Witness the Great Revival! Act 6 Chapter 1 - Coming March 13th

BORN AGAIN
Carina has awoken. For ages she’s been trapped in her crystal prison, but with the support of Ægon, The Collector finally has his daughter back, but she’s not interested in standing still. Keen to find her place in The Battlerealm, Carina begins to understand her power and explore the fringes of the unknown, but Carina’s rebirth has reminded the Elders that the scars of their past have yet to fully heal. Taneleer Tivan and En Dwi Gast must jockey for Carina’s attention as they both attempt to mold her into the Elder they think she ought to be. Unfortunately for the both of them, Carina is as rebellious as she is powerful, and her defiant nature might just prove too much for the old Elders to handle…

Join Carina, Ægon, The Collector, and The Grandmaster when the final episode in the Elder Saga begins in ACT 6: REBIRTH!

RELEASE + LEGENDS
Act 6 Chapter 1: Great Revival releases on MARCH 13TH for all who have completed Act 5: ELDER’S WAR to enjoy.

Alongside this release, we’re happy to announce a Legends Run for Chapter 1! This Legends run will begin the moment you start Act 6 Chapter 1, and end the moment you 100% explore all Quests in the Chapter. You’ll have until April 13th at 10:00:00 AM PDT to log a time. The rewards for the Legends run of Act 6 Chapter 1 are:

Rank 1-5
10x Tier 5 Class Catalyst Fragment Crystals (2% each of a random Tier 5 Class Catalyst)
22,500x Tier 5 Basic Catalyst Fragments
2x Tier 2 Alpha Catalysts

Rank 6-100
5x Tier 5 Class Catalyst Fragment Crystals (2% each of a random Tier 5 Class Catalyst)
11,250x Tier 5 Basic Catalyst Fragments
1x Tier 2 Alpha Catalysts

In a new turn of events, we’ll also be featuring a Legends Run for all Chapters of Act 6, and a special Act Legends Reward throughout the release of Act 6! The top times for each Chapter’s Legends will be collected, and awarded with a new 6-Star Champion never before owned by any Summoner!

In order to win the Act Legends Reward, you’ll need to place in the top times of each Chapter, as follows:

Chapter 1 - Top 20 Times
Chapter 2 - Top 40 Times
Chapter 3 - Top 60 Times
Chapter 4 - Top 100 Times

If you happen to qualify for all 4 Chapters, you’ll receive the Champion 4 times, meaning you can Awaken them this way! We will have more to reveal about each Chapter’s and the Act Legends rewards in the future, but that’s all we have for you for now.

CHAMPION REQUIREMENTS
Act 6 is some of the most challenging content to date, and the perils within require only the strongest Champions of The Contest. Chapter 1 will contain CHAMPION REQUIREMENTS that will restrict the Champions you use to ONLY 5 and 6-Star Champions.

BUFFS
There are 7 new buffs making an appearance in Act 6 Chapter 1. Each Quest features one or more of these Buffs as Global effects, so you’ll need to bring your best. See below for each Buff and a little description of our intentions with it.

NO RETREAT! - When the Attacker dashes back, they gain Degen Timer for 1.2 seconds. Dashing back again while the Degen Timer is active causes a Passive Degen, dealing 200% of the Defender's Attack as direct damage over 6 seconds.
This Buff is meant to impose the mentality of its title: Do not retreat. While other similar Buffs like Caltrops can be easily countered with an Immunity, No Retreat requires careful planning and execution on playstyle to overcome. No Retreat was designed to be possible - but challenging - to avoid.

Special Delivery - The Attacker begins the fight with 15 Combo charges. Each landed basic attack decreases the Combo charges by 1, and launching a Special Attack will reset the charges. If all charges are removed, they are reset, and the Attacker suffers a Passive Degen equal to 100% of the Defender's Attack Rating over 4 seconds.
Similar to fighting Thor Ragnarok, this Buff will require you to make sure you have a Special Attack at the ready, but there are sure to be challenges to that strategy strewn throughout…

Combo Party - For every 10 hits of the Combo Meter, the Attacker gains a permanent Cruelty Buff, granting +500 Crit Damage Rating. When struck, the Attacker loses all Cruelty Buffs if their combo meter is lost and takes 40% of the Defender's attack as direct damage for each Buff removed this way.
This buff is generally quite simple, and is intended to create a “ride the line” feeling - you want to get your combo count up, but losing it will cost you dearly.

