Happy Friday all!

Hope your weekend is off to a good start! Next week Patch 2.4 will go live with a rework of the rewards you’ll receive for participating in our limited-time events, offering even more opportunities to power up your Heroes!

With this rework, there are now three mission chain types to complete during our limited-time events like Tachyon Anomaly or Corrupted Vibranium. These two-week sprints will provide rewards for daily play and sustained play. The three mission chain types include:

• Meta Mission Chains: Completing all tasks in a Meta Mission Chain will offer up the best rewards during our limited-time events. By completing the full list of Daily and Minor Mission Chains, you’ll earn Exotics above Power Level 120 for your entire roster. Even better, these Superior Exotics have a chance to drop at a 140+ Power Level. Previously 140+ Power Level items could only be earned by endgame players who completed the Family Reunion Omega Level Threat or the Discordant Sound Raid.
• Minor Mission Chains: These mission chains are sometimes Hero-specific and offer another way to increase your Power Level on a per-Hero basis.
• Daily Mission Chains: Daily missions feed into the larger Meta Mission Chain objective and will offer repeatable gear rewards for the entirety of the two-week event.

Check out our rotating roster of limited-time events in detail below!

Tachyon Anomaly (Coming up: May 26 – June 9)

• Meta Mission Chain Rewards (Full Roster)
  • Superior Exotic Tachyon Gear (for Heroes above Power Level 120)
• Minor Mission Chain Rewards
  • Superior Exotic Tachyon Gear (for Heroes above Power Level 120)
  • Superior Cosmic Minor Artifact (for Heroes above Power Level 100)
• Daily Mission Chain Rewards
  • Legendary Tachyon Surge Gear (for Heroes above Power Level 80)
  • Polychoron x 20

Rooskaya Protocols

• Meta Mission Chain Rewards (Full Roster)
  • Superior Exotic Apex Power Defense Gear (for Heroes above Power Level 120)
  • Superior Exotic Apex Power Heroic Gear (for Heroes above Power Level 120)
• Minor Mission Chain Rewards (Per Hero)
  • Superior Exotic Apex Power Melee Gear (for Heroes above Power Level 120)
  • Superior Exotic Apex Power Ranged Gear (for Heroes above Power Level 120)
• Daily Mission Chain Rewards
  • Scaling (Uncommon to Legendary based on Hero PL) Jarvis Gear (for Heroes above Power Level 80)
  • Upgrade Modules x 30

Corrupted Vibranium

• Meta Mission Chain Rewards (Full Roster)
  • Superior Exotic Discordant Gear (for Heroes above Power Level 120)
• Minor Mission Chain Rewards (Per Hero)
  • Scaling Vibranium Payload Gear (for Heroes below Power Level 120)
  • Exotic Discordant Gear (for Heroes above Power Level 120)
  • Superior Discordant Minor Artifact (for Heroes above PL 120)
• Daily Mission Chain Rewards
  • Scaling Vibranium Payload Gear
  • Polychoron x 20

Red Room Takeover

• Meta Mission Chain Rewards (Full Roster)
  • Superior Exotic Technical Power Set Gear (for Heroes above Power Level 120)
• Minor Mission Chain Rewards (Per Hero)
  • Scaling Gear (for Heroes below Power Level 80)
  • Legendary Technical Power Set (for Heroes below Power Level 120)
  • Exotic Technical Power Set (for Heroes above Power Level 120)
• Daily Mission Chain Rewards
  • Epic HARM Gear (for Heroes below Power Level 80)
  • Legendary HARM Gear (for Heroes above Power Level 80)
  • Upgrade Modules x 30

Cosmic Threat

• Meta Mission Chain Rewards (Full Roster)
  • Superior Exotic Omega Gear (for Heroes above Power Level 120)
• Minor Mission Chain Rewards (Per Hero)
  • Superior Exotic Omega Gear (for Heroes above Power Level 120)
• Daily Mission Chain Rewards
  • Cosmic Minor Artifact
  • Upgrade Modules x 30
  • Polychoron x 20

Looking for insight into the design decisions behind the rewards changes? Check out our Q&A with Lead Designer Brian Waggoner below!

What were the main reasons for reworking rewards in this way?

Limited-time events should be something to get motivated about, even after repeat play. We had been getting feedback from players saying that the rewards available should be more consistent, so we looked at how we could standardize them (e.g. making sure all of them granted Exotic rewards to your entire eligible roster vs only the Hero you were using when you completed the objective) and then gave each event a specific theme of Exotics to give them a stronger identity.

We also were planning to add a path for players to upgrade their items to 175 outside of Family Reunion and Discordant Sound and thought this was a good place to do so. One of the things we are looking at for future endgame content is how we add reward chases while still allowing players who don’t engage with endgame content a path to upgrade. We’ll talk about that more later this year.

Do you need to check in every day for two weeks to complete the Meta Mission Chain for each Special Event?

No, the daily missions are there to give you additional rewards for playing daily and are not required to complete any of the Meta Mission Chains. We know we have players who cannot play daily and do not want to make these mission chains more difficult to complete.

The Daily Missions will assist in making the Meta Mission for Rooskaya Protocols easier as one of the requirements is to complete six event Mission Chains. The Minor Mission Chains or Dailies count for this completion.