MPQ At Marvel.com: Ghost Rider Incoming!

David [Hi-Fi] Moore
David [Hi-Fi] Moore Posts: 2,872 Site Admin
edited November 2015 in MPQ General Discussion
MPQ fans,

A long awaited and much-requested character is finally making his arrival in Marvel Puzzle Quest. Ladies and Gentlemen, put your hands together for the hellfire hero himself, Ghost Rider!

Put the pedal to the metal and speed over to Marvel.com right now for the insider goods on Johnny Blaze in a chat with MPQ producer, Joe Fletcher. Fiery preview screenshots & power peeks are on offer.

You can READ IT HERE.

PIECING TOGETHER MARVEL PUZZLE QUEST: GHOST RIDER
Quote:
"Marvel.com: Do I see our newest 4-Star hero cresting the horizon, flaming skull and all? Why have you guys decided to rope Johnny Blaze into ‘Puzzle Quest”?

Joe Fletcher: A couple of reasons, really. The first is that he’s one of our top requested characters, not to mention one that we’ve wanted in-game internally for a while now. So getting to slot Johnny Blaze into our releases and unleashing his vengeance on the “Marvel Puzzle Quest” world just feels awesome. There’s also that having Johnny Blaze around lets us tell some great stories, especially with some of the more conflicted characters out there like Wolverine or Daredevil."
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  • notamutant
    notamutant Posts: 855 Critical Contributor
    Looking forward to more details on skills damage. If his black (Penance Stare) has no limit, it could be a crazy good skill that can save a near dead team from defeat. Although it will be kind of the type of skill you would want to avoid needing. I have a feeling it would be more useful in PvE and on defense in PvP than on offense. I wonder if it will be a one hit kill potentially.
  • CrookedKnight
    CrookedKnight Posts: 2,579 Chairperson of the Boards
    When you say GR comes "out of the gate" on Thanksgiving, does that mean he'll be awarded in the event starting that day (i.e. Hearts of Darkness) or ending that day (so we can use him in Hearts of Darkness)?
  • woopie
    woopie Posts: 311 Mover and Shaker
    Glad to see GR being added, but what's with the obsession with releasing over (US) holiday weekends?
  • rossmon
    rossmon Posts: 130 Tile Toppler
    notamutant wrote:
    Looking forward to more details on skills damage. If his black (Penance Stare) has no limit, it could be a crazy good skill that can save a near dead team from defeat. Although it will be kind of the type of skill you would want to avoid needing. I have a feeling it would be more useful in PvE and on defense in PvP than on offense. I wonder if it will be a one hit kill potentially.

    Imagine using R&G to tank a lot of damage, and then using it!
  • slidecage
    slidecage Posts: 3,521 Chairperson of the Boards
    woopie wrote:
    Glad to see GR being added, but what's with the obsession with releasing over (US) holiday weekends?

    hello first event i skip probally. Eat thursday shop friday... I say 75%+ of the brackets will be late starters.
  • Daiches
    Daiches Posts: 1,252 Chairperson of the Boards
    Can we please just have one new character release NOT be on a weekend, especially a holiday weekend (for those applicable)?
    Is that really too much to ask?
  • OneLastGambit
    OneLastGambit Posts: 1,963 Chairperson of the Boards
    GR with KK and Hulk might make a good team. Hulk tanks all damage, is healed by KK continuously then fire penance stare for a one shot. This combo essentially makes Penance stare a one shot against any character in the game.
  • rbdragon
    rbdragon Posts: 479 Mover and Shaker
    Thank you for finally adding my all time favorite character! I'll be going real hard in this PVE....new favorite character and new event? Woot!
  • puppychow
    puppychow Posts: 1,453
    Event starts on Thxgiving? I called it! icon_twisted.gif That being said, I could be see a max GR w/ 5 bk being a pain in the **** in pvp land. Imagine facing him as an opponent. icon_twisted.gif
  • simonsez
    simonsez Posts: 4,663 Chairperson of the Boards
    OneLastGambit wrote:
    GR with KK and Hulk might make a good team. Hulk tanks all damage, is healed by KK continuously then fire penance stare for a one shot. This combo essentially makes Penance stare a one shot against any character in the game.
    Has anyone confirmed that this ability works off gross damage and not net damage?
  • Linkster79
    Linkster79 Posts: 1,037 Chairperson of the Boards
    I will place a good wager that the servers crash.

