Firstly, I’m a long-time player (d986) and am actually pretty happy with how the game seems to be renovating itself.
The pros: Reworking some bad characters, increasing rewards, clearance levels, new boss event, and now these magical Iron Man ads (big fan and even went VIP for the first time to support it)!
The cons: Well, that boss event was pretty rough… But we’ll hopefully see it again with less steroids.
The meh: PVP changes. I’m actually shielding less but now not getting top prize anymore. So more HP, less CP, it’s a toss-up.
However, a tried and true MPQ experience involves multiple new character releases over the holidays. I believe we had major releases over Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years last year.
I’d like to make a plea to the devs that if they release new characters between now to the end of the year that they may consider running the same event with the same rewards back to back. That way everybody gets a chance (and some get two!) I’m not a religious person, but I do respect the traditions of all religions and there are many different festivities for several different cultures over the next 6 weeks. And while my family gatherings during this time are not religious in nature, it is one of the few times I see certain relatives during the year.
I’m also okay with having no new characters during this time frame if that helps even the playing field. I’m not looking for a preference for anyone in this situation. I love this game, but when it comes to real life, family comes first.
They really should run the antman, Chulk, htd, gauntlet over the weekend with a 3 event holiday season pvp. Those pve events aren’t grind focused and people can play at a pace that makes sense for their holiday plans. A simple 3 event season lets people checkout for family plans and not cripple their standings or cause alliance issues.
While many alliances still compete for holiday events, it seems like most top alliances view those seasons much more casually vs 28 day seasons
If it’s like previous holiday seasons it’s gonna be a new character released right on the holiday weekend, people will be upset about it, then they’ll forget.
Apologies if this sounds crude but if you look at the calendar for global important events then trying to respect global religions becomes extremely intrusive.
While it’s fair to say that North America has forms of Christianity as its dominant faith it’s also important to know that it’s a melting pot of cultures and beliefs. Also, MPQ is very much a global game.
Below is a spoiler listing of just some of the worlds MAJOR religions and their holidays.
[spoiler]Jewish Holidays:
Jan. 25: Tu B’Shevat
March 23-24: Purim
April 22-30: Passover
May 22: Second Passover
May 26: Lag B’Omer
June 11-13: Shavuot
July 23- Aug. 14: Fast of 3 Weeks
July 24: Fast of the 17th of Tammuz
Aug. 13-14: Fast of Tish’a B’Av
Aug. 19: The 15th of Av
Oct. 2-4: Rosh Hashanah
Oct. 11-12: Yom Kippur
Oct. 16-23: Sukkot
Oct. 23-25: Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah
Christian Holidays:
Jan. 6: Epiphany
Jan. 10: Baptism of Jesus
Feb. 2: Candlemas
Feb. 10: Ash Wednesday
Feb. 14: St. Valentine’s Day
March 17: St. Patrick’s Day
March 19: St. Joseph’s Day
March 20: Palm Sunday
March 24: Maundy (Holy) Thursday
March 25: Good Friday
March 27: Easter
March 28: Easter Monday
April 23: St. George’s Day
April 30: St. James the Great Day
May 5: Ascension of Jesus
May 15: Pentecost
May 22: Trinity Sunday
May 26: Corpus Christi
June 29: Saints Peter and Paul
July 15: Saint Vladimir
Aug. 1: Lammas
Aug. 15: The Assumption of Mary
Sept. 8: Holy Cross Day
Sept. 29: Michael and All Angels
