What's New MPQ: March 2023 (Updated 3/16/23)

Marvel Puzzle Quest MPQ General Discussion
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Welcome to What’s New MPQ! Below, you will find the schedule of our ongoing and future events, along with the character buff list for the week. If you’re interested in our events archive, feel free to click open the ‘Spoiler’ tab to see the list of past events.

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Characters
5-Star: Wong (Sorcerer Supreme) Clue: Technically Best Choice
4-Star: Colleen Wing (Heroes for Hire) Clue: Flying Samurai
3/5-Star: Kang (Classic / [The Conqueror] (https://forums.505go.com/discussion/88100/new-character-kang-the-conqueror) Clue: Nothing is Sacred
4-Star: M’Baku (Jabari Chieftain) Clue: Traditional Strength
3/5-Star Magik (Darkchylde/Phoenix Five) Clue: Hell’s Belle
4-Star Clue: Half at Fault

Recent and Upcoming Features
R270: Maintenance update, updated a bunch of internal Android/Amazon SDKs
R271: Data for Ant-Man: Quantumania, also fixed an issue affecting a very small number of users on Android with Helpshift
R272: Data for upcoming Boss Event
R273: Engineering fixes for various “Away” mechanics issues affecting Kang and Wong (and future characters)

PVE Events

2/23 - 2/28 Thick As Thieves
Placement Rewards: Wong, New Character, Kang (Classic), Captain Marvel (Ms. Marvel)
Progression Rewards: Hit-Monkey (EDI), Doop, Deadpool (It's Me!), Storm (Classic)
2/27 - 3/7 Enemy of the State
Placement Rewards: Riri Williams (3.0), Deathlok, Doctor Doom (Classic), Ares
Progression Rewards: Wong, M'Baku, Kang (Classic), Captain Marvel (Ms. Marvel)

3/9 - 3/13 Lost In Time
Placement Rewards: Magik (Phoenix Five), Agent Venom, Scarlet Witch (Maximoff), Wolverine (Astonishing)
Progression Rewards: Riri Williams (3.0), Deathlok, Doctor Doom (Classic), Ares
3/12 - 3/17 Fight for Wakanda Placement Rewards: Hela, Super Skrull, Cyclops (Uncanny), Moonstone Progression Rewards: Magik (Phoenix Five), Agent Venom, Scarlet Witch (Maximoff), Wolverine (Astonishing) Required Characters: Heimdall, Agent Venom, Scarlet Witch (Maximoff), Wolverine (Astonishing)

3/16 - 3/21 Operation Spider Silk
Placement Rewards: Hulk (Immortal), Namora, Punisher (DR), Hawkeye (Modern)
Progression Rewards: Hela, Super Skrull, Cyclops (Uncanny), Moonstone

3/20 - 3/24 Hearts of Darkness NEW
Placement Rewards: Hit-Monkey (EDI), Abomination, Spider-Man (Classic), Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
Progression Rewards: Hulk (Immortal), Namora, Punisher (DR), Hawkeye (Modern)

3/23 - 3/27 Unstable Iso-8 NEW
Placement Rewards: Wong, New Character (4*), Magik (Darkchylde), Magneto (Marvel NOW)
Progression Rewards: Hit-Monkey (EDI), Abomination, Spider-Man (Classic), Human Torch (Johnny Storm)

3/27 - 3/31 Webbed Wonder NEW
Placement Rewards: Kang (The Conqueror), Colleen Wing, Falcon, Thor (Marvel NOW)
Progression Rewards: Wong, New Character (4*), Magik (Darkchylde), Magneto (Marvel NOW)

PVP Events

2/26 - 3/1 M'Baku
Placement Rewards: Yellowjacket, Shuri, Human Torch (Classic), Thor (Marvel NOW)

2/28 - 3/3 Shuri - Mother of Invention
Placement Rewards: Abigail Brand, Lizard, Gamora (GotG), Bullseye (DA)

3/2 - 3/6 Gamora (GotG) - Lethal Intent
Placement Rewards: Adam Warlock, Lockjaw, Captain Marvel (Modern), Ms. Marvel

3/5 - 3/8 Captain Marvel (Modern) - Fly, Fight, Win
Placement Rewards: Apocalypse, Jean Grey (All-New), Iron Fist (Immortal), Captain America (Steve Rogers)

