Since the Kismet variant is apparently available as of Villains going live – or will be once the whole Apple thing gets resolved – I figured I’d start the topic so we could discuss our efforts in trying to unlock her.
So… Here we are! Discuss!
So, her character arc runs something like this:
- Young Kismet has a stream of minor encounters, which she inevitably loses, including against The Sentinels (lands her in jail) and Setback (lands her in The Block). Her first major event is the prison break in The Block.
- From The Block, she ends up in Atlantis. This is the the first real Kismet event with multiple heroes involved, so this is probably the canonical "original card" Kismet battle. We know Ra, Visionary, and Haka (at least) were part of this battle, and Guise was also there.
- She gets paroled from The Block and ends up in Mittermeier's, so this is Trickster Kismet. She and Glamour capture the Naturalist, which attracts other heroes. This is presumably the canonical Trickster battle.
So once the event goes live, I'd probably start fiddling around with the Atlantis battle setup. Since Kismet never actually fares well in a battle against heroes, not sure if she has to achieve anything herself, like getting lots of Jinxes out. I suppose it's possible she might have to win a battle in The Block, but story-wise she never battled any heroes there.
It could be somehow connected to Madam Mittermeier's as well.
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Tried the following 3 games in sequence:
Lost to Kismet in the Block, with Sentinels, Setback, and KNYFE.
Defeated her in Atlantis with Visionary, Ra, Haka, and Guise. Inconceivable Obstruction was out first turn, and I made sure her Environment Destruction card and Gimmicky Character came out.
Defeated her in MMFFCC with Setback, Argent Adept, Fanatic, Hunted Naturalist, Chrono-Ranger. (Everyone at full health, Fanatic at 28)
No unlock.
From what I recall, Kismet actually caused the prison riot although she didn’t participate in the mayhem; choosing to escape instead. I will try to induce her deck to do some nasty chaotic things to the block, for example she might destroy the lock down or X amount of guard cards + the warden. Maybe win a game while prison break is in play. Tough stuff to orchestrate.
For good measure I will have Setback in the mix because of the history they have together. Maybe Expatriette as well to really make Kismet furious.
I have been randomly playing various hero teams against Kismit in MMFFoCaC and haven’t got anywhere yet other than the discovery that she seems to really be easy in that environment. Right now we need someone to stumble on an unlock to get us hunting in the right direction.
I am trying to remember where setback originally defeated her to send her to the block. It was Vegas right?
What is easy about her in that environment?
Well, for starters Inconceivable Obstruction doesn't do her any good there at all, since there's exactly zero targets in that environment.
The venue wasn't mentioned in the Letters Page episode.
They said it was a Casino and it is seen on Cash Out and Violent Trickster
All right so here is my quick analysis based on the info we have.
Enviroments of interest:
The Block
Atlantis
MMFFOCAC
Heroes (as depicted on her cards)
Argent Adept
Fanatic
Visionary
Ra
Mr. Fixer
NightMist
CronoRanger
Tachyon
Absolute Zero
SetBack
It looks like Visionary, Ra, Mr. Fixer & NightMist in Atlantis (Mystery Comics 290, 291 & 292 [Kismet Card art])
Freedom Five in MMFFoCaC (FF 744 & card art MMFFoCaC)
Beyond this it is hard to determine where the other characters come in. Possibly the block, but that is just a guess.
Guise was also in Atlantis. It's the same shark on Inconceivable Obstruction and Jump the Shark.
Your right I missed that. It is confirmed as the additions match Mystery Comics 292.
Darn it aftet a little further review, Fumbling Fool from SetBack’s deck - Mystery Comics 291 with Setback, the Wraith and Kismet.
So in Atlantis that gives us:
SetBack
The Wraith
Guise
Visionary
Ra
With possibly NightMist and Mr. Fixer as the card they appear in has them as puppets and is not clearly in Atlantis. My thought in putting them there is that the card is Mystery Comics 290 which is in sequence with 291 & 292 which are clearly in Atlantis.
In all fairness, it's also in a different deck. (it was in Kismet's Letters Page episode, too)
And Guise was not involved in the fight against Kismet. He just jumped the shark.
He was totally THERE though. For whatever that’s worth.
The real issue is determining when she made the change into her variant. That will tell us a lot about what we should be testing.
Yeah, I only meant the city wasn't mentioned. Totally in a casino.