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CHAIML -> =AQ= 2022 Cinco de May the 4th Super Event (5/2/2022 13:27:00)

2022 Cinco de May the 4th Super Event
COMING THIS WEEK!
Creatures feeding exclusively on goats, called Chupacabras, have been sighted around Lore! You must find these elusive monsters during random battles and track them back to their den if you are to save the dwindling goat population. You may even stumble upon the rare Zard Pinata monster that is full of new and returning festive rares! Starslayer has arrived from space to take over The Void. With Dark Visor battling by his side, this pair will make short work of any unprepared challengers! Defeat Dark Madder's top apprentice and claim new rewards, including a special "Dark Madder" armor.

April Golden Giftboxes
Cross-game Extravaganza II
6 new prizes from many of your favorite AE games are now in the Golden Giftboxes! Unwrap tons of amazing rewards like the Prometheus Armor, Orpheum Bow, and more!

Limited-Time Shop
Mucho Holiday Gear!
The famed axe of Artix, now further enhanced by salvaged parts from Hollow’s garage! This weapon swaps between Melee/Magic/Ranged damage, and comes in Destiny and Rage variants. We have also filled the Limited-Time Shop with TONS of holiday gear, including new and returning items to celebrate all of the Moms of AQ!

Squee Booster Pet
20K Z-Token Package!
You may remember this sad little blue Moglin, spending his days discussing philosophy in Boog's Tavern. Now ready to seek out adventure, this little fella will boost the damage of all your Water attacks!

6K Z-Token Package - Spirit of Rejuvenation Misc:
This ethereal charm gives you resistance to Earth attacks and the fortitude to last until Spring (+END)! It also normally gives +10% gold from battles when in your active inventory, and a +25% boost during May!

Tag. You're it. ~Anim



PD -> RE: =AQ= 2022 Cinco de May the 4th Super Event (5/2/2022 21:16:27)

Not that I think it would ever happen, but I really wished that the Star Sabre weapons would be added to the Starslayer Void shop instead of being LTS-only (but still allow them to be bought through the LTS for that month only). That way we'd be able to get those items outside the month of May.

Also any plans on that void revamp? This is going to pause the rotation for a good while and people already dislike how long rotations are at this point. True we haven't had a new takeover in awhile but effectively rotations are actually more scarce than holiday releases are at this point if we're going by the fraction of the year they're available for nominally.

Anyways, it's nice that there's going to be new content for the Starslayer fight alongside the other events. That Darth Madder armor sounds like it might be some kind of energy mage-oriented armor in the theme of how the other items from the Starslayer Armor cache have been energy oriented.



RobynJoanne -> RE: =AQ= 2022 Cinco de May the 4th Super Event (5/2/2022 22:56:29)

@PD
This is very selfish of me, but I completely agree about putting the Star Sabres in the Starslayer Shop. Personally, I dislike how items in the LTS are completely gone from the game once the "season" is over, and there's absolutely no way for players to get said items during the rest of the year. I'd go even further though. Since this release also includes Mother's Day, I'd hope for a separate Mother's Day shop with its own respective painting instead of or in addition to putting everything in the LTS so that the Mother's Day items could also be available year-round. Mother's Day has some incredibly good items, especially for Adventurers and lower-leveled players since the FGM variants are not Guardian-locked, and it is frustrating to see them gone for the majority of the year. Ideally, in my opinion, every single "season" that only has items in the LTS instead of its own shop with a painting should get one. Yes, it's work, but it makes things so much more convenient for players who cannot play all the time or change builds every few months.

I am also hoping to hear about plans for the Void Takeover. The recent Avian Trio seems to be a permanent fixture at the Void, so I am very curious how the Void Takeover will be handled, considering the latter is a separate button in the Void screen.

As for Dark Madder, I am desperately hoping for an Energy spellcaster lean armor. I also look forward to the new addition to the Starslayer fight. I always enjoy a good challenge.



