Upcoming Patch Preview - R48 Discussion

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IceIX wrote:

donnbobhardy wrote:

Also, does stacking a boost mean that you can use (for example) 8 of the same boost while still using 3 different boosts? Or does it mean that you can use the same boost in all 3 slots?

Still three slots, still 3 different Boosts. Some Boosts will allow you to stack them on that slot though. So you could have say (in current Boost numbers terms), a +60% Red/Yellow damage 3x stacked slot, +6 Blue/Purple Starting AP slot, and a +100% H.A.M.M.E.R. damage slot.

EDIT: Whoops, was supposed to be +60% damage, not AP.

That...would explain why +3AP needs to become +1AP. People are forgetting to empty their stores since the prices put them out of "all day, every day" territory so you want the option in for them to use more at once? I know I've already gone past the stack limit on +3alls because I tend to forget they exist now they're out of sight and not spammable.

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Yeah my boosts sit and rto most of the time now too. Lol

MarvelMan

IceIX wrote:

MarvelMan wrote:

Looks to be a good, well thought out patch for MPQ. Only thing missing is an increased boost cap.

It's been discussed as a part of the ability to stack Boosts but may not make it in to R48 (or could be superfluous if Boost stacking means that stock is less prevalent anyway).

Thanks for the response/clarification!

I know that there are some that Ive never used so increasing the stack limit would help, but it just occurred to me what would be nice would be an auto sell back (at 50% cost) if you pass whatever limit is there. It irks me to see boosts show up as won while knowing it does nothing.

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I'm assuming with the new alliances that we can create and join.. I have a few questions..

1. are they open to join any alliance? Are they invite only? Is there a limit to how many times you can change? Can you join more than 1 alliance at a time?
2. are there going to be perks in being in an alliance? example: you gain an extra daily reward from the alliances shared stash
3. super epic alliances vs. pve? yes? yes? is that called ave then?
4. how do you determine who is the leader. will there be an interface to talk to your alliance?
5. can you attack other alliances?
6. can we have a clan room where we can buy goodies? like if collectively our alliance pulls in 3000 HP we can buy a couch that cuts rest time by 50%? or we can buy a popcorn ball machine that gives you +1 random ap per battle.

Looking forward to this alliance feature a ton. can't wait!

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Saint Matthew wrote:

I'm assuming with the new alliances that we can create and join.. I have a few questions..

1. are they open to join any alliance? Are they invite only? Is there a limit to how many times you can change? Can you join more than 1 alliance at a time?
2. are there going to be perks in being in an alliance? example: you gain an extra daily reward from the alliances shared stash
3. super epic alliances vs. pve? yes? yes? is that called ave then?
4. how do you determine who is the leader. will there be an interface to talk to your alliance?
5. can you attack other alliances?
6. can we have a clan room where we can buy goodies? like if collectively our alliance pulls in 3000 HP we can buy a couch that cuts rest time by 50%? or we can buy a popcorn ball machine that gives you +1 random ap per battle.

Looking forward to this alliance feature a ton. can't wait!

They aren't divulging much information about the alliances per IceIX a couple pages back, but my guess is likely AvA and AvE. Hopefully some juicy bonuses too. Nice idea about buying a couch though, lol.

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I just hope it doesnt turn into people with 3* and 4* rosters teaming up on 1* and 2* rosters or vice versa.

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I think this is a MAJOR step towards the better health of the game. Non-FB backups, respecs, confirmation prompts, all major quality of life things. There are only a few things left off the top of my head that I can suggest:

1) Abilities screen still allows interaction with the tile board. Fast-handed players often try to select an ability (often in haste during a LR), only to see NO MATCH pop up, or the details of a tile, or even worse - they make a match they can't see! Disable the board on touching an ability immediately, please! (I don't mean patch it right now, I mean make it so there isn't a split second of board interaction).
2) PvE events. They're pretty fun, I'm just wanting them to run all the time - the current simulator thing is an amazing idea, and I'm hoping it sticks around!
3) Matchmaking. I shouldn't be able to hammer some easy target that keeps showing up in my MMR island queue, and likewise I don't like getting hammered by the same player time and again. Maybe keep an index of your last 5 attacks within a given event, and don't allow those to show up? Also remove retaliations, they encourage slap-fights where people make far less progress.

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Is there limit to how many agents per alliance?

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Looking forward to this, should be interesting

DD-The-Mighty

With the cost increasing of fast AP ability characters and the minimising of AP boost stacking, is there any plans to re-evaluate the rapid AP building, low AP requiring, low countdown PVE characters?

