#What happened to Communication in AV?
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I Thought The Same Thing Rather Than "Allowing Replays/Next With Domains"
stages have basically stopped happening cause valks always been the main yapper, with every other dev/owner being too much of an introvert. and now that valks started doing 10x more work than before, hes too busy to host any stages, causing a lack of them. and even if we did have stages, its admittedly pointless for updates like 9.5, where all criticism would just boil down to “why did the update take so long?”, which is something were more painfully aware of than even the most diehard av fans. people will always have questions or criticisms or feedbacks, and the reality is we cant just spend half our days curating and responding to each and every one of them in professional messages in sub announcements or update logs. were still a small dev team, and taking in so much feedback is overwhelming. as an example: ive already explained before in chats that we cant expand unit inventory slots due to data size limitations, as itd make player data so big that itd fail to save their game data altogether. if this was a huge ask posited by tens of thousands of players, we could explain it in more detail in a public-facing post, and try thinking of some ways to solve it, but the reality is its a bottom-of-the-barrel issue that 99% of players dont care about. the bigger problem are the update times, gameplay quality, and whether the game is fun to play; so we will always prioritize that exclusively.
there is a similar explanation behind any of the other missing or removed mechanics, that we could spend time curating a response to. but we cannot be explaining every single decision we make and why we made it, as that is unfeasible. just look at any other large game—nightreign, hollow knight, factorio, terraria, minecraft. they dont spend time going through every suggestion and explaining their stances behind everything for a reason.
Highkey unit storage isn't a bottom-of-the-barrel issue that 99% of players don't care about and now that trading is a thing there will be even more players wanting more storage (everyone I know that plays av says they don't have enough storage)
W pyseph ❤️ for responding tho
I've personally never run out of unit storage 
I always just have a ton of fodder exclusives sitting for exp fusing
But for a F2P player, it's most likely very restrictive (I forget how many slots they can do)
I wish the robux pass for slots was more of a "shortcut" option to maxing out storage than just a fully extra bit unobtainable otherwise
no gamepass its around 250 i think
w/ gamepass that's around 450 right
I agree with about 80% of what you said. But if I’m not mistaken, originally Emmie was responsible for Stage, not Valk. Though that’s not really the main point
About inventory slots: a regular F2P player can have around 200 slots if I’m not wrong, while a P2w player can have up to 450. Why is the difference so huge? (I have 450 slots and I have no problems, I'm just asking for those who can't buy)
I also have another question. You said that about 90% of the players are 12y, and it’s hard to explain things to them (which I completely agree with). But then what’s the point of making units as complex as Ainz, which require an unreal amount of time and understanding to use properly, when 90% of players will just choose to use Dio instead? Even though it’s obvious that Ainz is potentially the best unit in the game. Logically, it doesn’t really make sense to me (that’s just my opinion).
And one more question: why is there such a big difference in the quality of remodels between units? For example, in the One Piece update, why do Luffy and Brook look like 10/10 models, while Nami and Sanji are some of the worst models in the game, mostly because of their faces? I fully understand the DMCA situation, and Sailorenso already gave his comment on that, but I’m still curious what you personally think about it
if the issue is that, as updates come, players that are either collectors or simply do not succeed at managing their space correctly, tend to reach that limit, then increasing the limit by something like 50, 100, or maybe more, would be a temporary solution, would it not? The issue would once again show up in a few updates as new units get added, and then a few after that, and so on, which isn't great considering that any existing suggestions in increasing the space, even if slightly, are already pushing the boundaries of the data limit.
Imo, there should be a better solution to the issue of unit space than simply increasing the limit
yea its either 450 or 475 i dont remember
450
Luffy and Brooke are also incredibly diverse in terms of design and easily recognizable.
Generic Human #1 and #2 are a lot harder to make distinct while avoiding copyright issues.
What about Katakuri? He also Human, and his remodel 10/10
Katakuri at least has a much more recognizable outfit, I'd think
Personally, I think the sanji and nami models are fine just being what they are
what is it about the faces exactly
Did the new Frieren remodel get DMCA again that’s why she didn’t appear with her remodel along with the JJK ones?