Long Distance Relationship - While close to the Defender, the Attacker gains a Weakness Debuff every 3 seconds, reducing their attack by 10% permanently. Staying far away from the Defender causes these Weakness effects to fall off.
The goal here is to encourage you to find “openings” to deal as much damage as possible. Waste those openings, or just spend too long near the opponent, and you’ll need to back off in order to gain your damage back. If you’re pinned in a corner, you’ll want to use your abilities to create some space and start dealing damage again.

Close Encounters - While close to the Defender the Attacker Regenerates 1% of their Max Health every second. While far away from the Defender, the Attack Degenerates 3% of their Max Health every second.
Sort of the inverse of Long Distance Relationship, Close Encounters encourages you to stay as close to the Defender as possible, and being efficient as you bait specials or get out of the way of abilities that could cause trouble up close (like Mephisto or Omega Red).

Power Struggle - The Attacker cannot gain Power during the fight through normal means. Each time the Defender reaches a full bar of Power, the Attacker is granted one as well and whenever the Defender launches a Special Attack, the Attacker loses an equal amount of Power.
This one is all about a “use it or lose it” mentality - you’ll want to make sure you’re keeping an eye on your Opponent’s power and how it relates to your own. Characters who can control power using their specials, like Vision or Magik, will excel here.

Hurt Locker - Using the same type of Special Attack twice in a row gives the Attacker a Delayed Blast charge for 5 seconds which may be removed by landing a Heavy Attack. If the Blast expires, the Attacker takes 50% of their Health as direct damage.
This one is (as the name might suggest) focused on creating a “bomb defusal” moment while you play. If you make a mistake, you’ll have a small window to correct it before your mistake comes back to bite you. Rest assured there will be challenges that will threaten to trip you up…

PI RANGES
Keep in mind these are approximate - there is some variation around the values but in general, this is what you can expect:

Quest 1
Paths: ~22,500-28,000 PI
Boss: ~ 55,000 PI
Quest 2
Paths: ~23,000-30,500 PI
Boss: ~ 58,500 PI
Quest 3
Paths: ~23,500-30,500 PI
Boss: ~ 50,000 PI
Quest 4
Paths: ~23,500-35,500 PI
Boss: ~ 54,000 PI
Quest 5
Paths: ~27,000-31,000 PI
Boss: ~ 66,000 PI
Quest 6
Paths: ~28,000-39,000 PI
Boss: ~ 72,000 PI

ENERGY/PATHS
In general, quests in Chapter 1 have a consistent energy requirement the whole way through. On average, All quests in Chapter 1 will have:

3 Energy Per Step
~ 9-10 paths
~ 600 Energy for Quest Mastery

REWARDS
Of course, we know that any announcement of new Story content wouldn’t be complete without some nice rewards for your efforts. Here’s what you can expect:

Quest 1 - 6 (Completion + Exploration)

30x 5-Star Signature Stone Crystals
180,000x Gold
63,000x Tier 2 Alpha Catalyst Fragments
50x Units

Chapter 1 Completion
9,000x Tier 5 Basic Fragments
2,000x 6-Star Shards
5,000x 5-Star Shards
1x 5-Star Rank up Gem Crystal (2-3)
1x Tier 4 Basic Catalyst
1x Tier 4 Class Catalyst Crystal
500,000x Gold

Chapter 1 Mastery
1x Tier 5 Class Catalyst Fragment Crystal (25%)
1x 5-Star Rank up Gem Crystal (3-4)
Tier 5 Basic Catalyst
4,000x 6-Star Shards
8,000x 5-Star Shards
3x Tier 4 Basic Catalysts
3x Tier 4 Class Catalyst Crystals
1,000,000x Gold

Chapter Total (all of the above)

