ANB League FAQ

[Tin Man]

LodWig I had not ended my Gold #3 event yet and had a hero below level 70 on a testing profile that was only around 500 CL so the experience necessary per CL was only in the single digit millions. When I ended the event before doing the edit for the correction? The regular heroes did not advance. So, the case of a hero being kept is checked.

Your issue of the non-CL experience being added to the regular heroes when the ANB hero is not kept is an interesting observation. I guess there are now two experience related rabbit holes for the next ANB. First, what happens for the various permutations of heroes that are level 70 but have yet to reach CL 1. Second, what happens for the various permutations of heroes that are not level 70 and you do not keep the hero.

You just had to add to my backlog didn't you!

[LodWig]

As Tin Man said, the jury is still out on this particular point, but the result of one experiment I made can be explained if it is the case that:

- All Hero Experience gained before being Champion is kept somewhere, including all XP points granted by the last kill(s) or quest redeeming done while being still a Hero;

- This Hero Experience is added to the account-wide Champion Experience pool if you end the event toon with no open slots, so that it is deleted. If you keep the event toon, no Hero experience is added to the Champion Experience pool.

Also I once ended an event toon which was still a Hero (level 13 iirc), he got deleted because no slot were available, and my regular Champion points were advanced, by an amount compatible with what this event toon had accumulated as a Hero (I was totally taken by surprise, so I didn't record that experience, and lost the exact amounts involved.)

[mikiek20001]

makes sense, thanks for the clarification...

[Tin Man]

My bad. I do not know what I was thinking. Only the Champion Level, CL, experience is shared among the regular heroes. The experience before you reach Champion Levels is hero specific. So, no the per-Champion Level experience is not combined when you end an ANB event. If you end the ANB event with a hero less than CL 1 then you do get the CLs from the regular heroes but, just like when you start a new regular hero, you hero does not advance from their pre-CL 1 level from the merge. Also, the regular heroes experience will not increase unless the ANB hero gained at least CL 1.

Disclaimer: It is up in the air what happens with the 50K experience you must earn after reaching level 70 but before reaching CL 1. The 50k experience is negligible in the greater scheme of things though. What happens with this 50k experience points will require investigation and may not be easy to verify because the value is so small.

[mikiek20001]

Well well well...thanks for the inside scoop. I'll just keep pluggin' away then, keep saving my gems & learning a bit more about the game and when it appears I'll be pleasantly surprised. The Season was cool too, so if another one may not be far off, that's also good news.

[Tin Man]

All bets are off. What used to be a typical cycle is no longer. Nobody other than Travis or the developers can give anything other than their best guess and even Travis may just be guessing unless he specifically says the information is from the developers. Also, any timeframe from the developers always have the caveat that they plan on or that that schedule may change or something like that.

If Season 2 was an indication then Season 3 might start in the next week or two and they may hold off on any ANBs until after Season 3 start or they might not. We are already way past when another ANB might start historically.

All that said? They also proposed changes to ANBs which means that it might be some time before we see another one as all indications are that development has basically been put on hold while they work on the port to Unreal.

Anything that you care to add Travis?

FYI, notice that I did not tag Travis. He has repeatedly asked that we not tag him as he reads all the posts anyways.

[mikiek20001]

Thanks very much, that's all very helpful. Do you think there'll be another ANB soon? Or do they generally allow a few weeks or so for a cooldown since Season 2 just ended?

[Tin Man]

I just started playing i the middle of Season #2, so I haven't seen an ANB yet. I think that someone said there might be one starting sometime this month, and that commonly they'll start on Fridays at 7pm ET, so I thought I better ask a couple newbie questions JIK. - They seem to start around 2pm EST.

- Is bronze 12 hours or 18 hours? I've seen both times referenced in the forum somewhere. - 12 Hours

- Are the Hero slots cheaper? I'm guessing not since they're not part of the ANB side of the account, but it doesn't hurt to ask. - You are correct that the price does not change as they are not part of ANB.

