Marvel Puzzle Quest Discussion Thread

If i picked the saturday 11 am and say the team is in 502 at the end of my time but at 8pm end of last nod the rank is 88. would i get the 502nd place item or the 88 place item. Cause right now it shows the team rank when the time is up on my event (meaning i think it might be wiser to just keep picking the latest time)
I think you just brought up something that maybe no one has ever thought of, even the devs.

Now it seriously makes me wonder. Oh wait, I think I have the answer.

Both elder and I played the daken pvp today and we both got our Groocket personal rewards. I have not, to my knowledge recieved any alliance rewards. I was waiting for those as I think they are an extra HP or Iso. I think the alliance rewards will no post until the complete end of the event so that everyone has a chance to play and total points can be calculated.

I really dont think it would be fair for those who ended early to receive alliance rewards based on the fact that half the alliance hasnt even started the event yet.

Someone else please correct me or add some insight. Usually I pick the last or lates end times, so Ive always got the rewards at the end of the tournament anyways. Im thinking with this new choose your end time, it may be best to pick a mid end time, with a couple hours left before it ends. Most people (I feel) are picking a later end time thinking they can broly or come in late and get easy covers. That's obviously changed.

 
Someone else please correct me or add some insight.
You are correct. Alliance award isn't processed until the last end time is over.

A bunch of high end players built a super group in the last time band of Hollowpoint, and smoked the other alliances to show the faults in this system.
 
I think you just brought up something that maybe no one has ever thought of, even the devs.

Now it seriously makes me wonder. Oh wait, I think I have the answer.

Both elder and I played the daken pvp today and we both got our Groocket personal rewards. I have not, to my knowledge recieved any alliance rewards. I was waiting for those as I think they are an extra HP or Iso. I think the alliance rewards will no post until the complete end of the event so that everyone has a chance to play and total points can be calculated.

I really dont think it would be fair for those who ended early to receive alliance rewards based on the fact that half the alliance hasnt even started the event yet.

Someone else please correct me or add some insight. Usually I pick the last or lates end times, so Ive always got the rewards at the end of the tournament anyways. Im thinking with this new choose your end time, it may be best to pick a mid end time, with a couple hours left before it ends. Most people (I feel) are picking a later end time thinking they can broly or come in late and get easy covers. That's obviously changed.
wouldnt that bring up more problems then (tons of complaints to the company) cause if your in the first time and it says right on your screen you finished 57 your team finished 10th. and then they get smoked and you fall to 85 and only get awarded 85th spot. people could complain saying they have a screenshot showing their team came in 10?

 
wouldnt that bring up more problems then (tons of complaints to the company) cause if your in the first time and it says right on your screen you finished 57 your team finished 10th. and then they get smoked and you fall to 85 and only get awarded 85th spot. people could complain saying they have a screenshot showing their team came in 10?
If you think about it that can go both ways. Say its the other way around? You end and your team is 85th, then as the pvp goes on they get better and get up to 10th. Which way would you want it. I think by calculating it at the end to show the total amount of combined points is probably the best way to go about it. If half the alliance hasnt even started a pvp tournament I dont even see how a player would be ranked higher anyways. Either way I think its damn confusing all the way around and a negative side effect of choosing your own end time they really didnt plan. Especially noted from Koju's example.

I did whatever the opposite of Brolying is.
So you mean you....."Graveled" it?

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dont usually the last node open up with 24 hour left.  Round 2 ends around noon est tomorrow yet the total event dont end till  midnight monday (late sunday)  i wonder if the last node will open up right when  rd 2 ends or not til midnight sunday.

i pushed myself  up in round 2  right now ranked 23 in 2nd round and 46 in  total  story.  Man i hope i can pull myself and keep myself above 50. Really want that 4 star.  I doubt our team will get into the 50s to earn it  (i think we are 98 now and probally the best we are going to get) 

 
This is a new event, so it's unclear how the subs play out. The others, you can typically predict, because they're repeats of other events.
 
35 minutes left.

