šŸ§Ŗ Early Information on New "Challenge Festival" Challenge Event [Part of The Beta Beat V44]

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This thread is to provide early insights and discussion on the new ""Challange Festival Challange Event.


Donā€™t get too attached

Details from Beta, especially brand-new Beta content, donā€™t tend to be very reliable for actual release.

Itā€™s incredibly common that features are changed during Beta testing, or sometimes even after testing but before release. That is, after all, the purpose of Beta testing.

So I wouldnā€™t get too attached to any of this ā€” itā€™s not unheard of for entire portions of features to be removed or reworked, or for radical changes to functionality to be made.


New Heroes and costumes

A new event = new heroesā€¦

For more information on see here:

All heroes are available in the portal from the old challange events:

  • Pirates of Corellia
  • Guardians of Teltoc
  • Knights of Avalon
  • Fables of Grimforest
  • Riddles of Wonderland

:superhero: Challange Festival Challange Event

  • All non event heroes receive a curse if they are used in the event:

This includes:

  • -25% attack
  • -25% defense
  • -25% health
  • -25% received mana

:dizzy: Special Gameplay

The event stages are consist of heroes from each old challange event, and each of them has got a special effect:

  • Pirates of Corellia
    • Enemies steal 10% Mana from all heroes every 3 turns.
    • Enemies steal 5% HP from all heroes every 3 turns.
  • Guardians of Teltoc
    • Power of tiles of a random element is weakened with -50% attack every 3 turns.
  • Knights of Avalon
    • All direct damage from Special Skills is reduced by -20%.
    • All healing is reduced by -20%.
  • Fables of Grimforest
    • Heroes get grim forest fiends every 3 turns. The Fiend has 5% HP.
  • Riddles of Wonderland
    • The element of all Heroes changes to a different element every 3 turns.
    • Element rotation: Holy ā†’ Dark ā†’ Fire ā†’ Nature ā†’ Ice ā€”> Holy ā€¦

Upon these effects each stage this effect (similarly as 16+ floors in Impossible questline in Tower events)

  • Elemental Resistance
    • Having multiple Heroes of the same element in your Team reduces the damage that enemies take from that element (-10% of each Hero of the same element)


:game_die: Summoning Odds

As with all other challenge events, the Challange Festival comes with itā€™s own Summon Portal. See below for information regarding the appearance rates.

APPEARANCE RATES
Rare Trainer Hero: 10.0%
Epic Trainer Hero: 1.0%

Rare Event Hero: 61%
Epic Event Hero: 25.5%
Legendary Event Hero (non Featured): 1.5%
Legendary Featured Event Hero: 1.0%

  • Costume is included if available

Featured heroes and costumes in Beta: Black Knight, Guardian Kong, Lady of the Lake

BONUS DRAW
Legendary Hero of the Month: 1.3%


This is the first portal ever without Season 1 heroes.

:moneybag: Challange event coins

The ā€œChallange Festivalā€ makes use of a existing Challange Coins currency for summoning.

You only 10 of them for a Summon or 300 gems.
You can do a 10 pull with 2600 gems.


Festival Bonus Chest

After every 10 pull you can open a Festival Bonus Chest.

Examples:

  1. 1x Aether III, 2x20 Emblems, 1xOrb of Magic
  2. 2x Rare Trainer Hero, 2x Large Food Bundle, 2x (2x Medium Food Bundle)
  3. 1xAether II, 20 Emblems,1x Mystic Rings, 1x Hidden Blade
  4. 2x Epic Trainer Hero, 2x Giant Food Bundle, 1x Aether I, 50 Emblems

:zap: Event Info ā€“ Stages, Bosses, and WE Costs

Duration Reflect Colour Stages
5 days Different for each kind of stage 10 per difficulty
Note: Info is beta so may changeā€¦

The Challange Festival follows the the usual set-up for Challenge Events with 3 difficulty tiers (Rare, Epic & Legendary); It is however, Like LoV and Starfall Circus and Slayers, using the old format of only 10 Stages for each tier.

