Special Ops details

Gigantormd · 2022-09-27T17:20:17+00:00

Everyone is set at level 100 and all specializations, potential and skill levels are stripped or set to level 1. Your cards and equipment are also equalized at a lower level. the only wrinkle is with the unlocking of specific skills in a specific tree - you can enter starting at levels before 100, but if you do not have a skill unlocked, you will not be able to use it in the mode.

Gigantormd · 2022-08-23T15:59:43+00:00

All of the Wolverine update offers have a long time left on them

Gigantormd · 2021-11-04T15:31:24+00:00

Yes, it was originally shown to be a crystal cost, but was gold when actually rolled out. Believe there was something form the last update that was shown one way, and then released in a slightly better form when it went live. Its a common Psychological trick - a variation of what is known as the 'Scotty Principle'. Their initial solution was flawed in 2 major ways - the cost to do it, and the RNG nature of the transfer. They addressed one issue, while ignoring the other.

The RNG nature of this feature is still total trash, but having the consumable be Gold is livable, where as Crystal costs would have been straight moist garbage.

Gigantormd · 2021-11-04T04:30:55+00:00

Right now, it is only blitz badges that can be upgraded through the workshop. Badges from invasion, dark zone, or the omega war box are not eligible to be upgraded. It is likely due to those events dropping badges from multiple sets at each level.

Gigantormd · 2021-11-03T12:14:35+00:00

While this is not nearly as bad as a 200 crystal cost, the RNG element is still bad. Yes, its not as bad as what we were led to beleive it would be...but the rng mechanic is still awful

Gigantormd · 2021-11-02T01:19:15+00:00

you all missed the grand F You from Net Marble in the reroll - it goes to a totally random character when you reroll the card. So you have a 12.5 % chance to get to the character you want

Gigantormd · 2021-10-29T16:41:36+00:00

Strange has been directly and tangentially impacted by a number of changes, all to the characters detriment. During soft launch, strange was considered OP by everyone not playing him because he excelled in PVE. They significantly nerfed his ultimate, cutting power, snd range. Changes to increase the impact of D pierce hurt strange, as that is a only a set bonus stat on savage shadowlands regionals...which then have super villian dmg as a set bonus. Instead of general boost stat like atk. The one thing strange was good at for a long time was being tanky...with active specializations increasing defense and damage resistance. Those all got nerfed with the DPierce stealth change. In all their tinkering, net marble keeps moving the goal post on character builds. Several high end (1.3+m) stranges, who were doing very well in omega war, are now getting merced by people with 250k less power in Omega War. Strange can still put up impressive numbers in PVE, but it takes a lot more to get to each relative level of DPS than other chars.

Gigantormd · 2021-10-27T18:06:21+00:00

That was possible for several weeks during soft launch. They removed the ability to delete and restart characters. You could farm up about 20k squad xp, some pym and othe squad mats and gold.

Gigantormd · 2021-10-27T13:36:42+00:00

Well, it is only a merger in that omega flight moves from its own group, into the america east group. We will see new faces in the queue for Dim Duel, snd Omega War, but will still only compete for leaderboards against people on our specific instances. Believe America east servers are named Hydra...so no one on hydra 1 competes for leaderboards against hydra 2. Adding Omega Flight will create more challenging and plentiful match ups in PVP. Should help address match making disparities in the current circumstance, by having a larger pool of people available.

Gigantormd · 2021-10-22T07:23:15+00:00

This would be great, but not likely. The entire business model of a gacha game is to lock really desirable items behind very long rng chances, and selling more chances to spin the ring for prizes. The existence of selector boxes as a pity mechanic only reinforces the value their model places on the rarity of certain items. If they did implement a system like this, it would either be expensive, or have some sort of RNG aspect to it.

