Patch Notes - R76 (05/18/15)

David [Hi-Fi] Moore
David [Hi-Fi] Moore Posts: 2,872 Site Admin
edited May 2015 in MPQ General Discussion
Good day everyone,

Let's take a look at what's in the R76 update.

R76 Patch Notes:

UI, Tweaks & Bug Fixes
- Reduced the size of game saves to prevent save corruption.
- Star-Lord’s Oldest Trick in the Book and Everyone With Me abilities now properly modify AP costs when used as a Team-Up.
- Team-ups properly activate Kamala Khan’s Bring out the Best and Professor X’s Psychic Convergence abilities.
- Teisatsu's “Turn to Smoke” ability now triggers after tiles are matched.
- Abilities without any eligible targets now give the correct error message.
- Fixed a bug where players were unable to select a mission in the tutorial.
- Fixed a Shield purchasing exploit.
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  • Cabol
    Cabol Posts: 184 Tile Toppler
    No hint about a new character? Oh my lord are we actually getting a break?!?
  • Arondite
    Arondite Posts: 1,188 Chairperson of the Boards
    What shield exploit?
  • CrookedKnight
    CrookedKnight Posts: 2,579 Chairperson of the Boards
    "David wrote:
    Moore"]Good day everyone,

    - Teisatsu's “Turn to Smoke” ability now triggers after tiles are matched.

    Better late than never! Now I'll actually be able to use cascades in those fights.
  • CaptainFreaky
    CaptainFreaky Posts: 451 Mover and Shaker
    CrookedKnight wrote:
    "David wrote:
    Moore"]Good day everyone,

    - Teisatsu's “Turn to Smoke” ability now triggers after tiles are matched.

    Better late than never! Now I'll actually be able to use cascades in those fights.

    Tell me about it. I had a cascade all planned to take out 2 of these guys but then the match damage took down the first guy but he created an attack tile out of nowhere that blocked my cascade from dropping into place. Super annoying. But now that I read it, I don't know if this change will effect the situation I had or not.
  • stochasticism
    stochasticism Posts: 1,181 Chairperson of the Boards
    Arondite wrote:
    What shield exploit?

    The one that they won't tell you about until it gets fixed by this patch.
  • Lidolas
    Lidolas Posts: 500
    stochasticism wrote:
    Arondite wrote:
    What shield exploit?

    The one that they won't tell you about until it gets fixed by this patch.

    It's actually a ploy to get forumites to spend extra hp on shields looking for an exploit that doesn't actually exist. CASH GRAB! icon_lol.gificon_e_biggrin.gificon_e_wink.gif
  • TLCstormz
    TLCstormz Posts: 1,668
    Speaking of ninjas......Is Caltrops SUPPOSED to still activate, when you kill the mother freaker? What a crock. lol
  • Lidolas
    Lidolas Posts: 500
    TLCstormz wrote:
    Speaking of ninjas......Is Caltrops SUPPOSED to still activate, when you kill the mother freaker? What a crock. lol

    I'd imagine stepping on a caltrop would be painful whether or not the person who dropped it on the floor is still alive. icon_e_smile.gif
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    TLCstormz wrote:
    Speaking of ninjas......Is Caltrops SUPPOSED to still activate, when you kill the mother freaker? What a crock. lol

    I don't like it, but I'm assuming it's a "dying gasp" sort of thing. Awesome when you drop him only to have him take out your character(s) anyway... icon_rolleyes.gificon_evil.gif

    DBC
  • DFiPL
    DFiPL Posts: 2,405 Chairperson of the Boards
    "David wrote:
    Moore"]- Teisatsu's “Turn to Smoke” ability now triggers after tiles are matched.

    I don't entirely understand what's meant here. Was there a situation where clicking a match that would do deadly damage was causing Turn to **** to proc before the damage? Is this an addition where Turn to **** now happens whenever you match tiles? Is this a change so that killing a Teisetsu with a special move doesn't proc Turn to ****?
  • metallion
    metallion Posts: 276 Mover and Shaker
    I think it's referring to preventing attack tiles from generating on tiles that were matched, such that only 2 tiles out of 3 were being destroyed.
  • mags1587
    mags1587 Posts: 1,020 Chairperson of the Boards
    metallion wrote:
    I think it's referring to preventing attack tiles from generating on tiles that were matched, such that only 2 tiles out of 3 were being destroyed.

    Yep, this is what happens. Make a match or use a board clearing ability to kill the goon and if you watch carefully, Turn to Smoke would sometimes trigger on a tile that had been destroyed, resurrecting the destroyed tile. I am so glad this is getting fixed.
  • Moon Roach
    Moon Roach Posts: 2,863 Chairperson of the Boards
    I'm not sure there isn't a hint about a new character.

