Post by Vio on Apr 10, 2022 13:27:19 GMT -5
Hey, folks!
The chefs of this kitchen (that’s us, the staff) have been cooking up some new recipes, with SMILEs on the way and another gourmet dish on the horizon. But for now I’m here delivering some interesting news that will benefit everyone, easing the complexity of our presentation and trimming some of the fat where needed. So what’s being changed today?Rebate!
X-POINZ REBATE IS NO LONGER LIMITED TO ITS SOURCE!
After some reviewing, our current X-Poinz Rebate system is a little overcomplicated. Having to track every source independently is a bit of a chore, especially for characters who rely more on their equipment, and some forms of equipment simply don’t offer much use for the Rebate they provide (looking at protective gear). Pulling back the curtain a little, it’s also a bit awkward to track on the site’s staff spreadsheets. We like the cascading system, but it has proven itself a little too savoury for what’s meant to be a sweet treat!
From this point on, Rebate gained from any of the sources listed below will be added to your characters’ personal pools of Rebate:
- Fighting Style Upgrades
- Devil Fruits & Advancements
- Equipment
- Overdrives
You don’t have to worry about tracking how much from each source has been spent, only track the total Rebate spent for your character against how much they’ve earned in total. For equipment-based characters, this offers a little bit of a reprieve, as well as opening up more early-game flexibility for characters such as Devil Fruit users (Zoans especially) who may not want to start with Techniques specific to their ability.Example: A character begins by spending 100 X-Poinz on a protective suit of armour, which grants them 50 Rebate. That Rebate could be spent on a Rank 1 Technique completely unrelated to the fact they are wearing armour, because the Rebate is no longer dependent on it.
A quick disclaimer! All sources will still provide the same amount of Rebate that they currently do. Similarly, purchasing anything that would provide Rebate will still prevent you from gaining Rebate from that source. These haven’t changed and neither has anything else about the way Rebate works — Fighting Style upgrades and Advancements will still require you to use actual X-Poinz.
Have fun with these changes~!
