PVE: Strange Sights (2016-11-03 to 2016-11-07)

rainkingucd

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Placeholder. Stay tuned for more details to come. Starting the thread now to kick off discussion, speculation, and any spoiler filled film related conversations the non-US forumites might have

PVE: Strange Sights (2016-11-03 to 2016-11-07)

Event Info:

More to come as the event unfolds. For now, see the Announcement Thread for more details & speculation.

This Event Essentials:

Sam Alexander
Classic
Classic

New Characters:
Modern
Stephen Strange

This Week:

Thunderbolt Ross
Miles Morales Spider-Man
Unkillable
Totally Awesome


Hero For Hire
Ms. Marvel
Classic
T'Challa
Sam Wilson Falcon


Johnny Storm
Dark Avengers


Dark Avengers
Modern

Level 8

Single Player Rewards

1: 5000 , 150 , , ,
2-5: 4500 , 150 , , & Previous Rank Rewards,
6-10: 4500 , 150 , , , & Previous Rank Rewards
11-20: 4000 , 100 , , ,
21-50: 3500 , 100 , , ,
51-100: 3500 , 100 , , ,
101-200: 3000 , 100 , , ,
201-300: 2750 , 100 , , ,
301-400: 2500 , , 3 x Token Elite, ,
401-500: 2250 , , 2 x Token Elite, ,
501-600: 2000 , , 3 x , ,
601-800: 1750 , , 2 x , ,
801-1000: 1500 , , , ,

Progression Rewards:

100: 400
500: +3 Stockpile
1000: 400
3000:
4500: 400
6500: 600
8000:
10000: 5
11500:
13500: 750
15000:
17000: 5
18500: 50
20500: 750
22000: 100
24000: 1000
26000:
36000:
42000: 1250
50000: 15

Alliance Rewards:

1-2: 4000 , 175 , ,
3-10: 3500 , 175 , ,
11-25: 3000 , 150 , ,
26-50: 2750 , 100 , ,
51-100: 2500 , 100 , ,
101-250: 2500 , 50 , ,
251-500: 2250 , 50 , ,
501-100: 2250 , , ,
1001-10000: 1500 , , ,

Level 7

Single Player Rewards

1: 4500 , 150 , , & Previous Rank Rewards,
2-5: 4000 , 150 , , & Previous Rank Rewards,
6-10: 4000 , 100 , , & Previous Rank Rewards,
11-20: 3500 , 100 , , ,
21-50: 3500 , 100 , , ,
51-100: 3000 , 50 , 3 x Token Elite, ,
101-200: 2750 , 50 , 3 x Token Elite, ,
201-300: 2500 , 50 , 2 x Token Elite, ,
301-400: 2250 , , 2 x Token Elite, ,
401-500: 2000 , , Token Elite, ,
501-600: 1750 , , 3 x , ,
601-800: 1500 , , 2 x , ,
801-1000: 1250 , , , ,

Progression Rewards:

100: 400
500: +3 Stockpile
1000: 400
3000:
4500: 400
6500: 600
8000:
10000: 5
11500:
13500: 600
15000:
17000: 5
18500: 50
20500: 750
22000: 50
24000: 1000
26000:
36000:
42000: 1000
50000: 15

Alliance Rewards:

1-2: 3500 , 150 , ,
3-10: 2750 , 150 , ,
11-25: 2500 , 100 , ,
26-50: 2000 , 100 , ,
51-100: 1750 , 50 , ,
101-250: 1250 , 50 , ,
251-500: 1000 , 25 , ,
501-100: 750 , , ,
1001-10000: 700 , , ,

Level 6

Single Player Rewards

1: 4000 , 100 , , & Previous Rank Rewards,
2-5: 3500 , 100 , , ,
6-10: 3250 , 100 , , ,
11-20: 3000 , 100 , , ,
21-50: 2500 , 100 , 3 x Token Elite, ,
51-100: 2000 , 50 , 3 x Token Elite, ,
101-200: 1750 , 50 , 2 x Token Elite, ,
201-300: 1500 , 25 , 2 x Token Elite, ,
301-400: 1250 , , 2 x Token Elite, ,
401-500: 1000 , , 3 x , ,
501-600: 750 , , 2 x , ,
601-800: 600 , , , ,
801-1000: 500 , , , ,

