Back Issues #8: Deadpoolooza!

Once upon a time, I made the best quest ever!

That's right, you thought some stuffy old designer was going to write this message, but it was ME!

It’s time for Back Issues #8, smacking you in the face on Wednesday, November 10th!

Just like those other dusty old Back Issues we dig out of the closest, THE EXCEPTIONAL DEADPOOLOOZA will let all of my lovely little Summoners relive a classic quest from the good 'ol days, available in TWO TASTY FLAVOURS:

The classic difficulty is a recreation of the original quest. While not completely 1:1, the layouts, difficulty, and dialogue are all the same as you remember. Look back with smug impunity at how easy the game used to be and flex those muscles!

The variant difficulty is a new spin on the quest, available for Summoners level 45 and up. This version features difficult challenges, new opponents, some map layout updates, and buffs that will empower your #Mercenary Champions... and ME!

... as well as those other slackers who're biting the Deadpool brand.

That means all your #Mercenary and Deadpool-family buddies are going to be juiced up and ready to fight, but all other Champions can't do much more than show up! That's right, it's MY quest, so I made it exclusively for those with excellent taste, dubious morals, or both!

The Variant Challenge

Like I literally just said, this Quest is all about me and all the wannabes. So here’s the sitch, we’ve got Global buffs for me and my homies, and we’ve got new Cross Fight buffs for all the other Mercs. Check em out!

Global Buffs

Mercs for Money: The Defender reduces all incoming damage by {95}%, unless the Attacker is #Mercenary, Deadpool, Deadpool (X-Force), Goldpool, Platinumpool, Gwenpool, Venompool, or Masacre.

Star of the Show: Obviously I should get a huge buff in these quests, I'm the original! Let's pump up all my stats, and finally put something on my SP1. (This buff supplies Deadpool (and ONLY Deadpool) bonus attack, bonus armor, bonus crit rate, increased regeneration potency, and applies a Degen effect to the Defender on a successful SP1)

We Should All Have This Power Anyways: This doesn't make sense. Why don't all my copies have the same abilities as me!? Grant Attacking Deadpool (X-Force), Goldpool, Platinumpool, Gwenpool, Venompool, or Masacre permanent Passive Regeneration of [120]% of their Max Health per minute, scaling with their Power.

Cross Fight Ability Buffs

“But Mr Thrillson!”, you might say, and I would say “Yes my sweet little cherub?”, “These don’t benefit the other #Mercenaries at all!”. And you’d be right! I did things differently this time since this is my quest and will be better than all of the other Back Issues, periodt.

Defeating Deadpooloids throughout the Quest will grant you special abilities that you can carry forward into the rest of the quest, making your Mercs stronger and stronger!

Here’s what you’ve got:

Strapped Up (Skill Deadpooloid): Defeating this Defender grants the Attacker a permanent "Strapped Up" Cross-Fight ability. "Strapped Up" causes the Attacker's Special Attacks to randomly inflict additional Debuffs for the remainder of the quest.

Starlight Acrobatics (Cosmic Deadpooloid): Defeating this Defender grants the Attacker a permanent "Starlight Acrobatics" Cross-Fight ability. "Starlight Acrobatics" grants the Attacker a Phase Passive when they dash back and hold block, causing incoming Attacks to Miss.

Bad Breath (Science Deadpooloid): Defeating this Defender grants the Attacker a permanent "Bad Breath" Cross-Fight ability. "Bad Breath" causes the Attacker to inflict Poison Debuffs on Opponents who are near them.

Sucker Punch (Mutant Deadpooloid): Defeating this Defender grants the Attacker a permanent "Sucker Punch" Cross-Fight ability. "Sucker Punch" makes the Attacker permanently Unblockable while the Opponent is above a certain HP threshold.

You Shall Not Cast (Mystic Deadpooloid): Defeating this Defender grants the Attacker a permanent "You Shall Not Cast" Cross-Fight ability. "You Shall Not Cast" grants Power Steal to the Attacker's Heavy and Special Attacks.

Cyber Hive (Tech Deadpooloid): Defeating this Defender grants the Attacker a permanent "Cyber Hive" Cross-Fight ability. "Cyber Hive" grants all of the Attacker's attacks a chance to Poison and Shock the Opponent.
Rewards
For Total Completion and Mastery of Classic Difficulty, I’ll give you...

