What's New MPQ - Updated 10/18/21

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Welcome to What's New MPQ! Below, you will find the schedule of our ongoing and future events, along with the character buff list for the week. If you're interested in our events archive, feel free to click open the 'Spoiler' tab to see the list of past events. We will open a fresh What's New thread at the start of every month, and it will be updated on Mondays of every week.

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Characters
4-Star: Blob (Modern)
5-Star: Gamora (Deadliest Woman)
4-Star Teaser: "Uni-Sol..."

Recent and Upcoming Features
MPQ 8th Anniversary! See Here for details!
Bug fixes & UI updates
R238 Release Notes: See Here

PVE Events

9/23 - 9/28 The Hunt

• Featuring: Iron Man (Mark LXVI), Loki (Alligator of Mischief), Doctor Doom (Classic), Captain Marvel (Ms. Marvel)
• Placement Rewards: Ultron (Age of Ultron) Shards, The Hydra Stomper, Cyclops (Uncanny X-Men), Ares, Juggernaut (Classic)

9/23 - 9/30 Introducing... Ultron

• Progression Rewards: Ultron (Age of Ultron) Shards

9/23 - 9/30 Puzzle Gauntlet

9/27 - 10/1 Lost In Time

• Featuring: Magneto (Age of Apocalypse), The Hydra Stomper, Cyclops (Uncanny X-Men), Ares
• Placement Rewards: The Hulk (Bruce Banner) Shards, Kate Pryde (Marauders), The Punisher (Dark Reign), Moonstone, Iron Man (Model 35)

9/30 - 10/4 Avengers Vs. Ultron (BOSS)

• Featuring: Kate Pryde (Marauders), The Punisher (Dark Reign), Moonstone
• Placement Rewards: Kate Bishop, Sam Wilson (Falcon), Hawkeye (Modern)

10/3 - 10/8 Cosmic Chaos

• Featuring: The Hulk (Bruce Banner), Kate Bishop, Sam Wilson (Falcon), Hawkeye (Modern)
• Placement Rewards: Shang-Chi Shards, Hawkeye (Ronin), Spider-Man (Classic), Human Torch (Johnny Storm), Spider-Man (Original)

10/7 - 10/12 Operation Spider Silk (Anniversary)

• Featuring: Shang-Chi, Hawkeye (Ronin), Spider-Man (Classic), Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
• Placement Rewards: Electro (Francine Frye) Shards, Blob, Human Torch (Classic), Daken (Dark Avengers), Venom (Dark Avengers)
• Anniversary Event Rewards: Anniversary Token

10/7 - 10/14 Introducing... Blob

• Progression Rewards: Blob (Modern) Shards

10/7 - 10/14 PVE Advent: Deadpool's Nightly Games (Anniversary)

• Anniversary Progression Rewards: Blob, Devil Dinosaur, Deadpool (It's Me, Deadpool!)

10/10 - 10/15 Welcome To S.H.I.E.L.D.

• Progression Rewards: Blob (Modern) Shards

10/11 - 10/15 Hearts of Darkness (Anniversary)

• Featuring: Electro (Francine Frye), Blob, Human Torch (Classic), Daken (Dark Avengers)
• Placement Rewards: Odin Shards, Loki (Alligator of Mischief), Blade (Daywalker), Magneto (Marvel NOW!), Storm (Modern)
• Anniversary Event Rewards: Anniversary Token

10/14 - 10/18 Webbed Wonder (Anniversary)

• Featuring: Odin, Loki (Alligator of Mischief), Blade (Daywalker), Magneto (Marvel NOW!)
• Placement Rewards: Yelena Belova (Black Widow) Shards, The Hydra Stomper, Loki (Dark Reign), Thor (Marvel NOW!), Hawkeye (Classic)
• Anniversary Event Rewards: Anniversary Token

10/17 - 10/22 Deadpool vs. MPQ

• Featuring: Yelena Belova (Black Widow), The Hydra Stomper, Loki (Dark Reign), Thor (Marvel NOW!)
• Placement Rewards: Black Bolt Shards, Kate Pryde, Hawkeye (Hawkguy), Captain America (Steve Rogers), Juggernaut (Classic)

10/21 - 10/25 Meet Rocket & Groot *NEW*

• Featuring: Black Bolt, Kate Pryde, Hawkeye (Hawkguy), Captain America (Steve Rogers)
• Placement Rewards: Shang-Chi Shards, Gwenpool, The Hulk (Indestructible), Black Widow (Original), Iron Man (Model 35)

