MPQ Developer Q&A October 2023 (Questions)

YumeWarlock
YumeWarlock Posts: 22 Just Dropped In
edited November 2023 in MPQ General Discussion

Hey all!

It's time for this month's Q&A questions!
Again, we try to answer as many questions as possible, but we may not get to them all.

October Developer Q&A Google Form:
https://mpq.social/devqa

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If you don't have a Google account, please post your question in the thread.
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Deadline to submit questions:
12pm PST/8pm BST on October 31st.

Answers posted:
Second week of November.

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  • meadowsweet
    meadowsweet Posts: 257 Mover and Shaker
    edited October 2023

    What was the thought process behind the costs for Ascension at 5★, Levels 450-550? A 5★ character still costs 1 cover per level, but 1★ - 4★ characters all cost 4 covers per level, even though there are 18x disparities in character counts and 5x disparities in pull rates between those tiers. Was it your intention to have 1★ & 2★ characters lapping 4★ characters on the way to level 550?

  • rene020223
    rene020223 Posts: 13 Just Dropped In

    We need support that gains blue Ap at the start of the battle. Could you create one?

  • Mrcl25
    Mrcl25 Posts: 138 Tile Toppler

    Is there any chance that 5* characters will someday be able to ascend (or gain more levels), or is 550 the ceiling?

  • Pwuz_
    Pwuz_ Posts: 1,214 Chairperson of the Boards

    The newest Community Challenge tied to the Daily Quandraries has been a huge success (especially compared to some of the prior challenges recently). I’d argue that is due in part to having something in game to encourage players into these tasks rather than having them as more nebulous goals with little more than an in game pop-up which may be skipped.

    Can we look forward to more in game Event Quests tied to Community Challenges?

  • Glockoma
    Glockoma Posts: 555 Critical Contributor
    edited October 2023

    Any chance you can elaborate on plans or features of a revamped Alliance tab? (Perhaps we all agree entire thing needs an overhaul: chat, searching alliances, viewing players, recruiting, teamups, the entire social atmosphere.)

    This may not eliminate the use of third party apps, but it could provide new and old players a platform that wouldn’t require the use to be truly competitive. It’s arguably the oldest part of the game and perhaps the most consequential in terms of keeping the community in the game.

  • Bad
    Bad Posts: 3,146 Chairperson of the Boards

    Kudos to the new Champion 2.0 system. Now there is a high ceiling to climb.
    However it feels there's a long long way to develop your character, it takes years to max a natural 4*, to max another 4* and ascend it, and then getting many 4* covers to level up a powerful 5* with the tax.
    Ascended characters offers are too disperse, probably your wanted character wouldn't be there.
    Isn't it the time now to allow a third favorite character slot? Or something similar in order to advance progression a bit.

  • allen_koholic
    allen_koholic Posts: 103 Tile Toppler

    Has there ever been any thought ( or is it even feasible) to let players “disallow” characters on their roster from
    PVP events for the purposes of MMR?

    Like, I have an entire roster of mostly useless 4stars. Maybe in a few years I can ascend them. If I try to trot them out in PVP for old time’s sake, they’re gonna get crushed because my roster is too high. Is it possible to disable characters for events? So I can play fun, meaningful matches with my 4s again?

    I feel like this is also going to hit a lot of new players who bought an ascended 1star.

  • Daredevil217
    Daredevil217 Posts: 3,955 Chairperson of the Boards

    @allen_koholic said:
    Has there ever been any thought ( or is it even feasible) to let players “disallow” characters on their roster from
    PVP events for the purposes of MMR?

    Like, I have an entire roster of mostly useless 4stars. Maybe in a few years I can ascend them. If I try to trot them out in PVP for old time’s sake, they’re gonna get crushed because my roster is too high. Is it possible to disable characters for events? So I can play fun, meaningful matches with my 4s again?

    I feel like this is also going to hit a lot of new players who bought an ascended 1star.

    That’s a really cool idea! Like I don’t take the MMR hit of having them “rostered” but wouldn’t get the benefits of using them either. Interesting. But probably exploitable in some way.

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 5,784 Chairperson of the Boards

    @Daredevil217 said:

    @allen_koholic said:
    Has there ever been any thought ( or is it even feasible) to let players “disallow” characters on their roster from
    PVP events for the purposes of MMR?

    Like, I have an entire roster of mostly useless 4stars. Maybe in a few years I can ascend them. If I try to trot them out in PVP for old time’s sake, they’re gonna get crushed because my roster is too high. Is it possible to disable characters for events? So I can play fun, meaningful matches with my 4s again?

    I feel like this is also going to hit a lot of new players who bought an ascended 1star.

    That’s a really cool idea! Like I don’t take the MMR hit of having them “rostered” but wouldn’t get the benefits of using them either. Interesting. But probably exploitable in some way.

    This is exploitable in a number of ways, but it also doesn't fix any kind of real problem -- most people who ask for this kind of stuff have no idea how matchmaking works and are worrying preemptively about things that will never actually happen.

