Poll does mpq cheat or not ? Cast your vote

0zfest

cast your vote to tell the devs ya or nay

jp1

Where is the poll? Probably need to be a bit more specific with “cheat” as well. That could be a number of things.


Edit: I will say this. I am convinced the board is heavy in the opposing teams colors more often than not, as well as having match 5s available on move 1 almost every time you face someone like Teen Jean who will punish you for taking them. I would have a hard time believing those two items aren’t by design. The AI is pretty dumb though, so they have to put some advantage in to even begin to make it challenging.

I also think they snuck in some under the hood “improvements” with AI specifically targeting special tiles in its matching choices. However, I’m not totally convinced on that just yet.

Giving a 5* with a nuke two goons to fuel their AP could be considered cheating I suppose. Certainly debatable though.

0zfest

O.K. not poll .. give your opinion

sorry dont know how to edit, you got the idea

Ed_Dragonrider

I am absolutely convinced that when it comes to special-tile placement, the AI cheats like the absolute bastard that it is.

Steel_Colt

@0zfest
Do you even have fun playing this game. I swear, all I see you do on the forums is complaining about events, about the way the game is designed, about how it is unfair that you can't win against certain teams...
Sure, we all have certain frustrations about the game, but even the most critical players such as @Daredevil217 and @HoundofShadow balance their complaining, or critiquing if you will, with sprinkles of positivity, for which I can only respect them.

Just my two cents... 

Om topic, I don't think the AI cheats perse. I think this is one of those biased perspective, negative experience triumphs over positive when recalling events, type of things.

ursopro

Steel_Colt said:

but even the most critical players such as HoundofShadow

EDIT: yeah, you're onto something ozzy (can I call you ozzy?), GO GET THEM

Steel_Colt

ursopro said:

Steel_Colt said:

but even the most critical players such as @Hound

Am I misremembering Hound as being critical? Apologies for that, must be thinking of someone else.
Points still stands tho. 

Borstock

I don't see what they gain by cheating. I guess it would force you to use more health packs, which might make people spend money, but.... I don't know. I'd have to see the numbers. 

It's probably just bias. Keep in mind that they'd have to code that stuff in. That's extra effort and testing. It might even necessitate approval by Marvel, since Marvel might not want their product tainted by a game that cheats. 

Again, maybe the numbers support that a harder AI drives spending, but I would tend to doubt it. 

Steel_Colt

ursopro said:

Steel_Colt said:

but even the most critical players such as HoundofShadow

EDIT: yeah, you're onto something ozzy (can I call you ozzy?), GO GET THEM

You may not call me Ozzy. 
But if I can call you Betty, then, when you call me, you can call me Al. 

DAZ0273

As for the vote - I post "Sux" but whether that is "Sinister" or not I am not quite sure. What do others say?

DAZ0273

Steel_Colt said:

ursopro said:

Steel_Colt said:

but even the most critical players such as HoundofShadow

EDIT: yeah, you're onto something ozzy (can I call you ozzy?), GO GET THEM

You may not call me Ozzy. 
But if I can call you Betty, then, when you call me, you can call me Al. 

If you are going to be a Bodyguard does this mean that we will always love you?

Steel_Colt

I'm torn between voting Phantom Win or MPQ RIP-OFF. 

Steel_Colt

DAZ0273 said:

Steel_Colt said:

ursopro said:

Steel_Colt said:

but even the most critical players such as HoundofShadow

EDIT: yeah, you're onto something ozzy (can I call you ozzy?), GO GET THEM

You may not call me Ozzy. 
But if I can call you Betty, then, when you call me, you can call me Al. 

If you are going to be a Bodyguard does this mean that we will always love you?

I would say so. But I don't think I should hang around here any longer. 
Because if I should stay, I would only be in your way. 

Godzillafan67

I will be selecting the "I am Smaug" option. 

DAZ0273

Steel_Colt said:

DAZ0273 said:

Steel_Colt said:

ursopro said:

Steel_Colt said:

but even the most critical players such as HoundofShadow

EDIT: yeah, you're onto something ozzy (can I call you ozzy?), GO GET THEM

You may not call me Ozzy. 
But if I can call you Betty, then, when you call me, you can call me Al. 

