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Anybody else seeing a pattern here? :bs:

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Anybody else seeing a pattern here? :bs:
Lol are you trying to beat my record for amount of covers for 1 character? The game is trolling you. Since Ive won my prize for most Bullseye covers I need to start saving all the Ares covers I get. Id actually love some Wolverine Greens if you can spare. My rebuilt Wolvie is 3/5/5, I dont want that!

But I see your point, Ive been getting more Wolverine covers too, lots of reds and yellows. So at least the came is keeping consistent with the BS and trolling.

 
You were supposed to give me a magic way that I could get a high ranking in THIS tournament. Jerk. You should have a magic solution. Jeez.
I haven't done it under the most recent update, but I just go into Training and actively lose a bunch. It could be the logic changed, but I just toss my low levels into the grinder. I don't retreat. Right now I'm in the lower end of the 2* to 3* transition band of MMR.

Made it to top 25 in the Punisher tourney, so now my Doom is 5/5 - time to start burning ISO!

 
It just irks me they're manipulating the game because of the "True Healing" change.
I think the "true healing" thing is bullshit. As I said earlier today, it only affects us real life players. The computer doesnt have to worry about true healing, fake healing, whatever. They defend, get healed to full after the match, rinse and repeat. I dont know, there's got to be a better way than just crippling the player and not the computer.

*edit* wow the true healing discussion on the MPQ forum has hit 60 pages? Thats a deep discussion there!

 
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Just realized the healing change makes OBW a little more annoying. Her healing is just as useful as it was before when the AI uses it, and none of the detriment. Man, this change is really just squarely pointed at the mid-tier rosters, I'm glad I've stopped using her in PvP.
Yep, I concurred. ;)

 
So maybe I'm an oddball, but I don't see myself leaving the Punisher/OBW combo for PvP.  Within a battle, she's exactly as useful as she was before right?  

Now we just have to deal w/ more lost health for everyone after the battle, and she's a little more likely to need a healthpack than a 3*.

 
So maybe I'm an oddball, but I don't see myself leaving the Punisher/OBW combo for PvP. Within a battle, she's exactly as useful as she was before right?

Now we just have to deal w/ more lost health for everyone after the battle, and she's a little more likely to need a healthpack than a 3*.
Yeah she is still a high damage dealer with a maxed Espionage for her Blues Blacks and Purples. Stealing is still decent too. And yes IN MATCH her healing can prolong the fight for you giving you the edge to win.

Most of us though have multiple 3*s well over 100 or maxed and so her health alone becomes a big issue. She has a very small health pool which is especially noticeable when you have a Thor and Hulk maxed haha. The thing is then too sometimes certain characters take priority over her for even her own colors too which then lowers her usefulness.

I would only use her on my PvP team lately to do some quick healing and that would be it. I have other stronger and higher leveled characters to use now than OBW.

What would be smart of them would be to make a 3* OBW with her originally move set before the patch basically and have her a reward like Fury is. They would be almost guaranteeing high HP spending. Not only because in the tournaments then people would be using more health packs and shields to stay up top but then also they will likely instantly buy the rest of the covers for her as soon as they unlock the base versions.

That would be largely bullshit but it is actually a smart idea for money making haha

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They just posted this to their FB

The character level shift is going live today. Once this goes live, players are recommended to play a Versus match in each of the current active Versus Tournaments to assure the updates take into effect for their own defending teams.

For more information on the character level shift, please visithttp://www.d3pforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=10736.

 
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So maybe I'm an oddball, but I don't see myself leaving the Punisher/OBW combo for PvP. Within a battle, she's exactly as useful as she was before right?
Yeah you weirdo, whats wrong with you? Seriously though, I mean I understand she's still sorta as useful as she was. The issue is you actually take damage even though you've healed, thats where we're all getting pissy about it.

