Questions for PerBlue: September 2021 - Responses

[Warrior_Piglet_LXXXIII]

Thank @LetsGetDangerousBro , for reminding me

[Baby_Yoda_S22]

Oops. Sorry I thought this was the precursor to the live q&a so I thought I’d shoot my shot

[Myeong]

… The live Q&A was about 5 hours ago.

[Baby_Yoda_S22]

Yeah I understand that now. Lol.

[BlackBOY]

1st: Mister_Toon don’t work on PerBlue

2nd: You really should stop as that will become spam and off topic

[Zelkiiro]

Does she even have more than 2 lines of dialogue? At least Mr. Big (and Koslov) was actually important to the plot of his movie.

[Yunno]

@Loutre

Are Guild Level 6, updates to existing perks, and new Guild Perks going to come to the game?

• [PBLudwig] - We’re always looking to expand our features so new Guild Levels and Perks are always a possibility

Last Q&A, a possibility
This Q&A, a possibility

Anything new to say? When will those possibility become real?

@Loutre

Any plans to make red skill chips easier to gain or any adjustment to red skill cost?

• [PBLudwig] - We are currently in the process of reevaluating our entire economy so this is certainly on the table for discussion.

Discussion? We want to see or at least know that changes are coming…

@Loutre

Could we get some buffs on older heroes?

• [Polaris] - We are planning to do some stat buffs on heroes in the 3.5 update

Hopefully it will be on all old heroes. Fingers crossed

@Loutre

Is it possible that in the future a third friendship campaign be added to characters?

• [PBLudwig] - We have actually talked about this recently so it’s a possibility!

Consider friend campaign is horrible as of now, I would rather this never come

@Loutre

Are there any plans to refresh the Friendship campaigns as some of them are very difficult?

• [Polaris] When we did the refresh for the Friendship system in November, we added missions that allow you to collect power ups for that friend pair. If you find a campaign that’s too difficult, level up your heroes and gather up some power ups!

Really? That’s your advice? Working on new heroes? With this broken economy? Really???

@Loutre

When will New Hero Information come to the game?

• [Polaris] We have the design for this almost completed, but it was put on the back burner when we lost a few team members. It’s still on the list to do, but I don’t have a clear time right now.

2022 and beyond…

@Loutre

Why do some heroes just have 2 elite stages?

• [Polaris] - Newer released heroes are put into the more recent chapters in the campaign. As they get older they’ll be added to more locations

So, Mickey, Jack Skellington and so on are new? Do you guys check your elite arrangements before answer? Not only new heroes have 2 elite stages…

@Loutre

Can Elsa’s first costume be unlockable?

• [Coach] - Elsa seems pretty comfortable in her current attire, so I don’t think so!

She is. We are not. Also, why can’t she have her white final dress in Frozen 2? It sure beats her entrance dress…

@Loutre

Could you retire the old Red Badges (now Yellow) system of needing another Red/Yellow badge to craft and Orange/Red badge to craft with 2 new Bits? Can it be changed for only needing one Yellow badge and 3 bits (with presumably the 3rd one being one of the two needed for the last badges of the rank)?

• [PBLudwig] - We’re taking a look at our whole economy at the moment including crafting recipes.

Really hope there will be changes regarding this SOON

@Loutre

Wish Crate and new Invasion boss update?

• [PBLudwig] - You might be seeing the Wish Crate sooner than you think!

Not a fan. Unless the price is reasonable (not 10.000 diamond per crate for absolutely nothing )

@Loutre

When opening diamond crates and you have heroes that are already unlocked, why are some 30 hero chips, some 7 and some 13?

• [Polaris] - The number of chips awarded is based on the starting star level of that hero. One star is 7 chips, two star is 18 chips, and three star is 30 chips.

Could this change? Could all heroes have 30 chips when open with diamond crates? 7 is nothing now

@Loutre

Could you scale the contest requirements for everyone by their total power, team power, whichever mechanic there is to keep an even chance for all players? Why doesn’t the Fortify the Network contest have a stable range of diamond requirements that is not detrimental to other diamond expenditures in the game?

• [Polaris] - When the Live Ops team sets up the contests, they look at the resources currently in the game among the active players to determine the points requirements.

No wonder older severs barely have any new players. Who would want to join knowing they can’t complete contest? Even long time players have a hard time doing that…

@Loutre

You guys mentioned in the last Q&A that you will refresh the Market, simplify crafting trees, and implement Invasion boss quick fight, is that still being worked on?

