Marvel Rivals season 1 has "double the playable content of a regular season" and adds maps, heroes, balance changes, and more

The Fantastic Four seen running towards Dracula in Marvel Rivals' Season 1 'Eternal Night Falls' trailer.
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澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Marvel Rivals season 1 is starting this Friday, and it's a big one, offering "double the play🐟able content of a regular season."

In a new video with creative director Guangyun "Guangguang" Chen and lead combat designer Zhiyong, the pair share everythi꧟ng we can look forward to in the hero shooter's first pro💮per season.

First off, yes, there are 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:buffs and nerfs, but don't worry, there's 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:no role queue coming. "Ranged duelists [are] dominating lineups," says Zhiyong, so the team is "slightly toning down the prowess" of Hela and Hawkeye while also buffing Captain America, Venom, Wolverine, Storm, and Cloak & Dagger. Also, "The detection 𒁃range for Jeff the Land Shark's ultimate ability will be fine-tuned to better align with early warning signals." I'll miss the videos of the cute little shark dragging entire teams off the map.

As 🐠for maps, there are three new ones on the way, but it seems just two will arrive in the first half of the season, which should last six or seven weeks. These are Sanctum Santorum and Midtown: New York. Each features new combat mechanics.

The Sanctum has "omnipresent portals to unveil unique strategies," explains Zhiyong,💯 and Midtown has a "form of destruction unique to the Empire of Eternal Night, recursive destruction that lets you turn back the clock, reshape th🌺e environment, and create new opportunities for victory."

The Empire of Eternal Night are the vampiric legions of🍌 Dracula, who appears to be the big bad for the season. ✤Maybe the devs will add Blade in an upcoming season to finish the blood-sucker off.

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Mister Fantast🌱ic and Invisible Woman will be added in the first half of the season, with The Thing and Human Torch coming in the second. Mister Fantastic is a duel꧑ist who can stretch and change his body to confuse and outmaneuver opponents, and Invisible Woman is a strategist who can control psionic energy and🅰 force fields.

There's also a new game mode coming called Doom Match, which features a new enemy, the Dooms, who are "cracking the foundations of multiple timelines" according to Chen. There's also mention of the Darkhold that you may be familiar with from 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Wandavision and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Agatha All Along.

As for new settings, we're getting a streamer mode, mouse acceleration, and graphics 💎options that should allow for higher fps – perfect for competitive play. Your competitive rank will drop by seven divisions, and a new rank, Celestial, is bein෴g sandwiched between Grand Master and Eternal, comprising three divisions. You'll also be able to see win and pick rates that will be updated every half season so you can keep an eye on the emerging meta.

Fan꧃s of the game seem pretty happy in the replies to the Twitter video. I still haven't made the time to play Marvel Rivals yet, but I'm hoping to get stuck in soon to try out all the cool new things being added this season.

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