So here's something, now that OBW is kinda put into the B team. Who have you been using as support? Playing around with different combinations in the Punisher tournament I had a combo that was a little unexpected. After the lightning rounds, boosts, and testing; Ive been playing IM40 more. Sure his high costs suck but his high health pool and recharge yellow ability makes him useful. So in the punisher tournament I had Pun with Black, red, green. IM40 had blue yellow and a red overlap, now I needed a purple. I used classic mags for a bit, for the purple, but the blue/red overlap made it hard to use any other red skill but mags (cant beat 2AP a pop!)

Tired of OBW I looked for another useable purple, Loki came to mind but pass. Lo and behold, who had I already forgot about? FALCON! His move set so perfectly supported that team, I could not believe it! Made me wish I could level him up further, or more, or hell I just want him more powerful! Matching yellows for IM40's recharge boosted Punishers strike and attack tiles. Enemy punisher putting down his own? No problem had enough blues for IM40, so redwing came out and got rid of those for me. Then purples saved up, had falcon drop some defense tiles. I was very amazed how well he worked in that team. So there you go, Falcon does have a purpose!

 
Yeah she is still a high damage dealer with a maxed Espionage for her Blues Blacks and Purples. Stealing is still decent too. And yes IN MATCH her healing can prolong the fight for you giving you the edge to win.

Most of us though have multiple 3*s well over 100 or maxed and so her health alone becomes a big issue. She has a very small health pool which is especially noticeable when you have a Thor and Hulk maxed haha. The thing is then too sometimes certain characters take priority over her for even her own colors too which then lowers her usefulness.

I would only use her on my PvP team lately to do some quick healing and that would be it. I have other stronger and higher leveled characters to use now than OBW.

What would be smart of them would be to make a 3* OBW with her originally move set before the patch basically and have her a reward like Fury is. They would be almost guaranteeing high HP spending. Not only because in the tournaments then people would be using more health packs and shields to stay up top but then also they will likely instantly buy the rest of the covers for her as soon as they unlock the base versions.

That would be largely bullshit but it is actually a smart idea for money making haha

*edit*

They just posted this to their FB

The character level shift is going live today. Once this goes live, players are recommended to play a Versus match in each of the current active Versus Tournaments to assure the updates take into effect for their own defending teams.

For more information on the character level shift, please visithttp://www.d3pforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=10736.
uMMM NO THANKS. I would like my tank team lower lvl than everyone else.

 
OBW's steal is definitely the hardest thing to give up.  As long as I keep matching purple, the other side can't get off the ground and I'm flush with AP.

I'm hoping they'll eventually add a 3* with a decent steal.  At least when my Hood grows up, it'll help fill that niche a little.   B^)

 
I'm hoping they'll eventually add a 3* with a decent steal. At least when my Hood grows up, it'll help fill that niche a little. B^)
Psylockes blue is actually REALLY decent, more than decent if you can time it right. I know it only steals 1 color and most times you get a dead color, but when its timed right, Look out! Best color that she usually steals is black, since for most thats a dead color. However she steals 15-18 black you're looking at 2-3 of her Black powers or if you have Panther on your team thats enough to set off his black power.

plus she's a lot easier to get cards for than Hood.

 
OBW's steal is definitely the hardest thing to give up. As long as I keep matching purple, the other side can't get off the ground and I'm flush with AP.

I'm hoping they'll eventually add a 3* with a decent steal. At least when my Hood grows up, it'll help fill that niche a little. B^)
Good luck with that! Hood is a stubborn little bastard that doesn't want to grow up ever clearly. I NEVER get his covers. I am tempted to just buy his outright with all of my HP but his lack of a Purple move as a support character is what keeps me from doing so.

 
OBW's steal is definitely the hardest thing to give up. As long as I keep matching purple, the other side can't get off the ground and I'm flush with AP.

I'm hoping they'll eventually add a 3* with a decent steal. At least when my Hood grows up, it'll help fill that niche a little. B^)
At the end of the Punisher tourney, I played a team with OBW and left her off my team. Between her stealing and healing, I could not do anything. After 1 or 2 turns, she would either be healing, stealing anything I had, or both. Depending on the board, she can be a major nuisance. Obviously I targeted her first, but I couldn't make any headway after her first steal. I think I'll be keeping her around for the time being, especially when facing another one to counteract her stealing.