Progression Rewards:

100: 400
500: +3 Stockpile
1000: 400
3000:
4500:
6500: 500
8000:
10000: 5
11500:
13500: 500
15000: Token Elite
17000: 5
18500: 50
20500: 750
22000: 50
24000: 750
26000:
36000:
42000: 1000
50000: 15

Alliance Rewards:

1-2: 3000 , 150 , ,
3-10: 2250 , 100 , ,
11-25: 2000 , 100 , ,
26-50: 1500 , 100 , ,
51-100: 1250 , 50 , 2 x Token Elite,
101-250: 1000 , 50 , ,
251-500: 750 , 25 , ,
501-100: 700 , , ,
1001-10000: 600 , , ,

Level 5

Single Player Rewards

1: 3500 , 100 , , ,
2-5: 3250 , 100 , , ,
6-10: 3000 , 100 , , ,
11-20: 2750 , 50 , 3 x Token Elite, ,
21-50: 2500 , 50 , 2 x Token Elite, ,
51-100: 2000 , 25 , 2 x Token Elite, ,
101-200: 1750 , 25 , 2 x Token Elite, ,
201-300: 1500 , 25 , 2 x Token Elite, ,
301-400: 1250 , , 3 x , ,
401-500: 1000 , , 3 x , ,
501-600: 750 , , 2 x , ,
601-800: 600 , , , ,
801-1000: 500 , , , ,

Progression Rewards:

100: Rainbow Damage Boost
500: 400
1000: +3 Stockpile
3000:
4500:
6500: 500
8000:
10000: 5
11500:
13500: 500
15000: Token Elite
17000: 5
18500: 50
20500: 500
22000: 25
24000: 500
26000:
36000:
42000: 500
50000: 15

Alliance Rewards:

1-2: 2500 , 50 , ,
3-10: 1750 , 50 , ,
11-25: 1500 , 50 , ,
26-50: 1000 , 50 , 2 x Token Elite,
51-100: 750 , 50 , 2 x Token Elite,
101-250: 750 , 25 , ,
251-500: 600 , 25 , ,
501-100: 600 , , ,
1001-10000: 500 , , ,

Level 4

Single Player Rewards

1: 3000 , 50 , , & Previous Rank Rewards,
2-5: 2750 , 50 , , & Previous Rank Rewards,
6-10: 2750 , 50 , , & Previous Rank Rewards,
11-20: 2500 , 25 , , ,
21-50: 2250 , 25 , , ,
51-100: 2000 , 25 , , ,
101-200: 1500 , 10 , 3 x , ,
201-300: 1250 , 10 , 2 x , ,
301-400: 1000 , , 2 x , ,
401-500: 800 , , 2 x , ,
501-600: 750 , , 2 x , ,
601-800: 600 , , , ,
801-1000: 400 , , , ,

Progression Rewards:

100: Rainbow Damage Boost
500: 300
1000: +3 Stockpile
3000:
4500:
6500: 300
8000:
10000: 2
11500:
13500: 400
15000:
17000: 5
18500: 50
20500: 400
22000: 25
24000: 400
26000:
36000:
42000: 400
50000: 10

Alliance Rewards:

1-2: 2000 , 25 , ,
3-10: 1250 , 25 , ,
11-25: 1000 , 25 ,

Moon Roach

I liked the film, not as much as Civil War, but it's one of the better ones.

I suggest that you stick around for the 2 post-credit scenes.

rainkingucd

Moon Roach wrote:

I liked the film, not as much as Civil War, but it's one of the better ones.

I suggest that you stick around for the 2 post-credit scenes.