10/21 - 10/28 Introducing... Gamora *NEW*

• Progression Rewards: Gamora (Deadliest Woman) Shards

10/21 - 10/28 Puzzle Gauntlet *NEW*

10/24 - 10/29 Fight For Wakanda *NEW*

• Featuring: Shang-Chi, Gwenpool, The Hulk (Indestructible), Black Widow (Original)
• Placement Rewards: Ultron Shards, War Machine, Thor (Modern), Bullseye (Dark Avengers), Black Widow (Modern)

PVP Events

9/23 - 10/4 S.H.I.E.L.D. SIMULATOR (Season Start)

9/26 - 9/29 Ultron - Peace In Our Time

• Placement Rewards: Thanos (The Mad Titan) Shards, Nova, Bullseye (Classic), Moonstone

9/28 - 10/2 Nova - Jet Set Go

• Placement Rewards: Thor (Gladiator) Shards, Spider-Man 2099, Doctor Doom (Classic), Daken (Dark Avengers)

9/30 - 10/4 Spider-Man - Future Shock

• Placement Rewards: Wasp (Hope van Dyne) Shards, Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnes), The Hood, Captain Marvel (Ms. Marvel)

10/3 - 10/6 Class of 2020

• Placement Rewards: Wolverine (Old Man Logan) Shards, Wolfsbane, Magneto (Classic), Captain Marvel (Ms. Marvel)

10/5 - 10/9 Class of 2021

• Placement Rewards: Wolverine (Samurai Daken) Shards, Devil Dinosaur, Deadpool (It's Me, Deadpool!), Captain America (Steve Rogers)

10/7 - 10/11 Devil Dinosaur - RRRRAAAWWWR! (Anniversary)

• Placement Rewards: Yelena Belova (Black Widow) Shards, Blob, Thanos (Modern), Captain Marvel (Ms. Marvel)

10/7 - 10/18 S.H.I.E.L.D. SIMULATOR (Anniversary Season Start)

10/10 - 10/13 Blob - Mass Appeal

• Placement Rewards: Yellowjacket Shards, Wolverine (X-Force), Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange), Thor (Marvel NOW!)

10/12 - 10/16 Guardians of the Multiverse (Anniversary)

• Placement Rewards: Adam Warlock Shards, Taskmaster, Iron Man (Model 40), Captain Marvel (Ms. Marvel)

10/14 - 10/18 Taskmaster - Watch And Learn (Anniversary)

• Placement Rewards: Apocalypse (Classic) Shards, X-23, Ragnarok, Thor (Marvel NOW!)

10/17 - 10/20 Divine Champions

• Placement Rewards: Archangel Shards, Yondu, Mystique, Ares

10/19 - 10/23 Nefarious Foes *NEW*

• Placement Rewards: Beta Ray Bill Shards, Agent Coulson, Angel, Storm (Classic)

10/21 - 10/25 Angel - Avenging Angel *NEW*

• Placement Rewards: Gamora (Deadliest Woman) Shards, Venom (Agent Venom), The Hulk (Indestructible), Ares

10/21 - 11/5 S.H.I.E.L.D. SIMULATOR (Season Start) *NEW*

10/24 - 10/27 Gamora - The Jade Assassin *NEW*

• Placement Rewards: Black Bolt Shards, America Chavez, Doctor Doom (Classic), Storm (Classic)

Buff List

9/23 - 9/30

• Black Bolt, Ghost Rider (Robby Reyes), Okoye, Wasp (Hope van Dyne), Beast (Age of Apocalypse), Gwenpool, Hulk (The Main Event), Lockjaw, Spider-Man 2099 (Miguel O'Hara), Bullseye (Classic), Captain Marvel (Modern), Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius), Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff), Spider-Man (Classic), Black Widow (Original), Storm (Classic), Iron Man (Model 35), Juggernaut (Classic)

9/30 - 10/7

• Archangel, Captain Marvel (Galactic Warrior), The Hulk (Immortal), Wolverine (Old Man Logan), America Chavez, Dazzler, Miles Morales, Nebula, Nova, Doctor Doom (Classic), The Hood, Magneto (Classic), The Punisher (Dark Reign), Thanos (Modern), Captain America (Steve Rogers), Daken (Dark Avengers), Black Widow (Modern), Spider-Man (Original)