The Hollow -> RE: =AQ= 2022 Cinco de May the 4th Super Event (5/3/2022 14:21:25)

This week's Void update will only be the new gear for the Starslayer shop. The next big Void update will give players the ability to choose which Void Takeover boss they want to battle by paying a small token fee. That will release with a very gnarly challenge mob that Cray and Wyrm cooked up. This will likely happen after the Shinyaro Void Takeover in July.

quote:

Starslayer gets new rewards every year while Four-Eyed Freak still only gives a title.

Poor fella! I'll see if we can squeeze in some extra rewards for that boss with the next big update.

This is the final week to access the April Fools events from Today's Event page, and the following items will be leaving the LTS this week:
  • Milk/Dark Choco-Light of Destiny/Rage axes
  • Hedgemog Spells and Pets
  • Chibi Loco Pets
  • Grenwog Portal Painting
  • Loco Faces



    • Kaizoku -> RE: =AQ= 2022 Cinco de May the 4th Super Event (5/3/2022 14:58:42)

    That ability to choose a void boss is much appreciated!



    PD -> RE: =AQ= 2022 Cinco de May the 4th Super Event (5/3/2022 20:09:25)

    Wow, big news indeed. Though unfortunate it seems you guys can't add the Star Sabres to the Starslayer's shop.

    Though that said again, I still wish the regular rotation speed would be looked at. If the played maintained wiki is right, we're at 22 bosses now. Paying to skip is nice, but comparatively to the other rotations that are in the game, takeovers are by far the most scarce of them all. Right now you're only going to be able to expect a rotation for a specific boss for ostensibly, ~16.54 / 365 days of the year (not counting interruptions, so this is even more scarce than even this), compared to other seasonal events where they normally last for how long the month is, so ~28-31/365 days of the year. Ideally when this overall is done, we'll not only have it so that interruptions don't actually stop the flow of things, but that this is sped up by any of the following options:

    1. Allowing multiple bosses to be available at a time.
    2. Speeding up the rotation by reducing the length of each takeover.
    3. Creating more rotations so that the cycle duration gets reduced. IE create lists of x bosses per list. Also somewhat correspondent to #1.

    Also, you guys should consider for optimization purposes to make the shop loading optional for each boss. On any given day that I farm I'll probably be loading up Tooty FruitcakeZard's shop 500-600 times per day. Not that I imagine it's super expensive to query an API that much but I'm not the only person who does this.

    Not only this, it should be considered to also have a way to fight the regular void bosses like Mr. Frostvalverse and Frazzledrop which people have been also asking back for. I understand I'm asking for a lot, but if we're going to do a void revamp, it should be comprehensive enough so that it leaves a good lasting experience that will leave everyone happy instead of leaving some things as is and creating more annoyances down the road. Not just for this, but for all QOL/Anti-Annoyance updates.



    dizzle -> RE: =AQ= 2022 Cinco de May the 4th Super Event (5/3/2022 20:37:09)

    I agree a Mother’s Day portrait is a really good idea. There’s some juicy a** items we get during Mother’s Day. Crossing my fingers for a Water FGM this year pls pls pls.

    Also hype about the Void update that is MASSIVE QoL update and I’m greatly looking forward to fighting whichever boss I want whenever I want. I do agree with PD in that I hope we see older bosses like Mr. Frostvalverse come back. If we’re doing this let’s do it big and get access to all of the void bosses/challenges. It’ll be great for nostalgia (and gold farming lol)



    OG Ranger -> RE: =AQ= 2022 Cinco de May the 4th Super Event (5/5/2022 13:48:29)

    All of these bosses are great for testing things too which is why I want access to different bosses.



    The Hollow -> RE: =AQ= 2022 Cinco de May the 4th Super Event (5/5/2022 14:39:25)

    The release is live, have a safe and fun Cinco de May the 4th!



    Yozai -> RE: =AQ= 2022 Cinco de May the 4th Super Event (5/5/2022 15:01:09)

    Awww... so cruel... armor not look like Dark Madder[:(]

    Still looks nice, but just hoped.



    Sphinx Jevoha -> RE: =AQ= 2022 Cinco de May the 4th Super Event (5/5/2022 15:09:14)


    Hmmm, not sure about the new armor.


