is not included
  • Cherno - Enigma's Tidal Whispers outfit, being a battlepass outfit, is valued at 48 BitGold and the refund will be for that amount.
• Notably, Marian - Riptide's interactive scene will be refunded at its non-discounted price of 50 BitGold. Yes, this means you will be refunded a greater amount of BitGold than you spent to purchase it.
• Bright-Star Tickets spent on the purchase of Yao - Quiet Quitter's "Enduring Valor" outfit will be refunded the 45 Bright-Star Tickets spent to purchase it.
  • Players who were previously refunded 5 Bright-Star Tickets from the first outfit adjustment will be refunded the remaining 40 Bright-Star Tickets for the same total of 45.
  • This refund also seems to be available to players who purchased Fenny - Lionheart's "Indomitable Charm" outfit, despite not being affected by this wave of changes.

Yes, you're reading this right.

Refunds will be available for any qualifying purchases made before October 30, 2024 at 12PM (UTC+8). They will be issued after this date, though it may time some time to process refunds for all players. Convert to your timezone here.

Other Compensation

Players who have reached Tier 5 of the Quartermaster Rebate (2,000+ BitGold topped up) will receive:

• A new outfit, expected to be ready and delivered by version 2.7. No further details have been made available at the time of writing.
• Yao - Winter Solstice's "Sparkling Swell" outfit
• Other rewards, no specific details listed at time of writing

Furthermore, players who own Fenny - Starshine before the previously stated time of October 30, 2024 at 12PM (UTC+8) will receive a new outfit for her, scheduled to be released in version 2.8.

Finally, a special "Fenny: Starshine Dance" profile avatar and sticker pack will be given to all players after October 30, 2024 at 12PM (UTC+8). Additional sticker packs will be produced for operatives and outfits being adjusted, to be distributed before the end of version 2.3.

A Seasun representative was reached out to for further comment, but did not respond at the time of writing.