Alliance War Season 19: Updates to Path Identities and New Nodes! [ June 30]

Summoners,

After his defeat at the hands of the Summoner and Carina, the Grandmaster has been an elder without a calling. Despite the problems and conflicts that the Grandmaster and The Collector have caused, they are still Carina’s family, and she loves them very much.

Instead of banishing them to a far off land, she’s worked with her council to create a plan to keep the two of them busy, and out of trouble.

The Universal Gamesman

Carina knows that a game with changing rulesets and unpredictable pieces is the perfect distraction to keep En Dwi Gast out of trouble. Under her supervision, The Grandmaster will transform Alliance Wars into his tournament, where he seeks the strongest Alliances every season to crown as his victors!

Recreating the Battlefield

The Grandmaster has never been shy about wanting to mould the Contest to his vision, and making sure his presence is noticed. He’ll be starting with the Maps on which you fight.

So first, we’re going to take a look at the new Nodes, Path Identities, and Layouts of the Grandmaster’s New Maps. All Map Changes will take effect on June 24th!

New Maps

First, we've got 2 Brand New Maps! One for Alliances playing on Easy and Normal, and one for Alliances playing on Intermediate, Hard, Challenger, and Expert. If you'd like to take a closer look, we've attached the High-Resolution versions of these maps to this post.

These new more simplified Maps eliminate Portals and bring the entire Battlegroup back together and key points throughout the Map.

Easy and Normal:

Intermediate, Hard, Challenger, and Expert:

New Local Nodes

The Grandmaster has crafted the following nodes for Alliances on the Intermediate, Hard, Challenger, or Expert Maps.

Path Identities

If you like to plan ahead, the Grandmaster is happy to provide you with a list of all buffs on all nodes across the Maps. There are lots to look at, so we've attached the lists of Nodes in the next post.

Matchmaking Updates

The Grandmaster wants to ensure that his tournament stays as competitive as possible. To do so, he is updating the parameters of Matchmaking. Matchmaking will now emphasize your Alliance's War Rating above all else. This will ensure that Alliances vying for the crown will be competing against other top Alliances.

This will be a big adjustment for a lot of Alliances. Currently, many Alliances are either have an inflated War Rating or a Deflated War rating due to the current system. To expedite the process of Alliances finding their "true" War Rating, we will be reducing every Alliance's War Rating by 50%. This will affect every Alliance in-game and will accelerate the rate at which Alliance's find their true position faster because of the concentrated War Ratings of all Alliances.

The Change to Matchmaking and the War Rating reduction will occur on July 8th.

What's Next?

There's still so much to reveal about Season 19 and beyond. Next week, we'll cover:
- Reward Changes
- Defense Tactics and Attack Tactics
- Alliance War Solo Events

Remember, Alliance Wars Season 19 Starts on July 7th, and there will be no war starting on July 5th!

Stay tuned for more information on everything else about Season 19!

Comments

PirateJon

Just get rid of the hidden nodes. Now multiple players have to run scouter lense

Jamesnptonuk

Is flow still going to be a defence tactic and if so how are you supposed to shut it down against window of opportunity, a well timed block is going to inflict you with a stun for 4 seconds

KnightZero

Got to tone down the nodes. Aggressive Fury and Oscillate along with Tunnel vision is a bit too much.

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Icejr

Sorry I am Not interested anymore Alliance war,
Just left ally and i am fine without alliance war.
It no More fun to me.
Its takes My whole day to finish 100% That i do not have anymore.

Note : I am not new Player in mcoc , its 5 years I am with Mcoc and played with Various Master Bracket Alliances.

Demon , Zdoom , EXDO Etc ...

Seraphion

so much to read through but eb and flow intercept reads awful. I guess its made for ghost to fight but I can see that node being a pain

I think you missunderstand that node.
Ghost should be worse on that node.
She will gain a passive precision so she cant phase anymore.

I hope thats not how it works but I fear it will.

TheVyrus

Am I the only one that would have liked the nodes to come as a surprise in the first war?

Seeing them has left me disappointed and not really interested in the rest of the announcements.

Mcord11758

the more I digest of this the more concerned that this is the exact opposite direction this should be going. This does not sound like it will be fun in anyway and looks to be much harder than the current iteration

Deacon

it will all come down to what they do with tactics. if they simply run Flow at us again then just screw it. i REALLY hope the answer is not to just add more tactics and give Flow to attackers because that will do nothing. it will STILL be Flow Wars. and i'm honestly just really not excited about another season of control defenders.

just get rid of Flow.

Thicco_Mode

I'll preface my reaction by saying that I am nowhere near endgame and am not in high tier alliance war.

I think I like the idea of some of the nodes where you are rewarded for doing something. I am not saying these nodes are fair/balanced and am purely commenting on it. I think I can see the "new direction" of rewarding players for doing something instead of punishing. However, many of these nodes still seem like a pain. The hidden nodes also seem super annoying and I could see that being difficult, but what do I know? Some of the changes have me hopeful, while others, not so much

NoOnexRO

Will defender diversity still gonna count in a war result?

StevieManWonder

Yeah, Tunnel Vision does not belong in war.

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Panchulon21

Lmao they did such a great job with yesterday’s announcement and now this fiasco. They just want us using up as many items as possible?