1x Tier 5 Class Catalyst Fragment Crystal (25%) (Note: This is a Special Crystal, and not the regular Tier 5 Class Catalyst Fragment Crystal)
1x 5-Star Rank up Gem Crystal (2-3)
1x 5-Star Rank up Gem Crystal (3-4)
13,000x 5-Star Shards
30x 5-Star Signature Stone Crystals
6,000x 6-Star Shards
1,680,000x Gold
63,000x Tier 2 Alpha Catalyst Fragments
4x Tier 4 Basic Catalysts
4x Tier 4 Class Catalyst Crystals
1x Tier 5 Basic Catalysts
9,000 Tier 5 Basic Catalyst Fragments
540x Units

BECOME A CAVALIER
A new Act, a new Progression point! Summoners that complete Act 6 Chapter 1 will gain the new designation of “Cavalier”!

This designation is not as game changing as Uncollected, and is a step up similar in scope to becoming Contender, Proven or Conqueror.

Cavaliers will have access to a brand new Cavalier Crystal that guarantees at least a 3-Star Champion with a 38% chance at a 4-Star Champion, an 11% chance at a 5-Star Champions, and a rare 1% chance of a 6 Star Champion! These Crystals will be available for 200 units each.

Cavaliers will also have access to:

- A 25 Unit Discount on Grandmaster Crystals
- A new Cavalier Calendar in place of the Grandmaster Calendar that will grant a Grandmaster Crystal over 7 days, instead of 14
- An upgraded Daily Crystal that contains a rare chance of T5B Fragments, 5-Star Shards, or 6-Star Shards, and double the amount of - T2A Fragments, T4CC Fragments, and T4B Fragments!
- A slightly upgraded Free (4-hour) Crystal with more Gold!

This is the next step after becoming Uncollected, and we plan to continue to add more as the Story progresses!

Comments

xNig

It’s the same points raised over and over currently.

Just wait for the explanation Kabam will be issuing.

Chill.

EndymioN

I never called for rank down tickets until now. If I had known 4*s weren’t aloud in Act6 I would not have ranked up 2 of them.
Really. You ranked them just for an unreleased chapter?

(Also, I agree. 4* should be more quiet.)
I did not rank them specifically for Act 6. But if I had known they could not be used in Act 6 I would have made a different choice.
That makes little sense to me, but to each his own.

Makes to me, would have kept the resources instead of flushing them down the toilet

You just said you didn’t rank them specifically for Act 6, so it’s not flushed down the toilet. You ranked them for a non-Act 6 purpose. How are Act 6 restrictions affecting that rationale?

just as kabam plays the long game we need to do that also, and be carefull we

You just said you didn’t rank them specifically for Act 6, so it’s not flushed down the toilet. You ranked them for a non-Act 6 purpose. How are Act 6 restrictions affecting that rationale?
Your not getting it if he had known act 6 had the restrictions he wouldn’t have ranked them it’s quite simple
You’re not getting it. He ranked them for a purpose that can still be served regardless of Act 6.

CFree resources are way to scarce in this joke of a game, so restrictions like these make us change accordingly so no you are not right, we need to plan as tough we were going to act 6, why spend months of resources in something outdated?

Dshu

You just said you didn’t rank them specifically for Act 6, so it’s not flushed down the toilet. You ranked them for a non-Act 6 purpose. How are Act 6 restrictions affecting that rationale?
Your not getting it if he had known act 6 had the restrictions he wouldn’t have ranked them it’s quite simple
You’re not getting it. He ranked them for a purpose that can still be served regardless of Act 6.

I think it's the loss of the resources he is upset with. he didn't rank specifically for act 6 but he ranked believing they would be useful for act 6 as well as other content. If the restrictions had been made available he could have saved the resources to rank champs that would have been useful in both act 6 and other content

CFree

You just said you didn’t rank them specifically for Act 6, so it’s not flushed down the toilet. You ranked them for a non-Act 6 purpose. How are Act 6 restrictions affecting that rationale?
Your not getting it if he had known act 6 had the restrictions he wouldn’t have ranked them it’s quite simple
You’re not getting it. He ranked them for a purpose that can still be served regardless of Act 6.
I think it's the loss of the resources he is upset with. he didn't rank specifically for act 6 but he ranked believing they would be useful for act 6 as well as other content. If the restrictions had been made available he could have saved the resources to rank champs that would have been useful in both act 6 and other content

Of course it’s not a loss of resources when the 4* were used for whatever purposes they were ranked prior to any announcement for Act 6. But okay. He needs an excuse. I get it.

becauseicant

I'm not saying I disagree with the majority here, but I can't help but wonder...

