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Re: Has anyone randomly met another MCOC player in real life out in public?
@Ashacekar virtual NPCs? I thought they are all actual players
Re: How come Quicksilver and Spiderman 2099 (and maybe others too) get dex failed by Photonโฆ
So this issue has been around for a while, although NC's behavior is a bit extra wonky to me.@Pikolu
There's two completely separate "avoid getting hit" mechanics at play here, the Dexterity one and the "dash back no-hit" one, and my understanding is these aren't just different in description or even type (like say the difference between bleed damage and incinerate damage, which are both just damage the game is told to treat differently), but deep in the way the game actually causes the player to not get hit (I don't recall all the specifics, so I won't spit out potentially wrong details).
When you have both, it seems the game doesn't always process them the way you'd expect. You'd expect "two bites at the apple" so to speak. Dexterity would have a chance to kick in, and "no-hit" would also have a chance to kick in. But that doesn't seem to be the case. If you have both and something that prevents evade attacks you, what seems to happen generally is Dex fails and then you get hit.
If the champion explicitly turns off Dex, such as with Silk, then no problem: Dex can't fail because there is no Dex, and she can be "not-hit" when dashing back.
But it seems Nightcrawler *does* get two bites at the apple. He doesn't seem to turn off Dex - in fact you can see Dex failure messages - but he can successfully avoid getting hit by Photon. This implies that the way he was constructed is in some way different from other champs in that he can fail Dex but still succeed at avoiding hit.
Maybe that points the way to how to "fix" the other champs in the future, or maybe there's something special about Nightcrawler that can't be easily replicated. I'm not sure, but I'm sure the devs are aware of the situation, because if they somehow got NC to work correctly, certainly they must at least be considering if this should be made more universal. However, such things take time. Since NC was recently buffed, this might be an experiment to see if some novel new technology works better.
This is definitely a weird bug. And, DNA, I don't think your explanation of 'explicitly turns off Dex" is quite the answer (not that I'm pretending to know what the answer is ๐)
By my count, there are six champs that are supposed to have a Dexterity-replacement or enhancement; and most don't explicitly turn off Dex. Obviously the in-game text is just a simplified explanation of what's going on under the hood, but let's take a look:
- Nightcrawler: His text says "When dodging back, Nightcrawler cannot be struck by attacks". This ability makes no mention of Dexterity, and Nightcrawler's other abilities don't interact with Dexterity.
- Silk: Her text says "While dodging back, Silk cannot be struck by attacks. She does not benefit from the Dexterity mastery. "
- Quicksilver: His text says "When dodging backwards, Quicksilver is not struck by attacks". His abilities specifically go on to say that the "Dexterity Mastery is replaced".
- Vulture: His text says "While dashing backwards, Vulture is not struck by attacks". This ability makes no mention of Dexterity, and Vulture's other abilities don't interact with Dexterity.
- Spider-Man 2099: His text says "While dodging backwards, Spider-Man 2099 is not struck by attacks". This ability makes no mention of Dexterity, although of course, Spider-Man 2099 will be immune to the Dexterity buff.
- Invisible woman: Her text says "While dodging backwards, Invisible Woman is not struck by attacks". This ability makes no mention of Dexterity, and her other abilities don't interact with Dexterity.
My testing basically showed if you work against anyone, you work against all three; so at least that's consistent:
- Nightcrawler (doesn't turn off Dex): He works just fine against Photon, Heimdall and Domino+Unlucky
- Silk (Does turn off Dex): She also works just fine against Photon, Heimdall and Domino+Unlucky
- Quicksilver (does turn off Dex): Unlike Silk, he doesn't work against Photon or Heimdall or Domino+Unlucky
- Vulture (doesn't turn off Dex): He doesn't work against Photon or Heimdall or Domino+Unlucky
- Spider-Man 2099 (not clear if he turns off Dex): He doesn't work against Photon or Heimdall or Domino+Unlucky
- Invisible woman (doesn't turn off Dex): She doesn't work against Photon or Heimdall or Domino+Unlucky
Re: If you could make one minor change to a champ, what would it be?
That would do him so much justice! And maybe have him wearing his lab coat when doing some scientific, calculated specials or something lol. I think some very typical Beast-like "callouts" or texts like:Beast! I think only a few people are aware that Beast is one of the best power controllers in the game, he's also bleed resistant and able to regenerate. Maybe Kabam could add prowess abilities linked to powerful bleeds, just a little push to make him competitive.He's not that good and deserves more than just minor changes. He should be the Mutant Mr Fantastic and apply pre fight effects.
"If my calculations are correct....."..during specials.
"Fascinating!" when KOing a champ.
"Oh dear." when facing Sentinels or Tech champs.
"Hello my oversized Slavic friend/opponent" (when fighting Colossus, but changed to fit whoever the opponent is) would definitely be true to his character ๐
Re: can we slow down the 7 stars?
we know we're getting 8s, 9s, and 10s+, but don't you think it's too fast?I think Kabam (and many players) believe it took a bit too long for 7s to arrive. If 6s were here for about 5.5 years before the introduction of 7s, I would not be surprised if 8s came along within four years of 7s introduction as a result.
DNA3000
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Re: 1 Million Gold ๐ช! How many units or Money would you spent for?
You can get 1 million gold fairly easy playing arenas and incursions, spending glory or mysterium, and selling useless resources. Also, not only does opening gold crystals give you some gold, opening certain other crystals gives you gold. No need to spend units or cash.
Re: 1 Million Gold ๐ช! How many units or Money would you spent for?
You realize you can get 3M gold from the trading post every time it refreshes?
Re: 1 Million Gold ๐ช! How many units or Money would you spent for?
I have half a billion in gold as a Valiant with 5 7r3. Gold is not scarce for many players who managed rank ups
KoiBoy18
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Re: Will the Valiant Daily Login calendar feature Valiant crystal shards?
Precedence states that you donโt get the crystal of your progression level for free. When cav came out you still got uncollected crystals. Thronebreaker and paragon get cav crystals, and valiant get paragon crystals. Once the next progression level comes out, they will most likely get 2 paragon crystals a week compared to the one that valiants get. It is possible they get valiant crystals though
Maratox
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Re: So what now?
Whatever revives you think are going to be enough, save a few extra for warlock
ahmynuts
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