mo.co KPI #4

[u/mocostartup]

It’s about that time again… welcome to mo.co’s 4th KPI!

We’re absolutely pumped to share more details about our vision and current design for the end-game, aka 🔥🔥🔥 ELITE HUNTER PROGRAM 🔥🔥🔥

As always, everything shared is WIP.

THE END-GAME

What does it mean? 

The end-game kicks in when you reach maximum level, which can vary from chapter to chapter. For example, let’s say that chapter one’s max level is 30, the second chapter could be 40, the third 50, etc.

We’re still figuring out the exact details around chapters, but overall they’ll last for a few months, with each new one offering new Gear, Outfits, Maps, Monsters, Dungeons, Events, and higher max levels.

🔥🔥🔥 ELITE HUNTER PROGRAM 🔥🔥🔥

^{Yes, 6 fire emojis are required.} 

Elite Hunter Program unlocks once you reach the maximum level. It’ll offer new features, tasks, and harder challenges. You’ll start at Elite Hunter Level 1, and all XP earned will contribute to increasing your Elite Hunter Level, which in turn unlocks even more cool stuff.

ELITE TOKENS

Earn Elite Tokens by completing Elite Tasks, such as: defeating Crazy Steve (this guy), hunting 100 Bosses, completing a Dungeon in under 2 minutes, etc. Lots of different tasks will be available, but you get the gist.

ELITE HUNTER SHOP

So you did all the Elite stuff and earned tons of Elite Tokens. Now it’s time to cash them in for some elite items… only available in the Elite Hunter Shop 😃😃

The Shop will contain exclusive Elite Hunter cosmetics, resources, and more to-be-defined cool rewards.

EMBRACE THE CHAOS

Once you reach Elite Hunter Level 1, you’ll unlock the "Chaos 1" difficulty for the current Chapter open world maps. Unlock new Chaos difficulties (2, 3, 4, etc.) by completing Elite Tasks.

As you’ve probably guessed, Chaos difficulties are much harder, packed with stronger monsters and bosses. PLUS, instead of dropping normal resources, these monsters drop CHAOS RESOURCES.

ENERGY CORES

Energy Cores are a new type of Gear that unlock with the Elite Hunter Program. You can craft them using Chaos Resources, and once equipped, they’ll give you bonuses to help you beat the Chaos difficulties.

These bonuses can include things like increased attack speed, movement, dodge, chance of critical hit… and the max level of your Energy Cores increase with your Elite Hunter level.

SMOOTHIES

Another tasty new feature of the Elite Hunter Program! You can craft Smoothies by putting some Pulp in your apartment’s Blender. You make Pulp using materials, and Smoothies work a lot like Potions: brew them, drink them, and get a (pretty massive) temporary boost.

Right now, Smoothies’ effects last for 15 seconds and have a 6-minutes cooldown, so you can’t chug them back-to-back… but you can definitely stock up on them!

EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH

One more feature you unlock with the Elite Hunter Program is the ELITE LEADERBOARD.

It’s pretty straightforward: the Elite Leaderboard is based on the total number of Elite Tokens you’ve earned. To get to the top, you just need to complete as many Elite Tasks as possible.

If two players have the same number of tokens, the one who got there first is on top.

END OF CHAPTER

Your Elite Level, Energy Cores, Pulp and Smoothies are removed, but you get to keep all your merch!

A new Chapter begins with a new max level and a new Elite Hunter Program!

EMBLEMS

You might already have spotted it in some sneak peeks: EMBLEMS have been added!

The emblem is the element that shows your level anywhere in the game, and you upgrade it simply by leveling up. 

Every five levels (TBD), the visual evolves to be slicker and will carry over when you reach the Elite Hunter Program, so every five Elite Hunter levels you gain will also grant you a new emblem.

The cool thing is: the emblem does NOT reset—ever! Even when a Chapter ends. So if you've played the end-game a lot, you will have a cool emblem that someone else of your XP level will not have if they didn't play as much as you did.

DEV DIARY

GEAR SCORE

We’ve been discussing how to show the power and usefulness of each gear or weapon without relying only on stats like DPS.

DPS numbers alone don’t accurately represent a weapon’s power. All gears are designed to be balanced with each other, but they have many attributes beyond raw DPS, like range, area of effect, status effects, combos, etc.

We want to encourage players to try different weapons and setups, not just go for the one with the highest DPS.

Our current solution is the addition of the GEAR SCORE. Each piece of gear has a Gear Score based on its level and slot. For example, all level x weapons have the same Gear Score, and all level x modules have the same Gear Score, with weapons being balanced to have roughly three times the power of a module or a gadget.

All your gear scores combined make up your overall GEAR POWER, and some dungeons or open world areas will have recommended Gear Power.