    Artwork is decent, but the skill isn't that good. 490 SP to deal 0 damage AND skip your turn, and basically deal double fire or energy damage the next turn, for 1 turn.


    Seems very average to me, was hoping for a second skill that was Ele-locked to fire/energy that could detonate the first ability or something.


    Overall, decent :)





    PD -> RE: =AQ= 2022 Cinco de May the 4th Super Event (5/5/2022 15:19:41)

    Thoughts on the armor:

    1. I know it's not literal but wasn't Darth Vader weak to lightning? He died at the end because he got shocked and it short-circuited his armor. If anything the armor should be strong to dark and earth, but weak against fire and energy. Though for elecomp purposes perhaps we might be okay with a canonical oversight...

    2. AS for the skill itself, it's pretty good for setup for other attacks. You could for example, use the skill and then use it to nuke with Tempest Power Armor or Destruction Burst if you chain it off with something like Celerity or Control/Stuns. The Defloss/Elevuln also corresponds to the same elements from TroposShield and the skill stacks with itself so there are quite a few strategies that are possible.

    The armor is pretty great overall. We have very few fire armors in the game that are up to standard that aren't class/subraces so this could fill a niche later for the void update when we can fight starslayer on demand. Though again speaking on that I really wish the starsabers themselves were in starslayer's shop instead of the LTS. I really felt like it would have been a good way to start the process of de-cluttering the LTS shop which just seems to keep getting bigger and bigger with every new holiday.

    Also ditto on the suggestion to move the mother's day stuff to their own shop too. Which now that I think about it is also applicable for New Years/4oJ as well when that comes in 2 months. Really the whole LTS concept needs a revamp because at this point it's doing too much at once and it should really be split up or turned into a portal which links to many other smaller shops that can also be accessed at any time of the year like how you have it with the other holiday portals.



    RobynJoanne -> RE: =AQ= 2022 Cinco de May the 4th Super Event (5/5/2022 20:22:20)

    Can I ask that the Piñata event be reworked in some way? The staff could provide us with an area to fight just Piñatas, provide the painting in the LTS, or even consolidate all the shops in a single one. There has to be a better way to deal with this release than what we have now. It took over an hour for me to find a Piñata, and I got the Sombrero shop. While it is an interesting gimmick, in practice, this is just frustrating and time-consuming. There are so many Piñata shops/temp weapons, and you can only get one per fight.



    Red Blood -> RE: =AQ= 2022 Cinco de May the 4th Super Event (5/5/2022 23:01:22)

    I second the Pinata drop/shop method given how it's random encounter to start with and running the Earth clan attack repeatedly only to get a temp item after several runs kills the motivation to see what was added. If it was more of a challenge I'd say throwing it in the void would make it far more tolerable but it really doesn't fit in there given the ease it can be killed once found.



    dr jo -> RE: =AQ= 2022 Cinco de May the 4th Super Event (5/6/2022 4:08:14)

    I third add the play again button but do like the random drops the Jam drop made me smile



    Sir Cloud -> RE: =AQ= 2022 Cinco de May the 4th Super Event (5/6/2022 15:44:58)

    quote:

    This weapon swaps between Melee/Magic/Ranged damage, and comes in Destiny and Rage variants.

    When will the Cosmic Light of Destiny "Rage" variants be added to the LTS Shop as listed at the top of this page? [8|]

    edit: Also, the news Homepage for some reason just removed this wording and now reads "This weapon swaps between Melee/Magic/Ranged damage, and comes in Pulsar and Astraeus variants."

    So perhaps we're not getting the Rage versions this time around?




    Ianthe -> RE: =AQ= 2022 Cinco de May the 4th Super Event (5/7/2022 19:41:32)

    Update: Dark Invader and Wildflower Bouquet should have all their bugs fixed.



    PD -> RE: =AQ= 2022 Cinco de May the 4th Super Event (5/7/2022 21:10:01)

    Thanks IMR!

