Announcing: M.O.D.O.K.'s Lab

MAD SCIENTIST

The Grandmaster has been so focused on his grand machinations that M.O.D.O.K. has renovated his Laboratory right beneath The Grandmaster’s nose in order to test his new device: M.O.D.O.K.’s Randomizer! Enter M.O.D.O.K.’s Lab and see how the dice rolls as you face off against 6 random opponents with their own set of completely random Buffs! Use M.O.D.O.K.’s Randomizer to spin the wheel again and try to land your ideal set of Buffs! M.O.D.O.K.’s Lab opens for business on December 6th at 10:00 AM PST. You will need to update to Version 16.1 to be able to see or access M.O.D.O.K.’s Lab, which will be available December 6th. Please note, there is a chance that 16.1 will not be available until after 10 AM PST.

THAT’S SO RANDOM

In M.O.D.O.K.’s Lab, there are 4 difficulties. Each Difficulty has 1 path with 6 fights on it. Each fight is a random Champion from 1 of the 6 classes (i.e. the first is a random Mutant , the second is a random Mystic, etc.), and each fight has the same Rarity, Rank, Level, and Signature Level as all the other fights in the same difficulty. Here’s where things get interesting:

Each fight also has a number of random Buffs. The number of random Buffs is always the same on every fight in a given difficulty, but is different between difficulties (i.e. Easy has 1 random buff, Expert has 6). There are over 150 potential Buffs you can encounter, and several million possible combinations. While not every Buff in the game is included in this list of potential Buffs, it does include most of them.

ROLL THE DEFINITELY-NOT-DICE

We know it’s very possible that, especially on harder difficulties, you’ll run into a combo of Buffs that’s just ridiculous. That’s why we have The Randomizer. This item can be used in the pre-fight screen while viewing the Random Active Buffs on a fight to re-randomize all Buffs on that fight. This can be done as many times as you have Randomizers, and we will be including 12 Randomizers in a welcome message when M.O.D.O.K.’s Lab releases. You can also collect 1 from each completion of any difficulty of M.O.D.O.K.’s Lab, so you can collect another 4 every 8 hours (12 each Day). Randomizers will ALSO be purchasable for 2500 Gold up to 12 times per day.

THE WAY IS SHUT

There’s going to be LOTS of things to spend Energy on in December, so we’ve made the Energy requirement for M.O.D.O.K.’s Lab 0. That’s right, absolutely 0. This doesn’t mean you can infinitely farm for rewards, however (you’ll understand why when you see the rewards). Instead, M.O.D.O.K.’s Lab features something new called Entry Limits. Every 8 Hours, you will be able to ENTER each difficulty of M.O.D.O.K.’s Lab 1 time. When the timer on the quest hits 0, your entries will refresh, and you’ll be able to enter each difficulty another time.

Q&A

Why are you doing this?

Because we want there to be something fun, a little more out-there, but also more rewarding that a typical special quest like this. We’re also genuinely interested in observing some of the less-utilized combinations of Buffs to see how you guys handle them!

EDIT: 12/06/2017 @ 10:56 AM PST: Auto-Fight is intentionally NOT enabled in M.O.D.O.K.'s Lab. The main reason is that we want to see how PLAYERS handle the random Buffs, not how the AI does.

So, all the fights are Random?

Yes. This doesn’t work any different from, let’s say, Class Daily quests where there’s a range of potential enemies on a node that change every time you enter the quest. Here’s what it looks like in-game:

But when you re-enter, it might look like this:

As you can see, each node is always the same Class, just a different character from that Class.

So, how hard are the fights then?

This depends significantly on which Buffs appear on a given fight, and which character you’re fighting. As a general rule, any character that can be collected by players can appear as an opponent, so character like Weapon X Wolverine or Dark Phoenix aren’t there. Here’s how the fights are tuned:

Easy
- 2-Star Champions
- Rank 1
- Level 10
- Signature 0

Medium
- 3-Star Champions
- Rank 2
- Level 20
- Signature 10

Hard
- 4-Star Champions
- Rank 3
- Level 30
- Signature 50

Expert
- 5-Star Champions
- Rank 4
- Level 55
- Signature 200

What about the Buffs, are all the Buffs random too?

