August Content

August Side Content will be a Mini-Crucible (details much lower)

August will also have a Saga Boost themed around Invisible Woman. Dodging gives an Untouchable passive, and Missing grants Cruelties.

Valiant EQ V4

• August 6 - September 3
• Built off of this month's version with some changes
• Only 2 fights per team swap
• Adaptive Difficulty coming September

Solvarch / Cassandra Nova

Solvarch is Bleed and Poison immune and doesn't Crit. He applies Coldsnap on his Mediums, and punishes Energy damage, especially from Mutants. He has two Modes that he swaps between to build lots of Armors and Energizes.

Solvarch will be replaced in normal 'new champion' acquisition by Baron Zemo


Cassandra Nova Channels on Heavy charge like Professor X, but can Stun if her Heavy is interrupted. She stacks Daunteds, and can build lots of Neuroshocks. She has access to Regen and Fear, and can remove the opponent's Combo. She can place Marked against Skill champions, and has a lot of Non-Contact Basic Attacks.

Balance Batch 1 (August)

• Patriot
• MODOK
• Yondu

Balance Batch 2 (January)

• Joaquin
• Deathless Vision

Fintech Celebration Quest

• August 13
• 1 Quest, 4 Paths
• Fest Points for using Fintech's Brawl matchups

Statcast Relics

• August 8
• Give Stat bonuses on Attack and Defense
• 1 Primary Attribute, 1 Secondary
• Available as 5-7* through new shards
• 60 relics per Rarity
• Statcast shards eventually added to Story, EQ, and Battlegrounds

Solo Raids

• Raid test map
• Choose Role/Boost/Mission/Boss
• Test different combinations before committing
• Temporary Objectives at launch

Alliance Weekly Super Event

• Like Daily Super Event, but weekly and for Alliances
• Replacing Summoner Advancement and Engagement
• August 11

Daily Quest Rework

Launching September

Repeating Standard Days*

• Resources - Gold, Iso, etc
• Catalysts (including low level)

Shifting Supply Runs

• Monday - Saturday, different materials
• 1x Key / Day
• Enter Super version on Sunday with 4 Keys

Rebirth

• August 8
• Updated 7 Hour crystals
• Calendar (1x Rebirth Token)
• Arena
• 3x Rebirth Tokens for 7* Rebirth Selector

Rebirth Pool

• Cull Obsidian
• Viv Vision
• Sabretooth
• Night Thrasher
• Anti-Venom
• Doctor Voodoo
• Champion Changes

Relic Alliance Event

• August 8
• Open/Rank/Use Statcast Relics
• 1x Rebirth Token
• Ranked Rewards

Act 8 Crucible

• August 13
• All Act 8 Bosses
• Normal: 4 paths, Legendary: 1 path
• 2x Rebirth Tokens
• Realm Event for clearing and reviving (1x Rebirth Token)

Mini Crucible

• August 13 - September 3
• Easier version
• 4 Quests, 1 Path each
• 3* Defenders, 2* Attackers

Base Pool Update

• Omega Days champions join Basic Pool at Titan Rollover
• Corvus, Omega Sentinel, Omega Red, Mole Man, Quicksilver, Longshot

Summoner's Choice Rework

Live now! Cast votes ingame

• Winter Soldier
• Black Widow
• Ghost Rider
• Loki

After some thought and reading some opinions on the situation I came down to a conclusion.
No matter how much good intentions are put, the game is highly exploitable by people with the wrong intentions. This is not about a cheater being banned, its the fact that people have been able to skew results for their own benefit for far too long in everything that involves "ranking" or "competition" with anonymous burner accounts. Sure this is a single situation that is highlighted because it is qualifying event for the brawl; but this has been happening in the background for far too long in the background. Starting from the time alliance wars were introduced with shell alliances, resource dump burner accounts when AQ had a cost, up to now with BGs.
This is not about Lagacy, or being buddies with anybody. Its about the 20, 30, 40 other people that got affected by a burner account trolling.

Which is definitely unfortunate and no one has control over it. It can only be countered, the cheater will always find new ways to game the system.
Regular players has to blame the cheaters in these situations, not the people who are trying to stop them.

Man, I really despise cheaters. Been gaming all my life. Cannot trust a guy irl who has to cheat the system for cool points.

Doesn't affect me to be honest, I am not at the top and have no interest to be there. If I am cheated I consider myself collateral damage say "oh well elder marks or energy lost womp womp". Just gotta admit and assume that this game has always been highly vulnerable to being exploited.