MPQ Winter Holidays Celebration! *Updated (12/31/18)

Brigby
Brigby ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 7,757 Site Admin
edited December 2018 in MPQ General Discussion
Hi Everyone,

Happy Holidays! We're approaching the end of yet another year, and we've got plenty of goodies and treats to share with everyone. This week kicks off with Spidey and all his friends in various arachnid-themed events and appearances. Stay tuned for more holiday events coming to Marvel Puzzle Quest soon!

Check out all the details below:
(Please Note: We will be continuously updating this list with more info over the course of the celebration)

Week 1

Sunday 12/9

Eight is Enough - Versus Tournament 
  • Features Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius)
  • Starts: 12/9 8am EST
  • Ends: 12/12 3pm EST

Monday 12/10

Login Gift
Players that log in any time between 12/10 12pm EST and 12/13 12pm EST will receive a token to the Limited Spider-Verse Vault

One-Time Iso-8 Sale

Limited Spider-Verse Vault
  • 12/10 12pm EST - 12/13 12pm EST
  • 41 Items, Can't Reset
    • 2x Spider-Verse 4-Star Covers
      • Miles Morales Red Cover
      • Spider-Gwen Yellow Cover
    • 2x Beginner Support Tokens
    • 5x Random 3-Star Covers
    • 3x Heroic Tokens
    • 5x Elite Tokens
    • 1x 5,000 Iso-8
    • 3x 2,500 Iso-8
    • 6x 1,000 Iso-8
    • 2x 4,000 Red Iso-8
    • 12x Random 2-Star Covers
Spider-Ham (Peter Porker)
Spider-Ham is swinging into Marvel Puzzle Quest on 12/24 as a Limited 4-Star character! Stay tuned for the full details. 

In the meantime, you can catch a quick cameo of him in the new, upcoming Sinister 600 event!

Webbed Wonder
 - Story Event 
  • Starts: 12/10 7am EST
  • Ends: 12/14 2am EST

Tuesday 12/11

Webslinger - Versus Tournament
  • Starts: 12/11 8pm EST
  • Ends: 12/15 3am EST
  • Features Spider-Man (Classic)
  • Spider-Man (Classic) in Progression Reward
  • Miles Morales in Placement Reward

Thursday 12/13

Doctor Octopus (Classic) - Character Rework
Check out the full details HERE
  • Base Stats increased to align with current 5-Star characters
  • Overview of Ability Updates
    • blacktilepng Superior Science
      • Simplified stun mechanic
      • Slightly increased base ability cost
      • Ability cost lowers for every friendly Tentacle tile on the board
    • bluetilepng Tentacles
      • Creates Tentacle tiles passively, when making a Match-4 or greater, instead of on ability activation
      • Passive stun immunity, if a Tentacle tile exists, as opposed to 'auto-match when stunned'
    • greentilepng Cunning Scheme
      • Reduced ability cost for Phase 1 and 2
      • Repeater tile instead of Countdown tile
      • Cunning Scheme tiles now give a burst of health to friendly team upon reaching 0, or deal damage to enemy team when matched (heal and damage increases based on phase)
Kingpin (Spider-Verse)
Check out Kingpin's full character details HERE
  • 5-Star Kingpin is playable in game!
  • Available in the Big Bads Legendary comic store
    • Also includes Thanos (The Mad Titan) and Doctor Octopus (Classic)
    • Compete in the new Sinister 600 event, and purchase items from the Wilson Fisk Limited Vault, to get tokens to this store
    • Additional tokens can be purchased for 25 Command Points
Sinister 600 - New Alliance Event
Check out this all new Alliance Story Event featuring characters from the Spider-Verse! Visit alternate Spider-Verse dimensions to take down Norman Osborn by teaming up with familiar allies (including cameos from new ones!)

