Arknights: Endfield Character Trailer Under Siege by Weibo Mob — 'Ruyao' (Breast Physics) Becomes New Battleground, Community Erupts

A single cry of 'Ruyao service!' was enough to send an entire character trailer comment section into meltdown on Weibo — and that's exactly what happened to the 'Ember' showcase in Arknights: Endfield.

Here's what went down: The official Endfield account dropped a character trailer for their new unit 'Ember,' and the character's exaggerated breast jiggle physics — known in Chinese gacha circles as 'Ruyao' (汝窑, a sardonic term comparing the curves to the famous Song dynasty ceramic's glaze) — set off a coordinated raid from female Weibo users. They flooded the comments with talking points like 'defying physics,' 'pandering to coomers (媚宅),' and 'disgusting,' demanding the devs redesign the character. The original NGA poster clapped back: 'Do these people even have breasts?' and pointed out that this exact same script has been copy-pasted across multiple game communities, as if everyone's reading from the same playbook.

Looking at the Weibo screenshots, the comment section was an echo chamber of identical complaints: 'Ruyao,' 'coomer bait,' 'physics violation,' 'disgusting' — carbon copies of each other. However, the NGA poster noted that normal players did show up to defend the game, but got completely steamrolled by organized 'upvote squads' (点赞团) — groups coordinated via chat to mass-upvote or mass-downvote comments to manipulate the ranking algorithm. Individual players simply couldn't compete against that kind of organized firepower.

NGA's reaction? Pure entertainment mode. The top-voted comments were all variations of 'I want to see a bloodbath' — classic popcorn energy. One user pointed out: 'Last time it was the Peach and Operator 42 swimsuit skins that got attacked, and here we go again,' confirming this isn't Yostar's first rodeo. Others were more analytical: 'This is what happens when you go mixed-audience (一般向)' and 'You can't court both sides and expect zero friction' — the consensus being that any game targeting both male and female players will inevitably face tug-of-war from both camps.

The identity of the attackers sparked an interesting sub-debate. Some NGA users suspected bots: 'They must be AI — same talking points, instant mobilization,' with someone confirming 'they definitely have group chats for this.' Others called out suspicious community manager accounts with 'cybercrime records' (赛博案底) doing PR cleanup. One user even tried blaming miHoYo, claiming 'There weren't this many radicals for Arknights before — must be mhy organizing this,' but got instantly shut down: 'That's some serious cope — the Arknights fanbase is toxic enough on its own without mhy's help,' and 'There have always been plenty on Weibo — Yostar's silence strategy is actually paying off here.'

Crucially, veteran players dug up the precedent of Reed's swimsuit skin in the original Arknights — which had equally outrageous 'Ruyao' physics, faced the same backlash, and Yostar didn't change it (one commenter even added 'They didn't NOT change it — they made it jiggle BETTER'). This track record has most NGA regulars confident in Yostar's legendary 'silent treatment mastery' (装死专三) — their signature move of ignoring all controversy, making zero changes, and saying absolutely nothing until the storm passes.

The community consensus boils down to three takes: first, going mixed-audience means you're guaranteed to catch heat from all sides — you can't have your cake and eat it too; second, 'If Yostar couldn't handle this level of pushback, they'd have been dead ages ago' — a vote of confidence in the devs' thick skin; and third, a LOT of people just want to watch the world burn — 'Quick, start fighting!' and 'I want to see rivers of blood.' As for the aftermath, Yostar has, predictably, said absolutely nothing. Given their track record, expect more crickets.