User blog comment:Jkphantom9/News from Anime Expo/@comment-4023909-20170704031307/@comment-25936766-20170705010955

..........That explains everything.

Alright, look: For at least Weiss and Blake, 1 of the specials became an "Ultimate". For Weiss it's Nova, and for Blake it's....the Clone (and no, it's not stronger now, it's still weak as shit).

It's charged similarly to how it was in the Beta: You hit enemies, fill up a bar as long as you don't get hit, get a pip, which you can spend to use the Ult. Normally you can only hold 1 pip, but that can be upgraded.

The other 2 specials are different. One became the character's Charged Attack, the other became the character's Finisher in a Ranged-combo. Like, you use Weiss's ranged attack 3 times, the last one is the special. And both of these are free, no pips or anything.

In the process, they did receive some changes. Blake's Blade Beam no longer is Anti-Army, even when upgraded to pierce.

As for unlocking the upgrades, it's the same as before. Grind for half-eternity by killing enemies with X skill. Only exception is Jaune's Ult, since it buffs the team. To unlock it's upgrade, you must play online, and let others kill Grimm after being buffed. Now, it's brokenly OP, but being forced to play with friends when a self-buffed Jaune can already pwn almost everyone.....it's stupid.