10/7 - 10/14

• Beta Ray Bill, Deadpool (Spirit of Vengeance), Doctor Strange (Sorcerer Supreme), Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes), America Chavez, Deadpool (Uncanny X-Force), Karnak, Rocket & Groot (Awesome Mix Volume 2), Spider-Man 2099, Black Widow (Grey Suit), Cyclops (Uncanny X-Men), Deadpool (It's Me, Deadpool!), Kamala Khan, Thanos (Modern), Moonstone, Thor (Marvel NOW!), Storm (Modern), Venom (Dark Avengers)

10/14 - 10/21

• Apocalypse (Classic), Kitty Pryde, Okoye, Wolverine (Old Man Logan), Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers), Juggernaut (Fear Itself), Medusa, Polaris, Wolverine (X-Force), Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange), Iron Fist (Immortal Weapon), Iron Man (Model 40), Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff), Spider-Man (Classic), Bullseye (Dark Avengers), Wolverine (Astonishing X-Men), Hawkeye (Classic), Juggernaut (Classic)

10/21 - 10/28 *NEW*

• Electro, Killmonger, Magneto (Age of Apocalypse), Ronan, Anti-Venom, Cyclops (Classic), Nightcrawler, Spider-Gwen, Super-Skrull, Captain America (Super-Soldier), Daken (Classic), The Hulk (Indestructible), Loki (Dark Reign), Star-Lord (Peter Quill), Ares, Hawkeye (Modern), Black Widow (Modern), Iron Man (Model 35)

Deadpool Dailies

9/24

• 4-Star Featuring: Juggernaut (Fear Itself), Sandman, Thor (Goddess of Thunder), Mantis, Gwenpool
• 3-Star Featuring: Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff), Vision (Android Avenger), Bullseye (Classic), Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange), Thanos (Modern)
• Crash: Nightcrawler

9/29

• 4-Star Featuring: Spider-Gwen, Kate Bishop, Misty Knight, Iron Man (Hulkbuster), Nebula
• 3-Star Featuring: Hawkeye (Hawkguy), Star-Lord (Peter Quill), Elektra (Assassin), Gambit (Modern), Angel
• Crash: Northstar

10/4

• 4-Star Featuring: Black Widow (Infinity War), Spider-Man (Infinity War), Medusa, Riri Williams, War Machine (James Rhodes)
• 3-Star Featuring: Black Widow (Grey Suit), Doctor Doom (Classic), The Hood, Loki (Dark Reign), Magneto (Classic)
• Crash: Carnage (Cletus Kasady)

10/9

• 4-Star Featuring: Wasp (Janet van Dyne), Spider-Woman, Human Torch (Jim Hammond), Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze), Black Panther (King of Wakanda)
• 3-Star Featuring: Ragnarok, Spider-Man (Classic), Iron Man (Model 40), The Punisher (Dark Reign), The Hulk (Indestructible)
• Crash: Devil Dinosaur

10/14

• 4-Star Featuring: Star-Lord (Legendary Outlaw), Polaris, Kate Pryde, Moon Knight, Shuri
• 3-Star Featuring: Wolverine (Patch), Daredevil (Man Without Fear), Psylocke (Classic), Thor (Modern), Captain America (Super-Soldier)
• Crash: Taskmaster

10/19 *NEW*

• 4-Star Featuring: Mordo, Black Cat, The Punisher (Max), Spider-Man 2099, Negasonic
• 3-Star Featuring: Human Torch (Classic), Sam Wilson (Falcon), Daken (Classic), Sentry, Storm (Mohawk)
• Crash: Quake

10/24 *NEW*

• 4-Star Featuring: Blade (Modern), Elsa Bloodstone, Hellcat, Luke Cage (Power Man), Throg
• 3-Star Featuring: She-Hulk, Captain Marvel (Modern), Deadpool (It's Me, Deadpool!), Beast (Classic), Colossus (Classic)
• Crash: Iron Fist (Danny Rand)

DonkeyTeeth

@Neko Can you list the color the covers earned in progression in the event rewards? Placement would be tougher as there are a lot more, but they are all the same in progression.

ThaRoadWarrior

The progression covers are generally the placement covers from the previous event, unless something deviates from the schedule.