Why wasn't there the same level of outrage when the requirements for Variant difficulty were released?

When looking at Act 6 and Variant, both are permanent, both have requirements that would only allow the use of roughly 1/3 of your whole roster, and both inherently contain significant synergy disadvantages (in fact, Variant was possibly MORE restrictive as Act 6's restriction can be overcome with luck).

Not looking to start a debate, but I am curious what people have to say about this.

Variant was acceptable because:
1. We could use our entire roster, albeit split into chunks of 33% but there was an opportunity to utilize any champion you've ranked. The restriction created a challenge that players could interact with rather than cutting off access to the majority of a players options for no apparent gameplay reason.
2. Overcoming a class restriction is much more reasonable than a rarity restriction because of how the game is designed. Due to RNG in champion acquisition the only way to address gaps in your available abilities and synergies is to use lower rarity champions which are significantly easier to obtain. Variant allowed this.
3. Special Quest versus Story Quest. While not as applicable in this case there will be cases in the future where the distinction matters. For example if they put out a special quest where we can only use avengers which ties into the story for that quest and also is balanced around that restriction that could be fun. Story quest content is the main content that we expect to be able to utilize our full roster, or else why progress it? The same avenger only restriction on the main story quests would be unacceptable.

Kabam Miike

Hey All,

I wanted to drop one more note in here on something unrelated to the Champion Restrictions. We've just granted a very small group of Content Creators early access to Act 6 Chapter 1 Quest 1. The purpose of this is so that they can make educational videos for you all on what you can expect in that first Quest before it is even live.

These Creators will be playing on their own account, with their own resources and team. They have not had any resources granted to them, and they will not be eligible for the Legends rewards from Chapter 1.

We'll be sharing out their content with you all as they release it closer to the release of Act 6 Ch1.

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bdawg923

Hey All,

I wanted to drop one more note in here on something unrelated to the Champion Restrictions. We've just granted a very small group of Content Creators early access to Act 6 Chapter 1 Quest 1. The purpose of this is so that they can make educational videos for you all on what you can expect in that first Quest before it is even live.

These Creators will be playing on their own account, with their own resources and team. They have not had any resources granted to them, and they will not be eligible for the Legends rewards from Chapter 1.

We'll be sharing out their content with you all as they release it closer to the release of Act 6 Ch1.
Possible to provide a list so videos are easier to find not all content creators are well known enough to trust blind content searches

He just said they will share the videos closer to the release of it. You don't have to go looking for them.

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Dshu

Releasing game footage from content creators doesn't address the fact that many players will have their rosters seriously handicapped by the restrictions.

Gamer

Releasing game footage from content creators doesn't address the fact that many players will have their rosters seriously handicapped by the restrictions.

Agreed one this one

DNA3000

This game should be about skill & strategy
It has always been about twitch skill, strategy, and roster progress. And of those three, one of them is the foundation the game is built on, and unlikely to be altered by asking.
Why shouldn’t a skilled player be allowed to do content with 4*

Why shouldn't a skilled player be allowed to do content with 4* champs? Here's the converse question. Why should any player be allowed to bypass the process of building a wide and high ranking roster, when that's one of the objectives of the game? Why should twitch skills be prioritized over roster building? What makes that objectively better?
Because building a wide roster above 4* rarity is entirely out of our control. You get what pops out of the crystal and that's that.

Yes and no. Yes, crystal drops are random, but that doesn't mean building a wide roster is entirely out of our control. I've made it a priority to work towards building such a roster since forever. You can't control random drops, but you can control how you play the game and optimize towards maximizing the number of drops you get, and the diversity of the roster you have. And while you cannot directly target 5* champs outside of the featured arena, you can specifically build larger wider rosters using the 4* basic arena, which is an incremental improvement that increases the rate at which you get 5* shards through duplication and improves the strength of your roster for arena grinding. There are a lot of things under player control, and I generally try to optimize all of them.

