Marvel Puzzle Quest 4th Anniversary Details *Updated (10/10/17)
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I am sort of sad that once again the best information is given out by the devs on Discord. At the very least once they realize that they have shared something valuable on Discord could they not take a few minutes to post it on the forums, or pass it on to @Brigby so that he can work it into an existing thread.bluewolf said:How the fight works:Basically when the battle starts apocalypse gets four horsemen tiles. They can't be matched or destroyed. They each have an effect on the board and require a specific "achievement" to get rid of them.War reduces your damage output, and requires a threshold of damage dealt over the battle to be destroyed (like ghost rider penance stare).Pestilence makes attack tiles. You need to get rid of all attack tiles to destroy it.Famine destroys 1ap in your strongest color each turn, and requires a threshold of AP in your strongest color to be destroyed.Each time a horseman gets destroyed, Death makes a CD that downs the target. It destroys itself when all other horseman are destroyed. The CD ranges from 6 to 4 turns.Meanwhile, as long as there's a horseman tile, apocalypse returns to full health every turn. So you either have to get rid of all tiles first, or one-shot him.And he has an ability (red) that deals damage to the lowest level teammate. (Deny red)
-quoted from dev on Discord
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I won't even bother with Fan Favorites. Maybe if it was 20cp and only had twelve 4s in it so I'd have a much better shot at Teen Jean, Prof X, Peggy and Moon Knight but honestly if I'm going to spend 25cp it would be for Gambit's store for a decent shot at Gambit or OML.DarthDeVo said:I'm torn on the Fan Favorite store. I know the odds aren't great, but I don't have any Black Widow, Black Bolt, Phoenix or OML covers. I'd like to get at least one of each, since 5* essentials are a thing now. Plus there are some 4* characters I could use, namely Teen Jean and hopefully the right covers to finish off Iceman (4/5/3) and De4dpool (2/5/4 with a black cover dying on the vine).
But if I spend there, that's fewer potential 5pidey covers, and he's the one I've been hoarding for anyway.
Bah. I should probably just stay the course. I have a feeling if I try to chase covers in the FF store, I'll probably end up burning more CP than I want and end up disappointed.
I can at least try for Phoenix and OML through the Mon Amis store, plus hopefully pick up some Gambit covers along the way. Maybe make De4dpool my sole 4* bonus hero and Bolt and Widow the 5* and hope for the best.1 -
Oh a small cautionary tale before we begin the main event. In looking at how Apocalypse is set up...
Every time you guys try to be provocative or challenging has not been good for you. I GET your trying to make a challenge and make us work at it, but given your track record, is that wise?
Every time you guys try something new you get a tidal wave of negative feedback. SO ......
I'm ASKING is there anything you want to change before we log in.
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im worried that people who wipe to apocalypse will get no points because he heals to full health every turn12
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Or in other words, if we can't beat it sub 3 refreshes the negative feedback comes in. If it's remotely puzzling, worst game ever.Magere said:Oh a small cautionary tale before we begin the main event. In looking at how Apocalypse is set up...
Every time you guys try to be provocative or challenging has not been good for you. I GET your trying to make a challenge and make us work at it, but given your track record, is that wise?
Every time you guys try something new you get a tidal wave of negative feedback. SO ......
I'm ASKING is there anything you want to change before we log in.
Two highest voted boss battles, easier to pass than water. I could understand people wanting no challenges if a pve was run alongside but there won't be anything else to do, why not enjoy working out a challenge with your alliance?
Im convinced if the boss battle was log in, match 4 tiles, congrats you win it all, people would be over the moon.
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That's brilliant, but also scary, as we might see it in the future.astrp3 said:Here's how I think this will work:
The X-Men vs. Apocalypse
Details- Alliance Boss Event
- One Boss mission and five Supporting Character missions
- Apocalypse cannot be Stunned or sent Airborne
- The Four Horsemen
- Passive Black Power
- Apocalypse calls forth his four horsemen at the start of the battle
- The Horsemen cannot be matched away or destroyed by normal means
- Famine
- Destroys all the player's AP at the beginning of the turn.
