As I’ve reflected on this fiasco, I’ve realized the unresolvable issue here. I’ll preface this statement by saying that I thought variants 5, 6, and 7 were fun and a good work/reward balance.
When you have such a narrow pool of champs, it’s nearly impossible to say it’s for not-endgame players. It just doesn’t work.
It's one thing to create a boss that requires niche solutions to solve, but if you're going to do that, why make the required champs ones who don't fit in AT ALL with the rest of the theme of the entire event? I mean, Apoc + Mr. F + 3/3 despair works, but last I checked those champs aren't mercs and non endgame players usually haven't invested in full despair mastery. There is an awful lot of contradiction in both the design of and promotion of this event and it's a really bad look.
i think, since you don't upgrade the rewards for this content, you should make it easyer to help people rang up champions to further progress in content. if you have to spent resorses and units in otrer to earn some worthless (for me) rang up 2-3,3-4 and a 4-5 rang up gems, for specific champions not worth the time!
It's one thing to create a boss that requires niche solutions to solve, but if you're going to do that, why make the required champs ones who don't fit in AT ALL with the rest of the theme of the entire event? I mean, Apoc + Mr. F + 3/3 despair works, but last I checked those champs aren't mercs and non endgame players usually haven't invested in full despair mastery. There is an awful lot of contradiction in both the design of and promotion of this event and it's a really bad look.
Even though I think the entire Variant is utter garbage let alone that VP boss, I do hope it convinces at least a few people to take the advice a lot of longer term players have been yelling at newer players for ages. Invest in masteries. Stop throwing away tons of units on content just to get through it when you can farm those resources and actually invest in your masteries to make all future content easier.
The massive disconnect these people must have from the playerbase and even their own stated intentions is astounding. These are supposedly aimed at mid tier progressing players and yet they get more restrictive with each iteration. I have 41 R4/3 6*s and even I felt restricted in this dumpster fire excuse for content.
Is this dpx fight bugged? Dude follows the node and doesn’t throw s1 or 2 but immediately throws his s3. What up Kabam?
I think the answer is yes.
I’ve run that fight ~20 times. Every time DPX gets his Sp3, he immediately uses it. He has never used any of his other specials, despite copious dancing around and trying to tease them out.
I cleared him this morning using VP, Domino, Masacre, 3* DP and Luke Cage (6* R2). It took the team whittling him down and Cage tanking one Sp3, eating another and then getting a Sp1 stun lock to finish him off. No items used.
But…that was my fifth or sixth try using different teams.
@Karatemike415 has used Nebula with success by dropping her Sp2 with full shocks, but I wonder if it’s still possible for DPX to fire off his Sp3 before he dies. It worked for Mike.
Others on here have claimed to use Domino and killed him before he got his Sp3. That seems like it would take a lot of luck.
So, yes—I think it’s bugged, even though people have successfully cleared it.
Is this dpx fight bugged? Dude follows the node and doesn’t throw s1 or 2 but immediately throws his s3. What up Kabam?
I think the answer is yes.
I’ve run that fight ~20 times. Every time DPX gets his Sp3, he immediately uses it. He has never used any of his other specials, despite copious dancing around and trying to tease them out.
I cleared him this morning using VP, Domino, Masacre, 3* DP and Luke Cage (6* R2). It took the team whittling him down and Cage tanking one Sp3, eating another and then getting a Sp1 stun lock to finish him off. No items used.
But…that was my fifth or sixth try using different teams.
@Karatemike415 has used Nebula with success by dropping her Sp2 with full shocks, but I wonder if it’s still possible for DPX to fire off his Sp3 before he dies. It worked for Mike.
Others on here have claimed to use Domino and killed him before he got his Sp3. That seems like it would take a lot of luck.
So, yes—I think it’s bugged, even though people have successfully cleared it.
Is this dpx fight bugged? Dude follows the node and doesn’t throw s1 or 2 but immediately throws his s3. What up Kabam?
