Announcing Event Quest: Blood and Venom: Symbiomancer

A SWARM OF SYMBIOTES

Symbiotes have begun to appear all around The Battlerealm at random. As if that wasn’t enough, Guillotine has requested your help to save a once powerful ally from a pursuing force. Where are all of the Symbiotes coming from, and how are they getting around so fast? Team up with Guillotine and put an end to the rampage!

The chaos caused by the onslaught of Symbiotes has had some… interesting effects.
Firstly, the Master Key has been destroyed. Yes, you read that right, the Master Key has been destroyed, and the Master Difficulty has been unlocked for the foreseeable future.
Secondly, Uncollected difficulty has been replaced with EPIC for this month, allowing a challenge for anyone Level 40 and up.
Finally, a new SYMBIOTE difficulty has appeared, which will require the help of a friendly Symbioid in order to complete, starting on October 17th. It was mentioned before, but it’s worth repeating: this difficulty is beyond what you’ve seen in Master and Uncollected, and it will require the help of a properly invested Symbioid to complete.

TALL, DARK, AND HANDSOME

Two Symbiote creatures have slithered their way into The Battlerealm!

Venom the Duck is the first result of what happens when the Symbiotes run amok and start bonding with a wide array of Champions. While Howard may seem like an odd choice, this Symbiote chose him for his cunning intellect and is using that in conjunction with the Symbiote’s natural bloodlust and penchant for violence. Throughout combat, Venom the Duck will be able to activate buffs of different categories, store them for later use, and call them back when he needs them.

The Symbiote Supreme is a powerful Symbiomancer who can control Symbiotes through his mysterious magic. What he hopes to gain from taking control of Symbiotes throughout The Battlerealm remains to be seen, but it doesn’t bode well for the rest of the inhabitants. He is able to gain and switch between the blessings of Eldar Gods and a Demon to increase his offensive and defensive capabilities, and to Nullify the buffs on opponents.

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Q&A
How long does this quest run for?
This quest will be starting on the 3rd of October at 10:00AM PDT and will run until November 7th at 10:00AM PST. Those attempting Legends runs will have until October 17th to 100% explore both Heroic and Master difficulties.

How do I get the Legends title associated with Master Difficulty?
The Legends title and rewards will be given to the 100 players who 100% explore HEROIC AND MASTER difficulties in this Event Quest the fastest. Just like recent Event Quests, this quest will take advantage of the Time Attack system we’ve put in place for our Monthly Quest Legends Program. This means that the players that completely explore Heroic and Master difficulty the fastest within the first 2 weeks of the event being live will win the title. More information on that can be found here:https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/27/time-attack-legends-program

In addition to this distinction, these first 100 will receive the following rewards:
#1-5 - 3x Tier 4 Class Catalyst Crystal
#6-100 - 1x Tier 4 Class Catalyst Crystal
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Rewards

For completing and mastering all of the Beginner Quests, you earn:
4000x Premium Crystal Shards (2x Crystals)
150x Units
900x Tier 4 Generic Catalyst Fragments
2x Generic Tier 1 Catalysts
2x Generic Tier 2 Catalysts
15x Tier 3 Generic ISO
18x Tier 2 Class ISO (3/each class)
1x Dark Mallard Title
150x Strands
1x Klyntar Katalyst

For completing and mastering all of the Normal Quests, you earn:
1x 3-Star Guillotine
5250x Premium Crystal Shards (2.5x Crystals)
2000x 3-Star Crystal Shards (1x Crystal)
150x Units
2700x Tier 4 Generic Catalyst Fragments
1x Alpha Catalyst
3x Tier 2 Generic Catalysts
5x Tier 3 Generic ISO
7x Tier 4 Generic ISO
30x Tier 2 Class ISO (5/each class)
1x Dark Mallard Title
190x Strands
2x Klyntar Katalysts

For completing and mastering all of the Heroic Quests, you earn:
4000x Premium Crystal Shards (2x Crystals)
3x Premium Hero Crystals
1x 3-Star Hero Crystal
800x 4-Star Crystal Shards (40% of a Crystal)
1000x 5-Star Crystal Shards (10% of a Crystal)
150x Units
1x Tier 4 Generic Catalyst
1x Alpha Catalyst
2x Tier 3 Generic Catalysts
12x Tier 4 Generic ISO
30x Tier 3 Class ISO (5/each class)
10x Tier 4 Class Catalyst Fragment Crystals
1x Dark Mallard Title
230x Strands
5x Klyntar Katalysts

For completing and mastering all of the Master Quests, you earn:
3x Premium Hero Crystals
1x 3-Star Hero Crystal
6000x 3-Star Crystal Shards (3x Crystals)
2000x 4-Star Crystal Shards (100% of a Crystal)
1500x 5-Star Crystal Shards (15% of a Crystal)
150x Units
3x Alpha Catalyst
1x Tier 4 Generic Catalyst
3600x Tier 2 Alpha Catalyst Fragments (10% of a Catalyst)
55x Tier 4 Class Catalyst Fragment Crystal
10x 4-Star Signature Stone Crystals
5x 5-Star Signature Stone Crystals
28000x Tier 4 Basic Catalyst Fragment
1x Master of the Dark Arts Title
270x Strands
15x Klyntar Katalyst

