2nd Valiant Gauntlet

What are your thoughts in general of the Valiant Gauntlet? (Now that we have it for a second month)
I am really enjoying it a lot. Pros for me:
1. First, not having to do Thronebreaker difficulty anymore is a massive win for me.
2. Being able to explore it in the first week of the month and get those rewards and then focus on other stuff the rest of the month is great.
3. The possibility of using champions that I don't normally use. I like this to be honest, sometimes it is tough because I haven't used X champ for awhile but you get used to it.
4. Rewards for now are good. I just hope they don't let them get outdated if they decide to continue with this format
5. Mutant path this month was so easy with those nodes. I really enjoyed that one.
I've been struggling with the Mystic path (this month and last month) because my mystic roster is not fully ranked up. That is the path I enjoyed the least.
Would love to know your thoughts.
I am really enjoying it a lot. Pros for me:
1. First, not having to do Thronebreaker difficulty anymore is a massive win for me.
2. Being able to explore it in the first week of the month and get those rewards and then focus on other stuff the rest of the month is great.
3. The possibility of using champions that I don't normally use. I like this to be honest, sometimes it is tough because I haven't used X champ for awhile but you get used to it.
4. Rewards for now are good. I just hope they don't let them get outdated if they decide to continue with this format
5. Mutant path this month was so easy with those nodes. I really enjoyed that one.
I've been struggling with the Mystic path (this month and last month) because my mystic roster is not fully ranked up. That is the path I enjoyed the least.
Would love to know your thoughts.
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Now I can't sleep at night because I'm so peeved!
All the paths have fluctuating nodes this round, changing somewhere around or after the halfway mark. Still didn't make me read the nodes after the initial fight, but made for a couple unexpected surprises in there.
in large part it feels like they expanded the fights just enough so you can really lean into a champ’s kit, or the nodes (which can be fun) without the complexity of true end game content. big win.
and let’s get them Paragons rounded up to Valiant! puts pressure for the next progression level to drop.
Still don't like relic nodes..
1) It still feels as if node changes happen at random if you don't actively count how many fights you've done. I wish it was clearer when such a change happened.
2) Related to this, I hate that the node that require champions to have relics equipped comes up last in the quest. When it happened this time, I had already used up all of my champs that worked for the main node and also had relics equipped. As such, I had to decide if I either wanted to slog through without any of the boosts from the main node or just suffer the consequences of not having a relic equipped. I'm not absolutely against those relic nodes, but please put them at the beginning of the quest instead of towards the end.
Other than that, though, I had a lot of fun.
Also Nick Fury (5*) still OP to get a full heal
Only wish they added that node to the skill quest instead. Barring Nick Fury, there really arent very many healers in the class. It my only grouse because mutant class has lots of healers already.