[BOSS EVENT] BOSS RUSH - 10/10/24 - 10/13/24

S0kun
S0kun ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 704 Critical Contributor
edited 11 October 2024, 23:41 in MPQ General Discussion


Making its return after a long hiatus, BOSS RUSH (changed from originally planned Mephisto), is our next exciting boss event during our 11th Anniversary Month! Here're the rewards and required characters that you'll team up with to battle against some of MPQ's biggest bads.

[BOSS EVENT] BOSS RUSH - 10/10/24 - 10/13/24

[HEROIC]
Progression Rewards:
Captain Carter | Peggy Carter (Captain America) ★★★★

Top 25 Alliance Placement Rewards:
Wong (Master of the Mystic Arts) ★★★★★
Hulkling (Young Avengers) ★★★★★
Korg (Sakaar Gladiator) ★★★★★

[NORMAL]
Jeffrey (Land Shark) ★★★
Peggy Carter (Captain America) ★★★★
Nova (Richard Rider) ★★★★★

[REQUIRED CHARACTERS]

1 & 2 Star
Captain America (Steve Rogers) ★★
Daken (Dark Avengers) ★★
Wolverine (Astonishing X-Men) ★★

3-Star
Captain America (Super-Soldier) ★★★
Daken (Classic) ★★★
Deadpool (Devpool) ★★★
Deadpool (It's Me, Deadpool!) ★★★
Hit-Monkey (Mercenary Hitman) ★★★
Jeffrey (Land Shark) ★★★
Omega Red (Arkady Rossovich) ★★★
Peggy Carter (Iron Carter) ★★★
Sam Wilson (Captain America) ★★★
Vulture (Classic) ★★★
Wolverine (Patch) ★★★

4-Star
Captain America (Worthy) ★★★★
Deadpool (Uncanny X-Force) ★★★★
Peggy Carter (Captain America) ★★★★
Vulture (Adrian Toomes) ★★★★
Wolverine (X-Force) ★★★★

5-Star
Captain America (First Avenger) ★★★★★
Captain America (Infinity War) ★★★★★
Deadpool (Hotpool) ★★★★★
Deadpool (Spirit of Vengeance) ★★★★★
Hit-Monkey (E.D.I. Suit) ★★★★★
Jeffrey (Symbiote) ★★★★★
Omega Red (Horseman of Pestilence) ★★★★★
Peggy Carter (Worthy) ★★★★★
Vulture (Armor Wars) ★★★★★
Wolverine (Old Man Logan) ★★★★★
Wolverine (Samurai Daken) ★★★★★

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Comments

  • Seph1roth5
    Seph1roth5 Posts: 429 Mover and Shaker

    So we were supposed to get a mephisto boss? Or are we not getting the 3/5 or...?

  • fnedude
    fnedude Posts: 388 Mover and Shaker

    Boss Rush 1.0 or 2.0.... :# it matters to some of us old timers. :D

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 5,958 Chairperson of the Boards

    @fnedude said:
    Boss Rush 1.0 or 2.0.... :# it matters to some of us old timers. :D

    Honestly it doesn't matter now. They put Boss Rush Phoenix in an actual PvE and nobody even noticed. We've got so much more ammunition now that we'd all trivially murder Boss Rush 1.0.

  • WilliamK1983
    WilliamK1983 Posts: 1,007 Chairperson of the Boards

    Either one would be a new event for me. What's the event like, fight a bunch of the bosses?

  • JHawkInc
    JHawkInc Posts: 2,605 Chairperson of the Boards

    @WilliamK1983 said:
    Either one would be a new event for me. What's the event like, fight a bunch of the bosses?

    3 Bosses, back to back, no stuns, several of them variants of 5s that didn't exist anywhere else (like Old Man Logan, Banner, and Phoenix), and at a time when most rosters were just not equipped to handle it well. I remember running... 3 Storm, 3* Kamala Khan, and 4* Cyclops, and getting Cyke's yellow countdown into the 60's pretty easily, basically playing a very slow winfinite team where I only managed to survive by keeping the bosses from fighting back.

    Now it has a lot of potential to be fun, but back then? It was rough.

  • GrimSkald
    GrimSkald Posts: 2,657 Chairperson of the Boards

    @JHawkInc said:

    @WilliamK1983 said:
    Either one would be a new event for me. What's the event like, fight a bunch of the bosses?