For completing and mastering all of the Epic Quests, you earn:
4020x 4-Star Crystal Shards
7500x 5-Star Crystal Shards
2500x 6-Star Crystal Shards
12000x Tier 2 Alpha Catalyst Fragment
10x 5-Star Signature Stone Crystal
9000x Tier 5 Generic Catalyst Shard
1x Tier 4 Class Catalyst Crystal
310x Strands
25x Klyntar Katalyst

For completing and mastering all of the Symbiote Quests, you earn:
1x 5-Star Featured Hero Crystal
3500x 5-Star Shards
15750x T2 Alpha Catalyst Fragment
10x 5-Star Sig Stone Crystal
1x Tier 4 Class Catalyst Crystal
1x Monstrous Master Title
9000x Tier 4 Basic Catalyst Fragment
48150 Gold

Comments

Denta89

@Kabam Miike
What 5-Star Features Crystal is it?

V1PER1987

Kabam Miike wrote: »

Hey All,

Thank you for the feedback on the rewards for this event. I can confirm that what is listed here is correct.

When we designed the Event, we did so as an addition to the regular Monthly quests, like the other side events we do every month, and not an actual extension/progression of the Monthly Event itself. While the content itself is technically more difficult, we're also giving everybody the Key that is required to be able to beat it (the Summoned Symbioid).

This is Bonus content in addition to the regular Monthly Event quest. If we ever do introduce a higher difficulty, the rewards will be better suited to be a progression of the actual Event Quests.

So is this difficulty going to be the same energy and length as the uncollected quest? Because if so, then this doesn’t seem all that worth it honestly. Huge energy sink

BirdReynolds

Ok. I’m cool with that I guess but it was listed in a peculiar way. Can you clarify about the featured crystal please? Is it a special release crystal or basically just 15k 5* shards? Im bored at work and this is infinitely more interesting.

battleone

Kabam Miike wrote: »

Hey All,

Thank you for the feedback on the rewards for this event. I can confirm that what is listed here is correct.

When we designed the Event, we did so as an addition to the regular Monthly quests, like the other side events we do every month, and not an actual extension/progression of the Monthly Event itself. While the content itself is technically more difficult, we're also giving everybody the Key that is required to be able to beat it (the Summoned Symbioid).

This is Bonus content in addition to the regular Monthly Event quest. If we ever do introduce a higher difficulty, the rewards will be better suited to be a progression of the actual Event Quests.

That is not how it was framed in the initial announcement. It was like this is gonna be hard as hell and going need to use a ton of items. Did i misread? Now its just get the symbiote dude up to speed and youre golden?

Kobster84

Kabam Miike wrote: »

Hey All,

Thank you for the feedback on the rewards for this event. I can confirm that what is listed here is correct.

When we designed the Event, we did so as an addition to the regular Monthly quests, like the other side events we do every month, and not an actual extension/progression of the Monthly Event itself. While the content itself is technically more difficult, we're also giving everybody the Key that is required to be able to beat it (the Summoned Symbioid).

This is Bonus content in addition to the regular Monthly Event quest. If we ever do introduce a higher difficulty, the rewards will be better suited to be a progression of the actual Event Quests.

@Kabam Miike will we have to 100% all the event quests to get the symbiod maxed or can we just do uncollected to max him

Kabam Miike

BirdReynolds wrote: »

Ok. I’m cool with that I guess but it was listed in a peculiar way. Can you clarify about the featured crystal please? Is it a special release crystal or basically just 15k 5* shards? Im bored at work and this is infinitely more interesting.

It is the current Featured Hero Crystal. The one that is listed here: https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/84563/featured-5-star-champion-crystal-july-31-2018

This reward is preloaded, so even when the Featured Hero Crystal changes later this month, this will still be the one rewarded.

BirdReynolds

That’s dope. Thanks!

Elusive

Kabam Miike wrote: »

BirdReynolds wrote: »

Ok. I’m cool with that I guess but it was listed in a peculiar way. Can you clarify about the featured crystal please? Is it a special release crystal or basically just 15k 5* shards? Im bored at work and this is infinitely more interesting.

It is the current Featured Hero Crystal. The one that is listed here: https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/84563/featured-5-star-champion-crystal-july-31-2018

This reward is preloaded, so even when the Featured Hero Crystal changes later this month, this will still be the one rewarded.

Yeyyyy, another IP or Groot for me!
Next time just consider giving us the 15k shards so we can decide at least where to spend them. Lol

Raganator

Maybe back off on the hyperbole a bit: "Heed our warning, Summoners! This is not going to be Easy. Many will try, and many will fail!" Based on the rewards, I can't imagine it being that crazy, and if it is - the rewards wouldn't be worth it.

