Updates/2019/August

August 1st

10:00 GMT+8 ~ 16:00 GMT+8

Dear players, an 8 hour scheduled server maintenance will take place on the 1st of August 2019, lasting from 10:00 AM til 6:00 PM. Access to the server will be denied while maintenance is ongoing, maintenance duration is subject to extension or shortening depending on work progress. This Maintenance comes with a MANDATORY Client update, be sure to grab your new clients from the relevant server pages.

Patch notes as following:

1. Event: The voucher event Beach Battle will come to an end following this maintenance, The Event shop will remain open for 1 week to give commanders enough time to redeem their hardcore watermelons. Battle backgrounds will also return back to normal as well.
2. Event: The Theater system will come to a full close and ranking rewards for the Theater will be given out to players who participated in the Theater. Be sure to check your in-game mail
3. Event: XP Rate Up will begin tomorrow following the maintenance.
   • Duration: August 2nd 00:00 ~ August 7th 23:59.
4. New: The Qixi Special Package will be temporarily stocked in Kalina's shop for a limited time. Contents are as follows:
   • x2
   • Price: x998
   • Stock: Limited to 5 purchases.
5. New: The August Daily Discount Bundle will be sold in Kalina's shop throughout this month. Contents as follows:
   • x60, x1, x200
   • Price: x118
   • Stock: Limited to 1 purchase a day.
6. New: The August Monthly Bundle will be sold in Kalina's shop for the next week. Contents as follows:
   • x100, x1000, x1, Strawberry Shortcake x10
   • Price: x580
   • Stock: Limited to 1 purchase.
   • Sale Duration: August 1st 00:00 ~ August 7th 23:59
7. New: The August monthly login T-Doll has been announced, hope y'all ready for a long workout because ^MG K3K3  won't let you sit around and be lazy forever, she also wont allow you to marry ^SMG SuomiSuomi  until you're at least presentable. Commanders will be able to receive K3 upon logging in consecutively for 21 days.

V2.0400 APK Client Update contents:

1. New: 3D Dorm. The original Dorms and Facilities can be accessed through the new UI.
2. New: Expedition System, accessed through "Forward Base".
3. New: Commander Wardrobe. Players can now change the appearance of their commander.
4. New: 60 FPS mode.
5. Improvement: Improved the early game rewards for new players. Old players will have the difference compensated through ingame mail.
6. Improvement: Reduced the loading time for player data when logging in.
7. Improvement: Reduced the loading time when starting a battle.
8. Improvement: Reduced the loading time when entering the battle select menu from the main screen.
9. Improvement: Reduced the amount of lag when AOE attacks hit a large number of enemies.
10. Improvement: Reduced the amount of lag when entering the Formation menu through battle.
11. Improvement: Increased the loading speed for Dorms.
12. Improvement: Increased the loading speed for Warehouse.
13. Improvement: Increased the animation speed when moving to the next turn in battle.
14. Improvement: When attacked by an enemy during Planning Mode, the battle end screen will be skipped automatically.
15. Improvement: Added a battery collection period between 22:00 - 1:00.
16. Improvement: Added preview when purchasing costume packages.
17. Improvement: Added a "Repeat Previous" function to Combat Simulations.
18. Improvement: Planning Mode now allows switching places then ending turn.
19. Improvement: Improved the UI and usage of the T-Doll Index.
20. Improvement: When scrapping T-Dolls/Equips/Fairies, high Dummy-Linked/Levelled/Rarity units are separated.
21. Improvement: Able to gift T-Dolls/Fairies directly from their Details page. Can also jump directly to the Enhance menu from the Fairies' Details page.
22. Improvement: Able to swap T-Dolls between echelons directly.
23. Improvement: Able to Collect All when intel is still being analysed.
24. Improvement: Enhanced the audio quality.
25. Improvement: Enhancements for the Theater system.

Maintenance will shut-down the on-going combat mission session.

Maintenance compensation: x500, x500, x500, x500

-MICA Team 31st of July 2k19.

August 8th

Dear Commanders,

Girls' Frontline will undergo maintenance on 8 August 10:00-18:00. Maintenance may be extended or shortened as necessary.

