We have just received some huge news about a major change coming to the Honkai Star Rail gacha banner system in patch three point two, and if you are curious, you are in the perfect place. Today, I am breaking down this new change so you can decide whether it is a win for us free-to-play players.
Now, let us get into it. The new gacha banner system in the upcoming anniversary patch three point two is a game-changer. Instead of receiving standard characters when you lose a fifty fifty pull, you will get a character from a pool of seven options. This pool includes not only standard characters but also limited ones, meaning you might score some older limited five star characters for free—a major perk that turns a fifty fifty loss into something positive.
Even if you are like most long-time players with a stack of standard characters gathering dust, except maybe for someone like Bronya and Himeko, this change means you will finally have the chance to swap those out for something truly useful. The pool is expected to be updated whenever Hoyoverse feels like it, so in the future, you could even get characters like Acheron from a fifty fifty loss, but more likely Seele and Silver Wolf when the new banner system is initially implemented. It is possible that you can choose the pool of characters you want to have, but it is more likely that Hoyoverse decides the exact pool of characters. Even with Hoyoverse deciding the exact pool, it will be great for free-to-play players who want copies of old characters. The only unfortunate part is that old limited banner five star characters added to this pool may never get a rerun again.
There is even more good news. This new system is set to be released with the new earning currency to purchase limited gacha characters and limited signature light cones. This new currency make it easier for free-to-play players to get limited five stars’ Eidolons to circumvent powercreep. Imagine the possibility of selecting a limited character as an anniversary gift—that is really exciting! Highly unlikely, though, but they will probably give us a free standard banner character selector. At least if you lose your fifty fifty you could get one of the older limited gacha five star characters. With E6 Blade, 300k might be reachable for him.
Keep in mind, details for this new fifty fifty banner update could change before the patch goes live. We should have more updates in the coming weeks, but the news looks incredibly promising. Finally, I would love to hear your thoughts on this new system—drop your opinions in the comments below.