I think the answer is yes.
I’ve run that fight ~20 times. Every time DPX gets his Sp3, he immediately uses it. He has never used any of his other specials, despite copious dancing around and trying to tease them out.
I cleared him this morning using VP, Domino, Masacre, 3* DP and Luke Cage (6* R2). It took the team whittling him down and Cage tanking one Sp3, eating another and then getting a Sp1 stun lock to finish him off. No items used.
But…that was my fifth or sixth try using different teams.
@Karatemike415 has used Nebula with success by dropping her Sp2 with full shocks, but I wonder if it’s still possible for DPX to fire off his Sp3 before he dies. It worked for Mike.
Others on here have claimed to use Domino and killed him before he got his Sp3. That seems like it would take a lot of luck.
So, yes—I think it’s bugged, even though people have successfully cleared it.
The more I mess around in V8, the more I think I'll just do a completion run after they change the VP boss. I like the addition of hacks to make the paths more fun, but most of these bosses create too much stress. Considering how low value these rewards are, I am not sure why Kabam would make it such a pain in the pool to get through.
I've said it a bajillion times here -- I am playing this game to have fun, not to be stressed or pissed off. Challenge is good, hard content is fine -- but the nodes on some of these bosses feel like jerk moves designed to enrage players. That's a weird goal for a video game IMO.
The problematic fights are Deadpool X force and Venompool which I have to wait for a fix. I explored all other maps and really it would be a good and fair Variant without these two bosses.
The first boss was bugged as hell but somehow he died to Gwenpool every time.
Why still giving gems that only work for champs before 2017? At least change them a little bit ffs
I’m with you nearly 7 yrs later you telling me no one has maxed out their 2017 champions these rank gems are pretty much useless
I can’t agree with this. I had 125+ 5-stars and just got my first Magneto as a 5 or 6 last week. Still no Cable to pair with my 3/45 apoc. Reworks have created new niches for plenty of old champs. I think of these gems now as a way to fill a role I wouldn’t use resources on otherwise. I don’t have 5-star Ronan on one account. He will absolutely get a gem when I get him just to more easily cheese occasional content.
I was looking forward to this variant coz Deadpool and the SQs of the last few months haven't been that fun for me - I hate Solo Objectives even tho the symbiote one was okay. This month's is annoying me due to the 3 champion restrictions and two are basically two champions because I'm not fighting a stacked Hype with a 3* Sersi or the other one.
The rewards seemed fine, but mostly because I was expecting it to be like the last few Variants, but it's bugged, and I'm refusing to use more items on the DPXF - at first I thought I'd read the node wrong, then figured I'd missed something - hence I'm stuck. Well I rage quit, so I'll have to go do it again, and I've wasted some items.
Deadpool stuff is usually light hearted and fun, and this variant (so far) is not. The champ restrictions are ridiculous too, considering its not endgame content, the pool is tiny when you consider Deadpool, Goldpool and Platinumpool are pretty rare trophy champs and DPFX sucks. Yondu isn't that great. They just don't have much utility as a group. Using them doesn't even provide much of a boost, unless it's Red Deadpool and he's a rare champ.
Variants are my favourite content. This one makes me sad. I don't know if an r5 Venompool can even beat the final VP boss. I don't have mutant catalysts to rank up Sabretooth. The final boss would have been fine if it wasn't restricted to such a tiny pool of champs - even a 50% reduction like the tech variant would have been fine. It works fine in the Villians variant because they're a much more diverse group consisting of more than a small handful of useable champs that are likely to even have been ranked to a decent level.
That aside, I do love the Deadpooloids and I've found Masacre is super fun and I'm taking my 6* to rank 2 at some point.
It's in the video that I posted but yes to both. Feel free to watch it to determine
Right—I missed the first part and I couldn’t tell if you had shocked him before he let off the first Sp3. Which tells me what I need to know: dropping a Sp2 with shocks doesn’t guarantee a KO. Karate Mike got lucky.
