The Hunt: Jan 21 - 26

morph3us

Powered-Up:

:squirrelgirl: Squirrel Girl
Gamora
Rocket & Groot
Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
Magneto (Marvel Now)
Thor (Marvel Now)

Notable Progression Rewards:

3000: Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
8000&18000:
6000: Magneto (Marvel Now)
10000: Thor (Marvel Now)
22000: :squirrelgirl: Squirrel Girl

Placement:
1-2: 4* Thor
3-10: 3* Thor
11-20: 3* Thor
21-150: 3* Thor
151-400: 2* Captain America
401-800: Standard Token
801-1000: 250

Other notes:
Nodes on an 8 hour refresh timer.
Subs are overlapping. Upcoming subs are greyed out, and have a countdown timer until that sub opens.

Entry below copied from the PvE format guide.

mags1587 wrote:

Episode 2: The Hunt
Length of Event: 4.5 days
Sub-Events? Yes; Alliance Rewards in Sub-Events? No
Number of Sub-Events: 3 (x2)
Length of Sub-Events: Alaska: 36 hours; Florida: 36 hours; Savage Land: 24 hours
Main Nodes after Sub-Events End? No
Other Notes:

• There are main nodes to open up the sub-events. These nodes are one-time only nodes.
• The three sub-events are run through twice.
• The sub-events overlap by 12 hours. (i.e. The Florida sub starts with 12 hours remaining in Alaska, etc.)
• Some nodes in the sub-events are one-time only nodes.
• Alaska has a total of 12 nodes.
  • One-time only: 3 nodes
  • Repeatable (regular): 6 nodes
  • Repeatable (essential): 3 nodes
• Florida has a total of 17 nodes.
  • One-time only: 8 nodes
  • Repeatable (regular): 6 nodes
  • Repeatable (essential): 3 nodes
• Savage Land has a total of 12 nodes.
  • One-time only: 3 nodes
  • Repeatable (regular): 6 nodes
  • Repeatable (essential): 3 nodes

PvE Format Guide

Unknown

I think they forgot to update the rewarda on this one... LazyThor is still vaulted.

morph3us

Teke184 wrote:

I think they forgot to update the rewarda on this one... LazyThor is still vaulted.

That surprised me too. I'll keep an eye out for any updates to the rewards. Otherwise, lots of happy transitioners!

DrStrange-616

morph3us wrote:

Teke184 wrote:

I think they forgot to update the rewarda on this one... LazyThor is still vaulted.

That surprised me too. I'll keep an eye out for any updates to the rewards. Otherwise, lots of happy transitioners!

I thought he was just vaulted for Season IX?

slidecage

morph3us wrote:

Powered-Up:

:squirrelgirl: Squirrel Girl
Gamora
Rocket & Groot
Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
Magneto (Marvel Now)
Thor (Marvel Now)

Notable Progression Rewards:

3000:
8000&18000:
6000:
10000:
22000: :squirrelgirl:

Placement:
1-2: 4* Thor
3-10: 3* Thor
11-20: 3* Thor
21-150: 3* Thor
151-400: 2* Captain America
401-800: Standard Token
801-1000: 250

Other notes:
Nodes on an 8 hour refresh timer.

Will update when we confirm how long the event is going to run for. Current dates based on prior run of The Hunt.

got them all. Man i really want that thor

morph3us

DrStrange-616 wrote:

morph3us wrote:

Teke184 wrote:

I think they forgot to update the rewarda on this one... LazyThor is still vaulted.

That surprised me too. I'll keep an eye out for any updates to the rewards. Otherwise, lots of happy transitioners!

I thought he was just vaulted for Season IX?

Nope, he's still vaulted, as far as we know.

"David wrote:

Moore"]

The full slate of 3-Star characters available for Season X;

Blade
Captain America (Steve Rogers)
Captain Marvel
Daredevil
Deadpool
Doctor Doom
Falcon
Gamora
The Hood
Hulk
Human Torch
Loki
Luke Cage
Mystique
Punisher
Rocket & Groot
Sentry
Spider-Man
Storm (Mohawk)
Wolverine (Patch).