    If you take the first letters of the words in the phrase "Let's take a look..." and treat them as an anagram, you get Lawful Pratt. Chris Pratt played Starlord, who we already have, so it's probably not that.

    There's also Tall Paw Turf. Someone tall, with paws, possibly linked to grass. Bova? No, she doesn't have paws. Sabretooth? Ooh this is tricky.

    There's something there, I know it.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    To be fair, I am pretty sure now that "Not all heroes need be human" was the reference to Vision, and that the "We aim to please with the next character" hasn't yet fired.

    Thus, new hint after next release.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    "David wrote:
    Moore"]Good day everyone,

    Let's take a look at what's in the R76 update.

    R76 Patch Notes:

    UI, Tweaks & Bug Fixes
    - Reduced the size of game saves to prevent save corruption.
    - Star-Lord’s Oldest Trick in the Book and Everyone With Me abilities now properly modify AP costs when used as a Team-Up.
    - Team-ups properly activate Kamala Khan’s Bring out the Best and Professor X’s Psychic Convergence abilities.
    - Teisatsu's “Turn to Smoke” ability now triggers after tiles are matched.
    - Abilities without any eligible targets now give the correct error message.
    - Fixed a bug where players were unable to select a mission in the tutorial.
    - Fixed a Shield purchasing exploit.

    When in the world will Demiurge deal with this problem, reported in October of 2014?

    viewtopic.php?f=9&t=17505
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    So apparently something in this update may have borked the tokens again. I have been saving a single token from every event (pve and pvp) for the last few months. All of the one-off 4* pvps (that I really wish they'd rerun), Ultron, etc.

    Now when I tab right I go from Heroic to Hulk, to DPdaily, Real Steel, stockpiled DPDaily, Gauntlet, DA Heroic, TaT, EotS, Made Man, ISO8 Bros, and then... nothing but Simulator tokens. Every single one has been converted into a simulator token. Either that or it's now bugged and won't scroll right anymore, even with 70+ (more than the tokens I had) taps.
  • hex706f726368
    hex706f726368 Posts: 421 Mover and Shaker
    j12601 wrote:
    So apparently something in this update may have borked the tokens again. I have been saving a single token from every event (pve and pvp) for the last few months. All of the one-off 4* pvps (that I really wish they'd rerun), Ultron, etc.

    Now when I tab right I go from Heroic to Hulk, to DPdaily, Real Steel, stockpiled DPDaily, Gauntlet, DA Heroic, TaT, EotS, Made Man, ISO8 Bros, and then... nothing but Simulator tokens. Every single one has been converted into a simulator token. Either that or it's now bugged and won't scroll right anymore, even with 70+ (more than the tokens I had) taps.

    Anyone else update and see this or not see this? If this behavior is consistent, I may be inclined to use up my stored tokens rather than deal with the hassle.

    What platform were you on j12601? IOS? Android? Steam?
  • Stranger Dan
    Stranger Dan Posts: 19 Just Dropped In
    Looks like this update also changed Bullseye's tile icon and the icon next to his power bar from arrows to an Ace of Spades. Probably because 3* Classic Bullseye won't be represented well by the arrow icon when he doesn't use a bow. How's that for a hint about new characters?
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    hex706f726368 wrote:
    j12601 wrote:
    So apparently something in this update may have borked the tokens again. I have been saving a single token from every event (pve and pvp) for the last few months. All of the one-off 4* pvps (that I really wish they'd rerun), Ultron, etc.

    Now when I tab right I go from Heroic to Hulk, to DPdaily, Real Steel, stockpiled DPDaily, Gauntlet, DA Heroic, TaT, EotS, Made Man, ISO8 Bros, and then... nothing but Simulator tokens. Every single one has been converted into a simulator token. Either that or it's now bugged and won't scroll right anymore, even with 70+ (more than the tokens I had) taps.

    Anyone else update and see this or not see this? If this behavior is consistent, I may be inclined to use up my stored tokens rather than deal with the hassle.

    What platform were you on j12601? IOS? Android? Steam?

    Android. Note 4 and a Galaxy Tab Pro.
  • jackstar0
    jackstar0 Posts: 1,280 Chairperson of the Boards
    I was apparently removed from my alliance... while I can still see myself in my alliance.

    I force quit and restarted just to see if it righted itself, but it's still the case.

    I will next reboot my phone... but on some level... this seems like a bug.


    Anyone else?


    EDIT: Phone reboot seems to have solved it. So there's that...

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