Marvel Puzzle Quest Discussion Thread

[kojubat]

I came to a similar conclusion - I really would have liked her green to be yellow or purple, or swap the powers for green and red. I suspect that it was done intentionally to mess with the green metagame - make a compelling green power that doesn't do tons of damage and would fit well with those who do, so you have to make situational choices with your green pool instead of "what type of damage to I want?".

Man, if that green was yellow or black, she'd be an instant candidate for my third. Her blue is designed to mess with Sentry/Daken, and my regular team doesn't create any buff tiles. As she stands, gotta see what five covers gets you.

 

[downsouthtigger]

Aaaaand another new character. She Hulk is the prize for the once again recycled Juggs Heroic event.

Im really starting to think the devs have no idea the marvel universe or story. Which is crazy since I thought most computer guys are comic nerds too....hell I am!

Looking at her move names and descriptions its like they're sitting there going, hey we know she's a lawyer. We're so comic geek that we're making all her move names legal terms! I mean really? There's nothing else you can say about her other than she was a lawyer? She was in the Fantastic Four you know? Once she got her powers her role as a lawyer took a back seat. You dont see Daredevil with a bunch of Lawyer moves do you? (Daredevil is a Lawyer too & was also exposed.)

Sorry, didnt mean to geek out, just seems like they did little research on her.

As for move set, red, blue, and green? I like her skills, but her colors are bleh. Glad to have another healer, but green? I really dont know how youd play her. I mean for a rainbow team youd need yellow, purple, and black. Im trying to figure out who would be good without a complete power overlap. I keep thinking Panther, Punisher, or Psylocke for the black, but there's the power overlap. I guess not so much with Panther, so that may be a good pairing?

 

[downsouthtigger]

I GOT A BLUE BLACK PANTHER!!

That is the one cover I have been holding out for so I don't have to buy one outright. My BP is now maxed at 4/4/5..

... my BP is 122 so I am happy about that.

Now with the Hotshot tournament I am actually doing well already? My Torch is 5/5/1 from a while back and I am now focusing on leveling him and he is almost at a base of 80.

Fingers crossed I can finally place in a tournament again!! haha

Yeah for pulls, it seems panther is now behind punisher. Ive gotten both of those guys lately. That and Spiderman for some reason, but only blues and purples; yellow still eludes me. But a high level panther is nothing to sneeze at, I dont know why he doesnt get more credit. Being able to kill a whole team in one move with the black? That should be hands down 1 reason to use him. Just whittle each opponent to about 2k points while saving up black & say goonight!

This is what happens when you play tournaments competitively again. I spent all my iso last tournament leveling up spiderman. Now I have a torch at 2/2/5 & I can level him up to 89, guess who gets the iso? Also helps he's powered up in the Juggs event too, so more reason to level him up. As Koju & I have proved, tanking works again & once you drop that MMR you can be competitive again! We've both made it to the 2 cover rewards in the past 2 tournaments, that hasnt happened in a while.

Wanted to get to 1100, but self told self not to be greedy.
Considering I only need green for GSBW, and I haven't put many levels into Torch, I think a top 100 is doable without too much stress.

My roster wiping continues to serve me well. I'm back to having fun with this game on a regular basis, and not dreading the Magneto/Patch speed teams ad naseum. (Though I was reading about the Sentry speed team build, and that's just crazy town.)

THIS! I got to 800-900 & it wasnt a problem to push higher. I had the healthpacks & boosts, but to be safe I didnt want to chance it. I was attacked once on my climb to the top 10, but I lost about 40(?) points. Retaliation wouldve only netted me 2, so was best to avoid.

Now that they've made it the top 100 for a 3* cover is really makes it even more achievable. Also bumping down my MMR putting me back in the mid range bracket has helped too. PVE is still annoying due to the grindfests, but PVP is really back to being enjoyable. Yes I still get defeated by some OBW/ThAres teams but thats me being over confident sometimes.

 

[britton_draws]

Am I correct in that it is only a 2 day PvE event that is to provide us with a new cover?

I am debating on when to jump into mine. Either tonight or tomorrow morning?

 

[downsouthtigger]

Am I correct in that it is only a 2 day PvE event that is to provide us with a new cover?

I didnt even realize it was only June 23-25, since it wasnt up after the spiderman tournament like the torch one was.

