MPQ 11th Anniversary Zombie Slayer Community Challenge

MPQBlaine
MPQBlaine ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 191 Tile Toppler
edited 31 October 2024, 19:41 in MPQ General Discussion

Quandary's return has heralded an undead terror upon our MPQ 11th Anniversary celebrations so we need your help in taking them down in our latest Zombie Slayer Community Challenge. Work together with the Midnight Suns and MPQ Original Characters to defeat these once-heroic Zombies!

Reach the final tier of the challenge and not only will you unlock  epic community-wide rewards like a 3-Star Support Stone, but we'll also let players decide who we should "Raise from the Dead" by unlocking our next Rebalance Vote Poll.

For the top Zombie Slayers out there, we'll be running a weekly top 10 leaderboard competition for the most zombies slain with awesome rewards gifted weekly.

Duration:

October 3rd - 30th

Progress Dashboard

https://mpq.social/MZCC

Goal

Earn 200 Million Zombie Slayer Points

Community Challenge

  • Winning any Battle against a Zombie team

    • 1 Point per Featured Cover Swap
    • 1 Point per Zombie Minion

  • Earn bonus progress when defeating or playing with Doctor Strange (Dead Strange), Headpool, or Spider-Man (Zombie)

    • 5 Points per Zombie Hero defeated

  • Earn bonus progress when using MARVEL Puzzle Quest Originals: Deadpool (Devpool), Deadpool (Spirit of Vengeance), Hit-Monkey (EDI Suit), Jeffrey (Symbiote), Omega Red (Horseman of Pestilence), Peggy Carter, Vulture (Armor Wars), Wolverine (Samurai Daken)

    • 1 Point per battle using a Puzzle Quest Original

  • Earn bonus progress when using a member of the Midnight Suns: Agatha Harkness (Coven), Blade, Elsa Bloodstone, Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze), The Hunter, Magik (with Midnight Suns Costume), Morbius

    • 1 Point per battle using a Midnight Sun

Community Rewards

Tier 1: 30 Million Points
10,000 Iso-8
5000 Red Iso-8
3* Devpool  3-Cover
1* Refreshment Support

Tier 2: 60 Million Points
10,000 Iso-8
5000 Red Iso-8
3* The Hunter 3-Cover
1* Ancestral Plane Support

Tier 3: 90 Million Points
10,000 Iso-8
5000 Red Iso-8
4* Spider-Man (Infinity War) Green Cover
2* Battleworld Map Support

Tier 4: 130 Million Points
10,000 Iso-8
5000 Red Iso-8
4* Blade Red cover
200 5* Immortal Hulk Shards
3* Taskmaster's Sword Support

Tier 5: 200 Million Points
50,000 Iso-8
25000 Red Iso-8
200 5* Doctor Strange Shards
3* Space Stone Support
Unlock "Raise from the Dead" Character Rebalance Vote

Zombie Slayer Leaderboard

10 Weekly Winners
Deadline 5pm PDT every Wednesday

Zombie Slayer Rewards (Announced Weekly)
1/1/1 Featured Cover of Zombie Cover Characters
1 Ascended 3-Star -> 4-Star Character

Rewards Schedule

  • Week 1 Oct 3 - 9 : 5-Star Spider-Man (Back In Black) + Ascended Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)
    Winners:
    samtong
    Tylander
    shamsali.30
    Lidocaine
    Velcrofish
    Beowulf224
    SuperMagicDude
    Dario83
    Captain Mrvl
    Swordfox2014

  • Week 2 Oct 10 - 16: 5-Star Silver Surfer (Skyrider) + Ascended Nova (Richard Ryder)
    Winners:
    The FONZ
    Chenpion
    Winterjets
    Daiches
    J.1.P
    SaïntP
    Franchr
    Luchok
    EL DUKE
    Aznozzie

  • Week 3 Oct 17 - 23: 5-Star Elektra (Woman Without Fear) + Ascended The Hood (Classic)
    Winners:
    StevO-J
    Andy9009
    Bobby Digi
    Patradis
    j828
    DaddyRiceCake
    Super hero man
    shamsali.30
    samtong
    Tylander

