MPQ Sneak Peek: March 2020 (Updated 3/17/20)

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bluewolf said:

MackDan1 said:

Why is essential 3* Widow at a lower level than the buffed 3s in HAT? I have Widow maxed and she's at 364. Have Strange Squirrel and Starlord all maxed and they're at 367. Shouldn't the essential 3 be leveled higher than the 3s from the buff list?

That is weird, seems like a bug.

No. This is perfectly normal and has been the case forever. The featured character boost is slightly different to the boost list boost amount. It used to irk me when the featured character didn’t tank because they were a couple of levels lower than the boosted other characters at 266 natural. 

I think it’s a by-product of the 100 champion levels. Back before you could champ 3*s the boost didn’t have any effect. In fact, I think it boosted them slightly higher than the standard boost. Once they added the 100 champ levels it broke the relationship. I think it’s because the normal boost is multiplicative:

character base level * scaling factor (boost)

Whereas the featured boost is additive and multiplicative

Character base level * scaling factor (feature)  + x levels

Where scaling(boost) > scaling(feature)

The original intention of this was likely that featured characters with only a few covers would have more of an advantage than if they were scaled off their base levels. Adding the champ levels pushed this past the inflection point of the x level flat boost. 

Mostly people don’t notice. By the time you have a lot of 3*s at 266 you’re not usually making a team of only 3*s and, even if you are, the difference is small. 

ElReyFelix

@IceIX

Any chance we can get an April Sneak Peek thread today? It would be nice to get it early this time.

Loosie

ElReyFelix said:

@IceIX

Any chance we can get an April Sneak Peek thread today? It would be nice to get it early this time.

Given how they've been lately with these updates, I don't expect to see the April one until the 3rd or 4th.

DAZ0273

Loosie said:

ElReyFelix said:

@IceIX

Any chance we can get an April Sneak Peek thread today? It would be nice to get it early this time.

Given how they've been lately with these updates, I don't expect to see the April one until the 3rd or 4th.

Of May! 😜

Gabriel276

The real problem of the game is luck of iso. Cause they keep getting new characters but I don’t have enough iso to buy them so why even bring them.. and I play every day. Rank 10 and pvp. I am missing over 10,000,0000 iso and it’s increases every day more. If we would get double iso I could buy the new 5* and the new 4*. Anyway I just wanted to say i love this game 🙂

Mayo

Gabriel276 said:

The real problem of the game is luck of iso. Cause they keep getting new characters but I don’t have enough iso to buy them so why even bring them.. and I play every day. Rank 10 and pvp. I am missing over 10,000,0000 iso and it’s increases every day more. If we would get double iso I could buy the new 5* and the new 4*. Anyway I just wanted to say i love this game 🙂

The game is like that to force you to buy the resources you need, is not a coincidence that we now have iso offer in store. 

DarthDeVo

It *is* possible to catch up and get ahead on ISO. I'm coming up on 7M in my stash. Others have twice that and more. 

You just have to play the game like an unpaid second job for years on end is all. 🤷‍♂️

jackstar0

Had high hopes for an update today...

ThaRoadWarrior

I see from HFH Bishop is coming up in Crash; has he had one yet? Who does he go up against?

krakenoon

@jackstar0
Updates?
Lololololololololol. Good one.

DarthDeVo

Immortal Combat - Immortal Hulk Versus Event (3/29/20) *New Update*
Progression Rewards:
4-Star: Peggy Carter - Yellow, Shards
3-Star: Hawkeye - Purple, Shards
2-Star: Moonstone - Purple
1-Star: Venom - Purple

Placement Rewards:
5-Star: Iron Man - Shards
4-Star: Professor X - Purple, Shards
3-Star: Captain America - Yellow, Blue, Shards
2-Star: Storm - Green, Blue, Yellow

Alliance Placement Rewards:
3-Star: Captain America - Yellow, Shards
2-Star: Storm - Green, Blue

DarthDeVo

Webbed Wonder (3/30/20) - 3 Day Event *New Update*
Featured Characters:
5-Star: Jessica Jones 
4-Star: Northstar
3-Star: Ragnarok
2-Star: Hawkeye

Progression Rewards:
5-Star: Immortal Hulk - Shards
4-Star: Northstar - Yellow, Shards
3-Star: Ragnarok - Blue, Shards
2-Star: Hawkeye - Red, Purple
1-Star: Venom - Black

Placement Rewards:
5-Star: Havok - Shards
4-Star: Agent Coulson - Yellow, Purple, Shards
3-Star: Wolverine - Red, Yellow, Green, Shards
2-Star: Moonstone - Black, Red, Purple

Alliance Placement Rewards:
4-Star: Agent Coulson - Yellow, Shards
3-Star: Wolverine - Red, Shards
2-Star: Moonstone - Black, Red
1-Star: Iron Man - Yellow

