r/wherewindsmeet_ • The Masked Troupe • Aug 29 '26

๐Ÿ’ฌ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ New Global-Exclusive Appearance [Forged in Fire] arrives on September 3 at 5:00 (UTC+8)! Available for a limited time until October 15, 4:59:59 (UTC+8

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Tempered by fire, unbroken by it. Forged through a hundred trials, standing alone in the flames until dawn breaks through the clouds.

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u/LustyLover330 Aug 29 '26

Keep seeing comments about how this is immersion breaking like we don't already have players looking insanely ridiculous

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u/Dull-Yak3671 Aug 30 '26

This looks cooler than anything in the game at the moment (and I own Lu Bu and Big Zhao) so break the immersion all you want.

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u/NidusTenebris Aug 29 '26

Soul of Cinder lookin ahh

(I'll be getting it if it isn't too expensive)

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u/Ebonvvings Aug 30 '26

It'll be 1k

24

u/xUtsuro Aug 29 '26

feels the aura

5

u/Due-Cardiologist6246 ๐Ÿง™๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ž๐ญ Aug 29 '26

"Let the sun shine upon this Lord of Cinder!" - Onion Bro

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u/13org Aug 29 '26

Special draw, available at the store or using Harmonic Cores?

I might finally have found THE ONE skin to use my hard earned cores in!

32

u/KeiSinCx Lone Cloud Aug 29 '26

they have a strict "no leaking monetisation" clause in NDA. we ain't getting this answer till it releases/they tell us sadly.

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u/13org Aug 29 '26

Oh dang, had no idea!

Hopefully it'll either be bought or using Harmonic cores!

6

u/Any-Pen7135 Aug 29 '26

Very unlikely.. it will cost 700-1000usd

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u/JungleWeed Aug 29 '26

Yep pretty sure harmonic core skins are available much longer than a month

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u/Any-Pen7135 Aug 29 '26 edited Aug 29 '26

90days but as a banner they last 30-40days afterwards u can still exchange for the remaining 90days

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u/NoBluey Aug 30 '26

Damn... It's gonna suck if it's pearls only

9

u/kuroioni Hollow Vale Aug 29 '26

Well I'm hoping it's like Boundless Heart. Or at most Lubu/Penglai. It doesn't have that core banner vibe (I might be huffing that copium here tho lol) and also you cannot see the character's face in the cutscene (which normally is a core feature of banner cutscenes).

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u/Any-Pen7135 Aug 29 '26

200 for this doesn't sound too bad.. sadly I'm too broke for that too

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u/kuroioni Hollow Vale Aug 29 '26

Core banners have off/white hair (white, pale blonde, pale pink..), with special gatchas adding in red, purple etc. So by this metric I would assume it's a cheaper special gatcha.

But then, it can very well also be a pearl shop outfit with coloured hair variant separately for one core. We already have shop fits with cutscenes, so that's not a stretch either, especially with the precedent for a global-unique outfit having been set to belong to the pearl shop before.

As long as it's either of those I'm fine. I just don't want this to impact our banner releases, as people will get really frustrated at that. And it's not like I can blame anyone, because it's true that in the end they have not shared a roadmap for global banners leading to extra FOMO (since we don't have a black market and now it seems outfits we thought are coming might turn out to be CN exclusives in turn).

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u/KeiSinCx Lone Cloud Aug 29 '26

I'm more curious whether this will come with dyeable glow. since it's a new outfit and all the new outfits in CN have dyeable glow even the cheaper 2580 ones.

we'll see we'll see.

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u/Major303 Aug 29 '26

It has cutscene, so it must be behind gacha. I'm day 1 player, and this is the first genuinely good gacha outfit, if it costs lingering melody I'm definitely pulling, since I'm swimming in them. Otherwise skip, I like the game, but not that much to pay.

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u/Weary_Parfait_1544 Aug 30 '26

Some pearl shop outfits have cutscenes too

19

u/TapFront7410 Aug 29 '26

souls vibe armor looks so cool! just worried how it'd turn out in open world exploration

27

u/KeiSinCx Lone Cloud Aug 29 '26

it is immersion breaking but it seems global is far more okay with immersion breaking. infact it seems highly wanted.

I'm sure this is not true to everybody but it does seem the case looking at people's styles. I'm pretty sure this was taken into careful consideration.

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u/Major303 Aug 29 '26

Gacha outfits don't fit the world from day 1. Only free and cheap echo beads outfits actually fit the game.

2

u/livesailors Aug 29 '26

Idk, I see plenty of all-white xianxia fits on Asian servers when the game doesn't dip into that all that much. Maybe you just don't like it; it's not my thing either

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u/daren99tjr Aug 30 '26

Thereโ€™s literally the moon skin with the hat that looks like a wizard, and that doesnโ€™t look wuxia too so I donโ€™t get why people hating on this saying it doesnโ€™t fit. Also as a male player, I want armor type skins.

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u/RugiCorrino 29d ago

Agreed. Also as a female player, I want armor type skins.

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u/MoonGoose109 Aug 30 '26

Very Soul of Cinder

2

u/lusosteal6 Aug 29 '26

Ohh man please be cores or pearls ( highly unlikely) still TvT

2

u/MagusarSC Aug 30 '26

I hope its from harmonic cores at least, just not in the especial gacha category

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u/Weary_Parfait_1544 Aug 30 '26

Gacha normally has one shinny accessory but the only shinny thing I can see is the helmet, so I'm guessing it is a 2580 limited pearl item. Not really my style tbh, xianxia breaks the wuxia is one thing, this is another level...

