Honkai Star Rail 2.6 Update Leak To Be A Major Win for F2P Players
Honkai: Star Rail's Version 2.6 introduces updates to the Herta Shop, allowing players to buy event-exclusive 4-star light cones like 'Before the Tutorial Mission Starts.' A boon for Free-to-Play gamers and newcomers!
Honkai: Star Rail, basically provides temporary awards for unique characters and objects. This is done to entice players into committing money or actively participating in the said events as it is like most online games. Furthermore, besides its limited time banners, certain event-related rewards behind time-limited events are also locked by Honkai: Star Rail. Such prized items like Dr. Ratio the 5-star unit and ‘Before the tutorial mission starts’ light cone that are exclusive to a particular occasion have been of great worth to the players in previous occasions.
While this system encourages fans to take part in activities; it may not please novice members who lose out on these powerful units and materials. Nonetheless, the game seems to be making efforts to address this situation according to recent updates.
In Herta Shop of Honkai: Star Rail players are given an opportunity to buy significant resources such as Star Rail Passes, superimposition materials for both 5-star light cones or certain LCs using Herta Bonds which are acquired by completing weekly tasks within either Simulated Universe game mode or Divergent Universe one respectively. These bonds can be used in purchasing various items from the shop which mainly targets Free-to-Play (F2P) gamers cohorts including starters since they can just obtain strong light cones like On the Fall of an Aeon or Cruising in the Stellar Sea bearing similar attributes like those of signature characters’ LCs.
The place of shopping may possibly be more useful in the near future. One of the things that have been leaked in r/HonkaiStarRail_leaks is that Version 2.6 will see a super updated Herta Shop where players can purchase 4-star light cones which had only for events before. For example, “Before the Tutorial Mission Starts,” “For Tomorrows Journey,” and “Hey Over Here” would cost four Herta Bonds each and in superimposition materials can be purchased at just one bond.
These 4-star light cones appear to be too good for F2P players as they provide cheaper alternative to some 5-star LCs. For instance, “Before the Tutorial Mission Starts” works perfectly with Pela and Silver Wolf since it speeds up ultimate rotation by regenerating energy while also improving their Effect Hit Rate thus ensuring that their debuffs hit home. After that “For Tomorrow’s Journey” increases personal damage done by Robin particularly when used together with her concerto attack which is quite offensive. Finally, there is “Hey Over Here” which boosts healing making it an important tool during difficult fights where frequent heals are imperative especially for abundance characters.
Also Read: How to Complete Divergent Universe in Honkai Star Rail
In the event that this update is live, it can be a good addition for players who do not spend much money, F2Ps and new comers. By accessing event-exclusive light cones via Herta Shop, players get the chance to enjoy playing at their own pace; without the need to grind or spend cash in order to get limited time rewards. Herta bonds can be earned by running through the simulated or divergent universe paths and slowly picking up those exclusive light cones that were missed from past events.
This shop change is what flexible gamers have been waiting for all along. As long as they make an effort, those who may have missed an exclusive cone in an event still have hope of getting it later when visiting the Herta store. As such this new transaction will let players play Honkai: Star Rail minus any apprehension that powerful event rewards may never come back in future again.