- This tile is destroyed when the player has 31 AP in their strongest color
- War
- Player's matches deal no damage.
- This tile is destroyed when the player has dealt damage equal to Apocalypse's health.
- Pestilence
- Creates Attack tiles for Apocalypse.
- All new tiles will become Attack tiles for Apocalypse.
- This tile is destroyed when there aren't any Special tiles on the board for Apocalypse at the end of the turn.
- Death
- Downs the character in front when the player gains 30 AP in their strongest color, does damage equal to half of Apocalypse's health, destroys a special tile, or downs another Horseman.
- This tile is destroyed when it is the last Horseman tile on the board
- The Strong Will Survive
- Apocalypse's passive Red Power
- Deals damage to the lowest level enemy
- Prevents team from gaining AP, doing damage, or destroying special tiles as long as a horseman is on the board.
- Rejuvenate
- Passive Yellow Power
- At the start of the turn, if there are any Horsemen on the board, return Apocalypse to full health.
- Red (passive) negates Apocalypse's powers.
- Blue (passive) negates powers of Apocalypse's horsemen
- Green (passive) at start of turn, downs a random horseman.
- Available only in new Gordon Gecko store.
- Includes Angel and 42 X-Men-themed 1* and 2* covers.
- Covers can be purchased via Gecko Tokens.
- Apocalypse Boss event will award Gecko token as final alliance and individual reward
- Tokens can also be bought using Anniversary Points
- New currency created just for anniversary.
- Can be purchased in new Anniversary Points store.
- For duration of anniversary, points will be discounted by 30%
- Brand new event featuring Angel.
- Will feature entirely new mechanic in which Angel collects money by defeating a series of five enemies.
- First four nodes feature Apocalypse's horsemen (one per node), Fifth node features apocalypse
- Money earned in event can be used to reduce cost of anniversary points in the store by 1% per node won.
- In response to the popularity of our SHIELD Training event, nodes will require Angel to be level 70, 78, 111, 169, and 251.
- In keeping with the new mechanic, event will be called "Cash Grab."
- 10/5, 12:00 PM: Anniversary and Apocalypse event begins.
- 10/5: 12:01 PM: D3Go Forums explode.
- 10/5: 12:10 PM: astrp3 posts calling Apocalypse event the greatest boss event ever and calling those who criticized it naysayers and complainers (after all, they gave us a new character, two new events, AND a new currency, and they didn't force anyone to buy Gecko Tokens [they were given out as rewards in the boss event] - and they gave us a cool new way to get 1* characters to boot).
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Apocalypse does not look like fun, and since all the boosted characters are X-Men, all the boosted 4*s (minus Rogue) are old 4*s... Yay for me not having any boosted 4* champs once again... *sigh*...0
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought boss events have their own boosted list and the weekly boosts don't apply.mexus said:
Don't we have the weekly boosted (non X-Men) characters as well?justsing said:Apocalypse does not look like fun, and since all the boosted characters are X-Men, all the boosted 4*s (minus Rogue) are old 4*s... Yay for me not having any boosted 4* champs once again... *sigh*...0 -
They have their own boost list, you can see it by going to event rules. The list is there to see
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Got to be honest, I'm genuinely fearing this boss event. All these horseman/tiles/death has me worried this is going to end up being another "you're supposed to lose" event.0
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As usual I hope to run winfinite, Will help in strongest AP pool and damage with crit tiles and Green to help remove CD's.
It's rare there's anything more consistent in boss events than winfinite.