Yeah, I'm of the same mindset. Definitely entertaining, definitely fun. I wouldn't put it as high as CW, WS, or GotG. Better than AoU definitely.

d3guser

I am confused by this statements in the announcement section.

Kaecillius is impervious to damage and will require special tactics to overtake him.

Do someone have an explanation???
Will it be like IM yellow where countdown gets removed to compensate for damage when attacked.

Poodlec

anishwatman wrote:

I am confused by this statements in the announcement section.

Kaecillius is impervious to damage and will require special tactics to overtake him.

Do someone have an explanation???
Will it be like IM yellow where countdown gets removed to compensate for damage when attacked.

Maybe there will be special tiles on the board you need to match for the win. And i do hope that it won't be "get 30 AP of each color to shoot the rainbow of friendship for the win" scenario.

Rick_OShay

Do we know if it will benefit the alliance if all members choose the same path?
Maybe this event is all individual rewards/placement?

Hulkamania

Will Nova, Spidey and Storm be the required characters? Don't have Nova

stochasticism

Hulkamania wrote:

Will Nova, Spidey and Storm be the required characters? Don't have Nova

Yes.

elusive

Okay, the boss for this is ridiculously unfair and, at least from my experiences so far, the event itself is a slog and the enemies take forever to kill, not to mention that they're dropping 2-4 countdowns every turn on you. I don't know if it's been posted elsewhere, but this is what Kaecilius's powers are:

Unless I'm missing something, you need him to match purple enough to where he can lay down a countdown and two strikes, then you have to let it run out if you want more strikes to match, and then you need to actually be able to match those away to do a piddling amount of damage for each one. During this entire time, he's whacking you for match damage and as you can see, as soon as he gets enough black, you're basically toast. Am I doing something wrong here?

Reecoh

elusive wrote:

Okay, the boss for this is ridiculously unfair and, at least from my experiences so far, the event itself is a slog and the enemies take forever to kill, not to mention that they're dropping 2-4 countdowns every turn on you. I don't know if it's been posted elsewhere, but this is what Kaecilius's powers are:

Thanks for posting this.

Does he take the 4k damage for each strike tile matched, or is it just 4k regardless of how many strike tiles are matched in the group? The description makes it seem like the latter, which would doubly suck.

Edit: First thought seems like you'd need powers like Quicksilver's swap tiles to best manipulate those matches, and a lot of shields.

elusive

Reecoh wrote:

elusive wrote:

Okay, the boss for this is ridiculously unfair and, at least from my experiences so far, the event itself is a slog and the enemies take forever to kill, not to mention that they're dropping 2-4 countdowns every turn on you. I don't know if it's been posted elsewhere, but this is what Kaecilius's powers are:

Thanks for posting this.

Does he take the 4k damage for each strike tile matched, or is it just 4k regardless of how many strike tiles are matched in the group? The description makes it seem like the latter, which would doubly suck.

I honestly don't know, because I was only ever lucky enough to match one strike tile before he murdered me. I don't know whether to laugh or be flattered that you think I'd be lucky/skilled enough to last long enough to get a match with two strikes in it.

Starsaber

What about powers that make enemy strike tiles like Hypersonic Punch or Double-Double Cross? Does he take damage when those strike tiles are destroyed?

Punisher5784

So basically you need to bring characters that give the enemy strike tiles.

Characters that I know give the enemy strike tiles:
Captain Marvel
Wolverine (Patch)
Elektra

Is there any others? Is he immune to stun? Captain Marvel with Ironfist and Starlord could do wonders even if she only gives 1 strike tile and bring an Elektra purple T/U. Do you have to match the strike tiles? Patch and JG could also work well.

Edit: Nevermind, of course he is immune to stun and you have to match his strike tiles......... ahhhhhhhhh

elusive

Punisher5784 wrote:

So basically you need to bring characters that give the enemy strike tiles.

Characters that I know give the enemy strike tiles:
Captain Marvel
Wolverine (Patch)
Elektra

Is there any others? Is he immune to stun? Captain Marvel with Ironfist and Starlord could do wonders even if she only gives 1 strike tile and bring an Elektra purple T/U. Do you have to match the strike tiles, Patch and JG could also work well.

