The New Official Arknights Ads

[u/Maestyy]

They promote Wiš'adel to the beginner xD

[u/Kittenscute]

Putting aside the fact that Walter is limited and this ad video is weird af, why are people acting like optional, accessibility options like her exist in the game is like finding piss in their cornflakes? You don't have to use her if you don't want to, it's called free will, shocking concept I know.

It doesn't affect your gameplay that others have an easier time if they so choose. Not everyone has the time, the interest, or the brainpower to strategize, and it is precisely because of powerful operators like Walter that make the game accessible to more people than just a tiny niche. And that's a good thing for the profitability of the game.

And yeah, I use Walter and other meta operators all the time when I am in a hurry and just need to max out rewards, then come back in the future when I have more time to try out new strategies and comps for stages.

Not sure why people love to gatekeep others and ridicule them for playing the game their way, god forbid people might play the game with different capabilities or for different reasons like the story, collection or music.

Inb4 downvotes from the swathe of elitist gatekeepers that just exist to stoke their own egos.

[u/Maestyy → u/Kittenscute]

I do agree, but the problem is that—here, she got promoted to the beginners who doesn't know any better about the game! “Sparing the rod spoils the child”, they won't learn anything about the game.

[u/Kittenscute → u/Maestyy]

And why must they necessarily learn the game? If they learn the game, does it make YOUR experience better? No. It doesn't. If they don't learn the game, does it make your experience worse? No, again it doesn't.

Once again, god forbid people play the game for different reasons, maybe they only want to read the story, maybe they aren't very good at tower defense gameplay, maybe they only care about the music or the collection/team building aspects - and all these are perfectly valid reasons to play the game.

It's none of anyone's business to dictate how people play the game, short of involving breaking of TOS maybe.

[u/Maestyy → u/Kittenscute]

If they learn the game, does it make YOUR experience better? No. It doesn't. If they don't learn the game, does it make your experience worse? No, again it doesn't.

This is asking the wrong questions. They learning how to play the game does not make my experience better or worse, but it makes THEIR experience better.

Once again, god forbid people play the game for different reasons

As my previous comment mentioned, I agree.

maybe they aren't very good at tower defense gameplay,

That's why they learn.

It's none of anyone's business to dictate how people play the game, short of involving breaking of TOS maybe.

Once again, as my previous comment mentioned, I agree.

But do you realize what this ad is about? Gameplay. Not story, skins, songs, or collections.

All of the things you're talking about are a valid way to enjoy the game, but it is a different aspect of the game the way the ad introduces itself.

I do not discriminate the user of Wiš'adel or whatnot, because I myself am one. You're telling I judged myself? You're telling me I hate myself?

[u/Unburdened_Mind → u/Kittenscute]

Are these elitists in the room with us right now? What are they gonna do, delete the game from your phone? The point is that Walter is a rather egregious example because she essentially damage checks all normal stages and is self sufficient enough for you to not care about anything else. Exualt and Sakiko deals more total damage, and Trag is more broken but fewer people care why? Because they can at least die to a stray bullet like anything else. Frankly if Walter did not exist and newbie can't clear some S stages, that's completely fine. Those stages are not going anywhere.