User blog:Crimson Storm Mich/Burenama Vol. 40 - Dec 16, 2017

One more blog post... for old time's sake.

The end of the year livestream usually heralds a major update that's going to happen to Brave Frontier and this year is no different. Check out the major news for 2018!

NOTE: All events listed here are in JST and only apply to JP BF

Rewards

 * 20 gems
 * 4 sets of Crystal Gods
 * 4 sets of Mecha Gods (+1 extra Earth Mecha God due to a mistake :sparkyteefs: )
 * 5 Burst Emperors
 * 10 Artons
 * 20 Sphere Frogs
 * 30,000 Merit Points

Year End Campaign



 * From Dec 20, 2017 ~ Jan 5, 2018
 * Special Challenges
 * 2x Merit Trade In
 * From Dec 25, 2017 ~ Jan 5, 2018
 * Divine Summon costs 3 gems instead of 5
 * 4x ABP/CBP Campaign
 * Fusion Rate Up & All Evolution Dungeons Unlock
 * From Dec 25, 2017 ~ Jan 8, 2018
 * Special "Gor☆geous in Brave Frontier!" Collaboration (See above pic)
 * From Dec 31, 2018 ~ Jan 1, 2018
 * 0 EN Campaign - All Quests, Vortex, Trials, Grand Quests & Battle Halls are 0 EN!

After BF2
The following content will be made permanent. Basically all Vortex Dungeons. To be implemented upon BF2 release.


 * Karma Dungeon, Zel Dungeon, Item Farm Dungeon
 * All Evolution Dungeons
 * Forbidden Tablets
 * Special Unit Dungeons (collaboration dungeons excluded)

The following content/events will be rotated more frequently.
 * Half STP Campaign & Multi Battle Medal Up Campaign
 * ABP/CBP Campaign
 * Super Karma Dungeon, Super Honor Summon, Fusion Rate Up & 2x Merit Trade In
 * Metal & Jewel Parade bonuses - One of the following can happen for a day:
 * Discounted Keys
 * Free Entry
 * Frontier Hunter
 * Gem rewards to be increased
 * Removal of rankings. MVP spheres to be scrapped
 * Terminus will cycle through older lineups

Miscellaneous
All Honor Items will be purchasable using Merit Points in view of a likely drop to active player base in BF1.

Brave Frontier 2 News
We've all been waiting for a while for this. And certainly the previews shown did not disappoint!

Reference: Images will be shown first and text below it will be what that picture is.

Menus


Title Screen for BF2!



Home Screen for BF2

You can tap any unit in the formation in the home screen to switch display to it.



New View Units UI.

Quests



 * EN is now shown by hearts.
 * Quests have special challenges that one can accomplish to earn bonus rewards. 1 Gem in the above picture's case.



Special character quests. To play these quests, a player must own all units required for that quest.

Battle


Battle System
 * Turn counter present
 * Button that can change targets
 * Guard All Button present
 * Items now stored to an item button
 * XBB Gauge (middle bar)
 * When certain units are present on the field, XBB can be used.
 * XBB is not limited to 2 units--up to 6 units can be present for an XBB
 * Using XBB will use that unit's turn.




 * Summoner has a companion that can you feed and evolve which will help in quests.
 * Using the partner's skills does not consume Summoner's turn.

Summon



 * System is similar to Confirm Summon available in JPBF
 * Slides are present, hence one can by up to 99 of a unit



Honor Summon

Randall



 * Randall replaces the Town button



More pictures of Randall

Miscellaneous




BF2 News in Video
I'm sure screenshots aren't enough so here's a video of the BF2 segment shown during the livestream.



Important timestamps for features not shown:
 * 4:37 - Quest selection screen
 * 29:11 - Story Menu - choose to skip the cutscene or put up a log of what's been said so far.

Conclusion
That's all for now and this will probably be my last blog post for BF1. From the preview given so far, BF2 is shaping up to be a very good game. I'll certainly be playing the JP version which will be coming out next year. See you in BF2!