MultiVersus fans haven’t had the chance to play as Rick just yet and formulate their opinions of him, but it’s always nice to have a new character join the roster in a crossover fighting game like this. But while Rick’s addition to the MultiVersus roster is likely to be well-received, the XP changes have already been criticized by fans.

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As of MultiVersus update 1.03, it’s going to take players twice the amount of XP to level up characters from three to 15. The MultiVersus update 1.03 patch notes explain that this change was made to make the leveling process “more of a journey.” Regardless of the reasoning, this move has resulted in some swift backlash against the game, as evident by the general reaction on sites like Twitter and Reddit.

Ultimately, this will mean that it will take longer for MultiVersus players to unlock all the perks for their chosen characters. This could put new players at a disadvantage when compared to those who were able to level their characters prior to the XP requirement being doubled. Considering the backlash this decision has received, it will be interesting to see if the changes are walked back, or if the developers stick to their guns and keep the XP requirement where it is.

There will be plenty more MultiVersus updates in the future that could tweak the experience further, maybe finding a middle ground between doubling the XP requirement and players leveling up too fast. Future updates will add new characters like Black Adam and Stripe from Gremlins, as well as the long-awaited Arcade and Ranked modes, though release date information for that content has yet to be announced at the time of this writing.

While MultiVersus fans wait for more info on what future updates have in store for the game, they can try their hand at Rick Sanchez. Rick is an Expert-level character, meaning he costs 3,000 coins to unlock, so fans should keep that in mind.

MultiVersus Update 1.03 Patch Notes

General

Rick Sanchez joins MultiVersus! Rick is a new Mage character joining the roster. The XP required to go from level 3 - 15 on the character mastery track has been doubled We were finding that players could get to level 15 of the mastery track too quickly. This is to help us make it a bit more of a journey. Loading performance improvements for PS4 and Xbox One. Initial free character from completing the intro tutorial has been switched to Shaggy from Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman can now be purchased for Gold or Gleamium. Attack decay steps have been added to the intro tutorial. Fixed an issue in Coop-Versus-AI that was causing only Wonder Woman and Reindog bots to appear. Fixed a bug where some players weren’t able to equip profile icons. Fixed a bug where the game would occasionally freeze at the end-of-game screen.

Twitch Extension

Minor visual bug fixes Added ‘Fighter Voting’ which allows broadcasters to poll their audience on which fighter to play, viewers who have MultiVersus get bonus votes. Added the ability for viewers who have MultiVersus to claim free toasts from Twitch channels running the extension.

Anti-Infinite Combo System

We’ve implemented a new anti-infinite-combo system that will decay all subsequent attacks if the same attack has been used 4 or more times in the same true combo. The goal is to put a global soft-cap on infinite combos and make combos more creative. We hope the change pushes players to explore new and more exciting combo routes. We were considering the max number of the same attack being used to be 3, but we wanted to more slowly evaluate the change. We’re going to be evaluating the change and are open to feedback on how we can improve the system! The option to choose between 4 direction or 8 direction for the right-stick control (c-stick) has been added to the settings menu.

Projectile Systems

We are continuing the projectile systems update in this patch. The most notable addition is the inclusion of a new “Light Projectile” classification for projectiles that deal no knockback. The only Light Projectiles in the game for now are Rick’s uncharged blaster and the pies fired by the Neptr assist item.

MultiVersus is out now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.

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