Helicopter_dugdugdug

Leave it to Kabam to give us ice cream then sprinkle some sand on it ...

Does it really kill u to put some t5b or 6* shards in it?

Mitchell35

The way I see this.... epic/uncollected will be easier this month with symbiod. Don’t even bother with symbiotic difficulty

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Kabam Miike

Hey All,

I have the information you guys have asked for regarding the Rank Up Katalyst costs for the Summoned Symbioid:

Rank 2: 1
Rank 3: 3
Rank 4: 5
Rank 5: 15

That's a total of 24. Exploring Epic will give you even more than you need to bring your little buddy up to Rank 5!

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V1PER1987

Kabam Miike wrote: »

Hey All,

I have the information you guys have asked for regarding the Rank Up Katalyst costs for the Summoned Symbioid:

Rank 2: 1
Rank 3: 3
Rank 4: 5
Rank 5: 15

That's a total of 24. Exploring Epic will give you even more than you need to bring your little buddy up to Rank 5!

So basically you can finish epic to max the symbioid or beginner-master to max him. So I guess the question is why are there 48 Katalysts?

BirdReynolds

Beginner-Master gives 23

Vegeta9000

Even with the featured crystal, the symbiote difficulty without t5b or 6* shards are garbage in the sceme of things. Epic completely outclasses symbiote rewards on the sheer premise it contains 6* shards and t5b. Promised a challenging difficulty with rewards comparable to said difficulty, and what i get is a difficulty greater than epic/uc and rewards thaf are worse.

Deadass, you add the 2500 6* shards and 9000 t5b frags youd get from epic onto Symbtiote too and those are fair rewards from the “challenge” (read moneypit) youre offering. Until they, unless it is vastly shorter. Its a joke, and not a funny one. But don’t worry, i assume you appreciate (read ignore and laugh at) our feedback.

Scottryan

If its harder than Epic/Uncollected then where are the 6* shards and more importantly the t5b shards? Come on guys.

xNig

Will the energy requirements for Symbiote Difficulty be the same as Epic?

IanMoone

BirdReynolds wrote: »

Beginner-Master gives 23

Look again. Heroic&Master gives all together 25 plus epic another 25 equals a total of 50 Kats lol

Lovejoy72

Presumably, folks finishing this new quest level will be in possession of stacked rosters, and ennui. This will give them something to do, something to spend their resources on, something to live for. And, interestingly, I don’t care what rewards they get?

BirdReynolds

@IanMoone explain please how you got 25 from 15+5.

DNA3000

Helicopter_dugdugdug wrote: »

Leave it to Kabam to give us ice cream then sprinkle some sand on it ...

Does it really kill u to put some t5b or 6* shards in it?

There is always, always going to be something in this game that is hard to get. The more the hard stuff gets easy, the faster you're catapulting the game to introduce even harder to get things, and the quicker you're going to devalue the stuff that already exists. This is something you cannot negotiate your way out of. This is the inevitable unavoidable side effect of opening the spigot, and every little bit you add puts pressure to add a little bit more every time. So yes, there is a downside to adding more of the highest rarity items than the game already has. There always is in progressional games.

I did say this repeatedly when people used to ask "would it kill you to add more 5* shards to the game?" A lot of people threatened to quit when Kabam announced 6* champions: I have no idea how many of them followed through with that threat, but the simple fact is that once 5* shards began to accelerate in availability, 6* champions became 100% inevitable.

IanMoone

BirdReynolds wrote: »

@IanMoone explain please how you got 25 from 15+5.

In the battlerealm math doesnt apply lmao

Cryptic_Cobra

Why is it the hardest difficulty has worse rewards then the second hardest... In what way does that make sense? At the bare minimum you should have just copy pasted the regular uncollected rewards into the new difficulty, then slapped your useless title in with it.

OnlyOneAboveAll

So is the new difficulty the same quest as master/epic just harder and require the same energy cost?

LordPiyush24

V1PER1987 wrote: »

Maldroit2 wrote: »

Is it just me, or do the symbiote difficulty rewards seem a little low?

Acanthus wrote: »

Isn't Symbiote difficulty harder than Epic? Why does it have worse rewards?

I would reread. Basically 15k 5* shards, 2,500 6* shards, and 1/2 a T2A. Seems pretty decent to me. But we will have to see the difficulty level to obtain them.

its 2500 5* shards not 6* shards

V1PER1987

LordPiyush24 wrote: »

V1PER1987 wrote: »

Maldroit2 wrote: »

Is it just me, or do the symbiote difficulty rewards seem a little low?

Acanthus wrote: »

Isn't Symbiote difficulty harder than Epic? Why does it have worse rewards?

I would reread. Basically 15k 5* shards, 2,500 6* shards, and 1/2 a T2A. Seems pretty decent to me. But we will have to see the difficulty level to obtain them.

its 2500 5* shards not 6* shards

Yes I know. I already corrected myself.

Jack221

So you're telling me i get extra content, a cool new champ to level up and play around with and some tasty rewards?

YAY!!!

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