If Ive learned ANYTHING its that you have to jump in early and grind. Pretty much how I lost out on the Storm PVE. So jump in as early as you can and grind. Brackets mean shit now, either that or Ive had shit luck on PvE brackets. That and I hate events that last up to a week.

 

[kojubat]

Am I correct in that it is only a 2 day PvE event that is to provide us with a new cover?

I am debating on when to jump into mine. Either tonight or tomorrow morning?

You are correct. Although I wouldn't be surprised to see her as the award for the GSBW PvP due up next.

To be honest, I want another PvE set up like the Ares introduction - each subevent had a cover as an award. By the end of the event, you could easily have 13 covers. Doesn't have to be a 3*, could be a new 2* that shakes up that tier of play.

As for start times, I try to get in brackets early in the morning. I have no justification, other than it seems to have more casual folks playing. The hardcore players who want to put in a few hours at a stretch will typically join at night, maybe? That being said, four out of the top five in my Spidey bracket were in alliances that earned at least one Fury, so it's not foolproof.

 

[britton_draws]

I didnt even realize it was only June 23-25, since it wasnt up after the spiderman tournament like the torch one was.

If Ive learned ANYTHING its that you have to jump in early and grind. Pretty much how I lost out on the Storm PVE. So jump in as early as you can and grind. Brackets mean shit now, either that or Ive had shit luck on PvE brackets. That and I hate events that last up to a week.

I have still noticed a different with the sub-event's brackets from the last PvE though... hmm.

I will probably start on my hour train ride home tonight then either way. I really want these covers just to have a reason to mix up my teams. Having green used up by She-Hulk and her unique moveset in general I feel like it will force a different approach like I said before.

 

[downsouthtigger]

Ouch, I didnt realize how limited the roster was for this event.  This will once again have a negative impact on a lot of players, as some may not have an advance roster as most of us.  For the newbies coming in at least they have some 1*s in there.

I didnt realize until I tried switching to OBW, that she was locked.  I thought the characters were just buffed, not the only ones you can use.

This may be why its only 2 days & may be why Im jumping up so quick.  I moved from 900 to 500 to 300 in just 3 nodes.  Hopefully I can get up there for a she hulk this time.

I know this is a recylced event, but is this the first time theyre doing one so short?  Also usually dont they have a hard heroic mode as well?  I remember the Venom heroic event having a hard mode along with the regular heroic version of the prologue. 

 

[britton_draws]

Ouch, I didnt realize how limited the roster was for this event. This will once again have a negative impact on a lot of players, as some may not have an advance roster as most of us. For the newbies coming in at least they have some 1*s in there.

I didnt realize until I tried switching to OBW, that she was locked. I thought the characters were just buffed, not the only ones you can use.

This may be why its only 2 days & may be why Im jumping up so quick. I moved from 900 to 500 to 300 in just 3 nodes. Hopefully I can get up there for a she hulk this time.

I know this is a recylced event, but is this the first time theyre doing one so short? Also usually dont they have a hard heroic mode as well? I remember the Venom heroic event having a hard mode along with the regular heroic version of the prologue.

I didn't even look. I wont jump on for a while now probably. Who are usable characters? I only have 3*s and OBW so I hope you mean there are multiple 3*s available.

 

[downsouthtigger]

Who are usable characters? I only have 3*s and OBW so I hope you mean there are multiple 3*s available.

You're gonna love this, which is sarcasm by the way.

Required nodes, IM40, yes finally you have to use him. He's so buffed though, its crazy!

Storm-classic

Thor-Marvel now

Grey Suit Black Widow

Human Torch

Modern Hawkeye

Modern WIdow

IM35

Thats how limited the roster is, which is why I havent thrown away some of my 2*s yet. Im guessing if you only have 3*s left then youre forced to run with a Torch, IM40, GSBW team then?

*Edit* Just looked at your roster Broly, prob wouldnt hurt to add some character slots and expand your collection. Thats the only reason I keep 2*s is because of crap like this when they limit rosters. With cover rewards & token pulls giving 2*s like candy now, youd be able to get some useable ones in no time.

 

[britton_draws]

You're gonna love this, which is sarcasm by the way.

Required nodes, IM40, yes finally you have to use him. He's so buffed though, its crazy!

