Update to Powered-Up Levels

_Ryu_
_Ryu_ Posts: 149
edited February 2016 in MPQ General Discussion
Dont understand this ingame pop-up:

"Starting today, heroes that are Powered-Up in events will be stronger at their starting levels. powered-Up heroes will remain the same strength at their highest levels."

Does this mean the championed 3* powered up nerf is corrected?

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  • madsalad
    madsalad Posts: 815 Critical Contributor
    I've been trying to figure out the same thing.
  • _M4ru_
    _M4ru_ Posts: 91 Match Maker
    According to : https://d3publisher.helpshift.com/a/marvel-puzzle-quest/?=undefined&s=news-updated-02-02-16&f=update-to-powered-up-levels-02-04-2016

    Update to Powered-Up Levels (Feb. 04, 2016)

    Starting today, heroes that are Powered-Up in events will be stronger at their starting levels. Powered-Up heroes will remain the same strength at their highest levels.


    New Hero Powered-Up:

    4-Star:

    Minimum: 145

    Maximum: 345

    Weekly Powered-Up:

    4-Star:

    Minimum: 140

    Maximum: 350

    3-Star:

    Minimum: 95

    Maximum: 240

    2-Star:

    Minimum: 51

    Maximum: 150

    1-Star:

    Minimum: 5

    Maximum: 68

    Story Powered-Up:

    4-Star:

    Minimum: 160

    Maximum: 360

    3-Star:

    Minimum: 134

    Maximum: 260

    2-Star:

    Minimum: 91

    Maximum: 170

    1-Star:

    Minimum: 5

    Maximum: 85

    Versus Powered-Up:

    4-Star:

    Minimum: 165

    Maximum: 375

    3-Star:

    Minimum: 145
    Maximum: 290
  • madsalad
    madsalad Posts: 815 Critical Contributor
    _M4ru_ wrote:
    According to : https://d3publisher.helpshift.com/a/marvel-puzzle-quest/?=undefined&s=news-updated-02-02-16&f=update-to-powered-up-levels-02-04-2016

    Update to Powered-Up Levels (Feb. 04, 2016)

    Starting today, heroes that are Powered-Up in events will be stronger at their starting levels. Powered-Up heroes will remain the same strength at their highest levels.

    Snip...

    Right, but this is like the barest minimum of information. How about an example or how this differs from what we've been experiencing over the past few weeks. Anything.
  • Pylgrim
    Pylgrim Posts: 2,332 Chairperson of the Boards
    madsalad wrote:
    _M4ru_ wrote:
    According to : https://d3publisher.helpshift.com/a/marvel-puzzle-quest/?=undefined&s=news-updated-02-02-16&f=update-to-powered-up-levels-02-04-2016

    Update to Powered-Up Levels (Feb. 04, 2016)

    Starting today, heroes that are Powered-Up in events will be stronger at their starting levels. Powered-Up heroes will remain the same strength at their highest levels.

    Snip...

    Right, but this is like the barest minimum of information. How about an example or how this differs from what we've been experiencing over the past few weeks. Anything.

    All the information is there. You just need to think about it. Example:

    3-Star:

    Minimum: 95

    Maximum: 240

    Means that now "powered up" 3*s with no levels (i.e. level 40) will be level 95 instead of 70, which was the previous value.

    Basically a measure so beginners can be a bit more competitive.
  • _Ryu_
    _Ryu_ Posts: 149
    Pylgrim wrote:
    madsalad wrote:
    _M4ru_ wrote:
    According to : https://d3publisher.helpshift.com/a/marvel-puzzle-quest/?=undefined&s=news-updated-02-02-16&f=update-to-powered-up-levels-02-04-2016

    Update to Powered-Up Levels (Feb. 04, 2016)

    Starting today, heroes that are Powered-Up in events will be stronger at their starting levels. Powered-Up heroes will remain the same strength at their highest levels.

    Snip...

    Right, but this is like the barest minimum of information. How about an example or how this differs from what we've been experiencing over the past few weeks. Anything.

    All the information is there. You just need to think about it. Example:

    3-Star:

    Minimum: 95

    Maximum: 240

    Means that now "powered up" 3*s with no levels (i.e. level 40) will be level 95 instead of 70, which was the previous value.

    Basically a measure so beginners can be a bit more competitive.