Yes. This is new, unlike random Champions. Essentially, each Node has a number of Buffs (the number is determined based on whichever difficulty you’re playing) applied to it. The specific Buff(s) are determined based on a Pool of Buffs, which for M.O.D.O.K.’s Lab contains over 150 Buffs. Here’s what that translates to in-game:

As you can see, this fight has a few Buffs on it, but nothing too outrageous, however once you re-enter the quest, these Buffs might look like this:

Comments

Kabam DK

Rocket_Rak wrote: »

When does this event end? Perhaps show the maximum amount of rewards one can obtain too if one does all the challenges.

It runs for 28 Days, and can be run a max of 3 times a day. I'll let you guys figure out just how lucrative that can be

Apache

I prob missed it but what’s reroll?

Superman69

Heck yeah, another great announcement.
Also, Taskmaster looks crazy !! And since Modok is the other dec champ, i'm thinking Sentry and Void for Jan? Or perhaps because of a special anniversary month, we will have 4 featureds ?? (probably not though lol)

Btw, is that entry limit one for ALL the difficulties, or One for each of them? Meaning can we do all 4 quests per 8 hours or just one difficulty?

Kabam DK

NOOOOOOOOPEEEEE wrote: »

So no Title this EQ, a little disappointed but nothing to worrisome

It's not the Event Quest -this is a bonus Special Quest that runs alongside it!

Run477

This thing looks fun! Great idea! I have questions regarding your mentioning that if you close out, you lose your ability to go back in. Two issues i am concerned with:

1. Does this include service disconnections (ie game crashing)? Or is this only if you hit the red exit door? What if you are at work, have to stop playing for a few minutes, come back and you get the “disconnected” button? Does that mean we are sol or is it just if u “exit” via the red door?

2. Does this mean you can’t leave your progress and come back later, even if you don’t close out of the event itself? For example, you mention we can buy re-rolls for 2500 gold (and also, thank you for making these gold purchases and not units purchases! Really hit the nail head on this one), does that mean we can’t go to the store and buy those after we have started our progress and need to buy prior or to entering? Or, will they be available to purchase in the quest itself?

Thanks in advance for answers. Again, looking forward to it!

0chris999999999

@kabam DK Are you confirming that MODOK is science and Taskmaster is skill! Appreciate the transparency; great to see this information provided

Kabam DK

Superman69 wrote: »

Heck yeah, another great announcement.
Also, Taskmaster looks crazy !! And since Modok is the other dec champ, i'm thinking Sentry and Void for Jan? Or perhaps because of a special anniversary month, we will have 4 featureds ?? (probably not though lol)

Btw, is that entry limit one for ALL the difficulties, or One for each of them? Meaning can we do all 4 quests per 8 hours or just one difficulty?

1 for each, so 4 quests (once each difficulty) every 8 hours.

Nomarigerol

Kabam DK wrote: »

MAD SCIENTIST

There’s going to be LOTS of things to spend Energy on in December, so we’ve made the Energy requirement for M.O.D.O.K.’s Lab 0.

Does this mean there will be like rifts coming back or an event like goldblum/webslinger besides the monthly event quest and chap 4 of act V ?

Pretty please ? :-)

Kabam DK

Apache wrote: »

I prob missed it but what’s reroll?

It's an item you can use to re-randomize Buffs on a fight!

DarkestDestroyer

Someone do the maths and see the maximum that can be earned

JoshHam

Run down of the rewards:
1.89 5* Crystals
3.15 4* Crystals
8.40 3* Crystals
12.6 PHCs
3.15 T4B Catalysts
5.25 T3B Catalysts
7.75 T2B Catalysts
5.60 T1B Catalysts
0.35 T2A Catalyst

SCHNOOT

I like the pictures and extra information provided here. Definitely helps to clarify some of the more intricate details. Well done.

