Marvel Puzzle Quest Discussion Thread

No early upgrade tokens for me. :(

BrolyB593 said:
Yeah recruit her. Dont question that.
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You said something similar about Torch, and he's just been taking up a slot and not getting played. Anyway, it wasn't a question of if, but when as I have 6 days to recruit her, the event ends in 9 days, and Season 2 ends in less than 2 days.

 
Pretty sure I won't be making enough points for that 10 Heroic Tokens pack this season. I'd probably have better luck from random token pulls anyway.

 
Too Damn High said:
and Season 2 ends in less than 2 days.
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Wow really, I dont know if its my lack of giving a shit or all the real world shit Ive got going on, but Im missing out on the ending of all these events. LIke I play, say I'll come back and do some more rounds & when I log back in its over.

Obviously Ive been playing everyday, Ive been getting the daily rewards, but seems like everytime I log in an event has ended.

Games once again trolling hard though, my heroic tokens give me squat. Standard tokens? 3*......Punisher. At least it was black, but now we've talked about not having 5 in black, so I had to toss it. Least I got a blue IW from the free upgrade apology tokens.

 
downsouthtigger said:
Obviously Ive been playing everyday, Ive been getting the daily rewards, but seems like everytime I log in an event has ended.
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They have been staggering the times for events lately - I noticed in TaT that it broke from the usual noon/midnight Eastern schedule. Maybe that's throwing you off?

Got nothing but 2*s in my apology tokens.
 
Kojubat said:
They have been staggering the times for events lately - I noticed in TaT that it broke from the usual noon/midnight Eastern schedule. Maybe that's throwing you off?
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I think thats it, its been weird ending times for the events. Usually its 12 eastern, either AM or PM. Now we've had things end on the 15th of the hour and other times just another random end. I think I try to come back at the usual times it ends for the final push; only to see it ended hours ago or will end later & then I forget to pop back in.

 
Too Damn High said:
No early upgrade tokens for me. :(

You said something similar about Torch, and he's just been taking up a slot and not getting played. Anyway, it wasn't a question of if, but when as I have 6 days to recruit her, the event ends in 9 days, and Season 2 ends in less than 2 days.
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Hahaha HEY! I really like my Torch. I only have him at 71 but I still stand by the fact that I think he is a GREAT character, he just could use a larger HP pool.

I would guess that Storm will be powered up more often than Torch. Just look how many times the 2 star Storm is powered up in PvE events and such. 2* Thor used to always be powered up and now instead the 3* version has been multiple times now. It is only a matter of time before Storm follows suit.

 
Either lucks back or game is vewwy vewwy sowwy for being a jerk lately.

5 tokens- 2 standard 2 heroic 1 brotherhood

Standard tokens- Black Panther Black, Human Torch Green (I shit you not, couldnt believe it myself!)

Heroic Tokens- Moonstone, Another Black Panther Black!

Brotherhood- 2* Cap

All in all everything I needed, even the 2*s.  At least thats the fun of selling 2*s you need the covers again when you rebuild.

So in 2 tokens Panther went from 4/5/3 to 4/5/4 to 4/4/5, finally I will be able to level up a 141 Panther! I guess that makes up for screwing up that last panther prize event. I forget what happened, but I missed out on the black I wanted & only got a yellow alliance cover reward.

Makes you realize how many 3*s are in the game though.  I now have my 3rd 3* I can get to 141.  Although I like Punisher, Psylocke, and Black Panther, those arent really my top 3 choices to have 141s.  Id really love a steve rogers or 3* Thor.  Hell after the beating last tourney maybe a patch.  Im not complaining though, Punisher & Panther, hell even Psylocke have all proved themselves on the teams I use them on.  Just as a team all together they have bad synergy.  Hmm Wait I might try them out before I say that.  I can only imagine the strike tile insanity: BPs Yellow, Puns green, Psys red all making strike tiles? Thats gonna be one hell of a punch with match damage. (Note to self: Use Puns green first. Dont want to destroy other strike tiles, which he will do.)