1. [Event] 2019 Summer Event "Shattered Connexion" will begin, with the largest BOSS in history jumping into battle! Participate to obtain rewards such as elite T-Dolls, commemorative furniture, commander costumes, 5* T-Doll remodel materials "New Fire Control Component" and a "True Core Mask". Event Period: 8 August after maintenance - 5 September 10:00
   • Only Chapter 1 and 2 will be available initially.
   • Chapter 3 and 4 will be available after maintenance on 15 August
   • Chapter 5 will be available after maintenance on 22 August
2. [Event] Event Crates will be farmable from event stages with the crate icon.
   • Possible T-Doll drops: ^AR ACRACR , ^SG FP-6FP-6 , ^AR RFBRFB , ^HG PA-15PA-15 , ^RF Carcano M1891Carcano M1891 , ^RF Carcano M91/38Carcano M91/38 
   • Normal stages : 6/8/10 crate drops
   • Hard stages : 10/12/15 crate drops
   • Note: The maximum number of crates daily is 60 and resets at 00:00.
   • The crate opening screen will close on 12 September 23:59:59.
3. [New] New T-Dolls added to the game.
   • ^AR ACRACR  - Obtained from crates. Guaranteed on the 777th crate.
   • ^MG KordKord  - Drop from event stage.
   • ^HG Desert EagleDesert Eagle  - Reward for clearing combat stage: 【再见了，塔林1-战斗1】
   • ^MG M1895 CBM1895 CB  - Reward for clearing combat stage: 【认知裂变3-战斗】
   • ^RF SSG 3000SSG 3000  - Drop from event stage.
4. [New] New Event furniture, obtained from clearing event stages and opening event crates.
5. [New] New Commander costumes, obtained from clearing event stages.
6. [Event] Certain T-Dolls will become available for farming in event stages, from 8th August after maintenance to 5th September 10:00
   • Possible T-Doll drops: ^RF M82A1M82A1 , ^RF R93R93 , ^SMG JS 9JS 9 , ^SMG Cx4 StormCx4 Storm , ^AR A-91A-91 , ^SG M870M870 , ^SMG AK-74UAK-74U , ^HG TEC-9TEC-9 , ^RF Steyr ScoutSteyr Scout , ^RF FalconFalcon , ^AR MagalMagal , ^AR HK33HK33 , ^SMG MP41MP41 
7. [Event] True Core Mask event. Exchange for a craftable 5* T-Doll of your choice or the "Shattered Connexion True Core Mask" icon in the shop. Event Period: 8 August - 13 September
8. [New] Remodel Upgrades available for ^AR HK416HK416 , ^SMG MP5MP5 , ^SMG UMP9UMP9  and ^RF Hanyang Type 88Hanyang Type 88 .
   • Note: 5* T-Dolls require "New Fire Control Component" to carry out remodel.
9. [New] Commander costume "Summer Swimwear" will be sold in the costume shop, a 20% discount is active until 5th September 10:00.
   • Set effect: Increase battle EXP gained by 3%.
   • Players can apply "Infinite Surprise Dye" to unlock more colours for the costumes (design may change depending on the colour).
10. [New] "Remodel Special Package" will be sold in the shop, contents: Memory Fragment*300, Core*10. Item price: 398 Gems, limited to two (2) purchases per day. Sale Period: 8 August after maintenance - 14 August 23:59:59
11. [Enhancement] Adjustments made to animations of ^RF R93R93 's costume - Holiday Lucky Star.
12. [Enhancement] Adjusted part of the aquarium furniture.
13. [Enhancement] Reduced the initial cooldown and aim time of all charged shot based RF skills. The longer the time between skill cooldown and skill activation, the higher the damage.
14. [Fix] Fixed a name error in the Black Market store.
15. [Fix] Fixed some text errors in the Expedition System.
16. [Fix] Fixed the interaction area of bird pets and the facilities in the Forward Base.

All commanders will receive 500x4 after the maintenance.

August 15th

Dear Commanders,

Girls' Frontline will undergo maintenance on 15 August 10:00-17:00. Maintenance may be extended or shortened as necessary.

