Finally someone who speaks about the shipping in Europe. I live in Spain, it's a pain seeing such cool merch and seeing +25 euro in shipping and taxes

finally...EN gets to have their own "unique" and exclusive event... But at what cost...

Nah, no excuses man They already successfully sold the Exu and Ch'en skins as in-game packs. So why not just do that. Plus with the decoupling of the KFC brand, there is essentially no reason to do a "hey buy this and get an in-game item" campaign

They say Break the Ice will be available permanently - they mean Record Restoration will be available, since the stages are already available.

I feel like they could've made more if they sell the skin in-game, even with additional items and primes if it has to cost that much (excluding the shipping and tax part). They technically wouldn't make to make more merch (since it would cost them to make) and that more player will be able to get it. The merch can be another option, but I don't think it should be the _only_ option.

Damn those prices will killin' people like the shipping cost is hell dude

I understand they had to change things around, I just don't care for the merch associated with the skins, which makes me very reluctant. I don't like collecting stuff I know I'll never use

I'm just glad it was ifrit's that is free. I'll be fine without the other two. But they should have just sold them digitally like Exusiai and Chen's.

I have an idea, Maybe they can put up The skins in the ingame shop instead, and for the merch, It can be treated as a bonus, So after a player buys a pack, There will be a form to fill up your adress to ship the merch. This way, Player can use the skins instantly without waiting for the pre order, and the good part, The merch will have less shipping cost and taxes, because the merch is treated as a gift or a bonus, same thing like those recent gift from yostar to the content creators.

"You must have cleared Ending 1 at least once, so most of you should have done that by now" Me, not being able to get past floor 3 of IS4: uh huh...

Might be a good idea to call the new CC, CCB (Contingency Contract: Basepoint) to avoid confusion

I can live without having the Exu and Croissant skins. I'm just glad Ifrit's skin is free as we haven't gotten a new skin for her in ages in global.

Not sure why they said that "Break the Ice" will be made available when what they mean is that Record Restoration is going to be available. The stages have been in the Side Stories tab for the last year. Regardless, this means Kjera will be available to all players permanently after June 12.

European here. When I saw it’d be locked behind merch purchases rather than in-game packs, my mind immediately went to the import taxes. 😢

@kukkikaze If you ever get a chance to interview someone from Hypergryph please, please ask them why they ended CC to replace it with POO (we all know the new CC season is just POO they just named it CC). I'm so genuinely curious why they ended something so succesful and beloved and replaced with something convoluted that nobody really likes, like was there some internal problem with CC or why was that decision made? My first thought was that it may have been cost (given they always produced some highly produced music for CC, and there aren't too many ways they make money off of it), but given that they still do the same stuff but worse, that can't be it.

I support Frieren collab. The mood of the show could work with Arknight's. Gameplay wise, since both Frieren and Fern use magic, use mainly the same skills, share the same passive, it will be interesting how HG make them different. I guess Fern would be faster, while Frieren would simply deal more damage. Frieren would powercreep Fern, but I don't really mind since she's actually her master. Stark could be either Crusher or Centurion.

the reason why this joint op banner doesn't feature suzu on global is because, unlike CN, she's part of our kernel banner due to release timings

Imagine living in Latinamerica. The shippings are too expensive plus the customs price :/. I wanted a plushie but is cheaper to make them myself.

How did I not learn about this Kukki channel until now? Bah! Subscribed.

I bought the Anniversary Merch pack for year 3 and 4, both of them go for 70€ on the site but ended up costing me more than double due to shipping costs and import taxes. I literally paid 160€ both times..

If I recall correctly, the shop operators are the left most ones for the kernel banner. So it would be Silverash and Blue Poison.

I'll be real. Where I live, I tried to buy one of those merchandises. The shipping cost was the same price as the cheapest merchandise option, and the taxes were 20% of the price. So I am paying more than double of the actual price just because of shipping + taxes. (Europe)

dunno when you filmed this but the camping set was sold out when I looked at it like yesterday. it is, what it is, if they want it cash money only, like the Anime packs they should probably do an in game pack, but eh. they are hard capped on physical inventory now. which yes also adds shipping and taxes but thats moot cuz they are sold out.

The sheer number of invisibility tags in the new CC is just saying to me that you're kinda screwed if you don't have Ines.