I hope the rewards really reflect these changes Cuz the challenger and expert map are definitely a s**t show. Didn’t they say we shouldn’t be relying on 2-3 champions to clear certain areas? The swapping of incinerate and posion only a few champs come to mind with this lol. Having to intercept to deal damage is cool and all but all these champs with auto block.

Aye kabam aye.

Its going to be Nova, Rhino and Thor ragnarok there. I have not played in that tier for some time, so more don't come to mind. Nick fury is the usual counter. Lets see, we will know better after we play the maps for 2 weeks

Yup, he is the counter. Killmonger is a good one too. You can use she hulk stealth and Gwen too. Still crazy annoying.

As you said we will see.

Icejr

Sorry I am Not interested anymore Alliance war,
Just left ally and i am fine without alliance war.
It no More fun to me.
Its takes My whole day to finish 100% That i do not have anymore.

Note : I am not new Player in mcoc , its 5 years I am with Mcoc and played with Various Master Bracket Alliances.

Demon , Zdoom , EXDO Etc ...

Sorry for mention That ,Before you click Disagree button ,

Do you guys Calculated How Much Energy you need to fully explorer the map per Player ?

Where is stress less ?

UncleRayRay

RE: This will be a big adjustment for a lot of Alliances. Currently, many Alliances are either have an inflated War Rating or a Deflated War rating due to the current system. To expedite the process of Alliances finding their "true" War Rating, we will be reducing every Alliance's War Rating by 50%. This will affect every Alliance in-game and will accelerate the rate at which Alliance's find their true position faster because of the concentrated War Ratings of all Alliances.

Can @Kabam Miike explain if this mean that we are all going to t15 for example and we will slowly build to T1, or the new T1 cutoff for example will be 1600-1700 rating and etc?

GroundedWisdom

Sorry I am Not interested anymore Alliance war,
Just left ally and i am fine without alliance war.
It no More fun to me.
Its takes My whole day to finish 100% That i do not have anymore.

Note : I am not new Player in mcoc , its 5 years I am with Mcoc and played with Various Master Bracket Alliances.

Demon , Zdoom , EXDO Etc ...
Sorry for mention That ,Before you click Disagree button ,

Do you guys Calculated How Much Energy you need to fully explorer the map per Player ?

Where is stress less ?

Won't be an issue. It just looks bigger. War will still take the same amount of time for Attack either way.

raziel

The background in higher tiers is terrible. Please don't make it so bright ugh @Kabam Miike

NoOnexRO

Do you guys Calculated How Much Energy you need to fully explorer the map per Player ?

Where is stress less ?

They mentioned in a previous post that the AQ and AW energy will be adjusted in order to offer a stress free experience. So, I don't think that the paths being longer will be a problem as long as the energy timers are cut down.

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winterthur

How come this is not in the News & Announcement section?

Potatolegion

Over all, I like these changes, especially the matchmaking. Some of the new nodes also look good.
The biggest problem I have with this announcement is the hazard shift (incinerate and poison) node. There are currently two counters (CV and Iceman, Emma if you count diamond form). This means that putting a champion who is problematic for any of those champions could shorten the list of available counters to around one or two.
To solve this, there could be a system which gives you a task at the beginning of the fight (e.g. land a heavy attack) which would give you an immunity to poison. There is then a 4 second cool down, after which you can repeat the task for incinerate immunity.

Mcord11758

Ebb and flow knockdown, tenacity 3

How do you approach dark hawk? 90% less damage knock him down he enters shield, 6 seconds 90% less damage

Icejr

Do you guys Calculated How Much Energy you need to fully explorer the map per Player ?

Where is stress less ?
They mentioned in a previous post that the AQ and AW energy will be adjusted in order to offer a stress free experience. So, I don't think that the paths being longer will be a problem as long as the energy timers are cut down.

I hope so bro 🙂

Gamer

Overall I’m hold of for my rants abudt all those chamge befor trying it out so for I’m not even impressed of it more concerned of it. One som node just seanm to counter be specific in nich counter yet again that not fun at all my main problem with hide node now days is the champions has ben very very much defensive force and it just not gone stop one I’m wil wish hide node wil be gone completely

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KnightZero

Just looking at all the nodes, and God damn there's a ton of terrible placements on this Map. Really gone the wrong direction with this. Way harder than before, and even when the rewards get buffed, it's pretty much the same as the previous iteration. The difficulty not worth the rewards. Unless they're something really great at ALL levels.

Icejr

Just looking at all the nodes, and God damn there's a ton of terrible placements on this Map. Really gone the wrong direction with this. Way harder than before, and even when the rewards get buffed, it's pretty much the same as the previous iteration. The difficulty not worth the rewards. Unless they're something really great at ALL levels.

Iwim , Dark hawk , Mojo , Dr doom All shine in defence now , even magik , nick fury ,

Place nick fury in rage node and watch how many deaths he can takes from there 😋😋😋

Good luck lol 😂😂😂

I am just fine with a/q And No More A/W Even Buffed Rewards,

Grub

There should be no hidden nodes. Why? Because multiple alliances use mods to see the hidden nodes which gives them an advantage over the rest of the community that chooses to play this game cleanly.

Gamer

There should be no hidden nodes. Why? Because multiple alliances use mods to see the hidden nodes which gives them an advantage over the rest of the community that chooses to play this game cleanly.

It not a mods it a bots so one it not a mods neither it hack.