So whats everyones 3* max level most wanted characters? Choose 3, not for building a team, just which 3 would you like the most?

I def want a Steve Rogers, Classic Magneto (pre nerf while I can), and a Hood.  LIke I said as a team, that would be crap but those are who I want.  I excluded Hulk and Thor just because those are gimmes. Most people have or want those on their teams; hulk for defense & thor because we all got used to pre nerfed 2* thor. 

 
This game really is catered to build you up and burn you out quick.  Its amazing how theyve built it up this way. Churn has to be huge for this game, which is why newbies have it so easy.

My main account has a roster of 39 which at least 5 3*s in the 100s.  Im ranked 179 with 162 points in the Thor tourney. We all know what type of enemies Im facing, at least they're somewhat challenging & not ass raping gods so far.

My Steam account however; has a roster of only 16.  My highest level character is 1* iron man at 50.  I have some 2* & 3* covers but only 1-2 covers for each.  For reference my OBW on steam is 1/0/5.  I have 109 points in the thor tournament, my rank is 5.  The opponents Im facing are lucky if there characters are in the teens, level 20 is about as high as I face.  Thats also taking into account the gimme thor, which is a base of level 23. Its a cakewalk, I face little to no opposition.  I save up 10 reds & 1* Iron man can kill an opponent in 1 shot.  I could take the top spot, I could get a x-force cover, but why? I have no HP to buy a new spot not only for him but hood as well.  Also my steam account didnt even have a MN mags for the mags event.  Got one from the "early upgrade" tokens and won another from a battle.  I think I even won another black OBW cover from a battle in the tourney.  This is insane the jump into 2* territory for newbies.  No slow progression like there was when I started. 

If you have another device, try starting a brand new account.  Gives you some perspective in how this game has evolved and how its different from what it was.  Plus you might feel good again having an awesome MMR & going back to battles where you can win in a minute or less.

 
I typed out a huge response to a bunch of stuff on here and then went to grab my mouse and accidentally bumped the 'back' button and essentially cleared everything I had typed.... awesome.

So I am going to just keep it short now because I am annoyed haha.

Nice pulls DS.

The tournament sucked. Despite my awesome team and maxed Thor I still was fighting all 212, 141 and 141 teams making my progression next to impossible. I barely sneaked in at the top 100 so no Hood for me : /

As much as I would love those 3*s you listed DS I would have to mix it up for argument's sake and say the following:

Daken, Falcon and Patch. Those three together would make a RIDICULOUS team I would imagine and would never want to play a team of those maxed.

And I totally see where you are coming from with the progression now. It constantly felt great playing early on but the more you get and the better you are the less fun it is because progression and success is near impossible feats.

 
BrolyB593 said:
I typed out a huge response to a bunch of stuff on here and then went to grab my mouse and accidentally bumped the 'back' button and essentially cleared everything I had typed.... awesome.
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Next time try hitting the forward button, I did the same thing the other day and when I hit fwd it had posted somehow. idk worth a shot.

I hate that middle tier, I honestly bump myself down for the x number of standard tokens when I know Im at that middle tier for the 2*. I mean as shown I had 2 decent pulls from standards, I'll take my chances on that.

 
A little bummed to see season 3 start immediately.  No time to try and fix my MMR somewhat with lightning rounds.  It will be a bear to make the 3000 point Falcon, let alone the heroic 10 pack.

 
gravel said:
It will be a bear to make the 3000 point Falcon, let alone the heroic 10 pack.
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gravel said:
A little bummed to see season 3 start immediately. No time to try and fix my MMR somewhat with lightning rounds. It will be a bear to make the 3000 point Falcon, let alone the heroic 10 pack.
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My new method of dropping MMR is working to some extent.

Whatever PvP event you are going to play, add a three hour buffer to the beginning - either start three hours earlier or plan to play three hours extra.

