Marvel's Avengers is preparing to roll out its first real event and fans of the game are in for some excitement. After months of the same old weekly content rotation, the Tachyon Anomaly Event marks a major milestone for the game and is hopefully a sign of things to come. The event kicks off on April 22 and a patch should be rolling out today, ahead of time, to help lay the groundwork and make some other improvements.

Recent Marvel's Avengers patches have focused on squashing bugs and making some other minor quality of life improvements, but this one goes a step further and tackles some major enhancements in addition to the usual laundry list of bug fixes and other maintenance. In addition to setting the stage for the Tachyon Anomaly and Temporal Assault, v1.6.0 also delivers a brand new Tachyon mission, the controversial animated nameplates, new custom HARM room enemy options, and operations replay.

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That is definitely a long list of new features for players to explore, so this is going to be a major one when it drops. Some members of the community have been complaining about the animated nameplates on Reddit and other forums, but many players will likely still be happy to have something new to collect and earn. Other features, like the operations replay opportunity, will likely be appreciated by all fans.

Tachyon Anomaly Event

The entire event begins on April 22 and lasts until May 3, and includes the Temporal Assault Event, a new Tachyon Rift Mission, lower-level Tachyon Rift Missions, and Animated Nameplates.

Temporal Assault Event

AIM’s tampering with time has led to periodic Tachyon Anomalies. Have more than one of the same Hero in your Strike Team and during matchmaking! Daily missions for this event reward Priority Set gear for the Hero you’re playing regardless of Level. Completing the weekly mission will reward 1 piece of gear from the Hivemind set per Hero above PL120. Each Hero below PL120 will get an Epic item instead.

New Tachyon Mission

The Tachyon Rift Mission: And We’re Back takes place in the city biome. Can you beat the clock?

Animated Nameplates

We’re introducing Temporal Assault Nameplates which are animated nameplates you can get to add some shine to your experience. You will receive an animated team nameplate as a reward for the first completion of the weekly mission chain or daily mission that can be used on any Hero! Subsequent completions will not award more nameplates. Additional Hero-specific nameplates are available in the Marketplace.

Custom HARM Room Updates

Added two new enemy groups to the Custom/Intel HARM Room - Dreadbots and Airborne. The Dreadbot groups are waves focused on Dreadbot enemies, and the Airborne group is themed around all flying enemies.

Operation Replay

You can now replay both Operation: Taking Aim and Operation: Future Imperfect to your heart's content!

The additional notes go on to cover other improvements to the core solo and multiplayer gameplay experience. Players can hopefully download the patch this morning and standby for the event to kick off tomorrow as things get underway. That should be just about everything players need to know to prepare for this week's update. Be sure to check back frequently for more Marvel's Avengers news, guides, and updates.

Marvel's Avengers is out now for PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.

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