Why we still don’t have an icon for Stygian Onslaught?

All 3 have similar blue colored icons and all of them are endgame modes. IT got this icon when it was first released from what I remember but SO doesn’t have one still.

Any reason for not having this? Feels random and weird to me.

Commentaires

dottomi2026-02-01 03:05

Maybe they forgot? Ask CS.

sicklyability2026-02-01 05:08

You ask them

Ordinarypanic2026-02-01 03:17

Limited buttons? It’s the only one of the 3 that can be closed? Best I got.

Low_Artist_76632026-02-01 03:28

Because it's an event, not permanent endgame

edit: You can check the calendar at the end of the livestream.

TheSynthian2026-02-01 03:37

It’s definitely permanent. SO is basically what defines meta these days and influences sales greatly. It makes no sense for it to be temporary.

cheddarchops2026-02-01 03:54

They meant that it's not permanent in the sense that it isn't always available the way Abyss and IT are. Stygian is not open for the first \~7ish days of each patch cycle.

TheSynthian2026-02-01 04:22

But the results plus the icon the map are always available. In profile page we get all 3 and they get treated the same.

ContinentalChamp2026-02-01 08:56

It's not always enterable

unixtreme2026-02-01 06:38

Which brings up the point that it should always be open imo.

Alternative-Eye84032026-02-02 00:13

They probably don't have it open on patch release due to many intended shilled characters not having been built by then. Assuming that someone pulls on the patch that a character is shilled for, that week of farming + any other prefarming would usually get a character up to speed to be usable. This is especially the case for characters whose boss materials release alongside a new map expansion, since there's no way to have them level 90 on day 1 without spending fragile resins or Primogems for resin refresh.

Cocoatrice2026-02-01 06:41

It's permanent, but it counts as event either way.

pc_player_yt2026-02-01 03:43

the icon on the map screams permanent endgame tbh

misterkalazar2026-02-01 05:00

I agree with the premise, but this particular event lasts the whole patch, well almost. And shares the same icons design as the other two endgame modes.

Cocoatrice2026-02-01 06:41

It lasts like 2 weeks. It's far from whole patch. You can't get rewards afterwards. At least not artifact rewards, don't know about rewards for clearing the specific difficulty. But you wouldn't get ley line tree to collect rewards after it ends.

misterkalazar2026-02-01 06:59

Leyline artifact farming is the bonus. The main rewards sre when you clear difficulty content. Hard, Menacing, Fearless and Dire can be cleared until the last day. Those give out the main rewards.

And outbreak lasts for 10 days. So the time it is inactive is the first week, hence "almost the entire patch".

jrodt3332026-02-01 05:56

The battle pass gets an icon that disappears when it ends, SO could work the same

UrGettingcooked09242026-02-01 03:29

Then go to CS and complain there not here bro

ImTheBias2026-02-01 03:32

because you can already open it easily with event menu

TheEdelBernal2026-02-01 03:36

Because it’s not permanent, there are downtime between them where you can’t do it at all.

Grouchy-Chain-78532026-02-01 04:30

There's no need for an icon when most players can beat hard mode without really trying and clear out all the primogems. The harder difficulties have trivial rewards and are more of a way to flex how good you are at the game (or how much money you've spent), that's how they're different.

shadowmanx19892026-02-01 04:42

Dont know why, but SO is counted as an event rather than an end game cycle, so it doesnt have an icon on the top right.

Hence while SO is opened, no event takes place during that week, while abyss and IT can take place along with other events

Gaeshiete2026-02-01 05:43

Just an excuse to reduce events icl, absolutely ass.

EngelAguilar2026-02-01 06:47

Not really, is basically the same combat event that we could get every version, but it includes extra challenges for the more dedicated players, which is something the usual combat events never included

Gaeshiete2026-02-01 06:57

Normal events give about 480 primogems, stygian gives 450.
Stygian also doesn't give the same amount of exp or mora, nor does it give many fun stages.
Slop shouldn't be tolerated from a multi-billionaire company—it would cost them next to nothing to run an additional event during stygian's cycle.