Storm-classic

Thor-Marvel now

Grey Suit Black Widow

Human Torch

Modern Hawkeye

Modern WIdow

IM35

Thats how limited the roster is, which is why I havent thrown away some of my 2*s yet. Im guessing if you only have 3*s left then youre forced to run with a Torch, IM40, GSBW team then?

*Edit* Just looked at your roster Broly, prob wouldnt hurt to add some character slots and expand your collection. Thats the only reason I keep 2*s is because of crap like this when they limit rosters. With cover rewards & token pulls giving 2*s like candy now, youd be able to get some useable ones in no time.

Ugh, I dont want to though! ! !

And yeah that is a shit team for me seeing as GSBW and IM40 are at their base level.. Looks like Torch will have to pull through and carry my team!

 

[downsouthtigger]

This event, in a nutshell:

Level 85 (boosted to 125) classic Storm- blue windstorm

Level 85 (boosted to 125) MN Thor- green call of the storm

????

Profit

Win

That is all, its been a while since Ive seen an event run on autopilot. Cant wait for the crazy scaling to happen. 

My IM40 is boosted to 190, but his skills cost too much that he's basically a damage sponge.

 

[downsouthtigger]

Well it happened, I got bored and it happened.  For a brief period in time, I was #1!

Lol and yes Im already #2 again....oh well. I think Im good for a She-Hulk cover or 2.  Alliance aint looking too shabby either.

 

[kojubat]

This event, in a nutshell:
Level 85 (boosted to 125) classic Storm- blue windstorm
Level 85 (boosted to 125) MN Thor- green call of the storm
????
Profit
Win

That is all, its been a while since Ive seen an event run on autopilot. Cant wait for the crazy scaling to happen.

My IM40 is boosted to 190, but his skills cost too much that he's basically a damage sponge.

I don't have either of those characters leveled. They are in the mids somewhere. I'm actually chewing up my characters in this event.

 

[downsouthtigger]

I don't have either of those characters leveled. They are in the mids somewhere. I'm actually chewing up my characters in this event.

Thats what I figured with the limited roster. I dont have a high level 3* Thor, so I havent thrown my 85 2* out yet, after this Event Im probably not going to either.

Scaling has started, so if you havent got in there yet you may have some issues. The limited roster & now higher level enemies means an uphill battle for some. I just had a hard time beating the last Daken node. Freaking auto healing on Daken & the Lt dropping yellow healing countdown tiles kept them all healed no matter what I did. Killed my IM40 & C. Storm....Of course me and my over confidence going in at only half health too.

 

[britton_draws]

This event is stupid.

I am forced to level up my Mk40 and GSBW but they can't even go that high. Oh well, I played through on my commute in today and beat every node at least once and am sitting pretty in the top 10 in my bracket so just by average grinding I should hold. That will be pretty awesome to actually score 4 new covers between the individual and the Alliance rewards. I hope they keep with this method of unlocking new covers because it seems pretty fair.

 

[kojubat]

This event is stupid.

I see your points, but I do like that they are making us play with specific characters. It's painful when they aren't characters you like/use (not including either healer is a bummer), but it opens up some new team ideas. Leveling up GSBW will likely benefit you in the next PvP, too.

The downside for me is that this particular group of characters don't seem to really have an unusual synergy. The last time they did this pointed out IM40 and Marvel Now Magneto work well together. This time, it is... GSBW can boost people who use green? Kinda already knew that.

I'm chewing up my characters pretty bad, and I've gotten used to not needing prologue healing that I can't be bothered. I'm thinking I might make top 50, but top 100 is more likely.

 

[eldergamer]

At least the alliance should be earning a cover. I've got over 5000 points (just got the Thor reward cover) yet I'm 400th place?

My top node gives me about 1200 but it's all 100+ level characters. 

If I can get blue and green fast enough, Thor/Storm can take them out, but it's a challenge.

 

[britton_draws]

I see your points, but I do like that they are making us play with specific characters. It's painful when they aren't characters you like/use (not including either healer is a bummer), but it opens up some new team ideas. Leveling up GSBW will likely benefit you in the next PvP, too.

The downside for me is that this particular group of characters don't seem to really have an unusual synergy. The last time they did this pointed out IM40 and Marvel Now Magneto work well together. This time, it is... GSBW can boost people who use green? Kinda already knew that.