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Weekly boosted list will NOT apply to Ol Blue Lips. The boss Events have always used their own boosted list. The weekly list this week won't even apply to any event until Big Pun PVP and Honor Among Thieves, thanks to Class of '17 starting today too.justsing said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought boss events have their own boosted list and the weekly boosts don't apply.mexus said:
Don't we have the weekly boosted (non X-Men) characters as well?justsing said:Apocalypse does not look like fun, and since all the boosted characters are X-Men, all the boosted 4*s (minus Rogue) are old 4*s... Yay for me not having any boosted 4* champs once again... *sigh*...
It's a shame for newer players this time, for sure.
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The no cover swap on fan fav is total malarky. I have 12 champed 5* but my 1/5/5 Thanos and 5/4/3 5Strange are big pitfalls for the fan fav. I have already sold four 5Strange blue. And with Strange and Thanos so integral to fast pve clears I'm pretty salty. 5* Swaps should be across the board or make an in-game function that does so. Like with classics, I feel like pulling heavy diluted token is punishment enough for paying 5cp less, you don't have to deny swaps also.
My 2 cents, spend it how you wish
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Lol! Talks about wanting a real challenge...Tony Foot said:As usual I hope to run winfinite, Will help in strongest AP pool and damage with crit tiles and Green to help remove CD's.
It's rare there's anything more consistent in boss events than winfinite.
Uses winfinite...4 -
I'm not worried about them having deliberately designed this event so you're supposed to lose. I am more worried that, given its complexity, the fact that it's a brand new event, and their track record, there will be programming bugs that prevent you from completing the boss node in certain situations that they didn't anticipate or test.nick_chicane said:Got to be honest, I'm genuinely fearing this boss event. All these horseman/tiles/death has me worried this is going to end up being another "you're supposed to lose" event.
I also think that this event, more so than any previous events, requires that you know how it works in order to win and that people will just plunge in without reading anything, play with no strategy, lose, then complain that the event is broken. Of course, even if you knew nothing, you could win by one-shotting Apocalypse, but players who don't read how the event works might get the impression that that's the only way to win and thus see this as another ystl event.0 -
Stay strong, stay your course. I dumped around 2,100 CP into the Cosmic Legends store, when I'd been saving it for Spider Man. Now there's a store with OML/Phoenix/Gambit, which is the ideal store for me, and I have 350 CP to spend on it...DarthDeVo said:I'm torn on the Fan Favorite store. I know the odds aren't great, but I don't have any Black Widow, Black Bolt, Phoenix or OML covers. I'd like to get at least one of each, since 5* essentials are a thing now. Plus there are some 4* characters I could use, namely Teen Jean and hopefully the right covers to finish off Iceman (4/5/3) and De4dpool (2/5/4 with a black cover dying on the vine).
But if I spend there, that's fewer potential 5pidey covers, and he's the one I've been hoarding for anyway.
Bah. I should probably just stay the course. I have a feeling if I try to chase covers in the FF store, I'll probably end up burning more CP than I want and end up disappointed.
I can at least try for Phoenix and OML through the Mon Amis store, plus hopefully pick up some Gambit covers along the way. Maybe make De4dpool my sole 4* bonus hero and Bolt and Widow the 5* and hope for the best.
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Why bring Hulkbuster when there's just one target for Riri's red?pheregas said:Wonder if Riri's Magnetic Repulsors could grab those CD tiles and convert them to red for you. Add Hulkbuster to just straight up punch Apocalype to the moon afterwards.2 -
So what your saying is intentionally don't use the best tools at your disposal to clear tiles. So when I run carol I should ignore using cloak for blacks too?fmftint said:
Lol! Talks about wanting a real challenge...Tony Foot said:As usual I hope to run winfinite, Will help in strongest AP pool and damage with crit tiles and Green to help remove CD's.
It's rare there's anything more consistent in boss events than winfinite.
Uses winfinite...
Im not even sure winfinite will work, if it doesn't I will find another way around the challenge as I did with the last anniversary where I fought until the end.
id have been happy for them to run it again now I have a stronger roster, rather that than the last two.1 -
Why isn't Iceman, Beast, and Psylocke boosted?
Aren't they X Men...2
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