Bubba3210

Someone in an alliance chat pointed out Immortal Hulk is buffed but can’t be used with Banner for Cosmic Chaos for the 5e fights.

Keep that in mind if you are considering joining a higher level than normal.

UNC_Samurai

Neko said:

Buff List

9/30 - 10/7 *NEW*

• Archangel, Captain Marvel (Galactic Warrior), The Hulk (Immortal), Wolverine (Old Man Logan), America Chavez, Dazzler, Miles Morales, Nebula, Nova, Doctor Doom (Classic), The Hood, Magneto (Classic), The Punisher (Dark Reign), Thanos (Modern), Captain America (Steve Rogers), Daken (Dark Avengers), Black Widow (Modern), Spider-Man (Original)

These were just boosted two weeks ago, it seems odd they'd be used again so quickly.

St_Bernadus

Both are Hispanic though.

wymtime

For the 4* teaser super absorbent i am thinking Sebastian Shaw.

HoundofShadow

Class of 2020 pvp is up. I thought they would start with the recent 2-3 years first.

We are going to see a lot of Apocalypse and iHulk. 

Edit:

Class of 2020 starts from those released in Oct 2019 to Oct 2020. So, we'll have Carbage and BRB in as well.

ThaRoadWarrior

I started with the mega obnoxious team of BRB/Carbage/Polaris, but I then switched over to Killmonger/Onslaught/Karnak for maximum critical tile hilarity. So far so good.

Sekilicious

I forgot that Let there be Carnage was released this weekend. I wonder if 4* Shriek will be released at some point, though obviously this game does not advertise the non-Disney properties. I would imagine next month will be dedicated to Eternals. 

MackDan1

Thanks for the update. It's very helpful. The What if? pvp after Blob pvp. Explain please.

UNC_Samurai

Chavez was boosted last week, 2099 the week before, RG4 and Karnak a month ago, and Deadpool eight weeks ago.

This week's list is interesting, but I guess it's based on fan favorites for the anniversary.

HoundofShadow

Except that Polaris is not in there. She beat 7 other female characters to win the MPQ favourite female character.

UnsmashableTim

HoundofShadow said:

Except that Polaris is not in there. She beat 7 other female characters to win the MPQ favourite female character.

Where were the results?

HoundofShadow

That was 6 months ago. Here's the results:

https://d3go.helpshift.com/hc/en/3-marvel-puzzle-quest/faq/932-assemble-your-mpq-top-8-female-characters-poll-3-28-21/

UnsmashableTim

Totally forgot about that. Thanks.

DAZ0273

5-Star Teaser: "Half of none..."

Anybody have any guesses on this? I guess it could be an Eternals tie-in but that seems too early maybe?

ThaRoadWarrior

Could be a lateral thinking clue. Half of the letters in None, so depending on which two, we could be looking at "no," "on," "ne," or I guess "en" if it's out of order. I don't really know where that gets us though lol.

Searching the clue "half of none" also calls up a bunch of "crossword puzzle solver" sites, where the most common answer is ENS, the abbreviation for the US military rank "Ensign." googling Marvel Ensign brought up a fellow named Frank Ensign, the Guardsman, who seems to be a guard at The Vault in comics but that feels like that would be a total deep cut.

There is also a character called Marvel Boy/Ensign Marvel, who is some sort of Kree cocroach dna hybrid? Not sure why he would be on the 5* list either. https://www.marvel.com/characters/marvel-boy-noh-varr

Alternatively, ENS could stand for Etherium Name Spaces, which might be a hint towards Crypto-Man

https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Crypto-Man_(Earth-616)

I think I'm still hoping for Zemo, whose name is more like 3/4 of none being only one letter off of Zero...

HoundofShadow

I tried google and nothing related to Marvel popped up. However, a quote (via google search suggestion) popped up instead: believe half of what you see and none of what you hear - Ben Franklin.

Probably some character said a similar quote in a movie? 

MegaBee

HoundofShadow said:

I tried google and nothing related to Marvel popped up. However, a quote (via google search suggestion) popped up instead: believe half of what you see and none of what you hear - Ben Franklin.

Probably some character said a similar quote in a movie? 

Ben Franklin, nemesis of Doctor Strange, confirmed!

dianetics

Sounds like somebody from the eternals. Just a guess because the movie is coming out. No idea who it would be because I know nothing about them.