Summoner Sit-Down: Rockypantherx
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Hey all! I’ve decided to start a series of mini (ish) interviews with forum users across multiple points in the game to see their thoughts on MCOC and life in general. If there’s anyone you’d like to see or any questions you’d like me to ask, let me know! Now, for the first sit-down with @Rockypantherx:
Favourite Champion?
You would think this would be simple, wouldn’t you? I’ve always said Quake, and while that’s still true to some degree, her continually eluding me as a 5* has somewhat soured our relationship. So I’m going to say Killmonger. Ol’ reliable Killmonger.
Worst Class?
Either Tech or Skill. Probably Tech. Skill has a lot of mediocre champs, and the top-end is pretty sparse, but Tech has the issue that a lot of its top-end struggles to remain relevant. Realistically you’ve got Ghost, Warlock, G99, Guardian and Sentinel. The rest, while good, do struggle to keep up, and the rest of the champs are fairly distributed among the ‘tiers’
AW or AQ?
Neither, hate them both. I don’t like having to move even when I don’t want to, and AW is just stressful. If I had to choose...AW. I suppose it feels pretty good when you solo a difficult fight.
Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich?
Probably the wrong person to ask since I’m a pescatarian, but I would say it’s closer to a roll than a sandwich. I mean, they are called ‘hot dog rolls’ right?
Metallica or Queen?
Really neither. But I would have to go Metallica, at least I can listen to them and they have some good songs. I can’t stand Queen at all. Caused some rifts when I told my debating society that recently haha.
IOS or Android?
I prefer IOS. Android certainly has its benefits, like storage, but I prefer the IOS UI, and clearly, it runs MCOC much better. So as long as I’m playing this game, I’m going to stick to IOS. MCOC is mainly what I use my phone for so it makes sense.
Red or Blue?
Black.
Best Actor/Actress?
Oh well, this is obviously Chloe Ben…
I, uh, mean Jake Gyllenhal of course. Excellent actor, we studied Nightcrawler in my English class, so that gave me quite the appreciation for his work, and obviously he was great as Mysterio. Really hope he comes back in some form in the MCU, Gyllenhal is too good to be wasted on one film.
How’s your day going?
It’s only 9:40 am here, so it’s not been much of a day yet, but I’ve had coffee, so that’s always good. Scotland has just entered new restrictions though, so that’s not great. Pretty tired since I have a cough that kept me awake most of the night (It’s not Covid don’t worry)
Last time you changed your Profile Picture?
Honestly, I don’t know. It’s been Killmonger for probably the last 18 months to 2 years. It used to be Quake, but Killmonger felt a bit more appropriate, and he’s always been my most highly ranked champion.
How much content have you completed?
Everything but 4 paths of abyss and a couple of the classic back issues. Working my way through them at the end of the month if I’ve got some spare energy I need to burn. Will be going for the rest of abyss once I get my sig 18 6* AEgon to R3. Only need about 12% of the skill T5CC.
What does your roster look like?
So, as you can see I have 30 R5/R2’s and one R3: Killmonger. I’ve got 33 unique 6*s, 129 unique 5*s, and 35 maxed 4*s, because I’m an arena grinder. The account is getting pretty big, but it’s not even close to what the top end of the game looks like.
Oh, and it’s also lacking a 5* Quake.
What changes do you want to see to MCOC?
6* sig stone availability. Dear god, it’s painful. I get 5 random a month as a mostly FTP player. Even just making the 5 from cav EQ generic would go such a long way.
Which of course, plays into a wider change. Cav EQ rewards buff. Plop another 2.5k 6* shards, make the challenge 10% T5CC a selector, the 6* sigs generic and we’re golden. The rewards, an difficulty for that matter, already feel outdated.
As for more generally, I just want to see fun content. Act 7 looks like it is going in the right direction completely. I think what is detracting from the ‘fun’ factor of so much content is just the time requirement. Cav EQ would be a lot more enjoyable if it didn’t take 20-30 minutes to do a path. Same with the side quest, especially October’s. Ultimately, this is a game. That’s how I treat it. I shouldn’t be doing content because I fell like I have to, I want to do it because I’m going to enjoy it. Otherwise, what’s the point?
What do you hope to accomplish in the following year?
