What's New MPQ - July 2023 (Updated 7/10/23)

IceIX
IceIX ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 4,328 Site Admin
edited August 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 Cosmo (Space Dog) Clue: Four Small Steps
3/5-Star: Spider-Gwen (Spider-Verse / Gwenom) Clue: Portal Rockin'
4-Star Moondragon (Heather Douglas) Clue: Space Monk
3/5-Star: Spider-Rex (Pter Ptarker / Venomsaurus Rex Clue: Ancient Web
4-Star Silver Samurai (Kenuichio Harada) Clue: Glint of a Blade

Recent and Upcoming Features
R278: Updated the Chapter Selection Screen, with each sub of an event now being a tab for that event.
R279: Maintenance update, data for Spider-Verse and other June events. Fixed a random crash on Samsung devices.
R280: Maintenance release, data for Secret Invasion and July events
R281: Updates to fix some random communication timeouts when accessing any cover pack page, Helpshift, or Vault page



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

6/29 - 7/2 Hearts of Darkness
Placement Rewards: Odin, Misty Knight, Rocket & Groot (Most Wanted), Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
Progression Rewards: High Evolutionary (Vol 3), Colleen Wing, Iron Man (Model 40), Hawkeye (Modern)

7/2 - 7/6 The Hunt
Placement Rewards: Doctor Octopus (Classic), Venom (Eddie Brock), Colossus (Classic), Magneto (Marvel NOW)
Progression Rewards: Venomsaurus Rex, Misty Knight, Rocket & Groot (Most Wanted), Human Torch (Johnny Storm)

7/6 - 7/10 Deadpool Vs. MPQ
Placement Rewards: Spider-Gwen (Gwenom), M'Baku, Elektra (Assassin), Thor (Marvel NOW)
Progression Rewards: Doctor Octopus (Classic), Venom (Eddie Brock), Colossus (Classic), Magneto (Marvel NOW)

7/10 - 7/13 Strange Sights NEW
Placement Rewards: Jeffrey (Symbiote), Clea, Spider-Rex, Daken (DR)
Progression Rewards: Spider-Gwen (Gwenom), M'Baku, Elektra (Assassin), Thor (Marvel NOW)

7/13 - 7/17 Meet Rocket & Groot NEW
Placement Rewards: High Evolutionary (Vol 3), Silver Samurai, Gambit (Modern(, Captain America (Steve Rogers)
Progression Rewards: Jeffrey (Symbiote), Clea, Spider-Rex, Daken (DR)

7/17 - 7/21 Thick As Thieves NEW
Placement Rewards: Apocalypse, Human Torch (Annihilus), Hood, Bullseye (DR)
Progression Rewards: High Evolutionary (Vol 3), Silver Samurai, Gambit (Modern(, Captain America (Steve Rogers)


PVP Events

6/29 - 7/2 Spider-Rex - Dino Danger
Placement Rewards: Venomsaurus Rex, Ikaris, Luke Cage (HfH), Thor (Marvel NOW)

7/2 - 7/5 Venomsaurus Rex - Jurassic Joust
Placement Rewards: Scarlet Witch (WandaVision), Invisible Woman, Quicksilver, Bullseye (DR)

7/4 - 7/7 Quicksilver - Blue Shift
Placement Rewards: Sersi, Iron Fist (Danny Rand), Deadpool (It's Me), Thor (Marvel NOW)

7/6 - 7/9 Deadpool (It's Me) - Weapon Tex-Mex
Placement Rewards: Shang-Chi, Iron Man (Hulkbuster), Loki (DR), Moonstone

7/9 - 7/12 Loki (Dark Reign) - God Of Lies
Placement Rewards: She-Hulk (Immortal), Jean Grey (All-New), Emma Frost (New X-Men), Wolverine (Astonishing)

7/11 - 7/14 Emma Frost (New X-Men) - Do You Mind? NEW
Placement Rewards: Silver Surfer, Jubilee, Magneto (Classic), Thor (Marvel NOW)