  • Week 4 Oct 24 - 30: 5-Star Jean Grey (Phoenix) + Ascended Deadpool (It's Me, Deadpool!)
    Winners:
    Beyonderbub
    Boz Koh
    Chenpion
    Lidocaine
    Captain Mrvl
    SuperMagicDude
    Winterjets
    Beowulf224
    EL DUKE
    Velcrofish

Relevant Characters

2* Headpool
4* Blade
4* Spider-Man (Infinity War)
5* Doctor Strange (Sorcerer Supreme)

Featured Zombie Comic Book Cover Swaps

1-Stars
1 Star: Iron Man (Model 35)
1 Star: Spider-Man (Original)
1 Star: Venom (Dark Avengers)

2-Stars
2 Star: Captain America (Steve Rogers)
2 Star: Captain Marvel (Ms. Marvel)
2 Star: Daken (Dark Avengers)
2 Star: Thor (Marvel NOW!)
2 Star: Wolverine (Astonishing X-Men)

3-Stars
3 Star: Angel (All New X-Men)
3 Star: Beast (Classic)
3 Star: Black Panther (T'Challa)
3 Star: Captain Marvel (Modern)
3 Star: Daredevil (Man Without Fear)
3 Star: Deadpool (It's Me, Deadpool!)
3 Star: Iron Fist (Immortal Weapon)
3 Star: Loki (Dark Reign)
3 Star: Magneto (Classic)
3 Star: Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)
3 Star: She-Hulk (Modern)
3 Star: Spider-Man (Classic)
3 Star: The Hood (Classic)

4-Stars
4 Star: Cyclops (Classic)

4 Star: Elsa Bloodstone (Monster Hunter)
4 Star: Howard The Duck (Howard, A Duck)
4 Star: Ikaris (Eternals)
4 Star: Invisible Woman (Classic)
4 Star: Moon Knight (Marc Spector)
4 Star: Nightcrawler (Classic)
4 Star: Nova (Sam Alexander)
4 Star: Professor X (Charles Xavier)
4 Star: Super-Skrull (Classic)
4 Star: The Thing (Classic)
4 Star: X-23 (All-New Wolverine)

5-Stars
5 Star: Cable (Nathan Summers)
5 Star: Elektra Elektra (Woman Without Fear)
5 Star: Gambit (Classic)
5 Star: Green Goblin (Norman Osborn)
5 Star: Jean Grey (Phoenix)
5 Star: She-Hulk (Immortal)
5 Star: Silver Surfer (Skyrider)
5 Star: May Parker (Spider-Girl)
5 Star: Spider-Man (Back In Black)
5 Star: Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
5 Star: The Hulk (Bruce Banner)
5 Star: The Hulk (Immortal)

F.A.Q.

Do we get points for using a cover swapped (Comic Book cover changed to Zombie theme) character to defeat a zombie?

No. Points are earned when defeating a team containing any Featured Zombie Comic Book Cover Swaps or Zombie Minion.

You can also earn points by winning any battle with the MPQ Originals, Midnight Suns, or Zombie Costumed Characters listed in the original Blog Post. .

How come we can’t track progress in-game?

Community challenges currently live in their own out-of-game bubbles where our community team is utilizing analytics tools that weren’t designed for this feature and connecting those dots manually to activities in-game that also aren’t designed to be broadcasted publicly. While we 100% agree that it would be awesome to be able to track these community challenges in-game, we simply can’t with the game’s current architecture.

How are points earned differently with the equippable characters listed in the challenge on your team vs when you defeat a team with these characters in it?

When defeating a zombie team with these members on YOUR team, bonus points should be earned upon Victory:
Doctor Strange (Dead Strange), Headpool, or Spider-Man (Zombie), Midnight Suns affiliations, MPQ Originals.