Will this be the end of Norman Osborn's Dark Reign?
  • Starts: 12/13 12pm EST
  • Ends: 12/17 12pm EST
  • Stay tuned to find out the full event details!
Web 2.0 - Versus Tournament
  • Starts: 12/13 8pm EST
  • Ends: 12/17 3am EST
  • Features Miles Morales (Spider-Man)
  • Miles Morales in Progression Reward
  • Spider-Gwen in Placement Reward

Friday 12/14

DDQ - Savory
  • Starts: 12/14 6am EST
  • Ends: 12/19 6am EST
  • Miles Morales vs Spider-Woman in 'Crash of the Titans' mission

Week 2

Sunday 12/16

Main Stage - Versus Tournament 
  • Features Spider-Gwen (Gwen Stacy)
  • Starts: 12/16 8am EST
  • Ends: 12/19 3pm EST

Monday 12/17

Happy Holidays Bundle!
  • Starts: 12/17 12pm EST
  • Ends: 12/21 12pm EST
  • Price: $29.99 (converted to your region's currency and/or platform)
  • Maximum 1 purchase
  • Contents:
    • 6x Carnage (Cletus Kasady) Covers [2x of each ability]
    • 4,200 Hero Points
    • 25x Command Points
    • 1x Latest Legends Token
    • 3x Heroic Tokens
    • 5x Elite Tokens
Strange Sights - Story Event
Double Iso-8
  • Starts: 12/17 7am EST
  • Ends: 12/21 2am EST
  • Features Loki (God of Mischief), Nebula, Blade (Daywalker), and Captain America (Steve Rogers)

Tuesday 12/18

New Support - Vanessa Fisk

  • Check out details for Vanessa Fisk (Sophisticated) HERE
  • Vanessa Fisk Vault
  • Red Hulk - Heroes for Hire
  • Kingpin (Wilson Fisk) - Heroes for Hire
Snowball Fight - Versus Tournament
Double Iso-8
  • Starts: 12/18 8pm EST
  • Ends: 12/22 3am EST
  • Features Captain America (Super Soldier), Cyclops (Uncanny X-Men), and Star-Lord (Peter Quill)

Thursday 12/20

Thunder Bundle
  • Appears upon reaching S.H.I.E.L.D. Rank 75
  • Available for 3 days after it appears
  • Price: $74.99 (converted to your region's currency and/or platform)
  • Contents:
    • 15,000 Hero Points
    • 75 Command Points
    • Thor (Gladiator) - Thunder Costume
Hearts of Darkness - Story Event
Double Iso-8
  • Starts: 12/20 7am EST
  • Ends: 12/25 2am EST
  • Features Thor (Gladiator), Dazzler, Deadpool (It's Me, Deadpool!), Storm (Classic)
Sticks and Stones - Versus Tournament
Double Iso-8
  • Starts: 12/20 8pm EST
  • Ends: 12/24 3am EST
  • Features Luke Cage (Hero for Hire)

Friday 12/21

Carnage (Cletus Kasady) Champion Reward Update
  • Carnage (Cletus Kasady)’s Champion Rewards are being updated to include Doctor Octopus (Classic) covers.
  • Starts: 12/21 Daily Patch
  • Doctor Octopus (Classic) covers will be rewarded at the following Champion levels:
    • 280: blacktilepng Superior Science
    • 300: bluetilepng Tentacles
    • 320: greentilepng Cunning Scheme
    • 340: blacktilepng Superior Science
    • 350: bluetilepng Tentacles
    • 360: greentilepng Cunning Scheme
Family Legends Store
  • Starts: 12/21 12pm ET
  • Ends: 1/2/19 12pm ET
  • Tokens can be purchased for 25 Command Points
  • 3 5-Stars at 15%
    • Thor (Gladiator)
    • Wolverine (Old Man Logan)
    • Black Bolt
  • 12 Family 4-Stars at 42.5%
    • Rocket & Groot (Awesome Mix Volume 2)
    • Agent Coulson
    • Luke Cage (Power Man)
    • Vulture
    • Nova
    • Spider-Man (Infinity War)
    • Carnage
    • America Chavez
    • Venom (Eddie Brock)
    • Medusa
    • Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers)
    • Rogue
  • All other 4-Stars at 42.5%
12 Days of Marvel - Story Event
  • Starts: December 21, 2018, 12pm ET
  • Ends: January 2, 2018, 12pm ET
  • A new mission unlocks each day
  • Each mission can be completed once
  • Each mission requires one character of a specific family
  • The families include:
    • Avengers
    • X-Men
    • Agents of Shield
    • Guardians of the Galaxy
    • Inhumans
    • Defenders
    • Dark Avengers
    • Sinister Six
    • Champions
    • Spider-Man Family
    • Super Villains
    • Super Heroes
  • Mission difficulty scales to your roster
  • Progression rewards include a cover of Peggy Carter (Captain America), Bishop (Classic), Taskmaster (Tony Masters), and Iso-8

