Reverse: 1999 New Character's Ultimate Looks Like a DPS Nuke — Actually Does Zero Damage, Players Outraged as 'Bait-and-Switch Carry Turns Buffer'

A brand-new gacha character drops with a flashy three-slash ultimate move that screams "I'm your main DPS" — only for players to discover it deals literally zero damage. Welcome to the latest Reverse: 1999 meltdown.

Here's what happened: Reverse: 1999 released a new character whose design and ultimate animation both radiate big carry energy. The ultimate features three dramatic slashes, and players naturally assumed they were looking at a top-tier DPS unit ("C" in Chinese gacha slang, short for Carry). But when the actual skill details came out — zero damage. All three hits just apply a "Burn" debuff to enemies.

In other words, this character who looks like an absolute beast on screen is actually a support ("拐" in gacha slang). What really set the community ablaze is that a previously released DPS character specifically benefits from the Burn debuff for self-buffs — so players immediately slapped this new character with the label of "dedicated support for an old unit." A move that feels more like a bait-and-switch than a legitimate kit design.

To make matters worse, this character has absolutely zero fire-themed visual elements in her design or animations — yet she applies a Burn debuff. Confused players pointed out in the comments that according to the lore, this character is a psychiatric patient suffering from hysteria, currently seeking medical treatment. As one player put it: what does burning have to do with her story? Some noted there's a fire-related plot element in the broader narrative, but it involves someone else, not this character.

A highly upvoted NGA reply nailed it: "Simply put, this ultimate that looks like a damage skill actually just inflicts Burn. Honestly, this isn't even good gossip — 'the protagonist being AFK for three patches' would be bigger news." To be fair, the commenter also acknowledged the character does bring crit damage buffs, defense shred, damage boosts, and follow-up attacks — so it's not a one-trick pony. But that nuance got drowned out by the outrage.

The numbers tell the story though. As one player documented: "Posts usually get 1K comments, now it's blown past 3K and climbing — sort by newest and it's wall-to-wall rage." The drama erupted simultaneously across Tieba, Bilibili, and NGA's dedicated Reverse: 1999 board, making it a full-blown cross-platform meltdown.

Not everyone was purely emotional though. A veteran gacha player offered some cold analysis: "With years of turn-based RPG experience, skip this character. They'll definitely release a proper DPS unit later that not only deals massive damage but also applies debuffs or buffs the team." The implication being that this character is just filler — the real carry is still on the horizon. Whether you want to buy that copium is another question.

One commenter dropped some important context that made things worse: the Burn-focused DPS character from before had poor story development, and many players didn't even pull for her. So now this new character being a dedicated support means two things — not enough Burn carry users benefit from her, and those who skipped the old DPS are even more annoyed. You want me to pull a support for a character I don't even have?

The comment section wasn't exclusively Reverse: 1999 players venting either. An FGO veteran chimed in with the classic meme: "30 green card NP rolls with no special attack damage" — shorthand for the universal gacha experience of "looks busted, actually trash." Someone immediately replied with the self-deprecating follow-up: "We're the green card 30-roll gang, wanna join us?" Meanwhile, a Honkai: Star Rail player noted "Star Rail has had similar situations too" — proving that the gap between player expectations and actual character kits is a cross-franchise epidemic in gacha gaming.