I bought every single skin in the game. I waited almost 2 years to get the last skin from a rerun to complete my collection just this year and now i have to spend 75€ for 2 skins to fill my collection. I am devastated..

I live in SEA and while the shipping price isn't as high as EU one, it still cost around half the original price. And important stuff to mention is our country currency is on the weaker side of the world so it still expensiv, takes around a quarter of minimum wage. But it still understandable if they have to add kfc brand there, our country would never got it ever lol.

Literally had a dream about a Frieren collab once. I think it would fit really well.

I think they should at least give the option to buy the skin independently of the merch

They choose Saileach to match Suzu color theme :D Rly surprised how clueless Kuki is on why Suzu was replaced.

if there is a problem with delivery for some, then there are those who have a problem with payment, the payment system does not work

Yep, EU here Paid 120 euros for the vol.1 artbook which retailed at about 60 euros Shit is crazy

Are there any mechanics or trait effects you think should NEVER be added to Arknights?

I bought and shipped things to Europe from Yostar before, but given that what I bought was already quite pricey the shipping percentage was 'only' 20% and not close to double the price.

And for us Malaysians, the tableware set costs more than the most expensive pack during half-anni/anniversary events in the in-game shop (not including shipping fees)

I'd rather buy a pack than buy merch just to get the kfc skins

(*Sees Yostar Store*). I've sold my soul to Yostar, didn't I?

I also want Frieren x Arknights collab 🤝

Is it possible to buy the skins via a friend in Japan though? He’ll get the food while I get the skin basically. But I’m global so the server may not reflect it…

They need to change the shop by not making shipping costs so high. I'm sure that's not as simple as it sounds but considering many places ship all over the world for less cost to the consumer, it's not unachievable.

This is ridiculous, Yostar.

The yostar store straight up doesn't ship to where I live rip

I'd love a Mushoku Tensei collab too though

Favorite gacha outside of Arknights?

arcaea collab would go wild, gimmie that hikari fatalis

Well lot of country tax (import tax) basically almost 25% for individual import. Thus it basically expensive if you count all of that. (My country import tax basically 25% ...... which if I buy 40$ goods (including shipping let's say), the total basically cost me 50$ (and Yostar store does not calculate this)).

A possible solution in my opinion to the skins could be to go to a kfc and send a picture of the reciept that you've purchased items above a certain price

Wait, isn't Saileach also gonna be in Degenbrecher banner?

Rememeber when people were complaining about the bluray skin bundle we got in EN? This is one reason why I am ok with that.

Why is this time limited too? It's not like it is collab tied anymore

some time ago i bought two things from the yostar store, and i must say the prices are hight, but poor of you if you live in an country of latin america, like my case (mexico to be specific) and i ended up paying like 70 dollars including the shipping, i ended up paying that, but the items ended up arriving like 6 - 7 months later. but at least the items have an really good quality.

Guys try to do group purchases i put few items from the event in the cart ant the shipping somewhat stayed ar 16-ish euros

Honestly, this is just another way for them to drain your wallet since they have a ton of events in the coming months to release. Plus, the skins for both of them are trash. They don’t have unique effects. You’re better off buying Croissant’s bike skin and Exia’s limited skin pack (when it re-releases) since they are two very cool skins.

I'm not sure how Frieren would work in a collab the power scaling is too broken

Isnt Suzu in kernel for global? Thats why we got Sail

Those items are radiation free or tofu materials?

Bruh those shipping prices made me almost pass out. I wasn't even going to buy these but they really overdid it. There is no excuse, we are essentially buying a Costco shopping experience just to get an in game item. Well, at least Ifrits skin is free 😑

I just bought it for 140 (90 exu + 50 shipping) I barely spend anything so expensive is fine. Plus its the only Exu skin i actually like.

tbh I've been wanting to buy that pallas glow pin, so this is my chance to get a cute pin clip too, and a Nian plushie. Gotta take the losses on shipping RIP 35$ in the US for me. Honestly the shipping price was why I never bought anything until now. I wouldn't be buying shit if I wanted just the pin and had to pay more for shipping than the item. Also I have tried using an inflatable couch before, someone brought one into the office recently, and it was a total joke. Way better to buy a real futon. Just my 2 cents tho

I spent $30 for all three items for my jp account, and I thought it's already expensive, well......

