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Thursday, October 3, 2013

Inhuman Lockboxes

We're in the middle of another Spec Ops. I've been pretty lazy about it and am still at the last task with ten days to go. Black Bolt is the hero available this time around. A new PvP season has also started, but it is too early to know where I will end up yet. It's so early in fact I still win defensive battles.

Magnetic Lockboxes are on sale and supposedly being phased out of the shop. Magneto was a deploy in mission three of the spec ops along with Thing. It's a bit odd as I believe he is the first lockbox hero to have been a deploy, and mission two was the elite boss so it's not like either Thing or Magneto were needed to do anything.

Inhuman Lockboxes are the latest lockbox. I recorded my results up to the point where I unlocked Thane. I opened the boxes ten at a time. I have not opened the rest of my boxes yet and do not know if I will keep a record or not. I'm pretty happy with the numbers to get Thane. Unlock at 210 puts me in the roughly 60% percentile. I still have a bunch of boxes and if the rate continues I might end the spec ops with 350 or more earned boxes altogether. The extra CP was nice. At some point I will use some of the ISO-8 and energy. I might use some of the consumables, but it's likely they will just sit in my inventory unless I need silver. The interesting items I received were the Servoguard Programming and the InterfaceXanthine Alkaloid Injector. I did not have a Servoguard Programming Interface so am looking forward to testing it out.

Thane is nice, but the debuff on his L1 does not seem to affect bosses. I've only ran him in 12.2 so far, but his debuff did not work on any of the bosses. I wonder if the debuff counts as a stun since the third application is basically the same as a stun and therefore is cleared off anytime the target is immune to a stun effect. I was tempted to try him in PvP with someone that would cause him to get more attacks with his L1, but the build up might not be worth it if it gets cleared by all the things that clear stuns.

Speaking of weirdness, the new PvP season also introduced some mechanical changes. Protection effects can now intercede counter and followup attacks. Wasp's ability bar is now a hidden vertical bar placed in the first ability's slot on the horizontal bar. Phase is changed to drop from more attacks and you aren't supposed to be able to protect while phased now. Spider-Woman, Gambit, Rogue, Cable, and Deadpool all saw updates. It's a hodge-podge of little things across the board which is nice for shaking up the game a little, but also feels disjointed.

Here are the pulls from my first 210 lockboxes if anybody is curious.



Wave 1
Infinity Volume 1 #1 In-Hyuk Generals Variant (New)
21 CP (2 x 10 CP + 1CP)
Reactive Tough ISO-8
Reactive Tireless ISO-8
Xanthine Alkaloid Injector
2 Shawarma
Team Stamina Boost III

Wave 2
Infinity Volume 1 #3 In-Hyuk Generals Variant (New)
3 CP (single 3CP)
Reactive Expert ISO-8
Reactive Resilient ISO-8
Armor Piercer
Extinguisher
Gene Inoculation
Healing Serum IV
Stamina Boost Pack V
Team Healing Elixir

Wave 3
Infinity Volume 1 #2 In-Hyuk Generals Variant (New)
1 CP
Bulky ISO-8 Crystal
Reactive Forceful ISO-8
Reactive Stoic ISO-8
Extinguisher
Kunai Barrage III
Nerve Gas III
Regenerating Serum IV
Tactical Strike

Wave 4
Infinity Volume 1 #1 Thanos Variant (New)
Reactive Adroit ISO-8
Reactive Relentless ISO-8
A.R. Spinner
Armor Piercer
Chrono Accelerator
Concealed Blades III
Neurostim
Shawarma
The Crippler

Wave 5
Infinity Volume 1 #3 In-Hyuk Generals Variant (Duplicate)
Reactive Tireless ISO-8
2x Frag Grenade V
Hologram Generator
Kinetic Amplifier II
Neurotoxin IV
Overdrive Ampule II
Shredder IV
Strike Patch V

Wave 6
Infinity Volume 1 #1 In-Hyuk Generals Variant (Duplicate)
3CP
Adamantium Knuckles
The Perforator
Chaotic Grenade
Coagulator
Extinguisher
Neurotoxin IV
Stinger IV
Team First Aid Pack III

Wave 7
Infinity Volume 1 #1 Thanos Variant (Duplicate)
3CP
Reactive Violent ISO-8
Frag Grenade V
Holographic Hand-Link
Napalm IV
Penetrating Strike
2x Quantum Elixir
The Immobilizer