If you are going to be a Bodyguard does this mean that we will always love you?

I would say so. But I don't think I should hang around here any longer. 
Because if I should stay, I would only be in your way. 

I appreciate that. I'll think of you all the way.

Steel_Colt

DAZ0273 said:

Steel_Colt said:

DAZ0273 said:

Steel_Colt said:

ursopro said:

Steel_Colt said:

but even the most critical players such as HoundofShadow

EDIT: yeah, you're onto something ozzy (can I call you ozzy?), GO GET THEM

You may not call me Ozzy. 
But if I can call you Betty, then, when you call me, you can call me Al. 

If you are going to be a Bodyguard does this mean that we will always love you?

I would say so. But I don't think I should hang around here any longer. 
Because if I should stay, I would only be in your way. 

I appreciate that. I'll think of you all the way.

Every step? 

DAZ0273

Steel_Colt said:

DAZ0273 said:

Steel_Colt said:

DAZ0273 said:

Steel_Colt said:

ursopro said:

Steel_Colt said:

but even the most critical players such as HoundofShadow

EDIT: yeah, you're onto something ozzy (can I call you ozzy?), GO GET THEM

You may not call me Ozzy. 
But if I can call you Betty, then, when you call me, you can call me Al. 

If you are going to be a Bodyguard does this mean that we will always love you?

I would say so. But I don't think I should hang around here any longer. 
Because if I should stay, I would only be in your way. 

I appreciate that. I'll think of you all the way.

Every step? 

RNG prevents me from giving you a 100% chance on this but I will soon be implementing  a system where you can earn progress towards "Every step". Please check back soon(tm)

Daredevil217

Steel_Colt said:

ursopro said:

Steel_Colt said:

but even the most critical players such as @Hound

Am I misremembering Hound as being critical? Apologies for that, must be thinking of someone else.
Points still stands tho. 

He’s probably the least critical player on these boards. Unless you mean critical of the player base in which case yes... absolutely.

I would say I used to be more balanced or even pro-developer in my posts, but my posts have been more and more anti-dev lately (but I really do love the game, just want to see it be better).  I honestly think this critical stance has correlated with my transition to the 5* game. Most of the pro-dev posters are those in the 4* tier (Hound being one) and I was one as well back then. Aside from the dilution problem, I really think the developers understand and cater to the 4* game. Gritty is a problem? Have a Sabretooth for your troubles. That guy is a beast at killing strikes, everyone chases him, everyone wins.  I’ve used Dazzler to great effect as well. In the 5* tier Worthy/Bish are broken? Crickets.  Before my time in 5* land Archangel was developed as “the cure” for Gambit. That should give some insight into their understanding of the 5* game right there. 

In the 4* tier we get characters like Juggs who are game-altering without being broken. Somehow in a tier of 90 characters they manage to push the envelope and make characters that can matter. In the 5* tier we just got Carnage who is one of the worst characters in the tier. We need more than just pumped up health and match damage!

Look at the developer insights for Wolfsbane vs. Carnage and they look like they were written by completely different people. The 5* one uses flashy adjectives to describe how AWESOME he is without really saying anything. The 4* one actually talks strategy, synergies, and how she was designed to be played. 

So yes it gets frustrating sometimes. 

Oh... no I don’t think the AI cheats. Not even a little. I’m a psychologist. I know confirmation bias is a real thing. We forget every time we smash the AI in 3 turns or wiped out all their specials but hold on to that one time we lost to a bad cascade. By the way, I recently took out a full health champed Jessica Jones with an unboosted champed Professor X by getting cascades into match 4s that kept triggering his passives. Turn 1 she was dead! I’m sure if that happened to me I’d be crying “cheat!”.

jp1

I can’t believe I’m alone on the Teen Jean thing. 

I could write off most things as confirmation bias, not that one...it is far too prevalent. If anything I remember when it doesn’t happen.

TPF Alexis

MPQ doesn't cheat, RNGsus just hates you.

liminal_lad

I don't think it cheats but I do think the tile drop/color RNG is broken.