Hey all, wanted to provide some info on the two versions of the upcoming Boss Event, along with an explanation on some of the changes to make them both a bit more diverse from one another.
Specific information is below, but here’s a summary of the changes we’ve made from the last run:
Standard now has the same rewards as it did in previous Boss Battles at the previous paces. If you’re looking for the “normal” rewards, they’re all here.
Heroic now has alternate rewards, both in Personal Progression and Alliance Placement. These rewards are designed to be additional non-required things, but cool to have if you want to push for them
Heroic Alliance Placement reward bands have been opened up significantly, from 1-2 for first place to 1-10 for first place, with the other bands opened accordingly. So if you’re going for the big stuff, there’s a better chance of hitting those items. And even if you’re not quite strong enough or the Alliance doesn’t have the focus (or you just want a break) it’ll be easier to hit the higher placement tiers and score some neat extras.
Resets for Heroic have been set to 12 hours instead of 8. Requiring 20 people to sacrifice sleep wasn’t our intent, so hopefully this works a bit better.
Battle Nodes
Minion Nodes:
Node 1 Required Character(s) Unrestricted / Guardians Of The Galaxy / Unrestricted Heroic Required Character(s)GotG / GotG / GotG Loaned Character(s) 3* Star-Lord (Peter Quill) / 4* Drax (The Destroyer) / 5* Adam Warlock (Infinity Watch)
Node 2 - Required Character(s) Unrestricted / Guardians Of The Galaxy / Unrestricted Heroic Required Character(s)GotG / GotG / GotG Loaned Character(s) 4* Mantis (Guardians of the Galaxy) / 4* Mister Negative (Martin Li) / 4* Rocket & Groot (Awesome Mix Volume 2)
Yes, Mister Negative. It’s his turn in the release rotation. Consider him an Honorary Guardian for the moment.
Node 3 - Required Character(s) Unrestricted / Guardians Of The Galaxy / Unrestricted Heroic Required Character(s)GotG / GotG / GotG Loaned Character(s) 3* Rocket and Groot (Most Wanted) / 4* Star-Lord (Legendary Outlaw) / 5* Gamora (Deadliest Woman)
So we went from 5 5* covers to Supports?
Why can’t you do sensible testing for ONCE without changing 15 parameters.
Just run the same event twice, with the same rewards, just expanded reward tiers.
No, you have to change rewards, expand the reward tiers, AND make it heroic.
Good luck comparing this with the first run in a meaningful way.
@KGB said:
Wow, roster slots are rewards for the first time ever! Hoping this trend continues because my casual alliance has ZERO shot at T25.
I also like the 5* Support rewards (the 4* ones too) and all the master and advanced tokens!
KGB
I’d rather have 5* covers than the equivalent of 1200 HP.
I understand. But is that because it’s Omega Red, an upper tier 5* character or would you feel the same way about say an extra 5* Wasp cover that added 1 champ level to her?
What’s exciting to me is that for years players have asked or wondered about earning roster slots via play or VIP only to be told or hinted at that selling roster slots is the bread and butter money maker for the game. So for roster slots to finally be available as a reward opens up a whole new paradigm of reward possibilities. That’s way more exciting than 1 more 5* cover reward.
KGB
P.S. If you are in a T25 alliance and don’t want to push hard for this, I’ll be more than happy to Merc in your spot for the event to earn the extra roster slot, support + support tokens.
I mean, let’s be honest with ourselves, the amount of 5* they were giving out for the top placements in last boss event was rather ridiculous. Why are you so upset?
They already mentioned it in the answers thread that they missed the mark with the first rendition of how the boss event works now so I wouldn’t imagine they’re taking that data and placing a great weight on it in judging how things run in the future.
I’m with Tony on this, I’m a lot newer to the game, only been around 2 years now, but obtaining 5* covers doesn’t seem like a tremendous burden whereas obtaining a high level support is until they roll out whatever new changes they’ve got planned for the supports, so anything that gives more opportunities for that to occur is something I’m in support of.
Wow the Support rewards for alliances is super generous. This actually does a better job at getting us Supports than Puzzle Gauntlet.
As for the 12hr reset, again the EST is screwed. Event opens at Noon, but I cannot do the next set until Midnight. 10hrs would had been more reasonable.
I’m not sure I understand this. You have between midnight and noon to do the next set so that’s a big window to complete it. Are you saying you always want to be able to play as soon as the reset happens? In the UK the 8-hour reset happens at 1am so I just make sure I fit in some time to play before 9am, it doesn’t really seem an issue as long as you have some opportunity to play within each window.
As for the 12hr reset, again the EST is screwed. Event opens at Noon, but I cannot do the next set until Midnight. 10hrs would had been more reasonable.
I’m not sure I understand this. You have between midnight and noon to do the next set so that’s a big window to complete it. Are you saying you always want to be able to play as soon as the reset happens? In the UK the 8-hour reset happens at 1am so I just make sure I fit in some time to play before 9am, it doesn’t really seem an issue as long as you have some opportunity to play within each window.
8hr Reset:
Event starts at 12pm EST. Complete nodes
Event resets at 8pm EST. Complete nodes. Go to bed.
Event resets at 4am EST. Complete nodes when I wake up around 5-6am. No real loss in pts
Event resets at 12pm and so on
12hr Reset:
Event starts at 12pm EST. Complete nodes
Event resets at 12am EST. Complete nodes. Go to bed at 1230-1am if I can stay awake or do it when I wake up at 5-6am but I’ll lose lost alot of points
Event resets at 12pm and so on
Sure it’s less grind, but it doesn’t help my sleeping. 10hrs would have worked better.
We’ll see how it goes, but it affects the EST players players. The EST players have been requesting better timeslots for us, but it’s ignored and now we have this to deal with.