CosmicWanderer_012026-02-01 07:09

Who said 480? Don't just round it up for 3 wishes.

It's 420 primos per normal event, always has been.

Gaeshiete2026-02-01 07:52

That's mb, I couldn't tell if I was making up 420 from the meme or not so I just chose to go with 480 (the number we got for 5.5 irrc).

EngelAguilar2026-02-01 07:14

480 was very rare, 420 is the most common and it does give more mora but less exp books (until menacing, I exclude fearless because shill exist xD)

RU492026-02-01 06:58

normal combat events always had trial characters, which i enjoyed. this has pain in the ass shill, which i dont enjoy. this is unenjoyable.

Impossible-Ice1292026-02-01 10:34

>this is unenjoyable

Better way to phrase it is "this is unenjoyable for me", don't generalise for everyone.

RoseIgnis2026-02-01 12:08

You must be so fun at parties.

Impossible-Ice1292026-02-01 12:11

And you must be a clown.

RU492026-02-01 12:29

i mustve missed the memo saying i was team lead because i didn't think i was representing the entire subreddit lmfao

slendermax2026-02-01 13:21

I have a neat trick for you:

every time you read or hear someone's opinion, just assume that they meant to say "in my opinion" or "for me"

that is how opinions work, even when left unsaid! hope this helps

Gstreamz2026-02-01 12:32

I find it way better. I can get all my primo on n about 2 minutes and move on. SO isn’t timegated like every other event and it’s quick unlike combat events. Combat events have always been the most annoying events for me personally

EngelAguilar2026-02-01 14:06

True, but those events aren't gone, they are included in some flagship events (yet some are missing trial characters smh)

SO gives another players some form of fun that was missing: a challenge vs shill, many players do a lot of attempts trying to clear a stage because they're missing just a few seconds without shill and that makes them improve their gameplay a lot, others min-max their clear time just "for the love of the game" xD because honestly they don't need the dust of +Fearless, they're strong already

Arc-D2026-02-01 17:17

its a conbat event man, let us good players have fun. You have boring yap fest every patch- no one forces you to partake in higher diffs lol

RU492026-02-01 17:33

fomo affects us all man, as long as there is a higher difficulty thats not accessible, it feels bad. i am competitive too i was just saying its not a replacement for those other type of combat quests. i'd rather they make so a proper endgame event too and keep those other combat quests. remove those photo taking events if they have to

Arc-D2026-02-01 17:49

>remove those photo taking events if they have to

now u gonna anger the others haha

PH_0072026-02-01 13:32

Combat events we used to get were one of two flavours (sometimes even both depending on each stage):

- Braindead easy fun horde slayer

- Scalable high difficulty combat content with optional, rewardless "whale tier" difficulty option

Stygian on the other hand:

- Has no horde gameplay whatsoever

- Is barely adjustable in difficulty, it goes from "clearable with Solo Amber blindfolded" to "clearable with Solo Amber with your eyes open" to "requires actual minmaxed builds" to "requires whaling" with nothing inbetween

- Has only three stages

- All stages are surgically tuned to shill new units/brick older ones in a very hostile way

- Has no trial characters that would provide a change of pace (try out a character you don't own, maybe decide to pull them on a rerun) and accessibility

- Has rewards for the higher difficulties rather than them being for the enjoyment of it. It's not even cosmetic ones like namecards, there's actual artifact reroll material behind Fearless and Menacing.

- Is the same format every single time with just the bosses changing and rarely any gimmicks - the ones that do exist are just remixes of existing boss mechanics (like the plunge boss)

And I'm probably missing some things because I frankly do not care to go that indepth in a random reddit reply.

SO is genuinely a downgrade to combat events, not even going into how they're now disincentivised to run any real combat events again because of repetition with SO, so we get more mindless slop minigames in the remaining slots. It's probably the worst thing to happen to limited content in the game.

