After a long slumber, Granblue Fantasy
Relink received another free update which is the 1.2.0 update. An update decent in
terms of size and came with enhancements, a lot of balances, bug fixes, new stuff to
do especially endgame content, and more.
I am the Samurai and in this video, I will be
breaking down all the key features and points that the latest update offers or everything
important thing that you need to know that has been showcased in the recent livestream and
more while providing my thoughts along the way.
I will also be breaking down all
the pre-released information of 1.3.0 that will be released in May.
So ultimately, you will be answering if the game is worth picking up again especially if
you stopped playing for a while now. I am a little bit late to the party since I just recently got
relieved from a big project over my Day Job and I said to myself, we will be covering the latest
update regardless so let's get on with it.
Story Continuation
A little bit of story continuation through Tweyen & Seofon.
The first thing that I would like to talk about is the story continuation through Seofon
and Tweyen. The game finally introduced these two most awaited characters and both of them will
come with their separate episodes which kinda, of continuing the story a little bit.
Their Fate episode will explore the events of why they visited Zegagrande Skydome. Although
it's not much since I was expecting something of good development in the story, this is a
good way to introduce the Eternals to the new players in the world of GBF.
Tweyen and Seofon's Progression
How to unlock them, progression, and more.
Of course, the main stars of this update are indeed Seofon and Tweyen. Players can unlock
them by playing the newly added quests which are the swarm of Ahriman Extreme quest and also
the Proud Difficulty Behemoth Quest. Both quest drops Revenant Medallions which is one of the
newly added materials and the basic ones.
Stacking up Revenant Medallions will let you
trade Supreme Weapon Essences which can later be traded to Siero for Tweyen and Seofon's Special
Crewmate Card. Nice and simple. However, the grind is far from over. You will need to farm for more
Supreme Weapon Essences or spam the Behemoth Quest perhaps, for you to craft their weapons.
Impressions
Seofon can pull off devastating combos
with his avatar with intense flashiness, his gameplay revolves around when to time
in your avatar summons to deal most of the damage. What is cool about Seofon is he can
fill up the entire party's SBA gauge after charging a long time. A great utility that
can be useful in hard raids like Lucilius.
Now for Tweyen, I am already seeing a lot of
players enjoying her playstyle. Yet another ranged damager capable of pulling off quick
arrow volley combos while staying on the move. How cool is that? Not only a certified waifu
but can impair enemies with multiple debuffs in one skill and also use these debuffs are damage
multipliers. Her Ultrasight Gauge allows her to perform a devastating arrow volley. Of course,
I will make a separate guide for these two so stay tuned for that.
Progression
Now these two don't have Terminus Weapons of
their own, rather they have only two weapons which are their Ascencion and Supreme Weapons. I
know what you are thinking, Seofon and Tweyen were gimped or were handicapped compared to our usual
characters but I will save you the hassle. Their unique Sigils will provide most of the unique
traits that Terminus Weapons provides.
You will have different setups in terms of
Sigils but what I can assure you is that they are not weaker compared to our current lineups.
Your initial thoughts of why they changed the character progression cross my mind as well and
in my opinion, it can confuse some, especially for those normal players who took a break from a
game and came back for these two characters.
Players are used to the usual progression. Forge
and max all the weapons for a certain character, maxed their over masteries, and then
farm their Terminus weapons and then, equip the right Sigils. It's just that, I find
this whole new progression confusing but hey, there are huge positives here like, we
will not be farming Terminus anymore.
Not a lot of people can quickly adjust to
this, especially when tinkering with Seofon and Tweyen. This applies to the majority
like young professionals or dads who have little to no time. I find it ok since we have
longed for changes and this is part of it, I just hope that the succeeding characters
will have the same progression to avoid further adjustments and we are expecting
Sandalphon will receive the same treatment.
New Packs to Buy
Character Packs, Upgrades, New Color Schemes & More.
On the other hand, if you want to skip a little bit of the grind, players can buy their character
packs. These packs cost 5 dollars each along with items that will help you jump-start them.
I've been hearing a lot of great things so far about Seofon and Tweyen so if you
want to use them as a new player, you can buy them right out of the gate, or if you
want to support Cygames by buying these packs.
Not just the character packs but players
will be able to buy a new working-out emote, and also a golden color scheme for our current
current characters. Along with all the usual character upgrade packs.
