What's New MPQ: May 2023 (Updated 5/11/23)

IceIX
IceIX ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 4,328 Site Admin
edited June 2023 in MPQ General Discussion


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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.

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Characters in 2023
5-Star: Wong (Sorcerer Supreme) Clue: Technically Best Choice
4-Star: Colleen Wing (Heroes for Hire) Clue: Flying Samurai
3/5-Star: Kang (Classic / The Conqueror) Clue: Nothing is Sacred
4-Star: M'Baku (Jabari Chieftain) Clue: Traditional Strength
3/5-Star: Magik (Darkchylde/Phoenix Five) Clue: Hell's Belle
4-Star: Clea (Sorcerer Supreme) Clue: Half at Fault
3/5-Star: Jeffrey (Land Shark / Symbiote) Clue: Candygram
4-Star: Human Torch (Annihilus) Clue: Returnal Flame
3/5-Star: High Evolutionary (Classic/Awesome Mix Volume 3) Clue: Next Step Forward
4-Star Clue: Four Small Steps

Recent and Upcoming Features
R272: Data for upcoming Boss Event (Kang)
R273: Engineering fixes for various "Away" mechanics issues affecting Kang and Wong (and future characters)
R274: Maintenance update, data for April events
R275: Engineering work for upcoming (relatively) minor feature
R276:
Implemented 'Pick X', a function allowing players to choose from multiple rewards. Currently used in the Tutorial to choose from 3 3-Star characters.
Implemented support for multi-tier Event Quests.
R277: Maintenance update, data for May and June events



PVE Events - Required Characters are same as Progression Rewards unless otherwise indicated

5/1 - 5/4 Infinite Pursuit
Placement Rewards: Thanos (Mad Titan), Namora, Vision, Moonstone
Progression Rewards: Knull, Miles Morales, Thor (Modern), Wolverine (Astonishing)

5/4 - 5/7 Hearts of Darkness
Placement Rewards: Magik (P5), Abomination, Gamora (GotG), Hawkeye (Modern)
Progression Rewards: Thanos (Mad Titan), Namora, Vision, Moonstone

5/7 - 5/11 Thick As Thieves
Placement Rewards: Jeffrey (Symbiote), Colleen Wing, Magneto (Classic), Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
Progression Rewards: Magik (P5), Abomination, Gamora (GotG), Hawkeye (Modern)

5/11 - 5/15 Unstable Iso-8
Required Characters: Ronan, Colleen Wing, Magneto (Classic), Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
Placement Rewards: Kang (The Conqueror), Mister Fantastic, Thanos (Modern), Magneto (Marvel NOW)
Progression Rewards: Jeffrey (Symbiote), Colleen Wing, Magneto (Classic), Human Torch (Johnny Storm)

5/15 - 5/18 The Hunt
Placement Rewards: Ronan, Legion, Arcade (Acra), Thor (Marvel NOW)
Progression Rewards: Kang (The Conqueror), Mister Fantastic, Thanos (Modern), Magneto (Marvel NOW)

5/18 - 5/22 Meet Rocket & Groot NEW
Placement Rewards: Iron Man (Mk 46), New 4-Star, High Evolutionary (Classic), Daken (DA)
Progression Rewards: Ronan, Legion, Arcade (Acra), Thor (Marvel NOW)

5/22 - 5/25 Fight For Wakanda NEW
Placement Rewards: Magik (P5), M'Baku, Daken (Classic), Captain America (Steve Rogers)
Progression Rewards: Iron Man (Mk 46), New 4-Star, High Evolutionary (Classic), Daken (DA)



PVP Events

4/30 - 5/3 Beast (Classic) - Real McCoy
Placement Rewards: Electro, Nebula, Psylocke, Magneto (Marvel NOW)

5/2 - 5/5 Psylocke - Fresh Cut
Placement Rewards: Elektra (WWF), Negasonic, High Evolutionary (Classic), Captain America (Steve Rogers)

5/4 - 5/7 High Evolutionary (Classic) - Enhanced Encounter **START OF TIME SEASON**
Placement Rewards: Emma Frost (P5), Nick Fury, Gamora (GotG), Magneto (Marvel NOW)

