The wait is finally over, and at long last, the Summer of Pain has Begun!
We are presenting a special challenge for those who have become Cavalier (by completing Act 6 Chapter 1) or higher. Starting June 16, we will be releasing challenging Side-Quests weekly that consist of just ONE fight. But these fights will be against notoriously dangerous, challenging, and frustrating encounters from throughout The Contest!
Each week, for 9 weeks, a new fight will be featured and the previous week’s fight will be removed. So don’t miss a week of punishment! To further increase the difficulty, starting from the 4th week the fights will also have difficult Solo Objectives for you to try and overcome. The final challenge will go live on August 18 and feature horrific highlights from the previous weeks, all leading up to a fight that has likely haunted your dreams before. (Since we’re feeling charitable, that challenge will remain open for TWO whole weeks).
But what is to be gained from all this pain? 1x Gold. What? You want more? Fine. As you win fights and complete the Solo Objectives you’ll collect points that upgrade the rewards you can collect at the end of the event, all the way up to rewards such as a 6-Star Class Nexus Crystal and Tier 5 Class Catalyst Selectors! This is done with Peak Milestones. That means you won't receive any rewards along the way, but at the end of the Summer of Pain, you'll receive rewards based on how many points you earned from each of the Fights and Objectives along the way!
So don’t delay, get ready for fun in the sun as you feel the SUMMER OF PAIN!
EDIT:With the first Quest in the Summer of Pain launching this week, we want to add some clarity regarding who the Quests and Objectives will be available to.
Each week for 9 weeks this Summer, we will be releasing a new addition to the Summer of Pain. These Quests will be available to all Summoners that have earned the title of Cavalier (by completing Act 6 Chapter 1).
Starting with Week 4, we will be introducing Special Objectives that add an extra level of challenge to each of the Quests. These objectives will only be available to Summoners that have earned the title of Thronebreaker (by completing Act 6 Chapter 4, and possessing a Rank 3 6-Star Champion).
This means that if a Cavalier Summoner completes each of the Quests and earns the maximum number of points available to them, they will be able to obtain Milestone #6.
We apologize for missing this information in our earlier communications.
Guys please remove or reduce that blocking penetration, because wow! Its too much
Dude this event was advertised as supposed to be as hard as it gets. This is only the tip of the iceberg. Don't ask for nerfs just because you can't read where it says who this content is for.
I refuse to see this turn into another show up difficulty.
No man, intercepting is another game. A parry mastery is what most people use, including myself. Well I guess all the content goes to those that have time.
I honestly think the nodes are too much, particularly the block penetration. Brawl is okay,buy that block penetration is too much. I just got discouraged. I tried but I am now discouraged. Maybe the removal of block penetration can be better
Still most of a week left to do it. And backing out and trying again for a better run is completely free. This format of quest is a great place for practice.
The block penetration is meant to encourage a no-block playstyle. You have to learn to work with the nodes, rather than against them. Higher difficulty is meant to make us stronger and wiser fighters. Take the opportunity to practice this week. And if you have the techniques down and have a good run, then go ahead and attempt to push through with items at that point. But I wouldn't advise it until you've made some progress in understanding and successfully executing the techniques needed to beat her. Good luck!
I can't learn intercepting in a week. There's life outside game. The pressure that comes with this penetration is too much.
The wait is finally over, and at long last, the Summer of Pain has Begun!
We are presenting a special challenge for those who have become Cavalier (by completing Act 6 Chapter 1) or higher. Starting June 16, we will be releasing challenging Side-Quests weekly that consist of just ONE fight. But these fights will be against notoriously dangerous, challenging, and frustrating encounters from throughout The Contest!
Each week, for 9 weeks, a new fight will be featured and the previous week’s fight will be removed. So don’t miss a week of punishment! To further increase the difficulty, starting from the 4th week the fights will also have difficult Solo Objectives for you to try and overcome. The final challenge will go live on August 18 and feature horrific highlights from the previous weeks, all leading up to a fight that has likely haunted your dreams before. (Since we’re feeling charitable, that challenge will remain open for TWO whole weeks).
But what is to be gained from all this pain? 1x Gold. What? You want more? Fine. As you win fights and complete the Solo Objectives you’ll collect points that upgrade the rewards you can collect at the end of the event, all the way up to rewards such as a 6-Star Class Nexus Crystal and Tier 5 Class Catalyst Selectors! This is done with Peak Milestones. That means you won't receive any rewards along the way, but at the end of the Summer of Pain, you'll receive rewards based on how many points you earned from each of the Fights and Objectives along the way!
So don’t delay, get ready for fun in the sun as you feel the SUMMER OF PAIN!
EDIT:With the first Quest in the Summer of Pain launching this week, we want to add some clarity regarding who the Quests and Objectives will be available to.
Each week for 9 weeks this Summer, we will be releasing a new addition to the Summer of Pain. These Quests will be available to all Summoners that have earned the title of Cavalier (by completing Act 6 Chapter 1).
Starting with Week 4, we will be introducing Special Objectives that add an extra level of challenge to each of the Quests. These objectives will only be available to Summoners that have earned the title of Thronebreaker (by completing Act 6 Chapter 4, and possessing a Rank 3 6-Star Champion).
This means that if a Cavalier Summoner completes each of the Quests and earns the maximum number of points available to them, they will be able to obtain Milestone #6.
We apologize for missing this information in our earlier communications.
Guys please remove or reduce that blocking penetration, because wow! Its too much
Dude this event was advertised as supposed to be as hard as it gets. This is only the tip of the iceberg. Don't ask for nerfs just because you can't read where it says who this content is for.
I refuse to see this turn into another show up difficulty.
No man, intercepting is another game. A parry mastery is what most people use, including myself. Well I guess all the content goes to those that have time.