I have 526 points and have dropped to 138. (I had over 600 but timed my shield to expire a  little early)

 
 And I think I finished 108th. (Says 120th. guess i got attacked during the last battle. Every opponent offered me was 166. I had to do alot of skipping.

i've got one 160 character. Psylocke. Think my Punisher's at 140. Everyone else is in the mid 100s. Why can't I face those opponents! :sob:.

At least I was able to clear out all the nodes (minus the last one) in the Psylocke event easily. I'll work on that later tonight or AM tomorrow before work.

 
Damn yeah I have been crazy busy with stuff lately sorry guys. I had planned on playing this event but it isn't looking too hot. If I dont get a chance to play at all I will communicate with Koju and see if me dipping out for this event will get you guys to top 100
Broly are you still game on this, you havent started yet and the newbs are getting antsy. We even lost one of our new heavy hitters because they got too impatient.

Well I guess Im finally working on my Nick fury, Wasted 2800 HP from the alliance slot refund for basically a purple nick fury and 2 2* Ms Marvel covers. Dont know how to feel about that because even though I had that much HP, purple was the only color I didnt have for nick so I couldnt out right buy it anyways. Also got my day 400 yellow Nick daily reward, I now have a 2/1/1 Nick, which does make me a little more happy.

Also actually surprised on the ease of Groocket covers, I now have all 3 powers for him. All my other recent new characters still only have 1 power: Blade, Mystique, Doc Ock. So Im realy amazed to see him having all 3 powers already. I guess since he's a more popular character they'll give him out more?

 
must been tons of players from 11am to noon or something; Leave at 12 spot come home to find ended in 89th  WTF. and 54th in total. i think if i do miss the 4 star going to take a break from the game

 
Shit, I can't even get one Grocket cover. (Rocoot? Grootoon? )

It is nice seeing my Psylocke, Falcon and Steve/Thor tearing through those level 250+ mooks in the Mystique nodes. Just a shame all of the essential nodes are out of reach.

Here's hoping with that next token.....

 
Shit, I can't even get one Grocket cover. (Rocoot? Grootoon? )

It is nice seeing my Psylocke, Falcon and Steve/Thor tearing through those level 250+ mooks in the Mystique nodes. Just a shame all of the essential nodes are out of reach.

Here's hoping with that next token.....
I thought you did good on the Daken pvp & was getting one? I guess something mustve happened because you seemed so sure you were getting it. The only other way to get one is getting the top progression reward, which was a bitch to grind, even with a Groocket for the essential covers.

Personally I like Groocket, keeps the whole names in tact. Groot + Rocket = Groocket to me.

The luck continues: pve token gives me gold...Black Psylocke. I really wish I could give you guys these covers! I mean alliance trading wouldnt be a bad idea, we do team ups.

 
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I thought you did good on the Daken pvp & was getting one? I guess something mustve happened because you seemed so sure you were getting it. The only other way to get one is getting the top progression reward, which was a bitch to grind, even with a Groocket for the essential covers.

Personally I like Groocket, keeps the whole names in tact. Groot + Rocket = Groocket to me.

The luck continues: pve token gives me gold...Black Psylocke. I really wish I could give you guys these covers! I mean alliance trading wouldnt be a bad idea, we do team ups.
I got my second black Hulk in as many days, and I can only use a red one. As far as recent covers:

Colossus - 2/2/1

Beast - 3/2/1

Doc Ock - 2/2/1

Deadpool - 2/1/2

Mystique - 1/2/1

Captain Marvel - 2/1/1

Blade - 1/0/0

Rocket & Groot - 0/1/1

My Fury is 1/0/1 after the day 400 reward. IW is 4/3/4 but needs 115k iso to be leveled to her soft cap.

 
Slidecage - you should change your name to grindcage. I cannot fathom how much you've played to reach that score with your limited roster. Really nice work.
 