Stage # Stage Effect Reflect Colour World Energy
( R/E/L)
Waves Monsters Boss
1 Pirates of Corellia Dark 2 / 3 / 4 3 Red & Purple Peters ( G )
Marie-TherƩsƩ Costume ( P )
Captian Kestel ( R )
2 Guardians of Teltoc Holy 2 / 3 / 4 3 Nature & Holy Guardian Chameleon ( G )
Guardian Panther Costume ( P )
Guardian Gazelle ( Y )
3 Knights of Avalon Blue 3 / 4 / 5 3 Blue & Dark King Arthur ( B )
Lady of the Lake Costume ( G )
Merlin ( P )
4 Fables of Grimforest Fire 3 / 4 / 5 3 Fire & Nature Boss Wolf ( P )
Rumpelstiltskin Costume ( B )
Puss in boots ( R )
5 Riddles of Wonderland Nature 4 / 5 / 6 3 Nature & Dark Queen of hearts ( B )
Jabberwock Costume ( P )
Caption of Diamonds ( B )
6 Pirates of Corellia Dark 4 / 5 / 6 3 Nature & Dark Sargasso ( P )
Finley Costume ( B )
Lady Locke ( G )
7 Guardians of Teltoc Holy 5 / 6 / 7 3 Nature & Holy Guardian Jackal ( Y )
Guardian Kong Costume ( R )
Guardian Owl ( Y )
8 Knights of Avalon Ice 5 / 6 / 7 3 Ice & Dark Morgan Le Fay ( G )
Black Knight Costume ( R )
Guinevere ( Y )
9 Fables of Grimforest Fire 6 / 7 / 8 3 Fire & Nature Red Hood ( R )
Snow White Costume ( B )
Hansel ( G )
10 Riddles of Wonderland Nature 6 / 7 / 8 3 Nature & Dark The Hatter ( G )
White Rabbit Costume ( Y )
Alice ( B )

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:zap: Rewards / Stage and Enemy Stats:


Challenge Event Rules


:money_mouth_face: Rewards

Rare Tier Rewards

Completion:

Flasks: 1x WE Flask
Ascension Material: 1x Orb of Magic
Coins: 3x Challange Event Coin
Battle items: 1x Revive Scroll
Emblems: 25x Druid Emblem, 25x Rogue Emblem.

Ranks 500001 and Lower:

Tokens: 1x Summon Token

Ranks 100001 - 500000:

Flasks: 1x WE Flask
Tokens: 1x Summon Token
Ascension Materials: 10x Advanturerā€™s Kit
Battle items: 10x Healing Poition
Crafting Materials: 10x String

Ranks 10001 - 100000:

Flasks: 1x WE Flask, 1x Raid Flask
Tokens: 1x Epic Troop Token, 1x Summon Token
Ascension Materials: 10x Stong Rope, 10x Advanturerā€™s Kit
Battle items: 10x Mana Poition,10x Healing Poition
Crafting Materials: 10x Crystal Shard, 10x String

Ranks 1001 - 10000:

Flasks: 1x Titan Flask, 1x WE Flask, 1x Raid Flask
Tokens: 1x Epic Hero Token, 1x Epic Troop Token, 1x Summon Token
Ascension Materials: 10x Stong Rope, 10x Advanturerā€™s Kit
Battle items: 10x Super Antitodes, 10x Mana Poition,10x Healing Poition
Crafting Materials: 10x Fine Steel, 10x Crystal Shard, 10x String

Ranks 11 - 1000:

Flasks: 1x Titan Flask, 1x WE Flask, 1x Raid Flask
Tokens: 1x Epic Hero Token, 1x Epic Troop Token, 1x Summon Token
Coins: 2x Challange Event Coins
Ascension Materials: 1x Tome of Tactics, 1x Compass, 10x Stong Rope, 10x Advanturerā€™s Kit
Battle items: 10x Tornado, 10x Super Antitodes, 10x Mana Poition,10x Healing Poition
Crafting Materials: 10x Meteor Fragments, 10x Fine Steel, 10x Crystal Shard, 10x String