Wave 8
Infinity Volume 1 #1 Yesteryear Comics Variant (New)
1CP
Reactive Mercurial ISO-8
Personal Combat Amplifier
Target Painter
Large Energy
Deflection Patch V
Double Strike
Gravity Shield II
The Crippler

Wave 9
Infinity Volue 1 #3 In-Hyuk Generals Variant (Duplicate)
3CP
Reactive Enduring ISO-8
Energy Fist
M616 Combat Shotgun
Chaotic Grenade
Chrono Boost
Napalm IV
Penetrating Strike
Tangler Grenade IV

Wave 10
New Avengers Volume 3 #9 (New)
Reactive Guardian ISO-8
Servoguard Programming Interface
Three Battles
Concealed Blades III
Double Strike
Healing Serum IV
Neurotoxin IV
Stamina Serum IV
The Crippler

Wave 11
New Avengers Volume 3 #9 (Duplicate)
13 CP (1x10 + 1x3)
Reactive Lasting ISO-8
Expert ISO-8 Crystal
A.R. Spinner
Target Painter
Cloaking Device
EMP Grenade
Smoke Grenade

Wave 12
Infinity Volue 1 #1 In-Hyuk Generals Variant (Duplicate)
1 CP
Reactive Dexterous ISO-8
Reactive Masterful ISO-8
Molotov V
Nerve Gas III
Overdrive Ampule 2
Quantum Elixir
Stamina Serum IV
The Immobilizer

Wave 13
Infinity Volume 1 #1 Adams Variant(New)
3CP
Reactive Fortified ISO-8
Handheld ISO-8 Scanner
Target Painter
Counter Strike
Overdrive Ampule II
Protect
Shawarma
Zap-8 V

Wave 14
Infinity Volume 1 #1 Yesteryear Comics Variant (Duplicate)
Adroit ISO-8 Crystal
Reactive Exact ISO-8
Reactive Relentless ISO-8
Reactive Tough ISO-8
Third Law Nullifier
Cloaking Device
Cluster Grenade V
Penetrating Strike
Quantum Elixir

Wave 15
Infinity Volue 1 #2 In-Hyuk Generals Variant (Duplicate)
Reactive Skillful ISO-8
Reactive Sturdy ISO-8
Handheld ISO-8 Scanner
Three Battles
First Aid Pack V
Hologram Generator
Incap III
2x Team Healing Elixir

Wave 16
Infinity Volume 1 #1 Thanos Variant (Duplicate)
3CP
Reactive Stoic ISO-8
Antitoxin
Coagulator
Quantum Elixir
Shawarma
Team Healing Elixir
Thawing Formula
The Crippler

Wave 17
Infinity Volume 1 #1 Thanos Variant (Duplicate)
Reactive Focused ISO-8
Reactive Robust ISO-8
Offensive Accelerator
Flame Suppresent
Napalm IV
Quantum Elixir
Revenge Strike
Tactical Strike
The Immobilizer

Wave 18
New Avengers Volume 3 #9 (Duplicate)
3CP
Evasion Patch V
Neurotoxin IV
Penetrating Strike
Regenerating Serum IV
Restoration Pack V
Strike Patch V
The Immobilizer
Web Grenade

Wave 19
Infinity Volume 1 #1 Thanos Variant (Duplicate)
6CP (1x5 + 1x1)
Reactive Bulky ISO-8
Reactive Deft ISO-8
Reactive Lasting ISO-8
Frag Grenade V
Quantum Elixir
Stunner IV
Team Stamina Boost III

Wave 20
Infinity Volume 1 #1 In-Hyuks Variant (Duplicate)
10CP
M616 Combat Shotgun
Svalinn Defender
Large Energy
Chrono Accelerator
Focus Patch V
Hemostatic Spray
Smoke Grenade
Team Healing Elixir

Wave 21
Infinity Volume 1 #1 Djurdjevic Variant (New)
Forceful ISO-8 Crystal
Reactive Proficient ISO-8
Reactive Vigorous ISO-8
“Tenderizer” Shotgun
Vibra-Shotel
Detoxifier
Flash-Bang III
Nanoplague 2
Stamina Serum IV