Weekly Maintenance Announcement - Nov. 26 Maintenance

Dear Players,

We plan to carry out a temporary server update at 9:30 a.m.(GMT+8) on 2020-11-26. It's estimated to take 2.5 hours.

During the server maintenance, you will not be able to log in to the game. Please inform other players and pay attention to the maintenance time in order to avoid unnecessary losses.

We apologize for any inconveniences!

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New Season – Operation: Red Room is coming!

Season Settlement time: 9:30 a.m.(GMT+8) on 2020-11-26

New season – Operation: Red Room will start on November 26th at 12:00 a.m.(GMT+8). At that time, Players will complete the Season Settlement according to their data in the last season and get the new tiers, new ladder points, and season rewards of the new season.

What’s New in the New Season:

#New Super Hero: Black Widow

Black Widow, the 8th Super Hero of MARVEL Duel, will come to the game in the new season!

New Skill: Cloaked

The agents led by Black Widow have a new Cloaked skill. Characters with Cloaked will hide from enemy sight while looking for an opportune moment to enter the fray.

New Mechanism: Intelligence Cards

A good agent knows their opponent well before going into battle. During the Preparation Phase, agents can collect Intelligence of what cards their opponent used the last turn. These Intelligence Cards can reduce the Power of the corresponding characters in the battle, and may have even more powerful effects.

Black Widow's Hero Trial will be available at the same time, complete the trials to get card rewards!

3 Days Limited Discount to Unlock Black Widow!

After the update, Players can purchase an Unlock Value Pack at a discount price within 3 days (2020.11.26 – 2020.11.29), which will help Players unlock Black Widow immediately and will give Players 10 additional Black Widow Hero Pack Vouchers. The Value Pack will be restored to its original price after the event.

#New Cards

1. We have added [Hydra Infiltration] to the Neutral Card Pool.

2. S.H.I.E.L.D. is experiencing some internal problems due to the influence of Hydra. [S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent] will be leaving the Locked Card Pool after the November 26th update, [Redwing] will be taking his place.

#Ladder Leaderboards Reward Cards

Starting from this season, Players who ranked top 100 on the Ladder will get a new Reward Card! This season the card is [Scarlet Shield].

During this season, Players cannot gain [Scarlet Shield] in any other way. Next season, Players will be able to purchase up to two copies of [Scarlet Shield] from Value Packs. After two seasons, there will be a new Reward Card and [Scarlet Shield] will be added to the General Expansion Pack.

#New Hero Skill

Now, Super Heroes can get their 5th Hero Skill. Except for Black Widow, we have made a new Hero Skill for each of the other 7 Super Heroes.

Players can purchase new Hero Skills in the Shop with Iso-Gems or Stardust and equip different Hero Skills in Deck Building System. Super Heroes who reached Level 20 can equip up to 4 Hero Skills and they can offer an additional Hero Skill option in the battle.

#Season Pass

New Season Pass is coming! New Black Widow emoji, new card back – Red Shadow, and new hero skin – Black Widow (Fear Itself), all in the new Season Pass!

#Arena Mode

Black Widow is joining Arena Mode as well!

Due to the changes to the Card Pool, Players who are drafting cards during the update will lose their progress. We will give those Players a new Arena Ticket as compensation.

#Battlefield Performance

1. We have added VFX to Locked Cards, Elektra’s Hero Skill, and [Generational Pendant].

2. We have added new full-screen fight animation to [Crimson Dynamo].

#Server Adjustments

See the bottom of the announcement.

Optimizations:

#Balance Adjustments

Full Crystal Compensation: After the adjustments, Players will be able to dismantle the following cards and get full Crystal in return from 2020/11/26 to 2020/12/3: [Outrider].

1. [Outrider]

Power: 1 → 3

Previous Skill – Assault: Give your other Attack characters +2/4/8 Power.

New Skill - Assault: Give your other Attack characters +1/2/4 Power.

#Value Pack Optimizations

1. We have optimized the experience when purchasing Hero Unlock Boost Packs. Now only Legendary and Epic cards in the pack will be highlighted.

2. After purchasing these packs, the game will automatically unlock the Super Hero. Players do not need to unlock the Super Hero manually anymore.

#Others

In the Custom Mode, Players who are knocked out earlier can wait for other Players in the room now.

Bug Fixes:

1. Fixed the bug where [Grandmaster]’s skill would occasionally not trigger when multiple friendly characters are defeated at the same time.

2. Fixed the bug where Players who lost connection in a custom game might get stuck in the Loading Interface.

3. Fixed the bug where the matchmaking status would be incorrect under a bad network.

4. Fixed some display bugs, compatibility bugs, and performance bugs.

5. Fixed some other bugs.

Server Adjustments:

We have been paying close attention to the feedback from our community since MARVEL Duel has been launched. Recently we noticed that the multi-server mechanism makes Players from different servers feel alienated from each other in terms of social and ranking, which is contrary to the game experience of matching and competing with Players from all servers that we advocate.

To deal with this issue, we plan to merge all servers after this week’s update and carry out the following adjustments:

1. We will cancel the Server Selection function in the Login Interface, all Players will play the game on a single server. The accounts Players already created will be kept and those who have multiple accounts can switch accounts in the Login Interface.

2. We will increase the rewards in Leaderboards. After the adjustments, all Players will rank together and we will greatly increase the number of Players that can receive rank rewards so that more Players can enjoy the rich rewards and glory brought by competition.

3. Due to the adjustments, we will block the Top 3 Players in the last season on the Leaderboards for one season. This feature will return in later seasons.

Also, all Season Settlement Rewards will be issued normally before the adjustments.

We believe that these adjustments will create a more competitive environment and bring a better gaming experience. Thanks for your kindly support and understanding!

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