Marvel Puzzle Quest Discussion Thread

Sentry is garbage on my team anyway so I wont be doing much PvP soon either. Glad to take a little break from this game since this lame event.
I was taking my car to get an oil change and decided "hey I'll do some PvP while waiting". My first battle was against a BP/OBW/Pun team & Im down to just pun with less than half health. I get a phone call, which I answer. Oh yeah I automatically lose that battle. My first and only battle on PvP & I lose due to a phone call.....This game is telling me FU so damn bad....

 
Im down to just pun with less than half health. I get a phone call, which I answer. Oh yeah I automatically lose that battle. My first and only battle on PvP & I lose due to a phone call.....This game is telling me FU so damn bad....
It is because Punisher is a little bitch.

He made you get that phone call. It is his 4th move powered by his shittiness.

 
But yeah fuck this event. Sentry is garbage on my team anyway so I wont be doing much PvP soon either. Glad to take a little break from this game since this lame event.
As long as the Alliance pushes to top 200 to collect some Iso and HP I'm good. Up to 40k Iso might top off my Magneto and team him up with Storm so that I'll have a second squad for PvP. Is it worth 500 HP to pick up a yellow cover for Thor so that I can max him up or should I keep on grinding events and hope to get one?

 
I think this PvE event is the worst in the rotation. They should just retire it.

I know why they keep it around, though - no subevents means less free tokens.


I wasn't a big fan of the last day. The Rags/Venom node started at level 300+ with like four hours to go. I tried it once and got a bad board that team wiped me. Tried another Dark Avengers node and happened again. Considering I was starting the night in almost 300th place, things were looking bad.

Those goon nodes are what kept me alive. My A-Team for the goon nodes? Steve, OBW, and mutha-webbin' BAGMAN.
 
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I am now a Bag-Man convert. He's my level 6 goon MVP. Even with 760 health, he only died once because I overlooked a team damage countdown.


And yes, 3/5/5 is the best build for Steve. You need that all-gem override for both red and blue.
 
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As long as the Alliance pushes to top 200 to collect some Iso and HP I'm good.
Agreed. Every PvP is worth working up to the 300 level for a free token and helping out the alliance.

Is it worth 500 HP to pick up a yellow cover for Thor so that I can max him up or should I keep on grinding events and hope to get one?
Looking at your roster, I would say no. I would save that HP for your 3*s, either as covers, tokens or roster slots. 2* covers come too frequently as match rewards or token results.

Also, before you drop too much ISO into MN Mags, remember that in this event he was boosted. In PvP, MNM/CStorm teams are eaten for lunch on defense. They work well for offense, but you're going to want a different defense team. You're also on the cusp of the serious 2-3 transition, so you'll want to carefully measure each expenditure against that process.
 
As long as the Alliance pushes to top 200 to collect some Iso and HP I'm good. Up to 40k Iso might top off my Magneto and team him up with Storm so that I'll have a second squad for PvP. Is it worth 500 HP to pick up a yellow cover for Thor so that I can max him up or should I keep on grinding events and hope to get one?
Yeah I am still really pissed about having wasted almost 4k HP on those Steve covers right before I was able to earn them all....

But yeah I would just sit tight and save up that HP. 2* drop frequency is pretty high and I am sure you will get more of his covers soon. At your level right now getting a 3* even remotely powerful would be much more beneficial. Looks like you have leveled up Sentry a bit. I would recommend leaving him be for a while. He is useful on defense in PvP but other than that has very little use. Looking at your roster I would say that Steve would actually be your best bet to focus on since you have 5 covers for him already. You know there is not likely to be any events coming up now with him as rewards and so saving up and buying a few covers for him will really help you stand out with a strong 3*.

Also to note for Thor in general, his ideal build is 3/5/5. His red is extremely weak in comparison to many other red moves in the game and a strong yellow is much more effective overall being able to add more green and obviously fuel Call the Storm.

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I had started responding and then had to deal with some crap in the office. Now I see Koju responded as well and I couldn't agree more with all that he said.

 
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3/5/5 is the way to go with Steve hands down. His yellow is AMAZING but takes too long to pull it off.

His blue and red are great standbys and as I was reminded last night, if he is the lone surviving character on your team, with those two colors you can win the match still. Takes a while but you get it done haha.

But yeah fuck this event. Sentry is garbage on my team anyway so I wont be doing much PvP soon either. Glad to take a little break from this game since this lame event.
Yes, the yellow is extremely powerful but its a late game move. I have won battles with Steve as the loner survivor spamming red and blue. lower corners are the best placement as long as the same color is not near.

Edit. Broly, take a look at my roster, I would like your input too. WeaponX is a waste and wish I had known.

