This SQ is the pinnacle of SQ design IMHO

I understand this is just my opinion and most of you will disagree, but please let me tell you why I appreciate this SQ and I hope the devs hear this positive feedback.

Why I think this SQ is so good? Each difficulty has good reward even for lategame players. Those cav shards are super useful and pretty much everyone wants them. And low tier accs use them to buy GMCs, that award mostly 3*s, so it isn't like Kabam gives godly rewards to earlygame accounts. I'd call it generous, but balanced.

That allows me to take my lower rarity champs out for a spin and earn some meaningful rewards with them, which actually feels great. And if I don't wanna do it? I can autofight the quest in matter of minutes.

For me the main selling point really is that I can play around with my low 5*s and get such a nice reward. It is a nice relax. You go in, 12 fights, open a cav and it is over. In and out, 10 minutes adventure.

I know this isn't objective and that I post just my opinion. But I believe it is important to leave a positive feedback when I like something, even when it is just one subjective feeling against pretty much everyone.

Comments

swmcsw

After the SQ we've had lately, I'd take this 10/10 times. Simpler but sometimes that's all you need lol. I agree rewards are worth a 10 min run.

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Ercarret

I don't agree with "good rewards even for endgame players", but I do think that this is the best SQ we've seen in a long time. The problem with the rewards will sort themselves out (hopefully) when we eventually get a Thronebreaker difficulty, but for now I'm just happy that there was a solid "Cavalier difficulty/Cavalier rewards" ratio. In previous months, that hasn't been the case. It has felt like we've been playing Thronebreaker difficulty for Cavalier rewards, and that was not particularly fun. As a Thronebreaker, it was manageable but ultimately unrewarding. For Cavalier players, it was (it seems) hairy but ultimately not more rewarding than usual.

However, I liked this SQ. They got the balance right, I think. I don't particularly care for the cav crystals since I've never pulled a 6* from them (which are the only champs I care for) and every other pull is basically just worth the ISO it contains, but at least they are fun to pop.

LordPSN

The only bad thing is energy requirement.
SQ should always cost 0 energy.
But yeah agree on all the points mentioned by Op

BuggyDClown

Nah not at all
You are liking because it's super easy
I can do epic with 4 stars and legendary with r3 or r4 5 stars. It's just big hp pools not some challenging nodes. TBH rewards are way good in comparison to difficulty. But i like the structure. Its not complex or TOO MUCH GRINDY like past few months have been, where we had to do multiple fights to do 1 objetive.

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Deadpool87

Mutant treasure island was definitely the pinnacle. Not even close

I'd say Gwenpool Goes To The Movies, even back then the rewards were amazing!

TheBoogyMan

The only bad thing is energy requirement.
SQ should always cost 0 energy.
But yeah agree on all the points mentioned by Op

No matter how good content may be made, there's always something that people won't like. It's not a written rule that SQ should have 0 energy.

I support the fact that they included the energy cost. People just want everything for free without waiting. SMH.

PapaMidnite007

Yes I really enjoyed the side quest this month

Denslo500

Great sidequest.

The game actually felt fun again.

Killswitch01

As all SQs should be💆‍♀️

The_Sentry06

Easy difficulty + simple structure + good rewards = Easily one of the best side quests of the year

Kerneas

Mutant treasure island was definitely the pinnacle. Not even close

In terms of rewards yes. BUT you had limited entries and annoying boss, so you ended up using only the best of your roster. Even with much worse rewards, I find this one much more enjoyable. But again, it is my op only.

But hey, this SQ has one thing in common w MTI: it is bugged as well! Epic diff reset after week one.

KaraKartalOley

I fully agree with the OP. Finally a SQ that is challenging but still doable...and FUN! Most of the higher end content that Kabam has put out there in 2021 was everything but FUN so am glad that Kabam finally listened to the community. Wish they had done the same with this month's cav EQ though

ItsDamien

It was too easy IMO. I’m not looking for abyss levels of challenge. Hell not even SoP level, not even close to those. But can anyone honestly say they read the nodes before fighting the bosses on any difficulty?

It should have been slightly more difficult. Just so I would have to read nodes instead of thinking “Yeah a full mutant team can take each of these quests”

Savage123456789

Have Kabam explained in the past why SQ chapters are released weekly and not all at once or why some SQs cost energy and some do not. Is there a method to their madness or just madness? lol

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EinfachSo

Great sidequest.

The game actually felt fun again.

What exactly about the side quest was fun?

You didn't have to think about which champ to take, what nodes are there….Just threw in a few champs, you only need one for legendary anyway.

Fun? Not really.

Demonzfyre

With how easy it is, just skip the fights and issue the rewards. What's the point in even fighting?

hungryhungrybbq

The only bad thing is energy requirement.
SQ should always cost 0 energy.
But yeah agree on all the points mentioned by Op

They cant give you everything. You asked for near zero challenge, even in "Legendary" difficulty. They gave it to you. Now you want zero energy? You're literally only one step away from just wanting to receive the rewards in the mail. And at that point, it's no longer a fighting game, is it?

gannicus0830

My only issue with it is the pointless time-delay unlocking of each chapter/quest. Just give us access to the whole thing and let us do it at our own pace.

AverageDesi

My only issue with it is the pointless time-delay unlocking of each chapter/quest. Just give us access to the whole thing and let us do it at our own pace.

It's not pointless. The point is to make you come back every week. To give us something to look forward to. To keep the itnerest up the while month . Atleast that's how it's affecting me. I do EQ in the first 2 days and have virtually nothing else to do for the rest of the month

JessieS

Agreed . So much better then the last few messes we got

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Kabam Boo

We're really glad to receive this feedback. These design considerations are largely impacted by the feedback we received from you all before about the side quests in recent months. (Yes, we are listening!). Please continue to let us know what you enjoy so our team can continue creating enjoyable side quests for you all in the coming year! Cheers

A_NAZ

I even like the finer details like the star shaped path for electro’s quest or the funny chapter names

Hammerbro_64

I think it’s apt in the season of finals for students and then busy holidays for everyone to have a simple, low-effort SQ.

I also like the limited pool Cavs (not these in particular cause I had most of the good pulls already; but in general) cause roster growth is a big motivator to play on.

Raichu626

Great sidequest.

The game actually felt fun again.
What exactly about the side quest was fun?

You didn't have to think about which champ to take, what nodes are there….Just threw in a few champs, you only need one for legendary anyway.

Fun? Not really.

Yes, using champs that I'm not already using for 90% of content anyways is fun.
And yes, not having to spend half an hour reading nodes and trying to figure out a counter, not to mention a team, that will neither make the fights impossible nor last 10 minutes each, is fun.
Your concept of fun is not universal.

AverageDesi

We're really glad to receive this feedback. These design considerations are largely impacted by the feedback we received from you all before about the side quests in recent months. (Yes, we are listening!). Please continue to let us know what you enjoy so our team can continue creating enjoyable side quests for you all in the coming year! Cheers

Where's the " If you don't like it just don't play it" squad

Skiddy212

Yes, I like this side quest