5/7 - 5/10 High Evolutionary (Vol 3) - Evolutionary Conquest
Placement Rewards: Gambit (Classic), Nico Minoru, Thanos (Modern), Captain America (Steve Rogers)

5/9 - 5/12 Thanos (Modern) - Behold Thanos
Placement Rewards: Gambit (Classic), Nightcrawler, Iron Man (Model 40), Magneto (Marvel NOW)

5/11 - 5/14 Iron Man (Model 40) - Heavy Metal
Placement Rewards: Gamora (Deadliest), Northstar, Vision, Thor (Marvel NOW)

5/14 - 5/17 Vision - Made Man
Placement Rewards: Gargantos, Nova, Colossus (Classic), Moonstone

5/16 - 5/19 Colossus (Classic) - Real Steel
Placement Rewards: Ghost Rider (RR), Peggy Carter, Bullseye (Classic), Black Widow (Original)

5/18 - 5/21 Bullseye (Classic) - Stay On Target NEW
Placement Rewards: Green Goblin, New 4-Star, Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange), Moonstone

5/21 - 5/24 New Character - 4-Star Versus NEW
Placement Rewards: Havok, Polaris, Hulk (Indestructible), Daken (DA)

5/23 - 5/26 Hulk (Indestructible) - Smash Hit NEW
Placement Rewards: Hawkeye (Barton), Kate Bishop, She-Hulk (Modern), Moonstone



Buff List

4/27 - 5/4
5-Star: Hulk (Immortal), Mister Sinister, Moon Knight, Silver Surfer
4-Star: Iceman, Iron Fist, Nico Minoru, Red Guardian, Sabretooth
3-Star: Black Panther, Bullseye, Doctor Octopus, Human Torch, Sentry
2-Star: Ares, Wolverine
1-Star: Iron Man, Storm

5/4 - 5/11
5-Star: Gargantos, Hit Monkey, Spider-Man (Black), Ultron, Wong
4-Star: Ant-Man, Hulk (Awesome), Karolina Dean, Kate Pryde, Kraven, Silk, Thing
3-Star: Beast, Deadpool, Gamora, Jeffrey, Kamala Khan, Mystique
2-Star: Captain America, Human Torch
1-Star: Hawkeye, Juggernaut

5/11 - 5/18 UPDATED
5-Star: Adam Warlock, Gamora, Shang Chi, Star-Lord
4-Star: Drax, Gamora, Jubilee, Mantis, Rocket & Groot, Star-Lord, Yondu
3-Star: Daken, Mystique, Psylocke, Scarlet Witch, Wolverine
2-Star: Magneto, Thor
1-Star: Iron Man, Venom

5/18 - 5/25 NEW
5-Star: Black Panther, Gambit, Ghost Rider, Magneto, Wolverine (Samurai Daken)
4-Star: Colleen Wing, Deathlok, Doop, Gorr, Nico Minoru, Reptil, Spider-Man (OsCorp)
3-Star: Arcade, Doctor Strange, Elektra, Emma Frost, Hood, Kamala Khan
2-Star: Black Widow, Daken
1-Star: Juggernaut, Storm



Deadpool Dailies

5/1
4-Star: Agent Venom, Agent Coulson, Red Guardian, Loki (Alligator), X-23, Iceman, Jean Grey
3-Star: Doctor Octopus, Blade, Mystique, Rocket & Groot, Gamora, Luke Cage, Squirrel Girl
Crash: Gamora (GotG2)

5/8
4-Star: Colleen Wing, Valkyrie, Emma Frost, Yondu, Gamora, Rocket & Groot, Wiccan
3-Star: Cyclops, Black Panther, Iron Fist, Kamala Khan, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Vision
Crash: Rocket and Groot (GotG2)

5/15
4-Star: Mockingbird, Winter Soldier, Captain America (Sam Wilson), Peggy Carter, Captain Marvel, Professor X, Silk
3-Star: Bullseye, Doctor Strange, Thanos, Hawkeye, Star-Lord, Elektra, Gambit
Crash: Wiccan

5/22 NEW
4-Star: Cyclops, Scorpion, Lizard, Rogue, Thing, Magik, Super Skrull
3-Star: Angel, Emma Frost, Arcade, Hit-Monkey, Kang, Magik, Jeffrey
Crash: Mockingbird

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Comments

  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 10,342 Chairperson of the Boards

    So we have a 5 and 6 character boosted 5* week coming up? Any special reasons? I'll find the iso to champ Wong, he was quite fun boosted for Gargantos.