Sorry, but the remodels completely ruin Nami’s and Sanji’s faces. They just don’t fit at all. I understand that the characters themselves are fairly simple, but then what’s the problem with adding, for example, glasses to Nami, like the ones Luffy has in his pre-evo form? I never thought I’d say this, but even the AA Nami model looks better. (I’ve never played AA, I just saw it in a video by Nag)
Its just problem with faces
Idk
What do you think?
eyes are lwk not circle enough
Brother ain’t no WAY you think the AA model looks better 
it looks way more accurate
cause thats the pre-dmca
I'd recognize the AV model as the character at least five times faster than the AA one
?
the only thing I could see making an argument for the AV model
Is giving her the staff
imho that's like the only thing that feels off in all these comparisons
unless they haven't changed it yet, that's her current model in the game
ah, is this a skin or smt
Guess so? the one nag had is shiny tho
im sry but this is just a lie
if we didnt know it was a op update no 1 would have guessed that its nami
she looks more like rangiku than nami
Still would've guessed it way more easily than the AA one
aa one looks almost identical
you can't be serious
no way you would recognize av's easier
AV model is obviously way higher quality but the AA model is way more accurate
^
you can't be this biased
110% would recognize AV's sooner
This has nothing to do with bias, it's just how it is
this is genuinely one of the few times i can say someones opinion is just wrong
Nami from AV is better quality, however Nami from AA is more accurate
word for word
Hello, sorry for the ping. Do you know if in Part 2 there will be banners available to customize the profile? I would really like to use Luffy vs. Doflamingo as a banner, or possibly the new banner that will be released
20 days for a part 2 update
No one is asking you to explain every single minor decision 🤦 its just that dumb decisions are made and you complain when you're criticised for it. Look at the removal of inf and worldline lb, that was the only endgame content we had and as I've said before elemental towers isn't a good enough replacement. You make a poll in a separate server with the minority of the community to vote on the removal of lb without seeing what the rest of the community thinks. The game polls channel exists for a reason however its rarely used, even having polls would be better than not saying anything because at least we would know that you're actively taking feedback from the community without getting overwhelmed by it.
yes please more polls 🙂↕️
good job misconstruing and ignoring 90% of the post
top tier ragebait
I read the whole thing 3 times this has gotta be ragebait
Do you even remember what you typed bro 😭
Read through what you typed and you would see that I responded to all your flawed points 🤦

This gotta be ragebait 🤦 js read what I typed gng
It can't be that hard to make polls 💔
"You’re missing the core point of why we’ve gone quiet. It isn’t about being 'allergic' to criticism; it’s about resource allocation. Here is why your points don't align with the reality of our development:
The 'Just use Polls' Fallacy: You suggest polls are a low-effort way to take feedback, but they aren’t. To run a meaningful poll, we have to curate the options, explain the technical 'whys' behind each choice, and then deal with the inevitable fallout when a 'popular' choice isn't technically feasible. We aren't here to run a democracy; we are here to build a functional game.
The Minority vs. Majority: You mentioned we poll 'separate servers' (dedicated/high-level players). That is intentional. We prioritize feedback from the people who understand the game’s deep mechanics over a general 'game-polls' channel where the loudest voices often don't understand the technical constraints—like the inventory data limits I mentioned.
Endgame Content vs. Technical Debt: You see the removal of Worldline LB/Inf as a 'dumb decision.' We see it as removing mechanics that may have been bloating data or hindering the 'gameplay quality' we are currently trying to prioritize. Like I said, we have to prioritize whether the game is actually fun and functional over maintaining legacy features that 99% of the player base isn't interacting with.
The 'Just Explain It' Loop: You say no one is asking us to explain every minor decision, yet you are currently asking for an explanation on a specific leaderboard removal. This proves my point: every decision is 'minor' to some and 'major' to others. If we stop to explain the 'why' behind the LBs, the inventory slots, and the 9.5 delay, we spend our entire day writing essays instead of actually coding the fixes you want.