7/13 - 7/16 Magneto (Classic) - Magnetic Mayhem NEW
Placement Rewards: Spider-Gwen (Gwenom), Silver Samurai, Punisher (DR), Wolverine (Astonishing)

7/13 - 7/16 Silver Samurai - Storm of Steel NEW
Placement Rewards: Spider-Man (Black), Juggernaut (Fear Itself), Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange), Thor (Marvel NOW)

7/13 - 7/16 Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange) - Strange Days NEW
Placement Rewards: Spider-Man (Peter Parker), Karnak, Arcade (Acra), Wolverine (Astonishing)

Buff List

6/29 - 7/6
5-Star: Apocalypse, Professor X, She-Hulk, Storm
4-Star: Abomination, Human Torch (Hammond), Namora, Thanos, Thing
3-Star: Angel, Captain America, Cyclops, Kang, Luke Cage
2-Star: Black Widow, Bullseye
1-Star: Hawkeye, Venom

7/6 - 7/13
5-Star: Electro, Magik, Okoye, Wolverine (OML)
4-Star: Carnage, Doc Ock, Hydrastomper, Ikaris, Venom (EB)
3-Star: Blade, Hawkeye, Quicksilver, Thor, Vision
2-Star: Moonstone, Storm
1-Star: Black Widow, Juggernaut

7/13 - 7/20 NEW
5-Star: Abigail Brand, Daredevil, Odin, Sersi
4-Star: Agent Venom, Anti-Venom, Blade, Miles Morales, Scorpion
3-Star: Doctor Doom, Gambit, Magik, Punisher, Thanos
2-Star: Captain America, Thor
1-Star: Iron Man, Storm


Deadpool Dailies

6/26
4-Star: Colleen Wing, Misty Knight, Iron Man, Reptil, Nebula, Black Widow, Spider-Man (IW)
3-Star: Mystique, Rocket & Groot, Gamora, Luke Cage, Squirrel Girl, Cyclops, Black Panther
Crash: Professor X

7/3
4-Star: Medusa, Riri Williams, M'Baku, War Machine, Wasp, Spider-Woman, Human Torch (Hammond)
3-Star: Iron Fist, Kamala Khan, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Vision, Bullseye, Doctor Strange
Crash: Silk

7/10
4-Star: Ghost Rider, Black Panther, Star-Lord, Polaris, Kate Pryde, Moon Knight, Shuri
3-Star: Thanos, Hawkeye, Star-Lord, Elektra, Gambit, Angel, Emma Frost
Crash: Cyclops

7/17 NEW
4-Star: Mordo, Black Cat, Punisher, Echo, Deathlok, Spider-Man 2099, Blob
3-Star: Arcade, Hit-Monkey, Kang, Magik, Jeffery, High Evolutionary, Spider-Gwen
Crash: Scorpion

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Comments

  • ArchusMonk
    ArchusMonk Posts: 211 Tile Toppler

    Thank you for this!

  • CoxLargo
    CoxLargo Posts: 56 Match Maker

    Yes finally, thanks

  • MPQBren
    MPQBren Posts: 17 Just Dropped In

    The calendar shows a new 3/5 star release two weeks in a row. Is this intended?

  • ArchusMonk
    ArchusMonk Posts: 211 Tile Toppler

    Is ISO-8 Brotherhood a new PVE event?

  • BlackBoltRocks
    BlackBoltRocks Posts: 1,193 Chairperson of the Boards

    @ArchusMonk said:
    Is ISO-8 Brotherhood a new PVE event?

    No. It's one of the four 7-day PVE events, along with The Hulk, Prodigal Sun, and Enemy of the State.

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

    @ArchusMonk said:
    Is ISO-8 Brotherhood a new PVE event?

    Let's hope they made sure CL 10 works, this time.

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

    I don't even remember this one though I must have played it. I am assuming this is Mutate heavy as the bad guys.

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

    Yeah it has a lot of those Control and other guys.

