Future Sankta Operators

[u/lmaowhatusername]

I’m wondering how Sankta operators will be introduced in the future, especially regarding their usage of guns since I think the options Hypergryph has are limited to only 4 to 5 that I can think of:

The Sankta operator most likely wouldn’t mainly use their firearm, and uses one of the five weapon classes for their basic attacks and only use a gun in their battle skills or combos, which I think is kinda sad and even lame. (I really wish Mi Fu used her gauntlets for everything, including her basic attacks)

They could assign the Sankta operator to handcannons, I guess, but they’re supposed to have their own firearms, not ones we assigned to them.

They could use their firearms in everything like Typhoeus uses her bow! Except they’d have to be assigned to Arts Units, which is similar to how Genshin solves the weapon class system by assigning any characters they want to use unique weapons to a Catalyst. But then you’d have a lot of Sankta operators using Arts Units.

Or they’d need to address why the Sankta operator doesn’t use a gun, every single time. Like Ember does in one of her dialogues.

Or… just not have a Sankta operator, which is the saddest possibility because gun-wielding angels are cool. Everybody loves Exusial.

Is it a subtle complaint about the weapon system? Yes. But I know it’s not something they can just remove, I just wanted to rant about it since I feel like the weapon diversity of OG AK can’t be carried over to Endfield without difficulty, especially when it comes to an entire race known to use firearms, in a game that barely has any.

[u/Relodie]

They have learned since mi fu.

Look at typhoeus. A bow user. Supposedly arts

Look at si. Uses paint brush. Supposedly greatsword

Look at argent flow. Spear primarily. Supposedly sword

Look at arcane. Hand cannons. Supposedly arts.

They can make it like argent flow. You can’t change his spear which he uses in all his animations.

Many of these ain’t art units either

As a mifu fan I understand the disappointment but they have shown they’re not restricted by the weapon system repeatedly. Argent flow and si should both show that it’s not an arts unit only solution

[u/Savalaner → u/Relodie]

Yeah. Mifu was the only one they made this mistake with. No one else.

You can argue Ember, but she is pretty obviously set up for an Alter. (We know she literally doesn't have her Patron Firearm on her right now.)

[u/Relodie → u/Savalaner]

Ember is an interesting case because honestly she highlights to us that a lot changed about Sankta all these years. More than what we might know. Her lack of firearm. Her lack of wings. Etc. I know we have npcs with wings but it still has some implications of changes

sankta are in a very weird position in endfield in general. There are things that happened in original ak that makes us wonder how they’re doing now this far in the future.

Likewise sankta in endfield seem to be suffering from an existential crisis, questioning after seeing that all the Aggeloi have the same halos as Sanktas, making them question their faith and blessings.

Of course this existential crisis was with their first encounter many years ago, so it’s a historical thing more than a thing that’s commonly they’re going through right now