 
Just a heads up I kicked the random that had like 4k total in the Heroic event. We were in the top 100 by the skin of our teeth and so I wanted a more comfortable position since I will be going down to Indiana tonight after work and wont be able to do a final push at all.

So yeah if you see random people comment in the Alliance and then they are gone... 

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Looks like we have someone who is good enough for now. We will keep him for this event at least haha

 
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At the end of the Punisher tourney, I played a team with OBW and left her off my team. Between her stealing and healing, I could not do anything. After 1 or 2 turns, she would either be healing, stealing anything I had, or both. Depending on the board, she can be a major nuisance. Obviously I targeted her first, but I couldn't make any headway after her first steal. I think I'll be keeping her around for the time being, especially when facing another one to counteract her stealing.
Yes she is very annoying if you don't focus on her first and kill her off before her first steal. You need to starve her and kill her quickly, otherwise things will escalate.

 
Overall in the Heroic I keep hovering between 20-25. That is what I get for not playing as much!

haha hopefully with this last bit I can push to top 20 but if not oh well. Like I said I am going down to Indiana anyway so I wont be on nearly at all until Monday!

 
Anyone else not having the points show up in this event?  After I win a node I will more often than not hit next and go to the next node.  After winning Id see no point change & figure that it would catch up with the next node.  Nope, points adjust and lower with each node I beat but if I skip the point sceen, I basically skip my points.

I hit was about to hit the 40K progression reward for 1k iso, I hit next & no progression reward.  Hit another node, watch the bar, get the points.  Same with 60K  I missed out on 2k points because I hit next and didnt watch that screen.  Are you seriously telling me saving a couple seconds hitting next completely cuts the points out?  Im just saying I may have cost the alliance ~6k+ points by hitting next.  Really devs, you worry so much about broken prologue healing and roster diversity, but other bugs you cant work out right? Well at least now I have more 3*s at 100+, so I guess thats something.

Thanks to the points crapping out Im at #23...

 
Anyone else not having the points show up in this event? After I win a node I will more often than not hit next and go to the next node. After winning Id see no point change & figure that it would catch up with the next node. Nope, points adjust and lower with each node I beat but if I skip the point sceen, I basically skip my points.

I hit was about to hit the 40K progression reward for 1k iso, I hit next & no progression reward. Hit another node, watch the bar, get the points. Same with 60K I missed out on 2k points because I hit next and didnt watch that screen. Are you seriously telling me saving a couple seconds hitting next completely cuts the points out? Im just saying I may have cost the alliance ~6k+ points by hitting next. Really devs, you worry so much about broken prologue healing and roster diversity, but other bugs you cant work out right? Well at least now I have more 3*s at 100+, so I guess thats something.

Thanks to the points crapping out Im at #23...
That happened to me a couple times a few weeks ago actually. I just chalked it up to network issues but I dont think the points ever got adjusted. Womp : /

 
Well Ive come to the conclusion, I need to work on my 2*s again.  Reading over the D3 MPQ forums Im seeing 2* wolvie does some damage in this event. Mine stinks, since Im rebuilding him, and his level is quite low.  After the last event where I mentioned it all came down to 2* Thor & Storm as your go to team; its really showing an emphasis on 2*s.  We've all got in the habit of transitioning to 3*s that we've sold off 2*s for roster space, or just put them on the back burner. 

Aside from Daken,Bullseye,Moonstone, & Magneto; I had every other 2* at level 85. Thankfully Ive kept OBW, Thor, Ares, and C. storm.  Which were invaluable to me in getting that Shulk cover. 

Im just thinking with the way events are going and the limited rosters, Im going to have to work on the 1 & 2*s that I have and focus on my 3*s later.  WIth the level shift most are now over 100 anyways, though some still need some covers. May shift focus from PVP to PVE for a bit, yet I still want that Shulk cover in the doom tournament.  Tanking isnt working as no one is attacking me and the top players already have 800 points (last time I checked).  Looks like I'll be in the top 100 if Im lucky.

