Act 9.3

Not even done with first quest and I already think it's annoying and boring, anyone else having the same thoughts?

I genuinely wonder, who's the numbnuts that keeps coming up with these dumb node combinations making paths so restrictive? For example Buffet + Traumatic Therapy + Lionheart... We can't use buff immune and we can't use anything that reduces or reverses healing... Wtf do we do then sit there fighting for five minutes? I had no issues clearing the path because I have the roster for it but because it's so damn restrictive I was only able to use Zola and Shuri for the whole path. Not that it was hard or anything but using the same two champs for a whole path is so boring and annoying, I really don't understand why they continue this trend of making content either very restrictive or overtuned to hell it's almost like they didn't learn their lesson after WoF.

I remember back when we used to have weapon nodes, quests were so much fun back then... Whoever's been in charge of designing quests since WoF seriously needs to get fired this is getting old lol.

Comments

Zeraphan

I have not been a huge fan of the Scourge paths in Act 9, but the one for 9.3.1 looks like it is going to be my least favorite yet. Haven't had a chance to actually try it out, was just reading through the nodes so it might not be as horrible in actual play.

Chikel

I have done only one part - The 9.3.1 Relic path and I hate it. I took a look at the next and it's more of the same.

If their goal is to get us to appreciate relics more then they're doing a terrible job because forcing me to equip relics (Which I already do just for the combo extender) then punishing me for it is only going to make me hate them.

They need to fire whatever new content designer they hired or tell him/her to chill out. Must have brought back the guy who designed Act 6.

captain_rogers

It's not at all restrictive bro. Tech gate, simply use a heal block champ, like sentinel. Or a nullify immune science or tech champ.

The healthpools are only around 800k even lesser than current EQ health pools.

The relic paths are tricky but again they also add a element of fun for me personally.

captain_rogers

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2874841#Comment_2874841

The relic path is unnecessarily tough, because it demande you to get prowess frequently, but all these new muties get daunted instead of prowess. The relic stuff itself Is not bad it's the prowess part that make the path a slog.

Oakenshield

9.3 was the first Beta in a long time that I didn’t either fully complete or do most of. I did all of 9.3.1 and one path of 9.3.2 and then just decided it wasn’t fun and didn’t do the rest. I did provide that feedback to Kabam as part of the Beta so sorry to hear it sounds like they may not have corrected it.

Chikel

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2874848#Comment_2874848

It wasn't until that path that I realised how very few mutants actually consistently gained prowesses. Bishop would have been a good option but the unblockable made him unviable. Kitty was the ideal option for that path but she's only available as 6* and I found it easier and faster to simply use a 7* and intercept the entire path.

The next relic path isn't looking too promising either and I'm going to assume the rest of them are like that.

captaincush

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2874848#Comment_2874848

not only that, but it appears passive prowess effects don't meet the requirements

Nuclear

I can see what they were going for but that striker getting you punished can be so annoying that you want to remove the stryker but doing so punishes you too

ItsClobberinTime

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2874847#Comment_2874847

How many tech champs with decent enough damage for hps that big have heal block? You wanna sit there and use Vision and Deathstrike? Like I said I don't enjoy sitting there for three minutes or using the same champ (I know you're going to say Red Skull) for a whole path it's boring.

ItsClobberinTime

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2874847#Comment_2874847

That path was by far the worst and most boring I was stuck using 7* and 6* Storm throughout the whole path. When I say restrictive I don't mean hard or impossible to do, I mean only a group of champs work and that's boring to me, at least when it's this small.

Newman0067

Im mostly done with 100%, havent had much issue but i am also a R4 Deathless Vision owner. I think the paths were well done, with a clear goal of who you need for each path. However the lack of heal block champions from the tech class might hold people back from the lion heart part in .1 and the silver sable boss. However from my personal view, brilliant job, Kabam!

NoahSansman

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2874863#Comment_2874863

I used Warlock and Omega Sentinel. The path is really not bad at all. Even Howard the Duck would work. There are way more options that you aren't thinking of.

TotemCorruption

I don't think it's that bad at all.

TotemCorruption

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2874822#Comment_2874822

Very easy path. Used Anti-Venom for every fight.

TheMostHated1

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2874822#Comment_2874822

Ngl I just used void and reversed the healing

RevHeresy

9.3.1 wasn’t bad for me. R3Storm did some good work. Also used onslaught with some skilled dodging here and there.

Heimdal though… he woulda made me rage if I didn’t have dark phx.

Korg was ezpz with jean

anyone against Loki.

oh the tech path, shuri did awesome work.

Science path wasn’t bad with photon.

ItsClobberinTime

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2874869#Comment_2874869

Omega Sentinel and Howard are both extremely niche and since I am BGs focused I don't have either ranked, are you suggesting I use r1 7* for 900k hp? Like I said, I don't enjoy sitting there doing fights for three minutes personally.