Start the event and roster wipe with the free character and everyone but your primary characters (this includes your version of the free character), starting with your 1 and 2 stars. Don't wipe anyone that's featured in something else (like Mohawk Storm in PvE), either. By the time you get to your tougher characters (85s you don't use anymore, 3*s you're cultivating, etc.), some of your first fighters will already be into healing mode instead of downed mode. Send them back in to get smacked.

Don't retreat. I don't think that does anything anymore, or at least, not significantly. Also, use this as an opportunity at 'free' skips. If a node gives you a fight you know you can win with your main team, especially if you get one of the 50 point matches, leave it alone to come back to. Nobody will be attacking you to ruin your board, as you don't have a defensive team yet.

You'll know when it's working, because you will start to see teams that are in your same situation (not quite 141 3*s, less than max featured character, etc.). Go a little further by a couple of matches to offset your forthcoming wins. Your MMR should now be manageable for the initial climb in this tournament.

The only variation I put is if I can get the seed teams. At that point, I earn my way up to about 100 points or so, then beat a seed team with a tank team. I know tanking doesn't do much anymore, but even a little bit helps.

SHIELD Training and Lightning Rounds give a free chance at lowering, too. In SHIELD, I don't win any at first, just feed some roster wipes into the woodchipper for about a week. In a Lightning round, I get some ISO and a token, then roster wipe at least more times than I won to seed my overall MMR.
 
I've done the roster wipe before (do you lose, or just retreat?), I just don't have the time right now with family visiting.  I can usually sneak a battle in at the start of a lightning round to get a tank team in there, and that helps a little, but it's going to be a long climb to anything decent.

 
I got 3 or 4 tokens from the end of Season 2. Ended up getting nothing. All two star characters and none I needed.

And DST, yup. Midgame is hard. Games are alot more fun in the beginning when you're figuring out the mechanics and making progress.

Eventually you get stuck in a place between the high level ultra competitive people and the newbies who don't provide a challenge or thrill.

 
For the record I do still enjoy leveling up my characters and finding new synergy between characters. Like now using BP I really am enjoying having to adjust how I play. I basically just try to hoard green and black while pupming blue and protecting my defense tiles/countdown.

So while this mid game stuff is harder, I still am finding fun in it.

This morning I had 7 heroic tokens to open and I got a bunch of 2* Magneto but then I also scored a Spiderman and Grey Suit Widow. Neither of those are characters I use AT ALL but the fact that I got a 3* that I dont have to sell is awesome enough to me! 

My Black Panther is at 98 now. I am so close to breaking 100. I can't wait to have him at least up to 121 to be on par with Hulk. Then I am not sure if I will push those two to 141 or start focusing on someone else again.

*edit* Got two heroics and 2 Brotherhood tokens from those sub events and I scored 3x 2*s and a Falcon!

I am apparently going to get tons of covers for 3* characters I have nothing for really and are still at their base level! Again, not complaining it is just something to note!

 
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I guess I have to ask too, does retreating work or do the guys have to die?  I hear its not a matter of dying or not, just some damage has to be given and not the auto damage taken when retreating. 

Once again the whole tanking thing has just busted & I find it absolutely amazing.  Before I could place a tank team & expect to be pummeled. Now I will hardly be touched at all by anyone, unless of course you actually get somewhere in the rankings in your bracket.

Also are you sure thats even working? or by the time you roster wipe youve finally just got to the easy opponents in your queue? I look at roster wipe fighting like skips. Kill enough guys you'll eventually find an opponent you can win.  Spend enough Iso on skips and same deal.  Honestly Ive just been playing normal and the game seems to be adjusting.  Ive lost a lot, no roster wipe tanking, and played less. I think the algorithm has placed me in with similar players very slowly.  Sure I still get some 3 max 3* teams, but mostly I see 100+ level 3*s like my roster.

