PvP and True Trolling

Quondem

So i I have a 2** roster with 6 maxed, here is what i have been seeing in my climb to 600 points this unamazing event.

1- I'm not gaining iso because I'm boosting with iso ap each round which makes it possible to take on another team most of the time with out healing.
In times past pvp events were a source of iso out side of the final reward.
2- It is now possible to literally tiny kitty some one to death with retaliations. It was never a good idea to start a point battle in the game during your climb but now if your so inclined you can quite literally start a war with some one till they are dead or shielded. I did this earlier i was just minding my own business climbing and i was attacked by a 30 point team that i could beat. Hmmmmmm that looks tasty. So i attack, now they attack me flip flop 2 3 time but on the 4th time their roster changes to a stronger team still 2** well i can play that game too. Flip floppy 2 matches and they stop attacking i KILLED them in game. Now this was a **** move on my part but i wanted to see how it played out. Net gain for me maybe 40points. them I'm sure it was a bigger loss both on points and health and moral. Was the other guy dumb for coming after me yes. As a general rule you should not play a match against some one that hits you while your playing these days.

Final points:
Iso is now much harder to gather if you want to play more then 1/2 match with the same team.
Now you can troll people to death much harder then you used to be able to, it now really has a lasting affect on the opposite side.

Troll hard my friends troll hard.

i would also like to hear about others experience with this

franckynight

Retal wars imho is one of the funniest features in mpq.. And true healing had boosted that big time.. Before true healing ppl just go prologue healing their big guns and keep coming at you with the same team over and over.. Especially if you re worth the points.. Now they have to think about it twice.. In LR these new mechanics were on full effect.. On retal war i was on, ppl rotated their chars until they were put into submission.. Roster width now comes really into play.. And the scarecrow teams are finally relevant.. Outside of LR, shield usage (especially at high lvl cos everybody and his mother shield hops) mitigate retald war opportunities..(btw i saw also ppl shield in lr.. Raising the **** eyebrow)..

Quondem

i may have to start playing the pvp less for points and more to see if i can make people cry.

emaker27

In Hollowpoint, someone with less points hit me for 34 points and I could only gain 20 back. So on my finishing aoe move the game crashed... When I started the game back up, I got the points for the win and he was still listed in my nodes. So I hit him again. I always used to skip people that attacked me, but now I feel empowered to strike back since I can usually keep the war going much longer than they can. I understand true healing sucks for the mid level player, but it really made my defensive team that much stronger. (this event: 212 GSBW / 141 Hulk / 141 Hood)

_RiO_

Quondem wrote:

i may have to start playing the pvp less for points and more to see if i can make people cry.

Oh, so you're a bully then?

emaker27

_RiO_ wrote:

Quondem wrote:

i may have to start playing the pvp less for points and more to see if i can make people cry.

Oh, so you're a bully then?

Pretty sure it was said half jokingly. But how can you be a bully if you are retaliating someone attacking you first? That's the only way (ignoring bugs) to attack someone many times.

Cragger

Pretty sure it was said half jokingly. But how can you be a bully if you are retaliating someone attacking you first? That's the only way (ignoring bugs) to attack someone many times.

try getting stuck in an MMR bubble with anyone with a decently leveled team. If you aren't sporting a good defensive team, they can queue you up for five or more hits before they move out of your point/MMR range. It doesn't take retals to get hit multiple times by one player. I'm rather guilty of it myself, but so goes the game.

emaker27

Cragger wrote:

Pretty sure it was said half jokingly. But how can you be a bully if you are retaliating someone attacking you first? That's the only way (ignoring bugs) to attack someone many times.

try getting stuck in an MMR bubble with anyone with a decently leveled team. If you aren't sporting a good defensive team, they can queue you up for five or more hits before they move out of your point/MMR range. It doesn't take retals to get hit multiple times by one player. I'm rather guilty of it myself, but so goes the game.

.... I did say ignoring bugs; IceIX has said on the forums that they still need to fix and tweak MMR. But specifically in the original post, he is referencing a retal situation. I was only saying that the OP isn't a bully for retaliating.

Quondem

it was jokingly more to bump the thread. But it has been interesting that people don't retal now till about 2 hours later. But if some one does that is worth points it makes it a fun little mini game.