What's New MPQ (Updated 1/13/21)

IceIX
IceIX ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 4,308 Site Admin
edited January 2021 in MPQ General Discussion
Characters
5-Star: Yellowjacket
4-Star: Clue: Room

Recent and Upcoming Features
Store UI Revamp (with R219)

PVE Events
1/1 Welcome to SHIELD (Throg)
  • Featuring: Magneto (Marvel NOW), Colossus, Riri Williams, Silver Surfer
  • Placement Rewards: Throg
1/4 Unstable Iso-8
  • Featuring: Human Torch (Johnny Storm), Captain Marvel, Throg, Heimdall
  • Placement Rewards: Magneto (Marvel NOW), Luke Cage (HfH), Elsa Bloodstone, Deadpool (Vengeance)
1/7 Operation Spider-Silk
  • Featuring: Magneto (Marvel NOW), Luke Cage (HfH), Elsa Bloodstone, Deadpool (Vengeance)
  • Placement Rewards: Daken (DA), Kamala Khan, Red Guardian, Magneto (AoA)
1/14 The Hunt *NEW*
  • Featuring: Daken (DA), Kamala Khan, Red Guardian, Magneto (AoA)
  • Placement Rewards: Thor (Classic), Iron Man (Model 40), Scorpion, Kingpin (Spider-Verse)
1/14 Introducing... Yellowjacket *NEW*
  • Placement Rewards: Yellowjacket (Shards)
1/18 Infinite Pursuit *NEW*
  • Featuring: Captain America (Steve Rogers), Rocket and Groot (Most Wanted), Professor X (Classic), Hulk (Bruce Banner)
  • Placement Rewards: Black Widow (Original), Colossus, X-23, Storm (Ororo Munroe)
1/25 Battle at the Basilica *NEW*
  • Featuring: Black Widow (Original), Colossus, X-23
  • Solo Progression Rewards: Black Widow (Original), Colossus, X-23, Storm (Ororo Munroe)
  • Alliance Progression Rewards: Bullseye (DA), Elektra (Assassin), Elsa Bloodstone, Legendary Token

PVP Events
12/31 Jubilee
  • Placement Rewards: Bullseye (DA), Ragnarok, Throg, Wolverine (Daken)
1/3 Throg
  • Placement Rewards: Ares, Hood, Emma Frost, Yelena Belova (Black Widow)
1/5 Nefarious Foes (Villains Featured)
  • Placement Rewards: Bullseye (DA), Doctor Doom, Gamora (Volume 2), Apocalypse
1/7 Doctor Doom (Classic)
  • Placement Rewards: Moonstone, Human Torch (Classic), Ghost, Archangel
1/10 Human Torch (Classic)
  • Placement Rewards: Captain America (Steve Rogers), Black Widow (Grey Suit), Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze), Beta Ray Bill
1/12 Black Widow (Grey Suit)
  • Placement Rewards: Daken (DA), Black Panther (T'Challa), Gwenpool, Black Bolt
1/14 Black Panther (T'Challa) *NEW*
  • Placement Rewards: Captain America (Steve Rogers), Blade (Daywalker), Hawkeye (Ronin), Yellowjacket
1/17 Yellowjacket *NEW*
  • Placement Rewards: Daken (DA), Storm (Mohawk), Hellcat, Black Panther (Civil War)
1/19 Storm (Mohawk) *NEW*
  • Placement Rewards: Captain America (Steve Rogers), Gambit (Modern), Hulk (Totally Awesome), Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff)
Deadpool Dailies
1/7
  • Featuring 3s: Psylocke, Thor (Modern), Captain America (Super Soldier), Human Torch (Classic)
  • Featuriing 4s: Sabretooth, Kingpin (Classic), Captain America (Worthy), Wolverine (X-Force), Domino
  • Crash: Ant-Man