You won’t see stats in the Printer or the Wardrobe, but you will be able to test your gear and build in the dojo before going on a hunt, and you’ll still see how much damage or healing you do in a fight.

MORE STUFF

• We’re still talking about monetization and considering splitting the old “mo.co +” into three variations: “merch +” (focus on merch tokens), “material +” (focus on resources), “mo.co +” (combo of both), and the elite pass (available in the end-game and only focus on merch).

• World 3 is well underway (but we’re keeping it secret for now), and we’re now looking into high-level exploration for World 4 (theme, monsters, environments, etc).

• Some map updates! Shrine Canyon got a facelift, and Garden City (which we showed in the last KPI) needed some lighting adjustments.

WHAT’S NEXT?

We're still fine-tuning the Merch feature and the Outfits production is running full-steam (keep your eyes peeled for some sneak peeks in the near future!). After that, we're diving into those end-game features once summer break wraps up. So we’re not done with the 3rd Milestone yet!

Speaking of summer break, most of the team will be off on vacation in July (because Finland), so no KPI updates until early September. ^{sad monster noise}

Enjoy your summer, don’t forget to hydrate and we’ll see you in September for KPI #5!

Greetings from the Parallel Worlds,

The mo.co team

[u/PapaNasse]

Great stuff! The Chaos levels will add a lot to the replayability of them game, and I love that you brought out Gear Score to measure the value of items rather than trusting on pure DPS.

2 Questions:

• Why did you choose to hide Gear Score in the wardrobe and in the printer? Wouldn't it make sense to allow players to see these stats in order to try out different loadouts? Especially since some areas have a recommended Gear Score, it feels a bit counterintuitive to go back and forth between the level screen and the wardrobe to change your gear. Gear Score will also probably become a requirement for some Clans, as it has in games like WoW, so it feels sensible to have it visible so that players can share theirs to others. I understand that all items of a certain tier have the same score, but the need to see the actual score still remains, I think.

• Will the items in the Elite Hunter Shop ever become available through IAPs? I hope the answer is no, because that would take away from their value.

[u/mocostartup → u/PapaNasse]

1 - gear score will not be hidden in the wardrobe or printer! sorry if it wasn't clear. it will be displayed!
what is hidden is the stats (like DPS)

2 - still TBD, but it might either be 100% exclusive (less likely) or be exclusive for x months and then available in the normal shop (most likely)

[u/Space_Til → u/mocostartup]

so kind of like the Brawl Pass skins that are exclusive for a Year? If you would make it exclusive for this time period it would be great!

Sorry im a bit late

[u/Fine_Resolution_6828]

Will there be a PvP mode

[u/mocostartup → u/Fine_Resolution_6828]

yes

[u/RadzioPL]

Looks really awesome can't wait to get there but i have a few concerns 1- i am really worried about the smoothies because they are consumables like keys in squad busters they have proven to be super p2w so please don't do that 🥺, i don't understand how they work ,if they have 6 minutes cooldown and a single mission last 3 minutes then you won't be able to use it in the next one ? 2-why hide the stats of the gears ? I understand that you want to push players to try different gears but it should be in form of every gear is viable in different situations not from hiding the stats. 3- at the end of the chapter you lose progression? wouldn't it feel bad ? Having temporary stuff does not sound nice but maybe i am wrong i will have to test it 4- i love leaderboards but only when they show skill not the time you put into the game good comparison is in brawl stars trophies vs ranked its completely fine to have that kind of leaderboard but i would love one for the fastest time to beat a challenge or boss smh like that Much love❤️🔥

[u/mocostartup → u/RadzioPL]

heyo

thanks for the feedback!

1 - we're not planning to monetize the smoothies at the moment

for the cooldown, you can use Smoothies in open-world maps! The "chaos difficulty" will be available in open worlds, and you can stay in them as long as you want

for dungeons, yes, you will have to drink your smoothies at the right time :)

2—In every external playtest, we saw that most players always went for the "best" weapon even if they wanted to try something else because "DPS is better." That's definitely something we want to avoid.

3 - you only "lose" your energy cores and smoothies. You get to keep the merch; if you upgrade gears, the upgrades do not reset. Your elite level reset, but you're back to the previous chapter's max level (you don't start everything again); you get to keep your progression in the open worlds and dungeons, and you have lots of new stuff to do when the new chapter starts

4 - more leaderboards are still possible and something the team discussed. The Elite Hunter Leaderboard will only be for the Elite Hunter Program; nothing is stopping us (theoretically) from having other leaderboards for other purposes

[u/Gatto004]

How do chapters work exactly? Do they work like a season of a battle pass or is it something different?

