Duck Season Details *Updated (04/11/16)

pabasa130

So looks like Webbed Wonder will be a normal competitive PVE with placement rewards (unlike Growth Industries). Also based on the first post it seems like Howard the Duck will be a one time reward in one of the nodes during the event, I presume very much like The Hulk giving out one Hulk cover and Prodigal Sun giving out one Sentry cover.

It really doesn't feel like HtD is a joke character (like Devil Dino), and feels like a normal 4* character release except for the one guaranteed cover. Oh and he's never going to appear on any packs after his events.

One glimmer of hope that I can see is that there is a distinct possibility that Webbed Wonder will come into rotation of normal story events eventually, so there's a chance of getting a guaranteed HtD cover, oh, once every 3 months? Hopefully they'd rotate that cover (I'm optimistic the first is purple at least, to make his 4*DDQ possible), but eh, who am I kidding.

udonomefoo

Starsaber wrote:

And it's official that there isn't a true PVE way to earn Howard other than a 1/300 chance in the DDQ vault. Webbed Wonder is a usual Grind PVP event rather than a real PVE like Growth Industries.

Nah. He's probably a node reward for the final node.

DrStrange-616

Starsaber wrote:

And it's official that there isn't a true PVE way to earn Howard other than a 1/300 chance in the DDQ vault. Webbed Wonder is a usual Grind PVP event rather than a real PVE like Growth Industries.

I'm so bummed that it's the sucky regular old kind of PvE and not like GI, which would have been a v welcome change. My guess is that he's a node reward like Hulk that you unlock along the way. If you care enough to play that far in.

eta: sniped by several people.

My interest in Howard declines with each event. Why on earth wouldn't they do a GI-like event for him? We love it and they keep feeding us the same old same old. It's a puzzlement.

GameDemonKing

I caught this but apparently the reward for Howard the Duck isn't present aside from the 54,000 reward which gives you 25 CP. was the 54,000 points supposed to be the cover or will that be fixed ASAP

RoboDuck

GameDemonKing wrote:

I caught this but apparently the reward for Howard the Duck isn't present aside from the 54,000 reward which gives you 25 CP. was the 54,000 points supposed to be the cover or will that be fixed ASAP

He's probably a 1 time node reward.

wymtime

For everyone who wants a growth industry like event look at it this way. There will be a free Howard in the final node, a new story content, more ISO/HP/CP to be earned.
I do want more growth industry events that are straight progression, but they have very little replay value. At least this one will have more replay value and will be more likely to be run again in the future. Also we might get to take on oppoents not named Ares, Jugernaught, Moonstone, and bullseye for a change

RoboDuck

For a limited time character they sure are oddly stingy with the covers. How is anyone going to make Howard useable? I'll end up with 2 pink from The Hunt & 1 (hopefully not pink) from Webbed Wonder. If the PvP cover is at 1000, won't get that. Hell unless his vault has like 20 covers, I'm not sure how even the super whales will make him useable.

Linkster79

wymtime wrote:

Also we might get to take on oppoents not named Ares, Jugernaught, Moonstone, and bullseye for a change

Looking forwards to an event filled with Daken, Venom and Yelena instead. Really, really glad that last year they decided to not use the Dark Reign arc any longer.

CNash

It's puzzling that Demiurge seem to be so committed to the "competitive PVE" model. They've had at least two multi-page topics with tons of feedback all saying the same thing: "Competitive PVE is killing PVE". They refuse to believe us.

Ah well, at least we don't have to grind for placement to get our Howard cover. Anyone wanting a Rulk or two might want to, but I think I'll just hit the top progression for CP, grab my Howard cover and run.

amusingfoo1

I had thought that Webbed Wonder was going to be a Growth Industry-style event. Now I see it isn't, and I guess that means that the cover comes just like in Hulk and Prodigal Sun.

Quebbster

Webbed Wonder being a regular PvE means they might rerun it now and then. The game's a bit short on three-day events - it's just the Heroics, the Simulator and Hearts of Darkness I believe.

Esheris

Going to stay optimistic about Webbed Wonder, since it's a regular event maybe we will see it every few months so we can get a free cover of Howard each time his event appears plus maybe getting lucky with a vault/token pull. Bonus points if the Dev team switchs the cover color each time we do the event (assuming this is where that free cover comes from).

wymtime

CNash wrote:

It's puzzling that Demiurge seem to be so committed to the "competitive PVE" model. They've had at least two multi-page topics with tons of feedback all saying the same thing: "Competitive PVE is killing PVE". They refuse to believe us.

