Am I the only one not enamored with this side quest?

Chuck_FinleyChuck_Finley Member Posts: 1,344 ★★★★★
So we get mysterium and that’s it. Sure there are no nodes, but you are probably forcing rank ups for say…iceman and mephisto … cause your real counters are banned due to the year. I can’t remember having to burn rank up resources as a valiant for a side quest. And that might be fun… if there was a payoff. Traders outpost isn’t that.

Clue me in on how this is better? I am hitting the weekly objective just grinding arena milestones and never touching SQ.

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  • shield311shield311 Member Posts: 1,031 ★★★★
    edited November 24
    2016 and 2017 years are just the worst, only 1 rankup in 2017 being archangel and 7* mordo carried 2016, insanely tedious, one mistake and gg.

    And I agree, all that for mysterium that too just 7.5k is kinda meh, seemed like fun before tho
  • ButtehrsButtehrs Member Posts: 6,294 ★★★★★
    It's not just the traders store though. If you did the side quest you'd very quickly finish the weeks special objectives for titan and 7* shards t4a etc.
  • BosleyBosley Member Posts: 327 ★★★
    It's much better (more straightforward and less restrictive) than this months EQ so I like it.....
  • Chuck_FinleyChuck_Finley Member Posts: 1,344 ★★★★★
    Buttehrs said:

    It's not just the traders store though. If you did the side quest you'd very quickly finish the weeks special objectives for titan and 7* shards t4a etc.

    Like I said, I am knocking that out just autofilling champs in arena and getting units there as well.
  • KerneasKerneas Member Posts: 3,844 ★★★★★
    If Trader's Outpost had higher cap, it would be nice. This way I am sitting with capped Mysterium, full stash of T6B/T3A (so I can't buy more) and therefore unable to play the EQ.
  • ButtehrsButtehrs Member Posts: 6,294 ★★★★★

    Buttehrs said:

    It's not just the traders store though. If you did the side quest you'd very quickly finish the weeks special objectives for titan and 7* shards t4a etc.

    Like I said, I am knocking that out just autofilling champs in arena and getting units there as well.
    That's all well and fine but there are plenty of people who never touch arena. Ever. And rightfully so. The side quest give those others somewhere to get that stuff done. Remember, the game ain't just about you.
  • klobberintymeklobberintyme Member Posts: 1,640 ★★★★
    I like being able to dust off all the 7*s I don't engage with regularly for this straightforward string of fights




    Joke was on me though, I used 6* Voodoo almost exclusively.

    For those without a cache of 7*s I can see why the rewards don't match the effort. If the offerings were t4a/titan shards there would be a more positive response I suspect.
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  • The_beast123The_beast123 Member Posts: 2,172 ★★★★
    2016 quest has Hyperion in one of it's path i believe. Even if I somehow manage to bait out all the specials, the block damage is considerably high. Yes I could use just any 7* and beat it through this no node quest. But no Im not ranking up anyone just for this quest, given how the mysterium doesn't get me anything fabulous.

    2017 has Kingpin in a path. As if I enjoyed fighting him in the first place, this guy just won't throw specials and I literally have no unstoppable counter.
  • PT_99PT_99 Member Posts: 4,921 ★★★★★
    It's just lazy design,
    Nothing else.

    At least could've buffed trader's shop a bit
  • SirGamesBondSirGamesBond Member Posts: 5,404 ★★★★★
    I don't mind it. It was slow but chill.
    There were not many fights to pay attention to. It was mostly straight forward.
    From what it looks, overcomplication is directly proportional to the rewards and not to the difficulty.
  • Sundance_2099Sundance_2099 Member Posts: 3,495 ★★★★★
    I still say it's cruddy there's only one difficulty level for all progression levels, but a simple straight forward side quest is welcome in itself. SQ is exactly that, a SIDE QUEST, it shouldn't require so much freaking effort that some do. Just make a quest with some minimal challenge to it of, say, you can only use Avengers or X-Men or Spider-people, and leave it at that. Not do this, check in for that calendar to do this to be able to get rewards.
  • phillgreenphillgreen Member Posts: 4,187 ★★★★★
    Haven't found a great need for any of what's in the store other than 7* shards. The quest itself isn't too bad, 2016 is the only sucky year for my account and I've kinda enjoyed using some teams I wouldn't use for anything else.

    As a nostalgia thing, I mightve liked to use up to the year instead of only that year which would make it a bit kinder to everyone and still limit to the champs that were available at the time.

    Mysterium store needs a proper update to make these quests worth doing though.
  • BigBlueOxBigBlueOx Member Posts: 2,512 ★★★★★

    I think year gates are lots of fun. It reminds me of the Variant days, just without all the difficulty. I like seeing the difference in my teams in the different years. The only part that doesn’t interest me is that the only reward for it Mysterium and that currency has lost luster over the year. It’s not useless for me, but it’s not exciting.

    I also wish it had some nodes to make it a bit more interesting, but I understand why they don’t so that the roster limitations are more accessible for players with younger rosters.

    I think the years thing works because of all the buffs, it woulda been brutal without those.

    It is dull though, I woulda been fine with a few other twists and turns. Maybe a stroll through memory lane with simple nodes like masochism, bane, buffet with slightly smaller healthpools to allow for that instead. Nodes we have to play around with skill and aren’t road blocks.

  • CASrinivasCASrinivas Member Posts: 1,093 ★★★
    The Side Quest for this month is sooo Frustrating.... No Value for Effort Rewards.... Atleast have some Path Rewards other than those Mysterium...or Decrease the Difficulty....
    Forced to Rank Up and Level Up champs that we may not be useful in Future, Unless you guys come up with a boring quest like these
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  • Steam97Steam97 Member Posts: 264 ★★★
    This side quest at least for me is quite boring, having to do simple no nodes fights for just mysterium is definitely not exciting, there's no real difficulty and since it's easy I understand path rewards can't be good but I'm getting annoyed with this mysterium thing with no buff to the trader's outpost. This store has been the same since the start and has never even been great from the start. With the amount of mysterium you get weekly you can get things that are worth like 10k bg token lol, that's not impressive at all and I doubt anyone is excited when the store refreshes.
  • MasquiradeMasquirade Member Posts: 230 ★★

    So we get mysterium and that’s it. Sure there are no nodes, but you are probably forcing rank ups for say…iceman and mephisto … cause your real counters are banned due to the year. I can’t remember having to burn rank up resources as a valiant for a side quest. And that might be fun… if there was a payoff. Traders outpost isn’t that.

    Clue me in on how this is better? I am hitting the weekly objective just grinding arena milestones and never touching SQ.

    I didn't find it boring or anything, until I found out how bad my 2017 roster was 😂 just treat the fights like a ROL winter soldier. The health pools aren't crazy, just try and have some fun with the champs you have.
  • dr2wsdr2ws Member Posts: 660 ★★★
    I’m threat level 5, don’t ask why KP isn’t ranked up, literally pulled this guy last week, and in ISO Debt to max him.

    Didn’t realise my 2017 roster was this bad. If it wasn’t for my recent two 7* pulls in Red Skull and Frost, my 2018 team would’ve been Bishop and IMIW 😭


  • Kingering_KingKingering_King Member Posts: 1,187 ★★★
    Zuro said:

    Ngl I only did it once, wayyyyyy too tedious

    Me too, didn’t even do any of 2016
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