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!

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RO53TT1

Also if they really cared and wanted everyone to be able to do act 6 they could always change the arenas and instead of making it a free for all fight to see who can score 100 million points (exaggerated I know) to get this week's best champion ever, they post a score, for example 20 million, and everyone who gets 20 million gets the champ, they could have other rewards for who gets the highest scores, but kabam doesn't do this, which incourages cheating and being overly competitive and kabam acts like they only have a certain number of champs they can give out in arenas, and if u believe that ur the exact kind of summoner kabam loves.

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GroundedWisdom

We now see we wont be able to bring in any thing less than a 5* champ, but is this worth all the uproar we have seen?
Also there has been talk of putting a 5* restriction.
I call BS on that one, mate.
You living in a Cave bro ? https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/763163#Comment_763163

They indicated 6.2 may have restrictions like having a certain amount of 5*s and 6*s, and Class Requirements. Not that they would be banning the use of 5*s.

Tasty_Yum_Yums

@Kabam Miike @Kabam Zibiit will we see any account bans for act6 piloting. We can expect this for legends runs.....
I'd say that depends on the players. If people pilot then there will probably be bans, if not then not but I'm not sure how many people would risk losing an account that is strong enough for Act 6

Agreed. If we are restricted from using 4* it would be nice to see ALL accounts restricted to just the proper user.

perão

tbm acho vcs restringe os heróis de 5 e 6 * e vem com essa de do usar os de 5* e 6* com nos que so vai benefiar quem gasta dinheiro nesse jogo então pra que vcs oferecem o jogo gratis no Google play

Badrose

MCOC = Marvel Contest of Cowhale

IsItthough

@Kabam Vydious I appreciate you cleaning up the thread, can you enlighten us on if the beta testers were allowed to use there full roster or just 5 & 6 stars?

ezmoney

We now see we wont be able to bring in any thing less than a 5* champ, but is this worth all the uproar we have seen?
Also there has been talk of putting a 5* restriction.
I call BS on that one, mate.
You living in a Cave bro ? https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/763163#Comment_763163
They indicated 6.2 may have restrictions like having a certain amount of 5*s and 6*s, and Class Requirements. Not that they would be banning the use of 5*s.

Grounded... hit up Seatin's lastest vid. That should give a clue of what the community thinks of you

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CeresCPH

This thread is meant to discuss constructively everyone's thoughts and concerns towards the addition of Act 6. Moving off topic to discuss other items that can be completely inflammatory results in a violation of forum rules. Keep the discussion on topic or comments will continue to be removed. We don't mind hearing feedback if it is negative, none of that is being removed unless it breaks forum rules in some manner.

Glad to see you are reading the comments hopefully all those comments concerning the death of 4*s has made an impression!

I still remember the reaction post 12.0. I remember how you guys acknowledge that you should listen to the player base.

The player base has spoken. We are not ready to bury our 4*s!!

XxArchMage

This is just **** they are limiting 4 stars and removing any need of skill from this game and not only that have stated we will be having 5* banned as well which is just garbage. I rank up my four stars and five stars to be used and sometimes a 4* is better than a 5*. What’s the difference from a 4* at rank 5 and a 5 star at rank 3 there is no difference so why can’t I use the four star. What’s next your gonna ban champs on rank 4/55

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Stagedear85

To stay on topic about our concern about the use of 4 star champions and so forth the solution is simple, when a company don’t care about the consumer (US) then when they bring deals that’s geared toward 4 stars don’t spend a dime on it. Complaining about this and that really don’t work sometimes not spending and a company losing revenue is the only way to get our point across. I’ve spend a lot on this game and I’m just disappointed now.

4Never

Let's look at this from a players point of view....

This whole game has a fundamental basis in **building a roster**, which means acquiring the most powerful champs now, AND using lesser *s to fill in gaps for synergy or champ utility, where RNG has not favored us, to accomplish tasks/complete content. I would say that is one of MCOC's most appealing features (that we love), as with any collection based game. We take pride in what we have built, and get the sense of continued value from past effort in building up the roster. You want to remove that from significant, upcoming content eagerly awaited by your player base. (Sure, the gate doesn't apply to all content, but if anything, this one would be most significant.)
From the vast majority of player's POV, there isn't anything appealing about a game design that removes that fundamental appeal in such a broad sweep in forward moving content. Some may be indifferent, and even less, accepting.