3/7 - 3/11 Jean Grey (All-New) - Grey Matter
Placement Rewards: Arcade (Acra), Loki (Alligator), New Character (3*), Human Torch (Johnny Storm)

3/9 - 3/13 Magik (Darkchylde) - Darkchylde Rising
Placement Rewards: New Character (5*), Luke Cage (Power Man), Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange), Captain America (Steve Rogers)

3/12 - 3/15 Magik (Phoenix Five) - Flames of Limbo
Placement Rewards: Archangel, Magik, Mystique, Hawkeye (Modern)
3/14 - 3/18 Mystique - Identity Theft Placement Rewards: Beta Ray Bill, Mantis, Kamala Khan (Ms. Marvel), Captain America (Steve Rogers)

3/16 - 3/20 Kamala Khan (Ms. Marvel) - Teenage Riot NEW
Placement Rewards: Big Wheel, Maria Hill, She-Hulk (Modern), Ares

3/19 - 3/22 She-Hulk (Modern) - Trial By Combat NEW
Placement Rewards: Black Bolt, Wasp (Janet), Hood, Daken (DA)

3/21 - 3/25 Wasp (Janet Van Dyne) - Winsome, Lose Some NEW
Placement Rewards: Black Panther (Civil War), M’Baku, Scarlet Witch (Maximoff), Wolverine (Astonishing)

3/24 - 3/27 Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) - Red Shift NEW
Placement Rewards: Black Widow (Natasha), New Character (4*), Daken (Classic), Daken (DA)

3/26 - 3/29 New Character (4*) NEW
Placement Rewards: Cable, Medusa, Squirrel Girl, Black Widow (Original)

3/28 - 4/1 Squirrel Girl - Coversquirrel NEW
Placement Rewards: Captain America (Infinity War), Melinda May, Black Widow (Grey), Daken (DA)

3/30 - 4/3 Black Widow (Grey Suit) - Hollowpoint Kiss NEW
Placement Rewards: Captain America (First Avenger), Miles Morales, Hit-Monkey (Mercenary), Magneto (Marvel NOW)

Buff List

2/23 - 3/2
5-Star: Deadpool, Doctor Strange, Gamora, Kingpin
4-Star: Cloak & Dagger, Elektra, Hulk (Totally Awesome), Mantis, Red Hulk, Sam Wilson, Shuri, Wasp
3-Star: Black Panther, Bullseye, Doctor Doom, Doctor Octopus, Human Torch, Punisher
2-Star: Black Widow, Thor
1-Star: Iron Man, Storm

3/2 - 3/9
5-Star: Iceman, Jessica Jones, Loki, Okoye, Professor X, She-Hulk, Storm, Thor, Wolverine (OML)
4-Star: America Chavez, Black Knight, Captain Marvel, Gertrude Yorkes, Jean Grey, Mysterio, Prowler, She-Hulk, Shuri, Wasp, X-23
3-Star: Beast, Deadpool, Gamora, Iron Fist, Kamala Khan, Mystique, Scarlet Witch, Sentry, Squirrel Girl
2-Star: Black Widow, Daken, Ms. Marvel
1-Star: Juggernaut, Venom

3/9 - 3/16
5-Star: Abigail Brand, Daredevil, Electro, Jessica Jones, Odin, Onslaught, Sersi, Star-Lord, Yelena Belova
4-Star: Agent Coulson, Blob, Echo, Gwenpool, Kingpin, Magik, Mantis, Maria Hill, Misty Knight, Nebula, Nova, Valkyrie
3-Star: Arcade, Black Widow, Doctor Strange, Elektra, Emma Frost, Kamala Khan, Psylocke, Squirrel Girl, Wolverine
2-Star: Hawkeye, Human Torch, Moonstone
1-Star: Iron Man, Spider-Man, Storm
3/16 - 3/23 5-Star: Black Widow, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Colossus, Hela, Jean Grey, Kitty Pryde, Ronan, Scarlet Witch, Wasp, Wolverine (Samurai) 4-Star: Captain Marvel, Dazzler, Gamora, Jubilee, Legion, Medusa, Negasonic, Riri Williams, Silk, Spider-Gwen, Spider-Man 2099, Wasp, Wolverine 3-Star: Daredevil, Hit-Monkey, Hood, Magneto, She-Hulk, Storm 2-Star: Ares, Bullseye, Storm 1-Star: Black Widow, Hawkeye

