🧪 Early Information on New Knights of Avalon Challenge Event [Part of The Beta Beat V23]

[evilmind]

zephyr1, in the main beta thread, you mention A 75-gems entry fee is now added to each difficulty, but you did not put it in this thread, is it still valid?

[DaveCozy]

That was a joke lol:

The Beta Beat (v23) [NOW RELEASED] – Sharing the Big Picture on What's Going on in Beta: Stronghold 22/23 & Alchemy Lab, New Challenge Event Heroes, New Knights of Avalon & Pirates of Corellia Challenge Events, Costumes, November/December HOTM

You forgot SGG’s trademark in your update. Fixed it for you Joking aside, it is good to know that they are working on increasing the difficulty Are they planning on making even the compass to gloves event completion rewards? I mean, there is on’y 1 event rewarding gloves right now. Thanks for your great work @zephyr1

[Wholf]

Like… I want him now just because of that. Lol. Even if he sucks as a hero.

[zephyr1]

@evilmind

zephyr1, in the main beta thread, you mention A 75-gems entry fee is now added to each difficulty , but you did not put it in this thread, is it still valid?

I did not mention that, because it’s not true. There is no such fee in Beta.

Someone else posted that as a joke, and put it as a quote from me.

This is, unfortunately, the danger of people making jokes in the format of a Forum quote.

[AnayaL]

Two questions:

1. If the number of stages will be significantly raised, what about the length of the time window for the challenge event? Will it be the same as now (3 1/2 days or 84 hours if I am correct) or longer?

2. Will there be any 4* ascension mats in the completion rewards, at least in the legendary tier?

[zephyr1]

Update

I’ve added the Epic Tier Rewards to the top post, after the Rare Tier Rewards.

I’ll add the Legendary Tier shortly, thanks for your patience!

[zephyr1]

@AnayaL

If the number of stages will be significantly raised, what about the length of the time window for the challenge event? Will it be the same as now (3 1/2 days or 84 hours if I am correct) or longer?

It’s hard to say if this is just for testing, but the current Beta appears to have a longer timer for the Challenge Event, around 5 days.

EDIT: I added some more information on that to the top post too

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@AnayaL

1. Will there be any 4* ascension mats in the completion rewards, at least in the legendary tier?

No, none of the current Completion Rewards contain 4* Ascension Materials. I’ve posted the Rare and Epic Tier Rewards in the top post of this thread, and will be adding the Legendary ones shortly, but they also don’t contain any 4* AM in the Completion Reward.

[AnayaL]

One more question:

3. 5* battle items are still prohibited in all tiers/stages?

[zephyr1]

@AnayaL

5* battle items are still prohibited in all tiers/stages?

Yes, Event Tier Requirements are currently completely unchanged as far as I can see, and are set as follows:

• Rare: 3* Heroes or lower, 2* Troops or lower, 2* Items or lower

• Epic: 4* Heroes or lower, 3* Troops or lower, 3* Items or lower

• Legendary: 5* Heroes or lower, 4* Troops or lower, 4* Items or lower

[zephyr1]

Update

I’ve added more details about the Suspicious Chests to the top post:

@zephyr1

More Details on the Suspicious Chests

They appear at random in a mob/monster slot. So far I’ve only personally seen one, so this information may need to be updated, but there were 3 useful things to note:

1. The Suspicious Chest was Ice/Blue, so it had an Ice Elemental Barrier that reflects all direct damage and status effects from the same element. Based on a Known Issue (bug) mentioned in the Beta Release Notes, I believe all Suspicious Chests will be of the element that has an Elemental Barrier for each Challenge Event, but I’ll keep an eye out for any in other elements to disprove that.

2. The Suspicious Chest is “Invulnerable” and “Shielded,” which means that it’s “Vulnerable to damage only during the turn before it attacks.” This is an intrinsic attribute, not a Status Effect, so it can’t be dispelled, and shouldn’t be removable, even by Guardian Chameleon. The chest shows the word “INVULNERABLE” below it at all times, and the pop-up information when you tap and hold on it shows “Shielded,” along with the explanation above.

3. Defeating the Suspicious Chest adds 5000 bonus points to the Stage Score in Rare. I’m told by other Beta testers that the 5000 bonus points are currently the same in Epic and Legendary, but I haven’t yet personally confirmed this myself, and it’s possible that might change.

[Keisuk3honda]

Is there any info about how much time will be the event active? as there will be more stages per tier, will there be more time for the events, or will it keep being 3.5 days?

[zephyr1]

Yes, scroll up 4 posts

EDIT: I added some more information on that to the top post too

[DaveCozy]

Suspicious Chests are basically the Mimic enemy encountered in most RPGs They usually have some kind of special rule to them (can’t run away, immune to magic, etc.) in other games, it’s neat to see that being applied in an E&P way.

[zephyr1]

Definitely! It reminded me of the mimic chests from Secret of Mana. It has teeth and glowing red eyes, though the styling is more in keeping with E&P art.

[J1mau]

I am terribly sorry for your confusion!
Thanks @DaveCozy to clear things up

I asked my wife for a punishment and she chose the whip!

kinky times

[LucaeBirba]

Hi all, i’m happy for the tokens and new stages, but, i don’t really like the new enemy “the chest that drops token” cause i often try on getting into the top 100 rank of epic\leggendary, but now it will became all much more luck based if they give 5000 point, who find them got a very big boost for ranking and i don’t think that’s fair for who want to get a good rank. But, anyway i like the tokens for summon, but i would like an higher % for summon for leggendary heroes not only in event but also in atlantis, but this is another thing. Anyway, ty so much Zephyr for infos i like your posts

[zephyr1]

@LucaeBirba

i don’t really like the new enemy “the chest that drops token” cause i often try on getting into the top 100 rank of epic\leggendary, but now it will became all much more luck based if they give 5000 point, who find them got a very big boost for ranking and i don’t think that’s fair for who want to get a good rank.

I think it’s sort of debatable whether they’ll increase or reduce your overall score, since they can take a few turns to kill, which means you need to make more moves, and use more time.

They can’t take any damage until they open, the turn before they attack.

[LucaeBirba]

ye, it will be fine in rare and epic, but in leggendary it may be hard to kill like other monsters with 1300 hp about you may need items to kill them in 1 turn and do not have to wait other 3 turns to have another chanse to damage them. With items you may not have depends on which tactic do you use on each rare\epic\leg. Anyway, there is more chance to find them if you go in levels that require more energy? like idk: lvl 1 of rare 5% chance to find one of them but in lvl 15 of leggendary you have 50% (used random numbers for this thought)

[zephyr1]

@LucaeBirba

Anyway, there is more chance to find them if you go in levels that require more energy?

Possibly, some Beta testers are currently investigating that.

[Grahm]

I just hope that competing for high rankings won’t become reroll-until-you-get-bonus-chest-worth-tons-of-points-fest.

On a side note. That new 3* looks absolutely crazy for 3* tournaments.