MPQ Sneak Peek: January 2017 Edition *Updated (1/24/17)

Marvel Puzzle Quest MPQ General Discussion
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Happy New Year everyone! icon_e_biggrin.gif
Here is your first Sneak Peek of 2017.

Marvel Puzzle Quest Sneak Peek: Upcoming In January, 2017
(*Important note: Anything listed below is subject to change before release. We will try to update any changes in a timely manner, but please keep in mind the info below is not guaranteed.)

CHARACTERS
Article on new 4-Star Captain Marvel can be found here: Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers)
Article on new 4-Star Ironheart can be found here: Ironheart (Riri Williams)

UPCOMING VERSUS TOURNAMENTS

Blind Justice - Daredevil (1/3/17)
First Avenger - Steve Rogers (Super Soldier) (1/5/17)
Combined Arms - Team of a 2-Star, 3-Star, and 4-Star (1/8/17)
Nefarious Foes - All Villains (1/10/17)
Fight and Flight - Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers) (01/12/17)
Sharp Dressed - Wolverine (Patch) (1/17/17)
Weapon TeX MeX - Deadpool (It’s Me, Deadpool!) (1/19/17)

  • Lethal Intent - Gamora (1/22/17)

    Category-5 - Storm (Mohawk) (1/24/2017) New Update
    Flight Test - Ironheart (Riri Williams) (1/26/2017) New Update
    Magnetic Mayhem - Magneto (Classic) (1/29/2017) New Update
    Fowl Play - Howard the Duck (2/2/2017) New Update

UPCOMING STORY EVENTS

[spoiler]Deadpool vs MPQ (1/5/17)
Featured Characters:
4-Star: Kingpin
3-Star: Daredevil
2-Star: Bullseye (Dark Avengers)

Dark Avengers: Heroic (1/9/17)
Featured Characters:
4-Star: Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers)
3-Star: Human Torch (Classic)
2-Star: Magneto (Marvel NOW!)

Placement Rewards
4-Star: Professor X (Charles Xavier)
3-Star: Sentry (Dark Avengers)
2-Star: Hawkeye (Modern)

Meet Rocket & Groot (1/12/17)
Featured Characters
4-Star: Professor X (Charles Xavier)
3-Star: Sentry (Dark Avengers)
2-Star: Hawkeye (Modern)

Placement Rewards
4-Star: Invisible Woman (Classic)
3-Star: Black Panther (T’Challa)
2-Star: Ares (Dark Avengers)

Oscorp: Heroic (1/16/17)
Featured Characters
4-Star: Invisible Woman (Classic)
3-Star: Black Panther (T’Challa)
2-Star: Ares (Dark Avengers)

Placement Rewards
4-Star: Wasp
3-Star: Doctor Octopus
2-Star: Human Torch (Johnny Storm)

Thick as Thieves (1/19/17)

  • Featured Characters
    4-Star: Wasp
    3-Star: Doctor Octopus
    2-Star: Human Torch (Johnny Storm)

    Placement Rewards
    4-Star: Ironheart (Riri Williams)
    3-Star: The Hood
    2-Star: Daken (Dark Avengers)
    1-Star: Spider-Man (Original)

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  • Hearts of Darkness (1/23/17)

    • Featured Characters
      4-Star: Ironheart (Riri Williams)
      3-Star: The Hood
      2-Star: Daken (Dark Avengers)

      Placement Rewards
      4-Star: War Machine (James Rhodes)
      3-Star: Daken (Classic)
      2-Star: Storm (Classic)
      Venom Bomb (1/26/17) New Update - Featured Characters
      4-Star: War Machine (James Rhodes)
      3-Star: Daken (Classic)
      2-Star: Storm (Classic)

      Placement Rewards
      4-Star: Howard the Duck
      3-Star: Captain Marvel (Modern)
      2-Star: Black Widow (Original)
      1-Star: Storm (Modern)
      Webbed Wonder (1/30/17) New Update - Featured Characters
      4-Star: Howard the Duck
      3-Star: Captain Marvel (Modern)
      2-Star: Black Widow (Original)

      Placement Rewards
      4-Star: To Be Determined
      3-Star: To Be Determined
      2-Star: To Be Determined

