Are we getting a new variant any time soon?

I can’t recall when the last one was and 8.1 is likely looming. With the buff program mostly gone and the bugs sticking around, it’d be nice to have that energy redirected to putting out some new permanent content.

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SpideyFunko

this month would’ve been perfect timing as well since it would’ve been kamala’s first day

Chatterofforums

Although a new variant would be nice, the second part to this question about a new variant should be if the rewards are getting buffed when a new one comes out.

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Qwerty12345

Some new content would be nice.

If a Variant: either difficulty should match Variants 2-7 or rewards should be end game content.

Personally, I'd rather see 8.1 get released.

SirGamesBond

V8 came Nov' 2021

Polygon

If theres no 6* sig stones and buffed 6* shard rewards, theres no point

laserjohn26

Variants are easy and not really worth the rewards. I'm not sure what the solution is. Make it really difficult and give r4 reward that's the majority of the player base will complain about, or keep it available to everyone with outdated rewards. Probably better for Kabam to make other content with their manpower.

SirGamesBond

V8 came Nov' 2021

Kabam Jax

Hey Summoners!

I have not heard anything directly related to new variant content.

The way I understand it: this content was created to appeal to a specific portion of the playerbase. Over time, focus shifted to creating, developing and maintaining other areas with a larger impact for those same players (or in some cases, all players.) It doesn't mean variant content is dead, it's just lower down the priority list, currently.

I always enjoy seeing players express their love for specific areas of the game, so I'll be sure to include it in conversations with the team; though, that doesn't necessarily mean it will shift their attention.

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Ercarret

If variants are “dead” I’d love to see the 5* rank up gems moved to other areas of the game. For myself (and many others I’m sure) we don’t rank 5*s anymore outside of these gems and if the fun relatively easy content that rewarded them isn’t going to be around as much or ever again I think it would be cool to see 2-3, 3-4, or 4-5 5* gems moved to like each months Side Quest’s solo objectives.

Like we get a free 5* rank up every month for doing the side quest, and since they’ve recently been moved to be included in the event quests exploration rewards and in the early access as guaranteed rewards I don’t think the emphasis or value on 5* is as high so doing something like this wouldn’t break the game and would just be more fun.

Yeah, I would love this. That would open up so much fun stuff. I very rarely rank up 5*s anymore since that uses up resources that could be better spent on ranking up 6*s, but I do love those rank-up gems. Plus, we're still only at 2017 gems if I recall correctly. It would be nice to see some newer ones obtainable somewhere in the game.

Trenzalore

Sounds like we traded back issues for battle grounds…. Not a very fair trade.

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IvarTheBoneless

If variants are “dead” I’d love to see the 5* rank up gems moved to other areas of the game. For myself (and many others I’m sure) we don’t rank 5*s anymore outside of these gems and if the fun relatively easy content that rewarded them isn’t going to be around as much or ever again I think it would be cool to see 2-3, 3-4, or 4-5 5* gems moved to like each months Side Quest’s solo objectives.

Like we get a free 5* rank up every month for doing the side quest, and since they’ve recently been moved to be included in the event quests exploration rewards and in the early access as guaranteed rewards I don’t think the emphasis or value on 5* is as high so doing something like this wouldn’t break the game and would just be more fun.
Yeah, I would love this. That would open up so much fun stuff. I very rarely rank up 5*s anymore since that uses up resources that could be better spent on ranking up 6*s, but I do love those rank-up gems. Plus, we're still only at 2017 gems if I recall correctly. It would be nice to see some newer ones obtainable somewhere in the game.

Yesyesyesyes yes yes yes 100% this. I love ranking 5 stars but cant justify it when I have good 6 stars to rank.

Especially because I just pulled 5 star archangel after searching for him since 2017.

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TyEdge

If you wanna fix the variant rewards, it’s not that hard. Throw some 6-star shards into chapter completion. Take the 5-star resources and turn them into selectors to choose between 5-star and 6-star. For example, instead of the 4/5 gem for completion, choose between that and a 6-star 1-2 gem.

Speeds80

Still haven’t been bothered 100ing 8
Rewards for effort fail, better rewards in monthly quest lol., 5,6 and 7 were probably
My favourite content at the time

TheBigFatPanda

I would love to see the 5* rank up gems in other content. I have been waiting for variant 9 to rank Gambit, Rogue, and Storm for the Carina Challenge (when it comes back).
Might have to use actual resources 😉