 
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Yes, the yellow is extremely powerful but its a late game move. I have won battles with Steve as the loner survivor spamming red and blue. lower corners are the best placement as long as the same color is not near.

Edit. Broly, take a look at my roster, I would like your input too. WeaponX is a waste and wish I had known.
Based on what you have already I would say moving forward your ideal 3* team would be Steve, Hulk and BP. You get a very solid color balance except for purple and would do solid damage and be creating ample protect and strike tiles. Steve would focus on Blue stuns and protect as well as Red damage. Then Hulk could use Green damage and board destruction and have a backup red in case Steve is dead. BP then has the strongest usable Black and then you could be using his Yellow to create strike tiles and again, a backup Blue to create even more defense tiles.

With this last event I feel most of you guys going through the transition to 3* should focus on Steve because you all should have a decent amount of covers for him and he is a great overall character providing both offense and defense and a solid health pool.

Otherwise it is hard to recommend any character that you at the very least do not have all three moves for. Like Mags for example as well as your Punisher and Falcon. Those three would be great candidates but with your current covers they just arent in the cards at the moment.

 
Agreed. Every PvP is worth working up to the 300 level for a free token and helping out the alliance.
Another thing I forgot to mention is that if you're interested in getting the 10-pack in each season, the PvP events are the best way to get there. Just getting to 500 points in each event will get you one, and there's a 3* at 3000 usually (this time is green Patch).

And hey, Marauder, 2400 gets you a yellow 2* Thor. Problem solved!

New story is up, Oscorp Heroic with limited roster and Hood awards. Alliance award is blue, the best move he has. At least I have 7 of the 8 available covers this time. Only missing a 1* Hawkeye on my roster.
 
Another thing I forgot to mention is that if you're interested in getting the 10-pack in each season, the PvP events are the best way to get there. Just getting to 500 points in each event will get you one, and there's a 3* at 3000 usually (this time is green Patch).

And hey, Marauder, 2400 gets you a yellow 2* Thor. Problem solved!

New story is up, Oscorp Heroic with limited roster and Hood awards. Alliance award is blue, the best move he has. At least I have 7 of the 8 available covers this time. Only missing a 1* Hawkeye on my roster.
Saw the new event and rewards, forget to check who was boosted. I'm enjoying the BP tourney, its lets me use BP, Hulk and Falcon, which is my go to team given my choice.

 
New story is up, Oscorp Heroic with limited roster and Hood awards. Alliance award is blue, the best move he has. At least I have 7 of the 8 available covers this time. Only missing a 1* Hawkeye on my roster.
Dammit... We have to get those Hood covers guys hahah.

We are going to wipe the slate clean of this past monstrosity and will go ahead and kick ass in this next event.

 
Saw the new event and rewards, forget to check who was boosted. I'm enjoying the BP tourney, its lets me use BP, Hulk and Falcon, which is my go to team given my choice.
That actually sounds like a pretty solid rainbow team that works well together, and any overlap being passive. The only downsides I can see are green clearing your tiles and blue if you kick off purple first, but that's really inconsequential when trading for flexibility.
 
I suffer from beggers can't be choosers syndrome and accept all covers until I hit my max cover then start customizing them to my liking.

Hood covers sound good.  I'll start the PvE tomorrow afternoon or so and hopefully get a decent bracket.

 
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I suffer from beggers can't be choosers syndrome and accept all covers until I hit my max cover then start customizing them to my liking.

Hood covers sound good. I'll start the PvE tomorrow afternoon or so and hopefully get a decent bracket.
I will be jumping into the event either tomorrow night or Sunday sometime. You guys should let me know when the sub events are ending and what not so I can get a better image of when to start

 
That actually sounds like a pretty solid rainbow team that works well together, and any overlap being passive. The only downsides I can see are green clearing your tiles and blue if you kick off purple first, but that's really inconsequential when trading for flexibility.
Yeah, the least useful color is red, since it only powers Hulk's attack that can damage the whole team. Between BP's blue protect and yellow attack tiles, Falcon's purple protect tiles, and his yellow buffs, you can do ridiculous amounts of damage with normal attacks, and take little to no damage. I just need a few more covers of each and iso to get them maxed.

 
I'm enjoying the BP tourney, its lets me use BP, Hulk and Falcon, which is my go to team given my choice.
I usually go with a Punisher/Falcon combo, Hulk gets paired with classic mags. Ive never been a fan of Hulks red which is why I combine him with classic mags, awesome purple & cheap red. Falcon/Punisher works best to me with BP due to all the strike, defense, & attack tiles. Passive yellow on falcon strengthens every thing. Although unless you've got someone dropping special tiles, redwing gets useless.