I’m going to assume you mean in MCOC, because my actual life really isn’t that interesting. I want to get abyss explored, just so I can say I’ve done it. Apart from that, mainly just keep up with story content. I always wanted to be doing story content when it came out, simply because I like the storytelling element of the game, and I want to see where it goes.
And I want to finally pull a 5* Quake.
Write a couple of paragraphs explaining the utility and usability of the character you know best.
I mean, this is why I wrote guides. So I’ll link my Killmonger one here.
https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/225495/a-guide-of-the-killmonger-variety-from-a-killmonger-player#latest
What, you want me to actually write something here? Uh, fine.
Killmonger has a bunch of utility. His best is his readily accessible, and practical true strike. Counters so many annoying defenders and nodes. Absolutely invaluable to anyone’s roster. His indestructible charges serve two purposes. One is to tank SP3’s, which is really good in high power gain scenarios, but also just as a safety net. Makes him very user friendly, especially since his animations encourage an intercepting playstyle. Not to mention they can be used to mitigate a lot of block damage
As always, I’m going to refer you to Lvernon for all your counterpunch information, he is way more versed in it than me. He has an excellent guide on his channel ‘Iron_Patriot_mcoc’
Killmonger’s main criticism is his damage, and it’s entirely justified. He’s no CGR or Hyperion. But that’s not really the point of Killmonger. Utility is his point. And the damage isn’t so bad, especially at a high sig, where it’s actually pretty good. My 6* R3 is unawakened, and he’s never felt slow, at R1, 2 or 3. Would I love to dupe him for the extra damage? Absofreakinglutely. But mainly so he has those shiny silver stars and his PI doesn’t suck so much.
Any socials you’d like to plug?
I have a Youtube channel named Rockypanther. I don’t really upload, since I don’t really have time, and I’m not a fan of pumping out content I don’t think is useful or interesting. If things quieten down at uni I might try and so more.
Aside from that, I have a Twitter. My handle is @CurtisTNS. It’s really not that interesting, mainly just the occasional music or MCOC tweet. Maybe the occasion political thing, but I’m a politics student, it’s in my nature I guess.
I would just like to thank Spidey for this opportunity to mouth off on things, and to feed my ego. It’s been fun.
And there you have it! I’d like to thank @Rockypantherx for answering these questions, and I’d also like to remind you to tell me who you wanna see next!
Until next time,
Spidey
Favourite Champion?
You would think this would be simple, wouldn’t you? I’ve always said Quake, and while that’s still true to some degree, her continually eluding me as a 5* has somewhat soured our relationship. So I’m going to say Killmonger. Ol’ reliable Killmonger.
Worst Class?
Either Tech or Skill. Probably Tech. Skill has a lot of mediocre champs, and the top-end is pretty sparse, but Tech has the issue that a lot of its top-end struggles to remain relevant. Realistically you’ve got Ghost, Warlock, G99, Guardian and Sentinel. The rest, while good, do struggle to keep up, and the rest of the champs are fairly distributed among the ‘tiers’
AW or AQ?
Neither, hate them both. I don’t like having to move even when I don’t want to, and AW is just stressful. If I had to choose...AW. I suppose it feels pretty good when you solo a difficult fight.
Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich?
Probably the wrong person to ask since I’m a pescatarian, but I would say it’s closer to a roll than a sandwich. I mean, they are called ‘hot dog rolls’ right?
Metallica or Queen?
Really neither. But I would have to go Metallica, at least I can listen to them and they have some good songs. I can’t stand Queen at all. Caused some rifts when I told my debating society that recently haha.
IOS or Android?
I prefer IOS. Android certainly has its benefits, like storage, but I prefer the IOS UI, and clearly, it runs MCOC much better. So as long as I’m playing this game, I’m going to stick to IOS. MCOC is mainly what I use my phone for so it makes sense.
Red or Blue?
Black.
Best Actor/Actress?
Oh well, this is obviously Chloe Ben…
I, uh, mean Jake Gyllenhal of course. Excellent actor, we studied Nightcrawler in my English class, so that gave me quite the appreciation for his work, and obviously he was great as Mysterio. Really hope he comes back in some form in the MCU, Gyllenhal is too good to be wasted on one film.
How’s your day going?
It’s only 9:40 am here, so it’s not been much of a day yet, but I’ve had coffee, so that’s always good. Scotland has just entered new restrictions though, so that’s not great. Pretty tired since I have a cough that kept me awake most of the night (It’s not Covid don’t worry)
Last time you changed your Profile Picture?
