Hello everyone!

As we announced two weeks ago we are now entering what I described as a time to synchronize the Arena and Battlepass schedules!

As such:

- Arena will not be functional until the next Battle Pass starts.

- Tweaks will be pushed to make the arena more representative of your abilities and more of a fair match.

Now in this period of change we also have a few more things to elaborate on. Vigilantes and Battle Passes.

On Vigilantes, we have elaborated an expansion to bring this system in line with P1 expansion:

- You now can only equip five vigilantes at once, representative of your "squad". Now you must choose which vigilantes accompany you on your adventure. P1 wanted to set the foundation for squad based mechanics and here it is for single player. Stay tuned for more on that!

- The limit became necessary because Vigilantes are being expanded massively (Something like 95 vigilantes now).

- In addition, shards are being converted to family aligned shards, of the five factional colors. You will now be able to buy random shards as you can now, or specific family shards for a premium.

- In the new Battle Pass you may notice the shards for vigilantes are just "Iron River" shards, that is because family alignment shards are replacing individual vigi shards, that way you can always use your extra shards towards the next vigilante of that family, and overflow is a problem of the past!

- Speaking of overflow, your current overflow should now allow you to select which family shards you want in exchange for them at a ratio of 1:1, no losses, no gains, just a customizable drop off of your accumulation.

On Battle Passes we have an exciting progression this time that uses a few new systems namely Pets!

- New items from the Battlepass are expected to have additional effects once Phase 1 is complete (Hold onto them, you have been warned.)

- New category of equipment, Pets! Available from the new Menagerie replacing the Blood Bond menu (Now found in more) Pets are the first piece of gear with growth potential, with an exclusive available for the first of our family Battle Passes - The Iron River.

All of this should be going live for next reset, we will of course provide some more detail before then so stay tuned!

Looking forward to participating in all of this with all of you and unlocking Grandma Watanabe,

-Content Head Chary