New Event Slashes Two-Thirds of Shop Rewards & Secretly Nerfs Pre-Released Character Skills, Then Stealth-Edits Official Promo to Cover It Up

A newly launched gacha game has managed to implode on its very first event. The event shop rewards displayed in the official PV turned out to be drastically different from what actually shipped — and that's just the beginning. The devs also secretly nerfed a new character's skills after already publishing the preview, then tried to erase the evidence by stealth-editing official promo images. Here's the full breakdown.

The blogger posted hard evidence with side-by-side screenshots. First, the original event shop as shown in the promotional video (which has since been deleted from the PV):

And here's the event shop as it actually appeared after the event went live — the rewards were slashed by roughly two-thirds:

The blogger fumed: 'Are they seriously testing our limits? They said on PV launch day they'd adjust shop contents, but you put it in the official PV — many players expected maybe a text tweak, and instead you axed two-thirds of the rewards.'

But if gutting the shop was infuriating, what came next was truly outrageous — the character skills were also secretly nerfed. Below is the skill data officially announced before the character's release:

And here's what the skills actually looked like in-game after launch:

The difference is clear — the skills were visibly weakened. The blogger delivered a scathing verdict: 'They nerfed a character whose skills were already publicly previewed — are they really going full scam-gacha?' (Note: '缅北二游' or 'Myanmar scam gacha' is Chinese gaming slang for predatory mobile games that bait-and-switch players, comparing them to notorious phone scams.)

What made it even worse: the devs didn't just change the skills in-game — they went back and edited the original skill preview images on Weibo, essentially trying to destroy the evidence. But eagle-eyed players noticed the Weibo post's edit history was still visible in the top-right corner. The blogger blasted them: 'What exactly are you trying to hide? This was 100% intentional.'

The comment section erupted instantly. One veteran player raged: 'You kept saying you had a sincere attitude from the start. Players poured money into this game, pushed your rankings sky-high — and THIS is how you repay them?' Others pointed to the contrast with other games: 'If this happened in Azur Lane, players would push back so hard the nerf would turn into a buff, and the devs would claim it was a typo. Keep the pressure up.' Some tried to be fair about the character nerf: 'Nerfing a new character before release isn't that bad, it's not like they nerfed one people already pulled for. But the shop cuts are indefensible.' Others pushed back: 'They already published the stats in the preview — silently nerfing after that is inexcusable. Lots of people pulled immediately after seeing the preview, only to find the actual skills were different.' And the cynics summed it up: 'Another game that self-destructs on its very first event. Fast forward to the next one, I guess.'

Facing the tidal wave of player outrage, the devs eventually caved and issued an apology. But the blogger left with a sobering final word: 'No matter what kind of damage control comes next, the rift in players' hearts has already formed.' Trust, once shattered, isn't something an apology letter can glue back together.