Dev Diary: Champions of the Contest

Check out the latest Champions of the Contest, our latest Dev Diary which explores our philosophy of Champion Design, how that translates into our vision for the future, our new rebalance cadence, which Magento is getting buffed, and information on a couple new crystals coming to the Contest!

Read all about it on our Blog!

Then don't forget to read our final Dev Diary of the series, which will be coming soon! We're going to talk about the future of the Contest, and updates to Incursions, Arenas, and so much more!

Comments

Scopeotoe987

Excited for the Both magnetos go get buffed!

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SparkAlot

Well, very small step in the right direction.

Ainy

both Mags getting buffed is amazing. revamp of solo event has been a long time coming, I'm excited for the upgrade! also, the dual basic hero crystals look pretty great, especially because they cost only 10k shards

Bendy

Im hyped for all this especially the magnetos buff cant wait to see what there like when released

Rookiie

Raganator

That was a nice post. Looking forward to the changes.

Lvernon15

As long as you don’t go touching my ghost quake and Corvus I’m fine, imma have issues if you go nerfing champs that have been in the game a long time though

That’s my only real concern, the rest looks great. One thing I would like to see with the buffs is to make their prestige at least solid, since even with buffs all over the place if their prestige is still useless they won’t be getting ranked a ton.

RaToniii

When Magneto gets buffed, my first 5* will finally pay off

H3t3r

I have one questions. With the Wish crystal you guys used an example of a Cavalier crystal. Does that mean it will only be in those type of crystals or will that design be brought to the basic crystals like 4 and 5* basics.

Etm34

As long as you don’t go touching my ghost quake and Corvus I’m fine, imma have issues if you go nerfing champs that have been in the game a long time though

That part was the scariest section for me. I’ve invested a lot in both Ghost and Corvus, and I’m a little nervous of their intentions with those specific champs.

Lvernon15

As long as you don’t go touching my ghost quake and Corvus I’m fine, imma have issues if you go nerfing champs that have been in the game a long time though
That part was the scariest section for me. I’ve invested a lot in both Ghost and Corvus, and I’m a little nervous of their intentions with those specific champs.

Yeah, they shouldn’t go nerfing existing top champs, that’s a bad move, people have invested extreme amounts of time money and resources into them and changing them would honestly be the worst thing they can do, there’s no adequate compensation for 3 days of arena grinding or thousands spent on crystals. When it comes to nerfing new releases I’m still not a fan, and it should only be done when 100% necessary, which someone like namor wasn’t imo, and they need to be quick on pointing it out

gohard123

The only thing I would like to add is that in future (if or when the tech is available) we are able to choose which two classes we would like rather than it just be mutant/skill or science/mystic. I would like to choose mystic/tech or cosmic/skill.

Rasilover

dual class basics looking OD

Lvernon15

The only thing I would like to add is that in future (if or when the tech is available) we are able to choose which two classes we would like rather than it just be mutant/skill or science/mystic. I would like to choose mystic/tech or cosmic/skill.

Yeah, that’s a good point, have it cycle all possible combinations rather than 3 specific pairs

DNA3000

I have one questions. With the Wish crystal you guys used an example of a Cavalier crystal. Does that mean it will only be in those type of crystals or will that design be brought to the basic crystals like 4 and 5* basics.

My understanding is that is just an example of how a Wish crystal would work, the idea being that the players get some agency in steering the crystal towards the champs they want, but randomness still affects what you ultimately pull. A Cav crystal structured the way they describe would hand the players control over which champs appear, while the Cav structure would randomize which rarity tier you got from that list. But other kinds of things are possible besides that.

Personally I think it is unlikely that you'd see that specific kind of Wish crystal tied to a rarity-specific crystal because then the players would have full control over both which champs appeared and which rarity they got. That seems to be more control than they are signalling they are currently targeting with the examples they provided. I think it is more likely that we could see a "featured-wish" where the player selected one or a couple of champs to appear in a rarity-specific crystal, and the game randomized or curated the rest.

Timmy2xs

5* SCARLETT WITCH IS COMINGGGG!!! Finally!!!!!!!

Aquavenom

Regarding the tuning of champs is it only applied to new champs or to existing champs like ghost, quake and corvus as well?

TheMightyJon

Looks good. Dual class basics give me a bit more hope of finally pulling the champions I want and more available sig stones and updated solo crystals are definitely needed. Really not keen on seeing the NERF word but we'll see what happens with that.

DNA3000

As long as you don’t go touching my ghost quake and Corvus I’m fine, imma have issues if you go nerfing champs that have been in the game a long time though
That part was the scariest section for me. I’ve invested a lot in both Ghost and Corvus, and I’m a little nervous of their intentions with those specific champs.

That statement has to be there, because no game designer can *ever* take that option off the table or promise they won't downward balance things. Or rather, they can promise, but they will always have to break that promise. The best you can get, and the best you should ever hope for, is that it is minimized. But any game designer that promises not to nerf anything in the future is just lying.

SpideyFunko

Falcon getting fixed? WITH GAMBIT!? yesssssssssss
also, Wandavision is still coming out in December mates, and Marvel hasn’t said otherwise.

Lvernon15

Just spoke with someone in ccp and he said they implied the nerf thing is for emergencies only and that kabam said quake/ghost are safe

Kerneas

My POI is Sentry atm. This looks promising

Kabam Miike

Regarding the tuning of champs is it only applied to new champs or to existing champs like ghost, quake and corvus as well?

ALL Champions. From the very first to ones that come 3 years down the line. We want to be very clear that we have no intention of making any Nerfs at this time, and want to focus on Buffs for the time being, but I don't want there to be any misunderstanding here in the future.

Kabam Miike

As long as you don’t go touching my ghost quake and Corvus I’m fine, imma have issues if you go nerfing champs that have been in the game a long time though
That part was the scariest section for me. I’ve invested a lot in both Ghost and Corvus, and I’m a little nervous of their intentions with those specific champs.
That statement has to be there, because no game designer can *ever* take that option off the table or promise they won't downward balance things. Or rather, they can promise, but they will always have to break that promise. The best you can get, and the best you should ever hope for, is that it is minimized. But any game designer that promises not to nerf anything in the future is just lying.

+1 to this.

theMercenary

I like it.

Remeli

By far the best diary so far. More details and timeline. It looks very promising.

StevieManWonder

Very stoked about this, especially about the Dual Class crystals! Honestly though, I’m most excited for the Punisher 2099 and Gambit changes. I have both champs as six stars and really like them at their base but never use them outside of EQ (even then I only use Punisher 2099) so I’m really stoked to see that they might actually be worth ranking up now.

Gamer

Really happy to hear one question had at hard understanding the 5 star like sw and Wolverine wil ther go to basice or just Featured cystal and incursion

Mathgeek

Can't wait for the magneto buff!