Battle, Balances & Fixes
A lot of balances, changes and fixes.
1.2.0 Update also released a lot of changes and balances in terms of the existing characters and
also a lot of bug fixes and improvements for the overall combat. We are not going to go over each
of them since by now you probably know the changes made for your main characters but I am showing
them on the screen right now so feel free to pause the video if you like to check them out.
What I noticed is, that most of the characters indeed receive a buff and I am seeing overall
positive feedback regarding this but hey, if you are enjoying your mains better than ever,
comment down below your experience so far.
New General and Unique Sigils
Moving on to the next topic which players can now enjoy more unique and general
Sigils for our current builds. We can enjoy a little bit of variety in here but these new
Sigils require testing if they are worth it.
After clearing the new quests, you can get
these new sigils by trading them from Siero with the existing materials you got from the
Behemoth Quest as well. Now if you already tested some of the new unique Sigils let us
know your experience in the comments below.
Supp Damage V+ Source
Finally, we can farm Supp Damage V+ to strengthen our builds.
Moving on to the next topic I want to highlight the newly released Behemoth Quest.
Not only it is a fun fight to spam over but the greatest thing it offers to the table is this
quest finally drops Supplementary Damage V+ along with the other unique Sigils. My goodness, I don't
know if this makes you happy but I know a lot of endgame players are happy right now. As we can
legitly farm the ever elusive Supp Damage V+.
The ability to get all sorts of unique
Sigils like Glass Cannon V+, Supp Damage V+, and more would be beneficial for your main and
for your AI party members. This can easily get hours of fun if you enjoy grinding that is and
I am so grateful that they finally did it.
Bulk Transmutation
The most awaited feature in GBF Relink.
Finally, after millions of years of waiting
and pleading for this feature, the Bulk Transmutation has been released. Although you
can't immediately flush all of your Transmarvel Stocks or Knickknack Vouchers all at once,
players can do 30 Transmutation at a time.
Huge time saver and God knows how I hated
transmuting Sigils one by one and now I can happily Transmute again.
1.3.0 Pre-Release Information
Now the recent livestream also teased
most of the upcoming added features by 1.3.0 and we will go over them quickly so
you will know what to expect. Of course, we are expecting Sandalphon already and
this update will be cascaded sometime in May. According to Cygames, we will be unlocking
him differently compared to Seofon and Tweyen.
Sandalphon looks pretty insane, and judging from
the showcase he is going to be a banger with two modes or forms. First is his Normal Form and the
latter is the Archangel Mode which is going to elevate all of his repertoire. I am pretty excited
about playing him and he looks pretty insane.
Not only Sandalphon but will be getting new proud
difficulty quests, new sigils to tinker with, new map overlays to help new players track treasures
and Wee Pincers as well as new side quests and the ability to customize control schematics.
A Photomode feature which I know a lot of people are going to enjoy. You play around with your
favorite characters, make them pose for your ideal shots, put frames on them, and more. If you played
FFXIV it is very similar to its GPOSE feature.
But the thing that caught my attention
is Sigil Synthesis which allows us to combine Sigils to customize our traits. How
insane is that? Hopefully, there will be more build variety that we can take advantage of.
One feature that I have been waiting for so long for Narmaya Mains just like me is the additional
butterfly hud count and they finally will be releasing it soon. Hopefully, we will be
seeing a lot of similar updates soon.
Also, the ability to lock Sigils during
Curio appraisals is one of the features I included with my video recently
and I am happy to see that they are listening to the majority of their request.
There are a lot of changes that I didn't mention in this video but those are the minor ones and
these are all the major things that will get you up to speed with regards to the recent update.
I am happy with what I am seeing lately and a lot of people are starting to play Relink
again if you ask me, you should play too.
All of the activities currently are worth at
least 1 to 2 weeks of playtime, maybe less for ultra-hardcore players so you should consider
going back to Relink. As I have mentioned if you enjoy min-maxing your main character or your
party in general, you will have lots of fun with this update and it is worth mentioning that
all of these are free until the 1.3.0 update.
I am still hoping for a major expansion since
I want this game to last what do you think about the latest update? Are you having fun?
If you are new to relink these videos will give you the best start possible, thank you for
watching and I will catch you on the next one.
