Marvel Puzzle Quest R338 Release Notes (Release Feb 11)

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  • Chrynos1989
    Chrynos1989 Posts: 649 Critical Contributor

    @TheMigz Download all assets is awesome, but 30 fps on battery saver feels like discopogo with Mr. Stroboscobo

  • kuntilanak
    kuntilanak Posts: 344 Mover and Shaker

    The new 'descended' feature is really annoying. Clogging up the whole character selection section. And all descended to lvl94 or 50 in second DDQ node... Please get rid of it...

  • bluewolf
    bluewolf Posts: 7,046 Chairperson of the Boards

    I decided to download the extra and now my total game storage use is 3.66 gb. Documents and data is 3.39 of that.

    This is kind of crazy, I mean these must be super high res images.

    Anyway now I really hope it doesn’t go up much more.

  • rg72
    rg72 Posts: 148 Tile Toppler

    I had to turn off 30FPS as it gave me a migraine

  • bluewolf
    bluewolf Posts: 7,046 Chairperson of the Boards

    The 30fps option seems like the quick and dirty solution to the overheating problem.

    Dunno if they’re still working on other solutions, but the battery saver mode is not really useable for me. Or necessary - my battery performance and heating has been fine.

  • DonnieBrooke
    DonnieBrooke Posts: 108 Tile Toppler

    This is a great update. I am impressed an update of this magnitude was able to be released so quickly considering the transition and constant critical issues.

    1. The enhancement to allow descended characters is a cool bonus. After playing DDQ mild with 1 Yelena only for months, it was a nice treat to have a full team in again. Thanks!

    2. I had screen chopping, issues when first updating. I have an Android 15 kernel 5.4.274....
      I checked my framerate which clocked in at 60 with the device's battery saver on. Turned off the device's battery saver and framerate for device went up to 120, but still had choppiness.
      After turning off the in game Battery Saver, the refresh rate looks smooth again. 30 fps seems to work, but for me it wasn't a pleasant experience, but was functional. Since I didnt have overheating issues, I am keeping it turned off.

    Its good to know for times that I dont have a charger accessible, that the game stability will still be there when I do use the feature. I hope it helps all the players that have had overheating issues.

    Side note, that was after downloading the 2.66GB of assets.

    Great job team!

  • toecutter3095
    toecutter3095 Posts: 127 Tile Toppler

    Descended characters seems okay for those that needed it I guess, but wouldn't have even made the list of QOL improvements I'd like to see. Kind of seems like having your cake (ascending for extra rewards) and eating it too (now having a descended base level character to use). Personally I always kept a base copy anyway for roster completeness and because it obviated the issue where level mattered. That was of course my choice and is not to say this was the right way and that anyone doing it differently was doing it wrong.

    Nice job anyway to pull something like this off so quickly, I just hope not too much in the way of dev effort was expended on this particular niche feature.

  • bluewolf
    bluewolf Posts: 7,046 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited 12 February 2026, 14:00

    I now kind of think it’s funny when we try to assess what the devs do with their time because our particular annoyance wasn’t addressed yet.

    The game is hemorrhaging players, or at least engagement, as I can see by our little daily play alliance creeping up in rankings, despite not much more effort happening - if any.

    Making people able to use ascended characters in ddq is incredibly new-player friendly, and keeping them around is absolutely crucial to this project continuing.

    Yeah, vets could care less, since many of us have spare roster slots and multiple copies of lower tier characters. But a new guy who ascends all his 1s will be happy about descended characters.

  • Borstock
    Borstock Posts: 3,274 Chairperson of the Boards

    @rg72 said:
    I had to turn off 30FPS as it gave me a migraine

    Same. I just couldn't look at it.

  • trenchdigger
    trenchdigger Posts: 275 Mover and Shaker

    Definitely gave me a headache too, but also seemed to run faster on my new ipad when 30fps was switched on. I hope that was just a false perception and it doesn't mean players have to suffer if they want to compete for placement.