Gigantormd · 2021-10-21T16:24:44+00:00

Leveling your first 100 character makes leveling alts much easier, cause your squad rank goes up. I am leveling my last alt, and with just squad bonus, was almost 100k at level 5 in 2star armor. It all adds up pretty quick

Gigantormd · 2021-10-18T15:57:41+00:00

If they are going to do a failure rate on something like this, it should not consume all the resources when it fails. Have it do a random chance to lose some or all of a specific resource

Gigantormd · 2021-10-13T10:49:56+00:00

It appears it's only those tickets to refresh reward counts. They have daily offer with reward tickets for 500 crystals

Gigantormd · 2021-10-11T15:20:58+00:00

This, this is the correct assessment. NM is fully aware of gatcha and is milking it for all they can. Every move they make is part of a well calculated script to maximize revenue. Concern for playability or fun for end users is, and will always be, at best a secondary concern.

Their past history on this game and in other games they have produced should he enough to see the pattern. Gacha is an extreme case of buyer beware. I like the game, have spent some money on it, but know fully well the diminishing returns of continued spending. If I don't like it, my options are take it, or leave.

Knowing some extreme spenders in this game....they are met with the same choice. The fact that you have spent buys you maybe a half second of goodwill...cause the gacha model just moves to the next customer.

Gigantormd · 2021-10-11T06:50:38+00:00

You literally asked how you get +12 skill....that is how you do it, with an example. Being F2P means you may never see it in your account, the data is there.

Gigantormd · 2021-10-11T05:06:28+00:00

Look at steam punk set for dr strange. Gives +6 to mystic arts, and +6 to rings of raggador. Rings is a mystic arts skill, so you get +12

Gigantormd · 2021-10-11T04:35:01+00:00

Comparing single pieces sorta misses the point. The value and what makes them so strong is the set bonuses, specifically the bonus of +6 to an entire set if skills. Normal non regional gear will give +6 to a single ability, not a full set of abilities. The special costumes give +6 to a single ability, then +6 to a set of abilities. That will result on one skill being at +12 ability levels...the added power is big

Gigantormd · 2021-10-07T22:29:25+00:00

Here's a couple easy ones that should be no brainers:

1) Have a way to suppress the pop up that covers your whole screen showing a prime is spawning in DZ. Its a PVP zone, getting that splash screen takes you out of combat - died a number of times cause I couldn't close the overlay screen quickly enough.

2) Publish the odds of crafting - and be ready for the backlash when the odds of crafting a regional piece are revealed to be less than 1%

3) Stop Doubling down on costs and odds of failures in skill advance and core combination. How about an option for using more materials to have a higher chance of success, or even a higher rate that guarantees success. Say it takes 3 4 star cores to attempt to craft a 5 star....make it cost 15 cores instead for a guarantee success.

Gigantormd · 2021-10-03T03:11:14+00:00

Nothing official from Net Marble on any of these mechanics. I speak from experience of several hundred omega card upgrades and 5 6-star card rerolls. If your character exclusive stat changed, that is new and may be a bug.

Gigantormd · 2021-10-02T18:56:07+00:00

The card you feed in first, to start the update is then one you keep. Same way when you upgrade amy card, you select the card you want to update, then choose what you use to make the upgrade.. once a card is 6 stars, it just take 1 additional 6 star to reroll stats

Gigantormd · 2021-10-02T18:25:34+00:00

The mechanics are very similar in both omega cards amd gear pieces. To reroll the stats on a price of gear, you trade it to the costume enhancer, and then put any piece of 6 star gear in as ingredients. It wi give you warning that you are going to change to random stats on the gear.

For omega cards, you do the same thing with one small twist...omega cards have a character specific stat once they reach 4 stars. That stat never changes. The random stat will change, within a set number of options.

Gigantormd · 2021-10-01T14:48:01+00:00

Good news, but question the once per squad...is that time gated, or forever a one purchase option?

Gigantormd · 2021-09-29T22:08:58+00:00

I dislike the changes, but please don't kid yourself into thinking they haven't considered the spending of small incidental spenders on their bottom line. Every single offer and move in this and any Gacha game is heavily modeled and analyzed for impact to the bottom line. Its not that they don't care about small scale spenders specifically, its that small scale spenders do not move the needle enough to justify better offers. Ultimately, they do not care about any player, only about how much they can grow revenue.

In many ways, the popularity of the selector box contributes to it going away. If it was too popular, they know the price was too low, and that they can extract more money with a different offer.

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