Focused Feedback: Content Task Changes & Fixes

[The Curator]

 

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Tasks

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Incarnate Trial - 'Minds of Mayhem'

• Minds of Mayhem script has been re-written from SZE to Lua.
• In general, the trial should play exactly as before, just with better performance. The following are the only intentional changes:
  • Added a swirly teleporter FX when using Desdemona's portals.
  • Some of the UI advice was moved to the top of the UI window rather than the bottom, and the stage names are shown in the title bar.
  • Malaise's Nightmare summons will dynamically select the nightmare based on which is most needed by the league for badge credit and hasn't been summoned yet.
  • Added Quill and The Unnamed One to the Malaise Nightmares pool.
  • A Perfect Storm, Daylight Saver and Lost Connection to Server are now awarded as soon as the relevant stage is completed.

  • Suffer in Silence and Shared Suffering will not deal damage after Mother Mayhem is defeated.

  • Remove the "Time until Debilitation" timer, since the power is a click used by an object and not in sync with the timer at all.
  • Desdemona will offer a free rez at the beginning of the final fight, after becoming trapped in Shalice's mind.
  • Increased the time limit of the final fight from three to five minutes.

 

General - Task & Strike Forces

• The level bracket maximum of Task/Strike Force content is no longer enforced, except for Ms. Liberty and Lord Recluse's (Level 50+ only).
  • Example: Previously the Manticore Task Force was always set at 35, but allowed 30+ characters. Now the Manticore TF's missions would be set at 30 if that's the leader's level, rather than 35+, and presenting those players with +5 or higher enemies.

 

General - Advanced Mode

• The combat levels on Challenge Arch-villain rank enemies (King Midas, Emperor Romulus, K'ong, etc) can now be seen in their name plate.

• Nectanebo's Curse Breaker: Can now be used during Advanced Mode content to cleanse Curse of Weariness.

 

Positron Task Force - Part 1

• On the finale mission, saving the four heroes and defeating the Circle of Thorns ambush can no longer be skipped.

 

Ms. Liberty Task Force

• Add a text to the task force intro that mentions the minimum level is always set to 50.

 

Lord Recluse Strike Force

• Add a text to the strike force intro that mentions the minimum level is always set to 50.

 

Dr. Aeon Strike Force - 'Chasing Fool's Gold'

• Dimensional ripple doors in the finale mission now have connecting (invisible) door exits, which should help Battle Becky and other pets path through them with more consistency.

 

Christine Lansdale - 'The Mysterious General Z'

• Fixed clue not granting during arc.
• Misc typo/misnaming fixes.

 

Doc Buzzsaw - 'The Freakish Lab of Dr. Vahzilok, Act 2'

• Fix for possibly bypassing the "Bile Powers Down" trigger in Buzzsaw finale.
• Trigger location moved to pipe exit at radius of 100ft. Should be much better now for him.

 

Sister Valeria - 'Glory and Dark Tidings'

• Sibyl that was named 'Achlys' has been renamed 'Astraia' to prevent unintended Labyrinth of Fog association.

 

Repeatable Kallisti Wharf Missions

• The Blackwing Liaison will provide heroes with opportunities to fight crime in Kallisti Wharf.
• Chip will provide villains lucrative criminal ventures in Kallisti Wharf.
• Both contacts are currently easiest to find via the Contact Finder feature.

 

 

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[Wravis]

 

On 5/26/2025 at 8:18 AM, The Curator said:

 

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General - Task & Strike Forces

• The minimum level of Task/Strike Force content is no longer enforced, except for Ms. Liberty and Lord Recluse's.

 

 

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This is not a good idea.

"recruiting for TFs is miserable enough without having to fend off all the low level weasels looking to sneakily get power leveling for their characters because there's no fire farms for them to glom onto."  - @stormsparkle, godqueen of TFs on Everlasting

 

[skoryy]

Just now, Wravis said:

 

This is not a good idea.

"recruiting for TFs is miserable enough without having to fend off all the low level weasels looking to sneakily get power leveling for their characters because there's no fire farms for them to glom onto."  - @stormsparkle, godqueen of TFs on Everlasting

 

 

Okay, but you can just say "we have too many lowbies, sorry" and kick.

[arcane]

7 minutes ago, Wravis said:

 

This is not a good idea.

"recruiting for TFs is miserable enough without having to fend off all the low level weasels looking to sneakily get power leveling for their characters because there's no fire farms for them to glom onto."  - @stormsparkle, godqueen of TFs on Everlasting

 

Time to start broadcasting “50’s only please” if this goes through I guess. 
 

In other words probably going to be more 35-49’s excluded from ITF’s under this rule to be on the safe side.

Edited Tuesday at 03:25 PM by arcane

[StarkWhite]

The note is phrased badly. Someone will be along to explain it, but in short the minimum levels aren't changing. What it means is that if you go in with everyone at the minimum level, the enemies will spawn at that level, not the maximum level of the TF.

(Except for LRSF and MLTF, which will always spawn enemies at L50)

Edited Tuesday at 03:27 PM by StarkWhite

[Ruin Mage]

What Stark said. You can go in at the minimum Level (30, Manticore) and face Level 30 enemies instead of Level 35+ enemies.

[Snokle]

The no low level for TF seems to be fixing a problem that is not a problem. If there is a level requirement for Ouro I can say removing it there would be fine, as it is just story content, but I think here it is a bit rougher, and not really needed.

 

I know on Excelsior there is usually no issues forming TFs/SFs in the level ranges for the specific ranges needed. I feel if this goes it will still be mixes of whatever going on but I will probably work on certain ranges of the TF which would be acceptable if I would be forming.

[Velvet Violet]

• • On 5/26/2025 at 8:18 AM, The Curator said:

   The minimum level of Task/Strike Force content is no longer enforced, except for Ms. Liberty and Lord Recluse's.

As a note for everyone, this means that the "minimum level for enemies" is no longer enforced. Task/Strike Forces still have a minimum level to join, it's just that enemies will spawn at the level of the team instead of having an a minimum level they spawn at (which might have been higher than the team's difficulty settings should allow them to)

[Derek Icelord]

On 5/26/2025 at 6:18 AM, The Curator said:

 

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Incarnate Trial - 'Minds of Mayhem'

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  • Malaise's Nightmare summons will dynamically select the nightmare based on which is most needed by the league for badge credit and hasn't been summoned yet.

 

 

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O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!

[ryuplaneswalker]

2 hours ago, Velvet Violet said:

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As a note for everyone, this means that the "minimum level for enemies" is no longer enforced. Task/Strike Forces still have a minimum level to join, it's just that enemies will spawn at the level of the team instead of having an a minimum level they spawn at (which might have been higher than the team's difficulty settings should allow them to)

It should be made a bit more clear that this is a case in the patch notes.

[Cobalt Arachne]

Updated the notes here to match the clarified Open Beta notes:

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General - Task & Strike Forces

• The level bracket maximum of Task/Strike Force content is no longer enforced, except for Ms. Liberty and Lord Recluse's (Level 50+ only).
  • Example: Previously the Manticore Task Force was always set at 35, but allowed 30+ characters. Now the Manticore TF's missions would be set at 30 if that's the leader's level, rather than 35+, and presenting those players with +5 or higher enemies.

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