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[Review] Patch Preview: Analysis of the Upcoming Patch 2.6.8 in Infinity Kingdom

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Article Publish : 04/14/2024 15:42

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💠Introduction

What’s up, folks? Welcome to the Patch Preview for Patch 2.6.8. Patch 2.6.8 will be released on April 18. In this article, I’ll take a closer look at the important additions of the update, what it entails, what we can expect from the changes, and my opinion on whether the updates are for better or worse.

💠Table of Contents

Harbor Exploration
Fourth Marches
Optimizations and Miscellaneous Changes
Summary

💠Harbor Exploration

Harbor Exploration will be the newest addition to Infinity Kingdom. The feature gives players the ability to send immortals that are not in any marches on voyages that reward Epic or better immortal fragments, resources, gold, and speedups. Every player will start with a level 1 ship and collecting rewards will increase the ship’s level which will allow for longer exploration times and more immortal slots. There will be a weekly designated list of immortals that will give extra rewards. Rewards will also be affected by the star level and quality of the dispatched immortals, exploration time, and the weather.

I believe this will be a nice change to the current Harbor feature. Currently, the rewards are almost inconsequential and more geared towards the early game. It feels like a chore to send the ship on voyages since the rewards are so minimal. If the best rewards in the new version are Epic or better quality immortals, it means players can also get Legendary immortal fragments through this feature. It can supplement their Eye of Chaos purchases and drive the cost of each Chaos immortal down a notch. The downside is it will force players to remove their best immortals from their marches or level and upgrade more immortals for voyages. All in all, this should be a welcomed change for everyone.

💠Fourth Marches

Fourth marches finally get a role in the game. Currently, fourth teams are almost completely useless aside from using it to farm honor. With Patch 2.6.8, fourth teams will be used in Arena, Time Rift Breaker, and Throne of the Supreme. Time Rift Breaker daily attempts will also increase from 3 to 4 which should help players who miss days or are not strong enough to open all the chests. This will also give players who already maxed their first three marches some incentive to upgrade their fourth. For lower-end, free-to-play, and low-spenders, fourth marches are still inconsequential. They won’t have enough skills or materials to upgrade all of their immortals so they should ignore this addition and avoid getting baited to upgrade their last team. The difference between first and second teams is already massive, fourth teams aren’t going to be too impactful with leftover skills.

💠Optimizations and Miscellaneous Changes

Lucky Spin, Theia’s Roulette, Chaos Roulette, and Blessings of Triss will receive a slight revamp. Instead of forcing players to spend gems to cycle through each reward before getting to the one they want, rewards will be replaced by a selection chest. For example, if I want to spin the Chaos Roulette for Athena, instead of having to cycle through each roulette until Athena is the intended immortal, every roulette will feature a selection chest instead of a specific immortal. This is a change that can save players thousands of gems per event and it’s an extremely good quality-of-life change. The next step would be applying the same change to Sparks of Galaxy as well.

Shadow Dragon Crystals will be added to the VIP Shop. Currently, only Holy Dragon Crystals exist in the shop. This should have been added long ago to keep in line with Holy Dragon Crystals. The price will likely be the same as Holy Dragon Crystals at 3,000 VIP points per set of 20 crystals and the daily limit is five sets. Shadow teams also got a buff against Holy last patch so this is a way to push players towards developing Shadow teams.

Battle replays will show a BUFF button at the bottom left of the screen that will show all the details of buffs and debuffs affecting allies and enemies. This will give players more accurate data about when buffs and debuffs activate and fall off or get cleansed.

Holiday castle skins in the Golden Path Shop will be replaced with dragon skins like the Frozen Dragon Hive skin. This will be a neat update as well. We haven’t seen the dragon skins be available since their introductions into the game. This will give players even more incentive to purchase the $20 Golden Path premium pass. It also gives players a cheaper alternative to getting old, but gold skins.

💠Summary

All of the changes in this patch get a neutral or positive rating. The Harbor Exploration and fourth teams for PvP modes will push players to spend resources and materials upgrading and leveling more immortals. I’m lukewarm on the fourth team addition but it will give players more to do. The changes to the roulettes and Triss will save players several thousand gems per event they participate in. More detailed buffs and debuffs in the replays will help players better analyze their builds’ strengths and weaknesses. I believe more players will build Shadow teams due to the Shadow Dragon Crystal’s slight increase in availability. Lastly, new players and players who missed out on Dragon skins long ago will get more chances to collect them all.

Are you looking forward to the patch? Let me know in the comments below!