I'm chewing up my characters pretty bad, and I've gotten used to not needing prologue healing that I can't be bothered. I'm thinking I might make top 50, but top 100 is more likely.

Oh I most definitely see the merit and like that they are trying to break up the standard builds, I am just complaining either way haha. It is just hard because in these matches I dont use anyone but Torch's abilities and it gets boring since I have like nothing for the others. But yeah I am all for them trying to push players to different styles to break up the monotony.

 

[downsouthtigger]

This event is stupid.

Oh well, I played through on my commute in today and beat every node at least once and am sitting pretty in the top 10 in my bracket so just by average grinding I should hold.

At least the alliance should be earning a cover. I've got over 5000 points (just got the Thor reward cover) yet I'm 400th place?

My top node gives me about 1200 but it's all 100+ level characters.

If I can get blue and green fast enough, Thor/Storm can take them out, but it's a challenge.

I got all kinds of things to say about this event now that we're a day into it and a day left. Yes it is a stupid event. Brackets are grouped in the weirdest ass way that I dont even get it. Broly is in the top 10 and eldergamer is in 400th place. I was in the top 10 all day yesterday and after sleeping I woke up to 32 place. I have 14000 points & #1 has 16000. My Highest node? 500 points at full value.

Remember what I said about limited rosters & that being an issue? Also that I said scaling was starting to take effect? The nodes with some point value have opponents in the 100s now. As Koju said its getting difficult and his teams are being chewed up. Now I want you to look at the people in the top 10 of your bracket. I want you to choose 2-3 and look at their rosters. I really have to ask who's being scaled to what? Im having a hard time understanding how people who have maybe half the available roster with about 2-3 covers for those characters with low to mid range levels even being competitive in this event.

Im not saying I should be #1 in my bracket but if Im having difficulty with Ares/Daken/Moonstone/Bullseye when they're at level 100+ and I have a team of (boosted) level 125 Thor/storm and level 190 IM 40; how would a person with 2 blue IM40 covers and a GSBW and Thor OR Storm leveled at (non boosted) 30-50 be able to take them down as well? Even grinding the easy nodes you can only get so far. Scaling should effect everyone playing, more people play, the higher the difficulty. It doesnt seem like thats really working

Oh well a day left & I guess I'll have to go into no life mode and really play this thing. Hopefully we'll stay high enough for the alliance to get a blue cover, since I think staying top 10 will be difficult unless I stay on this thing every hour.

 

[downsouthtigger]

The downside for me is that this particular group of characters don't seem to really have an unusual synergy. The last time they did this pointed out IM40 and Marvel Now Magneto work well together. This time, it is... GSBW can boost people who use green? Kinda already knew that.

This is the biggest problem with this event. The characters have no synergy at all. Aside from GSBW giving green its just every man for himself. IM40 is so buffed that he takes almost every color but green. Healthpacks are pretty much just used on him alone since no one gets hit. It makes ModHawks avoid skill even more useless than it already is. With the boosts IM40 can take cause 1 shots kills, the issue is no one can feed him & it takes forever. Why bother saving up the red for 1 kill when Thor has made 4 red attacks which created yellows which he then used to make greens? Then we go into how basically everyone is playing the event:

If I can get blue and green fast enough, Thor/Storm can take them out, but it's a challenge.

Classic storm blue attack, MN Thor Green attack: 2 team damaging attacks, and your opponent is pretty much done. There's your team synergy. If you dont have those guys at level 85 then I can see it being harder. But as I stated above earlier, this is how you play this event. Even though IM40 is the tank, you would not believe how much of a workhorse 2* Thor is in this event. He's my main attacker as there's no point saving red or yellow for IM40 because they cost too much for little return. I forgot how Thor basically feeds himself AP for his attacks.

 

[Too Damn High]

Maybe the scaling is based on your team/roster? I don't know.

I did 8 nodes in row where I only got 20 ISO. That's a personal best. I also seem to be getting an unusually high number of boards where my only move is environmentals.

I'm using IM40, CStorm, and MHawkeye with decent results. It just takes longer.

 

[britton_draws]

My top three in my bracket are literally as follows:

1st: about 10x 3*s at 141

2nd: All 2*s basically and at 85 

3rd: mix of 1 and 2* stars none higher than 60

It is always so weird to see the breakdown.

 

[eldergamer]

I've got  7984 points and am in 414th place. #1 has 19334 points.