Ranks 2 - 10:

Flasks: 1x Titan Flask, 1x WE Flask, 1x Raid Flask
Tokens: 1x Epic Hero Token, 1x Epic Troop Token, 1x Summon Token
Coins: 5x Challange Event Coins
Ascension Materials: 1x Tome of Tactics, 1x Farsight Telescope, 1x Compass, 1x Hidden Blade, 1x Fine Gloves, 10x Stong Rope, 10x Advanturerā€™s Kit
Battle items: 10x Tornado, 10x Super Antitodes, 10x Mana Poition,10x Healing Poition
Crafting Materials: 10x Meteor Fragments, 10x Fine Steel, 10x Crystal Shard, 10x String

Rank 1:

Hero and Costume: Marie-TherƩsƩ
Avatar: Marie-TherƩsƩ Costume
Flasks: 1x Titan Flask, 1x WE Flask, 1x Raid Flask
Tokens: 1x Epic Hero Token, 1x Epic Troop Token, 1x Summon Token
Coins: 10x Challange Event Coins
Ascension Materials: 1x Tome of Tactics, 1x Farsight Telescope, 1x Mysterios Tonic, 1x Compass, 2x Hidden Blade, 1x Fine Gloves, 1x Warm Cape, 10x Stong Rope, 10x Advanturerā€™s Kit
Battle items: 10x Tornado, 10x Super Antitodes, 10x Mana Poition,10x Healing Poition
Crafting Materials: 10x Meteor Fragments, 10x Fine Steel, 10x Crystal Shard, 10x String

Epic Tier Rewards

Completion:

Flasks: 2x WE Flask
Ascension Material: 1x Compass, 1x Trap Tools
Coins: 5x Challange Event Coin
Battle items: 1x Revive Scroll
Emblems: 50x Rogue Emblem, 50x Druid Emblem,

Ranks 250001 and Lower:

Tokens: 1x Summon Token

Ranks 50001 - 250000:

Flasks: 2x WE Flask
Tokens: 1x Summon Token
Ascension Materials: 20x Practice Sword
Battle items: 20x Arrow Attack
Crafting Materials: 20x Crude Iron

Ranks 5001 - 50000:

Flasks: 2x WE Flask, 2x Raid Flask
Tokens: 2x Epic Troop Token, 1x Summon Token
Ascension Materials: 20x Dagger, 20x Practice Sword
Battle items: 20x Potent Heaing Potion, 20x Arrow Attack
Crafting Materials: 20x Firestone,

Ranks 501 - 5000:

Flasks: 2x Titan Flask, 2x WE Flask, 2x Raid Flask
Tokens: 2x Epic Hero Token, 2x Epic Troop Token, 1x Summon Token
Ascension Materials: 1x Sturdy Shield, 20x Dagger, 20x Practice Sword
Battle items: 20x Bomb Attack, 20x Potent Heaing Potion, 20x Arrow Attack
Crafting Materials: 20x Grimiure Dust, 20x Firestone, 20x Crude Iron

Ranks 11 - 500:

Flasks: 2x Titan Flask, 2x WE Flask, 2x Raid Flask
Tokens: 2x Epic Hero Token, 2x Epic Troop Token, 1x Summon Token
Coins: 3x Challange Event Coin
Ascension Materials: 1x Mystic Rings, 1x Sturdy Shield, 1x Compass, 20x Dagger, 20x Practice Sword
Battle items: 20x Time Stop, 20x Bomb Attack, 20x Potent Heaing Potion, 20x Arrow Attack
Crafting Materials: 20x Dragon Bone, 20x Grimiure Dust, 20x Firestone, 20x Crude Iron

