Q&A with Demiurge_Will Answers from Demiurge_Will begin on p.2

Colognoisseur

UPDATE: Demiurge_Will has answered some of the questions. His posts start on Page 2.

PLEASE READ: This post does not indicate that there are any plans for the fictitious interview I am proposing below.

I have proposed to the Demiurge team that they should communicate in a place they feel safe.

In comments made on Discord they stopped doing the YouTube videos because they were not fond of being roasted when they said we don't have anything to add at the moment.

I have believed the problem with the videos was there was no discussion. The single best piece of communication was the long interview some of the Demiurge guys did on PW3. The reason I think it was so good was because it was interactive. I also think the PW3 guys are good representatives of players who represent a wider demographic of the overall player base.

So to try and maybe get this rolling I think it might be good for the Demiurge team to see what questions are on people's minds.

To do this please only post one question in a post. This way it can be "liked" so that there is information on what most of those on the forum would like to hear about.

Colognoisseur

Is the current use of tapping to insure placing in top 10 of PvE limited to few enough players that you feel it does not need to be changed?

Colognoisseur

The 5* PvP game is all bout those that have Gambit and those that do not. Based on forum posts it seems like it is a similar thing in the 4* tier except you need three characters; Medusa, Grocket, and Gamora.

Is this again a problem of only a few players that it seems a problem only to those at the top of the tiers?

The rockett

With some the cheats that have been used in the past and current, (I will not name them due to forum rules but would love to list them all) what is being done to make sure the game is secure?  With a lot of players investing money into this game/company, how quickly can these cheats be uncovered and dealt with in a swift manner? 

ZeroKarma

Are there any plans in the pipeline to address the tremendous gap that now exists between the veteran player and the new folks?

When I started, there was one 4* character and the game revolved around 2's and 3's. That is obviously different now, where 5* characters are a must for progression in PvP, and the path to a pair of champed 5*'s is quite long for people not spending ungodly amounts of money.

Is there a concern that existing event structures are no longer able to support both of these groups because of how wide this divide is, and if so what are the chances that PvP at the very least will split in the future? My idea would be parallel events that limit the rosters like the Heroics used to, so high level PvP is 4* featured and no more 3*. The 2nd tier would be no 5* at all.

ZeroKarma

Aaaaaaaand the big question. There are a lot of rumors that go around on the interwebs. One of them is that we are nearing 6* characters in some shape or form.

Are they coming? Should we start hoarding? Will they be as big of a leap over 5* as 5* was over 4*? Will 5* covers start to flow more quickly once the 6* characters start coming out?

Will we have to sell any essential organs to acquire these characters?

PenniesForEveryone

Would you ever consider using a small panel of vets as a sounding board for new ideas/characters?  Vaulting, wins-based PvP, PvE format changes, and Gambit are all pretty recent examples of changes that might have gone a little more smoothly if a bit of veteran feedback had been solicited and then tweaked a bit before going live.

STERLING21JJ

Anyway we might get a Cable character when Deadpool 2 comes out in movies?  Been looking forward to him as a character personally.

madsalad

Boxers or briefs?

crackninja

Any chance we might see a 5* version of crash of the titans this year?

crackninja

Was the trend towards powerful passive powers intended as a way to help defensive teams/"foolproof" the ai, a way to explore new type of powers, or something else?

ih8uf

I agree with the fact that this game has come down to those with a 5* Gambit vs those without. What is going to be done, if anything, to either level the playing field or even out the odds of pulling a Gambit cover from a 5* token (I can attest that i certainly don't have a 15% pull rate of any 5* from all the tomens I've either earned or bought)?

professorplum9

There's a lot of people with at least 50+ champed 4* (and that number keeps growing with a new one coming out almost every two weeks). A lot of these people probably only use 1 or 2 of these with any regularity because they play mainly in the 5* tier. Are there any plans to help these folks enjoy (and earn meaningful rewards from) the diverse rosters they've developed?

Rod5

To Professor Plum’s point, is there any likelihood of the Heroic Events being reinstated? Given the increased availability of covers generally since they were stopped, few would be locked out and it would give those of us with aforesaid 50+ champed 4s an opportunity to use them (other than as Thanos fodder).

PenniesForEveryone

Can we just have 5* weekly boosts in PvP already?  Just like 4* boosts killed the JeanBuster PvP meta, 5* boosts would help deal with the current Gambit meta.

animaniactoo

How much time do you think is a reasonable requirement for a person to spend on a game daily in order to keep up with or (catch up with if far behind) the pace of development? In one block of time? How do you take this into account with your structures for the various modes?

The rockett

What is your long term plan with players having a hard time with RNG?  Example, my IM46 is 5/0/5 with a dupe of 1/0/1 and I also sold 2 red and 1 yellow before.  Even if you would have this as a feeder with a 4*, I would need a 370 AND a 300 just to get this 5* to level 450 with wasting 5 covers from the champ rewards.  That would be a total of 10 total covers sold due to RNG.  This is your expectation?  

wymtime

what are some ideas you are looking to improve PVP and season rewards?  Currently PVP rewards are lagging behind PVE and season rewards have not been updated in years

The rockett

What are your plans for players to be able to use more of their rosters rather than them just sitting there?  Example, besides the 2, 3, 4* E nodes in PVE and the very outdated Deadpool Daily, why would I use the other 64 4*, 44 3* and 12 2*.  Besides champ rewards, they are really a waste.   

Rod5

Without wanting to rake over the Gambit question again, how are the special tile users in the 5* tier (thinking Phx/Goblin, but almost all others do to some extent) going to get some relevance back given that Gambit can simply over-write their special tiles?

Removing that overwrite ability would significantly level the playing field for the poor souls that don’t have him and make 5* tier play significantly more diverse and interesting.

ZootSax

Why was 1* Spider-Man changed and why was no mention whatsoever of the change made in official channels?  While I love the new 1* Spider-Man, that was the single oddest change in the past year for me, if only because of the inexplicable secrecy.