1/12 *NEW*
  • Featuring 3s: Daken (Classic), Sentry, Storm (Mohawk), She-Hulk, Captain Marvel
  • Featuriing 4s: America Chavez, M.O.D.O.K., Prowler, Vulture, Agent Venom
  • Crash: Kraven
1/17 *NEW*
  • Featuring 3s: Deadpool (It's Me), Beast, Colossus, Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius), Blade (Daywalker)
  • Featuriing 4s: Agent Coulson, Red Guardian, X-23, Iceman (All New), Jean Grey (All New)
  • Crash: Talos
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Comments

  • MrEd95
    MrEd95 Posts: 280 Mover and Shaker
    4* Tommy Wiseau?
  • skittledaddy
    skittledaddy Posts: 968 Critical Contributor
    edited January 2021
    A Monday Boss Event?? Should that be 1/21/21?

    Also, you have two The Hunts in a row. isn't the 1/14/21 event Thick as Thieves?

    @IceIX

  • Daredevil217
    Daredevil217 Posts: 3,893 Chairperson of the Boards
    A couple things:

    1) Will Banner be the progression reward in IP? If I recall he was the second Classic Legend featured in the new rotation. I’m guessing YJ will be the reward and Banner will be featured (which sucks for me because Banner is the only classic I’m missing so I’ll miss out on his shards and have to use him in a new character event lol). But I could see this being the trend going forward. Like next 5* release, have Iron Man or Black Bolt featured so a character yet to be featured doesn’t get skipped. 

    2) It looks like we are finally getting 5* rewards in solo alliance event progression! Really curious to see how generous this is!
  • skittledaddy
    skittledaddy Posts: 968 Critical Contributor
    A couple things:



    2) It looks like we are finally getting 5* rewards in solo alliance event progression! Really curious to see how generous this is!
    Good Catch! Interesting...
  • SaltnPeppa
    SaltnPeppa Posts: 297 Mover and Shaker
    Room?  Brie Larson?  Another Captain Marvel?  Maybe Monica Rambeau?
  • shardwick
    shardwick Posts: 2,121 Chairperson of the Boards
    @IceIX Please tell me that the Store UI revamp will include an improvement in the odds of our favorited characters appearing in the store. Even if it's a small chance like 10-15% it's better than it being entirely random. I feel like OML gets featured in mine a few times a week and Apoc hasn't been in there in over a month and a half.
  • Loosie
    Loosie Posts: 397 Mover and Shaker
    So Thick as Thieves is Jan 14th event, not the Hunt which is currently running (it's already in preview in app), which is rewarding YJ in placement. 

    I'm assuming then that Infinite Pursuit will reward YJ shards in Progression and Hulk (BB) will be the essential 5* character. Is this correct that 5* Storm is the placement reward for IP (meaning the next PVE will reward shards in progression)? This would be a break in the standard 3 Latest 2 Classic rotation as featured 5*

    Also 2* as first alliance reward in a boss event instead of an event token? That's new too along with the 5* shards in personal progression. 
  • Borstock
    Borstock Posts: 2,516 Chairperson of the Boards
    Wandavision is Friday, yes? I would think we're getting a tie-in character for promotion purposes. Monica sounds like a fair bet.
  • MegaBee
    MegaBee Posts: 975 Critical Contributor
    Borstock said:
    Wandavision is Friday, yes? I would think we're getting a tie-in character for promotion purposes. Monica sounds like a fair bet.
    Wiseau to Rambeau? I believe it.
  • JHawkInc
    JHawkInc Posts: 2,601 Chairperson of the Boards
    Borstock said:
    Wandavision is Friday, yes? I would think we're getting a tie-in character for promotion purposes. Monica sounds like a fair bet.
    I would hope we get a tie-in character, eventually.

    But the devs plan things far out in advance to get through the dev cycle, which works when we know movie release dates sometimes years in advance. Even then, moving up Infinity War or delaying Black Widow has thrown monkey wrenches into MPQ's plans before.

    Given Wandavision didn't have an official release date until November, they might not be able to pivot fast enough for a timely tie-in. Also given that new episodes will run till March, it wouldn't surprise me if any tie-in character(s) was(were) planned for a window rather than a specific date.