Kabam, did you really expect players to jump up and down with excitement over the 4* gate?!!! Seriously!
What player is saying to themselves, "Wow, what a great decision. I wish I would have thought of not using any lesser *s. I should just start playing all future content with only 5* and 6* champs, even where there is no gate. It will thoroughly enrich my game, and play experience by making significant moments (etc), and vastly make this game more fun." NO ONE!!!!

We tolerate or even find it acceptably challenging to see *some, limited* champ restrictions here and there (path or chapter), because we might explore other champs for the task, but an entire gate of 4* or less, is absurd. That doesn't make anything more challenging, or move us to other strategies. It simply just *** creates a demand *** for a higher * champ, that we most likely already have in a lesser *. That's the contradiction, and why players are upset. It doesn't make sense, especially given the explanation you have given, and goes against what we love about MCOC.

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Dexman1349

I think my biggest complaint is that the star restriction has limited those of us with poor RNG luck. Sure I have a decent-sized 5* & 6* roster (almost 60), but one can only do so much with Black Panther, Iron Fist, Khan, Jane Foster, etc.

These champs do have some functionality, but it is severely limited when compared to the likes of Corvus, Domino, Aegon, Omega, CAIW, Mr Sinister, Havoc, etc.

Update 12.0 was done under the premise that the developers wanted to "close the gap" between a few top champs and the rest of the pool. However, every new champ has gotten progressively stronger and have rendered a large percentage of the basic pool as grossly out-matched. In addition, the developers have ramped up the difficulty and complexity of events to cater to these new OP champs. Sure it's good that the devs are updating a few of the older champs, but even those changes get them up to 2018 standards.

93% of my roster are 2017 and older champs and simply are not built to endure this progressing meta. I have been running the same 5-champ team for over 6 months simply because I haven't had much luck. My most recent 4/55 rank up was Iceman just a couple weeks ago because I finally pulled him. Even he is becoming outdated in this progressing meta.

My concern is not that I don't have enough 5 & 6* champs to gain entry, my concern is that they simply aren't good enough to handle new content. My most recent pulls have been Black Panther, Phoenix, 6* Blackbolt, Proxima, Red Cyclops, and Mephisto. Again some functionality but nothing to really build an end-game caliber team around...

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Gamer

@Kabam Miike can u pliz get back to the dev and said avt6 don’t need the 4 star ban becasse this might hav ruined the fun. Of the game

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ezmoney

https://youtu.be/C_i3pAGxxrY
Did you even read the thing yourself? Nothing in there even suggests a 5* ban.

Do you know what you and all the other people on this bandwagon mean to seatin and other end game content creators?
Ad revenue. Nothing more.
yeah i read it kid and restricting 5*s is right in the same area. Its unnecessary and their explanation of "gates" for 4*s is a joke. So how about you read it son.
First of all, the "flag" button isn't a "dislike" button, mate. Trying to insult me by calling me a kid, while pretty pathetic as an attempt, is actually worth a flag, though.
This might help you understand the concept.

Moving on.

Again, did you read it? It says absolutely nothing about a 5* ban. It even mostly talks about making 5* and 6* champs easier to acquire.
It hints at certain paths in missions after 6.1 maybe requiring you to have X amount of 5*/6* champs in your team. But calling that a 5* ban is way above semantics. It's just plain old not understanding how words work.
Or, still my guess, you actually did not read the whole message.
i read it son and its a restriction. My guess is that your roster doesnt even meet the requirements for act 6.1 anyways so why are you even arguing. whats your ign. Prove me I'm wrong fanboy.
513 posts in 2 months lol seriously dude. You even play?
You even english...? Please, stay on topic.

Did you read the message yet?

The gent named umberto says you even english. Ive read it... and its garbage. You posting every other minute rambling that it isn't wont make it any less garbage.