No need to make it so obvious you brought a cavalier account. Why do you think it’s called summer of pain? If you could safely parry everything then it’d just be a cakewalk that many could do blindfolded
Apparently this is not suitable for Cavalier players. If this first fight is one of the easy ones, I don't wanna know what comes next. So Thronebreakers got TWO events, this one and the Gauntlet. Anything for the rest of us who don't want to turn this in to a "summer of pay"?
Sure. It's called doing all the other content that's available for progressing players. Variants. Story. EQ. Side Quest. Abyss.
First of all, I didn't say it's bad that you TB have new things to play with, I said We, don't. So don't promote it like we do. Second, nobody asked you. You also do EQ and sidequests and variants when they come to play. It's not that you don't have something to do in your spare time.
And the deep TB guys went through a crazy drought before getting gauntlet and summer of pain. I'm still working on 7.2 and some other things in the game when I'm not doing AQ and AW. I would be surprised to find a progressing player with nothing to do in the game content-wise.
Apparently this is not suitable for Cavalier players. If this first fight is one of the easy ones, I don't wanna know what comes next. So Thronebreakers got TWO events, this one and the Gauntlet. Anything for the rest of us who don't want to turn this in to a "summer of pay"?
Sure. It's called doing all the other content that's available for progressing players. Variants. Story. EQ. Side Quest. Abyss.
First of all, I didn't say it's bad that you TB have new things to play with, I said We, don't. So don't promote it like we do. Second, nobody asked you. You also do EQ and sidequests and variants when they come to play. It's not that you don't have something to do in your spare time.
So you are 100% act 6, all Variants and Abyss? In the case that you are not, that's what he means. You do, in fact, have things to work on. Maybe what you meant is more that there's nothing you want to work on?
Why do I have to "work on" things I don't like, like Abyss? I don't like fights that last that long, I won't do it. The game is not only about progression, I want a challenge but not nerve breaking stuff. If TB want something even more difficult, I d suggest to start playing EQs with 3* champs. There, problem solved.
>I don't like abyss >I want a challenge >Not nerve breaking stuff. So you realistically don't want a challenge, you want something in your comfort zone that is attainable without too much work.
And the genius suggestion of telling people building 6* r3 rosters to play EQ with 3* as a replacement for difficult content.
A challenge is not only having a 20-min playing a single fight. Abyss is not a challenge.
But you’ve just told people to beat EQ with 3*s for a challenge? Either having vastly inferior champs that require 10-20 minutes per fight is challenging or it isn’t, need to make up your mind
Apparently this is not suitable for Cavalier players. If this first fight is one of the easy ones, I don't wanna know what comes next. So Thronebreakers got TWO events, this one and the Gauntlet. Anything for the rest of us who don't want to turn this in to a "summer of pay"?
Lol 2 events in nearly 18 months for TB and you’re complaining. We had from abyss to gauntlet without any content for us.
Cavs have had 7.1, 7.2, 3 variants, many boss rushes, champion challenges.
Entitled much?
I’m honestly baffled at people complaining when end game players get 2 pieces of content since January 2020. Christ.
So you say you haven't done 7.1, 7.2, variants and boss rushes because you waited for the really hard, challenging events to come. Or you done all that with one finger and got really bored.
I did it for the rewards, which were great. But I wasn’t challenged by it particularly. This is what the end game community has asked for, challenging content with great rewards and so far it looks like kabam have delivered.
We’ve put up with content that wasn’t aimed at us for 18 months, now it’s the Cavs turn to put up with content that isn’t aimed at you. If you want to complain, by all means go ahead. But it won’t really be received well.
Again, I m complaining because the event is advertised as one for Cavaliers also. Especially the first four fights. Which is false. I have no problem at all you guys getting your new thing, just don't false hope the rest of the community.
They’ve advertised it as some of the hardest content ever brought to the game. They have opened it up to cavalier players. That is not the same thing as advertising it as a Cav event. It is not aimed at Cav and they have said time and time again how hard it will be
Is this event a joke ??? So Kabam put the Cavaliers at the same level of difficulty as the Thronebreakers even if they do not have a 6r3. And for this event a 6r3 helps a lot. That is not fair: it is the Thronebreakers that ask for more harder challenges. Most of the Cavaliers do not even have completed the act 6. Always against the Cavaliers...
First cavs complained because Gauntlet was limited to TB. Now cavs are complaining that SoP is open to them. Because somehow that's a bad thing
So that's one cav that said this. I like that it's open to both, cause there are some skilled cav players that dont get the favorable T5CC rolls. I have pulled mostly trash 6 stars and I'm waiting for 1% mystic. It's a rough fight without a R3, but it's doable.
Apparently this is not suitable for Cavalier players. If this first fight is one of the easy ones, I don't wanna know what comes next. So Thronebreakers got TWO events, this one and the Gauntlet. Anything for the rest of us who don't want to turn this in to a "summer of pay"?
Sure. It's called doing all the other content that's available for progressing players. Variants. Story. EQ. Side Quest. Abyss.
First of all, I didn't say it's bad that you TB have new things to play with, I said We, don't. So don't promote it like we do. Second, nobody asked you. You also do EQ and sidequests and variants when they come to play. It's not that you don't have something to do in your spare time.
And the deep TB guys went through a crazy drought before getting gauntlet and summer of pain. I'm still working on 7.2 and some other things in the game when I'm not doing AQ and AW. I would be surprised to find a progressing player with nothing to do in the game content-wise.
Apparently this is not suitable for Cavalier players. If this first fight is one of the easy ones, I don't wanna know what comes next. So Thronebreakers got TWO events, this one and the Gauntlet. Anything for the rest of us who don't want to turn this in to a "summer of pay"?
Sure. It's called doing all the other content that's available for progressing players. Variants. Story. EQ. Side Quest. Abyss.
