Heroic Pack Percentages

Marvel Puzzle Quest MPQ General Discussion
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I haven’t opened my 10 pack or a bunch of tokens yet - I’m waiting for them to add Cap Marvel and Deadpool…

I wanted to check figures for myself to see what the issue for them is in regards to adding new characters - thinking it really shouldn’t be that difficult to set up the code so X stars = Y%/Z covers.

As it sits currently, the rate to get the covers in heroics are the following (According to the game itself):

  • 1 Token:
    • 4* - 2.4% (3 at .8%)
    • 3* - 14.1% (18 at .7%, 3 at .5%)
    • 2* - 84% (11 at 7.2%, 1 at 4.8%)
  • 10 & 40 Pack:
    • 4* - 3% (3 at 1%)
    • 3* - 18% (18 at .9%, 3 at .6%)
    • 2* - 79.3% (11 at 6.8%, 1 at 4.5%)

But would it really be that difficult or so player advantageous to tweak the numbers to add in new characters?

My proposed change:

  • 1 Token:
    • 4* - 2.2% (3 at .7333333333%)
    • 3* - 18% (22 at .75%, 3 at .5% - this includes Beast already, but I know that’s unreasonable since they lose that month of people buying those fantastic Beast covers… icon_lol.gif
      )
    • 2* - 79.8% (12 at 6.3%, 1 at 4.2% - based on a rate of 2.11/cover available, including Bag-Man)
  • 10 & 40 Pack:
    • 4* - 2.96% (3 at .986666666%)
    • 3* - 24.84% (22 at 1.035%, 3 at .69%)
    • 2* - 72.2% (12 at 5.7%, 1 at 3.8%)

Keep the base numbers the same. Adding new characters lowers the percentages of a specific cover you get, but doesn’t change the chances of getting a specific type of cover. As the pool increases too much, re-adjust the base numbers accordingly. It doesn’t have to be a massive change, but there are currently four 3* characters not there: She-Hulk, Deadpool, Captain Marvel and Beast. Three of these characters have been around for months.

Come on already…

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It’s a bit puzzling why they won’t increase the percentage of 3 star drops from heroic tokens. There are more than double the number of three star characters there were at the beginning of the year; increasing the drop rates by a couple of percent isn’t going to help players max characters faster than they did several months ago.

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Fixing Token %'s is NOT complicated. There have been a hundred viable suggestions on how to do it in this forum. I mean it’s just MATH for tinykitty sake.
Yet D3 always gives some BS answer on why they won’t do it. My favorite has been something along the lines of “it’s too confusing for new players”.