The "My Little Symbiote" Event

Free To A Good Home: Your very own Symbioid to raise, train, and send into battle! Well, it’s not your own… technically.

A group of intelligent Symbioids have been found in the Battlerealm! Unlike their more feral and brutish brethren, these Symbioids have developed a unique Universal class, and will obey the Summoner! You are being entrusted with the responsibility to care for one of these Symbioids (temporarily), and to harness their strength to overtake a new, even more challenging level of Difficulty that will make an appearance in the Contest this month!

Introducing to you, your own Summoned Symbiote!

That’s right Summoner, for a limited time only, we’re giving you all your own Symbioid! On October 2nd at 10:00 am PST, you’ll receive an in-game message that contains a 1-Star Summoned Symbioid! He may not sound tough, but with some love and care, this Symbioid will give you the power to take on some of the hardest temporary content that The Battlerealm has ever seen!

Throughout the Month, you’ll be earning Klyntar Katalysts and Strands. You’ll find the Katalysts in the new Blood and Venom: Symbiomancer Event Quest, and you’ll find Strands in the Blood and Venom: Symbiomancer Event Quest, and the special Occult Lab Event Quests. More Details on both of these to come soon!

Regular ISO-8 and Catalysts have no effect on the Symbioids, but you can use the Klyntar Katalysts to significantly boost the power of your Summoned Symbioid, But that’s not all! Utilize the Strands you collect to purchase Symbiotic Enhancements! Symbiotic Enhancements are Boosts that can only be applied to the Summoned Symbioid, and will only work in the Event Quest!

Utilizing Katalysts and Symbiotic Enhancements as best you can, the Summoned Symbioid may just be what you need to take on a Difficulty Level higher than you are used to! Speaking of which...

Another Level of Challenge!

Once you and your guest have had some time to become accustomed to each other, you’ll be given the opportunity to take on a new, more challenging Difficulty Level of the Blood and Venom: Symbiomancer Event Quest!

Introducing: Symbiote Difficulty! Symbiote Difficulty is a brand new Difficulty Level that will become available on October 17th! This difficulty level goes beyond what you’re used to in Master or Uncollected Difficulty level, but your new Symbiote friend may be up to the task if you’ve taken the time to fully invest in Klyntar Katalysts and Strands!

Heed our warning, Summoners! This is not going to be Easy. Many will try, and many will fail!

Do not get attached to the Symbioid!

While you might find yourself getting attached to your guest, the Symbioid is not yours to keep! Due to their unique physiology, the Symbioid cannot stay within the Battlerealm forever! When the event ends, you’ll be able to sell your Summoned Symbioid and receive a keepsake Title in return! If you choose to hold out, the Symbioid is likely to wander off one day, never to be seen again!

Quest Difficulties this Month

More information to come soon, but this month will feature an “Epic Difficulty” in place of the Uncollected Difficulty, and will be open to players Level 40 and above. You do not have to be Uncollected to take part in this Difficulty Level. This is only for this month. Master Difficulty will also not require a Key to enter.

Klyntar Katalysts and your Symbioid

Your Summoned Symbioid can get quite Powerful through the use of Klyntar Katalysts! Unlike most 1 Star Champions, the Summoned Symbioid has the ability to go up to Rank 5. You’ll want to get them to as high a Rank as you can Manage, and might want to use them to take on Content that you’re not usually comfortable with.

100% Exploration of Epic Difficulty will give you enough Katalysts to bring the Summoned Symbioid to Rank 5. At Rank 5, the Summoned Symbioid has roughly 30% higher Stats than a 6-Star Champion, at Rank 2 Level 35! And that’s not even counting the Symbiotic Enhancements...

Symbiotic Enhancements

As we mentioned above, Symbiotic Enhancements are Boosts that can only be applied to the Summoned Symbiod, and only have an effect in the Blood and Venom: Symbiomancer Event Quest. These Enhancements are quite powerful, so use them when you’re in a tight spot, or when taking on content more difficult than you’re used to!

Beware of Alliance Wars!

The Summoned Symbioid does not like Alliance Wars, and Alliance Wars do not like him! Throughout the length of the My Little Symbiote Event, Alliance Wars will feature a Global Buff that will deter Summoners from bringing their Symbioid in as either an Attacker, or Defender. The Summoned Symbioid only like Quests!

Get ready to welcome this adorable little critter into your home next month!

EDIT: The Costs for the Symbiotic Enhancements was incorrect. We've corrected the prices listed above to reflect costs in game.

Comments

heart_breker_991

Thos is going to be an awesome event.

What about the people who start playing the game just before the "symbiote" is received???

rogueKlyntar

heart_breker_991 wrote: »

Thos is going to be an awesome event.

What about the people who start playing the game just before the "symbiote" is received???

Don't speak as if he is dependent on Kabam to reach you. He can find his way across the vast realm of space without Kabam's help, I should think. He will "arrive" or "encounter you", but he will not be "received" which implies he is "given" or that he needs permission from you to enter the house.

Tasty_Yum_Yums

There are three rules:
(1) no bright light
(2) don't get your symbiote wet, and
(3) never feed your symbiote after midnight, no matter how much he begs.

*Bright light hurts your symbiote and sunlight can kill them.

TheSquish671

Sorry if this has already been answered, i had no time to read every comment.

It says that 100% exploration of the epic difficulty allows you to r5 your symbioid, but does that mean,
1) from r1 all the way to r5, or
2) just from r4 to r5?