Ranks 2 - 10:

Avatar: Guardian Panther Costume
Flasks: 2x Titan Flask, 2x WE Flask, 2x Raid Flask
Tokens: 2x Epic Hero Token, 2x Epic Troop Token, 1x Summon Token
Coins: 10x Challange Event Coin
Ascension Materials: 1x Mystic Rings, 1x Royal Tabard, 1x Damascus Blade, 1x Sturdy Shield, 2x Compass, 1x Orb of Magic, 20x Dagger, 20x Practice Sword
Battle items: 20x Time Stop, 20x Bomb Attack, 20x Potent Heaing Potion, 20x Arrow Attack
Crafting Materials: 20x Dragon Bone, 20x Grimiure Dust, 20x Firestone, 20x Crude Iron

Rank 1:

Hero and Costume: Guardian Kong
Avatar: Guardian Panther Costume, Guardian Kong Costume
Flasks: 2x Titan Flask, 2x WE Flask, 2x Raid Flask
Tokens: 2x Epic Hero Token, 2x Epic Troop Token, 1x Summon Token
Coins: 20x Challange Event Coin
Ascension Materials: 1x Mystic Rings, 2x Royal Tabard, 1x Damascus Blade, 1x Farsight Telescope, 2x Sturdy Shield, 2x Compass, 2x Orb of Magic, 1x Trap Tools, 20x Dagger, 20x Practice Sword
Battle items: 20x Time Stop, 20x Bomb Attack, 20x Potent Heaing Potion, 20x Arrow Attack
Crafting Materials: 20x Dragon Bone, 20x Grimiure Dust, 20x Firestone, 20x Crude Iron

Legendary Tier Rewards

Completion:

Flasks: 3x WE Flask
Ascension Material: 1x Sturdy Shield 1x Orb of Magic, 1x Hidden Blade
Coins: 7x Challange Event Coin
Battle items: 1x Revive Scroll
Emblems: 150x Rogue Emblem. 150x Fighter Emblem,

Ranks 100001 and Lower:

Tokens: 1x Summon Token

Ranks 10001 - 100000:

Flasks: 3x WE Flask
Tokens: 1x Summon Token
Ascension Materials: 30x Rugged Clothes
Battle items: 30x Antidotes
Crafting Materials: 30x Large Bone

Ranks 1001 - 10000:

Flasks: 3x WE Flask, 3x Raid Flask
Tokens: 3x Epic Troop Token, 1x Summon Token
Ascension Materials: 1x Sturdy Shield, 30x Leather Armor, 30x Rugged Clothes
Battle items: 30x Axe Attack, 30x Antidotes
Crafting Materials: 30x Metal Ores, 30x Large Bone

Ranks 101 - 1000:

Flasks: 3x Titan Flask, 3x WE Flask, 3x Raid Flask
Tokens: 3x Epic Hero Token, 3x Epic Troop Token, 1x Summon Token
Ascension Materials: 1x Sturdy Shield, 1x Hidden Blade, 1x Trap Tools, 1x Fine Gloves, 30x Leather Armor, 30x Dragon Banner, 30x Rugged Clothes
Battle items: 30x Axe Attack, 30x Antidotes
Crafting Materials: 30x Hardwood Lumber, 30x Metal Ores, 30x Large Bone

Ranks 11 - 100:

Avatar: Snow White Costume
Flasks: 3x Titan Flask, 3x WE Flask, 3x Raid Flask
Tokens: 3x Epic Hero Token, 3x Epic Troop Token, 1x Summon Token
Coins: 5x Challange Event Coins
Ascension Materials: 1x Royal Tabard, 1x Damascus Blade, 2x Sturdy Shield, 1x Hidden Blade, 1x Trap Tools, 1x Fine Gloves, 1x Orb of Magic, 30x Leather Armor, 30x Dragon Banner, 30x Rugged Clothes
Battle items: 30x Super Mana Potion, 30x Axe Attack, 30x Antidotes
Crafting Materials: 30x Orichalcum Nugget, 30x Hardwood Lumber, 30x Metal Ores, 30x Large Bone