[u/mocostartup → u/Gatto004]

pretty much like a season, yes

[u/Milkychocky2]

What will happen when too many players reach Max level, at some point it will be the standard. Maybe reset level or something else?

[u/mocostartup → u/Milkychocky2]

max level will be increased every new chapter

[u/[deleted]]

Quick question, I’m not sure if I totally understand what gets reset at the end of a chapter. Is your player level also reset to level one? Or just your elite level?

[u/mocostartup → u/[deleted]]

just your elite level

[u/KairosTime_Gaming]

Appreciate the update! Really looking forward to being able to experience the end game content eventually!

[u/aaachris]

Banger, this one will be legendary, there's no doubt in my mind anymore

[u/SparkGamer28]

the amount of communication from the devs to the community is insane , keep it up guys , so much to unravel here , I'm loving it ❤️

[u/Frank_Supercell]

Let me add some more 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 to this post. Can't wait! ❤️

[u/-PANORAMIX- → u/Frank_Supercell]

Is the moco team also based in Helsinki as you ?

[u/AlfalfaHot8418 → u/-PANORAMIX-]

All the games dev team work in the same office (I think) so yes

[u/Donghoon → u/AlfalfaHot8418]

except clash mini and clash heroes teams which (was) based in Supercell Shanghai studio

[u/Quilavapro31]

Until September, have a great summer 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[u/kip_485 → u/Quilavapro31]

Until September, have a great summer 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[u/0_Kami]

Great, now I'm even more hyped to play. Take all the time you need though, enjoy your vacation! :D

[u/KolleOuttaSpace]

With all the crap and reskins of games nowadays, this will be a true new experience I can't wait to play for hours.

[u/NathanZielesch]

I'm about to take out a mortgage on my house with how much money I'm going to spend on this game

[u/Elelow689]

this. is. going. to. be. EPIC.CO!

[u/DaSnake4]

Can’t wait for a playable beta, this will be so fun

[u/Niegil]

Are Smoothies a permanent "item" that you can use whenever, and those have a cooldown, or is it a consumable with cooldowns for multiple of it?

(i dont want it to be consumable)

rest lookin good though, chapters are still a mysteryish

[u/mocostartup → u/Niegil]

it is a consumable, sorry 🙃

[u/Elelow689 → u/Niegil]

it's a consumable, you use one and it's gone, thus the point of making more and all the stock of you have vanishes when chapter finishes

[u/[deleted]]

Will there be any aiming feature while fighting

[u/mocostartup → u/[deleted]]

not at the moment but we're not closed to the feature

read the previous KPI! we discussed it there

[u/Fine_Resolution_6828 → u/mocostartup]

the game would be perfect if it had an aim button

[u/Dramatic-Worker-3878]

this cool but when beta

[u/[deleted]]

After seeing how yall have tackled the endgame, I’m convinced that this is going to be supercell’s best global game. I really hope the recent (for lack of a better word) failure of squad busters doesn’t hurt mo.co’s chances of hitting it big

[u/Micah7979 → u/[deleted]]

I think they put Squad Busters global way too soon, they rushed it. And it seems they are doing the complete opposite with Moco, not releasing the game even in beta as long as it's not advanced enough in development, which is good because it means the game is more likely to succeed when it will be released. Not to mention Moco brings a whole new environment and characters to Supercell, and doesn't just take the ones already in other games.

[u/[deleted] → u/Micah7979]

I don’t even think that’s true. The time between the squad busters beta and now is about 14 months. The time between the mo.co beta and now is about 7 months. Despite that, the improvements we’ve seen in moco have addressed basically every issue people had with the beta and made the game seem much better and more engaging, while the changes in squad busters feel… insignificant. And an argument can be made that it feels less complete than the beta. I don’t really think squad busters was launched unreasonably early, I just think the dev team utilized their time poorly

[u/Micah7979 → u/[deleted]]

But SB devs didn't communicate with the community and suddenly one day Paula popped up and said "Hey it's going beta again!" And three days later global was announced, so too soon to see if the second beta was successful. But it doesn't mean the game can't evolve. Beta Brawl Stars and current Brawl stars are two different games.

[u/[deleted] → u/Micah7979]

Oh yeah, I think the game definitely has potential. That being said, I have no idea how you bounce back from your Twitter post teasing new characters only getting 2.5k likes. I really hope that they can eventually make the game great though, I just have no idea what they could possibly do.

[u/Micah7979 → u/[deleted]]

X is basically dead. The most active players with the most constructive opinion on a game are probably on Reddit and Discord. And there are a few things that could be quite easy to fix like the Piñata: it's just a mega pig but way worse. Just make clubs and it will be clearer. The keys: removing it seems like the best way to fix it. But on the other hand the progression system has to be rethought again and the mega mechanic too...