My next question is when to enter a tournament/event?  It used to be you enter at the last possible moment and get an easy bracket & shoot your way up.  Then everyone did that & that got broke.  I have been coming in Mid event now & that doesnt seem to be working either.  On events it has become enter the second it starts grindathons and tournaments Im still unsure.  Ive got all the seed teams in place for the hood tournament & simulator.  I wondering if I shouldnt have wasted a skip for a seed team, since one of the 1st teams up was a hood & Lvl 85 c storm & Ares.

Last point: I can do all that & work hard and try to score or just gamble my luck with tokens.  I missed out on the panther rewards, tokens gave me 2 panther covers & the ones I wanted.  I didnt get a hood reward, standard token today gave me a black hood cover.  Yeah not what I wanted but that was an alliance reward cover from the last event, so not too shabby.  Seems tokens have been more favorable lately.  Not sure if its just my turn on the saddle or that the game is somehow tweaked because more people are getting less rewards. 

As for Mid game being broken. There's no reason my steam crap team should have won a hood last night, while my main team won only 3 standard tokens. That defies all logic.  If baby teams can win big boy prizes they need to fight with the big boys. Thats how you keep people in check and have natural progression.  But no one really cares, look at the MPQ forum, all the mods have left out that the forums are getting spammed heavily. Didnt happen before when most players gave a damn about the game.

 
downsouthtigger said:
I guess I have to ask too, does retreating work or do the guys have to die? I hear its not a matter of dying or not, just some damage has to be given and not the auto damage taken when retreating.
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From what I understand, the game doesn't care about health anymore, it's just straight win/loss. I guess people were gaming the system by getting close to the win, then letting the AI hit them a few times before landing the final blow.

All I can say is that when I straight up lose about ten-fifteen matches in a row, I start seeing more appropriate teams in the rotation. I still see 212/141/141, but last night I actually found a bunch of Thors in the double digits, and people still in the 2-3* transition.

I know when I don't do this, my MMR creeps up. It doesn't matter how many times I skip, I just see different variations on full-powered enemies. When I do this, I only have to skip maybe five times for an optimal match, and I would say many of those are based on point value (it's a team I can beat, but would only give me 17 points).

As for when to enter, I think that's now a luck of the draw thing. The forums were talking about something called Gentle Nudge. From what I gather, it means brackets don't fill up in order, they fill up sorta by ability. So you might be in a bracket of 900/1000 for a day until 100 more people similar to you join the tournament. I have no idea how aggressive or prevalent this is.
 
Kojubat said:
As for when to enter, I think that's now a luck of the draw thing. The forums were talking about something called Gentle Nudge. From what I gather, it means brackets don't fill up in order, they fill up sorta by ability. So you might be in a bracket of 900/1000 for a day until 100 more people similar to you join the tournament. I have no idea how aggressive or prevalent this is.
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I noticed that the other day! I was in a group of 900 for about a day or so before more people actually filled it up.

Hm... I dont like this. hahah

 
Marauder7 said:
When are they coming out with Deadpool?
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This is like the million dollar question. Theyve done polls and he has won every time. I hope when they make a deadpool character they actually do him right. I want him to be funny and as a joke make him a 1* character with the health and level of a 3*. That would blow everyones minds....like deadpool would want.

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My suggestion is to use this cover, I particularly like it.

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This issue is part of the Dark reign event but only a side story. Its hilarious though, mostly about Bullseye and Deadpool going one one one. Deadpool: Dark reign

 
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Just to screw with people, can he be the first 5*?

Speaking of screwing with people, cant wait for NIck Fury to be released into gen circuation.  Oh I can only imagine how hot the pants are of the top 200 alliance members from the end of each season. Its not like they can use him anyways.  Congrats, heres a roster filler thats pretty much worthless, but it's 4*s!

 
downsouthtigger said:
Its not like they can use him anyways.
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Oh, you know more than one person dropped real money to have him leveled to the soft cap for 0/5/5. The wiki page even has the tile damage up to level 189 and level five for each cover already released, and one of them just got awarded. Nobody has listed the max damage for his blue, but both powers out so far look crazy powerful.