First of all, I didn't say it's bad that you TB have new things to play with, I said We, don't. So don't promote it like we do. Second, nobody asked you. You also do EQ and sidequests and variants when they come to play. It's not that you don't have something to do in your spare time.
So you are 100% act 6, all Variants and Abyss? In the case that you are not, that's what he means. You do, in fact, have things to work on. Maybe what you meant is more that there's nothing you want to work on?
Why do I have to "work on" things I don't like, like Abyss? I don't like fights that last that long, I won't do it. The game is not only about progression, I want a challenge but not nerve breaking stuff. If TB want something even more difficult, I d suggest to start playing EQs with 3* champs. There, problem solved.
>I don't like abyss >I want a challenge >Not nerve breaking stuff. So you realistically don't want a challenge, you want something in your comfort zone that is attainable without too much work.
And the genius suggestion of telling people building 6* r3 rosters to play EQ with 3* as a replacement for difficult content.
A challenge is not only having a 20-min playing a single fight. Abyss is not a challenge.
That by definition constitutes a challenge.
Sure, being able to do a rotation of 5 moves for half an hour non stop is a skill. Not fun like playing a game, but it's something.
Fun is subjective. What you find fun, others don't. What you don't find fun, others do.
I like playing Dark Souls, I think it's fun. I've watched a guy complete all the Soulsborne games one after the other without taking a single hit in any of the games or they had to start from the beginning of the first game over again, I don't think that's fun but it's certainly a challenge. Are we both playing the same game series? Yes. Are we both having fun doing things in the series? Yes. Am I going to have fun trying do his challenge? No.
Apparently this is not suitable for Cavalier players. If this first fight is one of the easy ones, I don't wanna know what comes next. So Thronebreakers got TWO events, this one and the Gauntlet. Anything for the rest of us who don't want to turn this in to a "summer of pay"?
Sure. It's called doing all the other content that's available for progressing players. Variants. Story. EQ. Side Quest. Abyss.
First of all, I didn't say it's bad that you TB have new things to play with, I said We, don't. So don't promote it like we do. Second, nobody asked you. You also do EQ and sidequests and variants when they come to play. It's not that you don't have something to do in your spare time.
And the deep TB guys went through a crazy drought before getting gauntlet and summer of pain. I'm still working on 7.2 and some other things in the game when I'm not doing AQ and AW. I would be surprised to find a progressing player with nothing to do in the game content-wise.
Apparently this is not suitable for Cavalier players. If this first fight is one of the easy ones, I don't wanna know what comes next. So Thronebreakers got TWO events, this one and the Gauntlet. Anything for the rest of us who don't want to turn this in to a "summer of pay"?
Sure. It's called doing all the other content that's available for progressing players. Variants. Story. EQ. Side Quest. Abyss.
First of all, I didn't say it's bad that you TB have new things to play with, I said We, don't. So don't promote it like we do. Second, nobody asked you. You also do EQ and sidequests and variants when they come to play. It's not that you don't have something to do in your spare time.
So you are 100% act 6, all Variants and Abyss? In the case that you are not, that's what he means. You do, in fact, have things to work on. Maybe what you meant is more that there's nothing you want to work on?
Why do I have to "work on" things I don't like, like Abyss? I don't like fights that last that long, I won't do it. The game is not only about progression, I want a challenge but not nerve breaking stuff. If TB want something even more difficult, I d suggest to start playing EQs with 3* champs. There, problem solved.
>I don't like abyss >I want a challenge >Not nerve breaking stuff. So you realistically don't want a challenge, you want something in your comfort zone that is attainable without too much work.
And the genius suggestion of telling people building 6* r3 rosters to play EQ with 3* as a replacement for difficult content.
A challenge is not only having a 20-min playing a single fight. Abyss is not a challenge.
But you’ve just told people to beat EQ with 3*s for a challenge? Either having vastly inferior champs that require 10-20 minutes per fight is challenging or it isn’t, need to make up your mind
For you ppl this may be fun, we all know anyway that in this game, increasing difficulty means increasing the defenders' numbers.
Apparently this is not suitable for Cavalier players. If this first fight is one of the easy ones, I don't wanna know what comes next. So Thronebreakers got TWO events, this one and the Gauntlet. Anything for the rest of us who don't want to turn this in to a "summer of pay"?
Sure. It's called doing all the other content that's available for progressing players. Variants. Story. EQ. Side Quest. Abyss.
First of all, I didn't say it's bad that you TB have new things to play with, I said We, don't. So don't promote it like we do. Second, nobody asked you. You also do EQ and sidequests and variants when they come to play. It's not that you don't have something to do in your spare time.
This is for cavalier players. It's just not for you as a cavalier player. There are people doing this with R5 5* champs. Cav players have those.
Also you're posting on a public thread. You're talking to everyone.
The wait is finally over, and at long last, the Summer of Pain has Begun!
We are presenting a special challenge for those who have become Cavalier (by completing Act 6 Chapter 1) or higher. Starting June 16, we will be releasing challenging Side-Quests weekly that consist of just ONE fight. But these fights will be against notoriously dangerous, challenging, and frustrating encounters from throughout The Contest!
Each week, for 9 weeks, a new fight will be featured and the previous week’s fight will be removed. So don’t miss a week of punishment! To further increase the difficulty, starting from the 4th week the fights will also have difficult Solo Objectives for you to try and overcome. The final challenge will go live on August 18 and feature horrific highlights from the previous weeks, all leading up to a fight that has likely haunted your dreams before. (Since we’re feeling charitable, that challenge will remain open for TWO whole weeks).
