Character customization and the gear vendor are in

You can build a character now. The modular system ships with per-class armor sets, face parts, swappable jump and idle animations, and a starting loadout that matches the class you picked.

NPCs wear armor too

The lobby is no longer populated by mannequins. NPCs use the same modular character system as players, just with different presets. Sounds small. Spend ten seconds in a lobby without it and you'll notice.

The vendor

The gear vendor stands in the lobby with valor currency and owned-item tracking. Every piece pops a tooltip explaining its stats in plain words. Hover any piece in the vendor and a live 3D preview rotates the gear on your character so you can see how it sits before you spend a single coin.

Match rewards drop valor too. Kitting out your character actually requires playing the game, not grinding a separate currency loop.