    So like, I'm less inclined to gamble on getting a tie-in with the start of the show. (Besides, it might arguably make for a better promotion to run tie-in characters right when the last episode comes out, so they can say "watch the entire series NOW on D+!" or whatever)
  • KC_Hammer
    KC_Hammer Posts: 84 Match Maker
    MegaBee said:
    Borstock said:
    Wandavision is Friday, yes? I would think we're getting a tie-in character for promotion purposes. Monica sounds like a fair bet.
    Wiseau to Rambeau? I believe it.
    Brie Larson was in a movie called Room. She played captain marvel, Monica Rambeau was in that movie. Could be something there
  • Waddles_Pines
    Waddles_Pines Posts: 1,188 Chairperson of the Boards
    It should be Silk.  She was essentially raised locked away in a room, and Lunar New Year is 2nd week of Feb, so she's probably going to be part of a lunar new years themed store as well.  
  • Bzhai
    Bzhai Posts: 437 Mover and Shaker

    2) It looks like we are finally getting 5* rewards in solo alliance event progression! Really curious to see how generous this is!
    I think it´s high time that pvp starts giving out shards for progression at SCL10 too.
  • Kross
    Kross Posts: 80 Match Maker
    Room?  Could it be  

    Trafalgar D. Water Law!

  • Sithforever
    Sithforever Posts: 144 Tile Toppler
    Room references Red Room which has spawned the following:
    Yelena, Black Widow, Taskmaster
    After these there would be Madame B or someone random from the program. Most likely someone locked in room for a long time like Silk or maybe Wanda effected someone with her powers.
  • Captain_Carlman
    Captain_Carlman Posts: 208 Tile Toppler
    KC_Hammer said:
    MegaBee said:
    Borstock said:
    Wandavision is Friday, yes? I would think we're getting a tie-in character for promotion purposes. Monica sounds like a fair bet.
    Wiseau to Rambeau? I believe it.
    Brie Larson was in a movie called Room. She played captain marvel, Monica Rambeau was in that movie. Could be something there
    Next character is 4* Brie Larson.  Not even Captain Marvel.  Just Brie Larson.
  • SaltnPeppa
    SaltnPeppa Posts: 297 Mover and Shaker
    KC_Hammer said:
    MegaBee said:
    Borstock said:
    Wandavision is Friday, yes? I would think we're getting a tie-in character for promotion purposes. Monica sounds like a fair bet.
    Wiseau to Rambeau? I believe it.
    Brie Larson was in a movie called Room. She played captain marvel, Monica Rambeau was in that movie. Could be something there
    Next character is 4* Brie Larson.  Not even Captain Marvel.  Just Brie Larson.
    In that outfit she wore when she hosted for Jimmy Kimmel? ;)
  • helix72
    helix72 Posts: 991 Critical Contributor
    Googled "Room" +"Marvel"
    Got the Red Room, where Black Widow and Yelena were trained. It also said the Red Room will be featured in the upcoming movie. But I'd bet against another 4* Black Widow 4* and a 4* Yelena so close to the release of a 5* Yelena just seems unlikely. Couldn't find any other relevant characters trained there.
    Also got "White Hot Room: A quasi-mystical place that holds the essences of Phoenix hosts". We already have 4* Jean Grey and 5* Phoenix, so again, I'm struggling to think what they would create.
    Also got a lot of pages on how to decorate your room Marvel style. If anyone needs any ideas...


  • JHawkInc
    JHawkInc Posts: 2,601 Chairperson of the Boards
    helix72 said:
    Googled "Room" +"Marvel"
    Got the Red Room, where Black Widow and Yelena were trained. It also said the Red Room will be featured in the upcoming movie. But I'd bet against another 4* Black Widow 4* and a 4* Yelena so close to the release of a 5* Yelena just seems unlikely. Couldn't find any other relevant characters trained there.
    Nadia van Dyne would be kinda relevant. Hank Pym's kid, abducted, trained in the Red Room, eventually escapes and becomes a new version of The Wasp. Another Pym-particle related character immediately after Yellowjacket seems kinda fitting.