But what is to be gained from all this pain? 1x Gold. What? You want more? Fine. As you win fights and complete the Solo Objectives you’ll collect points that upgrade the rewards you can collect at the end of the event, all the way up to rewards such as a 6-Star Class Nexus Crystal and Tier 5 Class Catalyst Selectors! This is done with Peak Milestones. That means you won't receive any rewards along the way, but at the end of the Summer of Pain, you'll receive rewards based on how many points you earned from each of the Fights and Objectives along the way!
So don’t delay, get ready for fun in the sun as you feel the SUMMER OF PAIN!
EDIT:With the first Quest in the Summer of Pain launching this week, we want to add some clarity regarding who the Quests and Objectives will be available to.
Each week for 9 weeks this Summer, we will be releasing a new addition to the Summer of Pain. These Quests will be available to all Summoners that have earned the title of Cavalier (by completing Act 6 Chapter 1).
Starting with Week 4, we will be introducing Special Objectives that add an extra level of challenge to each of the Quests. These objectives will only be available to Summoners that have earned the title of Thronebreaker (by completing Act 6 Chapter 4, and possessing a Rank 3 6-Star Champion).
This means that if a Cavalier Summoner completes each of the Quests and earns the maximum number of points available to them, they will be able to obtain Milestone #6.
We apologize for missing this information in our earlier communications.
Guys please remove or reduce that blocking penetration, because wow! Its too much
Dude this event was advertised as supposed to be as hard as it gets. This is only the tip of the iceberg. Don't ask for nerfs just because you can't read where it says who this content is for.
I refuse to see this turn into another show up difficulty.
No man, intercepting is another game. A parry mastery is what most people use, including myself. Well I guess all the content goes to those that have time.
The node is called Invade. Has nothing to do with block proficiency. 300% increased attack while hitting into the block. Guess what, the attack can do that to the defender as well. Git gud.
Apparently this is not suitable for Cavalier players. If this first fight is one of the easy ones, I don't wanna know what comes next. So Thronebreakers got TWO events, this one and the Gauntlet. Anything for the rest of us who don't want to turn this in to a "summer of pay"?
Lol 2 events in nearly 18 months for TB and you’re complaining. We had from abyss to gauntlet without any content for us.
Cavs have had 7.1, 7.2, 3 variants, many boss rushes, champion challenges.
Entitled much?
I’m honestly baffled at people complaining when end game players get 2 pieces of content since January 2020. Christ.
So you say you haven't done 7.1, 7.2, variants and boss rushes because you waited for the really hard, challenging events to come. Or you done all that with one finger and got really bored.
I did it for the rewards, which were great. But I wasn’t challenged by it particularly. This is what the end game community has asked for, challenging content with great rewards and so far it looks like kabam have delivered.
We’ve put up with content that wasn’t aimed at us for 18 months, now it’s the Cavs turn to put up with content that isn’t aimed at you. If you want to complain, by all means go ahead. But it won’t really be received well.
Again, I m complaining because the event is advertised as one for Cavaliers also. Especially the first four fights. Which is false. I have no problem at all you guys getting your new thing, just don't false hope the rest of the community.
Do you have any R5 5*'s? Yes- you're fine. No- go back to act 6.
Apparently this is not suitable for Cavalier players. If this first fight is one of the easy ones, I don't wanna know what comes next. So Thronebreakers got TWO events, this one and the Gauntlet. Anything for the rest of us who don't want to turn this in to a "summer of pay"?
Lol 2 events in nearly 18 months for TB and you’re complaining. We had from abyss to gauntlet without any content for us.
Cavs have had 7.1, 7.2, 3 variants, many boss rushes, champion challenges.
Entitled much?
I’m honestly baffled at people complaining when end game players get 2 pieces of content since January 2020. Christ.
So you say you haven't done 7.1, 7.2, variants and boss rushes because you waited for the really hard, challenging events to come. Or you done all that with one finger and got really bored.
I did it for the rewards, which were great. But I wasn’t challenged by it particularly. This is what the end game community has asked for, challenging content with great rewards and so far it looks like kabam have delivered.
We’ve put up with content that wasn’t aimed at us for 18 months, now it’s the Cavs turn to put up with content that isn’t aimed at you. If you want to complain, by all means go ahead. But it won’t really be received well.
Again, I m complaining because the event is advertised as one for Cavaliers also. Especially the first four fights. Which is false. I have no problem at all you guys getting your new thing, just don't false hope the rest of the community.
Do you have any R5 5*'s? Yes- you're fine. No- go back to act 6.
What percentage of cav players you think can do this in a single fight with no revives?
Apparently this is not suitable for Cavalier players. If this first fight is one of the easy ones, I don't wanna know what comes next. So Thronebreakers got TWO events, this one and the Gauntlet. Anything for the rest of us who don't want to turn this in to a "summer of pay"?
Sure. It's called doing all the other content that's available for progressing players. Variants. Story. EQ. Side Quest. Abyss.
First of all, I didn't say it's bad that you TB have new things to play with, I said We, don't. So don't promote it like we do. Second, nobody asked you. You also do EQ and sidequests and variants when they come to play. It's not that you don't have something to do in your spare time.
This is for cavalier players. It's just not for you as a cavalier player. There are people doing this with R5 5* champs. Cav players have those.
Also you're posting on a public thread. You're talking to everyone.
I m posting an opinion, not a question.
You're posting an opinion on a public forum. You can't set your comment to "no reply" nor can you stop people from disagreeing with your opinion. Plus you're grouping all Cav players into your opinion when it really just applies to you and probably a few more as we've already seen.
You don't have the skillzzz, cool but don't come here complaining about that. Maybe come and ask for help instead of going straight to hating on Kabam for creating this content.
It's another thing disagreeing with something, and another thing replying with a "you can't do this because of your inferior skills and because you havent done your homework, I m a TB so I know stuff" comment.
It's the opinion most of the people who have replied to you that it's due to your skill and nothing else.