  • ShionSinX
    ShionSinX Posts: 61 Match Maker

    Have you guys looked into collab releases? Maybe something inside Disney to start with (should be easier paperwork), like 3* Anakin/5* Darth Vader :smiley:

  • Daredevil217
    Daredevil217 Posts: 3,955 Chairperson of the Boards

    @entrailbucket said:

    @Daredevil217 said:

    @allen_koholic said:
    Has there ever been any thought ( or is it even feasible) to let players “disallow” characters on their roster from
    PVP events for the purposes of MMR?

    Like, I have an entire roster of mostly useless 4stars. Maybe in a few years I can ascend them. If I try to trot them out in PVP for old time’s sake, they’re gonna get crushed because my roster is too high. Is it possible to disable characters for events? So I can play fun, meaningful matches with my 4s again?

    I feel like this is also going to hit a lot of new players who bought an ascended 1star.

    That’s a really cool idea! Like I don’t take the MMR hit of having them “rostered” but wouldn’t get the benefits of using them either. Interesting. But probably exploitable in some way.

    This is exploitable in a number of ways, but it also doesn't fix any kind of real problem -- most people who ask for this kind of stuff have no idea how matchmaking works and are worrying preemptively about things that will never actually happen.

    I don’t think it stems from a place of worry, but rather a desire to play characters in PVP that they can’t otherwise due to being matched up against higher level characters. For example, I can’t take my 270 Dr. bong into a regular PVP match and expect to win when I’m now facing 550 characters. But, if I could compete against other characters around Dr. bongs level, I could actually try him out. I could be wrong, but I think that is what is precipitating the ask.

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 5,784 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited October 2023

    @Daredevil217 said:

    @entrailbucket said:

    @Daredevil217 said:

    @allen_koholic said:
    Has there ever been any thought ( or is it even feasible) to let players “disallow” characters on their roster from
    PVP events for the purposes of MMR?

    Like, I have an entire roster of mostly useless 4stars. Maybe in a few years I can ascend them. If I try to trot them out in PVP for old time’s sake, they’re gonna get crushed because my roster is too high. Is it possible to disable characters for events? So I can play fun, meaningful matches with my 4s again?

    I feel like this is also going to hit a lot of new players who bought an ascended 1star.

    That’s a really cool idea! Like I don’t take the MMR hit of having them “rostered” but wouldn’t get the benefits of using them either. Interesting. But probably exploitable in some way.

    This is exploitable in a number of ways, but it also doesn't fix any kind of real problem -- most people who ask for this kind of stuff have no idea how matchmaking works and are worrying preemptively about things that will never actually happen.

    For example, I can’t take my 270 Dr. bong into a regular PVP match and expect to win when I’m now facing 550 characters.

    Of course you can! Especially a 4* who's that good! Now, you might not be able to trivially beat every team you see, but can you construct a Dr. Bong/X two man team that can beat 550s? Absolutely.

    Guess what? You also can't bring Dr. Bong and, say, Spider-woman, and expect to trivially win every single challenge node in CL10 PvE! Why doesn't anyone ever complain that their characters aren't relevant there?

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 5,784 Chairperson of the Boards

    Also, for those players who happen to be hardcore Bongophiles, or Spider-woman admirers, or big fans of any other lower-tier character who's no longer relevant at your tier, you're in luck!

    Let me tell you all about a new mechanic called Ascension...

  • UnityGamer
    UnityGamer Posts: 43 Just Dropped In

    An idea I suggested was a 14th point that players could earn for characters by completing a side quest. Now that there's Ascensions, could we see enhanced or new powers for ascended characters in the future? Were there any plans for this?

    (In a nutshell, players would have to complete three tasks: craft a signature support item, complete a puzzle objective, and defeat the character's arch rival in a one-on-one match. With a 14th point, characters could have abilities at levels 5-5-4, 6-5-3 or 6-4-4.)

  • Carnifex
    Carnifex Posts: 120 Tile Toppler

    Will the bug in The Big Enchilada node where the wrong character appears from the name given ever be fixed?

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 5,784 Chairperson of the Boards

    A long time ago we used to be able to buy standard tokens with ISO. You guys changed that, for a good reason -- new players were wasting their ISO on it.

    With Ascension happening now, I'd really like to have it back. Any chance of that happening? Maybe gated by CL or something? I have like 63 million ISO and nowhere to spend it.

  • illusionist_KA
    illusionist_KA Posts: 137 Tile Toppler

    Can i get an undo button on Ascension? or at least a try now? I wish i didn't touch 4* ghost rider or 4* xpool. xpool no longer works with kang/hawk team, and 4*ghost powers at 5, is 83% instead of 200, which is what it was built on? plus others.

  • capt
    capt Posts: 10 Just Dropped In

    I was wondering if we will be getting any new costumes this year, I would like to see a dark phoenix costume for 5* phoenix and what can we expect from the holiday stuff this year?

  • Altair22
    Altair22 Posts: 120 Tile Toppler

    will you guys be adding more characters to the lightning round PVPs?

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