Vital Bracelet Digimon Con Cup Battle Event Announced for VB Arena App for Digimon Con

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Another online battle test event for the Vital Bracelet Arena has been announced (2) for Digimon Con later this week.

The Digimon Con Cup event will be February 11th at 7pm Pacific and run for 24 hours.

The full ranking reward list wasn't available at the time of the post, but the promo images mentions background plates and training items based on where you rank.

The event will be run for the Vital Bracelet BE, Vital Bracelet, and Vital Hero as separate events, same as with prior test events.
 

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I was wondering if we'd see any events for the VB at all given the spectacular failure of the 10-minute live raid from last year. I think this is also the first bit of (potential) customization we've seen for the new app.

VB Arena still needs a lot of work in general though. Barely functional, slow as shit, always have to choose what device/franchise you're using on loading, the chances of finding anyone for a PvP match are abysmally low, and events only last a single day so far. Lab may have suffered from the most simplistic repetitive "gameplay" of all time, but at least events lasted long enough for everyone to get to participate and came with decent enough rewards. Plus the arenas, while not live PvP, were full of variety and it was cool to see new Digis slowly populate them as cards were released. VBA feels like a joke in comparison and is only playable one day a month where you're faced against 10 insanely easy AI to see who can garner the most points for a top spot on the website leaderboard (spoilers: it'll just be the handful people the app didn't crash for).

A device upgrade as good as the BE deserved so much better. I'm hoping they have some actually meaningful announcements for it apart from this.
 

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I was wondering if we'd see any events for the VB at all given the spectacular failure of the 10-minute live raid from last year. I think this is also the first bit of (potential) customization we've seen for the new app.
I think the raid worked pretty much as intended, it’s just that they didn’t clarify the necessary aspects beforehand. Obviously it was congested, but matches were still doable and the live aspect was pretty novel.

The new app definitely needs some work though. I haven’t done much battling on it, but it definitely seems like there’s a matchmaking issue, and the UI is mid. They’ve at least tweaked the speeds, now it’s not… slower… than the Lab. Hopefully customization is a step in the right direction. Now is that plate for the whole app, or just whatever section you win it in? Questions questions…
 

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This is great news! It's gonna crash and burn so hard that Bandai will have no choice but to address how glitchy and unfinished this app is
 

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Is the event available on Sunday for Eastern? It's not popping up for me yet/?
 
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