New Boss Event: Quandary Info

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  • Daredevil217
    Daredevil217 Posts: 3,994 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited October 2023

    My alliance went from top 50-100 I think last heroic to T25. We didn’t do anything out of the norm or different, and did no shuffling, but still jumped up significantly. This leads me to believe that the engagement this event was lower than previous which is not something you’d expect during anniversary (I’d expect engagement up across the board). The fact that the developers have already reached out to issue a statement about hearing our concerns leads me to believe that engagement was indeed down for this one and probably significantly so. It’d be an interesting question to ask in the next Quandaries & Answers thread.

  • crakker
    crakker Posts: 40 Just Dropped In

    @captainheath said:
    I agree, most people don't have a pad of paper and pencil next to the toilet.

    I write it down in the Notes app and switch between the two

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

    @crakker said:

    @captainheath said:
    I agree, most people don't have a pad of paper and pencil next to the toilet.

    I write it down in the Notes app and switch between the two

    Whenever I switch apps on my phone the game restarts and I have to use Healthpacks. It gets annoying when my wife constantly texts me in the middle of PvE lol

  • Pantera236
    Pantera236 Posts: 527 Critical Contributor

    @Punisher5784 said:

    @crakker said:

    @captainheath said:
    I agree, most people don't have a pad of paper and pencil next to the toilet.

    I write it down in the Notes app and switch between the two

    Whenever I switch apps on my phone the game restarts and I have to use Healthpacks. It gets annoying when my wife constantly texts me in the middle of PvE lol

    You need a new phone lol.

  • spatenfloot
    spatenfloot Posts: 665 Critical Contributor

    STOP MAKING THE HEROIC VERSION THE DEFAULT ON THE MAIN SCREEN

  • allen_koholic
    allen_koholic Posts: 103 Tile Toppler

    Heroic rewards the exact same costume as last run. Very cool.

  • Dogface
    Dogface Posts: 1,000 Chairperson of the Boards

    @allen_koholic said:
    Heroic rewards the exact same costume as last run. Very cool.

    I missed it last time, mainly bc my small alliance was focused on the regular boss event. Hopefully I can get it this time.

  • DyingLegend
    DyingLegend Posts: 1,210 Chairperson of the Boards

    Why didn't they change up the rewards?

  • revskip
    revskip Posts: 1,019 Chairperson of the Boards

    @allen_koholic said:
    Heroic rewards the exact same costume as last run. Very cool.

    500HP for a dupe so you still get something of some value.

    The really good rewards are the master support tokens.

  • Seph1roth5
    Seph1roth5 Posts: 434 Mover and Shaker

    @meadowsweet said:

    @crakker said:

    @captainheath said:
    I agree, most people don't have a pad of paper and pencil next to the toilet.

    I write it down in the Notes app and switch between the two

    Paper? Notes app? The only civilized solution to a problem such as this is a spreadsheet, of course!

    That looks so complicated, lol I just notepad something like
    black green
    blue red
    etc.

  • meadowsweet
    meadowsweet Posts: 272 Mover and Shaker

    @Seph1roth5 said:

    @meadowsweet said:

    @crakker said:

    @captainheath said:
    I agree, most people don't have a pad of paper and pencil next to the toilet.

    I write it down in the Notes app and switch between the two

    Paper? Notes app? The only civilized solution to a problem such as this is a spreadsheet, of course!

    That looks so complicated, lol I just notepad something like
    black green
    blue red
    etc.

    Took me a couple minutes - it's saved me way more time than I spent on it. I have a laptop nearby when I play MPQ. It reminds me what combinations I've already tried. When I find the correct match (Green X), it automatically blanks out all other possibilities in the same row or column.

  • Xception81
    Xception81 Posts: 427 Mover and Shaker

    As a reminder… you don’t have to randomly guess and take notes that way.

    Phantasmal Colors:
    Use Quake or Electro to minimize damage. Colors are “wrong”. Match a “fake” color and you’ll gain 1 AP in the “real” color. Write down the code. When Quandry is the “real” color, match the “fake” color to hurt them.
    Red is really __
    Green is really __
    Blue is really __
    Yellow is really __
    Black is really __
    Purple is really __

    The code changes each time, color partners aren’t paired (if red is blue, that doesn’t automatically mean blue is red), and sometimes the fake color can actually be the real color.

  • qandols
    qandols Posts: 1,182 Chairperson of the Boards

    Does it change even in the the same match? I try to write down fake / real colors but they seem to change all the time. So frustrating!

  • Xception81
    Xception81 Posts: 427 Mover and Shaker

    Nope, each match is one specific code. But you might be getting damaged if you make a move that results in a little cascade?

  • qandols
    qandols Posts: 1,182 Chairperson of the Boards

    Do´h! I had it the wrong way around, no wonder it did not work.

  • ArchusMonk
    ArchusMonk Posts: 211 Tile Toppler

    @Xception81 said:
    As a reminder… you don’t have to randomly guess and take notes that way.

    Phantasmal Colors:
    Use Quake or Electro to minimize damage. Colors are “wrong”. Match a “fake” color and you’ll gain 1 AP in the “real” color. Write down the code. When Quandry is the “real” color, match the “fake” color to hurt them.
    Red is really __
    Green is really __
    Blue is really __
    Yellow is really __
    Black is really __
    Purple is really __

    The code changes each time, color partners aren’t paired (if red is blue, that doesn’t automatically mean blue is red), and sometimes the fake color can actually be the real color.

    Best way to minimize damage is to use the loaners. The damage is percentage-based, so you’ll still have way more than enough health on those loaners to win.

  • JimboJambo
    JimboJambo Posts: 133 Tile Toppler

    Also use the loaners for the puzzle where you have to match fortified tiles. I can't see any reason to use your actual roster when powers are disabled. That said, I saw someone mention that some passives still work. Has anyone come across anything useful apart from Quake / Electro?

  • MoosePrime
    MoosePrime Posts: 969 Critical Contributor
    edited October 2023

    @ArchusMonk said:

    @Xception81 said:
    As a reminder… you don’t have to randomly guess and take notes that way.

    Phantasmal Colors:
    Use Quake or Electro to minimize damage. Colors are “wrong”. Match a “fake” color and you’ll gain 1 AP in the “real” color. Write down the code. When Quandry is the “real” color, match the “fake” color to hurt them.
    Red is really __
    Green is really __
    Blue is really __
    Yellow is really __
    Black is really __
    Purple is really __

    The code changes each time, color partners aren’t paired (if red is blue, that doesn’t automatically mean blue is red), and sometimes the fake color can actually be the real color.

    Best way to minimize damage is to use the loaners. The damage is percentage-based, so you’ll still have way more than enough health on those loaners to win.

    Yes, use the loaners, then you have nothing to lose.

  • 658_2
    658_2 Posts: 235 Tile Toppler

    If you use Electro/Quake you don’t even have to look at Quandary. Just match a variety of colors and it will be over in 2 minutes.

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