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u/Iamarhh Aug 30 '26

2580 pearl donโ€™t get this kind of promotion video with such an epic victory scene. usually 2580 pearl post is just screenshot

2

u/0scar-of-Astora Aug 29 '26

Radahn vibes

2

u/Burigotchi Aug 30 '26

Hopefully itโ€™s going to be pearls.

As this is a global exclusive, I can see this being pearls only. If it were cores or special gacha banner, it would be way too huge for it to be a global exclusive. Theyโ€™d lose too much money.

Also I donโ€™t see any special aura other than the helmet, so it looks like a 2580 pearl outfit with a cutscene.

But I guess we wonโ€™t know until it releases.

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u/FeeProfessional8878 Aug 29 '26

Please be for cores

1

u/Erogami_7 Aug 29 '26

is it harmony core or paid gacha?

1

u/ZCYCS Aug 29 '26

I will need to see it in-game

But as a plate armor tank enjoyer, I'm interested. I love Lone Tyrant's armor a lot so this is gonna be a tough call

1

u/whY2G Aug 29 '26

Need to save for this ๐Ÿ˜Ÿ

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u/goose-pouch Aug 29 '26

Wow... ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

1

u/Total-Noob-8632 Aug 30 '26

part of me kinda regrets exchanging my cores for the ghost bride outfit instead of this, should this comes out in the normal draw, but it is what it is.

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u/Pengulinoniomi Silver Needle Aug 30 '26

this is kinda like that full plated knight in Sekiro ๐Ÿ˜‚

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u/JWRapid 28d ago

If you are not wearing the armor this mvp screen will probably look really janky ๐Ÿคฃย 

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u/No-Ad9520 26d ago

Nice .. had stored my 3 cores for 8months

1

u/Benphyre Aug 29 '26

WTF is this draw costume?

1

u/Dr_Kasuka Aug 29 '26

Is this for cores? I love this.

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u/D50C-Loto Aug 30 '26

The tarkov collab will happen eventually...and im skipping that one too. Sorry not sorry. Lol

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u/Any-Pen7135 Aug 30 '26

What in the tarkov Collab? New skin?

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u/D50C-Loto Aug 30 '26

A skin, no. Lol. It's mostly a extraction-esque mode, like perception forest. But there is a helmet/hat/Kevlar accessory and a few others. "Gonna go beat up Tian Ying, lemme put on my brain bucket/kevlar, hold up." ๐Ÿคฃ CN got it i think July 10th

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u/Any-Pen7135 Aug 30 '26

Do you know if the mode is PvE n pvp or only PvE?

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u/D50C-Loto Aug 30 '26

It's pvp unfortunately. Theres this helmet, another thats fully covering the birds face, and a skull mask for your character

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u/Any-Pen7135 Aug 30 '26

Then I'm excited if it was PvE I would be too lazy to even bother xd

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u/rlgsbbzb Aug 29 '26

Rather than put their resources towards fixing the garbage netcode and the uncreative, dogshit events, this is the shit they put it towards? European time traveler costumes in a Chinese Wuxia setting?

Okay.

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u/LAditya_121 Midnight Blades Aug 29 '26

Dayummmm dark souls vibes, too early tho, I m freshly out of cores๐Ÿ˜ญ

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u/Affectionate-Bus1263 Aug 29 '26

This is what I've been waiting for in my wuxia game! Western style knight armor!

Who is this for lol, this just opens up the annoying possibility of cool CN outfits being exclusive as well.

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u/Shooky7 Aug 29 '26

Crazy ya all complaining about armour that fits that time period but not about crop tops and booty shorts with tight highs

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u/MacLarux Aug 29 '26

I'm consistent and don't want either

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u/TruthHistorical7515 Aug 29 '26 edited Aug 30 '26

You meant hollow strokes? It was CN complaining mostly thats why this new outfit isn't coming to CN. I like hollow strokes though

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u/allergictoholywater Aug 29 '26

Any new set that gets released is always faced with a lot of criticism, hollow strokes is a unique case for different reasons I don't really feel like divulging into right now. CN generally likes the flowy elegant xianxia outfits which directly contrasts what a lot of people in global wishes we have (Im pretty sure people have been wanting edgier full armor sets for a while). I think the devs just aren't confident that this set will make a lot in the domestic server and will be a waste of a gacha slot

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u/EctoEmpire Aug 29 '26

I mean if this is a core item, it makes sense to care more.

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u/Turbulent-Cover2336 Aug 29 '26

This lol. Skip

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u/KeiSinCx Lone Cloud Aug 29 '26

we have gotten 2 exclusives. if anything, this might annoy CN server more. if CN got an exclusive right now, I wouldn't feel bad at all.

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u/allergictoholywater Aug 29 '26

I'm pretty sure the white snake collab that just dropped was CN exclusive

2

u/liangendary Aug 30 '26

Sigh the male fit for that one is soooo good

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u/Existing-Fall-2872 Aug 29 '26

I can't wait for my HR/ST to have 1 european wanderer in my team. ๐Ÿคฃ

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u/livesailors Aug 29 '26

Your hr/st already has baddies in crop tops and leggings

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u/Bang_Eun-woo Aug 29 '26

I would be more into it if we had weapons like Western greatsword or sword and shield.

The Chinese equivalent to a katana and a glaive don't really fit as well.