What's New MPQ - Updated 1/24/22

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. We will open a fresh What’s New thread at the start of every month, and it will be updated on Mondays of every week.

Don’t forget to register with Marvel Insider to receive Insider Points for earning 3000+ points during the Season, downloading MARVEL Puzzle Quest (if you are a new MPQ player), and keep an eye out for upcoming events to earn even more. Click HERE for more details!

Characters
4-Star: Doc Ock (No Way Home)
5-Star: Abigail Brand (Commander of S.W.O.R.D.)
4-Star Teaser: “Mounted relief…”

Recent and Upcoming Features
Bug fixes & UI updates
R244 Release Notes: See Here

PVE Events
1/2 - 1/7 Welcome to S.H.I.E.L.D.

  • Progression Rewards: Doc Ock (No Way Home) Shards
    1/3 - 1/7 Unstable Iso-8

  • Featuring: Ultron, Doc Ock (No Way Home), Storm (Mohawk), Hawkeye (Modern)

  • Placement Rewards: Onslaught Shards, The Hydra Stomper, Daredevil (Man Without Fear), Human Torch (Johnny Storm), Iron Man (Model 35)
    1/6 - 1/10 Simulator

  • Featuring: Onslaught, The Hydra Stomper, Daredevil (Man Without Fear), Human Torch (Johnny Storm)

  • Placement Rewards: Gambit (Classic) Shards, Blob, Black Widow (Grey Suit), Daken (Dark Avengers), Venom (Dark Avengers)
    1/6 - 1/13 Puzzle Gauntlet

1/9 - 1/14 Venom Bomb

  • Featuring: Gambit (Classic), Blob, Black Widow (Grey Suit), Daken (Dark Avengers)

  • Placement Rewards: Gamora (Deadliest Woman) Shards, Mockingbird, Star-Lord (Peter Quill), Magneto (Marvel NOW!), Black Widow (Modern)
    1/13 - 1/17 Lost In Time

  • Featuring: Gamora (Deadliest Woman), Mockingbird, Star-Lord (Peter Quill), Magneto (Marvel NOW!)

  • Placement Rewards: Sersi Shards, Juggernaut (Fear Itself), Ragnarok, Thor (Marvel NOW!), Juggernaut (Classic)
    1/16 - 1/21 Thick As Thieves

  • Featuring: Sersi, Juggernaut (Fear Itself), Ragnarok, Thor (Marvel NOW!)

  • Placement Rewards: Big Wheel Shards, Ikaris, Wolverine (Patch), Captain America (Steve Rogers), Iron Man (Model 35)
    1/20 - 1/24 Come And Get Me (BOSS)

  • Featuring: Ikaris, Wolverine (Patch), Captain America (Steve Rogers)

  • Placement Rewards: Echo, She-Hulk, Black Widow (Original)

1/23 - 1/28 The Hunt

  • Featuring: Big Wheel, Echo, She-Hulk, Black Widow (Original)

  • Placement Rewards: Thor (Gladiator) Shards, Doc Ock (No Way Home), Mystique, Bullseye (Dark Avengers), Hawkeye (Classic)
    1/27 - 2/1 Hearts of Darkness NEW

  • Featuring: Thor (Gladiator), Doc Ock (No Way Home), Mystique, Bullseye (Dark Avengers)

  • Placement Rewards: Killmonger Shards, New Character (TBA), Squirrel Girl, Storm (Classic), Black Widow (Modern)

