MPQ Sneak Peek: October 2019 Edition

@IceIX So we're getting 3* Daredevil in placement rewards for the Red Shift event then again about a week later in the High Stakes event? (EDIT: Not even a week, just a few days apart, really) Is that right, or an accidental bit of copypasta? Not a huge deal if true, just seems weird to be getting a character in placement/progression for events so close together. Basically almost back to back. 

dingo said:

Why are they skipping WorthyCap and going straight to SM2099...? Seems out of order?

Cap was just rewarded in PVE.
This is the first PVE for 2099 after his release.

If the Sneak Peek is right, Iceman is getting skipped as a 5E.  We had Ock, Thor, Profe55or, Storm, and now Archie and 5SL.  Kinda weird.

EDIT:  Verified on the in game preview. Archangel is next. 

DarthDeVo said:

@IceIX So we're getting 3* Daredevil in placement rewards for the Red Shift event then again about a week later in the High Stakes event? (EDIT: Not even a week, just a few days apart, really) Is that right, or an accidental bit of copypasta? Not a huge deal if true, just seems weird to be getting a character in placement/progression for events so close together. Basically almost back to back. 

High Stakes - Blade (Daywalker) Versus Event (10/27/19) *New Update*

Vicious Cycle - Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze) Versus Event (10/27/19) *New Update*

I'm assuming, based on each event's respective placement awards, that this is a typo and D3 isn't actually testing the longstanding suggestion of running 3* and 4* Versus events in parallel?

Last Halloween they ran a 4* ghost rider event so it is more Halloween than 4* PVP unfortunately 

Honestly, it would be pretty cool to see 6 3-stars and 4 4-stars PVP for each season.

Would also be cool to get some PVP/PVE updates. It's less like a sneak peek and more like a diary now.

bluewolf said:

At the bottom of the Halloween event thread is a list of these PVPs:

Halloween Related Character Versus Events

• Daredevil, Blade (Daywalker), Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze), Blade (Modern), Cloak and Dagger, Venom (Eddie Brock), Carnage (Cletus Kasady), New Character (???)

That's 6 consecutive 4* PVPs to finish out the season.  Honestly, I welcome just about anything other than Pick-3 PVP events at this point.

Damn another 4* So early??

@blankcanvas

I don't want to get this thread too far off topic, but I agree in large part with what you are saying and have been bringing up dilution as an issue for a while now.

Yes, we basically have the biggest Marvel characters in the game.  I think most Marvel games do by now.....MFF is adding Doctor Voodoo (OK) and.... Aero and Sword Master, who I personally have no familiarity with.  The people we are missing are more along the lines of deep dives but what can you expect after almost 200 characters?

I don't think quality variation is an argument against adding characters exactly.....there will always be characters that are better and worse, partly because there is a strong attempt to tie characters' abilities to their background which drives some of the usefulness.

All this doesn't change the fact that the devs see new characters as a primary driver of spending, and therefore they keep adding them to the game.  So when people seem surprised that a new one is coming, that in turn surprises me a little since that’s the normal state of affairs. 

blankcanvas said:

• All the major, big name characters now appear in game (some in multiple tiers e.g. IM35, IM40, Hulkbuster & IM46, and some characters multiplied in same tier e.g. BSSM & SMPP). Churn of new characters vs. re-skins seems lower, but I've not done the maths and happy to be corrected.