  • BlackBoltRocks
    BlackBoltRocks Posts: 1,193 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited May 2023

    @IceIX said:

    PVE Events - Required Characters are same as Progression Rewards unless otherwise indicated


    5/1 - 5/4 Infinite Pursuit
    Progression Rewards: Knull, Miles Morales, Thor (Modern), Wolverine (Astonishing)
    Placement Rewards: Thanos (Mad Titan), Namora, Vision, Moonstone

    5/4 - 5/7 Hearts of Darkness
    Progression Rewards: Thanos (Mad Titan), Namora, Vision, Moonstone
    Placement Rewards: Magik (P5), Abomination, Gamora (GotG), Hawkeye (Modern)

    5/7 - 5/11 Thick As Thieves
    Progression Rewards: Magik (P5), Abomination, Gamora (GotG), Hawkeye (Modern)
    Placement Rewards: Jeffrey (Symbiote), Colleen Wing, Magneto (Classic), Human Torch (Johnny Storm)

    5/11 - 5/15 Unstable Iso-8
    Progression Rewards: Jeffrey (Symbiote), Colleen Wing, Magneto (Classic), Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
    Required Characters: Ronan, Colleen Wing, Magneto (Classic), Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
    Placement Rewards: Kang (The Conqueror), Mister Fantastic, Thanos (Modern), Magneto (Marvel NOW)

    5/15 - 5/18 The Hunt
    Progression Rewards: Kang (The Conqueror), Mister Fantastic, Thanos (Modern), Magneto (Marvel NOW)
    Placement Rewards: Ronan, Legion, Arcade (Acra), Thor (Marvel NOW)

    Unstable Iso-8 and The Hunt are confusing in terms of progression and required. For Unstable, Jeff is the 5* progression reward. Doesn't that mean that Jeff will be the required 5* ? Why is it listed as Ronan instead? If Ronan is the placement reward for The Hunt, that means Ronan will be the progression-cum-essential 5* for the event after the Hunt (which according to the calendar is Meet Grocket) right? The line that I bolded: is it a copypasta error?

    Also, honestly. Put progression rewards on top and placement below. That makes it much easier to follow.

  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited May 2023

    Are you seriously NOT running Guardian PVPs for the movie release?
    Also, the 5/11 - 5/18 boost list is an embarrassement of riches.

  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 10,342 Chairperson of the Boards

    I hadn't even clocked that. No boosted Guardians either! Very strange promotion for a tent pole film - the Guardians have less taken over than utterly disappeared!

  • Ed_Dragonrider
    Ed_Dragonrider Posts: 593 Critical Contributor

    Looks very nice and organised and very detailed with the new support release, and the break between boss and webbed wonder events clearly marked.

    Seems odd not having any GotG characters anywhere, unless those will appear in a separate thread that details the special events and the quest stuff (mentioned in the other thread) for this Gotg "takeover" period?

  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards

    Oh, but - thank you for posting this, it is appreciated!

  • rainkingucd
    rainkingucd Posts: 1,433 Chairperson of the Boards

    @DAZ0273 said:
    So we have a 5 and 6 character boosted 5* week coming up? Any special reasons? I'll find the iso to champ Wong, he was quite fun boosted for Gargantos.

    I would guess AAPI month based on the vault, and the extra boost being Wong and Shang-Chi

  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 10,342 Chairperson of the Boards

    @rainkingucd said:

    @DAZ0273 said:
    So we have a 5 and 6 character boosted 5* week coming up? Any special reasons? I'll find the iso to champ Wong, he was quite fun boosted for Gargantos.

    I would guess AAPI month based on the vault, and the extra boost being Wong and Shang-Chi

    I had to look that up and didn't know there was a vault! Will go look at now.

  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 10,342 Chairperson of the Boards

    Although that doesn't explain the 6 boost week? Shang Chi sure but the other 5? So I wonder if that is another mistake? They can dump Goblin that week if they like!