My top node gives me about 1100 points (With all 111 enemies) So I'd have to beat that node about 10 times in order to move up.

My Storm and Thor are both at level 85.

 

[downsouthtigger]

Maybe the scaling is based on your team/roster? I don't know.

Its got to be something like that, as I feel theres no other explanation. However having said that if someone cant compete in my bracket with their roster I shouldnt be given a handicap because Im better equipped. Thats stupid to gimp me.

My top three in my bracket are literally as follows:

1st: about 10x 3*s at 141 OK makes sense

2nd: All 2*s basically and at 85 That I can understand

3rd: mix of 1 and 2* stars none higher than 60 Now here's the problem

It is always so weird to see the breakdown.

Im fighting hard and back to #2. I had to look at who was in the #1 spot. His roster breakdown of useable characters

IM35 lvl 50 5/5/3

Mod Widow lvl 26 5/5

2* Thor lvl 17 3/2/0

IM40 lvl 15 0/1/0

ModHawk lvl 9 2/5/5

C Storm 3/4/5

I just broke 18k points, he's beating me by 100. Even with boosts that roster would have a hard time beating lvl 100 opponents to make it that high. So what Too Damn High says makes some sense. I have a better roster, Im gimped, so everyone else can have a chance. Why not group people by rank and ability like they do with MMR?

Anyone else noticing points dont update after a battle? I'll choose the highest earning node only to win and see that Ive gotten reduced points. Even exiting the event and coming back in hasnt helped. Oh and everyone's so excited about She Hulk that no ones playing the tournament! Free GSBW if you want her!

*Edit* Everyone is so focused on the event that even I forgot about the tournament. Heres the thing that I completely overlooked: The limited roster in the event. My main attack team isnt on the roster for the event, therefore at full health that I can play the tournament. I wont waste any healthpacks on the tournament. If I score high enough to get a GSBW thats cool. Just given the two She Hulk > GSBW right now.

 

[britton_draws]

Anyone else noticing points dont update after a battle? I'll choose the highest earning node only to win and see that Ive gotten reduced points. Even exiting the event and coming back in hasnt helped. Oh and everyone's so excited about She Hulk that no ones playing the tournament! Free GSBW if you want her!

I dont have time today to look into more details about my top characters but I get your gist and it seems the same all around.

And people are definitely still playing as I keep losing. I win, they get a revenge, they fight me, I lose, I fight them back, I win, repeat. I will be lucky to hold top 100 at least for this tournament.

 

[downsouthtigger]

On a more happy note, my daily reward coming up is a red psylocke!  When I get her that means my Psylocke will be able to be specced at 5/3/5 like I want her!

 

[gravel]

On a more happy note, my daily reward coming up is a red psylocke! When I get her that means my Psylocke will be able to be specced at 5/3/5 like I want her!

Do you know what day? I don't think I'm that far behind you and I have no red for Psylocke yet.

 

[downsouthtigger]

Do you know what day? I don't think I'm that far behind you and I have no red for Psylocke yet.

Looks like day 250. Im so dumb, it has her cover right over the day but I checked on the MPQ forum just to make sure. Heroic token in 4 days, just like every saturday.

Was scrolling through the chat and found a quote by m01enXs,

"yes, if those at the bottom just could scrape up some more points that would help a lot"

The alliance is at #102 and he's at the bottom of the alliance in terms of points. Can anyone taste the irony here? You make that man mad by not getting the IM40 cover?

Still struggling with keeping in the top 10 on the event. Scaling not helping, but I think its REALLY slowing some people down too. Over a day left, this is going to get really interesting. Even more interesting than how the #2 player in my bracket has 20k points and their highest lvl character is a 30 IM35. It took 2 tries for me to beat the last Daken regular node with the soldier & Lt. Im even having a problem with the node that has 3 HAMMER soldiers. Best part is all these level 129 opponents are showing as "normal", Id figure Id be on hard or deadly by now. Fun stuff coming up in the next 24 hours. Guess I'll prepare to be shut out by lvl 235s while everyone breezes past me.

 

[britton_draws]

Was scrolling through the chat and found a quote by m01enXs,

The alliance is at #102 and he's at the bottom of the alliance in terms of points. Can anyone taste the irony here? You make that man mad by not getting the IM40 cover?