Slidecage - you should change your name to grindcage. I cannot fathom how much you've played to reach that score with your limited roster. Really nice work.
that is why i think im burning myself out on this game. Logging in around ever 4 or 5 hours and playing for an hour

 
Broly are you still game on this, you havent started yet and the newbs are getting antsy. We even lost one of our new heavy hitters because they got too impatient.
Ugh yeah I am here now I am sorry guys. I had projects due up until Friday night and I had my parents and sibling in from out of town staying here and then a surprise party for my kid brother and all of the different family things for the holiday.. but yeah I have been all over the place and now today finally can just veg out and do whatever. I just started in the event and will go hard to play catch up.

Sucks we are losing Peter but getting in that Alliance is pretty awesome for him either way.

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! : )

 
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I think I found my handle on PVP, either that or people are way too focused on the Groocket event. Personally, I just want to stay in the top 150, I can use a 3* Cap marvel cover more than a single thorgarita cover.  I know broken record but its true.  For the folks that get that 1 Thorina cover, I will make sure to avoid you in the pvp, with my measley 1 cover loaner thorella. :p

OK back to PvP, I think I found a "sweet spot" but as I said this craze for 4* Thor may whats stealing that "Thunder" lol I know that was bad, couldnt help it.  What Ive found from the past 2 events and making top 25 in both: Play for ~1 hour, pick a time that is somewhere in the middle.  I think both times Ive had to wait a day for the PVP to end so I can get the alliance rewards.  With the Groot PVP & now the Psylocke one, Ive got to around 400 pts and made top 25.  I always shoot for my goal to be at least the PVP tournament token.  I spend about the first half hour fighting seed teams. Yes seed teams.  It very awkward only getting seed teams loaded up, but I play em and I fight em.  No sense skipping for better points, they're an easy 20 points a pop. Also they wont retaliate and 20 points is a better value than some other higher ranked opponents that will retaliate may give you. Usually after the 2nd half hour you'll rank up high enough to get some real opponents in the 30-40 point range.  By that time the battles will take a little longer and before you know it you've got 5 minutes left until the tournament is over for you.

So thats my take on it so far, you know you've done it right when after playing through 3 seed teams you see your score only increasing.  I know many are used to 1 battle they're in the top 50 & then 5 minutes later you're in the top 200.  From what Ive played it hasnt worked that way.  2-3 battles if your score stays in the mid 20's more than likely you're staying in the top 25.  I only hope that my theory is correct as blade is the reward in the new Psylocke tournament.

So Groocket, Im going to lay this out there: He is what Beast shouldve been and opposed to balancing beast they just made a new character.  I love Groocket and he's fun to play but seriously, he's beast.  Blue makes special tiles, Green for direct damage, and yellow for healing.  Although with Groocket its true healing, and thats why I think I like him better.  Nothing more fun than having little to no health, make a yellow match and Groocket makes a crazy cascade and gets half his health back.  So far hes been playing nice with X-force as well.  All that yellow healing goodness. 

 
Completely agree about Grocket being what Beast should be. I think that means then we are even moreso screwed in that Beast will forever stay crap hahah

In regards to the PvE I just played for far too long and have it set perfectly to have everything recharged a bit before the end of the event. I already have a little over 26k points and am no longer even the bottom of our Alliance. By the very end I should AT LEAST have 40k. I will be super stoked to make 50k and get the Grocket reward cover too.

 
that is why i think im burning myself out on this game. Logging in around ever 4 or 5 hours and playing for an hour
Have you beat the prologue for all of the covers and tokens? That really helps.

You need some more Cstorm and lots of Daken.
 
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well i think im done with this game  for a while.   was  19th in the last round  26th overall .  at  10pm est.  Just checked back in and finished 57th overall and missed the 4 star award.  What a waste of even trying when they give  2x the points in the last hour.  staring to think i should never put the 20 real bucks into this game o well

 
well i think im done with this game for a while. was 19th in the last round 26th overall . at 10pm est. Just checked back in and finished 57th overall and missed the 4 star award. What a waste of even trying when they give 2x the points in the last hour. staring to think i should never put the 20 real bucks into this game o well
I've had it happen a few times to me. Depending on how desirable the reward is, people push like crazy at the end. Since I'm asleep when most events end (midnight my time), I usually have to take it in to account to make sure I have enough of a lead before I go to bed. It sucks, and at least they are letting people choose end times for the PvP now, but there isn't much of a way around it in PvE other than playing right through to the end.