Is this fight supposed to be cleared using revives...
-100 chance for DPX to use his Special attacks... Working as Intended
That fight is nothing compared to venompool.
Game is so broken… wtg game team. More broken bunk content and inaccurate information.. it would also be nice if my screen didn’t constantly say parry in green while I’m getting pounded into my block, not that you care 6 months later and counting
Is this dpx fight bugged? Dude follows the node and doesn’t throw s1 or 2 but immediately throws his s3. What up Kabam?
I think the answer is yes.
I’ve run that fight ~20 times. Every time DPX gets his Sp3, he immediately uses it. He has never used any of his other specials, despite copious dancing around and trying to tease them out.
I cleared him this morning using VP, Domino, Masacre, 3* DP and Luke Cage (6* R2). It took the team whittling him down and Cage tanking one Sp3, eating another and then getting a Sp1 stun lock to finish him off. No items used.
But…that was my fifth or sixth try using different teams.
@Karatemike415 has used Nebula with success by dropping her Sp2 with full shocks, but I wonder if it’s still possible for DPX to fire off his Sp3 before he dies. It worked for Mike.
Others on here have claimed to use Domino and killed him before he got his Sp3. That seems like it would take a lot of luck.
So, yes—I think it’s bugged, even though people have successfully cleared it.
Dr. Zola
Horseman Domino can get an easy solo. I brought a team of Apoc, Wags, Prof X, Domino and Massacre.
- Apoc for horseman - Prof X for his 25% special increase and the Apoc synergy that gives horsemen +30% prowess potency - Wags for the damage boost from both his prefight and atonement synergy. He also has a synergy with Prof X that increases the potency of the atonement synergy
I sacrificed 2 revives on NC to get 4 charges on Apoc then made Domino a horseman. I also popped a 15% attack boost and a 200% power boost for good measure. My plan was to launch back to back sp2 but he threw his sp3 after the first sp2. It didn't matter anyway, the second did a massive 89k crit. The 15% attack boost was probably uneccassary but I had a lot of it and didn't want to take any chances.
Is this dpx fight bugged? Dude follows the node and doesn’t throw s1 or 2 but immediately throws his s3. What up Kabam?
I think the answer is yes.
I’ve run that fight ~20 times. Every time DPX gets his Sp3, he immediately uses it. He has never used any of his other specials, despite copious dancing around and trying to tease them out.
I cleared him this morning using VP, Domino, Masacre, 3* DP and Luke Cage (6* R2). It took the team whittling him down and Cage tanking one Sp3, eating another and then getting a Sp1 stun lock to finish him off. No items used.
But…that was my fifth or sixth try using different teams.
@Karatemike415 has used Nebula with success by dropping her Sp2 with full shocks, but I wonder if it’s still possible for DPX to fire off his Sp3 before he dies. It worked for Mike.
Others on here have claimed to use Domino and killed him before he got his Sp3. That seems like it would take a lot of luck.
So, yes—I think it’s bugged, even though people have successfully cleared it.
Dr. Zola
Horseman Domino can get an easy solo. I brought a team of Apoc, Wags, Prof X, Domino and Massacre.
- Apoc for horseman - Prof X for his 25% special increase and the Apoc synergy that gives horsemen +30% prowess potency - Wags for the damage boost from both his prefight and atonement synergy. He also has a synergy with Prof X that increases the potency of the atonement synergy
I sacrificed 2 revives on NC to get 4 charges on Apoc then made Domino a horseman. I also popped a 15% attack boost and a 200% power boost for good measure. My plan was to launch back to back sp2 but he threw his sp3 after the first sp2. It didn't matter anyway, the second did a massive 89k crit. The 15% attack boost was probably uneccassary but I had a lot of it and didn't want to take any chances.
Horseman Domino can get an easy solo.
(Multiple synergy partners, multiple boosts, revives and maybe some good fortune)
Comments
Well done Kabam!