    Now that the fixes are in, I'm actually loving the Dark Invader more than I did before. Though I still feel like it'll be used more for setup than it will be used by itself, but it'll be much less risky to do so now that you also inflict a blind + choke to reduce the impact of enemy attacks.

    Though for interesting combos with the Dark Invader, you could with the provided Choke + Blind potentially use it for a dodge strategy. If you have a shield with SP regen like UG Shield or the like and pets/guests that can regenerate SP you could sustain the combo infinitely while you dodge your enemy to death, or allow your guests/pets to do all the dirty work.



    Primate Murder -> RE: =AQ= 2022 Cinco de May the 4th Super Event (5/8/2022 0:23:28)

    Honestly, I think the armor's statuses would have been better if they wasn't elelocked. As it is, Dark Invader requires PCO, a monster weak to its own element or stuns (and the latter renders half the effect pointless).

    Celerity could work rather nicely, though.



    RobynJoanne -> RE: =AQ= 2022 Cinco de May the 4th Super Event (5/8/2022 1:29:13)

    @Primate Murder
    On the other hand, the EleLock and elemental scaling let the status effects get EleComp. Personally, I'm a fan since this lets the status effects be very powerful. My main complaint (besides being confounded by some of the calculations involved) is that the skill uses Cha/Luk for its roll. This is an FO armor for beastmasters, but beastmasters predominantly use FD lean armors due to pets/guests ignoring armor lean. I do foresee an increase in FO beastmasters now that the stat revamp has decoupled Dex from player BtH (but not pet/guest BtH, which makes this armor's DefLoss actually very useful), so I guess this is an armor for those players. I have noticed that the devs have been making items for unpopular builds recently.

    @PD
    I actually tried using this armor with a Titan's Fall dodge setup. This armor has great synergy with Cometoid Jelly, which can help maintain the high upkeep that a dodge setup has. While the Jelly pets normalize healing and thus cannot be boosted by scramibling resists, they can be boosted by any other means, including EleVuln. This armor provides Energy EleVuln and DefLoss, which are the perfect boosts for Cometoid Jelly, giving it more damage and BtH to ensure reliable and strong SP healing.



    Bu Kek Siansu -> RE: =AQ= 2022 Cinco de May the 4th Super Event (5/8/2022 8:37:47)


    http://forums2.battleon.com/f/fb.asp?m=22402555
    quote:

    Since this release also includes Mother's Day, I'd hope for a separate Mother's Day shop with its own respective painting instead of or in addition to putting everything in the LTS so that the Mother's Day items could also be available year-round. Mother's Day has some incredibly good items, especially for Adventurers and lower-leveled players since the FGM variants are not Guardian-locked, and it is frustrating to see them gone for the majority of the year. Ideally, in my opinion, every single "season" that only has items in the LTS instead of its own shop with a painting should get one. Yes, it's work, but it makes things so much more convenient for players who cannot play all the time or change builds every few months.


    http://forums2.battleon.com/f/fb.asp?m=22402570
    quote:

    I agree a Mother’s Day portrait is a really good idea. There’s some juicy a** items we get during Mother’s Day. Crossing my fingers for a Water FGM this year pls pls pls.


    http://forums2.battleon.com/f/fb.asp?m=22402596
    quote:

    Also ditto on the suggestion to move the mother's day stuff to their own shop too. or turned into a portal


    I agree a Mother's Day Portal Painting is a really great idea. [:)]





    Bolter -> RE: =AQ= 2022 Cinco de May the 4th Super Event (5/13/2022 10:13:44)

    Just a suggestion though, Puebla Mace's special could be turned into a skill and then the weapon becomes 0% proc. Just suggesting.



    The Hollow -> RE: =AQ= 2022 Cinco de May the 4th Super Event (5/18/2022 21:49:07)

    A little late but the El Muchacho 20k Z-Token Package has also returned!



    Kaizoku -> RE: =AQ= 2022 Cinco de May the 4th Super Event (5/19/2022 15:09:48)

    ^This one is really good for those who like versatility in their FD loadouts, easily my favorite package.



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