The Scale of Professionalism: Large-scale devs like Re-Logic or Ghost Ship Games don’t spend their days in Discord trenches defending every balance change. We are a small team. Every hour Valk or the rest of us spends 'curating' a response to the community is an hour lost on the next update. We have chosen to prioritize work over talk."
im not bothering replying with you enjoy the ai slop
The removal of our only source of endgame content isn't "minor" 💔
ALS storage works by having the player buy up to 1000 slots and they don't seem to have a problem with data limits and it also fixes the problem of it just being a temporary solution. I don't think anyone would complain if we had that amount of storage. Now I'm not a developer and don't know how exactly the unit storage impacts the data limit that much but I feel like there is a way to make it work. Also ALS might not be the best game to take inspiration from imo but I have never seen anyone complain about losing data in that game or not having enough storage.
If you're so stressed about having a small team then wouldn't it be wise to perhaps employ more people? This game probably brings in enough money for that
we spend $150k USD per update
but yes thank you for your divine knowledge
we couldnt have thought of that
Hey, did you see my message? Sorry for asking, I don't know if you didn't see it or if you're ignoring it
There's no need to defend every small balance change but removing the only endgame content isn't minor 💔 what do you expect people to do after they've gotten 20 monarchs then?
im focusing on the feedback from the original message sorry
And I'd hope that the game brings in more than that?????
??
yo bro
ur being promoted to owner
clearly u know better about marketing and handling teams

Have you considered the fact that it might be due to their skill issue?
calm down pal I don't think this is a good way to criticise
we get our opportunity to speak to pyseph and this dumdum sky is ruining it 💔
Nah I js can't take this guy seriously 😭 getting so mad after receiving small criticism
but u came in kinda mad too icl
You acting like pyseph is a God or something
you are a ridicilous, unhinged husk of a being. send me your cranial measurements you old Yakubian ape I must study you for science
Suggestion blacklist speedrun
ban speedrun*
The only thing that ALS and we have in common is that we share the same game genre, drawing comparisons to them in the matter of data limits is quite pointless sadly.
yeah like I said idk much about development 😢 just felt like it could be possible to do something similar
it's certainly not impossible, just is not as simple as adding more slots
pyseph u play deepwoken
I saw
no chunky bird we aren’t getting a deepwoken update
we need this but for afro tbh
ummmmmmmmmmmm no
unless u can tel me where theyre from
the exploit for rogue lineage
oh i know u exploietd
detected D:
i thought elym was a person lol
i thought i'd prob know them cuz hah lets just say im influential
u could call me a celebrity
aint no way bro's talking about skill issue in regards to comp in a gacha game

more of a "not being able to read" issue
that's not the point
he cant reply to u blud
People generally don't like interacting with comp in a gacha game because most of the time, accessibility is dictated by whether you got lucky with your dice rolls or not, or whether you have a fat wallet. It's really not surprising why such a small portion of the playerbase interacts with comp modes, because they honestly don't really have a good place in a game like this.
next suggestion should be plz do ac admin abuse
no
I'm saying that some people genuinely do not know what units do, leading to them not knowing how they synergize. That i would say does count as a skill issue
Which is entirely fair
But I guarantee that is not the overarching reason for the lack of interaction with comp
yeah i can agree on that for sure
Stuff like worldlines lb and infinite lb are also just extremely time consuming
pretty sure that is also most players reason for why they don't want to do it
Extremely time consuming and it isn't even worth the rewards
That, and they're prone to their own host of issues. Needing very specific unit setups and specific traits on them, infinite runs being super volatile in terms of "will our run lag out and crash after being 2-3 hours into a single run and not give us anything"
only reason someone would realistically run them is for the title or they're just really bored and have nothing better to do
Can we get more exclusive vf's
And the limited unit heaviness of the game doesn't help with the specific unit needs at all
man we have to wait another week
that being said I do think it is important to have some kind of "skill expression" in the game, meaning some kind of reason to get the best units and the best traits on them for the players who do want to do that
one more week to try to do the brook event
do you know who this was
cuz it's so bad on mobile
brook event so easy broski
if ur not on mobile i genuinely dont get how u cant do it
isn't that lynn
that's lynn
ik u r but like HOW can people not do it if ur not on mobile
For sure bro
Idk what specifically happened, but I don't think it was involved with the server
because i am on mobile
afaik she's still a dev, just isn't in here

i dont play on mobile so idk why it is hard but you can kinda just ignore 2 of the lanes and only play with 3 and even then you will get enough points
i just realized are we really that introverted to not be able to do stages
even on expert im pretty sure
It's way easier to do on PC (dk about console) but on mobile it's so horrendous
like im pretty introverted and i was able to talk on the stage without tripping out
That's just impossible for me
I've tried multiple times but because of how close they are i can't click fast enough
imma try it on mobile bc im genuinely curious
imagine console u have to like individually select every note
i played fortnite festival on console before and that was pretty easy so i imagine its like that
fortnite festival so peak 🥺
no like you know the ui navigation
im talking about that
thing is I've played music tiles before but it's way harder in AV 💔
well i HOPE for console players that it doesn't work like that
i hope it DOES
console players already don't have it easy man come on 😢
bro u playing anime VANGUARDS on console jst give up
2k and deepwoken exist on console
yeah ngl i tried it on mobile and lost bc im trash at it, but pressing the wrong buttons accidently wasn't really an issue
sometimes there's just too many buttons at once
Yeah that's the biggest issue and with how small it is you can barely manage to click on them
ig ur right man 😟
can we get yeonwoo's innocence unit plzzzzzzzzzzzzz
ill do the stages for u
Hi lol
bye
Sorry but how much can you spend? I feel like you guys make MUCH more than that and should be able to safely spend more on each update.
