One of the very best times in the four years I have been playing was the First Anniversary. It was as close to a perfect event as it could’ve been.
The Second and Third have not even come close for one main reason the developers at Demiurge have failed at final QC before releasing the centerpiece event.
Second Anniversary contained the “you’re supposed to lose” Galactus Boss Event
Third Anniversary contained the unmitigated disaster of “you’re supposed to lose and we don’t even really want you to play” Boss Rush.
Based on the new splash screen I am guessing some X-Men themed event is on the horizon.
Please, please, please make sure you test this at all skill levels so you don’t continue your losing streak with Anniversary events.
Also you forgot to turn on the double-iso switch for Second Anniversary. I know its covered in cobwebs and dust because you never use it so remind yourself where it is so you won’t forget.
I would really like this to be more like the First Anniversary than the last two one extra pass at QC would probably help that happen.
Also you realize if they did do something you didn’t like, you realize you’re weeks if not months to late to get them to change what they’re realizing right? Stuff has to be 90% done by now.
I’m cautiously optimistic. Thanos and sinister 6, whilst maybe a tad too easy, were both really fun events.
Crash of the mad titan, was amazeballs as well. I am hoping for an x-men themed crash. Maybe with a “cosmic” style vault? Old man Logan, phoenix and I presume a new x-men 5*?
They can deliver, and I am hoping they do.
On a sad note, my store was selling Starks for £77.99 when the cosmic store opened I noticed it went up to £99.99. I usually buy during the anniversary, 3 Starks last year. At that price I am not feeling it this year!
I also am looking forward to double iso. Maybe some improved lightning rounds? Special gauntlet anniversary event. No pressure peeps
If they stick to their trendline this will be: “If there is at least one red, or green, or blue, or black, or yellow, or purple tile on the board Boss destroys the board doing damage for each tile destroyed to entire enemy team”
When asked afterward they will say, “players like making only one match before losing; our data bears this out”
They seem to know where that one is. They turn it on more often than the poor double-iso switch. They’ll probably kill a family of spiders locating that one.
edit: I suspected the parent comment would get removed (hence the tag, not the quote), which is why my comment no longer makes sense. I’ll just say that it was funny, and it references pop culture, and everyone would have loved it.
I truly believe this might be a make or break for some players. I know last year there were a few vets that walked away due to how bad this was and was handled by D3. I really hope they get this right.
Back then, the double iso even applied to the “first clear” bonus that PVE used to have. The first anniversary happened in my second or third week of playing real PVE events, so I was really disappointed when I realized that the double iso/special LRs/etc wasn’t a once-a-month occurrence.
Last anniversary, my boosted, champed Devil Dino was just strong enough that his red would one-shot all the (pre-nerf) OMLs I saw at my MMR at the time. Even with the other frustrations in the anniversary, that alone made it better than the usual PVP weeks…
