Bandai Namco has listed all of the updates that will arrive in Blue Protocol as part of its Version 1.02.100 patch. You will also be able to see the updates via the #13 livestream, which is available on YouTube.
For starters, there will be three new significant updates. The first is the addition of Limit Breaks. This is when you change an equipment’s parameters by feeding it dupes of itself. You’ll only be able to Limit Break weapons, Battle Echoes, and Equipment Echoes. Limit Breaking a Battle Echo in particular, will change the effect of the Summon Skill.
There will also be an increase in how many Tactical Skills you can set on a character. Prior to the update, you could only have four. Afterward, you can have eight as long as you level up your Class Level past 8. Thanks to this change to the Tactical Skills, key bindings will be changed.
You will need to go into your settings and adjust the key configuration if you had it set in a particular way. Another change to the class system is that you will now get experience even after you max out a class. Once you reach a certain level, you’ll get an Exceed From item that you can exchange for items.
Finally, there will be some changes to rewards and penalties. You’ll take less time to revive (10 seconds instead of 20 seconds) and respawn with more HP than before (50% from 10%). You also will no longer suffer debuffs for a minute if you die after taking fall damage or if you respawn after no one helps you within the time limit.
As for rewards, there will be a higher chance of getting treasure chests, as well as more enemies you can get it from. You’ll also be able to get Equipment Echoes as drops. You can check out the new costumes for Christmas that you’ll be able to get in the game in the gallery below:
You can also get emotes as rewards depending on how many times you spin a specific gacha. 10 times on a Costume Gacha will earn you a Cool Blow Kiss Emote. 20 will get you a Cute Blow Kiss emote. 10 times on a Mount Gacha will get you a Funky Blow Kiss Emote, and 20 times will get you a Sexy Blow Kiss.
Another addition that will go live next month is the inclusion of Defense Line. In this mode, you’ll play with seventeen other players to defend a blue wall, fighting monsters that spawn from crystals on the map. You can destroy the crystals to slow down the monsters’ advance as well. More details on this mode will come out closer to its release date.
Blue Protocol is readily available on the Windows PC in Japan, and the PS5 and Xbox Series X versions will come out later in Winter 2023. The worldwide release for the PS5, Xbox Series X, and Windows PC will be sometime in 2024.
