Ah! That's the first step to the unlock!
First attempt: Failure. Tried base freedom five versus akash'buuta (wanted a long game with plenty of opportunities to proc conditions since I can't think of a specific villain for this one aside from Oblivaeon, and obviously that's not an option). Drew a bunch of cards, was in every mode at least once or twice, played most of Bunker's cards, Bunker's Omni-Cannon delivered the final blow.
Honestly, at a bit of a loss for where to start with this one. Normally I just try to recreate the story events leading up to the variant in question, but that's obviously impossible as of right now, so feel kinda lost without some sort of hint.
Ok, I can confidently say it isn’t to weirdly have a super challenging game against Ambuscade in Insula Primalis where Bunker dies super fast. Helpful...
Also, just had another game with each Freedom Five member in Megalopolis against Baron Blade. Bunker dealt the final blow with a 12-card omni blast of doom. No unlock...
Another Failure. Thought I'd try ruling out one of the more basic things this time: freedom five versus baron blade, in freedom tower, had bunker double skip every turn. So I can safely say it's not as simple as "Don't do x".
Another Failure. Freedom five versus baron blade again, this time in megalopolis. Bunker was incapped before the end of the game.
How about Freedom Five versus Vengeance Five?
Tried Freedom 5 vs. Deadline in Freedom Tower and managed to lose via environment destruction with the whole team at full HP, with Bunker double-skipping. Then hit the Retry button and won. No unlock.
However, I did have the thing happen where the log showed a bunch of eligible achievements that I'd already earned. I did see F5 Bunker in the list, though, so hopefully that wasn't a meaningful bug.
Hmmmmmmmm...
Have we tried Bunker getting all his gear out in play, then losing it all by the end of the game?
We have now.
Bunker and assorted friends vs. Ambuscade in Freedom Tower. Played and used all his equipment, had all his equipment destroyed, played all his equipment again. Won. No unlock.
Well, it is not the entire freedom five vs Progeny with Tachyon icapacitated and Bunker dealing the final blow
These are sadly the worst kind of unlocks: at least with most of them you have story to work with, you can try to recreate the story events that led to that variant in the lore. But with these, that's not an option: the Freedom Five variants are a result of Oblivaeon destroying freedom tower and wrecking the freedom five. You can't do that, because Obliveaon isn't out yet. So now it's just a scavenger hunt, screwing around trying random things with no real direction or clues, hoping someone will find it by accident.
I know why the developers don't just release the variant and why they let people try to unlock it, but this is isn't satisfying: this isn't a reward for playing well, it's a reward for getting lucky.
Okay, rant over, tried a game against Baron Blade with Legacy, Wraith, Bunker, and Tachyon on the Mobile Defense Platform. These variants are essentially a celebration of the freedom five after all, so I thought I'd try recreating the Freedom Four Annual that started the team. No unlock. Running out of ideas fast (in fact that was pretty much my last idea, I've tried everything else that makes sense).
It will get better when we get more clues. Trust me. :)
Oh I know, I've done these before, I unlocked all five of the last variants like this. But the wait for someone to unlock it by accident is a pain in the ass, because there's literally nothing to go on until then. Once we have that, it becomes fun again, an actual scavenger hunt. Till then it feels like just spinning our wheels. The hunt can be fun, but this is definitely the least fun part by far, especially when we don't even have story related events we can recreate.
The Dark Watch Setback one didn’t have a story to it. Nor did the Unity ones. Once we find it out then the story will be clear
And now I can say firsthand that accidently discovering it (or even intentionally) is pretty satisfying. (No I’m not talking about this week. I’m still riding the high of unlocking Sky-Scraper on my first attempt.)
It probably doesn’t involve using all Modes, as that was the requirement for F6. Maybe using every power in the deck?
I used all his powers in the attempt I described above. Sorry I didn't make that clear, but I used both of the functions on Auxiliary Power Source as well as all the powers on all his other equipment.
I'm of two minds on the accidental stumbling. Two of my 'first' unlocks felt natural and like things I would have done during a game. The other, Termi-Nation Unity, was total blind luck and the only reason I got it was that I happened to have Visionary on the team for that precious 15th hero target. I'm super happy I got TN Unity! But the hunt on that one was a little frustrating because it basically required either (A) a 3H team with Visionary, which is what I had, or (B) having Captain Cosmic on the team, who doesn't have much to do with Unity and whom I rarely use if I can avoid it.
Anyway, that's a little off-topic. Back to Bunker.
I've been throwing stuff against the wall again today. Here's some stuff I tried, mostly in Freedom Tower:
- Going off the "Fall Before the Harbinger" comic, I tried finishing Progeny with Bunker while the F5 were all under 10 HP...
- Finishing Progeny with Bunker's Flak Cannon immediately after AZ hit him with ice, while Legacy/Tachyon/Wraith were all incapped...
- Destroying all of Bunker's available cards in play with Omnitron-X's Singularity, thanks to Caspit's Playground (which was at least fun to see Singularity do 27 damage to all targets)...
- Tried my Relic thing in Tomb of Anubis again since John said it wouldn't have worked last night if it were the right idea...
So yeah, I'm low on ideas. I have one more thing I'm going to try out based on Fall before the Harbinger; I will report back when I finish.
Well, I tried losing to Progeny with Dark Watch in Rook City, then losing to Progeny with the Prime Wardens in Tomb of Anubis, then beating Progeny with the Freedom Five, with the final two hits being AZ Cold and Bunker Fire damage and the other three incapacitated, in Megalopolis. No dice.
And I'm pretty much sick of fighting Progeny at this point, so I'm taking a break. Good luck, team.
Another failure. Freedom five versus Akash'buuta in freedom tower. Think I did essentially *everything* as bunker. Played every card in his deck at least once, used every power at least once, dealt the final blow as bunker. I am 100% out of ideas. :(