Talk:Recent Updates/@comment-73.253.116.120-20180113181250/@comment-130.105.8.181-20180114004803

Which sprites look rushed/drawn by someone else in your opinion? (Honestly, I think Sengo’s was rushed.) In defense of the artists here, being an aspiring artist myself, it’s most probably a change of art and coloring style by the original artists. We can’t really expect their art and coloring style to not have changed over 3 years, as already seen in the slight differences of the art and coloring of the original swords vs. their Kiwames. Also, the artists who didn’t participate in this are very well-known artists who, like you said, made well-known characters. I doubt the staff would have allowed characters like Mikazuki, Kogi, Kashuu, and the Hijikatagumi to have gone without special sprites if there wasn’t a good reason.

With regards to the events, I don’t think they’re aimed completely towards new saniwa because like you said, the campaigns/events will just be frustrating for new saniwa who don’t have enough resources. I think they’re aimed mainly towards old saniwa who don’t have these swords yet, like me, and a little towards newer saniwa who just want to try their hand at getting 1-2 of the swords that they like. This goes hand-in-hand with the supposed increased drop rate campaign + zero resource repair campaign for the same reasons. Think of this as one last time these set of swords will be put out in campaigns/events before they’re finally put on the backburner for newer swords like the Kagemitsus. The Kagemitsus will definitely be coming back for future events because they’ve all only been available in 1 smithing event each so far, so I understand not putting them up for the anniversary campaign.

As for the Kiwame announcement, I also expected the starters to be announced. I don’t know why they didn’t.

I’m sorry for making this long, but I really think that the staff only dropped the ball with the Kiwame announcements. For saniwa who have completed their collection, I’d get why this isn’t anything special. But as an old saniwa who is still missing 6 swords and will be getting the chance to have 4 of them (2 through the increased drop rate, 2 through the smithing event), it’s a pretty sweet 3rd year anniversary present.