  • turbomoose
    turbomoose Posts: 809 Critical Contributor

    This isn’t the one where the node from the first page disappears on day 2 is it ?

    I can’t remember much about this 7 day event unfortunately

  • Scofie
    Scofie GLOBAL_MODERATORS Posts: 1,397 Chairperson of the Boards

    @BlackBoltRocks said:

    @ArchusMonk said:
    Is ISO-8 Brotherhood a new PVE event?

    No. It's one of the four 7-day PVE events, along with The Hulk, Prodigal Sun, and Enemy of the State.

    Happily they seem to be running them in my favourite order: EotS, Iso-8, Prodigal Sun, The Hulk. Unless Hulk gives us a 5*Banner cover in that node reward to keep up with cover inflation...

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

    I can't seem to find much reference to it - seems it was ran back in May 2016 when we still had PvE scaling, lol! If that was the last time then I probably have played but I would have been a 2* player edging into 3* land - so this might as well be a brand new event I guess.

    Somebody will have a spreadsheet on all of this - when it was last played, points values, etc etc.

  • Scofie
    Scofie GLOBAL_MODERATORS Posts: 1,397 Chairperson of the Boards

    I think it was mostly non-tile-movers for 7 days with the odd villain thrown in for good measure. A bit like a cross between "Unstable Iso-8" and the "Luck be a Lady" section from "Meet R&G". But I could be remembering incorrectly.

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

    The CNs could be interesting.
    That is, if they remembered that there is CL10 now.

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

    @Scofie said:
    I think it was mostly non-tile-movers for 7 days with the odd villain thrown in for good measure. A bit like a cross between "Unstable Iso-8" and the "Luck be a Lady" section from "Meet R&G". But I could be remembering incorrectly.

    I have seen reference to "Moonstone & Bullseye" (I think it was those two) so expect Dark Avengers.

  • Ptahhotep
    Ptahhotep Posts: 430 Mover and Shaker

    As I recall, the story involves Magneto working undercover for Fury to destroy the labs producing ISO 8 mutants. Psylocke is in there somewhere as well.

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

    @Bowgentle said:
    The CNs could be interesting.
    That is, if they remembered that there is CL10 now.

    Don't imagine there was a 5* node either previously.

  • Ed_Dragonrider
    Ed_Dragonrider Posts: 593 Critical Contributor

    Another Apocalypse as boss again? Will we get to play this twice too?

    Just want to point out there are other boss events we haven't played recently... like ultron, galactus, civil war, sinister six... just to name a few off the top of my head. I'm sure there're others I'm forgetting as well.

  • Scofie
    Scofie GLOBAL_MODERATORS Posts: 1,397 Chairperson of the Boards

    @DAZ0273 said:

    @Scofie said:
    I think it was mostly non-tile-movers for 7 days with the odd villain thrown in for good measure. A bit like a cross between "Unstable Iso-8" and the "Luck be a Lady" section from "Meet R&G". But I could be remembering incorrectly.

    I have seen reference to "Moonstone & Bullseye" (I think it was those two) so expect Dark Avengers.

    I thought it was Bullseye, but then thought it was just a load of purple and started to doubt myself. Moonstone seems probable - again, why I think it reminded me of Unstable Iso-8. It was definitely an early Dark Reign inspired storyline.

  • Punisher5784
    Punisher5784 Posts: 3,845 Chairperson of the Boards

    @Bowgentle said:
    The CNs could be interesting.
    That is, if they remembered that there is CL10 now.

    Let's just hope this event doesn't become... unstable.. k bye

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

    @Ptahhotep said:
    As I recall, the story involves Magneto working undercover for Fury to destroy the labs producing ISO 8 mutants. Psylocke is in there somewhere as well.

    That sort of rings a bell.

    I can't imagine Psylocke would have been very useful though. Maybe that is why it takes 7 days to sort out. Hey Devs - get Nick Fury to recruit somebody good for this - we can get this sucka down to 4 days easy!