ItsClobberinTime

Some people didn't get the point of my post it seems. I never claimed it's hard, and when I say restrictive I mean you're basically forced to use niche options you probably haven't even ranked up because they're irrelevant most of the time, the same as WoF. So yes I'm aware there are counters, but a lot of them are niche and personally I hate that.

NoahSansman

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2874885#Comment_2874885

Straw manned me by ignoring how I mentioned warlock and I said "even howard the duck." "Even" being the big word you ignored. And calling Omega Sentinel "extremely niche" is just wrong.

TotemCorruption

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2874889#Comment_2874889

What niche counters? This is nothing like WoF.

The path where you used Zola and Shuri I used Shocker and FAM I think. Tons of options. Just your regular story content.

Saucemonster34

I'm guessing that ever since Hercules they make more money designing restrictive content than challenging content. If you have no problem dropping a bag on this game to get and rank up the new champs then most of the recent content is going to be pretty easy. They probably have more people spending money on stuff to get and rank up new champs than people spending money on revives and potions to complete content. Also potions and boosts and stuff like that are much more accessible than crystals and rank up materials

ItsClobberinTime

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2874892#Comment_2874892

I find it hard to believe you did all those fights in under two minutes with two champs that don't really counter anything in the path (FAM even feeds the regen further because of the buffs), even when I tried it with Starkey at first it went over a minute on every fight. If you read the whole post that's the other thing I have an issue with, I don't want to be sitting there for more than two minutes a fight cause then I already feel burned out after one path alone. Everyone complained about how WoF felt like a massive slog, I feel the same way about this.

ItsClobberinTime

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2874891#Comment_2874891

Where exactly do you play in BGs Uru 3? I haven't seen a single OS in Quantum since that one armor meta we had, so yes she is niche in BGs at least and I have no interest in ranking her up because she is not meta relevant. I'm not saying you should be focused on BGs and so should everyone else, I'm simply stating for me personally those champs are niche because I have very few uses for them.

As for Warlock, that one I will admit was my fault because I read the node wrong and thought he would take unavoidable damage, still doesn't change the fact that there are very few meta relevant techs with heal block, and if you think OS is meta relevant then I don't know what to say to you I'm just speechless lol.

TotemCorruption

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2874894#Comment_2874894

It wasn't under 2 minutes; I didn't realize that was a requirement.

I was just saying lots of options work without revives.

Yes, with FAM it takes a few SP2s, but they die eventually.

ItsClobberinTime

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2874899#Comment_2874899

I know they do, that's not what I'm arguing here and I didn't say it's a requirement either, I simply said I don't enjoy story content being this long personally, some people agreed some didn't. If you don't well then agree to disagree I guess.

NoahSansman

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2874896#Comment_2874896

There's a difference between "extremely niche" and BG champs. Is every champ you rank for BGs purely? They sure aren't for me. I rank for war and everest too. I think you'll find that a lot of people have an omega sentinel ranked. Or even a Viv Vision since we all just got her. She applies heal block. She works for the path perfectly.

Squidopus

You don’t have any of the following:

• Nullify immune (Dazzler, Galan, White Tiger, Overseer)

• Heal Block (Yondu, Sentinel, Warlock)

• Debuff Spammers w/ Despair (Onslaught, Quicksilver, Spider-Woman, Werewolf, many others (this is a big category))

• Buff control such as Neutralize or Stagger (Purgatory, Wiccan, Rintrah)

• Nefaria or Photon, who can reverse the Regen because their Regen Rate Reduction is a passive ability (Lionheart only punishes Debuffs that reduce Regen Rate).

I think you’re vastly overstating how niche the options for what is essentially a simple Buffet path are. Calling most of the listed champs here irrelevant would be a stretch, even if you only cared about BGs and literally nothing else.

ItsClobberinTime

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2874913#Comment_2874913

Then this post and all my replies aren't for you because yes I rank purely for BGs, I don't rank anything for Everest content unless it's a roadblock straight up, and I don't do war.

Not in my experience in GC so far, and if they do then nobody's using her. I've barely seen Vivs and I didn't pick her either cause I went with Voodoo, I've seen plenty of r3 Culls zero Vivs so far why do you think that is?

ItsClobberinTime

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2874916#Comment_2874916

Some I do have, some I haven't ranked up because they are niche, some I don't have. My issue is that some of the champs I do have which you mentioned are still a slog, if you try doing that fight with even a r3 Galan I can guarantee that fight would be a 2 minute fight at the very least. Like I said it's not that there are no counters I just dislike these type of nodes where if you don't use the absolute best counters the fights are a slog.

I also just used this one as an example but it probably wasn't the best example, the mutant path is far worse, how many relevant mutant champs gain prowess just by landing basic attacks? I had to do the entire path with two Storms.

Xguard77

Could you imagine if they released pre-nerf Act 6 with this group of complainers?