Coming in October to MPQ(the unimaginably late edition!)

IReallyHatePVP

Yeah, so no excuses; this should have been up seven days ago. But I did do some work on it and didn't want it wasted. Unfortunately, due to the lateness of the hour, this poll is slightly different than the last:

1) This poll is only open for the next 3 days, as we will hit "Anniversary Day" by that time.

2) You cannot change your vote this time around. My humblest apologies.

3) Everything is still anonymous for the poll, but, if you reply with your picks, your post gets a +1 if any of your shots get made. If you post your own prediction by the close of the poll and make the shot, your get TRIPLE your +1. (because of [secret] )

Everything else is the same as the last poll, which you may review HERE.

Good Luck on your shots!
-IRHPVP

Unknown

None of the above.

I predict D3 offers nothing to the player base for their 1 yr anniversary, does not change how new characters are released and continues to mull over how to add 2-3 month old, "new" characters to recruit tokens until January 1st, 2015.

"Thank you for your understanding in this matter"

Unknown

I only went with 3.

Gauntlet for new release. I guessed 3 star, but could be 2 star instead. This was very successful from our side, next test is as a new release event.

Anniversary gift meaningless. I hope they are thinking of us, but I prefer to expect the worst and be pleasantly surprised.

Late with the November poll. It may be a small sample size, but I see a pattern.

As for tokens, I don't see this issue being solved faster than the Magneto nerf, so probably another 4 or 5 months.

Colognoisseur

papa07 wrote:

I only went with 3.

Gauntlet for new release. I guessed 3 star, but could be 2 star instead. This was very successful from our side, next test is as a new release event.

Anniversary gift meaningless. I hope they are thinking of us, but I prefer to expect the worst and be pleasantly surprised.

Late with the November poll. It may be a small sample size, but I see a pattern.

As for tokens, I don't see this issue being solved faster than the Magneto nerf, so probably another 4 or 5 months.

+1 to everything in this post

Yasuru

I've guessed that the Gauntlet will be used to release Ms. Marvel (**)
The anniversary rewards will be meh.
Alliances will be expanded because hero points.
And late with the Nov poll

Yasuru
of the NotInTheFace alliance

Nellyson

I'm being SUPREMELY optimistic with 2 of my 3 picks.

1. D3 anniversary gift in days played/ as I think this is a good idea. More along the part because honestly, what's 300+ hero points that you basically give out in PVE anyways?

2. The 2 cover villains will get a 3rd cover. Now it won't be all of them....but maybe...JUST MAYBE one of them will! :crossesfingers:

3. Gauntlet releases a new character as a progression reward....aka


Ok, after further review...all my choices are optimistic...

IamTheDanger

I would like to make a prediction of my own, (if this happens i want my three +1 )

I think that D3 will do something good and fun for the 1 yr anniversary and players will enjoy it.
Part 2 of my prediction. We get Devil Dino

(also, would not be surprised by character costumes/skins) (ok, i would be Very surprised, but i still want something like that in the game)


as to the votes above, i agree Ms. Marvel or Iorn Patriot will be released in gauntlet.

IamTheDanger

IReallyHatePVP wrote:

make the shot, your get TRIPLE your +1. (because of [secret] )

just wondering, is your secret where you , ..... uh. Maybe I shouldnt mention it here to avoid exploitation. Might just P.M. you.

Unknown

Nellyson wrote:

I'm being SUPREMELY optimistic with 2 of my 3 picks.

1. D3 anniversary gift in days played/ as I think this is a good idea. More along the part because honestly, what's 300+ hero points that you basically give out in PVE anyways?

2. The 2 cover villains will get a 3rd cover. Now it won't be all of them....but maybe...JUST MAYBE one of them will! :crossesfingers:

3. Gauntlet releases a new character as a progression reward....aka


Ok, after further review...all my choices are optimistic...

Someone hold this guy down before a freight train called reality runs him over!

Unknown

IReallyHatePVP wrote:

3) Everything is still anonymous for the poll, but, if you reply with your picks, your post gets a +1 if any of your shots get made. If you post your own prediction by the close of the poll and make the shot, your get TRIPLE your +1. (because of [secret] )

Wait so if I voted for you being late to November poll does that mean I have to wait until next month to get my +1s?

Unknown

They release Iron Patriot.. J/k
Now seriuosly they will do nothing to celebrate 1 year anniversary of MPQ

Mawtful

Almost tempted to not vote for any of them.
Long post incoming. I'm pretty sure I ramble on most points. TL;DR: Civil War.

Gauntlet - 2 progression is highly unlikely. Having nodes with required 3 star heroes to hit all progression rewards gated more than a few people out of getting everything. Additionally, their timing was off on the first run of Gauntlet, and it was extended to apparently give more people a chance to complete. It's more likely to be used to debut a 3 , but I'd have to see numbers to know for sure. Since Gauntlet is "true" PvE, they could end up handing out more covers for a new character than they would through a competitive event. Hulk was the "golden" event for D3/demiurge for a while, since it helped them (and to a lesser extent, us) gauge total playbase interaction. Sure - subsequent changes have obscured this information from players (I believe Hulk was bracketed last time) but perhaps a new PvE with a similar structure and a freebie cover halfway through could be on the table. Almost certainly a story event that establishes MPQ has moved away from Dark Reign.