If you have only five, or ten, or even twenty 5* champs the odds of having particular or particularly strong ones is not very high. But if you have sixty or eighty or more those odds increase dramatically.

Of course, not everyone can grind the arena for champs or put the same amount of gameplay I do to try to build roster. But that's no different from saying that not everyone can put in the time and practice to become a great interceptor or a great evader.

Any one opening is luck. But the difference between someone who has a wide roster and someone who has only a narrow one is not luck.

Mcyeety

Act 6 how exciting! I can't wait to use my groot, old man logan, ant man, iron man, and magneto to 100% it. Wish I could use 4 stars, but groot should easily be able to 100% it.

gugacurado

Some players have invested a huge amount of time on arenas, and money, to add 4-star champs to their roster. Not letting them use these champs on this act is an offense to those players.

Gamer

Some players have invested a huge amount of time on arenas, and money, to add 4-star champs to their roster. Not letting them use these champs on this act is an offense to those players.

Agerd I’m don’t se the point. Only ther don’t wont singtge to be use. Maybe that why

BowTieJohn

Will Act 6 show up (locked) if you are still on Act 4?

Cat_Murdock

Will Act 6 show up (locked) if you are still on Act 4?

You'll be able to see it, yes. Just won't be able to enter

BowTieJohn

Will Act 6 show up (locked) if you are still on Act 4?
You'll be able to see it, yes. Just won't be able to enter

Thank you for your prompt response! Who are some champions that will be helpful for Act 5. I know I'm not done with Act 4, but want to start preparing as I work on finishing Act 4.

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JTVincible

@Kabam Miike Are you planning to answer the question of why 4 stars are not allowed? Or has it been answered already? I have nearly a million base hero rating and still this gimps 80% of my top attackers because of synergies. I put a great deal of resources and real money into ranking those champs, and now they're nerfed due to an arbitrary restriction. Absolutely ridiculous.

IsItthough

@DNA3000
"Yes and no. Yes, crystal drops are random, but that doesn't mean building a wide roster is entirely out of our control. I've made it a priority to work towards building such a roster since forever. You can't control random drops, but you can control how you play the game and optimize towards maximizing the number of drops you get, and the diversity of the roster you have. And while you cannot directly target 5* champs outside of the featured arena, you can specifically build larger wider rosters using the 4* basic arena, which is an incremental improvement that increases the rate at which you get 5* shards through duplication and improves the strength of your roster for arena grinding. There are a lot of things under player control, and I generally try to optimize all of them."

This entire paragraph is complete BS from one of the more respected people on the forums. Im sorry but if I actually had control then "Optimize towards maximizing the number of drops" wouldn't produce a sig 160 Hulkbuster, 100-Sym Spidey, 120-She-hulk (although the buff is solid), 80 Colossus and my personal favorite sig 100 Old man Logan. This game is based on Luck and how much you spend (Either time or money). Trying to sell people on anything different is blindly supporting a company pushing PTW. You have stated a number of times in this thread how we as players have control, yet that is the furthest thing from the truth. We as players are at the mercy of RNG.

DarthPhal

@DNA3000
"Yes and no. Yes, crystal drops are random, but that doesn't mean building a wide roster is entirely out of our control. I've made it a priority to work towards building such a roster since forever. You can't control random drops, but you can control how you play the game and optimize towards maximizing the number of drops you get, and the diversity of the roster you have. And while you cannot directly target 5* champs outside of the featured arena, you can specifically build larger wider rosters using the 4* basic arena, which is an incremental improvement that increases the rate at which you get 5* shards through duplication and improves the strength of your roster for arena grinding. There are a lot of things under player control, and I generally try to optimize all of them."

This entire paragraph is complete BS from one of the more respected people on the forums. Im sorry but if I actually had control then "Optimize towards maximizing the number of drops" wouldn't produce a sig 160 Hulkbuster, 100-Sym Spidey, 120-She-hulk (although the buff is solid), 80 Colossus and my personal favorite sig 100 Old man Logan. This game is based on Luck and how much you spend (Either time or money). Trying to sell people on anything different is blindly supporting a company pushing PTW. You have stated a number of times in this thread how we as players have control, yet that is the furthest thing from the truth. We as players are at the mercy of RNG.

