Announcing: Grandmaster Goldblum's Challenge

Kabam GalacticKabam Galactic Moderator Posts: 8
edited October 2017 in General Discussion
The Battlerealm, finds a way.

Do you and your Champions really think you can stand up to Grandmaster Goldblum’s Asgardian Army?! Prove your might in Grandmaster Goldblum’s Challenge, and take on 6 Champions chosen by the Grandmaster Goldblum himself, in celebration of the upcoming film, Thor: Ragnarok!

This bonus quest exists in addition to the Quests that are already on the go, as well as the Boss Rush challenge, and it has the regular caveat… It’s hard! Remember the Web-Slinger Challenge? It’s like that, but with a cosmic and mystic flair to it!

This isn’t gonna be easy, so let’s just get that straight right now! Not everybody is going to be able to complete it, but the Grandmaster rewards those Summoners brave enough to persevere against his greatest challenges!

This Challenge starts TODAY at 10 am PT, and runs until November 16th at 10 am PT!

Will this be harder than the Web-Slinger Challenge?


That depends on how you found the Web-Slinger Challenge. Overall we have not greatly changed the base difficulty, but the different Champions and buffs will create a new experience!

What’s the structure of this Challenge?


The Challenge will consist of only 1 Chapter, and contains only 4 quests. Each of these quests has 31 Fights! Each quest consists of 6 paths, connected with portals, with 5 fights on each of them. There are 7 Portals on the map, with the 1st portal exiting to the beginning of any path, except the final boss. The rest will exit to either the Boss, or the next path. This way, you can teleport to your latest checkpoint next time you play if you weren't able to fully complete a quest on your first attempt.

Who did the Grandmaster bring out to play?


The Grandmaster is bringing out Thor, Thor (Jane Foster), Angela, Hulk and Doctor Strange to battle your Champions, and Loki will be acting as the Boss of every Quest!

What kind of Buffs will we be up against?

In addition to the regular Health and Attack buffs that you commonly see around the Contest, you’ll also be running up against some newer buffs that were introduced in Act 5, such as Bane, Cornered, and Brute Force! But, we’ll also be bringing back a majority of the global buffs used in the Web-Slinger challenge, including Life Transfer! As a reminder, that buff means you degenerate 2% of your Max Health per second, but steal 125% of the damage you deal as health. Life Transfer will benefit Summoners who attack aggressively, and can pull you out of a tough spot if you play your cards right. That said, it can very well work to your disadvantage in critical situations, should you play in an overly defensive manner. It’s important to note that there will be an instance where you’ll run up against Life Transfer and Bane at once. Effective use of Life Transfer in this fight will definitely aid wise Summoners!

We chose to bring Life Transfer back for this Challenge because you Summoners let us know how much you enjoyed it in the previous Challenge, but note that this doesn’t mean that we’ll be using it in every Champion Challenge going forward.

Will there be 6-Star Champions in this Challenge?


Nope! No 6-Star Champions in sight in this Challenge! This will be running for an entire month, but the first 13 days will overlap with the Boss Rush challenge that is also on. If you’d like to see how you’d fare against 6-Star Champions, that’s where you wanna do it!

What are the Rewards?

Let’s take a look!

ACT & CHAPTER REWARDS

Since the content consists of 1 Chapter only, players will receive Chapter Completion and Act Completion rewards as well as Chapter Exploration and Act Exploration rewards at the same time.

Chapter Completion

4-Star Hero Crystal Shards x300
5-Star hero Crystal Shards x100
Tier 4 Class Catalyst Fragment Crystals x10

Chapter Mastery

5-Star hero Crystal Shards x400
Tier 4 Class Catalyst Crystal x1
Tier 4 Basic Catalyst x1

Act Completion

4-Star Hero Crystal Shards x600
5-Star Hero Crystal Shards x250
Tier 4 Class Catalyst Fragment Crystal x20
Tier 4 Basic Catalyst x1
Tier 1 Alpha Catalyst x1

Act Mastery

5-Star Signature Stone x20
5-Star Crystal Shards x750
4-Star Awakening Gem Crystal x1
A Rare Title

Individual Quest Rewards

Quest 1 Completion
Tier 3 Generic ISO x2
Premium Hero Crystal Shards x225
3-Star Hero Crystal Shards x30

Quest 1 Mastery
Premium Hero Crystal Shards x275
3-Star Hero Crystal Shards x70
Units x30

Quest 2 Completion
Tier 3 Generic ISO x4
Premium Hero Crystal Shards x375
3-Star Hero Crystal Shards x150

Quest 2 Mastery
Premium Hero Crystal Shards x1125
3-Star Hero Crystal Shards x350
Units x35

Quest 3 Completion
Tier 4 Generic Catalyst Fragments x1500
4-Star Hero Crystal Shards x100

Quest 3 Mastery
4-Star Hero Crystal Shards x400
Tier 3 Class Catalyst Crystal x1
Units x50

Quest 4 Completion
4-Star Hero Crystal Shards x350
Tier 4 Class Catalyst Fragment Crystal x5
5-Star Hero Crystal Shards x100

Quest 4 Mastery
4-Star Hero Crystal Shards x850
5-Star Hero Crystal Shards x300
Units x70
Tier 4 Basic Catalyst Fragments x6000

There are also chests along the way that grant 3-Star and 4-Star Hero Crystal shards! Some drop more than others, but it’s up to chance!


