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Tony_Foot said:

DAZ0273 said:

Boss Events are literally the ONLY thing my Alliance comes alive for. Without them, I am not sure how we really grow any more than we can. We recruited a lot of new players on that basis - that we may not be top 100 but we deliver in Boss Events, hard to keep that going if they no longer exist!

And I know ol' miserable Tony hates Boss Events so this is probably good news to him which is fair enough, we each get what we enjoy from this game and to some Boss Events are just a hindrance, fair play.

I have never once threatened to quit before despite the slog but Boss Events were the one big thing where my guys all worked together, interacted on Line and tried their best.

Still, who knows what will happen, they posted about a tweak to Apocalypse not that long ago, seems strange to update that and then scrap but there have been stranger things in recent times.

Boss events where excellent when I was a 3/4 star player, now they are done in 2 or 3 refreshes and as someone that actually wants to play the game rather than enjoy time off, after all it’s supposed to be enjoyable rather than a job, right now I don’t want a boss event. Unless they run it with a PVE at the same time.

Or is they made them harder, roster scaling, CL10 scaling I could get right behind that.

What’s funny is my favorite part about boss events is you get a break from PVE for the weekend.  I don’t have to worry about timing, challenge nodes, or playing at exactly the right time.  I can play PVP and sim to get my MPQ fix or I can do something fun with my family without worrying about the game.

i want them to bring back boss and alliance events sooner rather than later

Boss Events are literally the ONLY thing my Alliance comes alive for. Without them, I am not sure how we really grow any more than we can. We recruited a lot of new players on that basis - that we may not be top 100 but we deliver in Boss Events, hard to keep that going if they no longer exist!

And I know ol' miserable Tony hates Boss Events so this is probably good news to him which is fair enough, we each get what we enjoy from this game and to some Boss Events are just a hindrance, fair play.

I have never once threatened to quit before despite the slog but Boss Events were the one big thing where my guys all worked together, interacted on Line and tried their best.

Still, who knows what will happen, they posted about a tweak to Apocalypse not that long ago, seems strange to update that and then scrap but there have been stranger things in recent times.

Loosie said:

ElReyFelix said:

@IceIX

Any chance we can get an April Sneak Peek thread today? It would be nice to get it early this time.

Given how they've been lately with these updates, I don't expect to see the April one until the 3rd or 4th.

Of May! 😜

HULK SMASH PUNY JJ SHARDS!!!!

Put another way.....JJ being essential in Webbed Wonder, but Hulk shards being the progression rewards, means you won't see her as an essential (and hence her shards) until sometime around Spring 2021.

So if any players were looking to finish a cover for her via playing SCL10, it'll be a while.

Oh....wouldn't it suck if in a year another new 5 is here and she gets shut out again?  Is this on the devs' radar at all?  Or am I being far too presumptuous to think that there will be a game in a year to even worry about JJ shards again?

The upside, of course, is that we won't need Immortal Hulk to play the 5Es this time......

We'll need these extra millions of ISO because WE HAVE TO SKIP A HUNDRED THOUSAND STUPID BISHOP TEAMS TO FIND SOMEONE TO PLAY AGAINST IN SHIELD SIM.

/Okay, I'm calming down now.

@DarthDeVo
Thank you once again for the effort.
Sure, any of us can pull the same info, but updating this post helps maintain the illusion that it’s not all falling down around us. No /s BTW, it really is appreciated.

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IceIX IceIX baby, IceIX IceIX baby
Alright stop! Give feedback we gonna listen
Although that was then and now not a mention
So staying grabs a hold of me tightly
Need some character boosts to help with my fighty!
Will Bishop ever stop?
Yo I don't know!
I'm in stunlock, no more go's!
To the extreme, I PvP like a vandal
But with no rebalance that Worthy Cap I can't handle  

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prudie said:

I’ve opened about 50 tokens (standards, mighty, heroics , pvp) and gotten no bonus shards . It doesn’t feel like it’s live. I’m gonna keep hoarding until the odds improve 

The odds will not improve, OK?

This is what it looks like in the game when they add all upside and now downside.  Shards are rewarded at the same rate as before, but now you sometimes (rarely) get a few bonus ones.

The fact is that they won't publish rates (even as they suggest that you get higher odds from a 10/40 pack).  And the aannouncement was small addition to the R198 update notes.

Why? Because the proc rate is very, very small and they think it's better to just subtly mention it vs suffer backlash from publishing the very low rate (I suspect is 1% or less on a single pull, probably less).

Don't expect them to adjust the rate at all, or if they do, you'll get less shards from other pulls etc.  Personally I'm fine with no tradeoff and a very low rate which is all upside.

Challenge Node:  Luck be a Lady

Magn3to/Mystique/Subject

They got usage for all 6 colors, and even a stunning team up (Tinkerer's Toys).  Between that, and Mystique's purple, they can stun you two different ways (although the team up one only happens once).  Mystique's black can hit hard, Magneto's red, and his blue hits VERY hard.  Although the cascades from the red might actually be worse, depending on your (bad) luck.

But, I still beat them 4x using yesterday's team...

Kitty/OML (boosted)/Karolina (boosted)

Same stuff as yesterday's challenge.  I also added in the Avenger's Tower (rank 2) support, on OML.  Anytime he made a match, which was most of them, there was a fair chance to fortify a tile.  So, a lot of my stuff ended up fortified, which is nice since Karolina and OML were busy throwing them out more often than not.

I think the only scary moment I had on one clear was when they Tinkerer's Toy'd my OML, to follow up with Magneto's red and THEN his blue.  He was nearly dead!  Kitty went to the front, took a few matches for nearly no damage (due to buffed protects), and OML was right back in front, regen'ing like nearly 10k health a turn.  Was as low as under 2k health at one point, and ended the fight at 60k health.  Gotta love true healing when it works like that!

Good luck to you!