Additionally, bonus points are earned for defeating Doctor Strange (Dead Strange), Headpool, or Spider-Man (Zombie) on an enemy team (with this being counted for BOTH) if you were to use one of these on your team to beat one of these listed characters.

i.e.
Team Polaris, Rocket & Groot, Juggernaut vs Enemy with Headpool = 5 points for defeating enemy Headpool
Team Polaris, Rocket & Groot, Spider-Man (Zombie) vs Enemy with Headpool = 10 points, 5 Points allied listed Zombie + 5 Points enemy Headpool

If you use three MPQ Originals in a battle, is it worth 1 point or 3? Same for Midnight Suns.

For purposes of the Community Challenge, each “category” is counted once separately. i.e., If you use any/all MPQ Originals, that’s 1 point. If you use any/all Midnight Suns, that’s 1 point. For the Zombie Killing leaderboard, these extra points have no effect (since the goal is to defeat zombies, NOT utilize characters related to them)

We don't appear to get points for using a cover swapped character?

Correct. You get a point for defeating a Cover Swapped character, not for using one. This is to entice users to find them out in the wild, as opposed to using appx 20% of the roster for points. To note, Ascended versions of these characters also count towards the goal, even though the Ascended versions aren’t cover swapped themselves, as the base is.

What counts as a zombie team? What missions should I be doing to get community points?
Any team with Zombie Minions in PVE.
Any team with characters with zombie Cover Swaps (whether base or Ascended) in PVE or PVP.

Both of these are separate points, so if you were to find a team with both Zombie Minions AND a Cover Swapped enemy, that’d be 2 points.

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Comments

  • WilliamK1983
    WilliamK1983 Posts: 1,008 Chairperson of the Boards

    Alright, got some combos and maths to do tonight. I want that stone.

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

    Love that we are getting cover swaps and more importantly getting bonus points for using such characters,

    The weekly leader board should be interesting. I wonder if tapping will be possible to generate really high scores :)

    KGB

  • trenchdigger
    trenchdigger Posts: 149 Tile Toppler

    I think I must be missing something. We already have 666k points, but I don't see any zombie teams?

  • Scofie
    Scofie GLOBAL_MODERATORS Posts: 1,397 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited 3 October 2024, 11:08

    I came on to ask the question about how to collect the SXP. Perhaps in the introducing event?

    Edit: No, that didn't work.

  • trenchdigger
    trenchdigger Posts: 149 Tile Toppler

    I also posted that question in a different thread. Bought the premium pass, but cant find any way to earn the rewards?

  • Alfje17
    Alfje17 Posts: 3,851 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited 3 October 2024, 11:20

    Just beat the zombie team in the Headpool event with Immortal Hulk, Pool5 (Spirit) and Samurai Daken and still no points on my Anniversary Pass. Am I missing something?

  • Zalasta
    Zalasta Posts: 294 Mover and Shaker

    Well, the zombie vault still shows post-event, there’s no anniversary announcement in the news, so maybe the anniversary hasn’t officially started yet?

  • ThisisClemFandango
    ThisisClemFandango Posts: 854 Critical Contributor

    I've told you all time and time again the answer to all of your questions is maybe.

  • bluewolf
    bluewolf Posts: 5,851 Chairperson of the Boards

    @ThisisClemFandango said:
    I've told you all time and time again the answer to all of your questions is maybe.

    Shut this thing down.

    You win the forum.

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

    The Anniversary has been eaten.

    Let's go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint and wait for this all to blow over.

  • ThisisClemFandango
    ThisisClemFandango Posts: 854 Critical Contributor

    @bluewolf said:

    @ThisisClemFandango said:
    I've told you all time and time again the answer to all of your questions is maybe.

    Shut this thing down.

    You win the forum.

    I win this forum every god damn day with my hilariousness
    Even when I don't post anything
    And to think bcs could have me on their staff I would happily take 1% profit of the game daily
    Forumites......assemble

  • ThisisClemFandango
    ThisisClemFandango Posts: 854 Critical Contributor

    @DAZ0273 said:
    The Anniversary has been eaten.

    Let's go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint and wait for this all to blow over.

    There's a breville out back

  • Tac
    Tac Posts: 26 Just Dropped In

    I'm not sure what's the worst part: Putting a rebalance on the line over a community challenge ; or making the main way to gain points for it tied to costumes, destroying the tradition of those being a cosmetic only thing :/

    Both feel so dire for the future of the game it overshadows my excitement for the stone.

