From now until August 31st, a limited-time asymmetrical Variant Mode comes to Final Fantasy VII The First Soldier. Here you’ll be able to transform into enemy monsters more powerful than a standard player character. These include bombs, cactuar, Slug-Ray roboguards, the summoned beast Bahamut, and even the legendary hero Sephiroth. You can check out details on this special mode below.
Starting August 31st, Season 4: Feast at the Gold Saucer will begin, adding themed attractions around the map that you can participate in all while doing battle. A new Tornado spell has been added that launches a projectile wind attack that explodes shortly after, knocking targets around. A Chimeric Vengeance and Gil Toss Machine Gun can also be obtained in the field as weapons. And a new Trickster class can throw cards to deal damage and create a decoy of themselves to confuse enemies.
Season 4: Feast at the Gold Saucer
Variant Mode
Variant Mode — a new asymmetrical mode in which candidates break into two teams to compete for victory — is available for a limited time only!
This is an asymmetrical mode in which a variant team of 3 members faces off against a candidate team of 9 members. Members on the variant team transform into familiar monsters and characters from FFVII.
■ Conditions for Winning a Match
Reduce the enemy team’s power gauge to 0 to win.
Members on the candidate team can attack two special locations that the variant team is tasked with protecting, inflicting heavy damage on the variant team’s power gauge.
*The special locations that the variant team must defend each have an HP gauge that causes the location to shut down for a short amount of time when reduced to 0.
*After a certain amount of time has passed, a shut-down location will power back up.
The variant team’s power gauge can be reduced again by taking down the same location after it powers back up.
■ Match Time Limit
Up to 15 mins. If neither team has been defeated before the time limit runs out, the team with most power left in their gauge will be declared the winner. If both teams have the exact same amount of power left in their gauges, the variant team will be declared the winner.
■ Variant Team
Team of 3 members. Members can transform into the following characters/monsters:
— Legendary Hero (Power: 40)
— Bahamut (Power: 30)
— Cactuar (Power: 30)
— Bomb (Power: 10)
— Slug-Ray (Power: 10)
The variant team is tasked with defending two special locations. If a location is destroyed, the power gauge for the variant team is drastically reduced.
— Location (Power: 100)
A location will shut down when destroyed, but will power up again after 120 seconds.
■ Candidate Team
Team of 9 members: 3 squads of 3. The power value for each member on this team is the same. – Candidate (Power: 5) Style abilities and skills as set on the home screen will be utilized.
■ Demolition Rocket Launchers
Completing special orders that appear during a match will spawn a special gold supply drop. Demolition rocket launchers can be obtained from these special supply drops and cause heavy damage to the variant team’s locations.
■ Respawning
If you are defeated during a match, you will be automatically respawned. Members on the variant team must choose a new character/monster each time they are respawned. *You cannot choose the character/monster you were immediately before respawning or a character/monster that another team member is using.
■ Supply Drops
Supply drops will appear in frequent intervals. *After a certain amount of time has elapsed, a supply drop will disappear.
■ Map
There are two different maps. The available map will change once a day.
■ Variant Team Tickets
By completing certain conditions, you can obtain tickets that will prioritize you for a place on the variant team. The conditions for obtaining these tickets are as follows:
Conditions for Obtaining Tickets:
- Play matches without putting a check in the checkbox on the mode selection screen
- Play matches on the candidate team
- Play matches to the end without quitting
- Inflict 100 or more damage during a match
You can hold up to 10 tickets at once. If you form a team with in-game friends, 5 tickets will be consumed from each team member.
Using Tickets:
Place a check in the checkbox next to the text “Consume 5 tickets to request a place on the Variant Team” on the mode selection screen to consume tickets.
*Even if you have placed a check in this checkbox, there is a chance you will join the candidate team if 4 or more candidates in the matching pool have chosen to consume tickets to request a place on the variant team.
*No tickets will be consumed if you fail to make it on to the variant team.
Variant Mode Availability
8/24/2022 (Wed.) 12:00 – 8/31/2022 (Wed.) 01:59 UTC
*Matches available until 8/31/2022 (Wed.) 00:59 UTC
Variant Mode Celebratory Challenges
Complete challenges that are only available during the event to earn The Crimson Mare Special Shinra Pack Tickets and ★, which go toward increasing your season level. See the in-game Challenges screen for details.
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