Unless someone is hacking the code or something, but I'm more inclined to believe the cash outlay, sadly.
 
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Kojubat said:
Oh, you know more than one person dropped real money to have him leveled to the soft cap for 0/5/5. The wiki page even has the tile damage up to level 189 and level five for each cover already released, and one of them just got awarded. Nobody has listed the max damage for his blue, but both powers out so far look crazy powerful.

Unless someone is hacking the code or something, but I'm more inclined to believe the cash outlay, sadly.
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I assumed this would happen. I called it as soon as he was announced as the rewards haha

I know I have spent some money on the game but there are people that spend absurd amounts regularly on all of these kind of F2P mobile games now. Who would have thought it would be such a lucrative business? I certainly would have laughed at the idea if you told me this ten years ago.

 
Started the Russia scenario and already thinking this:

Fury has to be a Skrull but that would be too predictable

Is the game based on the actual Dark Reign story line?  I've bits and pieces of the story but wasn't sure.

 
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I just got another 3* Thor...

Seriously this is BS. They clearly see what you already have and ramp up the chances of those. I have had enough extra 3* Thors now to have built a 2/2/2 Thor... Hell I should have kept them and had a backup Thor for when mine gets hurt and so as to save healthpacks haha

 
Haven't played much lately, save for a few times a day to catch the rewards and unlock new nodes. It's been showing in my token pulls... until this morning. My recruit token 1* streak of at least 150 (stopped counting at 100) was broken... by a PURPLE CLASSIC MAGS!

 
I'm not sure if you guys are lucky with standard tokens, or I'm just unlucky. I seriously can't remember that last time I got a 3* from a standard token. In fact, the only one I remember getting was a purple Spidey a long time ago. Here's what I do based on my experience with them:

1.) Start with at least 13 standard tokens

2.) Redeem them until I hit a 2*, then stop

3.) Build back up to 13, then try again

I know I have redeemed 12 straight and gotten nothing but 1 stars, so that's why I start with 13. Am I doing it wrong? Do you guys have a method you have found to be more effective?

 
Too Damn High said:
I know I have redeemed 12 straight and gotten nothing but 1 stars, so that's why I start with 13. Am I doing it wrong? Do you guys have a method you have found to be more effective?
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The Mags I pulled this morning was 1 of 3 I had earned overnight by other people playing (thanks Broly and DS). That 3* broke a long streak of nothing but 1*. After Mags, I pulled a Moonstone and an Ares, neither of which I need, but better than 1* for iso. So I don't think there's any strategy. You pull, you get lucky, you win.

 
I just open up my tokens as soon as I get them. I never save them.

I have random luck. Lately I have been getting a decent amount of 3*s but only for the ones I have maxed already.

I would imagine there is no difference in opening one vs thirteen other than mentally more relieving because the odds are greater with more to open!

 
ltrain23 said:
The Mags I pulled this morning was 1 of 3 I had earned overnight by other people playing (thanks Broly and DS). That 3* broke a long streak of nothing but 1*. After Mags, I pulled a Moonstone and an Ares, neither of which I need, but better than 1* for iso. So I don't think there's any strategy. You pull, you get lucky, you win.
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I technically could have given you that Mags?!?!

Haha damn. I think a token you sent me actual gave me a solid 3* a couple months back too haha

But yeah it is pure luck and that is it I think.

 
Statistically your chance of getting a 3 star with each draw. is the same whether you do 13 tokens, 1 tokens, or 1000. Now, when you're determining if every pull will be a one star your odds go down the more tokens you have. 

It's like flipping a coin, you still have a 50/50 chance every time no matter how many times you flip it and get tails in a row.