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For the same color combination you can swap Punisher with Human Torch and its just as effective.

 
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I usually go with a Punisher/Falcon combo, Hulk gets paired with classic mags. Ive never been a fan of Hulks red which is why I combine him with classic mags, awesome purple & cheap red. Falcon/Punisher works best to me with BP due to all the strike, defense, & attack tiles. Passive yellow on falcon strengthens every thing. Although unless you've got someone dropping special tiles, redwing gets useless.

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For the same color combination you can swap Punisher with Human Torch and its just as effective.
Punisher sucks.

 
This PvE would be a lot more fun if my Patch was more useable.

So do we want to make a run for the alliance cover? If so, we should all try and join each subevent fairly early to maximize the overall score.
 
I'm not a hood fan.
Hood is one of the highest tier characters in the entire game!

I didnt like him at first until I really got the hang of him. Try fighting a high level one and tell me he is not amazing haha

This PvE would be a lot more fun if my Patch was more useable.

So do we want to make a run for the alliance cover? If so, we should all try and join each subevent fairly early to maximize the overall score.
Yes.

 
Big changes to MPQ announced at Comic-Con, including Deadpool:

Hi Everyone -

The Marvel Games Panel just concluded at San Diego Comic-Con and Marvel Puzzle Quest was one of the featured games during the panel. During the panel the following information was revealed to attendees.

- Deadpool is coming to Marvel Puzzle Quest! Starting on August 1st in the upcoming Episode titled Deadpool vs. Marvel Puzzle Quest, Deadpool will star in his very own episode and be available for player’s roster at the conclusion of the event.

- A new gameplay feature to be introduced on July 29th called Team-Up. Team-Up brings heroes into battle that aren’t in your roster. It will add huge amounts of tactical flexibility for players looking to take down their opponents by providing a larger selection of Marvel characters for their squad.

- A brand new gameplay trailer from San Diego Comic-Con is now available and can be found on YouTube here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_kjWiB-AY4&feature=youtu.be

- And finally, the Dark Reign subtitle of the game has been removed as the game in the coming months will be branching into other realms in the Marvel Universe.

Check out the details about Team-Up in the earlier post on the forums today - http://www.d3pforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=13230

- Thank you
 
im surprised theyre not adding guardians of the galaxy characters since they seem to be shoehorning them in everywhere else.
 
About time they dropped the Dark Reign. 

Deadpool is neat but really just another character nothing that crazy.

Team Ups sound interesting, can't really gauge until we have more details. I just hope it keeps everything balanced and doesn't put high level players at a disadvantage somehow to help bring in more players or something.

 
From the upcoming patch notes it sounds like team up tiles will replace environment tiles, and anyone who uses environment tiles for an ability will use team up points instead (Storm's red, BP's yellow, etc.). Not sure how the levels of the team up are determined, or how many tiles it will take, if it depends on the power of the move you borrow?
 
FYI, for those not yet in the PvE: the first sub-event ends in 14h.

Even with 7 not started yet, we're at 210. If people want it, I think we could get to the cover.
 
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I haven't started the PvE event, will try to get on it today. I'd also like to finish in the 50-100 range of the Sentry event for that new Capt Marvel cover.

 
FYI, for those not yet in the PvE: the first sub-event ends in 14h.

Even with 7 not started yet, we're at 210. If people want it, I think we could get to the cover.
Awesome, thanks for the heads up. I will hop in with about 2 hours left to the subevent then and hopefully score a really easy bracket.

I am debating how much I want to sink time into this game lately. We shall see how well the game keeps me entertained. Either way I will still be able to play enough to be an average scorer. It would just mean I would not be one of our top PvE scorers anymore hah.

Ball is in your court MPQ.

 
Out of curiosity, what combos are people finding useful in this PvE?

Clearly, Patch/Falcon/? can work. So far Ive spent a lot if time with Cap/mStorm/IM35.

I just wish my Capt Marvel had a more useful power than getting punched and coughing up red AP.
 
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Haven't loaded up MPQ since the end of that shit event.

I go in and have two Recruit Tokens sent as gifts.

Open them up and OH SHIT A GOLD COVER

And it is another fucking Lazy Thor. I could have maxed out a 2nd one now if I had kept all of my extras.

This game is really asking me to stop playing.

 
Somehow squeezed into #14 in the Sentry PvP last minute. So now I have her Black move so that is good.

That should help seeing as this PvE is terrible in how limited I am with my roster. I can use Patch, Capt Marvel and OBW. I also can use Falcon who has like no moves and is level 40 or something.