Is there a Legends Title involved?

Yes there is! We’ll be using the “Time Attack” legends title approach. Your time starts when you begin the Challenge and ends when you 100% Complete all the quests. The top 100 fastest players will earn a Legends title, Legends points and one Tier 4 Class Catalyst Crystal. If you’re one of the fastest 5, you’ll get an additional two crystals, for a total of three Tier 4 Class Catalyst Crystals.Your time cannot be paused so be careful on when you begin and there’s only one entry per player. Summoners will have until the end of the event on November 16th at 10am PT to 100% complete all of the quests in order to qualify for the Legends Title.

What about those of us that don’t want to go for the Legends Title? Is there another Title for Mastering the Challenge?


Of course there is, but it’s really cool and we wanted to make sure that it got the attention that it deserved!

Summoners that master the entire challenge will receive the Rare Title of “The Goldblum”

There you have it Summoners! Prepare yourselves! Grandmaster Goldblum’s challenge is not for the faint of heart.



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Comments

  • Etaki_LirakoiEtaki_Lirakoi Member Posts: 480 ★★
    No BS champs, just difficult nodes(with the life transfer work around), a good challenge, I like it.
  • McCreeper67McCreeper67 Member Posts: 3
    What star are the champions in this challenge?
  • Kabam MiikeKabam Miike Moderator Posts: 8,269
    What star are the champions in this challenge?

    They run the gamut from 2-Stars (on the first Quest) to 5-Stars!
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  • LocoMotivesLocoMotives Member Posts: 1,200 ★★★
    Sorry Bautista, looks like I'll be "The Goldblum" from here on out.
  • YoMovesYoMoves Member Posts: 1,283 ★★★★
    Nice. Never say no to another bunch of t4bs and 5* shards. Heck, the Boss Rush got me enough to get Doctor Voodoo from my last 5* crystal. Time to start saving up again!
  • Viper1987Viper1987 Member Posts: 728 ★★★
    Rewards seem a little lackluster but I suppose this won’t be overly challenging.
  • mostlyharmlessnmostlyharmlessn Member Posts: 1,387 ★★★★
    So Dr. Strange? Will he be the pre ruining of Dr. Strange one or the poor excuse he is now Dr. Strange? Err... Oh wait.. you are putting him a node so he might actually be like he was when he was a useful champ when we have to fight him.
  • SiliyoSiliyo Member Posts: 1,471 ★★★★★
    Please have all of the rewards compacted to Act Completion and Act Exploration. It makes it less troublesome for us to see what we’re getting for completing the challenge. Looking forward to this!
  • BossyBuilderBossyBuilder Member Posts: 137
    edited October 2017
    Cool challenge. Would be great if we knew where we ranked in timed Legend runs. Maybe similar to how you tell us what tier we ended up in in the arenas. Would be helpful to know how close we came. Would you add that?
  • ARMAGEDDON999ARMAGEDDON999 Member Posts: 123
    Dr. Strange with unblockable sp2 can be pain, hulk on unblockable sp1, rest looks easy but who knows.
  • Horror_punkHorror_punk Member Posts: 1,058 ★★★★
    4* gem should be generic
    Anyways similar rewards like web slinger
  • ARMAGEDDON999ARMAGEDDON999 Member Posts: 123
    Not saying that are the buffs, if those are the buffs
  • Luca98Luca98 Member Posts: 1
    Will be intresting
  • Darkmagic1991Darkmagic1991 Member Posts: 83
    Awesome! Thanks kabam
  • IanMooneIanMoone Member Posts: 640 ★★
    Wow they really cant resist milking us even more so they decided hey lets take nodes from Act 5 bc we ran out of ideas!!!
  • striker_overlordstriker_overlord Member Posts: 15
    Seeing the title "Grandmaster" this is for everyone right? not only for Uncollected players
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  • Kabam MiikeKabam Miike Moderator Posts: 8,269
    Seeing the title "Grandmaster" this is for everyone right? not only for Uncollected players

    It is not just of The Uncollected among us, though newer players will definitely have difficulties getting through the later Quests. Remember, this is not meant to be easy!
  • RaganatorRaganator Member Posts: 2,543 ★★★★★
    What’s it gonna take for kabam to stop revolving rewards around 4* champions.
    What we want. 5* shards. 5* awakening gems. 5* sig stones. 2/3 are here but in very small doses.

    Probably much harder content - which means more complaining about how hard the content is. They will either face backlash for rewards or backlash for difficulty. If the difficulty of this challenge is in line with similar past events, then calling for better rewards is silly given that rosters are that much stronger than they used to be.
  • CammonRoCammonRo Member Posts: 377 ★★
    Great news! I enjoy these quests. Looking forward to it.
  • ForumGuyForumGuy Member Posts: 285 ★★
    edited October 2017
    This is surprising, nice job goldblum and kabam.
  • myPUNCAKEmyPUNCAKE Member Posts: 360
    Fun interactive challenge! These are always my favorite types
  • quando213quando213 Member Posts: 82
    I was expecting Chris Hemsworth or Cate Blanchett, but well...
  • bradshaw1984bradshaw1984 Member Posts: 50
    Where is the 5* awakening gem crystal that previous challenges have had? @Kabam Miike

    The game moves more towards 5* and soon to be 6* so u remove the 1 5* related reward that we all want, can you explain the reasoning?
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