I almost rage booted that kid the other day hahaha

I didnt of course.

 

[downsouthtigger]

I almost rage booted that kid the other day hahaha

I didnt of course.

Lol no one would have blamed you. idk to make a remark like that was kinda harsh. Especially with the position he's in now.

Anyways so playing against the AI, theyve gotten a lot better. Better attacks better defense, I normally dont have this type of problem. Usually its just increased power for attacks, Health, or increase in AP gain, not anymore. Ive actually been blocked from making matches by the computer. Any available power that can be set off by 1 more match, I can be sure if that color is available the computer will match it.

Example: 1 more yellow match & I will be able to use Thor's yellow. There is a yellow match available & an environmental match available. It used to be the enemy AI would target enviro tile matches first. I was shocked that a team of Daken/Bullesye/Moonstone went after the yellow I needed rather than the enviro tiles.

All I could think was this:

[media]http://youtu.be/vya08thJS68
[/media]

 

[Too Damn High]

Was scrolling through the chat and found a quote by m01enXs,

The alliance is at #102 and he's at the bottom of the alliance in terms of points. Can anyone taste the irony here? You make that man mad by not getting the IM40 cover?

Did you? I did my part, but you selfish bitches wanted your Spidey. =P

I was going to kick the tacoanator today if he was a no show again in the alliance rewards.

 

[britton_draws]

I sure wish we had gotten that IM40.. would definitely help now!

 

[downsouthtigger]

Did you? I did my part, but you selfish bitches wanted your Spidey. =P

I was going to kick the tacoanator today if he was a no show again in the alliance rewards.

Yeah and if I could do it all over again Id have my spidey! Since having that spidey made the diff in getting my human torch covers! Which he's now boosted in the event & tournament, so I needed that!

As for Taco, he's decent in the event, yeah I see he didnt play yesterday either. But we have to keep him, for now.

I sure wish we had gotten that IM40.. would definitely help now!

Yeah if we got a blue, I have 5 in red, so that doesnt help, my next progression reward is an IM40 cover (yes Im almost at 22k) and its yellow. I have 5 in IM40 yellow too! SONUVABITCH!!!!!!!!

 

[kojubat]

Anyone else noticing points dont update after a battle? I'll choose the highest earning node only to win and see that Ive gotten reduced points. Even exiting the event and coming back in hasnt helped. Oh and everyone's so excited about She Hulk that no ones playing the tournament! Free GSBW if you want her!

Yes. I have seen this before in events, but it seemed to have disappeared lately. It's rather annoying, especially if you're trying to grind down a node.

And yes, the AI got an upgrade. I haven't noticed anything devious, but they are smarter about using powers.

 

[britton_draws]

Yes. I have seen this before in events, but it seemed to have disappeared lately. It's rather annoying, especially if you're trying to grind down a node.

And yes, the AI got an upgrade. I haven't noticed anything devious, but they are smarter about using powers.

They actually use them now...

Before they would sit on the AP sometimes I felt like. Not if they can do it, they ing do it. I have lost quite a few matches because the AI actually played smart. The only big thing I feel like they still dont do is make the L shape when possible and instead make a 4 match. Not sure if that made sense but it did in my head haha

 

[gravel]

Makes sense Broly. They also don't use powers effectively. I was almost dead with Storm, and they had enough resources to use all three of Ares powers. So of course, AI uses the hardest hitting power first (Sunder) to KO Storm, then uses Rampage and Onslaught. I'll take it, but the smarter play would be to KO with Rampage since it hits everyone.

 

[downsouthtigger]

OK so its not just me and the AI, yeah they still dont make the L shape nor will they make the T either, if its not a 4 or 5 match in a striaght line they dont do it.  I just got used to them going for enviro tiles and 4 matches that its taken me a bit to adjust.

Played for a bit in the Hotshot tourney, got to 300, got a hotshot token, it gave me a red daredevil, so yeah.  Im sitting at #60 with 400 points now.  People really are more focused on that event.  Top in my bracket is only 900.  Im still top 10 in the event.  Progression is seriously getting halted.  I do 2 nodes an hour keeps me in top 10.  No where near the rapid advancement as earlier.  Thank you scaling?