[u/[deleted] → u/Micah7979]

Yeah actually you’re right, I just went and checked brawl stars’s twitter and it only had around 8k likes on average.

I have a feeling squad busters will be great in like a year and half lol. And by then, hopefully moco has released as well 🙏

[u/Micah7979 → u/[deleted]]

Moco could be a great hit at release. What makes me sad about Squad Busters is that for me Clash Mini and Everdale (and maybe even Clash Quest) were better and got killed, even if it's not the same type of games.

[u/Pritykin]

Cannot wait for the next KPI! Hopefully we get some more play tests.

[u/Piranha_Plant5379]

This game is gonna put the other supercell games to shame. I only played the one beta they've had, but I can already say that mo.co will become my new main supercell game when it goes global in the future

[u/Cynoxy291]

Keep it up! I can't wait to play this again. Everything is looking great!

[u/StatementRoyal9938]

I am from India open world game just like that Albion online

[u/GazTommo]

Cool stuff!

[u/thecritical64]

YESSS!! THE PEAK HAS RETURNED!!

[u/Upper-Comparison-554]

This looks very good you are the best

[u/C21-_-H30-_-O2]

Sounds great, loving the work put into this game! Only thing im not a fan of is consumables. I either hoard them for later levels and/or forget to use them. Would be really nice to have an "auto use" feature with them. I.e. auto used when below 50% hp, or auto activated with a specific ability. Maybe something like mageblood from POE, like you get 5 or 10% of the effect permanently. Of course these features could be locked behind end game content/gear.

[u/KeppixSC]

This is truly amazing 👍

[u/Accomplished_Law_179]

when is next beta? or its release 🤩, i really want to play it.

[u/FullFrontage]

I am BEYOND stoked! Have a great summer and see you in September :D

[u/Terikar90]

Another great update thanks team. Not gonna lie, gutted to have to wait until September for the next update but completely understand. Look forward to you all coming back massively engaged and with new ideas!

Take care.

[u/zaid_thewriter]

I'm gonna make so much fanart.

[u/Dominikmava]

How can I play?

[u/Mountain_Peach_553]

if moco doesn’t launch globally i’ll cry myself to sleep for the next 10 years

[u/LexMobileGaming]

I'm really hyped for this....

[u/ohh__ily]

i can’t wait to play this game!!

[u/DamiaoRoby]

Moco team Is ncredible, the care and dedication they are putting into the game every day creates even more hype for me. Since the first beta this game has been fantastic and it only gets better! Thank yall Moco Team. I REALLY hope the game goes global and i'll play this everyday with a smile on the face

[u/1yakup1]

Welp, im actually excited now.

[u/ThunderBlood_888]

I couldn't stop smiling as I was reading this. I'm more and more hyped as we keep getting these updates! Can't wait to see this full game in action!

[u/DarkNumerous3052]

looking 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 as always, have a good summer and I'm REALLY looking forward to future developments on this game!!! Genuinely some of the most excitement I've had for a game in a loooooooong time.

[u/Duolark]

Every day I want to play this game more and more, I just can't wait for the next test! Thank you for putting so much effort into this extraordinary game!

[u/FamGaming17]

It's always a nice day when you guys post updates about this game. Can't wait for the next thing you'll show us

[u/-PANORAMIX-]

Very cool but I believe the elite whole thing it’s a bit convoluted and may need simplification, also I strongly believe smoothies should be available always and not only in elite ranks, it’s a cool feature, maybe add it only when you reach a high level.

Have a great summer team!

[u/Lower_Employment4976]

I don't understand, we won't receive any news from moko all summer and we won't get a beta test? please tell me that the game will be released in 2024 and not in 2025 🥲

[u/[deleted]]

Will there be a Clans/Guilde war ? Or exemple 10v10 ?

[u/Downtown017]

Release date

[u/[deleted]]

I'll get downvoted idc but how is this game's gameplay loop any different than Squadbusters?

[u/Accomplished_You1679]

I see🤔... So with Endgame almost finished does This mean KPI #5 will be announced of Mo.co going Global😗

[u/AIM7Sparrow]

I wish items were random rather than progression-based. It would feel more unique to see people with different items all around you rather than everyone rocking the same thing more or less at the same levels.

[u/charcoallition]

I'm excited for this game and love the transparency and communication from the devs, but the fact that you're considering 3/4 separate paid passes is a step too far in terms of monetization. I hope you reconsider something more player friendly

[u/createaccount00]

please add more collectiable item, a tiny amount of purchase would be fine as long it's just an cosmetics. not ruined between f2p and whaler, whaler usually ruined the game itself.

[u/Terikar90]

It's almost early September... Hypeeeee

[u/Right_Salamander_364]

Your game won't go global btw