  • bluewolf
    bluewolf Posts: 7,046 Chairperson of the Boards

    @trenchdigger said:
    Definitely gave me a headache too, but also seemed to run faster on my new ipad when 30fps was switched on. I hope that was just a false perception and it doesn't mean players have to suffer if they want to compete for placement.

    I do not think that the devs are designing the game to run most optimally with battery saver mode. It’s a bandaid to try to resolve at least some overheating.

    Your devices will probably play differently regardless of it being on or off because of various factors. Personally I find the phone easier to play and manipulate than my iPad and hence faster to play in general. But many will have different circumstances due to different devices owned etc.

    Idk what placement you’re chasing exactly. I also think at this point in the game’s life placement is about clout or just feeling cool about winning vs any actual significant roster impact because there are so many characters etc.

  • trenchdigger
    trenchdigger Posts: 275 Mover and Shaker

    I enjoy trying to hit top 5 every now and again, but only try when I expect time will permit me to be able to play optimally for all 3 or 4 days of the event.

    I can't quantify what difference the 30 fps mode would make over a complete set of clears, but it certainly seemed quite a bit faster, and probably enough to affect placement.

    I won't be switching on the 30 fps mode again though.

  • bluewolf
    bluewolf Posts: 7,046 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited 12 February 2026, 16:53

    An additional “feature” of this release is the special tiles (strike and protect) pulse more dramatically when they are adding or reducing dmg.

    Charged tiles constantly pulse when they are on the board.

    When you use a power that you select tiles with like Shang red, the tiles you have selected pulse constantly until you use the power.

    EDIT/Additional:

    Myself and other players have noticed the game has a lot of little stutters after the update. This is not with Battery Saver mode on; this is different. Many things seem to hang for longer than you expect. This is especially true when it restarts and I enter PVE for the first time after that or when I first go the pass. Almost like the game has to load the animation for opening those things and then it's stored in memory until it restarts. I think this may happen in matches too for similar reasons but can't be sure. It just feels weird.

  • Dayraven
    Dayraven Posts: 61 Match Maker

    Descended characters are at their unchampioned max level, when in order to ascend them one copy must have been raised to championed max level.[*] While it is an additional option and you could always just play as before, setting them to champion-max might be more in the spirit of ‘you can ascend them and still use them like before’?

    [*] Setting aside the possibility of getting an ascended version straight out of a vault here.

  • Rich
    Rich Posts: 12 Just Dropped In

    Yeah, is there a setting that keeps charged tiles from throbbing?

  • bluewolf
    bluewolf Posts: 7,046 Chairperson of the Boards

    @Rich said:
    Yeah, is there a setting that keeps charged tiles from throbbing?

    Apply some nice anti inflammatory cream to them.

  • DeNappa
    DeNappa Posts: 1,444 Chairperson of the Boards

    I had mild hope after seeing some non-negative comments here for once.

    Updated, downloaded assets, put on the 30fps thing.

    Nope. Still get the same crashes. Maybe even more. After playing 2.5 DDQ match in 4 crashes I gave up. Sorry.

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 8,249 Chairperson of the Boards

    @DeNappa said:
    I had mild hope after seeing some non-negative comments here for once.

    Updated, downloaded assets, put on the 30fps thing.

    Nope. Still get the same crashes. Maybe even more. After playing 2.5 DDQ match in 4 crashes I gave up. Sorry.

    It would probably help them investigate the problem if you told them what device/operating system version/etc you were using.

    I haven't had any of this stuff since the first few weeks of Unity, but I have a pretty new Android device. Certain iOs versions seem to be problematic, and some Android devices cause problems too.

    These other players aren't lying about the improvement they see, it's just that a lot of this is device dependent.

  • BriMan2222
    BriMan2222 Posts: 2,013 Chairperson of the Boards

    Hmm, I wonder who the new character might be...

  • Rich
    Rich Posts: 12 Just Dropped In

    @bluewolf said:

    @Rich said:
    Yeah, is there a setting that keeps charged tiles from throbbing?

    Apply some nice anti inflammatory cream to them.

    I'll see if Walgreens sells Preparation T.

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