Now time to bring out the torches and pitchforks, has anyone read this? MPQ Forum  This was posted yesterday about "true healing" and "temporary healing" its so vague.  In one day it has 477 posts on it already. What the Fu-schnickens is going on? Everyone better get that last minute prologue healing in, its about to get wild!  A comment was made this event is a dry run to see how we deal with no healers.  I think thats very on the money.  We can use Mod Widow & GSBW, but no OBW? I didnt even put that together.

 

[downsouthtigger]

Wait wait wait, if you lose or retreat from a battle, that team now becomes your defending team?!?!?! Wow, guess tanking and roster wipes have taken on a whole new level...

 

[britton_draws]

We are dropping as an Alliance. We are out of the top 100 : /

If things are still not looking too hot tomorrow afternoon I will boot the lowest scoring randoms on our team and keep hoping for a good one. Just giving you guys a heads up haha

 

[gravel]

We are dropping as an Alliance. We are out of the top 100 : /

If things are still not looking too hot tomorrow afternoon I will boot the lowest scoring randoms on our team and keep hoping for a good one. Just giving you guys a heads up haha

I know m01 is one of the lower ones for this event, but he was the highest in the alliance for the last event. I know it doesn't help us much now, but it may be an aberration.

Those healing changes will definitely shake things up. On the bright side, my Hulk is up to 102 (and will be getting a regen rate boost if I read that link correctly), and my IM40 could get to 115 if I had the Iso and didn't have better things to spend it on.

People are definitely going hard for She-Hulk. I was top 10 when I went to bed last night, woke up around 150. I moved back up above 50 this morning, but I will have to push hard tonight to try and stay under 100. I was hoping some people would drop off after getting the last reward (IM40), but it doesn't look like it in my bracket.

 

[britton_draws]

I know m01 is one of the lower ones for this event, but he was the highest in the alliance for the last event. I know it doesn't help us much now, but it may be an aberration.

Yeah I know he was : /

It is pretty easy to get new people who are super gung ho and play the game a bunch though so although he has helped in the past, he definitely isnt now and we need the help now.

I havent logged in yet today though to even see so we shall see!

 

[downsouthtigger]

People are definitely going hard for She-Hulk. I was top 10 when I went to bed last night, woke up around 150. I moved back up above 50 this morning, but I will have to push hard tonight to try and stay under 100. I was hoping some people would drop off after getting the last reward (IM40), but it doesn't look like it in my bracket.

Yes they are, I have to play 2-3 nodes per hour to stay in the top 10. These folks act like they have no jobs or lives whatsoever. You sneeze and you dropped 50 spots. Scaling has lessened the progress a little, before scaling I was only taking small breaks here and there from the game. Much rather come back in an hour or 2 & have to do a couple nodes since most people cant compete with level 100+ enemies.

It is pretty easy to get new people who are super gung ho and play the game a bunch though so although he has helped in the past, he definitely isnt now and we need the help now.

True and honestly we've had people use us for the same reasons too. Remember we had some kick ass guys and we got that panther alliance reward? After that our top guy left. Recently Cap Steve left too, not that he was the best but he was solid. We use people they use us, really hard to get upset about the truth. Whats getting me now is the people who paid for a spot. A lot have either busy lives or lost interest in the game. Most are at the bottom and rarely if ever communicate with us. Those are the things we need to address and how to move forward.

 

[britton_draws]

Yes they are, I have to play 2-3 nodes per hour to stay in the top 10. These folks act like they have no jobs or lives whatsoever. You sneeze and you dropped 50 spots. Scaling has lessened the progress a little, before scaling I was only taking small breaks here and there from the game. Much rather come back in an hour or 2 & have to do a couple nodes since most people cant compete with level 100+ enemies.

True and honestly we've had people use us for the same reasons too. Remember we had some kick ass guys and we got that panther alliance reward? After that our top guy left. Recently Cap Steve left too, not that he was the best but he was solid. We use people they use us, really hard to get upset about the truth. Whats getting me now is the people who paid for a spot. A lot have either busy lives or lost interest in the game. Most are at the bottom and rarely if ever communicate with us. Those are the things we need to address and how to move forward.

I got lucky with my bracket placement. I am glad I waited a while to hop in to this Heroic event. I was at a solid #1 an hour ago with only 30,100 points. Now that I unlocked IM40's yellow move I am enjoying the event more as matches are much easier seeing as I get enough to pull off Torch's red twice which does 2300 damage and recollects two reds every time.