 
Somehow squeezed into #14 in the Sentry PvP last minute. So now I have her Black move so that is good.

That should help seeing as this PvE is terrible in how limited I am with my roster. I can use Patch, Capt Marvel and OBW. I also can use Falcon who has like no moves and is level 40 or something.
I running with 3 chicas in this event, for the most part. My Patch isn't at a high enough level to take anything other than green when he's with Capt Marvel, which, as we talked about last week, makes 'The Best There Is' worthless. So I have Marvel up front, with OBW on the left to take all the purple, black, and blue to maximize 'Espionage', then CStorm on the right, only eating up the green, but letting OBW build up the blues for the storm. I used Falcon instead of OBW once, and that's a decent synergy with CapMarvel, as Redwing will go and take out the strike tile she leaves behind with her black move.

 
I running with 3 chicas in this event, for the most part. My Patch isn't at a high enough level to take anything other than green when he's with Capt Marvel, which, as we talked about last week, makes 'The Best There Is' worthless. So I have Marvel up front, with OBW on the left to take all the purple, black, and blue to maximize 'Espionage', then CStorm on the right, only eating up the green, but letting OBW build up the blues for the storm. I used Falcon instead of OBW once, and that's a decent synergy with CapMarvel, as Redwing will go and take out the strike tile she leaves behind with her black move.
My Patch doesn't take like any of the tiles either but unfortunately is the only option I really have. I have been pumping ISO into him now though to make him at least usable in this event so he is up there in the 70s now I believe at least. I almost have enough HP saved back up to buy another cover. Debating on if it should be Patch or Captain Marvel. Or do I just wait and buy another Hood for the next event?

Patch would come in handy for the upcoming PvP and the current PvE, same with Marvel but with the current PvP of course. Hood however is a more well rounded character for my team right now I would think. I do love the fact that Patch actually heals and Marvel's defense destruction is PERFECT especially with PvP seeing so many Mags and Black Panthers creating Defense Tiles all over the place.

Thoughts on who of the 3 I should buy a cover for?

 
My Patch doesn't take like any of the tiles either but unfortunately is the only option I really have. I have been pumping ISO into him now though to make him at least usable in this event so he is up there in the 70s now I believe at least. I almost have enough HP saved back up to buy another cover. Debating on if it should be Patch or Captain Marvel. Or do I just wait and buy another Hood for the next event?

Patch would come in handy for the upcoming PvP and the current PvE, same with Marvel but with the current PvP of course. Hood however is a more well rounded character for my team right now I would think. I do love the fact that Patch actually heals and Marvel's defense destruction is PERFECT especially with PvP seeing so many Mags and Black Panthers creating Defense Tiles all over the place.

Thoughts on who of the 3 I should buy a cover for?
I am so hesitant to buy a cover right now because of what happened to you with Steve (myself am leaning towards CMags purple, but know that the nerf hammer will hit him the second I do), but of those 3, with the people that you already use, Hood would be a perfect fit. Patch uses the same colors as Thor, and Marvel uses 2 of those and black, which BP uses. While Hood also uses those colors, he steals them too, which let's you build up your powers faster. If you're running him with BP and have two defense grid countdowns out, run Intimidation once and you basically have 2 awesome defense tiles. I sold a couple Hood covers way back when I was just trying to get to the 2* level, and I regret that decision.

I jumped in very late on the Sentry event, and finished 18th in my bracket to add 2 more Captain Marvel covers, for a total of 5. For the PvE, I leveled her up, and after boosts, she's at level 153. Not bad for someone I just picked up over the weekend.

 
I am so hesitant to buy a cover right now because of what happened to you with Steve (myself am leaning towards CMags purple, but know that the nerf hammer will hit him the second I do), but of those 3, with the people that you already use, Hood would be a perfect fit. Patch uses the same colors as Thor, and Marvel uses 2 of those and black, which BP uses. While Hood also uses those colors, he steals them too, which let's you build up your powers faster. If you're running him with BP and have two defense grid countdowns out, run Intimidation once and you basically have 2 awesome defense tiles. I sold a couple Hood covers way back when I was just trying to get to the 2* level, and I regret that decision.

I jumped in very late on the Sentry event, and finished 18th in my bracket to add 2 more Captain Marvel covers, for a total of 5. For the PvE, I leveled her up, and after boosts, she's at level 153. Not bad for someone I just picked up over the weekend.
Good points.

I just wonder if an investment in Patch or Marvel will help me get another Hood cover? So in essence getting two then.

I am sure I can hold top 50 for the event, but not too sure about being able to break and hold top 10, especially with my current roster. As an Alliance I worry we wont break top 100 either. Both individual 10 and alliance 100 are Hood's Blue move, which is obviously his best move and the one I would buy a cover for if I did.

