Im not one to usually make these kinds of posts.

I dont usually makes these kinds of posts, but whoever the team is behind designing the quests and fights need to be fired. Its getting old. Eq and sq are supposed to be quick, fun and not overly difficult content for monthly rewards. If you guys want hard to downright difficult stuff, save it for story and everest content. But then again, this is what happens when you start hiring content creators onto your team. Enough is enough. Figure it out.

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Jerichoharris

Use your revives or lose your side quest entry ticket. Can you say Kerch-i-i-ing.

GroundedWisdom

I'm pissed on this one. 100k defenders, Unblockable, Root, Degen, can't lose an Entry. Anything else?

So…..no content this month I take it.

At least Story is dependable.

Beerus2Strong

I don't usually call for people to get fired but I agree on this one. Like what?

Sbk

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2874777#Comment_2874777

You KNOW kabam is messing up when you and I agree. This is literally only the second time ever and it feels weird and icky.

GroundedWisdom

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2874786#Comment_2874786

Oh, I agree. 20 Revs on a Side Quest with R3/R4 Champs because you don't want to lose an Entry, and something is just plain wrong.

Jerichoharris

Used one rev at level 4 using 6*5 and 7*2 and decided to stop there or it was going to turn into a rev pit. I’ve got better things to do. I never did fully explore act 6, 7 and 8 so it’ll be story quests, battlegrounds and AW only for the next couple of months. Side quest can go hang.

BringPopcorn

What a piece of hot garbage....

You would think that having all this connectivity issues and all they would at least have the foresight to not make the keys consumable, since you can DC and may want to restart....

Opposed to the statement made by Butterhs I really hope this game thrives and makes it for another 15 years. Cause if some guy came asking for a Job in gaming and resume shows Kabam its an easy pass. You turn what was a good enjoyable game into a pile of garbage. Congrats.

TotemCorruption

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2874786#Comment_2874786

He has no problem complaining when stuff affects him.

It's just usually he has no skin in the game with the other stuff so he feels free to just be a contrarian for the sake of getting attention.

Just my humble opinion.

Crow9074

To me it seems like a test to see how far they can push things. EQ sure it was new. maybe it was a mistake... but both EQ and SQ being like this shows it was purposefully done. It wasn't a mistake.

Idk if they're just trying to test how many resources players will use to complete this content or what.. but something seems to be going on in the background and it seems like it's mostly bad for a lot of the player base.

GroundedWisdom

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2874794#Comment_2874794

We're talking about the Side Quest, not me as a person. Care to join?

SidnyStorm

Did lvl5 with 7-star r3s, no revives, easy solos. Kindred is tricky, others are just punching bags.

So many people complain about sq difficulty… Maybe pocker and autobattler was not a bad idea? It seems like most of players can’t deal with something harder then these.

GroundedWisdom

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2874799#Comment_2874799

You've got to be kidding.

BringPopcorn

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2874799#Comment_2874799

What no R4s to use? I mean if you are so good ..

MoeyTehr

So…thanks to this thread, I had really low expectations going into the side quest…and it really wasn't that bad. Just got gotta read the nodes, have the right champs, etc.

Yeah, fighting Absorbing Man without Void is probably a ****, but my ascended 6* handled him fine…although I still wish I could dupe my 7* but that's a rant for a different thread.

Buttehrs

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2874792#Comment_2874792

Careful there too. Im doing 9.3.2 atm. The units paths arent exactly fun either now. There is nodes that absolutely require you to have a relic equipped, but then they also punish you for having it equipped as well.

GroundedWisdom

No matter what they put out, there's always a handful of people who will finish it and have no issue.

The question is, why is it even necessary? In these many years, I don't recall using that many resources on a Side Quest. Necro, absolutely. Not the SQ. It's insane.

Zeraphan

Side Quest, like EQ, has always been the place for less skill/effort/time than any form of Everest content. It is where players who don't have the ability/resources/skill to beat Everest content get their resources to advance so that they can then take on the previously unbeatable content.

Ashasg007

I have just done it 4 times and got the rewards each time. Spider woman is great for this quest

Buttehrs

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2874803#Comment_2874803

You completely missed the point. Harder quests and fights are one thing. Having nothing but those kinds of fights for what is supposed to be quick and frankly easy monthly content is another.

MoeyTehr

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2874814#Comment_2874814

I got your point and, in fact, I usually agree on this very point regarding how side quests keep forgetting that they're suppose to be side quests. That's something I've bemoaned for a long time.

However, this particular side quest didn't feel bad at all and it's definitely far simpler than some of the side quests we've had to deal with in recent months (or even all year).

My point is, yeah, it's a little bad this month but it's not nearly as bad as the **** we've dealt with before.

Either way, it pales in comparison with the sheer disaster of this month's event quest. So maybe that's why I didn't find it so bad, especially after going into it with low expectations set by this thread.

HuskerCool

Managed to make it thru without items, but I think it was more luck than anything. This is getting tiresome fast.

Bendy

we had 2 good months of fun sq just to be now a horrible feeling as attacks are some reason unjustified where its unfun to play the mode, and i know i wont be reentering this week ill just look next week to see if anything is better

klobberintyme

So as far as "Boss Rush"es go, this wasn't too terrible - IF you happened to have the right champs at high levels. I used r4 SW for most of the fights.

She started at 3/4ths dead and I played a basic Abs man fight. Lucked out cause I didn't know this going in:

What I will say is that for a "Boss Rush" these rewards are not ideal:

Where's the r5 AG or whatever we got from the last iteration? And for Threat Level 5 SQ this is a Boss Rush. Might annoy some folk. Maybe things got mixed up?

FabiusBR

So, both the EQ and the SQ this month are huge increases in difficulty. That is not random. Kabam decided to jack up the difficulty. Why? Are they that clueless?

Shaping up to be a quiet month with no SQ and EQ worth playing. Probably should use the time to find another game that is actually fun to play.

Zeraphan

To get the full rewards you have to do the SQ 4 times which isn't a new thing.

That said, if the fights are going to be more challenging, or if they are going to be the exact same fights/path, it is extremely boring and tedious to have to do it 4 times.

A boss rush style should be 1 and done for all the rewards.

klobberintyme

Update: I suspect I'm expected to just run lower levels with extra eyes

Joker1976

Wow,… another strike (been a bad month for the game team).

i don’t understand how Kabam seems to think people want to put that much time reading into so many nodes for side quest (yet another casual game mode).

High health pools / restrictive,..and not anywhere in the realm of fun,…hmmm 🤔

I’m really starting to question (in my own mind),..if this company actually does want to push long time players out of the game.

Truly such a weird time for mcoc.

Magrailothos

Agree that this isn't balanced.

The side quest at Level 5 is usually much less OP than this. Who the heck put Kindred there, and gave him Unblockable, Root, and Special Lock when Rooted?

Screenshot_2025-09-10-23-41-26-035_com.kabam.marvelbattle.jpg

Having said that, I'd put it in the category of overtuned, rather than insane.

I used just a couple of revives.

Oh, and @klobberintyme - definitely hold onto those spare eyes, in case of a need to back out for different champs in up-coming weeks...

MFDOOMbot

Don't worry! Kabam generously decided to extend the Sword & Stones sale to let you buy, I mean skill, your way through this SQ.

Joker1976

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2874789#Comment_2874789

bro 20 revives? Lol.

I finished off Kindred and then died out and quit.

Not spending any resources or revives on a side quest,.shouldn’t have to.