Ranks 2 - 10:

Avatar: Snow White Costume, Wihte Rabbit Costume
Flasks: 3x Titan Flask, 3x WE Flask, 3x Raid Flask
Tokens: 3x Epic Hero Token, 3x Epic Troop Token, 1x Summon Token
Coins: 15x Challange Event Coins
Ascension Materials: 1x Royal Tabard, 1x Damascus Blade, 1x Tome of Tactics, 1x Mystic Rings, 2x Sturdy Shield, 2x Hidden Blade, 1x Trap Tools, 1x Fine Gloves, 1x Orb of Magic, 30x Leather Armor, 30x Dragon Banner, 30x Rugged Clothes
Battle items: 30x Super Mana Potion, 30x Axe Attack, 30x Antidotes
Crafting Materials: 30x Orichalcum Nugget, 30x Hardwood Lumber, 30x Metal Ores, 30x Large Bone

Rank 1:

Hero and Costume: Lady of the Lake
Avatar: Snow White Costume, Wihte Rabbit Costume, Lady of the Lake Costume
Flasks: 3x Titan Flask, 3x WE Flask, 3x Raid Flask
Tokens: 3x Epic Hero Token, 3x Epic Troop Token, 1x Summon Token
Coins: 30x Challange Event Coins
Ascension Materials: 1x Royal Tabard, 1x Damascus Blade, 2x Tome of Tactics, 2x Mystic Rings, 1x Poision Darts, 2x Sturdy Shield, 2x Hidden Blade, 1x Trap Tools, 1x Fine Gloves, 1x Orb of Magic, 30x Leather Armor, 30x Dragon Banner, 30x Rugged Clothes
Battle items: 30x Super Mana Potion, 30x Axe Attack, 30x Antidotes
Crafting Materials: 30x Orichalcum Nugget, 30x Hardwood Lumber, 30x Metal Ores, 30x Large Bone


:link: Related Threads

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Summoning odds are the thing most worth talking about. No season 1 heroes! People will hate those trainers though. 25.5% chance at an epic event hero is a huge boost. 5.7% normally means your odds of getting the individual four star hero you were looking for (say Jackal) are roughly the same as usual, but youā€™re much more likely to get something else good if you miss that one hero.

Interesting that 10 heroes have costumes and only three are featured. Small odds for those non featured costumes.

10 stages is a fan favorite weā€™ve seen.

I assume SG has not indicated how often this event will be?

The curse is going to make this event interesting. Iā€™m not sure event only heroes will be optimal, but it should change our thoughts. Iā€™ll be curious if Beta testers think there is a different strategy than usual.

The special gameplay seems like a way to make this harder. Itā€™s interesting. I get the feeling many will feel this is more annoying than anything.
Should I make a master thread for ā€œNot a Bug - Guardians special effect is random - Master Randomness conspiracyā€?

Mana and hp steal sounds rough, but workable, especially if you finish the bosses in one or two waves.
Element weakening shields adds randomness that could turn a good run into a bad one. If you play mono and finish quickly it shouldnā€™t impact you too often.
Knights of avalon I can easily live with
Fables of Grimforest fiend wonā€™t matter as long as itā€™s damage only.
Riddles changing elements of hero is interesting. If itā€™s random, it makes team set up harder. If they all move like Guardian Chameleon or Starfall Circus itā€™s a bit easier.

Elemental resistance looks to make mono less of a thing. From what I saw of top performers in ninja tower it looked like mono or at least 3 of one hero was still pretty optimal.