 
Thoughts on who of the 3 I should buy a cover for?
I would wait until after the changes coming this week before spending anything. Which I guess answers the question, sorta.

Granted, only BP, Daredevil and Storm are going to be affected directly, but we don't really know what this team up thing does. You might want some HP in the bank in case you have to purchase moves to unlock.


I was so busy this weekend I barely had time to log in for a few last night to put up numbers in each event. I might have to grind in PvE to have any chance of getting even one good Hood cover. As much as I want the blue cover, I will be happy to get top 50 for a yellow. Actually, now that I look, if I can get to two covers and the alliance can get the blue, I would only be one cover away from max, and in the right build I want (5/5/3).

(It looks like the top tier build for Hood is 3/5/5. Probably for Sentry's green.)
 
I would wait until after the changes coming this week before spending anything. Which I guess answers the question, sorta.

Granted, only BP, Daredevil and Storm are going to be affected directly, but we don't really know what this team up thing does. You might want some HP in the bank in case you have to purchase moves to unlock.


I was so busy this weekend I barely had time to log in for a few last night to put up numbers in each event. I might have to grind in PvE to have any chance of getting even one good Hood cover. As much as I want the blue cover, I will be happy to get top 50 for a yellow. Actually, now that I look, if I can get to two covers and the alliance can get the blue, I would only be one cover away from max, and in the right build I want (5/5/3).

(It looks like the top tier build for Hood is 3/5/5. Probably for Sentry's green.)
Hm I really hope they dont make me have to buy anything hahah. It would be interesting though if all of a sudden this change makes Dardevil useful. I have his powers basically maxed so I could actually use him. BP I dont use his Yellow much at all anyway and that is the only one that will likely be effected.

And yeah like I said I am not sure if we can make the top 100 this time though I really hope we do. I will be pushing pretty hard to get them and I hope everyone else will be doing the same!

That is weird, I would want a 5/5/3 as well because as discussed a while back having his Yellow at anything but 5 makes it pretty undesirable since it ends the turn. I can see the the use of a 3/5/5 but other than pairing him with Sentry I see no real use of having 5 in his Black because the damage increase is minimal and rarely would you have that many countdown tiles out all at once and for that matter need that many.

Either way though yeah I could really use more Hood I suppose because now that my Steve is maxed I could really utilize Hoods black with him as well.

That would make some good synergy too, not even counting Black Panther then. Thor to cover Yellow and Green, Steve to cover Red and Blue and then Hood could have backup yellow and then Black. Either way that gives me more to work with which is always good. Damn Purple though hahah none of my team really utilizes it so I never match purples anymore, which is throwing me off in this PvE where I have OBW again!

 
The PvE event, are any of the nodes replayable? I haven't ran into any yet and I just started today. Tough to get to 60k for that MsMarvel cover. Running the event with the chicas - CStorm, MsMarvel, and OBW.

PvP, jumped in last night and got to 51 - at least I got a cover. 

 
The PvE event, are any of the nodes replayable? I haven't ran into any yet and I just started today. Tough to get to 60k for that MsMarvel cover. Running the event with the chicas - CStorm, MsMarvel, and OBW.

PvP, jumped in last night and got to 51 - at least I got a cover.
It is like events in the past where there is the main event and you have to play those unreplayable missions to unlock the sub missions.

If you just jumped in today though you missed the first subevent already since it ended last night like we announced.

 
It is like events in the past where there is the main event and you have to play those unreplayable missions to unlock the sub missions.

If you just jumped in today though you missed the first subevent already since it ended last night like we announced.
Busy weekend. oh well. at least i got in on the pvp.

 
I got nothing from the Sentry event. Think I started way too late. I really need to play the whole event to earn points. I dont have time for the hour long play sessions that some here have.

All I've got to use in the PvE event is Storm, OBW and Iron Man. Really hard to compete if you don't have the character for the essential nodes.

 
Had a bad day yesterday.  Had 2nd place going into the final 2 hours of the PvE event and ended up at 7th place with less than 100 points from top 5.  Token netted me a OBW which I already maxed out.  Started too early on the PvP and ended out just outside of the top 100 so I'm stuck with the red punching bag.

What time do you normally start the PvP to do one of those sprint runs?

 
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The PvE event, are any of the nodes replayable? I haven't ran into any yet and I just started today. Tough to get to 60k for that MsMarvel cover. Running the event with the chicas - CStorm, MsMarvel, and OBW.

PvP, jumped in last night and got to 51 - at least I got a cover.
Main one isn't replayable but the sub events are

 
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