If it's 1), what rank can someone take their symbioid to if they only do EQ in one difficulty? For example, if i do only beginner, what's the max rank i can get my symbioid up to? Same for if i do only normal/heroic/master.

Whododo872

Kabam Miike wrote: »

Whododo872 wrote: »

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Ch1efster wrote: »

You beat me to it! I was just looking for this gif to share.

My Symbiote is definitely going to be named Squishy!

So, question about that
Any chance we can name our symbiotes in-game?

That's something we looked at, but is simply not possible for us to do in game at this time

Blast. Guess it’s gonna have to all be in my head.

Sammy the Symbiote’s gonna put in some work next month!

MoldyFingers

rogueKlyntar wrote: »

Spurgeo14 wrote: »

LeNoirFaineant wrote: »

@Spurgeo14 can you still press it?

Can't do anything with it. I quit the game for awhile during that event then came back later. Couldn't do anything about it, unfortunately.

You should be able to sell it for 1 Gold. I pressed and thenm sold.

I think you sell it for a title of some sort.

Adlinz

I think...our Symbiod looks like the Symbiod behind Grandmaster in in-game message about this event...

Player1994

Nice one gotta say we didn't see it coming great content

CharlieMurphyKC

Seems way too complex and more geared towards end game players. S'ok, I suppose.

Player

Lol, I just fought the 1* Spidey in Act 4.3.1 again to see how he was. Much easier with a 5* r4. Given all his boosts I’d love to take my 5* r4 DV against him. I’ll probably do so once AQ quest is completed.

RamoFPS

Miike are you going to have anti-venom?

NOOOOOOOOPEEEEE

I wonder is this a temporary trial period to see how balanced/well something like this would work to see if it could become part of the game for a longer period of time?

JayCee

Splatattack8 wrote: »

I meant 3 questions

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JayCee

Player wrote: »

Lol, I just fought the 1* Spidey in Act 4.3.1 again to see how he was. Much easier with a 5* r4. Given all his boosts I’d love to take my 5* r4 DV against him. I’ll probably do so once AQ quest is completed.

Well that will be a fun fight. Hopefully my 5* 2/35 Dormammu isn’t one shotted

Kthax567

Anything else coming with this?

Mastermind741

Is it really hard to get your sybioid to rank fiv??

Epsilon3

Why can’t we keep our squishies?!

You give us a “drone champion” (a feature we’ve been dying for) and it’s only for one month 😢

A lot of people were clamoring for an Adaptoid champ like this and here we get a Symbiote to raise and we won’t even be able to keep the fella. Why must you make them grow up so fast???

GroundedWisdom

RamoFPS wrote: »

Miike are you going to have anti-venom?

By the looks of the Banner, it's Symbiote Strange and Symbiote Howard. Not sure the specifics.

MoldyFingers

sooo... tomorrow?

Werewrym

I'm ready to find out what the rewards are in the new EQ difficulty... Who else has been waiting all weekend for this?

Raa

Will the symbiod be universal class?

jlamadison

@Raa yes

Raa

jlamadison wrote: »

@Raa yes

Cool

rogueKlyntar

MoldyFingers wrote: »

rogueKlyntar wrote: »

Spurgeo14 wrote: »

LeNoirFaineant wrote: »

@Spurgeo14 can you still press it?

Can't do anything with it. I quit the game for awhile during that event then came back later. Couldn't do anything about it, unfortunately.

You should be able to sell it for 1 Gold. I pressed and thenm sold.

I think you sell it for a title of some sort.

The Title is automatic assuming you logged in to the game during the event. Button-Pusher is if you pushed it before the end, but if you didn't push you got more than a Title.

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NOOOOOOOOPEEEEE

Will there be a champ spot light for our Symbiote buddy

SwiftiesForever

this gon be awesome

rogueKlyntar

How much will it cost to Level Up?
If we rank our Symbioid up past our strongest champ's PI, will he show up as the duel opponent for other players? Since we can't use him in PvP it would be cool to be able to fight them this way.
Will Masteries apply to our Symbioid or do we need to use Enhancements? Even if Symbioids have no Synergies will they still be influenced by other Champions' non-Unique Synergies like Romance, etc.?
Since there will presumably be no Signature Ability, what, if anything, will make up for it?

Moreover:
Will this pet come in a box in the mail or will he wander across our screens in the middle of a fight and make us lose because we are so busy admiring it's adorableness? Will we get "Who Saved Who ?" Titles? Will this be like Nintendogs where we get to watch Alliance members' Symbioids play with our own? Do these things like lasers or squeaky toys more? Are they child-friendly? Able to be left alone in the house? Will they screw wiith us and Kick allies form our alliances like a cat or a Border Collie would? Will they eat us out of the Alliance because it takes Alliance resources to raise them? Will we get a pedigree? What is the life expectancy and are thye prone to health problems in old age? Visits to the vet? Can we breed them? Were they obtained legally and humanely? Are they endangered? Do we need a license to own? Do they make noises unknown to this planet/plane of existence/dimension/universe? Can we set them on the bullies at school? Most of all, CAN WE WEAR THEM?

Dr. Strangevenom says:
"You don't think I'd ask all this unless it was pretty damned important do you, @Kabam Miike?"

Slappapow

The Summoned Symbioid does not like Alliance Wars, and Alliance Wars do not like him! Throughout the length of the My Little Symbiote Event, Alliance Wars will feature a Global Buff that will deter Summoners from bringing their Symbioid in as either an Attacker, or Defender.

Challenge accepted.