IceIX

Team_Xtreme wrote:

Is there limit to how many agents per alliance?

Not final yet, and we can always build on things later. At the second, 20.

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Cool, keeping my Thor as-is instead of selling and rebuilding pays off!

Re-spec good. Bonuses good. Stackable boosts good (I think). Alliances intriguing.

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IceIX, is there going to be anything done regarding the mission rewards in the future. A couple of days ago, I had to redo one mission NINE times before I got anything other than 20 Iso. This was despite the fact I only had 1 reward out of the 4. That surely is too much.

MaxCavalera

Psykopathic wrote:

Now I really wish I hadn't sold my Thor. Lol

Oh well. All seems like good changes. So glad a respec system is finally coming. Get to work and let's get this update out!

Yeah would really like to have a max Thor with the this new format, not sure ill ever invest the iso into remaxing one even though i have started collecting covers again.

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Dumb question hence my name but what is this Repec thing? not sure i understand it. i gather you need all 13 powers, so if i have my 2* wolvie (85) what am i able to do with him? thanks

NorthernPolarity

TheUnwiseOne wrote:

Dumb question hence my name but what is this Repec thing? not sure i understand it. i gather you need all 13 powers, so if i have my 2* wolvie what am i able to do with him? thanks

If your Wolvie is 5/5/3, and you get another yellow cover, respec lets you replace a red/green cover with the new yellow cover that you just got. So you can change your wolvie from 5/5/3 to 4/5/4 or 5/4/4 with that new cover.

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NorthernPolarity wrote:

TheUnwiseOne wrote:

Dumb question hence my name but what is this Repec thing? not sure i understand it. i gather you need all 13 powers, so if i have my 2* wolvie what am i able to do with him? thanks

If your Wolvie is 5/5/3, and you get another yellow cover, respec lets you replace a red/green cover with the new yellow cover that you just got. So you can change your wolvie from 5/5/3 to 4/5/4 or 5/4/4 with that new cover.

Thank you Np, understand better

MaxCavalera

DaveyPitch wrote:

IceIX wrote:

donnbobhardy wrote:

Also, does stacking a boost mean that you can use (for example) 8 of the same boost while still using 3 different boosts? Or does it mean that you can use the same boost in all 3 slots?

Still three slots, still 3 different Boosts. Some Boosts will allow you to stack them on that slot though. So you could have say (in current Boost numbers terms), a +60% Red/Yellow AP 3x stacked slot, +6 Blue/Purple Starting AP slot, and a +100% H.A.M.M.E.R. damage slot.

That sounds interesting. I'm hopeful the retired boosts won't be the best ones, and if they are replaced it won't be in such a way as to claw back some of the extra ISO we can now gain.

This sounds a bit confusing but sounds like you can stack up even more boost to win one specific battle which seems like a step in the wrong direction but i guess its just cost prohibitive to do it regularly. As it is I hardly buy the new boost now that the price has doubled.

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Mmm...generally not a fan of alliances/teams/guilds/whatever as it skews the gameplay too far towards team play which requires more time and effort. Also not great in a game without any in game.chatboxes of anykind. Since it does nothing atm I am.all for it! Lol... As long as it doesn't affect the single player content at all..I am fine with that. I am just afraid either entire single player events will be hurt or removed to make way for team content or single player rewards will be nerfed to "allow" team rewards to be given. Neither being something I am a fan of.

The other updates sound nice though. That respec is nice to finally come. I dint knjw what boosts cannot be bought, but as long as its not the +colors it doesn't really matter.

Sneaking in there is a great update too...backing up saves to google+! Yay. Now...can we get google plus rewards too? Lol. I really want to send all my business contacts 500 ISO rewards lol.

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soenottelling wrote:

Mmm...generally not a fan of alliances/teams/guilds/whatever as it skews the gameplay too far towards team play which requires more time and effort. Also not great in a game without any in game.chatboxes of anykind. Since it does nothing atm I am.all for it! Lol... As long as it doesn't affect the single player content at all..I am fine with that. I am just afraid either entire single player events will be hurt or removed to make way for team content or single player rewards will be nerfed to "allow" team rewards to be given. Neither being something I am a fan of.

The other updates sound nice though. That respec is nice to finally come. I dint knjw what boosts cannot be bought, but as long as its not the +colors it doesn't really matter.

Sneaking in there is a great update too...backing up saves to google+! Yay. Now...can we get google plus rewards too? Lol. I really want to send all my business contacts 500 ISO rewards lol.

You are sending 500 iso?! I have only been able to send 70, 140 and 250. Plus standard tokens and boosts.