UPCOMING DEADPOOL’S DAILIES

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The Hulk (Indestructible)
Sam Wilson (Falcon)
Psylocke
Beast
Bullseye (Classic)
Required: Ghost Rider

Sweet (1/8/17)
Steve Rogers (Super Soldier)
Sentry
The Punisher (Dark Reign)
Blade (Daywalker)
Wolverine (Patch)
Required: Star-Lord

Savory (1/13/17)
Human Torch (Classic)
Colossus (Classic)
Cyclops (Uncanny X-Men)
The Hood (Classic)
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius)
Required: Moon Knight (Marc Spector)

Sweet (1/18/17)
Thor (Modern)
Captain Marvel (Modern)
Iron Man (Model 40)
Iron Fist
Ragnarok
Required: The Punisher (MAX)[/spoiler]

  • Savory (1/23/17)
    • Kamala Khan
      Quicksilver
      Scarlet Witch
      Vision
      Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange)
      Required: Mr. Fantastic
      Sweet (1/28/2017) New Update - Thanos (Modern)
      Black Panther (T’Challa)
      Magneto (Classic)
      Storm (Mohawk)
      Luke Cage (Hero for Hire)
      Required: Nova (Sam Alexander)

UPCOMING WEEKLY BUFFS

[spoiler](12/29/16 - 1/05/17)
4-Star: Invisible Woman, Luke Cage (Power Man), Punisher (MAX), Carnage, Wolverine (X-Force)
3-Star: Black Panther, Bullseye (Classic), Sam Wilson (Falcon), Iron Man (Model 40), Kamala Khan
2-Star: Black Widow (Original), Steve Rogers (Captain America)
1-Star: Storm (Modern), Venom (Dark Avengers)

(1/5/17 - 1/12/17)
4-Star: Elektra, The Hulk (Totally Awesome), Miles Morales, Red Hulk, War Machine
3-Star: Beast, Colossus, Luke Cage (Hero for Hire), Mystique, Psylocke
2-Star: Ares, Wolverine (Astonishing X-Men)
1-Star: Black Widow (Modern), Iron Man (Model 35)[/spoiler]

  • (1/12/17 - 1/19/17)
    4-Star: Cyclops (Classic), Gwenpool (Gwen Poole), Medusa (Inhuman Queen), Spider Gwen (Gwen Stacy), X23 (All-New Wolverine)
    3-Star: Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff), Ragnarok (Dark Avengers), Rocket & Groot (Most Wanted), Storm (Mohawk), Wolverine (Patch)
    2-Star: Daken (Dark Avengers), Magneto (Marvel NOW!)
    1-Star: Hawkeye (Classic), Juggernaut (Classic)

    (1/19/17 - 1/26/17)
    4-Star: Jean Grey (All-New X-Men), Kate Bishop, Mr. Fantastic, Star-Lord, The Thing
    3-Star: Cyclops (Uncanny X-Men), Daken (Classic), Iron Fist, Magneto (Classic), Scarlet Witch
    2-Star: Storm (Classic), Thor (Marvel NOW!)
    1-Star: Iron Man (Model 35), Spider-Man (Original)

    (1/26/17 - 2/2/17) New Update
    4-Star: Ant Man (Scott Lang), Professor X (Charles Xavier), Thor (Goddess of Thunder), Venom (Eddie Brock), Wasp (Janet V’Dyne)
    3-Star: Deadpool (It’s Me, Deadpool!), Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius), Gamora (Guardians of the Galaxy), Loki, Sentry (Dark Avengers)
    2-Star: Hawkeye (Modern), Moonstone (Dark Avengers)
    1-Star: Black Widow (Modern), Storm (Modern)

CHANGELOG

(1/3/17) Brigby - Updated Versus events, Story events, Deadpool’s Dailies, and Weekly Buffs
(1/3/17) Brigby - Added link to article on new Captain Marvel
(1/6/17) Brigby - Updated Versus events, Story events, and Deadpool’s Dailies
(1/9/17) Brigby - Updated Versus events, Story events, Deadpool’s Dailies, and Weekly Buffs
*(1/16/17) Brigby - Updated Versus events, Story events, Deadpool’s Dailies, and Weekly Buffs(1/17/17) Brigby - Updated Story events, and added link to article on new Ironheart
(1/20/17) Brigby - Updated Versus events, Story events, and Deadpool’s Dailies
*(1/24/17) Brigby - Updated Versus events, Story events, Deadpool’s Dailies, and Weekly Buffs

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War Machine 2 weeks in a row?