• [Polaris] - There is quick fight for Invasion Bosses. Also Auto Quick Fight for the Breaker Quests. Updating the Markets and simplifying crafting trees are on the back burner at the moment

Sorry for the confusion but I mean is auto quick fight for Invasion bosses. The button that help us fight MULTIPLE bosses at a time. Like auto quick fight in breaker quest

@Loutre

Will there be another way to get XP drinks outside of the Port and raiding the campaign sometime in the future?

• [PBLudwig] - We don’t have plans to offer Hero XP in new modes as of right now, we’re mainly focused on adjusting the amounts given out in current modes to make sure they are keeping up with progression

As of now, you are doing a terrible job at it as we never seem to have enough of it … all the time

@Loutre

Why does it take so long to scale mega bit drops?

• [PBLudwig] - With our reduced resources on the team this unfortunately had to get deprioritized in the short term as people shifted into new roles and responsibilities. As we’re scaling back up here this is a top priority item to review and adjust by end of the year.

@Loutre

How do you plan to maintain the health of the game?

• [Polaris] - We plan to keep adding new heroes, refreshing old heroes, making quality of life improvements to make the game more fun, adjusting economies and rewards as needed, and introducing new events to keep things interesting. We are dedicated to keeping the game growing and fun for many years to come.

And here we are, with an unhealthy game environment we need some changes regarding to economy really fast

@Loutre

Any plans for updating Heists?

• [Polaris] It isn’t on the short-term roadmap, but I do know this is a game mode that players have given us a lot of feedback about. It’s on the list!

That list must be really really longgggg as I see you put almost everything on it

[ALDT]

@Loutre

Đối với mũ của Guild Aid, chúng tôi có thể sẽ không loại bỏ chúng nhưng chắc chắn có thể xem xét mở rộng chúng.

Expand them?

At least expand on what they consider most important.

[The_Real_Numi]

@Ashley_Spinelli

asked for W.I.T.C.H., though, and W.I.T.C.H. is a Jetix show!

I know W.I.T.C.H. is a Jetix shows.

@Ashley_Spinelli

Ergo, it’s eligible.

No, it was not done by Disney anyhow. Only co-produced and that´s a big difference. The ones I asked about were the ones in a “joint venture” of Disney and Jetix. But even those might be out of a question.

@ALDT

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YES!!!

[Mister_Toon]

@Loutre

• Are there any plans to refresh the Friendship campaigns as some of them are very difficult?
  • [Polaris] When we did the refresh for the Friendship system in November, we added missions that allow you to collect power ups for that friend pair. If you find a campaign that’s too difficult, level up your heroes and gather up some power ups!

So, basically we’re stuck and at the mercy of every last enemy that been a thorn in our side.

Come on, there’s got to be something they can do. This is torture. I grind and grind and grind until I get to the rank the campaign wants, I level up, I waste gold making skills stronger, I even use power-ups if needed and it still dosen’t work. I can even get past the very first fight in Launchpad/Hiro campaign. And when I asked you for help, the only people that can do something about it, all you can tell me is to level up and use power-ups?

DO YOU REALIZE HOW MANY TIMES I’VE BEEN TOLD THAT!?!

You know what? Forget it. I tried asking for help over and over and clearly that didn’t work either. So, if no one is going to help me or do anything about it. Then, I’ll figure it out myself.

[Yunno]

I remember I had to use 40+ power up on Kermit-Gonzo friend campaign to complete it, after lv up all heroes needed in that campaign

[Mister_Toon]

Please don’t make me feel worse.

I’ve seen others people, their heroes are at ranks like orange or purple, ranks that are far behind the rank needed and use power-ups as filler. So, I take the time to get them to the ranks and levels they want. But apparently, that’s not enough and makes me feel stupid whenever get beaten over and over.

It makes me wonder why I can’t do this. What am i doing wrong. And the devs response makes me feel worse

[Captain_C]

Try 101 boost and still can’t beat the level, the last one to finish it too.

[Filadae_Djaq]

@Captain_C

Try 101 boost and still can’t beat the level, the last one to finish it too.

Just upgrade Demona or Disgust, they’ll be your biggest source of damage

[Captain_C]

Slowly trying too, just saying plus 40 boosts nothing compared to having 101 boost on it was all.

[Filadae_Djaq]

I’m just saying that’s kinda on you since you have high damage dealers which were popular at the time Demona was released

In Kermit/Gonzo the only popular one was Kermit, the one who can’t deal any damage at all