- Will all raw XP be transferred, including pre-level 70, or just the raw CL XP? - Only the CL experience is combined just as only CL experience is shared among the regular heroes.

- Are the gem costs for Crafting Recipes and refreshes cheaper in the ANB event? - The gem costs for Crafting Recipes and refreshes do not change. Also, never pay gems for Crafting Recipes or refreshes. The cost in gems is way too high. Just pay gold for the one recipe that is offered for gold. There are around 100 recipes so it will take some time and cost around five million in gold but it is basically a requirement for the game. Just always buy whichever one is offered for gold even if you never think you will use it.

Thanks for any advice.

Keep in mind that things can change at any given time and the information above is based upon what we have seen so far.

Also, there is an ANB bug that can cause your unlocked trial levels to reset back to having only up to trial level 7 unlocked. This can only happen once. The best prevention? Force the bug to hit when you are only at trial level 7 so you lose nothing. I do not quickly see the thread with the longer discussion but this thread here will give you some idea. I know that Nhat had a longer one with various scenarios that might cause the issue and at last one of the scenarios has definitely been confirmed.

Pretty much everything else that is hero related is less expensive during ANBs. The biggest exception is that Ability Upgrade Slots cost the same as well as the gem cost to immediately upgrade an ability is the same. There are, however, books that you pick up during ANBs that reduce the time left before an ability is upgraded and these books are very helpful.

There is so much more helpful information but that is the short version. Look around and you should spot other tidbits.

Never be afraid to ask.

Welcome to the game.

Have fun!



EDIT: Corrected information about combining experience when the event ends.

[mikiek20001]

I just started playing i the middle of Season #2, so I haven't seen an ANB yet. I think that someone said there might be one starting sometime this month, and that commonly they'll start on Fridays at 7pm ET, so I thought I better ask a couple newbie questions JIK.

- Is bronze 12 hours or 18 hours? I've seen both times referenced in the forum somewhere.

- Are the Hero slots cheaper? I'm guessing not since they're not part of the ANB side of the account, but it doesn't hurt to ask.

- Will all raw XP be transferred, including pre-level 70, or just the raw CL XP?

- Are the gem costs for Crafting Recipes and refreshes cheaper in the ANB event?

Thanks for any advice.

[Lourde Incarnadine]

Thank you.

[Nhat]

Is there a limit to how long you can keep your ANB character in "Event Ended" status? I would like to run my old BH through story levels to fleece them for Gems before I delete her to make room for my ANB BH.

How long can I keep my event Hero?

• You can technically keep the hero for as long as you want, but do note the following:
  • The event icon associated to the hero will remain in the left side of your Gear/Abilities menu - if you have too many, they will "wrap-around" and prevent you from pressing on the other icons
  • Too many Event heroes will also means your Heroes page will get very cluttered, and potentially prevent you from changing Heroes.
  • XP and items on the event Hero will remain separate until you do the transfer, see below.
  • You have been warned...

[Lourde Incarnadine]

Is there a limit to how long you can keep your ANB character in "Event Ended" status? I would like to run my old BH through story levels to fleece them for Gems before I delete her to make room for my ANB BH.

[Alica2122]

In Bronze leagues, we have enough time for farming, so it is not necessary to spending gems for golds. However, in Gold leagues, every minute counts and burning gems for time is sensible. Considering we have only 3-4 hours for XP farming in Gold leagues, 20 min is around 10% of the time and may decide whether we are in top 100 or not.

[ShotDead]

Yeah SM is insane. After finishing more or less 20 runs, starting spawn will be random and sometimes you'll end up directly in front of T.box without morg to annoy you

Make sure you have around 700% gold without booster and don't forget to pop a booster before before going in

[jrfacs01]

I don't spend gems on buying greenies jewels but the idea is to exchange 840 gems to 420k gold and spend the gold to buy greenies. Anyway, I'll try SM and SoA on next ANB to save some gems.

Yeah SM is insane. After finishing more or less 20 runs, starting spawn will be random and sometimes you'll end up directly in front of T.box without morg to annoy you