Waking Nightmare - Gorr Boss Event Information (7/20/22)

IceIX · July 2022

Loaned Characters
Mission Pins: A character will be loaned for each pin (so if Valkyrie is specified, a version of her will be loaned)
Gorr: Thor (Modern), Valkyrie, Thor (Mighty Thor)

Featured Characters
5-Stars: Beta Ray Bill, Gamora, Loki, Star-Lord, Thor (Gladiator), Thor (Mighty Thor)
4-Stars: Drax, Gamora, Loki, Mantis, Nebula, Rocket & Groot, Star-Lord, Thor (Goddess), Throg, Valkyrie, Yondu
3-Stars: Gamora, Loki, Rocket & Groot, Star-Lord, Thor
2-Stars: Thor

Boss Changes
Black - Raised the base amount of damage and threshold for the culling strike portion of the ability.

Yellow - Raised number of initial Minions (max level 8), raised number of created Minions per use (max level 5), raised base damage reduction from 5% to 8%.

New Minions - Shadow Monsters
These minions do not make matches on their own.

Amalgamated Shadow
Generates 1 Black and 1 Purple AP per turn.

Fade - Black PASSIVE
(PASSIVE) Summoned from the shadows, these monsters fade back into the darkness with ease - only to strike where you least expect. On battle start, when summoned, and for every set health they lose, the Shadow goes invisible for 1 turn. When returning from being Invisible, the Shadow deals damage.

Lurk - 7 Purple AP
The Shadow Monster lurks, readying to strike their prey, choosing a random enemy and creating a 3-turn Countdown tile that deals damage to that character and converts 4 random basic tiles to Black.

Amorphous Shadow
Generates 1 Yellow and 1 Green AP per turn

Creep - 6 Green AP
The Shadow Monster creeps, readying to strike their prey, choosing a random enemy and creating a 3-turn Countdown tile that deals damage to that character and converts 3 random basic tiles to Yellow.

Ambush - 7 Yellow AP
The Shadow Monster's amorphous form congeals and conforms to strike where least expected. Creates a 3-turn Countdown tile that deals damage and destroys 3 random enemy Strike, Attack, or Protect tiles. (Destroyed tiles do not generate AP).

DeNappa · July 2022

Huh, new goons? Cool.

Were the round rewards posted yet?

Daredevil217 · July 2022

So is this a heroic style event, @IceIX? Seems like it, just with more loaners. Want to double check though.

IceIX · July 2022

Daredevil217 said:

So is this a heroic style event, @IceIX? Seems like it, just with more loaners. Want to double check though.

It is not. Just themed around Love and Thunder related characters.
DeNappa said:

Huh, new goons? Cool.

Were the round rewards posted yet?

In the What's New thread, yes.

Daredevil217 · July 2022

IceIX said:

Daredevil217 said:

So is this a heroic style event, @IceIX? Seems like it, just with more loaners. Want to double check though.

It is not. Just themed around Love and Thunder related characters.
DeNappa said:

Huh, new goons? Cool.

Were the round rewards posted yet?

In the What's New thread, yes.

Ugh. I hate the complainers who make sure everything is the same, watered down, and not a challenge. This is why we can’t have nice things.

Oh well.

Xception81 · July 2022

Don’t worry too much. Rumors are when it’s next up in a month, it will be another Heroic.

jsmjsmjsm00 · July 2022

I agree that heroic boss PvE is fun, but I also think that we probably shouldn't have two heroic boss events in a row nor should we have it be heroic the first time it is run.

I also want to point out, this is a change of pace to give loaners for side nodes in a non-heroic boss event. I don't think that has been done before. It should assist newer players.

9RMetal · July 2022

Featured Characters
5-Stars: Beta Ray Bill, Gamora, Loki, Star-Lord, Thor (Gladiator), Thor (Mighty Thor)
4-Stars: Drax, Gamora, Loki, Mantis, Nebula, Rocket & Groot, Star-Lord, Thor (Goddess), Throg, Valkyrie, Yondu
3-Stars: Gamora, Loki, Rocket & Groot, Star-Lord, Thor
2-Stars: Thor

So are we only going to be able to play with all of these characters only?
Because I dont see any problem.