Tier 3 Basic ISO x5
Tier 4 Basic ISO x7
Tier 2 Skill ISO x5
Tier 2 Science ISO x5
Tier 2 Tech ISO x5
Tier 2 Cosmic ISO x5
Tier 2 Mystic ISO x5
Tier 2 Mutant ISO x5
Tier 2 Basic Catalyst x3
Tier 1 Alpha Catalyst x1
Tier 4 Basic Catalyst Fragments x2700
3-Star Venom x1
Gold x9575
Units x150
Premium Hero Crystal Shards x4600
3-Star Hero Crystal Shards x2000

For Total Completion and Mastery of Variant Difficulty, you’ll score…

5-Star Rank 2 → 3 Gem x3
5-Star Rank 3 → 4 Gem (<2017 Champions) x3
5-Star Rank 4 → 5 Gem Crystal x1
5-Star Awakening Gem Crystal x1
5-Star Crystal Shards x25000
Tier 5 Basic Catalysts x3
Tier 5 Class Catalyst Fragment Crystal (25%) x1
6-Star Crystal Shards x5000
5-Star Signature Stone Crystal x48
Gold x4,000,000
Units x360

See you soon,

XOXO Thrillhouse

Comments

Chikel

I think if the tune up the degen or tube down the regen then it will be okay

The idea of that node feels like u apply a lot shallow debufs and he degens and goes lower
Thats the specialty about it

If it was so then for example gwenpool could be an option too
gwenpool is already an option even with the current set of nodes and bugs, you just have to never parry or use white mags' pre-fight (i think, I should have to test this) ^_^

No she's not. You can't outdamage that regen

te_dua_shum

I think if the tune up the degen or tube down the regen then it will be okay

The idea of that node feels like u apply a lot shallow debufs and he degens and goes lower
Thats the specialty about it

If it was so then for example gwenpool could be an option too
gwenpool is already an option even with the current set of nodes and bugs, you just have to never parry or use white mags' pre-fight (i think, I should have to test this) ^_^
No she's not. The regen will outdamage any damage you do

with despair you can reduce his healing to 0, and with AAR you can prevent him from removing debuffs when struck, and you can use the enervate from her SP2 to be aggressive ^_^

Mr_Platypus

I think if the tune up the degen or tube down the regen then it will be okay

The idea of that node feels like u apply a lot shallow debufs and he degens and goes lower
Thats the specialty about it

If it was so then for example gwenpool could be an option too
gwenpool is already an option even with the current set of nodes and bugs, you just have to never parry or use white mags' pre-fight (i think, I should have to test this) ^_^
No she's not. The regen will outdamage any damage you do
with despair you can reduce his healing to 0, and with AAR you can prevent him from removing debuffs when struck, and you can use the enervate from her SP2 to be aggressive ^_^

Is there a video of this or is this just theoretical?

te_dua_shum

@Mr_Platypus no video, just personal experience: i used her and saw that she was working until i parried and VP removed all debuffs from itself (that's why I want to try with White Mags); I was also having input issues, so I decided to leave the quest, but I might try again later today and I'll let you know if I was right or wrong ^_^

MiStaLova

Spend 600 units on venompool boos and dnt win got all variants 100% kabam you sick . Thx

HayyeeQQ

Raise a hand whoever designed the Venonpool boss. You nailed it brother. Finally a piece of content that I'm not going to touch. I don't know what were you thinking but.. that's just lame. So many frustrations regarding that boss, so logically, it's going to be either a remake on that so people can actually explore this **** variant, ori simply ignore this content. Either way, no brain ma dudes.

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MiStaLova

Kabam give back my units in this boss that you fix him now !!!

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lihuahua

I used nearly all my revives and hp unit, but couldn't make any damage to the boss of 8.3.2.
Well done Kabam!

TyEdge

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.

MiStaLova

Return my units kabam for your fault or i go to judge

DalBot

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.

Spyros21_cbrs

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!

Worknprogress

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.

Worknprogress

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.

Greenmachine118

Is this dpx fight bugged? Dude follows the node and doesn’t throw s1 or 2 but immediately throws his s3. What up Kabam?

MiStaLova

Two pictures No words about new variant Kabam shaaaaaame on you give back my units or i wil be angry…

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DrZola

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

DalBot

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

Does this answer your ?

https://youtu.be/5vRKrCaKV_I

DrZola

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
Does this answer your ?

https://youtu.be/5vRKrCaKV_I

Did you drop shocks and Sp2 before his Sp3?

Dr. Zola

Colinwhitworth69

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.

Standardman1989

I waited Venompool fixed..

GOTG

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.

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TyEdge

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.

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