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Yeah, Red Hulk is boosted again. Why not just have him permanently boosted?

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And after all the Carnage he caused this past week too? 

Interesting, no comment on the Ghost Rider switch to the Crash order.

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Maybe there aren’t enough people with a viable Spider Woman? I’d sure be happy if she got dropped from this round of crashes!

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Okay Glad you’re holidays are over and hope you had a great time.
But how can you say this is an update if I see nothing new sorry

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Is Red Hulk going to be perm boosted? I have 3 covers for Medusa to be applied and was going to champ her next but constantly boosting Red Hulk I may as well get him done first instead.

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Well, he’s buffed for one PVP event only. Off-Season events usually have their own list of buffed characters.

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It’s still the 3rd or 4th time in a pretty short period, regardless of the circumstances.

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Any updates on the game altering bugs with the unannounced patch?

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Welcome back!!! We missed you.

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Skipping War machine? I just leveled him in anticipation of his crash. He falls next in the order that D3 released…
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From the crash change announcement

Below is the current order of featured characters for Crash of the Titans.

• X-23 (All-New Wolverine)
• Iceman (All-New X-men)
• Jean Grey (All-New X-men)
• Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnes)
• Sam Wilson (Captain America)
• Peggy Carter (Captain America)
• Professor X (Charles Xavier)
• Cyclops (Classic)
• The Thing (Classic)
• Invisible Woman (Classic)
• Carnage (Cletus Kasady)
• Quake (Daisy Johnson)
• Drax (The Destroyer)
• Nick Fury (Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
• Venom (Eddie Brock)
• Thor (Goddess of Thunder)
• Spider-Gwen (Gwen Stacy)
• Kate Bishop (Hawkeye)
• Iron Man (Hulkbuster)
• War Machine (James Rhodes) skipped
• Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) skipped
• Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) skipped
• Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze)
• Star-Lord (Legendary Outlaw)
• Moon Knight (Marc Spector)
• Punisher (Max)
• Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)
• Nova (Sam Alexander)
• Ant-Man (Scott Lang)
• Miles Morales (Spider-Man)
• Red Hulk (Thunderbolt Ross)
• Hulk (Totally Awesome)
• Deadpool (Uncanny X-Force)
• Elektra (Unkillable)
• Kingpin (Wilson Fisk)
• Wolverine (X-Force)

It would be nice if deviations from the published list was communicated with more than 4 days notice

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The upcoming boosted list is identical to one run in October, I believe, except War Machine. Are they not random?

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Same icon_e_sad.gif

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Welcome back! Hope your holidays were good. Now, to “business.”

  1. Should we expect any compensation from the Galactus node lock issue, or will that just be considered “fair” since everyone had the chance to get the bug. CS closed my initial ticket as a known issue.

  2. Why the skip to Ghost Rider in DDQ Titans? Not that I’m complaining, my Spider Woman and Wasp would have lost. Just confused.

  3. R117 breaks IM40 and others, introducing some AP cost jank. Whats up with that? This is a bug and not an intended rework, right?

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There were some changes to the previous weekly buffs when we were gone on break, so Carnage was actually buffed that week, not War Machine. I have updated the document to reflect this.

Apologies. We usually post the lineup several days ahead of time, here in this Sneak Peek, but due to the holiday break we were unable to provide that information ahead of time for today’s DDQ.

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Here’s the issue, the above list was published in September and since it’s posting, 4 months ago, not once has it deviated.

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Would be great if a RED could give us an update on this r117 bug that is making ap costs go crazy…

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Despite claims aiming to improve communication and transparency, they completely ignore the issue until they have a vetted response. Can’t say “we are aware and are looking into this” or explain the surprise patch.

They are not listening.