 
You shut your face. I turned my back on all the 1 and 2* except OBW and I refuse to go back.

Even if it does make perfect sense to do so with how they are setting stuff up..

 
Well Ive come to the conclusion, I need to work on my 2*s again. Reading over the D3 MPQ forums Im seeing 2* wolvie does some damage in this event. Mine stinks, since Im rebuilding him, and his level is quite low.
Wish I could you give some of mine. I got another one for my Rooftops token. That makes 7 this week. :???:

 
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Well Ive come to the conclusion, I need to work on my 2*s again. Reading over the D3 MPQ forums Im seeing 2* wolvie does some damage in this event. Mine stinks, since Im rebuilding him, and his level is quite low. After the last event where I mentioned it all came down to 2* Thor & Storm as your go to team; its really showing an emphasis on 2*s. We've all got in the habit of transitioning to 3*s that we've sold off 2*s for roster space, or just put them on the back burner.

Aside from Daken,Bullseye,Moonstone, & Magneto; I had every other 2* at level 85. Thankfully Ive kept OBW, Thor, Ares, and C. storm. Which were invaluable to me in getting that Shulk cover.

Im just thinking with the way events are going and the limited rosters, Im going to have to work on the 1 & 2*s that I have and focus on my 3*s later. WIth the level shift most are now over 100 anyways, though some still need some covers. May shift focus from PVP to PVE for a bit, yet I still want that Shulk cover in the doom tournament. Tanking isnt working as no one is attacking me and the top players already have 800 points (last time I checked). Looks like I'll be in the top 100 if Im lucky.
I've used OBW, Wolverine and She-Hulk for this event. They were good before, even better now with that extra boost. Granted I don't have the the three stars you guys do, so my other options are Daredevil boosted to 121, or Punisher boosted to 108. As discussed, Daredevil is fairly useless against enemies that don't match tiles, but Wolverine has been great. I love the fact that the strike tiles do double damage with OBW's Espionage.

I got a blue BP from my event token after last round. Now I have him at 3/5/2, with a soft cap of 127, currently at 114.

 
Wish I could you give some of mine. I got another one for my Rooftops token. That makes 7 this week. :???:
Heh, I got one as well, so you started something. Issue is I have mine at 3/5/5 right now. Game is teasing me by not giving me any greens at all. Im actually happy to get the green wolvie as a progression reward in the doom tournament. Dont know if thats good, or sad.

I got a blue BP from my event token after last round. Now I have him at 3/5/2, with a soft cap of 127, currently at 114.
Dont let Broly know, he's been trying like a maniac to get his BP at 5 blue. I keep telling him, yellow is all good in the hood.

C'mon Broly, they even made a song about which colors are the best for Black Panther!!!!

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And in the new Simulator event the reward is a two-star Human Torch. (Johnny Storm).

WTF? Why would I want a lesser version of the character I already have?

Well, I should hopefully be getting at least two She Hulk covers from the doom tournament. I think I'm about 20th with 500 points. I seem to be lucking into easy brackets lately.

Poor  Thor hardly ever gets used anymore. I've been fighting with Hulk, 2-Star Magneto and Punisher.

 
And in the new Simulator event the reward is a two-star Human Torch. (Johnny Storm).

WTF? Why would I want a lesser version of the character I already have?

Well, I should hopefully be getting at least two She Hulk covers from the doom tournament. I think I'm about 20th with 500 points. I seem to be lucking into easy brackets lately.
I had to immediately look at my phone and see WTF was going on. I asked for a viable 2* and this is what we get? The devs have seriously lost their minds! This is really what I call a lazy Human Torch.

