As you are probably aware, the Marvel Puzzle Quest Community Video for May ran late and slipped into June. To try and make things up a bit we’ve got a second June video available for you today. Think of it as a bonus vid or June 2.0.
Here’s Will Jennings-Hess (Lead Designer) and Miles Benjamin (Designer) from Demiurge. Topics under discussion in the video include; Season XVI, S.H.I.E.L.D. Simulator rewards, 4-Star reward adjustments, match damage adjustments, Versus Event characters and more. Please stay tuned to the end of the video for a sneak peek look at the new Vault store page which helps players pull the rewards they want!
We hope you enjoy and we welcome your feedback!
You can access the new video RIGHT HERE.
For a transcript (Thanks Dearbluey!) you can check that out HERE
For future videos I hope you guys will consider doing captions or providing transcripts for those of us who are hearing impaired.
On the Vault, I understood that it’s replacing tacos, beginning Sunday. Did I hear correctly that it recycles every 5 days the way tacos currently do? If that’s so, the 0/300 collected screen, is that an ongoing tally, or are there going to be 300 pullable items in the vault every 5 days? Because if that’s the case, I feel like that could be a regression. That’s a large enough pool of items that the daily increase in odds of pulling the “good stuff,” be it 3* covers, 4* covers, HP prizes, whatever, is going to be negligible. Hopefully somebody with better ears than I have can clarify.
Changes
-Revamped Shield Sim to include more 3*'s and ISO plus 4* at the end
-Goon tile damage reduced (except on tile damage abilities)
-PVP Loaner will have 1 of each cover
(not sure if it’s 1/1/1 or if each node has a different cover like we’re recently seeing)
Increased ways to earn a 4*
-2000 pts in Shield Sim
-1300 pts in PVP (1000pts remains)
-T100 for new release
-Possibly from the new Vault
Vault Details
-Released 6/28/15
-New ways to use Tacos: Take item out of vault, can reset vault (1000HP)
-300 rewards to collect
-Rotates every 5-days
-Health pack awards includes
Sounds interesting, can’t wait for Sunday. I am glad the devs are starting to address some of our concerns. Thank you!
It seems like the odds are about the same except we can actually see what’s left after each taco and we’re not going to open the same Moonstone
3 times in a row. It just looks like an interactive way to open your tokens. Hopefully the devs give us more details In the discussion.
Based on what I “see” of the Vault - and what is logical - there is a group of rewards inside which are the featured DDQ Weekly characters - I guess these are the one rotating.
I would advise a free reset button on unused vault - since that way you can reshuffle if it only contains 4*'s you already completed / don’t care of. (If this can be an issue)
THANK YOU for adding another 4* reward in PvP rather than just rescaling the progression targets again. I was very worried that this new 4* transition could go away after a season of high scoring, but simply adding a new target is way way better. The high achievers get something new to aim for and those of us who can’t hit 1300 still get to progress.
No complaints after this video, at all. Well done!
what was summarized in punisher’s post is all very positive news for us. not sure all goon damage needs to be toned down, but the outliers could us a baby nerf (ninjas possible a moderate nerf). love the pvp changes. loaners getting all 3 abilities will make LRs and early climbs slightly more interesting, but will give lower/mid players a better taste of the character. more ****s always good. I dont’ have to worry about 1300 yet, but leaving the 1000 there as a target for me is much appreciated. and much less grinding now for **** releases = win. depending on what the changes in sim actually are, I may make a point to play more of it.
in a ‘wait and see mode’ for the vault. sounds interesting, but I had a plan in place for my tacos and now hoping this doesn’t walk over that or make that worse.
One thing I’m wondering: will stockpiled taco tokens work on the vault? Or will they become ‘event completed’ tokens that give out rewards tied to the last two normal blocks of DDQ rewards?
dunno, but I was wanting to target next week’s group. torch cyc blade all could use some help. will be annoyed if the worsen that plan. overall might be better though - who knows.
There isn’t anywhere near 100 characters currently. At 3 colors each, even adding in boosts, Points, Packs, etc, I can’t see how the ACTUAL Vault is going to have 300 prizes…