im crine bro
what
if it’s so hard for them to make messages to the community because they’d be better off spending that 20 minutes coding why do they have such a small budget
theyve already tried doing more with their increased budget for the fall update and it was still dogshit
how is 150k an update a small budget
they are rich dude
also when did they say that it'd be time better spent on coding
in pysephs essay
how much do you want them to spend on an update
at the bottom
enough for the update to be good 💀
can you point it out i dont see it
increasing the budget doesnt the make the update better or worse
wrong essay
wheres the other essay
the games quality is already top tier, the problem comes to game balancing and content
thats a chat gpt response and its also taken out of context
its not saying that the few hours a stage is is wasted time its that the time it takes to constantly reply and receive beyond just a stage as said in an actual paragraph pyseph typed
critical thinking
a hour long stage btw
hi feh
thats not what pysephs saying tho
delete pvp and odyssey and bring back lbs please
i said please 
then im not getting it
im p sure they removed lbs cuz of miaintenance bugs
because they were on the last stage and it was like 30 mins of q&a and less were spent on kahoot
i just explained it
have a looksie daisy at my suggestion por favor
odyssey refresh will save the game
what is it
on dayorblx soul
they gna diss the fuck out of u
ts is ass
pie do NOT make a plushie
people will buy it just to burn it 😭
the time it takes to constantly reply and receive beyond just a stage
bro why we talking abt plushies
im only making one for my partner
read suggestion pwease
^ what does that even mean
no
i was reminded of the bald pyseph plushie
im saving u time its ass
best choice bro best choice
sorry gimme a sec to read this but i don’t see anything about stages
this just in: dev says "no" to even reading suggestion; what will the future of av look like with 0 communication 0 responses to real suggestions instead of just dev hate 0 point to play the game when everyone has 10000 rerolls from christmas even 0 competitive scene 0 replayability 0 consistency between unit models... BUT WAIT WE HAVE A GOATED UI THAT WORKS 50% OF THE TIME
theres alot of games that succeed without competitive
typed this whole thing out btw
NAMES?