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SO.... bad side of tanking, in trying to manipulate my MMR, Ive put myself in a shit bracket. Top 10 are all over 1k by now. #1 was at least last time I checked, while the others were 800-900 pts. Me? I just got the 300 pt progression reward for a tournament token (which naturally got me shit). Where does that put me? I just broke the ....nevermind, I just double checked. I have 362 points and not even in the top 200. Good thing we did so well in the event that I got 4 shulk covers...Im screwed out of even the top 100 for 1....
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So next tournament is Shulk for a Loki. Im almost at 5k points for the 10 pack, so thats the only reason I'll do that tournament. I have a 4/5 Loki, so I guess I could use the black to make it 5/5but even then, why? Wanna make a viable 2*? Make a lazy Loki, (LLoki?) with a 3rd power. Yeah something to thing about.

 
Ugh it just hit me, why we need a 2* Human Torch.

For the people transitioning into the 2*-3* gap, yes thats a valid argument and is the case for sure.

But I looked, who has a real useable black skill?

Moonstone & bullseye have black skills but cost too much & how often do you play those characters?

With enough covers 2* Torch will pair well with a 2* Thor, then naturally add OBW.  I mean Thor already is a great green battery for 3* Torch. 

So although lazy, for the people starting out this is another great 2*.  Although 2* land is heavily saturated with green and red attacks. There really needs to be a buffer on that.

 
Makes me almost wish they had different rewards for separate tiers. You 2-star guys go over here, and you can win more 2-stars (with a rare 3-star)

3 star goes go over here, win 3-stars and a rare 4-star.

I did pick up two She Hulkie covers from the last tournament. I'm not interested in earning a Loki or Johnny Storm so my motivation for playing has tapered off.

 
I did pick up two She Hulkie covers from the last tournament. I'm not interested in earning a Loki or Johnny Storm so my motivation for playing has tapered off.
This, like the rewards stink this go around. Maybe its good so we have a break or something, but still what else am I supposed to do?

I mean half of Quahog is doing whatever I told them to in the Drunken Clam, so I have to wait anyways. (Still the only person playing Family Guy instead of Simpsons Tapped out!)

Funny thing is though, people are still cuckoo for cocoa puffs about it. Id figure half of us would be like meh, but then theres the other half. The gung ho players, the whales, and the newbs. I started the 2 main nodes, will start the normal & heroic subs later. AS for the Shulk tournament. I'll go in late so I can get the 1 black cover I need just to get a 5/5 loki that I'll never use.

I want more Falcon covers now dammit!

 
What, In Real Life? Are you kidding me? You must forget we're in the digital age my friend!
Plus Im not getting too many hits on my online dating profile, so my social life is crap at the moment. :cry:
I hope your profile shows off your MPQ roster. I haven't tried the Family Guy game, but I still play Tapped Out. The Stonecutter event that just ended was actually pretty good.
 
10pack pull

2* Pink Bullseye

2* Green Wolverine

2* Yellow Cap

3* Blue Psy

4* Red Wolv

2* Pink Moonstone

3* Black Torch

3* Red Thor

2* Pink Mag

2* Red Ares

Doing the PvE event just for ISO.

 
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I made the mistake of waiting on the PVE in the first round, and by the time I went in, the hard mode villains were scaled way up.  I did what I could, but I definitely messed myself up.  Also, I'm not sure if I'll make the 10 pack in the simulator.  At least my MMR is manageable now, and I have a better idea how to proceed the next time it comes around.

 
I made the mistake of waiting on the PVE in the first round, and by the time I went in, the hard mode villains were scaled way up.
In my experience, it's a bit of a trade-off. Joining later will get you a better bracket where you're not competing with the grinders. However, some nodes will not be worth the trouble. I joined later and lost both times I attempted the 2000 ISO node in Hard Mode, but I was still able to finish top 5.

 
So I am back but there isnt much to do in the game.

Like wtf, 2* Torch? I understand the arguments for it but I dont agree haha

I have been trying to tank the shit out of all the PvP events by going in and losing a bunch but it isnt having that good of an effect so far but I will keep at it.