1/30 - 2/4 Welcome To S.H.I.E.L.D. NEW

  • Progression Rewards: New Character (TBA) Shards

PVP Events

1/2 - 1/5 Doc Ock - Love-Eight Relationship

  • Placement Rewards: Iceman (Bobby Drake) Shards, The Thing, Captain America (Super-Soldier), Bullseye (Dark Avengers)
    1/4 - 1/8 Four Score- Placement Rewards: Iron Man (Mark XLVI) Shards, Thor (Goddess of Thunder), Captain Marvel (Modern), Daken (Dark Avengers)
    1/6 - 1/10 Balance of Power- Placement Rewards: Yelena Belova (Black Widow) Shards, Throg, Black Widow (Grey Suit), Captain America (Steve Rogers)
    1/9 - 1/12 I, Spy- Placement Rewards: Yellowjacket Shards, Valkyrie, Psylocke, Daken (Dark Avengers)
    1/11 - 1/15 House of X- Placement Rewards: Jean Grey (Phoenix) Shards, Venom (Eddie Brock), Daredevil (Man Without Fear), Captain America (Steve Rogers)
    1/13 - 1/17 Jean Grey - Pyre Knowledge- Placement Rewards: Abigail Brand Shards, Vulture, Storm (Mohawk), Hawkeye (Modern)
    1/16 - 1/19 Abigail Brand - Brand Recognition- Placement Rewards: Adam Warlock Shards, War Machine, Daken (Classic), Captain America (Steve Rogers)
    1/18 - 1/22 Daken - Fatal Attraction- Placement Rewards: Apocalypse Shards, Wasp (Janet van Dyne), Gamora (Guardians of the Galaxy), Bullseye (Dark Avengers)
    1/20 - 1/24 Gamora - Lethal Intent- Placement Rewards: Archangel Shards, Wiccan, Thor (Modern), Daken (Dark Avengers)

1/13 - 2/7 S.H.I.E.L.D. Simulator (Season Start)

1/23 - 1/26 Thor - Lord of Thunder

  • Placement Rewards: Beta Ray Bill Shards, Winter Soldier, Gambit (Modern), Captain America (Steve Rogers)
    1/25 - 1/29 Gambit - Ragin’ Cajun NEW
  • Placement Rewards: Big Wheel Shards, Wolfsbane, Blade (Daywalker), Daken (Dark Avengers)
    1/27 - 1/31 Blade - High Stakes NEW
  • Placement Rewards: Black Bolt Shards, New Character (TBA), Luke Cage (Hero for Hire), Storm (Classic)
    1/30 - 2/2 New Character (TBA) NEW
  • Placement Rewards: Black Panther (Civil War), Jubilee, Squirrel Girl, Daken (Dark Avengers)

Buff List

12/30 - 1/6

  • Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff), Heimdall, Hela, Knull, Venom (Agent Venom), Lizard, Mr. Fantastic, Shuri, Yondu, Captain America (Super-Soldier), Daken (Classic), Human Torch (Classic), Sentry, Star-Lord (Peter Quill), Moonstone, Wolverine (Astonishing X-Men), Iron Man (Model 35), Spider-Man (Original)
    1/6 - 1/13

  • Captain America (First Avenger), Green Goblin, Spider-Man (Back in Black), Wasp (Hope van Dyne), Carnage (Cletus Kasady), Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze), Magik, Nick Fury, Winter Soldier, Beast (Classic), Sam Wilson (Falcon), Gambit (Modern), Mystique, Psylocke (Classic), Daken (Dark Avengers), Human Torch (Johnny Storm), Black Widow (Modern), Venom (Dark Avengers)
    1/13 - 1/20

  • Archangel, Black Bolt, Captain Marvel (Galactic Warrior), Ultron, Blade (Modern), Elektra (Unkillable), Mantis, Riri Williams, War Machine, Daredevil (Man Without Fear), Rocket & Groot (Most Wanted), She-Hulk, Storm (Mohawk), Thor (Modern), Hawkeye (Modern), Magneto (Marvel NOW!), Iron Man (Model 35), Juggernaut (Classic)

1/20 - 1/27

  • Beta Ray Bill, Deadpool (Spirit of Vengeance), Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes), The Hulk (Immortal), Luke Cage (Power Man), Misty Knight, Moon Knight, Red Hulk, Venom (Eddie Brock), Blade (Daywalker), Colossus (Classic), Gamora (Guardians of the Galaxy), Quicksilver, Wolverine (Patch), Bullseye (Dark Avengers), Captain America (Steve Rogers), Hawkeye (Classic), Storm (Modern)
    1/27 - 2/3 NEW

  • Apocalypse, Doctor Strange (Sorcerer Supreme), Kitty Pryde, Okoye, Black Panther (King of Wakanda), Blob, The Hulk (Totally Awesome), The Hydra Stomper, Wasp (Janet van Dyne), Angel, Hawkeye (Hawkguy), Luke Cage (Hero for Hire), Squirrel Girl, Vision, Ares, Storm (Classic), Black Widow (Modern), Spider-Man (Original)

Deadpool Dailies
1/2 (Holiday)

  • 4-Star Featuring: Silk, Cyclops (Classic), Scorpion, Lizard, Rogue

  • 3-Star Featuring: Black Panther (T’Challa), Iron Fist (Immortal Weapon), Kamala Khan, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff)