    1. New character release.
    2. First new story mode in nearly a year.
    3. Being held during a sham holiday.

    All of those will lead to a perfect storm of a 4 day unplayable event.


    On a side note with all these low AP high damage output moves that seem the norm isn't it about time you showed Iron Man Model 40 some "fun balancing" love?
  • stochasticism
    stochasticism Posts: 1,181 Chairperson of the Boards
    How long an event is Hearts of Darkness. 3, 4, or 7 days?
  • OneLastGambit
    OneLastGambit Posts: 1,963 Chairperson of the Boards
    simonsez wrote:
    OneLastGambit wrote:
    GR with KK and Hulk might make a good team. Hulk tanks all damage, is healed by KK continuously then fire penance stare for a one shot. This combo essentially makes Penance stare a one shot against any character in the game.
    Has anyone confirmed that this ability works off gross damage and not net damage?

    Hmm it's not been mentioned but that's a good catch. Also if my set up is viable then I may have managed to get GR a nerf before he's even released...doh!
  • fmftint
    fmftint Posts: 3,653 Chairperson of the Boards
    it’ll deal bonus damage if the enemy team has more Villains than Heroes. If you’re a bad guy, you're going to have a bad time


    Are we going to get a comprehensive list of heroes/villains?
  • Gowaderacer
    Gowaderacer Posts: 310 Mover and Shaker
    fmftint wrote:
    it’ll deal bonus damage if the enemy team has more Villains than Heroes. If you’re a bad guy, you're going to have a bad time


    Are we going to get a comprehensive list of heroes/villains?

    Definitely need this. Some characters could fit in either category such as Red Hulk.
  • TazFTW
    TazFTW Posts: 695 Critical Contributor
    Oh, goody. A story involving Wolverine.
  • IceIX
    IceIX ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 4,328 Site Admin
    Quick list of Heroes/Villains
    Villains: Ares (DA), Black Widow (Original), Bullseye (Classic), Bullseye (DA), Carnage (Cletus Kasady), Daken (Classic), Daken (DA), Doctor Doom (Classic), Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius), Juggernaut (Classic), Kingpin (Wilson Fisk), Loki (Dark Reign), Magneto (Classic), Moonstone (DA), Mystique (Raven Darkholme), Ragnarok (DA), Red Hulk (Thunderbolt Ross), Sentry (DA), The Hood (Classic), Venom (DA), Yelena Belova (DA)
    Heroes: Everyone else
  • IceIX
    IceIX ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 4,328 Site Admin
    TazFTW wrote:
    Oh, goody. A story involving Wolverine.
    Our next story after this will *not* involve Wolverine. Not sure it even involves any X-Men, come to think of it...
  • slidecage
    slidecage Posts: 3,521 Chairperson of the Boards
    IceIX wrote:
    TazFTW wrote:
    Oh, goody. A story involving Wolverine.
    Our next story after this will *not* involve Wolverine. Not sure it even involves any X-Men, come to think of it...

    any new info on when the new gameplay will come
  • IceIX
    IceIX ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 4,328 Site Admin
    slidecage wrote:
    IceIX wrote:
    TazFTW wrote:
    Oh, goody. A story involving Wolverine.
    Our next story after this will *not* involve Wolverine. Not sure it even involves any X-Men, come to think of it...

    any new info on when the new gameplay will come
    As in the next new feature past Command Points? Possibly December, more likely January due to that whole Thanksgiving/holiday break thing really messing with dev timings. It's a biggie, so we want to make sure we have adequate test time on it before release.

    Next new story past Hearts of Darkness? We'll be announcing that soon. Not too long after this one.

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