If you are going to stop playing for a while, let us now so we can open your spot in the alliance.

 
Blade rewards for the Psylocke tourney and a yellow 2 star Ms. Marvel for the 500 point progression reward, which has been the hardest one to find for me at least.  Hopefully I can get another Blade to improve my 1 cover version, but I think people are going to be pushing like crazy for him.

 
Blade rewards for the Psylocke tourney and a yellow 2 star Ms. Marvel for the 500 point progression reward, which has been the hardest one to find for me at least. Hopefully I can get another Blade to improve my 1 cover version, but I think people are going to be pushing like crazy for him.
Yeah mine is about 120 I think now at 2/5/5 and I must say he is one of the best characters put out of the new ones since Deadpool at least. If ever you MPQ vets were to push in a PvP I would recommend this one as getting even one of him is far better than a few of the other newer releases.

Also, what color covers are the tiers? I may push myself too if the lowest reward is Black so I can finish him off.

 
Yeah mine is about 120 I think now at 2/5/5 and I must say he is one of the best characters put out of the new ones since Deadpool at least. If ever you MPQ vets were to push in a PvP I would recommend this one as getting even one of him is far better than a few of the other newer releases.
Definitely in for Blade, I hope everyone is distracted by the Groocket event again. Ltrain tested my strategy last night and did great, so lets hope that trend continues.

As for deadpool, I was a naughty boy and spent some HP on a daily deal. Gold! My lucky I cant get too excited for those anymore. Deadpool? Really?!??! Purple?!?!??! WHoo hoo! 100 HP for a power I didnt have? I really mustve put deadpool in the back of my mental list, I didnt even realize I had a black power for him.

Thorina is a powered up character in the rerun Groocket event. This will be a mega bitch if she's the essential characters. You thought it was bad before not having Groocket, less people have Thorgarita. Also I know they're all GotG but back to back releases? Who's got enough roster space open?

If you dont have a spot right now, someone to dump, the HP to make one or are burned out from just playing the pve, by all means you can take a break. This is why I didnt want a Thoress cover, no roster space, now another new character. If the trend continues they'll release Starlord and Drax before the years up. Arent we still needing Mr. Fantastic and The Thing for the FF too? Whens that gonna happen?

Ah also making 20 person alliances open to everyone has not helped every alliance. My steam account is on a 20 team alliance, one of the alternate CAG ones. on a 20 team alliance I may get 80-100 extra iso from daily players. If people dont play having 20 people alliances doesnt help. So once again the devs screwed up something that really didnt help. But hey some of us got refunds for it, so that helped us. Knowing that, I say Good Luck to the people who left us to start their own 20 man alliances, its just not that easy.

 
Well they were a little sweet this first round.  Only 2 of the essential nodes require Thorina, 1 requires Blade, so you have 1 essential that most of us should be able to play.

On the flip, so I know its a repeat but its "Meet Rocket and Groot" idk shouldnt Groocket be powered up? This is like the last time they ran that hulk event and didnt power up hulk.  Speaking of that, still waiting for the Hulk event to be repeated again.

 
1st sub is 24 hours long. One of the subs will have to be 36 hours long, and the other will be 24 again. There's no way I'm going to be able to keep up the points with this one, and I have plans with the wife on Thursday night, so there's no way I'm going to be able to play the end of the event. What's going to be the best strategy to hit that Blade progression reward?

 
Well they were a little sweet this first round. Only 2 of the essential nodes require Thorina, 1 requires Blade, so you have 1 essential that most of us should be able to play.

On the flip, so I know its a repeat but its "Meet Rocket and Groot" idk shouldnt Groocket be powered up? This is like the last time they ran that hulk event and didnt power up hulk. Speaking of that, still waiting for the Hulk event to be repeated again.
Well, looking at the update notes, they added a button that links to the cover store if you try to go to a fight that requires someone you don't have. "Here's a 2% chance of landing the character you need to compete in this event!"