Literally just watched a dude with a R4 5* She Hulk solo this Rogue. Even I can get her down to below 40% with my R4 She Hulk and I'm not particularly skilled.
So yes. We can disagree with your opinion, and we can also share our opinion that it's your lack of skill.
Apparently this is not suitable for Cavalier players. If this first fight is one of the easy ones, I don't wanna know what comes next. So Thronebreakers got TWO events, this one and the Gauntlet. Anything for the rest of us who don't want to turn this in to a "summer of pay"?
Sure. It's called doing all the other content that's available for progressing players. Variants. Story. EQ. Side Quest. Abyss.
First of all, I didn't say it's bad that you TB have new things to play with, I said We, don't. So don't promote it like we do. Second, nobody asked you. You also do EQ and sidequests and variants when they come to play. It's not that you don't have something to do in your spare time.
This is for cavalier players. It's just not for you as a cavalier player. There are people doing this with R5 5* champs. Cav players have those.
Also you're posting on a public thread. You're talking to everyone.
I m posting an opinion, not a question.
You're posting an opinion on a public forum. You can't set your comment to "no reply" nor can you stop people from disagreeing with your opinion. Plus you're grouping all Cav players into your opinion when it really just applies to you and probably a few more as we've already seen.
You don't have the skillzzz, cool but don't come here complaining about that. Maybe come and ask for help instead of going straight to hating on Kabam for creating this content.
It's another thing disagreeing with something, and another thing replying with a "you can't do this because of your inferior skills and because you havent done your homework, I m a TB so I know stuff" comment.
Simply complaining about content because you can’t do it will get people disagreeing with you. It comes across a bit moany, baseless and it’s going to catch some flak
It’s the first day, and lots of people have posted solos with a variety of champions. If you can’t solo fine, that’s the point. It’s meant to be hard, that’s why the rewards are so good for it.
It’s up to you whether you want to practice and use it as an opportunity to grow as a player. Maybe you’ll have to use items, that’s your choice. But if you come here and complain, especially when kabam have made it so gosh darn clear this is meant to be hard - you aren’t going to find many people who agree with you. And that means you will get told some stuff you won’t want to hear. That you are wrong, that maybe you’re just not ready for it.
I became TB recently, FTP account, r3 Gambit. Didn't do AOL or 100% Act 6 or Variants. I focused on what I could do to get TB: 7.1 and 7.2 completion plus a couple of EQ Cavalier for the 10% t5cc. All of the content can be completed by a combination of right roster, skill and units/resources. Less skill, more units/resources needed and so on. I couldn't do the Gauntlet cuz I needed more units for the lack of skill plus I don't really like 20+ fight challenges. SOP is better for my level plus you have a week to farm resources to complete just one fight at a time. My advise is, be patient and enjoy the game. Do what you can with what you have and before you know it you'll have a better roster, more skill and units/resources to do harder content. If you want to complain, do it about the bugs in the game instead of this.
Apparently this is not suitable for Cavalier players. If this first fight is one of the easy ones, I don't wanna know what comes next. So Thronebreakers got TWO events, this one and the Gauntlet. Anything for the rest of us who don't want to turn this in to a "summer of pay"?
Sure. It's called doing all the other content that's available for progressing players. Variants. Story. EQ. Side Quest. Abyss.
First of all, I didn't say it's bad that you TB have new things to play with, I said We, don't. So don't promote it like we do. Second, nobody asked you. You also do EQ and sidequests and variants when they come to play. It's not that you don't have something to do in your spare time.
This is for cavalier players. It's just not for you as a cavalier player. There are people doing this with R5 5* champs. Cav players have those.
Also you're posting on a public thread. You're talking to everyone.
I m posting an opinion, not a question.
You're posting an opinion on a public forum. You can't set your comment to "no reply" nor can you stop people from disagreeing with your opinion. Plus you're grouping all Cav players into your opinion when it really just applies to you and probably a few more as we've already seen.
You don't have the skillzzz, cool but don't come here complaining about that. Maybe come and ask for help instead of going straight to hating on Kabam for creating this content.
It's another thing disagreeing with something, and another thing replying with a "you can't do this because of your inferior skills and because you havent done your homework, I m a TB so I know stuff" comment.
I am TB but I'm a lot like State Farm I know a thing or two because I've seen a thing or two......thousand.
I've played this game every days since December-ish 2014. I've been on these forums since the old, original forums.
I've seen a lot. What I see more than anything is players like you that can't 1-shot a fight and call.it garbage, not worth the effort, isn't for the designated title, cash grab or whatever fancy phrase you're using as an excuse instead asking for help when you can't take down a defender. We're seeing it right now with Blade in the MEQ.
The event has been out for 6 hours. You have 6.5 days left. Maybe keep trying different tactics. Watch some YouTube videos etc.. Maybe you'll actually learn something. 🤷
Apparently this is not suitable for Cavalier players. If this first fight is one of the easy ones, I don't wanna know what comes next. So Thronebreakers got TWO events, this one and the Gauntlet. Anything for the rest of us who don't want to turn this in to a "summer of pay"?
Sure. It's called doing all the other content that's available for progressing players. Variants. Story. EQ. Side Quest. Abyss.
First of all, I didn't say it's bad that you TB have new things to play with, I said We, don't. So don't promote it like we do. Second, nobody asked you. You also do EQ and sidequests and variants when they come to play. It's not that you don't have something to do in your spare time.
This is for cavalier players. It's just not for you as a cavalier player. There are people doing this with R5 5* champs. Cav players have those.
Also you're posting on a public thread. You're talking to everyone.
I m posting an opinion, not a question.
You're posting an opinion on a public forum. You can't set your comment to "no reply" nor can you stop people from disagreeing with your opinion. Plus you're grouping all Cav players into your opinion when it really just applies to you and probably a few more as we've already seen.
