Alliance Quest Season 6 - Discussion Thread

Hey Summoners,

Over the last year, Alliance Quests have changed a lot. We’ve had Sentinels added, a new Season, new Minibosses, and even a new Map among other big changes, like the addition of Tier 5 Basic Catalyst Fragments.

As we move closer to our next evolution, we wanted to give you an early look at Alliance Quests: Season 6. We’re currently working on this new update to Alliance Quests, and we are hoping to launch Season 6 alongside our 23.1 release next month.

We are still working on the exact date and the contents of this update, and we will have a formal announcement with more information closer to the launch, but wanted to bring you some of the information we do know as early as possible so you can prepare yourselves for the dawn of Season 6: Mad Titan’s Wrath.

Read all about it here: https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/139441/early-look-alliance-quest-season-6

Remember, All of this information is subject to change.If you have feedback, please share it with us!

Comments

Menkent

Dormammu again, huh? Weren't there supposed to be three different mini-bosses?

V1PER1987

Has power burn’s bug against vivified been addressed yet? Weeks have gone by and I don’t recall anyone mentioning a fix for it. If this hasn’t been fixed yet, this is ridiculous. It would be a bug that’s been for at least a month that has benefited you. Why not let a bug benefit us huh? Put a life transfer effect on that node as well.

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Ultra8529

Maybe we'll get another potion as compensation!

Greywarden

What’s yours is mine is getting kind of ridiculous on later days with resonate barely proccing.

Also seeing instances against war machine where weakness is on him but I’m doing reduced damage. I have a feeling it’s tied to the same bug on the physical resistance line where you get an armor break (using corvus) and it winds up gimping your damage.

Menkent

Yup, looks like someone predictably deleted a bunch of posts without addressing the questions. Has there been an announcement about the mini rotation being messed up? I feel like this happened at the beginning of the last AQ season, too.

Menkent

Mods, should all future (i.e., ongoing) issues be posted in bug forum now?

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Carnage313

So what’s on tap for AQtoday. Hyperion again

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Menkent

Is map5 really Hyperion again? Map6 got mephisto

ljballer22

Map5 has been overhauled!

Jawarrior2001

What is the map 5 miniboss this week?

ljballer22

Scarlet Witch. However, all the defenders have been updated to newer champions.

RagamugginGunner

new map 7 as well

CometEarth

Scarlet Witch. However, all the defenders have been updated to newer champions.

without any prior notice. People just took the usual team and maybe they will be f up

Menkent

For map5 it shouldn't be a big deal as long as the nodes are the same, unless they snuck a boosted magik or something in there. Feel free to post any helpful info since they don't seem to be making an announcement.

ljballer22

For map5 it shouldn't be a big deal as long as the nodes are the same, unless they snuck a boosted magik or something in there. Feel free to post any helpful info since they don't seem to be making an announcement.

The nodes and links are the same. However, going from a lot of old basic champs to defensively designed champs is still a bit of a jump in difficultly. Void in every section, multiple Mr. Sinisters, multiple Dominos, and Havok just to name a few.

Destroyer

First Hype now this. Thanks.

Captain_Kandice

Why increase the difficulty of map 5? Isn’t that what map 6 & 7 are for? If people are looking for a challenge can’t they run that map? Some of these champs are a huge jump in difficulty. It’s day 1 and I got my butt kicked by Mr. Sinister where an Elektra was before.

Destroyer

Kabam,

I'm a 4yr player that got sick of the AW push and joined an alliance full of like minded players that runs Map 6 on day 1 or 2 occasionally but sticks primarily to Map 5 and Tier 4, no pressure AW. Map 5 was very doable for us, but the point is to have MORE fun playing and still be able to progress our accounts at a reasonable rate, which allows us to push in AW or AQ when it works for the members involved. This also allowed us more time to focus on EQ, Act 6, Variant, etc. while better managing real life obligations.

These changes to Map 5, starting and continuing with the Hyperion mini and now this, are unreasonable to a player in my position. Map 5 is now full of champs that many AW attack teams are built around countering. You have given me and my alliance mates even less motivation to care about AW, and AQ to a certain extent thanks to the increase in the difficulty of Map 5.