I posted his powers and his blue clearly states he can't be stunned or sent airborne, so you're out of luck there. I've been testing things out and he doesn't take damage if he matches his tiles, either, though the description would lead you to think that wouldn't work, anyway.

veny

Punisher5784 wrote:

So basically you need to bring characters that give the enemy strike tiles.

Characters that I know give the enemy strike tiles:
Captain Marvel
Wolverine (Patch)
Elektra

Is there any others? Is he immune to stun? Captain Marvel with Ironfist and Starlord could do wonders even if she only gives 1 strike tile and bring an Elektra purple T/U. Do you have to match the strike tiles, Patch and JG could also work well.

So, combo 3* Hulk + 3* Wolverine could be the best. Wolverine creates enemy strike tiles, Hulks passive creates tons of greens that destroys created strike tiles... i go try

elusive

Okay, a couple of things I've noticed after testing a little more:

- Strike tiles generated by friendly powers like Patch's Berserker Rage will do damage to him if you match them.
- Making a match with multiple enemy strike tiles will only do the same amount of damage as if you matched one (e.g. I only did 4173 even when I matched two).
- Friendly strike tiles don't add any extra damage to the amount you do to him when you match one of his strikes.

I still don't see a good way to defeat him, though, seeing as he does a ton of damage to me even with simple match 3s once he has strikes out.

ZootSax

veny wrote:

So, combo 3* Hulk + 3* Wolverine could be the best. Wolverine creates enemy strike tiles, Hulks passive creates tons of greens that destroys created strike tiles... i go try

You might be better off with Patch & Scarlet Witch. Patch's strike tiles are green for you and purple for your opponent. It doesn't seem like matching your own tiles would do anything unless I'm missing something. I guess I'll see in a few hours when my slice starts...

elusive

ZootSax wrote:

veny wrote:

So, combo 3* Hulk + 3* Wolverine could be the best. Wolverine creates enemy strike tiles, Hulks passive creates tons of greens that destroys created strike tiles... i go try

You might be better off with Patch & Scarlet Witch. Patch's strike tiles are green for you and purple for your opponent. It doesn't seem like matching your own tiles would do anything unless I'm missing something. I guess I'll see in a few hours when my slice starts...

That's actually not a bad idea, but I somehow managed to get really lucky and beat him with Patch/Hulk/Luke Cage:

I was using Luke in a feeble attempt to mitigate some of the match damage, though I don't know how helpful he really was. Oh, and the reward for beating this travesty? 200 points and 1 CP.

Tatercat

When I join the event in another hour or so, I’m thinking maybe that Patch/SWitch combo people already suggested, with Quake as the 3rd? Might as well take advantage of this AOE status bug that’s making the Crash almost impossible today and have her minimize damage until you get those strikes out and matched. Respect her to 3/5/5 so she can deny him black ap too. We’ll see how it goes.

rainkingucd

Tatercat wrote:

When I join the event in another hour or so, I’m thinking maybe that Patch/SWitch combo people already suggested, with Quake as the 3rd? Might as well take advantage of this AOE status bug that’s making the Crash almost impossible today and have her minimize damage until you get those strikes out and matched. Respect her to 3/5/5 so she can deny him black ap too. We’ll see how it goes.

My 4/0/5 Quake weeps at the prospect

Tatercat

rainkingucd wrote:

Tatercat wrote:

When I join the event in another hour or so, I’m thinking maybe that Patch/SWitch combo people already suggested, with Quake as the 3rd? Might as well take advantage of this AOE status bug that’s making the Crash almost impossible today and have her minimize damage until you get those strikes out and matched. Respect her to 3/5/5 so she can deny him black ap too. We’ll see how it goes.

My 4/0/5 Quake weeps at the prospect

Well, it wouldn't be a new MPQ event if there wasn't some weeping involved.