  • Crash: Spider-Ham
    1/7

  • 4-Star Featuring: The Thing, Magik , Super-Skrull, Invisible Woman, Bishop

  • 3-Star Featuring: Vision, Bullseye (Classic), Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange), Thanos (Modern), Hawkeye (Hawkguy)

  • Crash: Spider-Gwen
    1/12

  • 4-Star Featuring: Cloak & Dagger, Dazzler, Nightcrawler, Northstar, Carnage (Cletus Kasady)

  • 3-Star Featuring: Star-Lord (Peter Quill), Elektra (Assassin), Gambit (Modern), Angel, Black Widow (Grey Suit)

  • Crash: Kate Bishop
    1/17

  • 4-Star Featuring: Quake, Iron Fist (Danny Rand), Legion, Nick Fury, Venom (Eddie Brock)

  • 3-Star Featuring: Doctor Doom (Classic), The Hood, Loki (Dark Reign), Magneto (Classic), Ragnarok

  • Crash: Misty Knight

1/22

  • 4-Star Featuring: Anti-Venom, Thanos (Endgame), Ikaris, Juggernaut (Fear Itself), Sandman

  • 3-Star Featuring: Spider-Man (Classic), Iron Man (Model 40), The Punisher (Dark Reign), The Hulk (Indestructible), Wolverine (Patch)

  • Crash: Iron Man (Hulkbuster)
    1/27 NEW

  • 4-Star Featuring: Thor (Goddess of Thunder), Mantis, Gwenpool, Spider-Gwen, Kate Bishop

  • 3-Star Featuring: Daredevil (Man Without Fear), Psylocke, Thor (Modern), Captain America (Super-Soldier), Human Torch (Classic)

  • Crash: Nebula

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I love some BOP. Glad to see it back again.

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I’m not really chasing any of these covers. This might be a nice break to play a little less seriously while we await the next 5 star. Although boosted 5-star wasp is always fun. :slight_smile:

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I just noticed that Bagman is also boosted as part of the Fantastic Four. It’s something I just realised even though I’ve played for 4 years. This brings me to one thing: none of the F4 is a 5*. Time for one this year, perhaps?

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Probably will have to wait till FF enter the MCU, so they can use the actor’s likeness instead of a comic version.

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I can see from the PVP list that for the 5* shards we are jumping from Iron Man to Yelena.
I was just waiting the Jean Grey shards to champ her…

Is this jump normal? I think that for a certain number of past weeks we had the “featured” 5* following the alphabetical order.
Is there somewhere a list for the featured 5* in PVP?

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Yay! Polaris week! I mean Balance of Power. I imagine I will regret my decision to jump to 5* MMR this week.

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Having 5* MMR in balance of power is a good thing. 550 5* are so much worse than 550 4* that anyone using a 5* team is a much easier match.

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I’m pretty certain they put her in the rewards because the next event is I, Spy, the Black Widow-themed event, where she will presumably be featured.

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The Hydra Stomper is featured again?? This will be the 7th time around by my count.

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Someone who knows the next 5 make a semi plausible “guess”. Half mutant covers loads of ground in Marvel.

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Go into the “What’s new” thread. There’s lots of guesses there, and even lots of accusations of data mining (but how would they know unless they were data mining too?)

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I’m sticking with Omega Red - Half Mutant, Half Cyborg, all next 5*

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I guess if you keep guessing him every time then eventually you’ll be right lol.

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It worked for Dazzler!

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The real question is, if you keep guessing Omega Red after Omega Red is released, will every new character be Omega Red?

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*The year 2032

MPQ. New 8* star character clue “He’s red and has tentacles”

MPQ Players: It has to be Omega Red finally!

MPQ: Here he is, our 5th version of Shuma Gorath only he’s red this time!

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A stopped clock has carbonadium tentacles twice a day, as I always say.

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As someone ignorant of the computer terminology, could someone please explain what this date a minoring is.

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Maybe I should have put a smiley because I was being snarky not serious (I did see the mod comment). Sorry if you took it as an affront Tony. I can neither confirm nor deny whether or not I’m in any similar rooms or groups that may or may not have shared information that may or may not have been data mined. You’re right, accepting stolen merchandise is not the same as stealing it yourself :wink:

See what I did there?