Ah well, at least we don't have to grind for placement to get our Howard cover. Anyone wanting a Rulk or two might want to, but I think I'll just hit the top progression for CP, grab my Howard cover and run.

Here is the issue with gauntlet, and growth industry events from a developers point of view. Too many players earn the top progression prize on the first day then don't play it again. By having a placement reward it gets players to play more often. The more players play the more addicted to the game they are.
I play regular PVE for the 25 CP so this story with a Howard at the final node is fine by me. I will get 25 CP, a new Howard cover, and a lot of ISO and HP. I could care less about the placement rewards the progression is all I ever go for in non new character PVE.

Pwuz_

Fratriarch wrote:

Pwuz_ wrote:

Who said that DDQ cycle will be the Sweet Taco rotation?

Considering all the other April Fools "jokes" the devs are playing on us, it'll be a brand new Spicy Taco cycle starting in a few days...

Why stop there? A joke season is the perfect time to release the third flavour taco vault: Salty

Salty would be the 4th flavor of Taco Token. Sweet, Savory, and Spicy being the 3rd.

Besides, who wants to eat a salty taco? It sounds like some sick euphemism, like a fish taco or a Dutch Oven.

killerkoala

was hoping webbed wonder would have been like growth industry and each day we got a different color cover for howard the duck. but oh well.

TLCstormz

He meant SALTY, as in "omg, this company and their ridiculous / underhanded shenanigans keep me SALTY."

wymtime

aesthetocyst wrote:

wymtime wrote:

I play regular PVE for the 25 CP so this story with a Howard at the final node is fine by me. I will get 25 CP, a new Howard cover, and a lot of ISO and HP. I could care less about the placement rewards the progression is all I ever go for in non new character PVE.

... and if it's an invisible one-time node on the last sub, that only appears once all node rewards are pried out?

No it will go back to a scrolling bar where the community has to hit a certain score before it unlocks. We won't know what that magic number is it will just be a scrolling bar on top of the screen that gets stuck at 99%

TheWerebison

Just like to post something to keep driving home a point that people are making, and have been making for a long time.

I want Howard. Badly. I'm grinding like I've never grinded...ground...whatever before. I'm using my vast amount of accumulated Deadpool points near the end of the subs to make getting them easier. And still, with all the effort I'm putting in, and all the resources I'm using (hopefully not wasting), still I may not even get one cover.

Please. Dear god please, remove the placement aspect. I'm tiring myself out, for one of the few rewards I've really wanted, and realizing that even with increased effort, I may not get anything out of it. It's not fun. And for many, it's not rewarding.

Anyway. Just wanted to rant. I was rank 68 at end of sub 1. I'm rank 99 at end of sub 2. Just dropped $20 in preparation for Howard, which I realize is a drop in the bucket for the devs, but is rather valuable for me. It's just not fun.

*sigh*

Lemminkäinen

TheWerebison wrote:

Just like to post something to keep driving home a point that people are making, and have been making for a long time.

I want Howard. Badly. I'm grinding like I've never grinded...ground...whatever before. I'm using my vast amount of accumulated Deadpool points near the end of the subs to make getting them easier. And still, with all the effort I'm putting in, and all the resources I'm using (hopefully not wasting), still I may not even get one cover.

Please. Dear god please, remove the placement aspect. I'm tiring myself out, for one of the few rewards I've really wanted, and realizing that even with increased effort, I may not get anything out of it. It's not fun. And for many, it's not rewarding.

Anyway. Just wanted to rant. I was rank 68 at end of sub 1. I'm rank 99 at end of sub 2. Just dropped $20 in preparation for Howard, which I realize is a drop in the bucket for the devs, but is rather valuable for me. It's just not fun.

*sigh*

Are you getting to the 25CP reward? Because I'm pretty sure that getting the final progression reward will mean that you will be top 100 so it doesn't really matter if they had put Howard as the final progress as opposed to T100 placement.

Linkster79

I have earned/bought 10 Hunt tokens and got 10 2* characters. GG D3, you trolled me good by hyping this character. I have 12 taco tokens so maybe those will favour me instead.