  • rainkingucd
    rainkingucd Posts: 1,433 Chairperson of the Boards

    @DAZ0273 said:
    Although that doesn't explain the 6 boost week? Shang Chi sure but the other 5? So I wonder if that is another mistake? They can dump Goblin that week if they like!

    yeah, good call. Maybe Switch is supposed to be Samurai Daken or something

  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited May 2023

    Maybe the week after will have 7 boosted 5s!
    Because we're going 4 - 5 - 6.
    4s are weird, too 5 - 7 - 6.
    Actually none of the tiers are consistent.
    Was it always like that? I never pay attention to boosted 4s or 3s.

  • Omegased
    Omegased Posts: 605 Critical Contributor

    oh man, Apocalypse AND Beta Ray Bill together.

    they're gonna wreck shop. It'll be like, 70k damage for 6 blue (and 7 yellow i guess). looking forward to it.

  • Punter1
    Punter1 Posts: 729 Critical Contributor

    Only "mention" of the GOTG is the Milano in the picture. No additional boosts, no featured events etc.

    The quests feel like they were tacked on by a different group and sort of accidentally ended up in the game. Shame when these quests were to some extent the best new thing in the game in a while. Good rewards encouraging different play, if only they'd been better integrated and not quite so grindy.

    Their enemies get more time in the spotlight! Thanos, Ronan and the new Highly Complicated all featured.

  • KGB
    KGB Posts: 3,285 Chairperson of the Boards

    This is what I liked seeing

    "Implemented 'Pick X', a function allowing players to choose from multiple rewards. Currently used in the Tutorial to choose from 3 3-Star characters.
    Implemented support for multi-tier Event Quests."

    Looking forward to choosing my rewards so I can get what I need.

    KGB

  • pepitedechocolat
    pepitedechocolat Posts: 251 Mover and Shaker

    I like the updated visual calendar with break time and release days.

    I feel like a missing opportunity to have all these GotG quests and very little on the event front (new toon, but not synergize with quest, gamora boosted but prolly random).

  • ArchusMonk
    ArchusMonk Posts: 211 Tile Toppler

    Puzzle Ops at the end of the month only goes till Sunday. Normally it would go until the following Wednesday. Ordinarily I’d just assume that’s a graphical error, but given recent history, I’d like to make sure that Puzzle Ops will be the usual 6-7 days long and not 3. Thanks

  • MackDan1
    MackDan1 Posts: 107 Tile Toppler

    Between GotG 3 and AAPI month, we should only be seeing 4* and 5* centered pvp. Disappointing.

  • skittledaddy
    skittledaddy Posts: 1,001 Chairperson of the Boards

    Umm... aren't Hearts of Darkness and Thick As Thieves rewarding 5* High Evolutionary shards in placement and progression, respectively? Both list Magik, instead.

  • GrimSkald
    GrimSkald Posts: 2,660 Chairperson of the Boards

    @MackDan1 said:
    Between GotG 3 and AAPI month, we should only be seeing 4* and 5* centered pvp. Disappointing.

    I agree, I like the 4* featured PVPs because they let me actually play with 4s, and I like the 5s because I can then field three of them. They definitely add some variety, as opposed to just dragging along a 3* you don't use all the time.

    It does seem that Broken Circle doesn't like varying the PVP events as much as the old devs. I wonder if that is a philosophy or just that they don't want to put in the additional work -- which to be fair I have no idea how much it is.

  • Phumade
    Phumade Posts: 2,503 Chairperson of the Boards

    @GrimSkald said:

    @MackDan1 said:
    Between GotG 3 and AAPI month, we should only be seeing 4* and 5* centered pvp. Disappointing.

    I agree, I like the 4* featured PVPs because they let me actually play with 4s, and I like the 5s because I can then field three of them. They definitely add some variety, as opposed to just dragging along a 3* you don't use all the time.

    It does seem that Broken Circle doesn't like varying the PVP events as much as the old devs. I wonder if that is a philosophy or just that they don't want to put in the additional work -- which to be fair I have no idea how much it is.

    As we inch closer to almost a decade of play, I'm amazed they didn't invest the time and money to develop a simple drag and drop pvp event creator. I feel bad for whoever is hand scripting these events after a decade.

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