Buddy Rush: Mini-wave of March 2013

There was a Mini-wave yesterday. I'm going to call it 1.8.1. The major changes are to the Challenge Mode.

Challenge Mode is now focused on the first 100 challenges. There are more challenges after that but those are said to be really tough. Also, new items are added to be won in Challenge Mode, with the really good ones appearing on challenge 81 and after.

One major change is that there is a reward even if the player is defeated. As such, the quit button is missing between challenges.

No quit button.

If there's no quit button, is there any need for that screen above? Can't we just jump to the next challenge?

Oh, and there is now an ignoble defeat screen:

Guaranteed to happen, unless one manually quits.

And there's more opportunities to spend chips like on the special reward after 'winning' .

Chips for an extra reward.

Chips can also be spent to skip challenges. This is good in order to save on consumables. This is bad as it, well, costs chips.

Also, I noticed a new button on the top left of the character selection screen:

Note the button for Attendance Event on the top left.

It is now possible to use chips to change the bonuses of accessories.

More ways to spend chips.

One important change in this Mini-wave is that there is no communication with the server when items are deleted. Instead, the server access is done after the inventory is closed. This makes it a whole lot faster to delete items (one of the things I used to hate about the game). I also find that switching equipment and consumables to be smoother too.

Stamina recovery time has been reduced from 1 hour (it seemed like 59 minutes to me previously) to 40 minutes - less waiting time!

Don't forget to switch on the 'Show HP/MP bars' in the Options menu.

More details on the Mini-wave can be found in the patch notes.

Update 13 March 2013:
disboima sent the following screenshot of the silver item he received from Challenge 82:

Scythe of Grim Reaper (silver)

Also, level requirement for SD-91's Oblinium Set is now Diamond Level 1.

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