Seph1roth5 · July 2022

Sounds interesting, hopefully the goons' turns will be fast and not like AIM jerks.

Daredevil217 · July 2022

9RMetal said:

Featured Characters
5-Stars: Beta Ray Bill, Gamora, Loki, Star-Lord, Thor (Gladiator), Thor (Mighty Thor)
4-Stars: Drax, Gamora, Loki, Mantis, Nebula, Rocket & Groot, Star-Lord, Thor (Goddess), Throg, Valkyrie, Yondu
3-Stars: Gamora, Loki, Rocket & Groot, Star-Lord, Thor
2-Stars: Thor

So are we only going to be able to play with all of these characters only?
Because I dont see any problem.

No. You can use anyone. I really wish that they went with just these characters. I’m guessing there would have been much fewer complaints. The loaners would allow everyone access, getting rid of the “locking out new players” complaint. And two top 10 metas are available, so the people who only chase good characters would be satiated as well. My guess is that we wouldn’t hear a peep. Instead we went back to same old vanilla (if anything they made it even easier).

HoundofShadow · July 2022

I like new goons. Is there a possibility the dev creates new goons based off Infinity War or End Game? For example, Outriders, Chitauri Gorillas, Leviathans and Chitauri etc.

Based on the post about what has been rumoured from Discord, it reminded me of training mode. First run = training mode. Second run = complain mode.

Ares76 · July 2022

Daredevil217 said:

IceIX said:

Daredevil217 said:

So is this a heroic style event, @IceIX? Seems like it, just with more loaners. Want to double check though.

It is not. Just themed around Love and Thunder related characters.
DeNappa said:

Huh, new goons? Cool.

Were the round rewards posted yet?

In the What's New thread, yes.

Ugh. I hate the complainers who make sure everything is the same, watered down, and not a challenge. This is why we can’t have nice things.

Oh well.

Why do you want this to be this a challenge for everyone?

If you want this brand-new boss-event to challenge you feel free restricting yourself to only using those boosted characters or only using 3-stars or whatever you want.

In the last Heroics Boss Event I used the only 3 available five-stars Goblin, Yelena and SamDaken most of the time and it bored me to hell. If I were allowed to use everyone I sure would have played more different combos - that actually would have synergies on top of that.

This new possibility to earn two covers of the newest five-star is too important for most of us so that nobody should be locked out who decided not to champ them all or is fairly new to the game.

Every trio in Latest could be someone's first three five-star champs. Why let them miss those two covers because he doesn't have a broad roster?

MoosePrime · July 2022

IceIX said:

Amalgamated Shadow
Generates 1 Black and 1 Purple AP per turn.

Fade - Black PASSIVE
(PASSIVE) Summoned from the shadows, these monsters fade back into the darkness with ease - only to strike where you least expect. On battle start, when summoned, and for every set health they lose, the Shadow goes invisible for 1 turn. When returning from being Invisible, the Shadow deals damage.

Lurk - 7 Purple AP
The Shadow Monster lurks, readying to strike their prey, choosing a random enemy and creating a 3-turn Countdown tile that deals damage to that character and converts 4 random basic tiles to Black.

They generate Black AP for their passive ability?

HoundofShadow · July 2022

They generate it for Gorr.

fight4thedream · July 2022

dianetics said:

It is showing up as Peer into Madness right now.

If you click on the event rules, it displays as Waking Nightmare. I assume this is a display error, albeit a rather confusing one. Hopefully it can be fixed before the event starts.

bladewing · July 2022

dianetics said:

It is showing up as Peer into Madness right now.

"Gargantos, I've come to bargain...."

samael64 · July 2022

Looks like it has been fixed.