Oct. 31: All Hallows Eve
Nov. 1: All Saints’ Day
Nov. 2” All Souls’ Day
Nov. 20: Christ the King
Nov. 27: Advent-First Sunday
Nov. 30: St. Andrew’s Day
Dec. 6: St. Nicholas Day
Dec. 24: Christmas Eve
Dec. 25: Christmas
Dec. 28: Holy Innocents
Buddhist Holidays:
Jan. 24: Mahayana New Year
Feb. 8: Chinese New Year
Feb. 15: Nirvana Day
March 23: Magha Puja Day
April 22: Theravada New Year
May 15: Wesak-Buddha Day
July 11: Obon
July 19: Asala-Dharma Day
Dec. 8: Bodhi Day
Islamic Holidays
May 5: Lailat al Miraj
May 21: Lailat al Bara’ah
June 7: start of Ramadan
July 2: Laylat al Kadr
July 7: Eid-al-Fitr (end of Ramadan)
Sept. 10: Waqf al Arafa-Hajj
Sept. 13: Eid-al-Adha
Oct. 3: Hijra- Islamic New Year
Oct. 12: Day of Ashura/Muharram
Dec. 12: Milad un Nabi
Hindu Holidays
Jan. 15: Makarsankranti/Pongal
Feb. 12: Vasant Panchami
March 7: Maha Shivaratri
March 8: Telugu New Year/Ugadi/Gudi Padwa
March 13: Vaisakhi/Baisakhi/Vishu
March 15: Ramanavami
March 23: Holika Dahan
March 24: Holi
April 8: Hindi New Year
April 13: Tamil New Year
April 14: Bengali New Year/Bihu
April 22: Hanuman Jayanti
May 9: Akshaya Tritiya
June 4: Savitri Pooja
July 6: Puri Rath Yatra
July 19: Guru Purnima
Aug. 7: Nag Panchami
Aug. 12: Varalakshmi Vrat
Aug. 18: Raksha-Bandhan
Aug. 25: Krishna Janmashtami
Sept. 5: Ganesh Chaturthi
Sept. 14: Onam
Sept. 16: Vishwakarma Puja
Sept. 30: Mahalaya Amavasya
Oct. 1-10: Navaratri
Oct. 11: Dusshera
Oct. 15: Shardad Purnima
Oct. 19: Karwa Chauth
Oct. 28: Dhanteras
Oct. 30: Diwali
Nov. 1: Bhai Dooj
Nov. 6: Chhath Puja
Nov. 14: Kartik Poornima
Dec. 10: Geeta Jayanti
Dec. 15: Dhanu Sankranti
Pagan Holidays:
Feb. 2: Imbolc
March 20: Ostara
May 1: Beltane
June 20: Midsummer
Aug. 1: Lughnasadh
Sept. 22: Mabon
Oct. 31: Samhain
Dec. 22: Yule
Sikh Holidays:
Jan. 5: Guru Gobind Singh Birthday
Jan. 14: Maghi-Lohri
March 24: Holi
April 13: Vaisakhi
April 18: Birthday of Guru Angad Dev
June 16: Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib
Oct. 20: Birth of the Guru Granth
Oct. 30: Diwali
Nov. 14: Guru Nanak Birthday
Nov. 24: Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib
Baha’i Holidays:
Feb. 26-March 1: Intercalary
March 2-20: Nineteen Day Fast
March 21: New Year
April 21: First Day of Ridvan
April 29: Ninth Day of Ridvan
May 2: Twelfth Day of Ridvan
May 23: Declaration of the Bab
May 29: Ascension of Baha’u’llah
July 9: Martyrdom of the Bab
Oct. 20: Birth of the Bab
Nov. 12: Birth of Baha’u’llah
Nov. 26: Day of the Covenant
Nov. 28: Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Baha
Shinto Holidays:
Jan. 1: Oshogatsu
Jan. 7: Koshogatsu
Jan. 15: Seijin Shiki
Feb. 17: Toshigoi
March 3: Joshi-no-Sekku
March 21: Shubun-sai
May 3: Taue Matsuri[/spoiler]
Family should come first.
YOU have the power to not play an event at all or simply not play it optimally. MPQ has done a great job at relaxing the requirements to get a single new character cover on it’s release event. Even if you miss that entirely you can still reach max prog in the next pve and then grab the new character from the 800 point PvP progression.
I think of my roster as my family. I’ve raised it from “birth” and I find myself spending all my hard earned money on it. I plan on spending lots of quality time over the holidays with my MPQ family
I don’t really mind what events they have planned. As long as there are no changes to game play or a brand new event style introduced just before the office closes for the long break.
If you think it’s bad sometimes getting a response over the weekend when scaling’s broken or the progression rewards are set way too high, just wait until the special holiday event starts on the afternoon of Friday December 23rd…