Talk:Christmas 2017 Event/@comment-2620:0:2820:220E:3C04:C9DD:6E97:3B1E-20171209185607/@comment-2620:0:2820:220E:3C04:C9DD:6E97:3B1E-20171209213612

Uh, that "5 star welfare" line was a joke. Hence, the very next sentence, "But seriously, it seems there is no welfare."

Regarding the Halloween event, while Mecha Eli's identity was yet to be revealed, we got a silhouette of her first, and we knew she was some sort of Elizabeth. Osakabehime, the 5 star of the event, proceeded to come as "somewhat" of a surprise, although we got hints from the fact that Himeji Castle was involved. Point is, Mecha Eli was on the event banner, even if just as a silhouette, rather than Osakabe. And I believe the pattern has always been as such: welfare is revealed (or at least teased) on banner pre-event, rather than the 5 star.

Regarding Prisma Causeway, that actually is interesting. I might have a vague memory of a pre-event banner showing Illya. Of course, collab being exceptions to the rule may be something to be expected. I don't remember Zero perfectly either, although I believe more attention was paid to Iskandar than Iri.

...Well, there's also one more thing I'd like to note. The other Christmas events, which gave us welfare Alter Santa servants, both had "Alter" in the event name, as well as having a similar kind of "touch" to their banners. The fact that this banner has a different feel and title styling, and displays a 5 star rather than a welfare - it's clear this will be a fairly different kind of Christmas event. Whether that means we just get a welfare that's not an Alter Santa, or maybe no welfare at all; I admit, that remains to be seen, though I'm just saying we typically don't see events including welfare placing this much emphasis on its new 5 star over its welfare, except for the aforementioned collabs.

That being said, it wouldn't surprise me if Ereshkigal being placed on this banner may have been done simply due to her popularity and status as a meme. She might just be overshadowing whatever servant is welfare, and so DW decided to put her on banner instead.