    3 Bosses, back to back, no stuns, several of them variants of 5s that didn't exist anywhere else (like Old Man Logan, Banner, and Phoenix), and at a time when most rosters were just not equipped to handle it well. I remember running... 3 Storm, 3* Kamala Khan, and 4* Cyclops, and getting Cyke's yellow countdown into the 60's pretty easily, basically playing a very slow winfinite team where I only managed to survive by keeping the bosses from fighting back.

    Now it has a lot of potential to be fun, but back then? It was rough.

    It was really rough. The rule used to be "We do not talk about Boss Rush."

    As you say, now it won't be awful, though I have to say the "deal with three bosses one after the other" is definitely time-consuming. On the other hand, I imagine it will be no worse than the Sinister Six Boss event.

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

    @GrimSkald said:

    @JHawkInc said:

    @WilliamK1983 said:
    Either one would be a new event for me. What's the event like, fight a bunch of the bosses?

    3 Bosses, back to back, no stuns, several of them variants of 5s that didn't exist anywhere else (like Old Man Logan, Banner, and Phoenix), and at a time when most rosters were just not equipped to handle it well. I remember running... 3 Storm, 3* Kamala Khan, and 4* Cyclops, and getting Cyke's yellow countdown into the 60's pretty easily, basically playing a very slow winfinite team where I only managed to survive by keeping the bosses from fighting back.

    Now it has a lot of potential to be fun, but back then? It was rough.

    It was really rough. The rule used to be "We do not talk about Boss Rush."

    As you say, now it won't be awful, though I have to say the "deal with three bosses one after the other" is definitely time-consuming. On the other hand, I imagine it will be no worse than the Sinister Six Boss event.

    If it is as easy as Sinister Six then happy times!

  • MegaBee
    MegaBee Posts: 1,047 Chairperson of the Boards

    @GrimSkald said:

    @JHawkInc said:

    @WilliamK1983 said:
    Either one would be a new event for me. What's the event like, fight a bunch of the bosses?

    3 Bosses, back to back, no stuns, several of them variants of 5s that didn't exist anywhere else (like Old Man Logan, Banner, and Phoenix), and at a time when most rosters were just not equipped to handle it well. I remember running... 3 Storm, 3* Kamala Khan, and 4* Cyclops, and getting Cyke's yellow countdown into the 60's pretty easily, basically playing a very slow winfinite team where I only managed to survive by keeping the bosses from fighting back.

    Now it has a lot of potential to be fun, but back then? It was rough.

    It was really rough. The rule used to be "We do not talk about Boss Rush."

    As you say, now it won't be awful, though I have to say the "deal with three bosses one after the other" is definitely time-consuming. On the other hand, I imagine it will be no worse than the Sinister Six Boss event.

    I think I remember Boss Rush? It would've been early in my tenure on this game, like "my heavy hitter is 2-star Wolverine" early.

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

    @MegaBee said:

    @GrimSkald said:

    @JHawkInc said:

    @WilliamK1983 said:
    Either one would be a new event for me. What's the event like, fight a bunch of the bosses?

    3 Bosses, back to back, no stuns, several of them variants of 5s that didn't exist anywhere else (like Old Man Logan, Banner, and Phoenix), and at a time when most rosters were just not equipped to handle it well. I remember running... 3 Storm, 3* Kamala Khan, and 4* Cyclops, and getting Cyke's yellow countdown into the 60's pretty easily, basically playing a very slow winfinite team where I only managed to survive by keeping the bosses from fighting back.

    Now it has a lot of potential to be fun, but back then? It was rough.

    It was really rough. The rule used to be "We do not talk about Boss Rush."

    As you say, now it won't be awful, though I have to say the "deal with three bosses one after the other" is definitely time-consuming. On the other hand, I imagine it will be no worse than the Sinister Six Boss event.

    I think I remember Boss Rush? It would've been early in my tenure on this game, like "my heavy hitter is 2-star Wolverine" early.

    I think it was Anniversary 4? Could be wrong on that.

  • MegaBee
    MegaBee Posts: 1,047 Chairperson of the Boards

    @DAZ0273 said:

    @MegaBee said:

    @GrimSkald said:

    @JHawkInc said:

    @WilliamK1983 said:
    Either one would be a new event for me. What's the event like, fight a bunch of the bosses?

    3 Bosses, back to back, no stuns, several of them variants of 5s that didn't exist anywhere else (like Old Man Logan, Banner, and Phoenix), and at a time when most rosters were just not equipped to handle it well. I remember running... 3 Storm, 3* Kamala Khan, and 4* Cyclops, and getting Cyke's yellow countdown into the 60's pretty easily, basically playing a very slow winfinite team where I only managed to survive by keeping the bosses from fighting back.