Ascoop24

DarkestDestroyer wrote: »

Someone do the maths and see the maximum that can be earned

5 star shards 200x3= 600 per day x 28 days = 16800 shards
Tier 4 basic 900x3= 2700 per day x 28 days = 75600 fragments
Tier 2 alpha 150x3= 450 per day x 28 days =12600 fragments

Vikinx

eXtripa69 wrote: »

You start by saying that we can enter the quest 4 times per day (every 8 hours), but then in the rewards section it says that we can only get them 3 times per day. Is that a typo or am I missing something?

EDIT: Did a mistake reading the info.

Missing math. Once evry 8 hrs make 3 times a day. 3×8=24. Lol

IanMoone

Superman69 wrote: »

Heck yeah, another great announcement.
Also, Taskmaster looks crazy !! And since Modok is the other dec champ, i'm thinking Sentry and Void for Jan? Or perhaps because of a special anniversary month, we will have 4 featureds ?? (probably not though lol)

Btw, is that entry limit one for ALL the difficulties, or One for each of them? Meaning can we do all 4 quests per 8 hours or just one difficulty?

Jan is indeed Sentry/Void but they are technically 1 champ but 2 different minds with 1 body...but since we seeing 2 different champs i smell Modok science lab all over them lol

IanMoone

Ascoop24 wrote: »

DarkestDestroyer wrote: »

Someone do the maths and see the maximum that can be earned

5 star shards 200x3= 600 per day x 28 days = 16800 shards
Tier 4 basic 900x3= 2700 per day x 28 days = 75600 fragments
Tier 2 alpha 150x3= 450 per day x 28 days =12600 fragments

Your missing 25 5* shards from heroic lmao

Ascoop24

IanMoone wrote: »

Ascoop24 wrote: »

DarkestDestroyer wrote: »

Someone do the maths and see the maximum that can be earned

5 star shards 200x3= 600 per day x 28 days = 16800 shards
Tier 4 basic 900x3= 2700 per day x 28 days = 75600 fragments
Tier 2 alpha 150x3= 450 per day x 28 days =12600 fragments

Your missing 25 5* shards from heroic lmao

Sorry brother! I was just doing the highest one since most like myself would probably only stress doing this one 3 times a day for 28 days but you are correct

IAmNotUrMom

Well, looks like I should have saved some more vacation time for December. That's a lot of new stuff and content coming out.

Berserk_Nation

MODOK is a great villain.

Sp3edD3m0n

***Sig crystals and Iso will vary depending what you pull.

DroidDoes

Did math solely on the heroic and master guaranteed rewards, 3 runs a day times 28 days:

4* shards: 6,300
5* shards: 18,900
T4b frags: 113,400
T2a frags: 12,600

Not. Too. Shabby!

Kestrelle

Sp3edD3m0n wrote: »

***Sig crystals and Iso will vary depending what you pull.

I'm curious how you decided this was $840k value. For some reason that seems just a wee bit high

Perhaps you meant 840k gold

Sp3edD3m0n

I do mean gold. Not real money...

Sp3edD3m0n

Im guessing by the number of randomizer we are getting that the Master one will be stacked with combinations that are unbeatable requiring you to keep keep spinning till you get a favorable one.

MH2804

So this is a special quest that will run alongside a new monthly quest correct? @Kabam Miike ? I’ve seen some pictures that shows a new difficulty coming up “uncollected” is that true!!?!?

Backjr

So this is a special quest... what does the event quest look like and the rewards for that?

Xaraki711

wish there were more tier 1 alphas though..
beginners and vets are struggling to get those.

some fragments of t1 and even itsy bitsy of t2 wont hurt nobody..
IJS

SteelCurtainMUT

This looks like a fun new cool event, really hope you guys start doing these on a monthly basis to give us something to do once we’re done with the monthly events & have nothing left to play

unknown

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Shaun52