SYNDUALITY: Echo of Ada Releases Season 3 Mid-Season Update

Bandai Namco has released the mid-season update for SYNDUALITY: Echo of Ada Season 3 “Ender Busters” with the Polluted Forest map, a new Ender Busters mode, new requests, new APK Cradles, new APK weapons, a new “Amasia Investigation” story chapter, and much more. A new trailer gives players a preview of what’s in the mid-season update for SYNDUALITY: Echo of Ada Season 3 before diving in.

Read up on the patch notes for the latest update below:

SYNDUALITY: Echo of Ada Season 3.5 Update Patch Notes

New Features:

• New PvPvE area Polluted Forest added
• Polluted Forest New Game Mode Ender Busters PvPvE added
• New APK Weapons/APK Cradles added
• New Butcher Bandits added
• New Relics added
• Amasia Investigations Final Chapter added

Test Functions:

About the Label Function Test

We are adding a function that displays an icon above a player’s name (after Magus analysis) based on certain playstyles of defeating other players as determined by the game. Those with icons above their name will have the icon displayed on the rankings screen as well.

Improvements:

• Markers will now display where Butcher Bandits will appear on the entire map
• Butcher Bandits’ titles will now also display on their notification and their titles will be visible
• When using Automated Replenishment in Sortie Prep, if Cradle Parts or weapons/excavators are not equipped, the bare minimum equipment will now be automatically set
• When selecting amounts in the Item Shop, after selecting the max amount for an item, you can now immediately change the amount selection to 1
• Butcher Bandits that used to only appear in East Amasia: Night will now also appear in East Amasia: Dry Season and East Amasia: Rainy Season
• Added a △ marker to Bandit locations on the full map of East Amasia: Night
• Some Epic weapons and Cradle parts will now be added to the Item Shop with request progress after unlocking East Amasia: Night
• Adjusted some fixed items, local survey occurrences, and items received from them in East Amasia after unlocking East Amasia: Night
• Removed the East Amasia: Rainy Season area requirement from Nest Orders
• Changed the sound effect when an Unknown Object is obtained in online areas
• Changed so that Bounty Target players also collect bounties for defeating Butcher Bandits and Bandit Leaders

Balance Adjustments:

• Balance adjustment for some weapons and Cradles
• Reduced completion requirements and adjusted rewards for Hard Requests unlocked up until the Season 3 Mid update
• Adjusted some AO Crystal exchange amount variations and limits
• Increased maximum amount of Heavy-Energy Ammunition, Large Ammunition, and Buckshot that can be held in one slot and reduced their weight
• Adjusted each type of Repair Kit’s time required for healing based on their amount healed
• Reduced weight of Repair Kit DX and Repair Kit Ace
• Improved performance, increased damage, reduced weight, and reduced detonation timer of Hand Grenades
• Reduced the clear conditions for requests and required Butcher Bandits defeated amount up until the Molten Dunes
• Added weapons and Cradle Parts to some rewards for requests up until the Molten Dunes
• Increased damage done on successful hits to Parasitic Enders (except for weak point)
• Adjusted item drop rates of some enemies (Gazers, Parasitic Enders, Bandits)
• Reduced the amount of Gazer Electrified Framework required when crafting Superconducting Motors
• Reduced crafting times needed for Rare/Epic/Legendary equipment and items
• Reduced amount increased for Magus recovery item usage speed based on Collection amounts
• Reduced ranking score maximum for before the East Amasia: Night area unlocks
• Removed match rating grouping in online areas after the East Amasia: Night area unlocks
• Multiple servers have been randomly established due to the the removal of group matching
  • When joining a raid, you will be sorted between multiple servers, and your chance of encountering the same players in the same raid is low.
• Adjusted matching control for areas before East Amasia: Night is unlocked
• Adjusted sell value for BOWIERABBIT GT+3 Cradle parts

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed terrain and view issues in online areas
• Fixed the issue of receiving the Legendary Cradle Effectiveness effect when only partially equipping APK Cradle Parts
• Fixed incorrect parameters for the Guardian Body (Uncommon) skill Anti-Live Ammo Coating
• Fixed the issue of Sortie Unavailable not displaying immediately on the area’s icon on the sortie selection screen when the time to access the area runs out
• Fixed it so that using weapons that require a charge when using recovery items will cause the recovery to cancel
• Fixed it so that taking falling damage when using recovery items will cause the recovery to cancel
• Fixed the sound effect when destroying Bandits and Parasitic Enders in Molten Dunes

Other Fixes:

• Other minor display issues fixed

SYNDUALITY: Echo of Ada Season 3 “Ender Busters” launched this past October with the new “East Amasia: Night” location, new quests, enemies, Magus companions Eine and Al, and much more. Season 3 also includes new Hideouts and Relic Recovery, Butcher Bandits, including Shadow Stalker and Heartless Kid, along with modified weapons and Cradlecoffin parts (APK equipment).

SYNDUALITY: Echo of Ada is available now for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. The digital Deluxe Edition ($69.99) is available now with a Deluxe Drifter Pass voucher, Remake Ticket, and School Uniform. The digital Ultimate Edition costs $99.99 and includes digital Deluxe Edition contents, Ultimate Drifter Pass Voucher, and a Mystere Type Magus Production Ticket and School Uniform (Purple). 

Final Weapon reviewed SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada and gave it a 2.5 out of 5 score, stating that the game is a “third-person, mech-based PvPvE with looter and extraction shooter elements. It does have potential, but it’s sadly held back by a live service format and its monetization elements. Although there’s fun to be had online, the game makes it a hassle to actually play with others, and the combat and gameplay loop can become repetitive.”