You don't have the skillzzz, cool but don't come here complaining about that. Maybe come and ask for help instead of going straight to hating on Kabam for creating this content.
It's another thing disagreeing with something, and another thing replying with a "you can't do this because of your inferior skills and because you havent done your homework, I m a TB so I know stuff" comment.
It's the opinion most of the people who have replied to you that it's due to your skill and nothing else.
Literally just watched a dude with a R4 5* She Hulk solo this Rogue. Even I can get her down to below 40% with my R4 She Hulk and I'm not particularly skilled.
So yes. We can disagree with your opinion, and we can also share our opinion that it's your lack of skill.
The 4-5 Thronebreakers that want a challenge. Not a big number IMO. When you make something for our skills too, for the first fights at least, you make it as difficult as EQ cav, not Abyss and up. Do that for the first, again, advertised as cavalier, fights, and go crazy for the rest. It's that simple.
I didn't realise that Abyss was for Thronebreakers only, never seen a single Cav player ever complete it. Nope. Not one. Oh... wait...
Cavaliers can do this. If you haven't learned to intercept by now, you're in for a shock when you go to do 7.2 which is objectively easier than Abyss or even Act 6.
This is a only mildly harder than some of the fights you get in Act 6.3. Which might I add, was made before Thronebreaker.
Instead of complaining on the forums, go and practice. Put your thumbs to use in game instead of spouting your opinion off like you're talking for every Cav player and disregarding their skills and their ability to actually play the game and complete difficult content.
Apparently this is not suitable for Cavalier players. If this first fight is one of the easy ones, I don't wanna know what comes next. So Thronebreakers got TWO events, this one and the Gauntlet. Anything for the rest of us who don't want to turn this in to a "summer of pay"?
Sure. It's called doing all the other content that's available for progressing players. Variants. Story. EQ. Side Quest. Abyss.
First of all, I didn't say it's bad that you TB have new things to play with, I said We, don't. So don't promote it like we do. Second, nobody asked you. You also do EQ and sidequests and variants when they come to play. It's not that you don't have something to do in your spare time.
This is for cavalier players. It's just not for you as a cavalier player. There are people doing this with R5 5* champs. Cav players have those.
Also you're posting on a public thread. You're talking to everyone.
I m posting an opinion, not a question.
You're posting an opinion on a public forum. You can't set your comment to "no reply" nor can you stop people from disagreeing with your opinion. Plus you're grouping all Cav players into your opinion when it really just applies to you and probably a few more as we've already seen.
You don't have the skillzzz, cool but don't come here complaining about that. Maybe come and ask for help instead of going straight to hating on Kabam for creating this content.
It's another thing disagreeing with something, and another thing replying with a "you can't do this because of your inferior skills and because you havent done your homework, I m a TB so I know stuff" comment.
Everybody seems to be forgetting that this isn’t a new fight. Kabam didn’t just dream this up for SoP, it was originally a part of a celebrity gauntlet style event a few years back with the release of the Captain Marvel movie. You had to fight THIS SAME ROGUE SIX TIMES in one quest. They may have increased her health pool a bit, but that’s all.
This was before 6* r3 was even a thing, let alone the Thronebreaker title. Since then, tons of new champions who can handle this fight have been released.
I literally just facetanked the whole fight with Dragon Man just to see that I could. It was super easy. I used my 6* r2, but could have just as easily used a 5/65. It took a little while, but it wasn’t bad at all.
So yes, Cavalier players with 5/65 champions can do it. Because that’s who did it the first time around.
Wait is the final challenge gonna contain the 9 fights we will have plus new one? Bc its sounds like summoner showdown last year where the final stage had all fights together
Wait so if a cav player beats all of the bosses, they'll only be able to reach milestone 6?
I'm happy with that, for me specifically that's Actually Better than the Single Full T5CC Selector. Because with the 3 25% Selectors I can form a T5 Mutant And a T5 Skill, with the existing Fragments I already have.
I have a feeling at least a few other Cavs with be in the same position, where we got a Lot of Fragments for 2 Specific Classes but still not enough to form either until now.
Is this event a joke ??? So Kabam put the Cavaliers at the same level of difficulty as the Thronebreakers even if they do not have a 6r3. And for this event a 6r3 helps a lot. That is not fair: it is the Thronebreakers that ask for more harder challenges. Most of the Cavaliers do not even have completed the act 6. Always against the Cavaliers...
Dude in another world , i am cav and i am completely ok with it
Honestly as someone who would consider himself a high end cav (100% 7.1, working on 7.2) I love this. This is genuinely hard, but completely fair content with great rewards. I actually tried multiple options for the fight before deciding to use ghost. I have quake and she hulk, but couldn't be bothered to quake and shulk is not ranked. I spent about 8 runs practicing before getting her down to 8% before using an L1 revive. Could've got the solo but was happy spending the item. I don't know why some people can't understand simple English when kabam said this was an extremely difficult challenge. It is not designed for newer cavs who have barely done 6.1 so saying this is unfair on them is an incorrect statement. I can't speak for the rest of the bosses but so far this has been great so kudos to kabam. Sorry to rant but some of the people here expecting to get high level rewards for no effort were just starting to annoy me Good luck to those of you still trying to clear!
The wait is finally over, and at long last, the Summer of Pain has Begun!
We are presenting a special challenge for those who have become Cavalier (by completing Act 6 Chapter 1) or higher. Starting June 16, we will be releasing challenging Side-Quests weekly that consist of just ONE fight. But these fights will be against notoriously dangerous, challenging, and frustrating encounters from throughout The Contest!
Each week, for 9 weeks, a new fight will be featured and the previous week’s fight will be removed. So don’t miss a week of punishment! To further increase the difficulty, starting from the 4th week the fights will also have difficult Solo Objectives for you to try and overcome. The final challenge will go live on August 18 and feature horrific highlights from the previous weeks, all leading up to a fight that has likely haunted your dreams before. (Since we’re feeling charitable, that challenge will remain open for TWO whole weeks).