Honestly, I don’t know. It’s been Killmonger for probably the last 18 months to 2 years. It used to be Quake, but Killmonger felt a bit more appropriate, and he’s always been my most highly ranked champion.
How much content have you completed?
Everything but 4 paths of abyss and a couple of the classic back issues. Working my way through them at the end of the month if I’ve got some spare energy I need to burn. Will be going for the rest of abyss once I get my sig 18 6* AEgon to R3. Only need about 12% of the skill T5CC.
What does your roster look like?
So, as you can see I have 30 R5/R2’s and one R3: Killmonger. I’ve got 33 unique 6*s, 129 unique 5*s, and 35 maxed 4*s, because I’m an arena grinder. The account is getting pretty big, but it’s not even close to what the top end of the game looks like.
Oh, and it’s also lacking a 5* Quake.
What changes do you want to see to MCOC?
6* sig stone availability. Dear god, it’s painful. I get 5 random a month as a mostly FTP player. Even just making the 5 from cav EQ generic would go such a long way.
Which of course, plays into a wider change. Cav EQ rewards buff. Plop another 2.5k 6* shards, make the challenge 10% T5CC a selector, the 6* sigs generic and we’re golden. The rewards, an difficulty for that matter, already feel outdated.
As for more generally, I just want to see fun content. Act 7 looks like it is going in the right direction completely. I think what is detracting from the ‘fun’ factor of so much content is just the time requirement. Cav EQ would be a lot more enjoyable if it didn’t take 20-30 minutes to do a path. Same with the side quest, especially October’s. Ultimately, this is a game. That’s how I treat it. I shouldn’t be doing content because I fell like I have to, I want to do it because I’m going to enjoy it. Otherwise, what’s the point?
What do you hope to accomplish in the following year?
I’m going to assume you mean in MCOC, because my actual life really isn’t that interesting. I want to get abyss explored, just so I can say I’ve done it. Apart from that, mainly just keep up with story content. I always wanted to be doing story content when it came out, simply because I like the storytelling element of the game, and I want to see where it goes.
And I want to finally pull a 5* Quake.
Write a couple of paragraphs explaining the utility and usability of the character you know best.
I mean, this is why I wrote guides. So I’ll link my Killmonger one here.
https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/225495/a-guide-of-the-killmonger-variety-from-a-killmonger-player#latest
What, you want me to actually write something here? Uh, fine.
Killmonger has a bunch of utility. His best is his readily accessible, and practical true strike. Counters so many annoying defenders and nodes. Absolutely invaluable to anyone’s roster. His indestructible charges serve two purposes. One is to tank SP3’s, which is really good in high power gain scenarios, but also just as a safety net. Makes him very user friendly, especially since his animations encourage an intercepting playstyle. Not to mention they can be used to mitigate a lot of block damage
As always, I’m going to refer you to Lvernon for all your counterpunch information, he is way more versed in it than me. He has an excellent guide on his channel ‘Iron_Patriot_mcoc’
Killmonger’s main criticism is his damage, and it’s entirely justified. He’s no CGR or Hyperion. But that’s not really the point of Killmonger. Utility is his point. And the damage isn’t so bad, especially at a high sig, where it’s actually pretty good. My 6* R3 is unawakened, and he’s never felt slow, at R1, 2 or 3. Would I love to dupe him for the extra damage? Absofreakinglutely. But mainly so he has those shiny silver stars and his PI doesn’t suck so much.
Any socials you’d like to plug?
I have a Youtube channel named Rockypanther. I don’t really upload, since I don’t really have time, and I’m not a fan of pumping out content I don’t think is useful or interesting. If things quieten down at uni I might try and so more.
Aside from that, I have a Twitter. My handle is @CurtisTNS. It’s really not that interesting, mainly just the occasional music or MCOC tweet. Maybe the occasion political thing, but I’m a politics student, it’s in my nature I guess.
I would just like to thank Spidey for this opportunity to mouth off on things, and to feed my ego. It’s been fun.
And there you have it! I’d like to thank @Rockypantherx for answering these questions, and I’d also like to remind you to tell me who you wanna see next!
Until next time,
Spidey
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My next pick would be @DrZola
or @DNA3000
or @DrZola
or @Monke
or @Ghostboytjie (yes me
Wait.