At least there is a Blade as the top progression reward, it's black, which is the only one I have, but it's something. Not sure how I'll fare getting Gamora since I don't have Lady Thor, but as the saying goes, may the brackets be ever in your favor.

 
Personally, I just want to stay in the top 150, I can use a 3* Cap marvel cover more than a single thorgarita cover. I know broken record but its true. For the folks that get that 1 Thorina cover, I will make sure to avoid you in the pvp, with my measley 1 cover loaner thorella. :p
As much as I could have used a Marvel cover (currently 4/4/4), I can't stand not having an available 3*+ character. With the holiday and a funeral, I couldn't grind like crazy to multiple covers, but I made sure I got at least one 4* Thor.

This particular event is interesting. It seems to have been developed to show off the new Hood yellow and point out how Mystique can screw you over. And Doom - well, if he has a blue or black feeder, it's going to hurt. The Hood subevent was the hardest, in my opinion. Mystique's event was a cakewalk, and Doom's was somewhere in the middle (some matches could go horribly wrong, but except for the hardest main nodes, it wasn't difficult).

I suspect if Doom ever gets his third power, we are going to see this event again shortly thereafter.
 
Well they were a little sweet this first round. Only 2 of the essential nodes require Thorina, 1 requires Blade, so you have 1 essential that most of us should be able to play.

On the flip, so I know its a repeat but its "Meet Rocket and Groot" idk shouldnt Groocket be powered up? This is like the last time they ran that hulk event and didnt power up hulk. Speaking of that, still waiting for the Hulk event to be repeated again.
not really even sure why im playing it. wont get anywhere near the top when you need thorina in every round

I will still play it but

1. Wont get up in the middle of the night like i did for the last story event

2. wont try to get onto my pc every 4 to 5 hours to play it (like did last event)

3. not hoping out hope to get anything this time

really dont see how they think the game is fair when nods can only be completed by people who grind enough to get the last person. Sucks if i did not fall alseep last night i would had Thor

 
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I suspect if Doom ever gets his third power, we are going to see this event again shortly thereafter.
From what I hear, after a new post in the Dr. Doom character section of the MPQ forums, its coming.

Purple at that. This will make doom a little more interesting if its true. Also if its true will make him more useful.

As for the 4* Thor, I wasnt expecting her to be an essential. I dont know why this is MPQ that was the top X cover. I think it was the wide margin for Cap Marvel that made me more expect her to be an essential. Also powered up roster in this event is limited. Extremely limited. What I find most special about the event is that the Groocket we've all been trying for? Its more of a big middle finger at us. Oh you wanted them cause they're new? You want more of them? Well guess what we're rerunning the event but the main characters arent worth a damn! At least when hulk was released back to back events he was powered up and they gave us free hulk covers. Those were the days. Also that was when subs had logical stories. Punisher was powered up and an essential node, why? His essential nodes had sub stories he was trying to kill hulk. This now makes now sense after playing the first round. Rocket teases juggs, so the nodes essential is.....Thorina! Yep makes sense story wise......

Just another detriment after wearing us out on the first round. I'll get over it.

 
From what I hear, after a new post in the Dr. Doom character section of the MPQ forums, its coming.

Purple at that. This will make doom a little more interesting if its true. Also if its true will make him more useful.
I already like my maxed Doom. If his purple is even mediocre at 3 covers, I'll be happy. The only reason he doesn't get used more often is he can't tank his colors with other 166s (which his high health would help), and that red is already a busy color for special tiles.