Jman2182

As a reminder for everyone, we encourage debate and won’t shy away from criticism however we expect all users to treat each other with respect.

Insults, personal attacks, harassment, inflammatory posting, or generally rude posts will not be tolerated in either the forums, or private messages. This also includes the use of inappropriate, vulgar, discriminatory or offensive language of any kind.

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How much u want to bet that Kabam made this because of the controversy of the 4* ban.

Doomsfist79

Limiting conditions that discourage skill and roster planning, goes against every principle that the game is founded upon. These 7 day dramatic meta shifts are also very poorly executed.

Let us use our rosters, enough with these restrictions, don't create more discontempt.

The game is founded on the principle of making money.. people really seem to think kabam cares what the players think or want.. I keep saying it.. if people want kabam to change their mind.. then stop spending money.. 2 days of no revenue due to this 4* thing and the decision would be reversed.. simple as that

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ezmoney

https://youtu.be/C_i3pAGxxrY
Did you even read the thing yourself? Nothing in there even suggests a 5* ban.

Do you know what you and all the other people on this bandwagon mean to seatin and other end game content creators?
Ad revenue. Nothing more.
yeah i read it kid and restricting 5*s is right in the same area. Its unnecessary and their explanation of "gates" for 4*s is a joke. So how about you read it son.
First of all, the "flag" button isn't a "dislike" button, mate. Trying to insult me by calling me a kid, while pretty pathetic as an attempt, is actually worth a flag, though.
This might help you understand the concept.

Moving on.

Again, did you read it? It says absolutely nothing about a 5* ban. It even mostly talks about making 5* and 6* champs easier to acquire.
It hints at certain paths in missions after 6.1 maybe requiring you to have X amount of 5*/6* champs in your team. But calling that a 5* ban is way above semantics. It's just plain old not understanding how words work.
Or, still my guess, you actually did not read the whole message.
i read it son and its a restriction. My guess is that your roster doesnt even meet the requirements for act 6.1 anyways so why are you even arguing. whats your ign. Prove me I'm wrong fanboy.
513 posts in 2 months lol seriously dude. You even play?
You even english...? Please, stay on topic.

Did you read the message yet?
The gent named umberto says you even english. Ive read it... and its garbage. You posting every other minute rambling that it isn't wont make it any less garbage.
And that's supposed to make... Sense... I guess?

Okay, look as much as I like turning around in circles, I'd like you to do one thing for me:

Once you finally got to read the whole message yourself, please quote the part that mentions a 5* ban and/or restriction.

Then, although I already quoted and explained that already, I can tell you exactly where your cognitive dissonance stems from.

I might even find an even easier to digest analogy to explain the concept to you then.

Oh, also again, the "flag" button is not a "dislike" button. Flag is spelled f-l-a-g and dislike is spelled d-i-s-l-i-k-e.
See the difference?

You spam... what you're doing is spamming. You've stated your incorrect opinion already. Repeating it 30 more times isnt necessary.

Donkilla

First off all i would like to thank you and congratulate you for taking the time to make thid thread.

My name is Don King aka Donkilla AKA the supreme King AKA the supreme Don.

I have been part off the mcoc universe for many years, i was born when Iron Man didnt even exist, i watched the 2000 milliuem before thanos ever considered to cause mass destruction.

Back to the debate in hand. I would like to say KaBam you have done well but also you have done very bad!

Many will feel hard done by, by the fact you made them grind for featured 4* for a good few months and you also made them waste time and resourses on champions now they cannot use on Act 6.

We are very pleased the Act 6 has arrived.

But do you not think it would off been better to give due dilligence to everyone 6 months too 1 year to say that Act 6 will have rank limit?!

It would off given everyone half a chance to use them resourses on Mid tier 5* instead on god tier 4*.

That is my question to you Sir aka Kabam Aka i dont like you anymore.

Austin555555

If I give my honest thoughts on this topic, it will be removed for hate speech when it probably won’t

RagamugginGunner

1 week is simply not enough time to give the players.

xenu12

My roster is pretty loaded so it probably won’t affect me at all, but this is pretty insane

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