Recruit Tokens - Who can say? There was not much hesitation to vault Bag-man after Torchling was released, since 2 covers can drop as rewards. There's been no indication of what will happen following Ms. Marvel's release. Does this mean Bag-man being Vault'd was not actually a numbers thing? Was that just an excuse to hide a character while they work on a retool for him? Of course, 3 covers aren't handed out after ever match, and I think Vaulting any 3 s would be seen as an admittion that those selected were underpowered, so it's likely that they'll need a different solution.
Hero/Villain split seems somewhat unlikely. Firstly, there's about twice as many "heroes" as there are villains. Secondly, there's a "grey" area that quite a few characters fall in. The argument for characters like Ares and Sentry is that the character is portrayed as a member of the Dark Avengers. There's also no problem since there's only a 3 Sentry and a 2 Ares. We get into problems with Magneto. What bucket are we going to put him in? Hero or Villain? I know it makes sense to split his covers between Hero and Villain, but that also requires reading. So I don't see that happening.
Could there be a way to provide an even split that also lets us put all versions of a particular character in the same pool? I think there is. With the recent introduction of Beast and Colossus, the number of mutants is growing. Still, it's not quite enough to single them out. However mutants do feature fairly prominently in Civil War and AvX. A Civil War centric storyline would let demiurge create new pairings and teams to keep PvE interesting, and a nice way to split the rosters neatly in half. Then you can get tokens themed for each side.

Alliances - Although there's no reason for them to make this change, there's also no reason for them to not make this change. If they weren't thinking about it before, they are now that it's been mentioned. If it's a bad idea, the best we could hope for is that it's delayed for a few patches.

Anniversary Gift - First anniversary gift is traditionally paper. This probably means Bag-man's coming back out of the Vault. In all seriousness, HP/ISO would be the most likely gift. I think the last time hamsters died we got 50 HP and 2000 ISO. That sounds about right. Anyway, I could see something similar. A cover would be nice, but people are likely going to use it to finish off a build. Almost no-one would use it to get a cover they didn't have yet - certainly not if they don't already have Roster space for that character. Raw HP/ISO can be spent - and can be used to encourage and train people to spend those resources. That's exactly why the tutorial has steps dedicated to spending HP.
Sorry, that was getting a bit cynical.

2 Power Villains - no change.

November Poll - I believe in IRHPVP.

TazFTW

IReallyHatePVP will be late with the November poll

That is it.

If they keep on their current pace the next PVE with a new character reward would be the weekend of the 10th which is when they plan on running the fan voted events. Deadpool vs MPQ won and it would probably be Ms. Marvel's release. Combined Arms and Balance of Power were voted in, so perfect time for another 2*.

Unknown

The Gauntlet could be fine, but not with that Scaling...

Unknown

None of the above as well.
Hero/Villain split isn't the way to go, as heroes are in general more useful than villains due to the nature of PVE. Some sort of Avengers/X-Men(+Spiderman?) split seems more likely.

I predict the anniversary present to be (a) PVE/PVP with slightly better prizes than normal, eg maybe a heroic token for everyone who participates.

I'm really hoping on a new Norman Osborn event but not counting on it before October.

SnakesArrows

Looks like Lady Thor 4* and Devil Dino. http://www.polygon.com/2014/10/2/689307 ... os-android

IamTheDanger

JCTthe3rd81 wrote:

I would like to make a prediction of my own, (if this happens i want my three +1 )

I think that D3 will do something good and fun for the 1 yr anniversary and players will enjoy it.
Part 2 of my prediction. We get Devil Dino

(also, would not be surprised by character costumes/skins) (ok, i would be Very surprised, but i still want something like that in the game)


as to the votes above, i agree Ms. Marvel or Iorn Patriot will be released in gauntlet.

I was right. I been saying Dino for one year award for weeks, viewtopic.php?f=9&t=15692&hilit=+Dino#p219330 . I knew it would something awesome for the anniversary.

IReallyHatePVP

...closing the 'Triple Bonus' portion of the 'Call Yer Shot' post contest.

Aaaaand congrats to JCTthe3rd81 for the call! Applause all around!

IamTheDanger

IReallyHatePVP wrote:

...closing the 'Triple Bonus' portion of the 'Call Yer Shot' post contest.

Aaaaand congrats to JCTthe3rd81 for the call! Applause all around!

Hold your applause, just throw money.

IamTheDanger

Well look at that, really fun anniversary stuff that people like. Who would have thought?

Here I would say "I told you so", but the great and powerful Loki once said something like "Referencing a comment is just as bad as actually making the comment."

Sgt. JJ