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Hope those featured heroes stay. LotL is my most desired Avalon hero, and now her costume boosts HP instead, making her truly annoying even outside VF wars. I also have Guardian Kong +20, so I wouldnā€™t mind to upgrade him to MitsuKong. BKā€™s alt is meh but I donā€™t have BK, so ā€¦

I donā€™t mind trainers, as they donā€™t eat (thus far) from 5* percentages. For those not having 4* though, 4* trainer will be annoying.

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I would much, much, much rather get a trainer hero than a season 1 hero. Theyā€™re food anyway, might as well make it the food worth the most.

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Getting rid of Season 1 heros is just massive here. Itā€™s a seismic shift in the summoning within this game from the last 4 years. This cannot be understated.

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1 million percent agree. I never thought Iā€™d see the day. As FTP, I just always want something new to work on, even if it isnā€™t a particularly good hero. This portal is almost guaranteed to give me new projects, maybe several. Iā€™m unreasonably excited about it.

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You and me both. Although Panther would probably be the one Iā€™d like most, all three of the listed heroes would be great additions to my roster. I donā€™t have LotL or BK, but my G. Kong is on the rise and will go to +20 immediately upon maxing. Iā€™m worried about his def holding up, so anything that would boost that would be welcome. Iā€™m seriously thinking about limit breaking him when the time comes. A costume bonus would be awesome enough, but MitsuKong (as you say) could be a lot of fun to play around with, too.

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There may be hope for Bauchan for us yet, @SamMe / :pray::pray::pray:

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Shouldnā€™t be Challenge Event Rules or Challenge Festival Rules?

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Clearly, all event Epic heroes will be collection priority by all summoners with 25% odds = Summoning fest for SG !

I would be happy with a 2nd Hansel & new 3*sā€¦

Good luck !

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Big thanks @PlayForFun for taking over the #beta-beat stuff! doing an awesome job!!

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Sorry, I have used the Clash of Knights as a template. So there maybe some parts have the Alliance Quest in the text.
I have fixed the Rules part.
I will sort out the rest tomorrow when I will add more details.

This event is harder than any challenge events .
So it takes more time to collect data

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will we get LB orbs as reward?

Ok whoaā€¦ I didnā€™t see the new heroesā€¦
Thanks @PlayForFun
Andā€¦
Sorryā€¦ so terribly sorry @Shohoku79

Before you had:

And now you have 6.1% chance to get Bauchan.

You can take consolation in that those missing a legendary have horrific odds. But umm yeah, stillā€¦
Good luck! :crossed_fingers:

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As 5 new heroes are added to the portal now we have 10 rare heroes.
So the chance to get a special rare hero is less, 6.1%.

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I hate to say this, but SG should get rid of the Epic Trainer heroes and make them all rare trainer heroes. Thereā€™s been several complaints of people hitting the 1% odds and feel robbed. I know removing them would be worse for all of us (epic trainer > rare trainer), but it would save some frustration from the community.

The portal is already shaping up to be one of the best, so making the epic trainers 1% worse than other portals should not lead to any general complaints (but of course it will).

Alternatively they could get rid of trainers in general and up the odds of three star heroes. Not necessarily ideal for everyone, but anyone chasing a three star hero would prefer this.

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Iā€™m confused, why did the community take a vote if all the challenge events would be included? I thought we were voting to have teltoc as the challenge eventšŸ§

Voting was for Novemberā€™s event

Challenge Festival is scheduled for December

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Thanks for clarifying!

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I agree, the first 2 passes will be great for everyone. Extra passes for the F2P. Definitely great for new players.

Iā€™ve already got over 20 maxā€™d rareā€™s permanently collecting dust. Depending on this portal, I suppose it will be time to finally eat them.

After that,
It will become the Dupe Portal
Where people chase LOTL for 0.068%

Itā€™s almost nefarious that they finally upped the rare hero ratio.

And unquestionably nefarious that costumes will filter inā€¦ :face_vomiting:

But what concerns me more than anythingā€¦ what is replacing these old events? Will those new portals make this one look like a TC? I wonderā€¦ :disappointed:

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