1. [Event] Chapters 3 and 4 of "Shattered Connexion" will be released after the maintenance.
   • Clearing the Chapter 4 stage 异构体II-战斗 will unlock the ranking map.
   • Chapter 5 will be available after maintenance on 22 August
2. [Event] 2018 Beach costume rerun will end on 15 August 10:00.
3. [Event] 2017 Yukata costume rerun. Procurement Period: 15 August after maintenance - 22 August 10:00
4. [New] Simplified Live2D added to costumes ^MG PKPPKP  - Flower and Water and ^AR OTs-14OTs-14  - Flurry of Petals.
5. [Improvement] Small adjustments made to animation details of ^MG LewisLewis ' costume Sunscreen Battle.
6. [Fix] Interaction area of the "Jill's Apartment - Typhoon Clown" furniture.
7. [Fix] Fixed ^SMG UMP9UMP9 's flashbang affecting some elite enemies after remodel.
8. [Fix] Fixed the charging effect of charged shot type skills only affecting the mainframe doll.

All commanders will receive 500x4 after the maintenance.

August 22nd

10:00 GMT+8 ~ 17:00 GMT+8

Dear players, an 7 hour scheduled server maintenance will take place on the 22nd of August 2019, lasting from 10:00 AM til 5:00 PM. Access to the server will be denied while maintenance is ongoing, maintenance duration is subject to extension or shortening depending on work progress.

Patch notes as following:

1. Event: Chapter 5 "Epiphyllum" of Shattered Connexion Will open up, See this event through to the end!
2. Event: The Summer Waves Procurement pool will come to an end. All obtained white tickets will be converted to Procurement Coins following the closure of this pool.
3. Event: The 2017 Morning Glory's and Moonflowers Procurement pool re-run will come to an end.
4. Event: The 2019 Summer Nights Dream Topic Procurement pool will begin! Starting on August 24th 00:00 lasting till September 19th 10:00, players will have a chance of obtaining the following costumes:
   • ^SG S.A.T.8S.A.T.8  - "Maiden's Cryptic Message" (Animated)
   • ^AR ADSADS  - "Water-Coloured Youth" (Animated)
   • ^AR OTs-12OTs-12  - "Blossoming Flowers"
   • ^MG M249 SAWM249 SAW  - "Oborozukuyo"
   • Duration: August 24th 00:00 ~ September 19th 10:00
5. Event: The Maid's Apprenticeship Procurement pool will have a re-run in the Radiant Collection following this maintenance. The following costumes will be temporarily obtainable in the Radiant Collection:
   • ^RF NTW-20NTW-20  - "Aristocrat Experience Service" (Live2D)
   • ^HG ContenderContender  - "Floral Servitude" (Animated)
   • ^HG M950AM950A  - "Housework Training" (Animated)
   • ^RF G28G28  - "Wiesnbier"
   • ^RF Gepard M1Gepard M1  - "Today's Contract"
   • Duration: August 22nd 17:00 ~ September 19th 10:00
6. Event: The Fireworks of Fireflies Point event will begin! Complete tasks over the next 3 weeks and gather enough points to unlock a variety of rewards including Imoko's daughter; ^AR G36G36 ! Err... not quite, but rather a nice Yukata for her; "Moonlit Wishes"
   • Event Duration: August 24th 00:00 ~ September 13th 23:59.
7. New: For a limited time the "Hot Springs Yukata" will be stocked in Kalina's store for us commanders who wish to join our girls in the festivities, This costume set bonus will reduce T-doll and HOC repair times by 10%!.
   • Discount Duration: -20% Discount till September 19th 10:00
8. New: The 2019 Children's Garden Procurement pool's costumes will be added into the black card store following this maintenance, While their respective furniture sets will be added into both the Radiant Collection and Black Card Store.
9. New: T-dolls ^HG ContenderContender  and ^HG M950AM950A 's maid uniforms will receive Partial Live2D animations for their costumes following this maintenance.
10. New: The Monthly login reward T-doll for September has been announced! login for 21 days consecutively to earn ^HG VP70VP70 !
11. New: New base background has been added to the Friendship point Store.

Maintenance will shut-down the on-going combat mission session.

Maintenance compensation: x500, x500, x500, x500

-MICA Team 21st of August 2k19.