    So "stronger" & "strength" mean the lvl they gain when powered up, understand. Then it would be much more clear if this has been written like "Now the powered up starting lvl are higher and the max lvl stays the same"

    Thx for that info!
  • TheHueyFreeman
    TheHueyFreeman Posts: 472 Mover and Shaker
    I don't think that this accounts for champions. My Hulkbuster is level 277 and was boosted to 437 in the gauntlet
  • simonsez
    simonsez Posts: 4,663 Chairperson of the Boards
    _Ryu_ wrote:
    powered-Up heroes will remain the same strength at their highest levels.
    I don't see how they figure that, when my HB has 68k health in Gauntlet...
  • grunth13
    grunth13 Posts: 608 Critical Contributor
    Pylgrim wrote:
    madsalad wrote:
    _M4ru_ wrote:
    According to : https://d3publisher.helpshift.com/a/marvel-puzzle-quest/?=undefined&s=news-updated-02-02-16&f=update-to-powered-up-levels-02-04-2016

    Update to Powered-Up Levels (Feb. 04, 2016)

    Starting today, heroes that are Powered-Up in events will be stronger at their starting levels. Powered-Up heroes will remain the same strength at their highest levels.

    Snip...

    Right, but this is like the barest minimum of information. How about an example or how this differs from what we've been experiencing over the past few weeks. Anything.

    All the information is there. You just need to think about it. Example:

    3-Star:

    Minimum: 95

    Maximum: 240

    Means that now "powered up" 3*s with no levels (i.e. level 40) will be level 95 instead of 70, which was the previous value.

    Basically a measure so beginners can be a bit more competitive.


    I think this is to make it harder to cupcake.
  • puppychow
    puppychow Posts: 1,453
    grunth13 wrote:


    I think this is to make it harder to cupcake.

    Absolutely. But you can still toss in defenses w/ a cover or two plus loaner, and still cc just fine post power up update. icon_twisted.gif
  • grunth13
    grunth13 Posts: 608 Critical Contributor
    puppychow wrote:
    grunth13 wrote:


    I think this is to make it harder to cupcake.

    Absolutely. But you can still toss in defenses w/ a cover or two plus loaner, and still cc just fine post power up update. icon_twisted.gif


    True, but the loaner with 2 level 1's are now impossible because there aren't any teamups that can down the whole team anymore. Used to, you could bring in a JG purple or green and one shot the whole team. Now you have to bring semi useful characters.
  • Eddiemon
    Eddiemon Posts: 1,470 Chairperson of the Boards
    _Ryu_ wrote:

    So "stronger" & "strength" mean the lvl they gain when powered up, understand. Then it would be much more clear if this has been written like "Now the powered up starting lvl are higher and the max lvl stays the same"

    Thx for that info!

    That info was at the link in the announcement that you can click on. They have a one line headline and all the specifics when you click through.
  • Eddiemon
    Eddiemon Posts: 1,470 Chairperson of the Boards
    simonsez wrote:
    _Ryu_ wrote:
    powered-Up heroes will remain the same strength at their highest levels.
    I don't see how they figure that, when my HB has 68k health in Gauntlet...

    Because they are talking about character levels when they talk about strength, not about stats.

    Seriously, did like nobody follow the announcement link?

    The announcement is just a headline and the details are through the URL.
  • TxMoose
    TxMoose Posts: 4,319 Chairperson of the Boards
    grunth13 wrote:
    I think this is to make it harder to cupcake.
    not that much harder. the 4* releases were at level 100 anyway and those events had the same ccs as the others, the loaner just has a little more health. I think championing affected ccs more than anything else because the typical stormneto cc is now level 120-140 rather than 94, so I've been seeing a lot more level 70 4*s and 3*s around 100. also seen some jugs - if I'm high enough early enough, baking on a jugs team works well.

    for all the bakers out there - stop baking with obw, she can really screw up a hop icon_e_wink.gif
  • TLCstormz
    TLCstormz Posts: 1,668
    Wait.....so WHAT does this mean? lol
  • TheHueyFreeman
    TheHueyFreeman Posts: 472 Mover and Shaker
    Eddiemon wrote:
    simonsez wrote:
    _Ryu_ wrote:
    powered-Up heroes will remain the same strength at their highest levels.
    I don't see how they figure that, when my HB has 68k health in Gauntlet...

    Because they are talking about character levels when they talk about strength, not about stats.

    Seriously, did like nobody follow the announcement link?

    The announcement is just a headline and the details are through the URL.

    I looked at the link and I see nothing about levels reaching 400+
  • Der_Lex
    Der_Lex Posts: 1,035 Chairperson of the Boards
    I think what's mostly unclear is if champion levels are taken into account in the boost, are added after, or if the max is a hard cap regardless of how many champ levels a character has. Some clarification on that would be awesome.
  • scottee
    scottee Posts: 1,610 Chairperson of the Boards
    They just fixed HB mid-event. He was 465 on one node and 365 the next. Looks like someone carried an extra 1.
  • TheHueyFreeman
    TheHueyFreeman Posts: 472 Mover and Shaker
    It's astonishing how quickly they can work on bugs when it's in our favor.
  • Der_Lex
    Der_Lex Posts: 1,035 Chairperson of the Boards
    Yeah, funny how that works.

    Sadly, I wouldn't be surprised if scaling still takes the original boosts into account. I guess I'll be pleasantly surprised if it isn't.

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