DarthDeVo

(For posterity, courtesy Gamependium, because I certainly can't remember)

Sweet (3/23/20) *New Update*

3-Star Required: Psylocke, Beast, Bullseye, Captain America, Sentry
Crash of the Titans: Magik

Behemoth Burrito:

• 4-Star: M.O.D.O.K., 3-Star: Spider-Man, 2-Star: Captain Marvel 
• 4-Star: Prowler, 3-Star: Luke Cage, 2-Star: Wolverine
• 4-Star: Domino, 3-Star: Doctor Strange, 2-Star: Captain Marvel
• 4-Star: America Chavez, 3-Star: Iron Man, 2-Star: Thor
• 4-Star: Karnak, 3-Star: Kamala Khan, 2-Star: Thor

Savory (3/28/20) *New Update*

3-Star Required: Punisher, Blade, Wolverine, Human Torch, Colossus
Crash of the Titans: Invisible Woman
On Deck: BishOP (😋)

Behemoth Burrito:

• 4-Star: Vulture, 3-Star: Doctor Strange, 2-Star: Magneto
• 4-Star: Agent Venom, 3-Star: Doctor Strange, 2-Star: Thor

PROJECTED BY GAMEPENDIUM

• 4-Star: Agent Coulson, 3-Star: Black Widow, 2-Star: Human Torch
• 4-Star: X-23, 3-Star: Daken, 2-Star: Black Widow (Side note: Totally missed an opportunity to use Wolverine here and keep it all in the family) 
• 4-Star: Iceman, 3-Star: Scarlet Witch, 2-Star: Magneto

DarthDeVo

OJSP said:

It's a 3-day event.

I don't want to assume. I think there's a 4-day version with the middle sub being 48 hours, right? Or am I confusing that with a different PvE and Webbed Wonder is always 3 days? 

At any rate, not officially my job and I don't want to put words in their mouth. 

DarthDeVo

OJSP said:

DarthDeVo said:

OJSP said:

It's a 3-day event.

I don't want to assume. I think there's a 4-day version with the middle sub being 48 hours, right? 

Yes (it's the first day that has a 24 hr and 48 hr sub). But, we could count it from the start and end times in the preview. This one is the 3 day event, it starts on Monday and ends on Thursday.

Ah, good call, I didn't go that far on the selection screen. Updated the initial post, thanks for the insight!

bluewolf

HULK SMASH PUNY JJ SHARDS!!!!

Put another way.....JJ being essential in Webbed Wonder, but Hulk shards being the progression rewards, means you won't see her as an essential (and hence her shards) until sometime around Spring 2021.

So if any players were looking to finish a cover for her via playing SCL10, it'll be a while.

Oh....wouldn't it suck if in a year another new 5 is here and she gets shut out again?  Is this on the devs' radar at all?  Or am I being far too presumptuous to think that there will be a game in a year to even worry about JJ shards again?

The upside, of course, is that we won't need Immortal Hulk to play the 5Es this time......

krakenoon

@DarthDeVo
Thank you once again for the effort.
Sure, any of us can pull the same info, but updating this post helps maintain the illusion that it’s not all falling down around us. No /s BTW, it really is appreciated.

DarthDeVo

bluewolf said:

HULK SMASH PUNY JJ SHARDS!!!!

Put another way.....JJ being essential in Webbed Wonder, but Hulk shards being the progression rewards, means you won't see her as an essential (and hence her shards) until sometime around Spring 2021.

So if any players were looking to finish a cover for her via playing SCL10, it'll be a while.

Oh....wouldn't it suck if in a year another new 5 is here and she gets shut out again?  Is this on the devs' radar at all?  Or am I being far too presumptuous to think that there will be a game in a year to even worry about JJ shards again?

The upside, of course, is that we won't need Immortal Hulk to play the 5Es this time......

I noticed that when they did this for Havok; his shards were placement and progression rewards, but Sinister was actually required. Nice that Havok wasn't required, and between PvE and PvP rewards, I managed to get a full cover for him. But Sinister got screwed out of a turn of earning shards, and now it's Jessica Jones. Next 5* will be someone else, unless they go back to boss events. **cough**BringBackBossEvents**cough**

Sorry, allergies got to me there for a second. 

I'm glad Hawkeye isn't required, because I've left him at 285/500 shards, and am counting on shards from PvE placement/progression to finish him off. However, that's not to say he won't be the one to get screwed over next or some point in the future. And, someone could have used the exact same strategy as me but for JJ. Now they're screwed over, and that sucks. 

Loosie

Doctor Doom, Ghost Rider and Immoral Hulk feature in the Gods and Monsters store.

fight4thedream

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