  • JoeHandle
    JoeHandle Posts: 535 Critical Contributor

    @Alfje17 said:
    Just beat the zombie team in the Headpool event with Immortal Hulk, Pool5 (Spirit) and Samurai Daken and still no points on my Anniversary Pass. Am I missing something?

    You're missing "SXP", obviously.

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

    @Tac said:
    I'm not sure what's the worst part: Putting a rebalance on the line over a community challenge ; or making the main way to gain points for it tied to costumes, destroying the tradition of those being a cosmetic only thing :/

    Both feel so dire for the future of the game it overshadows my excitement for the stone.

    What is this, like the 357th time somebody has declared that the future of the game is doomed (tm)?

  • Tac
    Tac Posts: 26 Just Dropped In

    @DAZ0273 said:
    What is this, like the 357th time somebody has declared that the future of the game is doomed (tm)?

    Not the point and you know it, this game shouldn't ever "doomed" given one or two megawhales revenue should be enough to keep the potato servers running.

    Keep in mind this isn't like top10/25 boss, rules won't be bent to ensure tier 5 is reached. It's about the precedents. You really wanna argue it's fine they set (sometimes arbitrarely stupid high) goals that half the playerbase doesn't see or fully understand, so we can be told "oopsie no rebalance this month u failed lol" ?

  • bluewolf
    bluewolf Posts: 5,851 Chairperson of the Boards

    @DAZ0273 said:

    @Tac said:
    I'm not sure what's the worst part: Putting a rebalance on the line over a community challenge ; or making the main way to gain points for it tied to costumes, destroying the tradition of those being a cosmetic only thing :/

    Both feel so dire for the future of the game it overshadows my excitement for the stone.

    What is this, like the 357th time somebody has declared that the future of the game is doomed (tm)?

    One of these days, they’ll be right!

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

    @Tac said:

    @DAZ0273 said:
    What is this, like the 357th time somebody has declared that the future of the game is doomed (tm)?

    Not the point and you know it, this game shouldn't ever "doomed" given one or two megawhales revenue should be enough to keep the potato servers running.

    Keep in mind this isn't like top10/25 boss, rules won't be bent to ensure tier 5 is reached. It's about the precedents. You really wanna argue it's fine they set (sometimes arbitrarely stupid high) goals that half the playerbase doesn't see or fully understand, so we can be told "oopsie no rebalance this month u failed lol" ?

    The pedantic cynic in me is yelling "But the rebalance will go ahead, you just don't get to choose who it is, and in any case the choice will be from a bunch of unusable characters who are not going to escalate to the meta on the back of the rebalance anyway".

    For clarity, that's not me yelling. It's the pedantic cynic in me...

  • Codex
    Codex Posts: 321 Mover and Shaker

    I don't understand, ppl wanted new content and this is exactly what they get. And now the complaint is it is not rolled out smoothly??? Or they got it perfect on the first attempt. Of course there will be bugs and unforseen events. Ppl expectations are way too high. Relax in 28 days it will be perfect.

    Also silver surfer' cover looks fine on the roster screen, but when I click it from the character screen it is a purple box. I DEMAND THIS GET FIXED ASAP. Or the future of this game is doomed...upped it to 358th time. :)

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

    @Tac said:

    @DAZ0273 said:
    What is this, like the 357th time somebody has declared that the future of the game is doomed (tm)?

    Not the point and you know it, this game shouldn't ever "doomed" given one or two megawhales revenue should be enough to keep the potato servers running.

    Keep in mind this isn't like top10/25 boss, rules won't be bent to ensure tier 5 is reached. It's about the precedents. You really wanna argue it's fine they set (sometimes arbitrarely stupid high) goals that half the playerbase doesn't see or fully understand, so we can be told "oopsie no rebalance this month u failed lol" ?

    No I want to know when it is finally Doomsday! Cats and dogs living together, mass hysteria!

    And free stuff is free stuff, so hard to get too cranky.

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