April 5, 2013 Patch Notes

SPECIAL OPERATION 8: “Vision of the Future”

Ultron has escaped his cyberspace captivity and begun building an army! This is a threat on a level we've never seen. All S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents, engage in full containment procedures!

Group Bosses
NEW FEATURE!

Group Bosses are a new feature debuting with Spec Op 8. The idea is to give players and their friends the chance to fight a larger threat together. Threats that are too powerful for just one Agent! Threats like… ULTRON! Not only will Ultron appear on your map, but when you visit your friends’ maps, you may see the Ultron on their maps too if they are eligible for the fight. Players are encouraged to not only fight him on their own map, but to help friends out by fighting on their maps as well. The more times you help take down the Ultron, the more Omega Lockboxes players will earn.

'Note that the group boss spawns after task #6 in Spec Op 8.

Omega Lockboxes
The new lockboxes debuting in this Spec Op will be the Omega Lockbox. Just like the Magnetic Lockboxes from Spec Op 6 (which were required to unlock Magneto), these new boxes can be obtained through various tasks and for participation in Ultron Group Boss fights.

These are the places you can earn lockboxes:
 * Earn 1 Lockbox for doing 10% or more damage to Ultron during a single fight. Note that whether or not you reach the goal, the new goal in your next fight will always be 10% from where you started THAT fight.
 * When Ultron is defeated, everyone who contributed to that Ultron’s defeat earns 4 Omega Lockboxes.
 * “Technologic” Side Quests - Earn Omega Lockboxes for accomplishing side quest goals during Spec Op 8.
 * Omega Lockboxes can also be found in Boss reward galas.

Omega Sentinel Collection
Collections are made up of 8 classic comic book covers that, when combined, will unlock a special character. There is a new collection in this patch for Omega Sentinel. Players can then buy Lockboxes or earn them in various ways (see above) to try to find the rest of the Collection!

Each comic book cover comes with a new piece of story written specifically for MAA from that character’s perspective. Remember that only Omega Lockboxes will grant you covers to unlock Omega Sentinel, and only Magnetic Lockboxes will grant you covers to unlock Magneto.

Collection Reward Hero: Omega Sentinel

 * Class : Scrapper, Bruiser, or Tactician
 * Passives :
 * Flying
 * Immune to ground attacks
 * Overclocked
 * Take 2 actions every round
 * Scrapper Mode
 * Passive : Selene Protocol
 * Attacks gain Exploits Protection and Exploits Shields
 * 1. Plasma Knife
 * One Enemy
 * Melee, Energy, Explosive
 * Ignore Defense
 * Damage ignores enemy’s defense stat
 * Attacks penetrate Shield statuses
 * Deadly Crits
 * Deals extra damage on critical hits
 * 2. Change Protocol
 * Self
 * Buff
 * Quick Action
 * Grants an immediate free turn after using
 * Does not trigger follow-up attacks
 * Subtle
 * Does not trigger most status effects
 * Eos Protocol
 * Change class to Bruiser
 * Takes significantly less damage from Counter-Attacks
 * Takes significantly less damage from Follow-Up Attacks
 * 3. Plasma Torch
 * All Enemies
 * Range, Energy, Fire, Tech, Explosive
 * Strengthened
 * Grants Strengthened to all allies
 * Attack increased by 25%
 * Lasts 3 Rounds
 * Burning
 * Taking damage every turn
 * Defense reduced
 * Cancelled by Chilled
 * Lasts 2 Rounds
 * 4. Plasma Blast
 * One Enemy
 * Range, Energy, Tech, Explosive
 * Finest Hour!
 * Deals extra damage while Agile, Focused, Fortified, or Strengthened
 * 1 Round Cooldown
 * Bruiser Mode
 * Passive : Eos Protocol
 * Takes significantly less damage from Counter-Attacks
 * Takes significantly less damage from Follow-Up Attacks
 * 1. Penetrator Darts
 * All Enemies
 * Ranged, Gun
 * Biofeedback
 * Bioelectric energy deals damage every turn
 * Counts as poison
 * Lasts 2 Rounds
 * 2. Change Protocol
 * Self
 * Buff
 * Quick Action
 * Grants an immediate free turn after using
 * Does not trigger follow-up attacks
 * Subtle
 * Does not trigger most status effects
 * Helios Protocol
 * Change class to Tactician
 * Chance to join in on an ally’s attack
 * Chance to retaliate when an ally is hit by single-target attacks
 * 3. Defense Array
 * Self
 * Buff, Tech
 * Defense Array
 * Protects allies from single-target or area attacks
 * Lasts 1 Round
 * Fortified
 * Grants Fortified to all allies
 * Defense increased by 25%
 * Lasts 3 Rounds
 * 2 Round Cooldown
 * 4. Nanoheal Array
 * All Allies
 * Heal, Tech
 * Restorative Nanobots
 * Restores health every turn and removes harmful effects
 * Lasts 1 Round
 * 3 Round Cooldown
 * Tactician Mode
 * Passive : Helios Protocol
 * Chance to join in on an ally’s attack
 * Chance to retaliate when an ally is hit by single-target attacks
 * 1. HE Targeting Laser
 * One Enemy
 * Ranged, Energy, Tech, Explosive
 * True Strike
 * Ignores most Avoidance effects
 * Targeted
 * Attacks against this target are guaranteed to hit and crit
 * Lasts 1 Round
 * Focused
 * Grants Focused to all allies
 * Accuracy increased by 25%
 * Lasts 3 Rounds
 * 2. Change Protocol
 * Self
 * Buff
 * Quick Action
 * Grants an immediate free turn after using
 * Does not trigger follow-up attacks
 * Subtle
 * Does not trigger most status effects
 * Selene Protocol
 * Change class to Scrapper
 * Attacks deal extra damage to enemies with Protect or Shields
 * 3. Hologram Array
 * All Allies
 * Buff, Tech
 * Mirror Images
 * Illusions grant a chance to avoid the next 2 single-target attacks
 * Lasts 1 Round
 * Agile
 * Evasion increased by 25%
 * Lasts 3 Rounds
 * 2 Round Cooldown
 * 4. Neural Disruptors
 * One Enemy
 * Ranged, Electric, Energy, Tech
 * Disoriented
 * Has a chance of attacking allies
 * Lasts 1 Round

