The Gaunlet: Villains, Heroes, & Finale 20 - 23 Sep

Advanced Combat Simulator mission.

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Punisher, star.png
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BW, star.png
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Black Panther, star.png
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Human Torch, star.png
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Magneto, star.png
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Storm.

Villains Progression Rewards:
35. 100 iso8.png
123. 1x Health Pack
235. Recruit Token
371. +3 All Boosts redtile.png
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  2. Power Boost redtile.png
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  3. 200 iso8.png

  4. Recruit Token

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    Storm blueflag.png

Finishing the main path of Villains unlocks the Heroes sub.

Heroes Progression Rewards:
119. 250 iso8.png
375. Recruit Token
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1353. 500 iso8.png
1720. Recruit Token: The Gauntlet
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2424. 50 spideycoin.png

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  2. Black Panther blueflag.png

And finishing the main path of the Heroes unlocks the Finale sub.

Finale Progression Rewards:
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625. star.png
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  2. Recruit Token: The Gauntlet

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    Black Widow greenflag.png

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  6. 50 spideycoin.png

  7. 1000 iso8.png

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    Psylocke blackflag.png

It’s open. Progression rewards only.

No placement rewards, wtf is this? LOL

edit: this is the greatest event I have ever seen. no rubber banding, no pressure, no rankings. just pure casual play with rewards. They should always have one of these events going

Maybe I should join immediately since there are no placement awards.

No placement rewards. Everything on progression. All nodes are one-time, meaning no grinding.

AM I DREAMING

I don’t get it. What’s the point. Seems like an event for burning health packs.

Though the rules imply there’s a good reward for beating the last mission. A 3* cover?

While I appreciate a new game mode, having only progression rewards with a 2* cover as the “best” reward is underwhelming.

I hope that the “next chapter” mentioned in the description comes with better rewards.

When you finish Villains it opens up another sub. Presumably with escalating progression rewards.

It’s a PvE!!! A TRUE PvE!!! Oh my stars and garters!

Interesting. Well, we wanted something new, eh? icon_e_smile.gif

It’s PVE. Not like that PVP disguised as a PVE you’re used to.

Event rules page state that a new sub opens when the mission on the far right is cleared.

20 nodes total in first sub.

I wonder how many subs are there in this event? I could potentially see the rewards two or three subs down the road being rather lucrative, in exchange for some insanely difficult nodes.

3.5 days… got to clear them all!

I want to be the very best
like no one ever was
20 nodes are my test
to Match-3 is my cause

Gotta clear 'em all
Gotta clear 'em all

This.

Someone mentioned in the General Discussion where this event was obviously crafted from, there could be 3* cover rewards down the line somewhere. If they don’t keep to their 250 iso8.png
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, recruit token schema that is. Still, a 3* progression reward for full clear would have been nice.

Edit: It seems you CAN replay nodes, for rewards, they just aren’t worth points. Interesting.

Awesome! I love that I don’t have to worry about when I start, who I get bracketed with, how often I need to grind, or scaling. At least I think I love all that - we’ll see what I think once it is all done. But no matter what I appreciate the developers (apparently) listening to some of the ideas from the forums and trying something new.

I am hitting progression rewards exactly. This makes me believe that there is no rubberbabding.

The branches on the gauntlet are “required” nodes for Punisher et all.

Finally! A PvE with no placement requirements!

My only complaint is: why did it take them a year to create this? icon_e_wink.gif

Would be pretty stupid to have rubberband in an event where every node gives point only once, as that’d mean whoever does them first is always in a worse position!