But what is to be gained from all this pain? 1x Gold. What? You want more? Fine. As you win fights and complete the Solo Objectives you’ll collect points that upgrade the rewards you can collect at the end of the event, all the way up to rewards such as a 6-Star Class Nexus Crystal and Tier 5 Class Catalyst Selectors! This is done with Peak Milestones. That means you won't receive any rewards along the way, but at the end of the Summer of Pain, you'll receive rewards based on how many points you earned from each of the Fights and Objectives along the way!
So don’t delay, get ready for fun in the sun as you feel the SUMMER OF PAIN!
EDIT:With the first Quest in the Summer of Pain launching this week, we want to add some clarity regarding who the Quests and Objectives will be available to.
Each week for 9 weeks this Summer, we will be releasing a new addition to the Summer of Pain. These Quests will be available to all Summoners that have earned the title of Cavalier (by completing Act 6 Chapter 1).
Starting with Week 4, we will be introducing Special Objectives that add an extra level of challenge to each of the Quests. These objectives will only be available to Summoners that have earned the title of Thronebreaker (by completing Act 6 Chapter 4, and possessing a Rank 3 6-Star Champion).
This means that if a Cavalier Summoner completes each of the Quests and earns the maximum number of points available to them, they will be able to obtain Milestone #6.
We apologize for missing this information in our earlier communications.
Guys please remove or reduce that blocking penetration, because wow! Its too much
Dude this event was advertised as supposed to be as hard as it gets. This is only the tip of the iceberg. Don't ask for nerfs just because you can't read where it says who this content is for.
I refuse to see this turn into another show up difficulty.
No man, intercepting is another game. A parry mastery is what most people use, including myself. Well I guess all the content goes to those that have time.
The node is called Invade. Has nothing to do with block proficiency. 300% increased attack while hitting into the block. Guess what, the attack can do that to the defender as well. Git gud.
That is just a ridiculous comparison. I obviously read the node. How can u compare a 119k PI to a 11k PI?
The wait is finally over, and at long last, the Summer of Pain has Begun!
We are presenting a special challenge for those who have become Cavalier (by completing Act 6 Chapter 1) or higher. Starting June 16, we will be releasing challenging Side-Quests weekly that consist of just ONE fight. But these fights will be against notoriously dangerous, challenging, and frustrating encounters from throughout The Contest!
Each week, for 9 weeks, a new fight will be featured and the previous week’s fight will be removed. So don’t miss a week of punishment! To further increase the difficulty, starting from the 4th week the fights will also have difficult Solo Objectives for you to try and overcome. The final challenge will go live on August 18 and feature horrific highlights from the previous weeks, all leading up to a fight that has likely haunted your dreams before. (Since we’re feeling charitable, that challenge will remain open for TWO whole weeks).
But what is to be gained from all this pain? 1x Gold. What? You want more? Fine. As you win fights and complete the Solo Objectives you’ll collect points that upgrade the rewards you can collect at the end of the event, all the way up to rewards such as a 6-Star Class Nexus Crystal and Tier 5 Class Catalyst Selectors! This is done with Peak Milestones. That means you won't receive any rewards along the way, but at the end of the Summer of Pain, you'll receive rewards based on how many points you earned from each of the Fights and Objectives along the way!
So don’t delay, get ready for fun in the sun as you feel the SUMMER OF PAIN!
EDIT:With the first Quest in the Summer of Pain launching this week, we want to add some clarity regarding who the Quests and Objectives will be available to.
Each week for 9 weeks this Summer, we will be releasing a new addition to the Summer of Pain. These Quests will be available to all Summoners that have earned the title of Cavalier (by completing Act 6 Chapter 1).
Starting with Week 4, we will be introducing Special Objectives that add an extra level of challenge to each of the Quests. These objectives will only be available to Summoners that have earned the title of Thronebreaker (by completing Act 6 Chapter 4, and possessing a Rank 3 6-Star Champion).
This means that if a Cavalier Summoner completes each of the Quests and earns the maximum number of points available to them, they will be able to obtain Milestone #6.
We apologize for missing this information in our earlier communications.
Guys please remove or reduce that blocking penetration, because wow! Its too much
Dude this event was advertised as supposed to be as hard as it gets. This is only the tip of the iceberg. Don't ask for nerfs just because you can't read where it says who this content is for.
I refuse to see this turn into another show up difficulty.
No man, intercepting is another game. A parry mastery is what most people use, including myself. Well I guess all the content goes to those that have time.
The node is called Invade. Has nothing to do with block proficiency. 300% increased attack while hitting into the block. Guess what, the attack can do that to the defender as well. Git gud.
That is just a ridiculous comparison. I obviously read the node. How can u compare a 119k PI to a 11k PI?
PI is a fairly useless number, all things considered. I ignore it completely going into fights.
Way back in the day when a lot of us endgamers started playing, it took a long time to even unlock parry and dexterity. It wasn’t even immediately apparent that they were things you needed. Learning to spot openings was a day one thing. It baffles me that a Cavalier player can say with a straight face that intercepting is too hard.
I... I just gave a “kids these days have it too easy” speech. Am I old now? I hate this.
Wait so if a cav player beats all of the bosses, they'll only be able to reach milestone 6?
Yeah that 75% selector and class nexus is awful for a Cav /s
You can pretty much choose your own TB rank up, that’s insane for cavs.
Lol I'm not complaining. I'm almost TB already and the rewards are insane, agreed but I don't think I'll personally be able to do all the fights imho. Just asked for confirmation.