But yeah that is how I was looking at it to DS. And with the low scoring people not playing who paid it is really hard because the one we were worried about before is now playing decently but then there is still another with like nothing. I honestly cannot even remember who that person is here on CAG at the moment. Ugh. It is a shitty situation because for the $6 or whatever they paid to get in, they have already received more than enough to cover that cost by being in the Alliance..

 

[eldergamer]

I've got 14,000+ points in this event and I' stuck in the 400.  All of the enemies at the end nodes are 100-110+.

Hard to compete when I'm just playing for 20 mins in the morning, maybe another 20 minutes on my lunch break and then another 20 before bed.

I mean, it's just a mobile game! Not something you play for hours on end like a console or handheld.

(I'm not reading through 28 pages of discussion about "Healing". ) The gist of it I get is that want people to use different characters and not just rely on spidey and OBW. I'm 100% ok with that.

 

[downsouthtigger]

And with the low scoring people not playing who paid it is really hard because the one we were worried about before is now playing decently but then there is still another with like nothing. I honestly cannot even remember who that person is here on CAG at the moment. Ugh. It is a shitty situation because for the $6 or whatever they paid to get in, they have already received more than enough to cover that cost by being in the Alliance..

I had to go through my PMs to see and yes we did talk about 2 certain people back on May 10th. They both are CAGs and 1 has turned around, the other, still hasnt picked up. I didnt realize that its been over a month & they're still slacking.

As for 2 randoms left at the bottom "Mailah" and "veritsq" whatever you want to do with them is fine by me. I dont even know who they are, how long they've been with us or when they joined.

 

[britton_draws]

I had to go through my PMs to see and yes we did talk about 2 certain people back on May 10th. They both are CAGs and 1 has turned around, the other, still hasnt picked up. I didnt realize that its been over a month & they're still slacking.

As for 2 randoms left at the bottom "Mailah" and "veritsq" whatever you want to do with them is fine by me. I dont even know who they are, how long they've been with us or when they joined.

Yeah I dont even remember Mailah at all. They are scoring average right now in the event so we shall see what we can get. I wouldnt mind normally but we are so close to the cover you know!

 

[downsouthtigger]

I mean, it's just a mobile game! Not something you play for hours on end like a console or handheld.

(I'm not reading through 28 pages of discussion about "Healing". ) The gist of it I get is that want people to use different characters and not just rely on spidey and OBW. I'm 100% ok with that.

This has been the thought of almost everyone. The breakdown is right: the healing dynamic has made this game completely playable for longer than most mobile games. So I agree it needs to be changed, but there are so many other things that need help first!

I put more time into this game than I have most of my console games, its just crazy. I dont know when this game changed from a casual game to something hardcore. I think its the player base, what we have made it into. We want newer covers, more covers for our characters, bigger rosters and higher leveled characters. At some point we get so addicted to wants that we forget its just a simple match 3 mobile game. Still there's something about this game that has held my attention longer than most match 3's. Im done with candy crush & havent played scurvy scallywags in over a week. This one still manages to keep me holding on for as many months as Ive played it.

 

[downsouthtigger]

Yeah I dont even remember Mailah at all. They are scoring average right now in the event so we shall see what we can get. I wouldnt mind normally but we are so close to the cover you know!

veritesq is one step from the bottom. If we're close enough, then maybe dropping the next to the last person probably would push us up to the top 100 with someone else?

 

[britton_draws]

I put more time into this game than I have most of my console games, its just crazy. I dont know when this game changed from a casual game to something hardcore. I think its the player base, what we have made it into. We want newer covers, more covers for our characters, bigger rosters and higher leveled characters. At some point we get so addicted to wants that we forget its just a simple match 3 mobile game. Still there's something about this game that has held my attention longer than most match 3's. Im done with candy crush & havent played scurvy scallywags in over a week. This one still manages to keep me holding on for as many months as Ive played it.

Same. The only time I play console games now is with other people. Only games I have really played since Dark Souls 2 have been Mario Kart and Soul Calibur with friends haha

Mobile gmaes usually come and go but I agree that this has a lasting effect with me as well. I have played the shit out of the old PQ games and I am a huge comic book nerd... pair that with my 2 hour commute time each day and then you have an addict. Since I play so much on the train then when I get home it is like 'oh I am so close to X let me play just y more hours while watching tv'