BlowITA2026-02-01 15:32

> but it includes extra challenges for the more dedicated players, which is something the usual combat events never included

While it is true that "usual combat events" didn't include challenges, a handful of the combat events in 5.x had extra challenges (do you guys remember that Little One namecard that you could get from clearing up to floor 20/adding up to 100 floors cleared, but whales could clear up to 25/add up to 125 floors cleared?), which was one of the reasons I came back and decided to stay (because it felt like they were finally applying the feedback from years ago).

Ezzaroth_VII2026-02-01 10:59

The 'event' gives you extra artifacts for every 120 resin you spend, no limit. I'd argue it's better than the Leyline Overflow event.

AmethystMoon4202026-02-01 18:17

Stygian gives 450 primos while a small event gives 420. So imo SO is better.

CosmicWanderer_012026-02-01 07:08

SO is a "Permanent Event" which starts after 10days of every patch day. They clearly mentioned it when they launched it.

FallenAngelII2026-02-01 13:16

Each cycle starts 7 days after each patch starts, with the artifact-farming period lasting for 10 days.

Zonnebloempje2026-02-01 23:51

7 days. Patch comes in on Wednesday, first week of the first banner gives all weapon/talent domains as available. As soon as that closes (the 2nd Wednesday), Stygian starts. Been like that for at least 3 patches. I haven't played much Stygian before that.

Ezzaroth_VII2026-02-01 11:03

The event part is the bonus artifact, not the Stygian itself. It's not that different than Leyline Overflow.

Green_Finance_54922026-02-01 19:03

SO's schedule isn't predetermined like Abyys or IT. it's always a certain number of days after a new patch which is why it's an event

suv-am2026-02-01 11:13

Also makes sense why it has coop

Ramza_452026-02-01 11:26

Also SO felt or seemed like a Ley Line disorder that pops up on different locations, SO only reemerging in the exact same spot feels like they ran out of creativity

Noxy_Woxy2026-02-01 05:05

Clutter

Final-Requirement1932026-02-01 05:23

cause hoyo treats it as a patch permanent event since it started it replaced one patch event

ilovegame692026-02-01 05:57

The icon got Onslaught

Iamliterallyfood2026-02-01 06:30

So isn't real, it can't hurt you

Cocoatrice2026-02-01 06:39

Stygian Onslaught count as regular event, not as end game mode, like other people mentioned. In the past we would have minigame event usually with co-op, that is gatekept for like 5 days, where first day you can get 2000 points, then in 2 days 4000, in next 2, 6000 etc. Instead we have Stygian Onslaught with the rewards being easier and faster to get, then we also have additional, bonus rewards in higher modes.

Also notice, that Stygian Onslaught is opened from x to y day, like an event. It doesn't just refresh every month. Instead it starts week after new version is released and lasts... I don't really know how long. But it ends and you can't do it anymore. While you can do Imaginarium Theater the January 31st and then February 1st, without worrying that 31st is too late. I actually once did exactly this. Finished my Theater right before it ended and did next one next day. Stygian Onslaught has rules like any other event, not like end game mode.

SilverScribe152026-02-01 06:45

So like, stygian apparently is more of an event that an endgame? Like hoyo doesn't count it as an endgame mode

h2odragon002026-02-01 08:14

I am assuming its because it consumes an event slot?

Le062242026-02-01 08:26

It's considered an event but your clear time is displayed on your profile. Huh.

NjxNaDxb2026-02-01 08:51

Cause the UI has limited space and it's already pretty crowded now.

issm2026-02-01 11:00

On a phone maybe. PC and console have plenty of space. Mobile can implement miniature/expandable icons if they don't want to be left out.

Grimstarzz2026-02-01 09:30

Or for the teapot.

The only way we can check how much currency we have in the teapot is by physically going there. It would have been nice to see a counter on the world map too.

If u don't want to cap out on 2400 currency (and buy weekly stuff), players need to visit the teapot 3 times a week.

There are so many decisions in the game that really makes me wonder if the devs even play their own game.

cielrayze2026-02-01 16:11

stygian onslaught has no rights