Map 5 was great for both progressing and veteran players, providing next level growth for the former and a low stress option for veteran players that gave them at least roster sustainability with slow steady growth in a time manageable environment. Not to mention that Map 5 was the perfect place to try out new champs/teams. Now you are semi gating certain paths by placing defenders (like Electro on Bleed/Heal Block or Havok wherever) that require very specific counters. This is feeling more like AW, and it's not fun.

I respectfully would ask that you please explain this unannounced change and if it is to remain, hopefully you will look into bumping rewards some. There is no question that Map 5 is much more difficult than it was pre Hype mini. Some increase should be expected, but this just feels like too much.

I'm personally feeling beat down by all of the bugs to nodes, champs, and basic game mechanics/AI adjustments that either remain in the "looking into it/pass that along/test for us and send video" category, or are completely ignored; along with the continual fail that AQ Map 5 and AW has become. Sadly, this has not been a good year for the game in my opinion, just an amazing display of....I don't have the words. I'm really losing faith that things are going to get better.

Thanks

OmegaMan

And you wonder why there are trust issues with this company? Everyone that runs map 5 has just been screwed over yet again. All the focus was on the way OP Hyperion and they were sitting back this whole time just laughing at what was coming.

Unbelievable yet again but why be surprised now with anything that this company does?

I agree 100% that’s it’s just another money and resource scheme. HOW ABOUT letting people know what’s coming? Has anyone ever heard of COMMUNICATION? so glad there is transparency and honesty here since that was the promise a short time ago. What a joke.

QuikPik

Day 5 Electro on heal block bleed lane is going to be fun.

SummonerNR

Were the changes to basic nodes in MAP-5 (ie, Elektra mid-right 2nd section, that was always easy to just fight thru supported, only +Health and easy SP's, saving an extra bak-n-forth freeing of links with inside lane, to now being a Mr.Sinister) an actual change starting this week ??

Or was that part of the normal rotating of basic nodes that started at beginning of this AQ season (Thanos boss), but we just haven’t seen him in rotation before now because we haven’t had S.Witch make her appearance as miniboss until now ??

Is Elektra still that node when we will get Hyperion and Morningstar as usual again ??

Menkent

I'm still a little cheesed at the timing of this. They unsticky this thread, drop big changes with no warning, and then the mods ghost for the weekend so they don't have to comment on it.

Menkent

Yup, looks like this is just Our Problem. Another Friday content dump works as planned.

Destroyer

So just wondering when the issues in this thread will be addressed? Any explanation at all for the sudden increase in the difficulty with the addition of Domino, Havok, Heal Block + Bleed Electro, et al in Map 5 last AQ? What about the Map 5 Hype debacle? Broken nodes in Map 7?

Thanks.

Jawarrior2001

So just wondering when the issues in this thread will be addressed? Any explanation at all for the sudden increase in the difficulty with the addition of Domino, Havok, Heal Block + Bleed Electro, et al in Map 5 last AQ? What about the Map 5 Hype debacle? Broken nodes in Map 7?

Thanks.

Lately it seems, possibly more so with this thread, the response you get is your questions deleted and ignored lost in the Thanos Snap.

I mean I get updating the champions in the AQ, little heads up would have been nice though, pretty sure a lot of alliances just joined with usual champs and get wrecked. Electro is a lovely fight, unavoidable damage, and heal block so you're screwed regardless.

Awesome job Kabam, please don't let us know about any future changes going forward, which seems to be the norm lately.

Odds on this post being deleted ?

Menkent

50/50. I've been using OR for the electro fight. Only use medium, heavy, and special attacks. Unless you screw up the unavoidable damage is minimal. I know not everyone has a high rank OR, but hopefully someone in each bg has one. I've been told the masochism path is harder too but I haven't tried it for myself.

Jawarrior2001

50/50. I've been using OR for the electro fight. Only use medium, heavy, and special attacks. Unless you screw up the unavoidable damage is minimal. I know not everyone has a high rank OR, but hopefully someone in each bg has one. I've been told the masochism path is harder too but I haven't tried it for myself.

Personally just think it's a cheap shot to put an electro on a node with heal block knowing that nearly every attack will do some damage to you, I mean it's what nearly 40% of physical damage? Could at least change to node to something other than heal block, but hey