When you have such a narrow pool of champs, it’s nearly impossible to say it’s for not-endgame players. It just doesn’t work.
I’ve run that fight ~20 times. Every time DPX gets his Sp3, he immediately uses it. He has never used any of his other specials, despite copious dancing around and trying to tease them out.
I cleared him this morning using VP, Domino, Masacre, 3* DP and Luke Cage (6* R2). It took the team whittling him down and Cage tanking one Sp3, eating another and then getting a Sp1 stun lock to finish him off. No items used.
But…that was my fifth or sixth try using different teams.
@Karatemike415 has used Nebula with success by dropping her Sp2 with full shocks, but I wonder if it’s still possible for DPX to fire off his Sp3 before he dies. It worked for Mike.
Others on here have claimed to use Domino and killed him before he got his Sp3. That seems like it would take a lot of luck.
So, yes—I think it’s bugged, even though people have successfully cleared it.
Dr. Zola
Dr. Zola
I've said it a bajillion times here -- I am playing this game to have fun, not to be stressed or pissed off. Challenge is good, hard content is fine -- but the nodes on some of these bosses feel like jerk moves designed to enrage players. That's a weird goal for a video game IMO.
The first boss was bugged as hell but somehow he died to Gwenpool every time.
This month's is annoying me due to the 3 champion restrictions and two are basically two champions because I'm not fighting a stacked Hype with a 3* Sersi or the other one.
The rewards seemed fine, but mostly because I was expecting it to be like the last few Variants, but it's bugged, and I'm refusing to use more items on the DPXF - at first I thought I'd read the node wrong, then figured I'd missed something - hence I'm stuck. Well I rage quit, so I'll have to go do it again, and I've wasted some items.
Deadpool stuff is usually light hearted and fun, and this variant (so far) is not. The champ restrictions are ridiculous too, considering its not endgame content, the pool is tiny when you consider Deadpool, Goldpool and Platinumpool are pretty rare trophy champs and DPFX sucks.
Yondu isn't that great. They just don't have much utility as a group. Using them doesn't even provide much of a boost, unless it's Red Deadpool and he's a rare champ.
Variants are my favourite content. This one makes me sad. I don't know if an r5 Venompool can even beat the final VP boss. I don't have mutant catalysts to rank up Sabretooth. The final boss would have been fine if it wasn't restricted to such a tiny pool of champs - even a 50% reduction like the tech variant would have been fine. It works fine in the Villians variant because they're a much more diverse group consisting of more than a small handful of useable champs that are likely to even have been ranked to a decent level.
That aside, I do love the Deadpooloids and I've found Masacre is super fun and I'm taking my 6* to rank 2 at some point.
Dr. Zola
Is this fight supposed to be cleared using revives...
-100 chance for DPX to use his Special attacks... Working as Intended
Game is so broken… wtg game team. More broken bunk content and inaccurate information.. it would also be nice if my screen didn’t constantly say parry in green while I’m getting pounded into my block, not that you care 6 months later and counting
I brought a team of Apoc, Wags, Prof X, Domino and Massacre.
- Apoc for horseman
- Prof X for his 25% special increase and the Apoc synergy that gives horsemen +30% prowess potency
- Wags for the damage boost from both his prefight and atonement synergy. He also has a synergy with Prof X that increases the potency of the atonement synergy
I sacrificed 2 revives on NC to get 4 charges on Apoc then made Domino a horseman. I also popped a 15% attack boost and a 200% power boost for good measure. My plan was to launch back to back sp2 but he threw his sp3 after the first sp2. It didn't matter anyway, the second did a massive 89k crit. The 15% attack boost was probably uneccassary but I had a lot of it and didn't want to take any chances.
(Multiple synergy partners, multiple boosts, revives and maybe some good fortune)
Putting Havok in 2.1 quest is a joke ...
How do kabam expect us to clear the lane with Mercenary class...