 
Kojubat said:
Oh, you know more than one person dropped real money to have him leveled to the soft cap for 0/5/5.
Unless someone is hacking the code or something, but I'm more inclined to believe the cash outlay, sadly.
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BrolyB593 said:
I know I have spent some money on the game but there are people that spend absurd amounts regularly on all of these kind of F2P mobile games now. Who would have thought it would be such a lucrative business? I certainly would have laughed at the idea if you told me this ten years ago.
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Yeah I forgot about "those people" its amazing to have that kind of cash lying around to buy digital items. Personally if I had that kind of money, Id buy a nice tablet or something to play the game on. Something where I can show hey this is what I dropped a couple hundred for. Not a game I'll eventually get burnt out on.

Marauder7 said:
Is the game based on the actual Dark Reign story line? I've bits and pieces of the story but wasn't sure.
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This game is LOOSELY based on the Dark Reign story line. The sentry event was the last real tie in with that story line, as that mirrored some of the events on how they got sentry to join them. Unfortunately due to copyright laws they had to leave out the most important part of recruiting sentry; 5 guys burgers and fries.

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Kojubat said:
My complete lack of a red 3* Thor would like to have a conversation with your RNG table.
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This! Why the hell cant I get a red 3* Thor!??!?!?

Too Damn High said:
I'm not sure if you guys are lucky with standard tokens, or I'm just unlucky.

I know I have redeemed 12 straight and gotten nothing but 1 stars, so that's why I start with 13. Am I doing it wrong? Do you guys have a method you have found to be more effective?
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No method, just whatever you feel works for you. Its all random. Sometimes you can go a while with nothing but 1* other times you're getting 2-3*s from standards. Its like there's no rhyme or reason. Only thing I can conclude is that if you spend some money on the game or bitch at it alot sometimes your luck improves.

ltrain23 said:
The Mags I pulled this morning was 1 of 3 I had earned overnight by other people playing (thanks Broly and DS).
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Lol thank the other guys, I play about as much as you now! :p

BrolyB593 said:
I just open up my tokens as soon as I get them. I never save them.

I have random luck. Lately I have been getting a decent amount of 3*s but only for the ones I have maxed already.

I would imagine there is no difference in opening one vs thirteen other than mentally more relieving because the odds are greater with more to open!
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Pretty much this, I used to save up 5-10 then open, but it seems it has little effect as to what you're going to get. Its all random as they say.

 
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Too Damn High said:
da fuq? Is this something they do in comics now as a form of advertising?
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Lol its been around quite a while actually. Some products are more prevalent than others. Some slip by without you even thinking about it.

Hostess used to have a whole bunch of ads from what I remember back in the day. They even made mini comics.

Twinkies

Fruit Pies

Cupcakes

You ever want hulk to stop smashing? Give him a hostess fruit pie!

 
Hey!

So I know ltrain and a couple others are not playing as much now which is alright. BUT the current PvE event we are in we are hovering around like #115. I don't really NEED another 3* Iron Man but I could definitely use it. Since we are that close I feel like if you guys that havent been playing just try and give a little push even that will break us over the 100 mark! : )

 
How many points to get us to 110, Chief B?

And the alliance reward is the red, right? I have 5. Screw you guys!

Kidding... I'll help push for those of you that need it.

 
It looks like we are about 15k points behind the top 100. Sounds like a large amount but we have about 450k total. Even if and the couple others with little to no points at least play a bit and then the rest of us keep pushing hard (I am just playing for the large amount of ISO mainly at the moment, my BP is currently at 107!!) then I would imagine we could break 100. The event still has 4.5 days as well.

 
Having issues logging into Facebook so none of the PvP or PvE are showing up.  Anyone else having this problem?

Looks like servers are down :wall:

 
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BrolyB593 said:
Just played a bit as I took a bathroom break from work haha

No problems here as of 5 minutes ago. That happens to me randomly sometimes
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I have to take my bathroom breaks on the other side of the building where I get a signal. Game works but can't connect to Facebook. Might just reboot my phone and see it that'll fix it.

 
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