New Daily Bonus Rewards

 * New Kick Weapon: Reboot
 * Heavy Metal
 * Immune to Bleeding, Burning, and Chilled
 * Very high crit resistance
 * Data Doubler
 * Doubles the amount of Combat Data on target
 * Combat Data lowers Evasion
 * Firing Solution
 * Oracle and Encephalizer get True Strike and Guaranteed Hit
 * Lighting in a Bottle
 * Restores Health and Stamina and Grants an Electrified counter-attack
 * High PVP Bonus
 * Ant Bomb
 * Summons a swarm of ants to attack, causing Off-Balance
 * High PVP Bonus

Spec Op 8 Reward Hero: Vision

 * Class : Blaster or Infiltrator
 * Passives :
 * Flying
 * Immune to Ground Attacks
 * Gathering Energy
 * Grants an Energy Charge every round
 * Energy Charge
 * Increases the damage of the next energy attack
 * This effect can be applied 5 times
 * All stacks are consumed on the next energy attack
 * Density Shift
 * Chance to avoid an attack and become Phased
 * Blaster Interface
 * 1. Optic Beams
 * One Enemy
 * Range, Energy, Tech
 * Burning
 * Taking damage every turn
 * Defense reduced
 * Cancelled by Chilled
 * Lasts 2 Rounds
 * 2. Infiltrator Interface
 * Self
 * Buff
 * Quick Action
 * Grants an immediate free turn after using
 * Does not trigger follow-up attacks
 * Subtle
 * Does not trigger most status effects
 * Offensive Interface
 * Switch interface to Melee Specialist
 * 3. Microwave Pulse
 * All Enemies
 * Range, Energy, Tech
 * Stealthy
 * Does not trigger counter-attacks or protect abilities
 * Radiation Exposure
 * Deals damage every turn
 * Increases damage taken from energy attacks
 * This effect can be applied 4 times
 * Lasts 4 Turns
 * Fried Circuits
 * Stuns robotic targets
 * Lasts 1 Round
 * Does not remove of benefit from phased
 * 1 Round Cooldown
 * 4. Solar Jewel
 * One Enemy
 * Range, Energy, Tech
 * Combustible
 * Attacks against Burning targets are guaranteed to crit
 * Exploits Stun
 * Deals extra damage against Stunned targets
 * 1 Round Cooldown
 * Infiltrator Interface
 * 1. Physical Disruption
 * One Enemy
 * Melee, Unarmed
 * Phased Advantage
 * Deals extra damage while phased
 * Incapacitation
 * Chance to lose a turn
 * Counts as Stun for the purposes of attacks
 * Lasts 3 Rounds
 * 2. Blaster Interface
 * Self
 * Buff
 * Quick Action
 * Grants an immediate free turn after using
 * Does not trigger follow-up attacks
 * Subtle
 * Does not trigger most status effects
 * Offensive Interface
 * Switch interface to Range Specialist
 * 3. Intangible Fist
 * One Enemy
 * Melee, Unarmed, Tech
 * Stealthy
 * Does not trigger counter-attacks or protect abilities
 * Deadly Crits
 * Deals extra damage on critical hits
 * Phased
 * Become Incorporeal, automatically dodging all attacks
 * Increased damage on next attack
 * Removed after attacking
 * Lasts 2 Rounds
 * 1 Round Cooldown
 * 4. General Relativity
 * All Enemies
 * Ground Attack
 * Ignores most Protect and Avoidance effects
 * Slowed
 * Evasion reduced by 25%
 * Lasts 3 Rounds
 * Winded
 * Removes and prevent Follow-Up attacks
 * Lasts 1 Round
 * 2 Round Cooldown

Featured Spec Op 8 Bosses

 * Vision (Mission 1)
 * Chance to drop the Density Phase Array
 * Protect
 * Protects allies from single-target attacks
 * Density Shift
 * Avoids the next single-target attack or counter-attack
 * Ironclad & X-Ray (Mission 2)
 * Chance to drop the X-Ray Rod
 * Radiation Exposure x 3
 * Deals damage every turn
 * Increases damage taken from energy attacks
 * Unshielded Radiation
 * Causes Radiation Exposure on the Agent when used
 * Considered an energy attack
 * Ultron (Mission 3)
 * Chance to drop Encephalizer
 * Psychic Energy Attack
 * Ignores Defense
 * Encephalo-Ray
 * Consumes Combat Data for a chance to cause Exposed, Off-Balance, and Mind Control
 * Chance increases with amount of Combat Data