Trisul

Pretty weird, but as someone in need of LThor covers I'm happy.

DrStrange-616

Trisul wrote:

Pretty weird, but as someone in need of LThor covers I'm happy.

Yeah, I hope they don't change it to someone else.

Joey Jellico

What's the hunt like? (assuming it's a repeat). I just started in November.

Who do you fight? Daken, FBW, Ares, venom, jugg, rinse/repeat ad nauseam?

morph3us

Joey Jellico wrote:

What's the hunt like? (assuming it's a repeat). I just started in November.

Who do you fight? Daken, FBW, Ares, venom, jugg, rinse/repeat ad nauseam?

Pretty much. This is the third or fourth run of The Hunt, as far as I can recall.

Edit: Refer to Quebbster's post below mine. Much more helpful that what I could remember about it.

Quebbster

Joey Jellico wrote:

What's the hunt like? (assuming it's a repeat). I just started in November.

Who do you fight? Daken, FBW, Ares, venom, jugg, rinse/repeat ad nauseam?

The usual gang of Dark Avengers. It has three different subs that rotate - Alaska, Florida and Savage Land - but while two subs are frequently open simultaneously they never close at the same time. From the length of it, it looks like we'll play each sub twice.

Trisul

Let me bring up my handy copy of the PvE Format Guide here....

5.5 days length this time. I wonder how the sub length will change, and if every sub will end at the same time of day (hopefully!).

DrStrange-616

Overlapping subs seems an odd format to choose to test the new refresh times.

morph3us

DrStrange-616 wrote:

Overlapping subs seems an odd format to choose to test the new refresh times.

I guess it potentially allows people to stagger their playtimes, so they're not just restricted to 8 hour clears, since the subs start at overlapping different times?

DrStrange-616

morph3us wrote:

DrStrange-616 wrote:

Overlapping subs seems an odd format to choose to test the new refresh times.

I guess it potentially allows people to stagger their playtimes, so they're not just restricted to 8 hour clears, since the subs start at overlapping different times?

Yes, but it seems to me that's exactly why it's an odd choice for a test. It's not "pure." People might love it here because they can actually play more often due to the overlaps, but events that are linear...

loroku

Trisul wrote:

Pretty weird, but as someone in need of LThor covers I'm happy.

You're not kidding!

3* Thor is arguably the best 3* in the game, and easily the most attainable of any of the top 3-5 characters (since no transitioner can hope for a 4* other than with luck). Wouldn't be surprised to see this one get heavy play, even without a new character, since just about any new character isn't actually as useful as 3* Thor!

Honestly though, this event is going to be more about "who can best guess how the new 8 hr refreshes work most optimally" than anything else.

Sidenote: I wonder if 3* Thor will be a possible reward from the tokens from this event? Or, since he'll be featured for the next event (which is also likely yet another new character), will he be a possible reward from those? Wondering because he's supposedly otherwise vaulted, as others have mentioned.

Dragon_Nexus

I only need one yellow Thor cover, so naturtally that's the hardest one to obtain =/

Still, at least I can get a red if I fail that and start levelling him up to 166.

Unknown

ok so "we want you to be able to sleep" but we are going to do 8 hour refreshes mixed in with 12 hour staggered starts - guaranteeing that the top guilds will all have to be on a 4 hour refresh. Did you guys think about how those two sentences don't go together?

Unknown

i am really excited about the lazy thor covers, am i right in assuming its going to be ultra competitive due to the 8 hour refresh time?

loroku

hexad_2808 wrote:

i am really excited about the lazy thor covers, am i right in assuming its going to be ultra competitive due to the 8 hour refresh time?

That is what the armchair generals are predicting. We shall see.

yogi_

Who messed up with Thor???

I know they were testing timing and said it wasn't a new character but really????

Given he's been out of the game for 2 months now, he is a new character for a decent minority of the playerbase and a sought after one for many others who don't have him.

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I really need Yellow, but Top 10 is going to be too much work, but if i can hold on another Red it will be.