He’s saying that if you open more 5* crystals you increase your odds of pulling more good ones. Someone who opens 100 crystals is likely to end up with more desirable champs than someone who opens 20. This is difficult to dispute.

You control how many crystals you open by the amount of arena and content you do, or by your spending.

Doomsfist79

Hey All,

I wanted to drop one more note in here on something unrelated to the Champion Restrictions. We've just granted a very small group of Content Creators early access to Act 6 Chapter 1 Quest 1. The purpose of this is so that they can make educational videos for you all on what you can expect in that first Quest before it is even live.

These Creators will be playing on their own account, with their own resources and team. They have not had any resources granted to them, and they will not be eligible for the Legends rewards from Chapter 1.

We'll be sharing out their content with you all as they release it closer to the release of Act 6 Ch1.

Really.. this is the response you needed to take a day for and think over before informing the community?? Are you serious??

DNA3000

m sorry but if I actually had control then "Optimize towards maximizing the number of drops" wouldn't produce a sig 160 Hulkbuster, 100-Sym Spidey, 120-She-hulk (although the buff is solid), 80 Colossus and my personal favorite sig 100 Old man Logan. This game is based on Luck and how much you spend (Either time or money).

As you say, this game is based on luck, how much money you spend, and how much time you spend. Completely agree. And two of those things are under the control of the player.

Beyond that, I would add that how you spend your time and money also influences your overall progress, something else the player has control over. There are efficient and inefficient ways to spend both time and money. Someone spending all their cash on units to burn on FGMCs is unlikely to get a great return on that cash. They could get lucky. But someone who spends their cash in other ways, like waiting for better offers or on things that will accelerate their ability to run higher difficulty content directly, is much more likely to ratchet upward higher and more consistently. A similar thing is true with regards to time.

DrZola

m sorry but if I actually had control then "Optimize towards maximizing the number of drops" wouldn't produce a sig 160 Hulkbuster, 100-Sym Spidey, 120-She-hulk (although the buff is solid), 80 Colossus and my personal favorite sig 100 Old man Logan. This game is based on Luck and how much you spend (Either time or money).
As you say, this game is based on luck, how much money you spend, and how much time you spend. Completely agree. And two of those things are under the control of the player.

Beyond that, I would add that how you spend your time and money also influences your overall progress, something else the player has control over. There are efficient and inefficient ways to spend both time and money. Someone spending all their cash on units to burn on FGMCs is unlikely to get a great return on that cash. They could get lucky. But someone who spends their cash in other ways, like waiting for better offers or on things that will accelerate their ability to run higher difficulty content directly, is much more likely to ratchet upward higher and more consistently. A similar thing is true with regards to time.

Still waiting on my ratchet. Someone told me a while back this was a resource management game. Wish I could remember who it was.

Apparently, they left out the part about needing good assets to spend those well-managed resources on...

Dr. Zola

ManGlitter

You just said you didn’t rank them specifically for Act 6, so it’s not flushed down the toilet. You ranked them for a non-Act 6 purpose. How are Act 6 restrictions affecting that rationale?
Your not getting it if he had known act 6 had the restrictions he wouldn’t have ranked them it’s quite simple
You’re not getting it. He ranked them for a purpose that can still be served regardless of Act 6.
I think it's the loss of the resources he is upset with. he didn't rank specifically for act 6 but he ranked believing they would be useful for act 6 as well as other content. If the restrictions had been made available he could have saved the resources to rank champs that would have been useful in both act 6 and other content
Of course it’s not a loss of resources when the 4* were used for whatever purposes they were ranked prior to any announcement for Act 6. But okay. He needs an excuse. I get it.

Act 6 was announced. YouTubers have been talking about preparing for it. Saving resources for it. I have been saving units and other resources for it. You don’t get it. It’s not an excuse.

LeNoirFaineant

@Kabam Miike are we still going to get the reasoning behind the decision to keep 4*s out of act 6 sometime today?

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