3/23 - 3/30 NEW
5-Star: Cable, Crystal, Elektra, Emma Frost, Gamora, Heimdall, Kamala Khan, Riri Williams, Thor (Gladiator), Yellowjacket
4-Star: Black Widow, Dazzler, Hellcat, Invisible Woman, Lockjaw, Melinda May, Mockingbird, Monica Rambeau, Peggy Carter, Polaris, Punisher, Vulture, Wolfsbane
3-Star: Captain Marvel, Colossus, Daken, Hulk, Iron Man, Ragnarok, Scarlet Witch
2-Star: Black Widow, Captain America, Wolverine
1-Star: Juggernaut, Venom, Yelena

Deadpool Dailies

2/27
4-Star: Ghost Rider, Black Panther, Star-Lord, Polaris, Kate Pryde, Moon Knight, Shuri
3-Star: Captain America, Human Torch, Falcon, Daken, Sentry, Storm, She Hulk
Crash: Agent Coulson

3/6
4-Star: Mordo, Black Cat, Punisher, Echo, Deathlok, Spider-Man 2099, Blob
3-Star: Captain Marvel, Deadpool, Beast, Colossus, Doctor Octopus, Blade, Mystique
Crash: Red Guardian
3/13 4-Star: Negasonic, Blade, Elsa Bloodstone, Doc Ock, Namora, She-Hulk, Spider-Man (OsCorp) 3-Star: Rocket & Groot, Gamora, Luke Cage, Squirrel Girl, Cyclops, Black Panther, Iron Fist Crash: Loki (Alligator)

3/20 NEW
4-Star: Hellcat, Luke Cage, Throg, Ghost, Mysterio, Wolfsbane, Mister Fantastic
3-Star: Kamala Khan, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Vision, Bullseye, Doctor Strange, Thanos
Crash: X-23

3/27 NEW
4-Star: Hawkeye, Lockjaw, Karolina Dean, Gertrude Yorkes, Nico Minoru, Maria Hill, Nova
3-Star: Hawkeye, Star-Lord, Elektra, Gambit, Angel, Emma Frost, Arcade
Crash: Iceman

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While you’re here, any official word on why you didn’t restart EOTS?
Also that’s a lot of boosted 5s.

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We’d rather have it run, gather data on how players play across all SCLs, then make up for rewards after the fact. The majority of the issues affect SCL 10 only. Which, while not great! also means we’re still getting pretty standard info out of the rest of the player base as to how they’re hitting progression, placement over days, etc etc.

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But what use is the data when it’s 7 hits instead of 5?
The next run will be 3/2 - I hope!? - so data gathered from this one will be mostly useless.
But thank you for the answer!

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So is extra amounts of boosted 5* the new thing here to stay?

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I wonder if the increased # of boosted 5* is related to Women’s History Month

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I guess Star-Lord is a Ladies man? Iceman not so much.

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This, the extras are Women’s History boosts.

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Well, here’s hoping that the Kang boss event won’t be buggy like EotS.

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Hard to screw that up, unless they force us to use Kang on the wave side nodes.

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Which probably has a good chance of being the case.

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I do not see the boss listed for next week. I thought it was pushed back. Was it pulled?

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Kang is on calendar for 6th which is a Monday start. Boo if true.

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@IceIX

Thanks for posting March!

For Puzzle Ops, there’s a question mark next to Quinjet. Would you consider doing a poll on the forum of 4-5 Supports, and we vote on it?

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I really preferred the idea of this boss hitting over the weekend (implied but never confirmed). Any chance it’s not too late to reconsider?

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Wait, EoS ends on the 3rd? And 5 day WW at the end of the month?

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I believe that’s wrong on the calendar as in game it says it still has 4+ days left of it to go so it should actually end when the boss starts.

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@DAZ0273 said:

@Bubba3210 said:
I do not see the boss listed for next week. I thought it was pushed back. Was it pulled?

Kang is on calendar for 6th which is a Monday start. Boo if true.

Completely missed that. My eyes have been trained to check Thursdays. Thanks!

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Puzzle Ops is shifted too.
And for no good reason we now have 3 days off from PVE at the start of the week.
With no PVP season running.
I don’t get their scheduling. I really don’t.

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Some of the boosted 5s seem unrelated to Women’s History Month. Perhaps the devs are testing how multiple boosted 5 affect mmr and pvp in general?

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I’m pretty sure Broken Circle entirely dropped the ball recently and are saving face by saying that it’s giving them good data.