I was thinking about pulling for Suzu. Got her in recruitment. I'm done.

When i things want to buy it , when i saw the price yeah no RM 100.00,+

Yeah we Europeans are always fucked. Not only the shipping cost and taxes, but also eventwise. Would guess YoStar will do some cool stuff in the Americas, but will leave out europe like other companies do, e.g. Bushiroad.

**looks at the europe shipping costs of 37 euros + import tax + border handeling fee + other extra bullshit making the 45 dollers pack cost me around 223 dollers**

Will Surtur be in the Gold ticket shop?

I wonder what Yostar's bottom line for this is? Are they really making bank, or are the profits getting sucked up by production on top of global and local logistic services?

I didn't use all of my pinch out currency Actually i barely used it, had quite a lot of it left Will it get converted to new cc currency or did i lose it?

@5:22 Pls no I don't wanna spend more money in Arcaea (Joke)

Yostar seems to be pretty hit-or-miss with regards to shipping anywhere. I know one person who bought the Azur Lane 5th Anniversary Limited Commemoration Box - didn't arrive on time, both Yostar support & the carrier weren't able to provide any meaningful assistance on locating the package. It eventually showed up about half a year late, fairly banged up. Another person ordered the Azur Lane Eternal Oath Couples' Rings. Has not shown up at all. Yostar support and the carrier are just about useless with regards to trying to locate it. Assumed lost to the void. A third person is a huge collector/fan of the art books, and orders them whenever they are available. They tend to arrive a bit later than expected (a week or so), but they have the best track record of showing up at all, out of any Yostar merchandise. I suspect it has to do with the manufacturers of the goods - whoever handles art books/comics anthology printing has their shit together more than the manufacturers of other goods (plushies, other knick-knacks).

Don't give them Green light to this kind of custom or Yostar will keep doing this in the future. And it just regular 15 PO skin no effect and not a collab skin anymore Just get Ifrit skin from web event it's the best one

I had to fork out $57 for both skins and the furniture set through their individual merch because the camp set sold out a day after the event began. I'm just relief that the shipping and tax wasn't all that bad for Malaysian.

Am I only one who enjoyed Pinch-out? Love this gamemode (and hate og CC btw)

exia has 3 skins and the only one i like is the kfc one. im p sure yostar store is in US? bro im just in canada and shipping is around $24-30 bucks... i considered the camping set bc i could use the plate n cup as...normal plates and cups but it was $63 CAD and sold out when i checked. i love arknights but this aint it. id have bought a pack in game but this? its not even my type of merch...

well they dont give a F about global players

Thank God those skins suck so not a downside

I live in europe and I wanted to buy Fallout merch from the US. 199$ for the merch, 125$ extra for shipping and tax... horrendious, didn't buy it...

CC is gonna suckkkkkk

I don´t understand, why is everyone complaining about the shipping costs. Everyone should understand that shipping across half the earth will cost something. Yostar can´t do much about it. For Example: Shipping a 5 kg parcel with DHL: In Germany : 7 € Germany to EU: 17 € Germany to Switzerland (which is surrounded by EU): 27 € (+taxes?) Germany to Asia: 46 € (+taxes?) So, the shipping costs are not surprisingly high- if you are a little bit familiar with shipping across borders. The only way to avoid it would be a store-system in different countries. But I am afraid, that Arknights is not popular enough outside Asia for this. It is a little sad, and I would like to have some of the stuff, but, yes, shipping and taxes. But it is nothing to blame Yostar for.

Too bad am f2p 😅

Downgraded from Suzu to whatever her name is

I guess they gotta fund the anime somehow

The price didn't hurt me that much but it did hurt me that only 3 days before they removed my country from the countries that Yostar ships. Please look forward to this event and I had planned to spend and I didn't care about the pricebut they didn't let me, the truth is that decision hurt me a lot.

While i think a collab Frieren would be DA BOMB (In a good way), i dont think they would do a collab with an anime with clear power level that could jeopardize the balance between the two IP. I would say their next anime collab would be with those slice of life/absurdist comedy style of story. ....maybe that Nokotan anime would be up their alley

...not worth it. I can do without these skins. I don't care for the merch either.

Question uncle. Why is Qiu Bai so pretty and hot? Like this comment so Kukki is forced to answer.