*** Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) ***

Marc_Spector

Looks fast & fun to use -- want now!!

IceIX, are the locked TU tiles matchable by the enemy to unlock, similar to IW's force bubbles? Or are they a new locking mechanic?

Also, as an aside, thanks to the dev team for keeping 1/2/3 color-strength-order uniform on all recently released characters - it makes it so much easier to remember when teambuilding/theorycrafting. (The mis-ordered ones I *still* have trouble remembering, and I'm around day 450 now )

Unknown

IceIX wrote:

gamar wrote:

Is that "all locked tiles shatter, deal 2k" or "all locked tiles shatter, deal 2k for each"?

2K overall, plus cascades and the like as a result. 8K for a passive from a 3* character is probably a bit much.

I thought so, but didn't want to miss a chance to jump on the "pre-nerf" bandwagon

IceIX

Marc Spector wrote:

Looks fast & fun to use -- want now!!

IceIX, are the locked TU tiles matchable by the enemy to unlock, similar to IW's force bubbles? Or are they a new locking mechanic?

Also, as an aside, thanks to the dev team for keeping 1/2/3 color-strength-order uniform on all recently released characters - it makes it so much easier to remember when teambuilding/theorycrafting. (The mis-ordered ones I *still* have trouble remembering, and I'm around day 450 now )

Yep, the Locked tiles behave exactly like a Webbed or Bubbled tile and are matchable to get rid of the lock.

And yes, agreed on the color strengths. Witness my forum folly a few weeks back when I forgot that Black Widow (Grey Suit)'s strengths don't match her abilities. Oh, the humiliation!

Billigoat

who could it be....

- works really great with invisible woman
- can stretch across the board to make matches
- associated with the color blue, the #4, and teamwork

hmmmmm

hex706f726368

What PVE will be used to release this character?

The Gunslinger

Wow, we are really zooming through new characters now. The speed at which these are being released is a little disheartening, though this looks like a pretty fun character. I hope my roster can keep up with these fast-paced releases. Looks like we all have a quick turnaround to look forward to after Thick as Thieves ends.

Man I hope I am guessing the right character.

hex706f726368

The Gunslinger wrote:

Wow, we are really zooming through new characters now. The speed at which these are being released is a little disheartening, though this looks like a pretty fun character. I hope my roster can keep up with these fast-paced releases. Looks like we all have a quick turnaround to look forward to after Thick as Thieves ends.

Man I hope I am guessing the right character.

The silver-lining is that there will be a break after this one...

fmftint

hex706f726368 wrote:

The Gunslinger wrote:

Wow, we are really zooming through new characters now. The speed at which these are being released is a little disheartening, though this looks like a pretty fun character. I hope my roster can keep up with these fast-paced releases. Looks like we all have a quick turnaround to look forward to after Thick as Thieves ends.

Man I hope I am guessing the right character.

The silver-lining is that there will be a break after this one...

I wouldn't bet on that

IceIX

fmftint wrote:

hex706f726368 wrote:

The silver-lining is that there will be a break after this one...

I wouldn't bet on that

From the OP:

IceIX wrote:

That being said, this character release will also be followed with the normal week off, so nothing new next week.

IamTheDanger

With the new Avengers movie coming soon, and if the rumors about ScarletWitch, Hulkbuster and Ultron are true, then we may see several new characters in the next month or so.

I hope so. If Ultron is a playable character that is.

Unknown

fmftint wrote:

hex706f726368 wrote:

The Gunslinger wrote:

Wow, we are really zooming through new characters now. The speed at which these are being released is a little disheartening, though this looks like a pretty fun character. I hope my roster can keep up with these fast-paced releases. Looks like we all have a quick turnaround to look forward to after Thick as Thieves ends.

Man I hope I am guessing the right character.

The silver-lining is that there will be a break after this one...

I wouldn't bet on that

a BET? Like cards? Like Gambit! (You guys have broken me)

Unknown

turul wrote:

Or they may need release some new-story-relevant characters. Hopefully at least Kingpin will not be essential.

Its a shame locked tiles are discriminative btw

Not sure what kind of mishmash of story they can cook up that involves px, kk, kp & qs. Avengers 2 is kind of a big deal and none of the other 2 or 3 consecutive characters we are destined to get after the break are part of any big marvel surprise. It really feels like a little bit of foresight & planning could easily have avoided the inevitable nerd rage over having consecutive grinds crammed down our throats. Could have easily shuffled the release and put qs & sw where professor X and kk released to sort of build up to whatever avengers extravaganza they have planned for us. No one cares about the qs or sw characters, nor is it a surprise that they are in the avengers. Randomly adding characters (px, kk) and then rushing out a whole **** load for a tie in makes no sense. Imo at least..

Unknown

Is the game in trouble? Doing this, knowing how upset people are going to get about, comes off like the game is about to go under or something.

This is utterly ridiculous.

mjh

IceIX wrote:

That being said, this character release will also be followed with the normal week off, so nothing new next week.

Explain how this matters in the slightest? All that means is there is a week of MPQ that I will not be getting any covers for this character. Explain how that is good news.

Also explain how releasing 3 characters back-to-back is good for players. I am still getting covers for and over here

IceIX

Ben Grimm wrote:

Is the game in trouble? Doing this, knowing how upset people are going to get about, comes off like the game is about to go under or something.

This is utterly ridiculous.

We're aware that there will be blowback that we'll have to weather, but we have methods to our (supposed) madness. I assure you that our financials are absolutely not a concern at the moment.

Unknown

IceIX wrote:

Ben Grimm wrote:

Is the game in trouble? Doing this, knowing how upset people are going to get about, comes off like the game is about to go under or something.

This is utterly ridiculous.

We're aware that there will be blowback that we'll have to weather, but we have methods to our (supposed) madness. I assure you that our financials are absolutely not a concern at the moment.

Then I think, to make this up to the players, at least a bit, loosen up the reward structure. Top 50 get all 3 covers, top 150 get 2, top 300 get all three. It's a handful of extra covers; it won't unbalance the game a fraction as much as 3 new character PVEs in a row will.

TheVulture

IceIX wrote:

Ben Grimm wrote:

Is the game in trouble? Doing this, knowing how upset people are going to get about, comes off like the game is about to go under or something.

This is utterly ridiculous.

We're aware that there will be blowback that we'll have to weather, but we have methods to our (supposed) madness. I assure you that our financials are absolutely not a concern at the moment.

Mysterious! But appreciate all the dialogue you're giving.

Looks like a fast fun character - really glad the passive is a "when anyone" one, as it would be an intimidating number of matches for the player alone + anything that punishes those AI super-cascades!

Also: some intriguing cover allocations there; 4|5|4 is the optimum numerically, but if you're willing to trade a chunk of attack power you can maximize one secondary effect instead - much more interesting dilemma to build than most.

GrumpySmurf1002

IceIX wrote:

Update - Bit of a change and hence the removal of the dev note (see what I said about pre-release?): This character's abilities *will* now work with other Locked tiles, so Invisible Woman? Force Bubble away!

So umm....IW as is locks 8 tiles with 5 blue. Does this mean 4 of them instantly blow up if paired with this character?

Or does a blue match still have to trigger the detonation?

Or can we just assume that IW's change reduces the force bubbles to under 5?

Thanos

I know I'm in the minority when i say i like all the new character releases, the more the merrier. Looks like a fun casual character. Now if only Invisible Woman was worth using... If only....

scottee

Blue tile passive looks like a Rags buff. It's almost like they had this planned...