I honestly think the nodes are too much, particularly the block penetration. Brawl is okay,buy that block penetration is too much. I just got discouraged. I tried but I am now discouraged. Maybe the removal of block penetration can be better
Still most of a week left to do it. And backing out and trying again for a better run is completely free. This format of quest is a great place for practice.
The block penetration is meant to encourage a no-block playstyle. You have to learn to work with the nodes, rather than against them. Higher difficulty is meant to make us stronger and wiser fighters. Take the opportunity to practice this week. And if you have the techniques down and have a good run, then go ahead and attempt to push through with items at that point. But I wouldn't advise it until you've made some progress in understanding and successfully executing the techniques needed to beat her. Good luck!
I can't learn intercepting in a week. There's life outside game. The pressure that comes with this penetration is too much.
I'm no She Hulk expert, at all. But when I saw this fight I immediately thought of her. And went in without watching videos as I often like to do, to get the raw, fresh experience of the encounter without outside suggestion. I had like 20 failed attempts before I got a solo. I ended up changing my strategy midway through these attempts. Instead of trying to heavy spam in the corner, I realized Rogues Aggressive node makes her more susceptible to stand up intercepts. Having now watched a few videos, I see that is definitely the case. The second time I went in (strictly for practice as I'd already completed it) it took about 7-8 attempts to solo. I may still go in some more to further sharpen my SheHulk game before it's over. Not for the rewards, cause I already have them. But because I want to add her to the list of champs that I am good at playing.
Do I probably have a better knowledge of the combat mechanics in this game to work off of? Sure, I've been playing for longer, presumably. But, how do you know if you can't get better at this fight in a week without trying? Maybe you can. Whether or not you learn to successfully do this fight in a week isn't necessarily the main point. The point is you can't have it both ways. You can't claim you are unwilling or too busy to practice something, but then be disappointed if you can't successfully complete it. This kind of holds true for many things in life, in general.
This event is an amazing opportunity for cavs to get some extra 6* shards. The real difficulty starts after week 4 so that's like 15K 6 star shards if you do the previous weeks.
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Why do you think it’s called summer of pain? If you could safely parry everything then it’d just be a cakewalk that many could do blindfolded
Either having vastly inferior champs that require 10-20 minutes per fight is challenging or it isn’t, need to make up your mind
Would you rather them have gated it behind TB?
I like playing Dark Souls, I think it's fun. I've watched a guy complete all the Soulsborne games one after the other without taking a single hit in any of the games or they had to start from the beginning of the first game over again, I don't think that's fun but it's certainly a challenge. Are we both playing the same game series? Yes. Are we both having fun doing things in the series? Yes. Am I going to have fun trying do his challenge? No.
Also you're posting on a public thread. You're talking to everyone.
Literally just watched a dude with a R4 5* She Hulk solo this Rogue. Even I can get her down to below 40% with my R4 She Hulk and I'm not particularly skilled.
So yes. We can disagree with your opinion, and we can also share our opinion that it's your lack of skill.
It’s the first day, and lots of people have posted solos with a variety of champions. If you can’t solo fine, that’s the point. It’s meant to be hard, that’s why the rewards are so good for it.
It’s up to you whether you want to practice and use it as an opportunity to grow as a player. Maybe you’ll have to use items, that’s your choice. But if you come here and complain, especially when kabam have made it so gosh darn clear this is meant to be hard - you aren’t going to find many people who agree with you. And that means you will get told some stuff you won’t want to hear. That you are wrong, that maybe you’re just not ready for it.
I've played this game every days since December-ish 2014. I've been on these forums since the old, original forums.
I've seen a lot. What I see more than anything is players like you that can't 1-shot a fight and call.it garbage, not worth the effort, isn't for the designated title, cash grab or whatever fancy phrase you're using as an excuse instead asking for help when you can't take down a defender. We're seeing it right now with Blade in the MEQ.
The event has been out for 6 hours. You have 6.5 days left. Maybe keep trying different tactics. Watch some YouTube videos etc.. Maybe you'll actually learn something. 🤷
Cavaliers can do this. If you haven't learned to intercept by now, you're in for a shock when you go to do 7.2 which is objectively easier than Abyss or even Act 6.
This is a only mildly harder than some of the fights you get in Act 6.3. Which might I add, was made before Thronebreaker.
Instead of complaining on the forums, go and practice. Put your thumbs to use in game instead of spouting your opinion off like you're talking for every Cav player and disregarding their skills and their ability to actually play the game and complete difficult content.
This was before 6* r3 was even a thing, let alone the Thronebreaker title. Since then, tons of new champions who can handle this fight have been released.
I literally just facetanked the whole fight with Dragon Man just to see that I could. It was super easy. I used my 6* r2, but could have just as easily used a 5/65. It took a little while, but it wasn’t bad at all.
So yes, Cavalier players with 5/65 champions can do it. Because that’s who did it the first time around.
Because with the 3 25% Selectors I can form a T5 Mutant And a T5 Skill, with the existing Fragments I already have.
I have a feeling at least a few other Cavs with be in the same position, where we got a Lot of Fragments for 2 Specific Classes but still not enough to form either until now.
Way back in the day when a lot of us endgamers started playing, it took a long time to even unlock parry and dexterity. It wasn’t even immediately apparent that they were things you needed. Learning to spot openings was a day one thing. It baffles me that a Cavalier player can say with a straight face that intercepting is too hard.
I... I just gave a “kids these days have it too easy” speech. Am I old now? I hate this.
Do I probably have a better knowledge of the combat mechanics in this game to work off of? Sure, I've been playing for longer, presumably. But, how do you know if you can't get better at this fight in a week without trying? Maybe you can. Whether or not you learn to successfully do this fight in a week isn't necessarily the main point. The point is you can't have it both ways. You can't claim you are unwilling or too busy to practice something, but then be disappointed if you can't successfully complete it. This kind of holds true for many things in life, in general.