that was aura
who said that
holy im shivering
its ok
games that are played for fun instead of competitively are typically played more dude competitive games take way more dedication
ai
i dont use israel gpt
js realised
ur pfp is ai
took a whole river to make ts
wow
this water couldve gone to children in mumbai btw
his pfp is the reason why my electricity bill is going up
ai tuff
W modping
can u ban poocok
he has rly bad opinions
cant really do that now can i
✌️
it was worth it tho
if he used pen and paper it would have destroyed animals homes
we gettin an alucard vanguard evo soon right 👀

js swap him out for another secret
i promise the benefits outweigh the downsides
also 2x alucard event would be hype somewhere
alucard is so cool tho
this sucks
for how rare alucard is i think he needs some love
i alr said that
u literally just want tournaments as lb 😭
cucked out of a vf NO pity NO happy chaos skin
deadass js make an alu vf event and throw in happy chaos
i would rather have an evo ngl
event lasts for 10 days
alu: 100 coins
alu vf: 100 coins
happy chaos skin: 100 coins
20 coins per day
js cause youd rather it doesnt mean its good
😭
fair
not giving him a vf for halloween was horrendous
fr bro that would have been so peak
sasuke instead 🥶
sasuke was great tho
they blame it on alu being too rare when thats literally the devs' fault refusing to add pity
but i hate having to tell new players that alucard sucks so i hope they do something good with him
soon as dio was added he lost EVERYTHING
no its caue
nah
we in a game with scorched, conduit, despair, bubbled
even when dio was added alu was still the best at applying
but now despair exists
most people have alucard anyways and gems are easily farmable
also this🥶
can we fact check ts
-shares typing with broly
-broly applies rupture
any seting wwhere unbound is usable youll be running broly so his bleed does jack shit
bro what
i would love to know the actual numbers cuz i see level 30s rockin him on their profile every day
banner secret doing like 50k dmg MAX with monarch shouldnt be a thing
there we go W ping
@bigp Hi
1.2 yr old banner secret
didnt give alu a vf on the ANNIVERSARY update that coincidentally ended up being around HALLOWEEN
banner secrets should be always getting love unless another one replaces it
the banner secret that was oneof two secret units on release
im aiming for the snitch role
im sure valk has the stupid excuse of just not liking the unit so he'll never get anything
they do this all the time
yeah and its rlly dumb
cant just not add shit to the game cuz someone on the dev team doesnt like the unit
well valk has a lot of pull since i dont think the owners really watch anime
i mean best case scenario is they do like:
alu vf
give hella gems
2x alu drop rate
maybe happy chaos and pity
cool sendoff ig right
then give an announcement that he will leave and be replaced in like 2-3 updates
valk saying that ichigo doesnt have enough attacks then proceeding to make femto who does like 2 things 🥶
i know pyseph doesnt
kazi watches mainly fate (goat) and some small stuff that wouldnt really fit into an atd
even if they dont rotate making him tradeable would be great
i mean auric likes him id assume
but then alucard is limited and wont get the familiar cuz limited units wont get familiars
making him rotate = him being tradeable
concidentally valk's favorite anime is also berserk
fr bro i have 8 alucards just sitting 😭
he gets the fam before being limited
they will still make that argument
im 100% sure they just dont like bleach
for like 3 updates then hes out of meta anyway by the time he leaves
its a good idea but im sure the devs will be against that
devs dont do anything the players want
u do something like waht feh just said and 99% of th eplayerbase is happy
if they get bullied enough and the player count drops enough they'll add it 6 updates later
"why dont you like our game when we're making updates for profit and not your enjoyment"
❓
what happened to guilds
😭
yk its funny that when u like read valk's messages u can like
they read like theyre logical points but u actually think about what hes saying nad its so fucking stupid
you delete them from ur non existent planner?
still in work apparently
like the statement he made saying that he didnt have time to host a stage but then also saying that he has time to be the only one talking in a stage...?
does that not just directly contradict the first point? 😭
i know what he means but still like 90% of the players will ask for something and they jus wont add it
thats not what he said sadly
theyre prob tryna overcomplicate it like they do with everything else
the first 3 sentences of this is so funny
they think we dont like 9.5 because it took so long
dw bro im hard at work on it

no bro it was because it was the ainz update and the content sucked 😭 they tried to repeat 7.5 but did it awfully
ye they are missing the mark
like at the very least host a poll asking what was good bad or mid abt the upd
i gen think like 50% of the playerbase caresabout more inventory space
Amazing. Keep up the great work, lmk if theres more rule breakers 
literally bro
i like the game but i dont like the direction its going in
i would love more inventory space but thats not a high priority issue tbh
nah atleast knowing what we dont like is a start
then u reverse engineer why
feel like its bear minimum
yea bro im farming you mod exp
Son
this is how i know that this is a braindamaged convo
i got you maggy
nahhhhh aync they got u
guilds coming in 2029?
i mean if we're talking about people who actually play the game enough to care about reading sub announcements n shit they probably do want more space
i dont snitch on people i like
that is not 50%
wow.
good job on the maths
wrong reply mb 😭
so what yall doin abt alucard
chill i had to exaggerate a bit
pysef when can u add diego vf
People be having over 100m anni currency so understandable
alg
Lol
when are we getting sukuna triple evo
do u have alucard stats that u can share with us?
it would be cool if there was a f2p option to get the 450 storage
didnt valk already laugh at this
ok wait this is something i wanna know
that would help a lot of people
also Shinjuku wont be for a few years so heian Sukuna really doesnt make a lot of sense
we never asked about triple evo tho 👀
im sure they think trading is a f2p way
oh is there not one
truth
i could see a culling games update ngl
shinjuku will come eventually
whats the max at f2p
200
with meguna
...