Week 3

Sunday 12/23

Made-Up Name - Versus Tournament
Double Iso-8
  • Features Spider-Man (Infinity War)
  • Starts: 12/23 8am ET
  • Ends: 12/26 3pm ET

Monday 12/24

Login Gift
Players that log in any time between 12/24 12pm ET and 12/26 12pm ET will receive a Beginner Token to the Support store.

Spider-Ham
  • Spider-Ham (Peter Porker) is available to play in-game!
  • Check out his full details HERE
New Support: SP//DR

  • Check out details for SP//DR (Peni Parker) HERE
  • SP//DR Vault
  • Nico Minoru - Heroes for Hire
  • Agent Coulson - Heroes for Hire
The Hunt - Story Event 
  • Starts: 12/24 7am ET
  • Ends: 12/28 2am ET
  • Spider-Ham (Peter Porker) in Placement Rewards
S.H.I.E.L.D. Training - Story Event
  • Features Spider-Ham, Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze), Agent Coulson, and Riri Williams
  • Starts: 12/24/18, 7am ET
  • Ends: 12/31/18, 7am ET
  • Rewards tokens to Prodigal Sun, random cover of Spider-Ham (Peter Porker), and more!

Tuesday 12/25

CoverSquirrel - Versus Tournament
  • Features Squirrel Girl
  • Starts: 12/25 8pm ET
  • Ends: 12/29 3am ET
  • Spider-Ham (Peter Porker) in Placement Rewards

Thursday 12/27

Porcine of Interest - Versus Tournament
  • Features Spider-Ham (Peter Porker)
  • Starts: 12/27/18, 8pm ET
  • Ends: 12/31/19, 3am ET
  • Spider-Ham (Peter Porker) in Progression Rewards
  • Rewards tokens to the Spider-Ham & Friends vault
Prodigal Sun - Story Event
  • Starts: 12/27/18, 7am ET
  • Ends: 1/4/19, 2am ET
  • Spider-Ham (Peter Porker) in Progression Rewards
  • Rewards tokens to the Spider-Ham & Friends vault

Saturday 12/29

Deadpool's Dailies - Sweet
  • Starts: 12/29/18, 6am ET
  • Ends: 1/3/19, 6am ET
  • Iceman featured in Crash of the Titans

Week 4

Monday 12/31

30% Bonus Iso-8 Sale
  • Starts: 12/31 12am ET
  • Ends: 1/7/19 12am ET
New Years Party Vault
  • Starts: 12/31 12pm ET
  • Ends: 1/7/19 12am ET
  • Can be Reset
  • 80 Item Vault
    • 1x Legendary Token
    • 3x Random 4-Star Covers
    • 1x Random Dazzler Cover
    • 1x Random Deadpool (X-Force) Cover
    • 1x Random Jubilee Cover
    • 3x 1,000 Hero Points
    • 1x 5,000 Iso-8
    • 2x 2,500 Iso-8
    • 5x 1,000 Iso-8
    • 2x 4,000 Red Iso-8
    • 20x Random 3-Star Covers
    • 4x Elite Tokens
    • 36x Random 2-Star Covers
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Comments

  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 10,283 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited December 2018
    Spider-Ham!!!!! Oh my god...I don't even care that he is limited, this makes me happy. And Sinister 600 sounds very exciting!
  • Zirtak_the_Second
    Zirtak_the_Second Posts: 28 Just Dropped In
    Woa, that's a lot to take in. Spider-Ham, Doc Oc rework, Sinister 600, 5* Kingpin? Me likey
  • LFChikarason
    LFChikarason Posts: 402 Mover and Shaker

    Yay for the Doc Ock rework! Long overdue!

    and SPIDER-HAM!? Have you been reading my dream journal? Please say Hypno Hustler is next!