If it's an amazing power, even better.
 
anyone know what the  rank of the team was in the last  story event. Do you think the team can be in the top 100.  Cant belive how much the game sucks without having powered up people :)  i miss hitting for 600 to 900 per hit now im doing like  88 to 120 

How does ranking work does anyone know how they group people. They really should group them into bracket of who has the people needed and who dont have the people. I mean how can they call the game fair if  there is 10 nods and you only have access to say  2 or 3. Then again im sure the game really dont care

 
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anyone know what the rank of the team was in the last story event. Do you think the team can be in the top 100. Cant belive how much the game sucks without having powered up people :) i miss hitting for 600 to 900 per hit now im doing like 88 to 120

How does ranking work does anyone know how they group people. They really should group them into bracket of who has the people needed and who dont have the people. I mean how can they call the game fair if there is 10 nods and you only have access to say 2 or 3. Then again im sure the game really dont care
Ranking in PvE is completely dependent on the time you start the event. They group 1000 people at a time for this event. 1000 people go in, then a new bracket begins, and so on, until the end of the event.

 
Ranking in PvE is completely dependent on the time you start the event. They group 1000 people at a time for this event. 1000 people go in, then a new bracket begins, and so on, until the end of the event.
K thanks for that info. Dont see how they expect newbies to even want to stick around with that thought.

Does anyone know what are team finished in the last event. I doubt we cracked the 100s

 
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I've never spent any $ on the game. Probably never will either. For me the game is more about being fun rather than competitition.

I did start the Psylocke tournament. (Fear my 166 maxed British/Asian Ninja woman.)

Since I had to get up early with a sick kid I played that. Up into the top 15 with 300 points already. We'll see if I can hold on. I probably started too early.

And as always I -way- over estimate my ranking.

 
I think we were 117, or thereabouts.
one more quick question. If im going to keep all of my HP for slots. Is it worth keeping 3 stars or dump them to make room

got of 3 stars

hood 101

falcon 110

rocket 122

cap marvel (rank 3) 2 red

blade 1 green

cap america 1 b (just drew him)

colossus 1b

mystic 1b

sentry 1 y

storm 1 y

hulk 1 r

 
one more quick question. If im going to keep all of my HP for slots. Is it worth keeping 3 stars or dump them to make room

got of 3 stars

hood 101

falcon 110

rocket 122

cap marvel (rank 3) 2 red

blade 1 green

cap america 1 b (just drew him)

colossus 1b

mystic 1b

sentry 1 y

storm 1 y

hulk 1 r
Anything with 2 covers or over keep. Thats my advice. With a 1 cover 3* its hard to get rid of but they do waste roster space and are really unuseable. Id say drop them in this order if you really have to.

Storm, Mystique, sentry, Hulk (because its red), and colossus.

Dont get rid of Steve he's too damn useful when you get more covers and Blade is needed for this pve rerun so keep that.

Captain marvel is another iffy, you have 2 covers but just for 1 red power, thats your decision to keep her or not, Id say if it comes down to it drop her before hulk. Hulk was always easier to get as a reward.

 
Anything with 2 covers or over keep. Thats my advice. With a 1 cover 3* its hard to get rid of but they do waste roster space and are really unuseable. Id say drop them in this order if you really have to.

Storm, Mystique, sentry, Hulk (because its red), and colossus.

Dont get rid of Steve he's too damn useful when you get more covers and Blade is needed for this pve rerun so keep that.

Captain marvel is another iffy, you have 2 covers but just for 1 red power, thats your decision to keep her or not, Id say if it comes down to it drop her before hulk. Hulk was always easier to get as a reward.
I was literally going to say the EXACT same thing hahah

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I just got my heroic 10-pack.  1 gold and it's a yellow Falcon, which I already didn't need as a progression reward.  I wish we could share them within the alliance.  It seems like such a waste for 500 iso.  The only usuable cover I got was a yellow Ms. Marvel.  Now I have more Iso to use on somebody.

Also, I finally set up a fake Facebook account to share the rewards.  Who do I need to add?

 
Ranking in PvE is completely dependent on the time you start the event. They group 1000 people at a time for this event. 1000 people go in, then a new bracket begins, and so on, until the end of the event.
There is some element of sharding in PvE. I have a Steam account which barely has anything so I can look at events without joining them. I joined a PvE with that account, saw the bracket was mostly empty, and tried to join with my main account. My main account ended up in a mostly full bracket with the leader significantly ahead of me. That was painful.

That being said, I think the bands are large - new or casuals in one, everyone else in the other.
 
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