Illusory runes not working?

qandols
qandols Posts: 1,182 Chairperson of the Boards
edited December 2024 in MPQ General Discussion

Agatha's illusory runes repeater is by definition supposed to deal great damage when destroyed. They do nothing at all when matched. Do they have to be destroyed by other means e.g. a match four that removes them?

Update: I can confirm that a match 4 does the intended damage, so they probably work as intended.

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  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 6,001 Chairperson of the Boards

    I think it's meant to be a counter against enemy board destruction powers, and it works quite well for that purpose.

  • MirrorKnight
    MirrorKnight Posts: 94 Match Maker

    Also works great with T4rch's red destroying all repeater tiles

  • Timemachinego
    Timemachinego Posts: 514 Critical Contributor

    @MirrorKnight said:
    Also works great with T4rch's red destroying all repeater tiles

    Golden-age Torch's red is awesome. I wonder if he'd make more repeater teams viable if ascended (mainly thinking about Ronan here, but I'm sure there's others)

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 6,001 Chairperson of the Boards

    @Timemachinego said:

    @MirrorKnight said:
    Also works great with T4rch's red destroying all repeater tiles

    Golden-age Torch's red is awesome. I wonder if he'd make more repeater teams viable if ascended (mainly thinking about Ronan here, but I'm sure there's others)

    Lvl493 no boost

    It feels a little weak to me, but it is AoE, and 8AP isn't TOO high.

  • Pantera236
    Pantera236 Posts: 529 Critical Contributor

    @entrailbucket said:

    @Timemachinego said:

    @MirrorKnight said:
    Also works great with T4rch's red destroying all repeater tiles

    Golden-age Torch's red is awesome. I wonder if he'd make more repeater teams viable if ascended (mainly thinking about Ronan here, but I'm sure there's others)

    Lvl493 no boost

    It feels a little weak to me, but it is AoE, and 8AP isn't TOO high.

    Jim Ronan and Green Goblin make for some hilarity. All the ones that are fortified still count for Jim's bonus damage but only lose their fortification. Not to mention Ronan's repeaters start doing some serious damage. It's just too bad that GG is so weak comparatively.

  • Seph1roth5
    Seph1roth5 Posts: 434 Mover and Shaker

    It also works well with her OWN power. One of her blue's (I forget which color) activated power will destroy 1 of your special tiles and 1 of theirs.

  • GrimSkald
    GrimSkald Posts: 2,672 Chairperson of the Boards

    They're actually pretty consistent with this terminology - many powers say "matched or destroyed," but if it just says "destroyed" it does not activate if it is matched.
    A pity (particularly when your opponent matches the tile,) but still pretty good, especially since she herself destroys it under some circumstances...

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

    One exception to that is 5* Iceman though. Both his Green and Blue say “destroy” only, but they proc on both matches and destruction. Not sure if there are other characters like that or he’s the only one.

  • bluewolf
    bluewolf Posts: 5,861 Chairperson of the Boards

    @BlackBoltRocks said:
    One exception to that is 5* Iceman though. Both his Green and Blue say “destroy” only, but they proc on both matches and destruction. Not sure if there are other characters like that or he’s the only one.

    I’m not fully committed to this because there are 1083 powers in the game (so like I’m not about to try to audit all of them) as of Thursday 12/26, but maybe Demi was less precise with power descriptions than BCS is.

    BCS should adjust 5 Ice so that more powers are consistent with descriptions. It’s better for players to know what to expect / what’s behaving as expected, and isn’t.

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