    Now it has a lot of potential to be fun, but back then? It was rough.

    It was really rough. The rule used to be "We do not talk about Boss Rush."

    As you say, now it won't be awful, though I have to say the "deal with three bosses one after the other" is definitely time-consuming. On the other hand, I imagine it will be no worse than the Sinister Six Boss event.

    I think I remember Boss Rush? It would've been early in my tenure on this game, like "my heavy hitter is 2-star Wolverine" early.

    I think it was Anniversary 4? Could be wrong on that.

    Okay, I was a little later in the game than I thought. I definitely couldn't win Boss Rush, though.

  • BriMan2222
    BriMan2222 Posts: 1,328 Chairperson of the Boards

    The non-heroic boss rush has 2 3star ascended to 4 star characters in the progression rewards. Nice.

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

    I wonder why Mephisto got pulled? Maybe his powers have some sort of glitchiness to them? Good to know this was in reserve.

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 5,958 Chairperson of the Boards

    I found one (of...many) feedback threads on the first boss rush event. It was not well liked.

    https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/53424/boss-rush-enjoyment-poll

  • WilliamK1983
    WilliamK1983 Posts: 1,007 Chairperson of the Boards

    @JHawkInc said:

    @WilliamK1983 said:
    Either one would be a new event for me. What's the event like, fight a bunch of the bosses?

    3 Bosses, back to back, no stuns, several of them variants of 5s that didn't exist anywhere else (like Old Man Logan, Banner, and Phoenix), and at a time when most rosters were just not equipped to handle it well. I remember running... 3 Storm, 3* Kamala Khan, and 4* Cyclops, and getting Cyke's yellow countdown into the 60's pretty easily, basically playing a very slow winfinite team where I only managed to survive by keeping the bosses from fighting back.

    Now it has a lot of potential to be fun, but back then? It was rough.

    Interesting. I like a good challenge from the game even if my phone takes a trip or two across the room. But being what characters were available at the time, it had to be more torturous than challenging. Maybe some sort of balance between the two can be struck.

  • fnedude
    fnedude Posts: 388 Mover and Shaker

    This should probably be called "Boss Rush 3.0".

    Boss Rush 2.0, had 3x bosses in a wave node, with the AP reset to 0 IIRC after each boss. So your guys didn't regenerate HP. This event is just 1x Boss at a time, that seems to change after the side nodes are taken out.

  • Tac
    Tac Posts: 26 Just Dropped In

    I suggest bossroulette

  • Painmonger
    Painmonger Posts: 169 Tile Toppler

    I'm a little disappointed it's not the previous version, honestly. I was just breaking in to fully covered 4* territory back then & 3* Storm, Kamala, Hulk got me through full progression. It's what finally convinced me to leave my casual alliance that never made it to round 6.

    I did suggest to my alliance the evil remake I secretly hoped for was to add another boss wave each round. They may have needed to up the rewards a little bit, but would still capture the tension of the original versions. Especially if AP didn't reset between waves.

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 5,958 Chairperson of the Boards

    @Painmonger said:
    I'm a little disappointed it's not the previous version, honestly. I was just breaking in to fully covered 4* territory back then & 3* Storm, Kamala, Hulk got me through full progression. It's what finally convinced me to leave my casual alliance that never made it to round 6.

    I did suggest to my alliance the evil remake I secretly hoped for was to add another boss wave each round. They may have needed to up the rewards a little bit, but would still capture the tension of the original versions. Especially if AP didn't reset between waves.

    I really don't think they can make "normal" fights difficult now. The power level on offense has gone up so far that, short of breaking the rules, or mandating a set of 3 characters they choose, we're going to kill enemies that have any amount of HP or do any amount of damage. We've got teams that pretty trivially go infinite turn 1 and can do infinite damage. They could run a 20-enemy wave that has 999,999 HP each and does massive damage, and you'd just cheese it in two minutes with Kang or m'Thor/Shang-Chi.

    Puzzle Gauntlet and/or stuff like Quandary is the only way they can make fights difficult, but I don't think they're very popular (maybe because of this!).

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

    The problem with Quandary is that it is either easy repetition or out of the players control RNG such as matching the fortified tiles which on a bad board can take ages. If they allowed use of powers on the RNG nodes it would help, without it players used to fast matches with lots of control get frustrated and bored.

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