IceIX · July 2022

fight4thedream said:

dianetics said:

It is showing up as Peer into Madness right now.

If you click on the event rules, it displays as Waking Nightmare. I assume this is a display error, albeit a rather confusing one. Hopefully it can be fixed before the event starts.

It was. Wrong Boss Event card was displayed. All fixed now.

TheEyeDoctorsWife · July 2022

With a favorite BRB , no one should be complaining. I know Mantis’ perma stun and Gamora’s Activate InstaKill will have to be voided or nerfed . I have to admit I liked last months challenge better, this roster available is a walk in the dark.

justsing · July 2022

Excited to try out the new minions. Also, thanks for providing loaners! That's super helpful for the smaller rosters in my alliance family.

Daredevil217 · July 2022

Ares76 said:

Daredevil217 said:

IceIX said:

Daredevil217 said:

So is this a heroic style event, @IceIX? Seems like it, just with more loaners. Want to double check though.

It is not. Just themed around Love and Thunder related characters.
DeNappa said:

Huh, new goons? Cool.

Were the round rewards posted yet?

In the What's New thread, yes.

Ugh. I hate the complainers who make sure everything is the same, watered down, and not a challenge. This is why we can’t have nice things.

Oh well.

Why do you want this to be this a challenge for everyone?

If you want this brand-new boss-event to challenge you feel free restricting yourself to only using those boosted characters or only using 3-stars or whatever you want.

In the last Heroics Boss Event I used the only 3 available five-stars Goblin, Yelena and SamDaken most of the time and it bored me to hell. If I were allowed to use everyone I sure would have played more different combos - that actually would have synergies on top of that.

This new possibility to earn two covers of the newest five-star is too important for most of us so that nobody should be locked out who decided not to champ them all or is fairly new to the game.

Every trio in Latest could be someone's first three five-star champs. Why let them miss those two covers because he doesn't have a broad roster?

If you really want to know, check out the feedback threads for the last boss event. I posted a lot in those. Here’s a quick summary.

- The restricted roster was a lot of fun for me. I played characters I normally wouldn’t have. If you were bored playing the only 5*s (who lacked synergy) then that’s on you. Plenty of people enjoyed rediscovering or discovering for the first time Agent Venom, Brock, Scorpion, Bullseye, etc. There were definitely some cool synergistic teams.

- I liked the alliance chatter and discussion here on how to best tackle the event, rather than sleepwalking through and no one making a peep. That was fun.

- Once the whining died down and the people who didn’t quit round 1 actually tried (despite beliefs that they couldn’t make progress), it was cool to see them feel a sense of pride and accomplishment that just isn’t there when the covers are essentially handed to you. I remember being a 3/4 star player feeling that way when tackling actual hard events and it was cool to see some of that from those who actually tried.

- This may be an unpopular opinion, but I believe that the end game prizes being given out as participation trophies lowers their value and it will hurt the bottom line, leading to 6* being introduced (which I really don’t want).

- I do think that people should be rewarded for having a broad roster, absolutely. I think it’s better for the game as a whole and still believe the developers prefer rewarding that than rewarding hoarding for meta and skipping those deemed “unworthy”. But that’s my preference and you can feel free to disagree.

- I loved that the developers were trying something new. It gave me gauntlet or old heroic event vibes. Just SOMETHING different. It’s not like you can’t Shang and Okoye your way through every other event.

- I said “oh well” and I meant it. I’m not going to complain over and over. I’ll take my two covers for minimal work and move on. But there is a pretty substantial group that likes these kind of events (like gauntlet, heroics, original fight for Wakanda), and I just hate that there’s always such pushback/entitlement from the playerbase that the developers get conditioned to make “new story events” that are the same as every other. Easy as all get out. At least Puzzle Gauntlet didn’t receive the wrath of the masses and 5* god boosts, despite a vocal minority hating them. went by unscathed.

Waking Nightmare - Gorr Boss Event Information (7/20/22)

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