250 i think
250 no?
ill talk to valk about it lol
200-250
which is NOT enough for all of the limited units we have rn
yay we getting somewhere constructive
pyseph can u sell ur game to me
i lowkey made kamui pay for mine lmao
only issue is some of the people who paid for it would complain that theyd end up wasting money
1 dolla
yeah thats true
give them 10000 trait rerolls
small amount i feel
just compensate them
could give some sort of compensation or something
worth it because i am the best owner
1 grillion rerolls
if anyoen complains just ban them its ok
thats valks stuff p sure
nobody is remembering ts
i mean its not too hard to figure out
i do bcz idh it
can we js add main features first b4 we keep adding content every 4 months 💔
i do cause im genius but thats diff
yeah like 5x speed
sidenote
why is alucard lowk better than lvk
nami skin 👀
tf u mean main features
cause lvk sucks ig
they nerfed him when he was 2nd best
guild
guys it is not looking good
dude were literally getting an update done in under 3 weeks
alucard familiar sneak 👀
what do you want
idk why since he takes so long to get
dio still better because yeah
nah he was first lol
(diego vf)
alucard buff 
we want more
im guessing johnny is next
also pyseph infinite spin is bugged
we are fat with greed and rage
report to testers
aura
Infinite spin is bugged?
now u are , idk i dont play bc im waiting for guilds which was said to be coming like 3 years ago still isnt here
this is not what the fans want
first person to use johnny in 20 months
pretty sure, iwas trying to test it for that vf concept and it just
never bounced anything back
unless its super super super small and unnoticeable
huh???
Alucard familiar. Pretty please 
yooooo wheres the nami vf at 👀
johnny familiar would be fire
she bad asf so doesnt need one
aura
the fans do NOT want a johnny familiar.
we want a diego familiar.
they should jus do another sbr update
we do but hes limited
i dont want a johnny vf either but Valk has such a bias to jjba
nobody wants another strong dio unit
we ALL want an alucard familiar first before anything else
so
make him obtainable for like 30 minutes
literally got voted 2nd on the og poll
bro deadass remove the 5s cd from her meter use follow up and she would be like meta
i mean pyseph is right there im sure they know if they have one planned
Frfr, my boy they did him dirty
people changed their minds and now they want diego vf
well of knowldege over here eh
an elphelt vf could literally give her 50% mroe base dmg and revert her to no cd on follow up and she would be rocking like 300k dps
Thx
they are ignoring on purpose because they hate me
soon.
i think like 375k ish
1k placement
its because you might drive him out of town with yours amazing ideas
what does this have to do with it
also im surprised we didnt get a seras victoria unit for halloween
if they cant do a vf for alucard because hes so rare thats fine, but they couldve had synergy
elphelt has always sucked ass onplacement even pre nerf
true
Not answering = alucard familiar gonna be added (trust)
im just saying she'd be so goated, 1k placement for insane dmg
u arent fucking surprised nb knows who this is gang
do yall think shanks is gonna make the unbound/unknown tower possible
she will come with the alucard admin abuse(ac reference)
the mc of the anime alucard is from
at reset they'll drop it trust
who????
yeah i know but ppl only know alucard for aura and hype moments
watch the show gng
is it good
i promise u 75% of the pppl who want gear 5 dont even know what gear 5 does 😭
i liked it
solid 7/10
bro what
if u gotta say "anime where alucard is from" then she does not deserve to be a unit
guys cmon
ye but thats ok
gear 5 luffy smelly trash poop fr fr
bro reacted himself
Heyy gear 5 would be fire tho fr
shes the mc of hellsing
we're talking about alucard so i made that connection