I haven't even began the new PvE event yet and will likely finally hop in tonight. Hopefully at this point I score a garbage bracket and don't have to do much for the covers. I really don't want to open up a roster space for him though but you know he will be necessary in whatever event is to follow.. ugh.

 
Yeah. The PvE hard mode actually seems hard this time. Maybe I joined too late and the enemies were all level 100+. Of course, so were most of my characters but that didn't seem to help.

 
I take it you're not as excited for the Falcon cover(s) as the guy(s) in chat.
I do see the merit in having a strong Falcon. He is an excellent support character.

Problem is I have other characters with more to offer at the moment that are more highly trained in my roster.

The only reason I am playing at the moment is to max out my Hulk and BP with ISO. I would prefer a new support character to be released because I am not a big fan of any of them at the moment. I like OBW as a support. BP is nice and I have him but I would like an alt with purple usage.

 
I do see the merit in having a strong Falcon. He is an excellent support character.

Problem is I have other characters with more to offer at the moment that are more highly trained in my roster.
The thing I sometimes forget is that it is worth getting covers even if you don't plan to level the character any time soon. For example, the PvE subevents right now are giving massive boosts to Sentry. My version is 2/2/1, but the boost is taking him from level 43 to 133. I haven't invested in him very much, and now he's my sixth highest level character on the selection screen in these events, and he can tank his own yellow power to make everyone else crazy powerful.

I've come to the conclusion that as long as you aren't wasting resources to get it, any cover you don't have is a good cover to get. I placed 16 in the Shulk tourney to get the purple Loki cover I didn't have, and didn't shield or buy health packs. And Loki is probably one of the worst examples of useful covers because his powers don't scale with level - but still, didn't have it, now I'm at 5/4. Falcon at least gets better with each cover and level.
 
Yes, even though I don't use the Sentry in pvp. He is a great meat shield for this pve event. plus he heals so quick.

 
I do see the merit in having a strong Falcon. He is an excellent support character.

Problem is I have other characters with more to offer at the moment that are more highly trained in my roster.
You know its amazing the characters you play around with when healing is nerfed. I for one want a strong falcon. I want his covers and level him up. He is my fall back 3rd support character (after classic mags that is.) I mean having a tank and a striker, he fills in the support role nicely. Perfect example of synergy: Punisher, IM40, Falcon team.

All colors covered rainbow team.

Breakdown:

  • Red- attacks by either IM or Punisher either can get a 1 hit kill.
  • Blue- IM's ballistics, which gains blues for Falcons redwing. Redwing is so under appreciated its crazy, but he's mad effective against enemy special tiles.
  • Green- Pun makes strike tiles small cascade damage
  • Black- Puns area damage and countdown for attack tiles
  • Purple- Falcons makes protect tiles.
  • Yellow- With IM40 & Falcon you get double trouble on yellows! Falcons inspiration strengthens those protect, strike, & attack tiles and also collects AP for IM's recharge. Of course once you recharge you get a big boost of AP back!

I placed 16 in the Shulk tourney to get the purple Loki cover I didn't have, and didn't shield or buy health packs. And Loki is probably one of the worst examples of useful covers because his powers don't scale with level - but still, didn't have it, now I'm at 5/4. Falcon at least gets better with each cover and level.
Yeah made the top 100 for the remaining black Loki cover I needed 5/5 Loki, what the hell am I gonna do with that?

At least doom with 2 powers is useful and I had more fun with that tournament; which led me to my

RAINBOW TEAMS OF DOOM!

Steve Rogers, Grey Suit Black Widow, Dr. Doom- not going into the breakdown but all colors represented, great attacks, special tiles: Attack and Protect do great work, Stun option, and a useable purple. Plus options! Blue choices between stun (SR) or color change to feed black AP (DD). Red for high attack with AP return (SR) or cascade damage with medium damage (GSBW).

There was another rainbow team of doom but I forget who was in that now. Probably Thor, Falcon, and Dr. Doom. I think thats all colors covered. It was ok, but not as fun as the first.

 
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