  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 1,455 Chairperson of the Boards
    Hate to be "That guy" but I'm actually pretty disappointed. Hopefully there's more...
  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 10,283 Chairperson of the Boards
    Hate the limited characters again.  Just wish these 4* would not be like that since rosters slots get expensive.....oh wait.   
    Spider-Ham is exactly the sort of character that should be limited. I hope he is super fun but nothing too OP. Taskmaster was a mistake as limited but SH is not a problem to me.
  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 10,283 Chairperson of the Boards
    Well @Brigby if that is just the warm up then I really don't know what Anon wants as the main event. Good job on the Spider verse tie-in, looks fun.
  • Ed_Dragonrider
    Ed_Dragonrider Posts: 593 Critical Contributor
    Normal Osborn? Since when was he ever normal?? Lol :D

    This looks great! A brand new event??? Yaaaaaaayyyyyyy!!
    Im so excited now, let the festivities begin! :smiley:
  • bluewolf
    bluewolf Posts: 5,822 Chairperson of the Boards
    Please tell me Spider-Ham is being released over Christmas via a boss event, at least, and I’m not supposed to grind some pve on Christmas Day again. 

    The weekend before or after Christmas?  Fine.  But seriously????? 12/24????
  • wymtime
    wymtime Posts: 3,759 Chairperson of the Boards
    bluewolf said:
    Please tell me Spider-Ham is being released over Christmas via a boss event, at least, and I’m not supposed to grind some pve on Christmas Day again. 

    The weekend before or after Christmas?  Fine.  But seriously????? 12/24????
    Christmas is on a Tuesday so probably middle of a PVE that starts on Monday or Sunday.
  • Bzhai
    Bzhai Posts: 507 Critical Contributor
    Yay for Doc Oc revamp. Strange that they didn't put Green Goblin in the vault as well.
  • TheDrStrange
    TheDrStrange Posts: 89 Match Maker
    Nothing says "Winter Holidays" like double-ISO, right? :)
  • bluewolf
    bluewolf Posts: 5,822 Chairperson of the Boards
    wymtime said:
    bluewolf said:
    Please tell me Spider-Ham is being released over Christmas via a boss event, at least, and I’m not supposed to grind some pve on Christmas Day again. 

    The weekend before or after Christmas?  Fine.  But seriously????? 12/24????
    Christmas is on a Tuesday so probably middle of a PVE that starts on Monday or Sunday.
    Spider-Ham is swinging into Marvel Puzzle Quest on 12/24 as a Limited 4-Star character! Stay tuned for the full details.

    Exactly, the Event starts 12/24.  Which is a mid week event, and will be in full swing (unless maybe a 48) on Christmas Day.  I guess a 4 day Meet Rocket and Groot would be fine.  
  • JHawkInc
    JHawkInc Posts: 2,605 Chairperson of the Boards
    This Spider-Ham release has "Naughty List" written all over it.

    I cannot express myself further without triggering a word filter.

    At least you delivered the disappointment two weeks in advance so we know not to get our hopes up. (seriously, new Sinister 600 event, Spider-Verse tie-ins, you finally are trying to fix busted 5's, and then, what, decided you needed to balance the scales by doing everything in your power to make the Spider-Ham release miserable? so people will feel compelled to compete for a Limited character during Christmas, the one damn time of the year they shouldn't be playing this game?)
  • zodiac339
    zodiac339 Posts: 1,948 Chairperson of the Boards
    The 24th is Monday, not mid-week. That’s an early release with a 3-day event. Competitive completionists go for it, while others go, “Limited? I’ll just relax for the holiday.”
  • CNash
    CNash Posts: 952 Critical Contributor
    In exchange for Spider-Ham being limited, could you remove the limitation from Taskmaster please? He really doesn’t deserve to be stuck gathering dust...