Wednesday, January 25, 2023

New Season of Alliance Quest: January 26 - February 1

This coming season of Alliance Quest we are moving battlegroup 3 up to Map 2.  This will double the number of points we were getting for that battlegroup.  Also, I will be re-arranging the BGs to better suit some players. Some of you are in too hard a map and some are in too easy a map. This will help us get 100% completion and exploration points and increase our rewards per day and per season. If you are in too easy or too hard a map shoot me a message and let me know.  From what I have seen I think I know who needs to go where but let me know just in case I missed you.

Some things I would like to see change in Alliance Quest: (The Veterans already know most of this)

1. When you first click on Alliance Quest always Spectate First. This will allow you to see what path you should take and what champions will be best for that path. Also, you should read the nodes to find out what the map modifier for that day is and how you can counter it with certain champs. For instance, if the node lets the defender Power Drain you want to bring a champ that is immune to Power Drain such as Annihilous. Another thing to look at when you choose the path you will take is Classes. If you have a Mutant as your main champ, then look for a path with mostly Skill champs so you will receive the Class Advantage Bonus to attack and health.

2. When you pick a path announce it in the chat for Alliance Quest so that everyone knows where you will be going. If you come into AQ and all the paths have been started, pick the best path that suits your champs.  Don't go on someone else's path unless there are no other open paths.  The main goal of AQ is to clear the map 100%.  The rewards are much better.

3. Don't fight the miniboss if you are just going to get your champs killed.  We need you to clear the map and if all your champs die at the first miniboss then you can't help anymore.  Just wait for the person who kills the miniboss. There are 2 minibosses on each map.  Feel free to go balls to the wall on the boss since it's the end and it doesn't matter if your champs all die. Give it your best shot.

4. If all 3 of your champs are knocked out and you have energy left, it would be a great help to taxi someone with your energy. Just announce in our group chat in Line App "I can Taxi someone in AQ BG2" and also announce in main Alliance Chat. Then go about doing your other stuff until you get a reply.  If you have to leave the game for some reason don't worry about taxiing anyone. (To Taxi someone, you go past them on a path to the next defender and when it opens the fight screen you hit the back button in the top left-hand corner. Then wait for them to kill defender. After they do then you move past them to the next defender and do the same thing.)


3 More Alliance Wars till Season Is Over on February 1st. 

We are almost through with Alliance War Season then we reap in the season rewards!  I am asking you guys for a few changes on the next 3 wars. (Some of you are doing an amazing job and I know most of the following doesn't apply to you but give it a quick read and let me know if I need to mention anything else)

1. We have been getting beat by attack bonus.  We usually win or tie in every other point category, so we are going to stop giving free points by placing easy to kill defenders.  If you have any 5 stars (Rank 4 Level 55 or above) and any 6 stars (Rank 1 level 25 or above) definitely place those defenders in Alliance War. But nothing below that.  We are going to see if this makes a difference in us winning or losing.  You can place your defenders anywhere I will move them if I need to.

2. We need to bring our best attackers we can spare.  I myself do story and event quest content when AW and AQ are not active or when the boss is defeated.  That way I can have my best champs available for Alliance War and Alliance Quest. Because the better we do in AQ and AW the better the rewards and the better the rewards mean the faster you can rank up your champs and all the shards from the rewards means more 5- and 6-star champs and all of that means you can do Story and Event content faster and a whole lot easier.  So that is why I make AQ and AW a priority and every single top alliance in the game does the same.  You shoot yourself in the foot half-Assing through AW and AQ and trying over and over to get through Act 4 5 or 6 without the best champs.  Also, when you get your champs to the last node on the map and the boss is defeated your champs are released and can now be used in other questing. So, you won't have your champs stuck in AW or AQ the whole time.  The faster everyone gets AQ and AW done the faster you get your champs to use for other stuff. 

3. Spectate First! When attack phase starts Spectate to see what path you will take just like with Alliance quest.  Choose a path that will be good for your champs.  If there are a lot of defenders that will inflict bleed on you try to bring a bleed immune champ or choose a path that doesn't have bleed inflictors.  

4. The 3 Purple Linked Nodes Must Get Taken out Before Attacking the Boss.  There are 3 purple nodes around the boss that are linking nodes and that give power and attributes to the boss on his node making him very hard to kill.  So, we got to take out the 3 purple nodes first.  If you take out a purple node wait before you attack boss until the other 2 nodes are taken out.