Unstable ISO-8 - July 18-24

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  • Unknown
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    I would lay money they they have not changed the event up so the last 2 "subs" will be 36 hours each. The last 36 hours has about 20% more points than this one but Venezuela Showdown started out very high and just went mad.
  • Unknown
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    danikalil wrote:
    Here Hoarders level 395 .. 334 Leaving Brazil, ok I guess I'll only fight for 20 believe .. Worst scale already seen by me since I started playing .. I did not play much the nodules, about 2 times a day, one of morning and another night since the beginning .. I hope this ends soon pve ..

    Wow. Did you join right when it opened with the hard core grinders? If so, I guess that scaling will hit my bracket soon.
  • Unknown
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    Huh, just got the blue captain cover! So happy! Now I have him on full covers. And Im fourth of my bracket. Scaling is still manageable with careful playing, but ive been losing lot of health too. Highest node is about 220 but still playable with right heroes and counting tiles icon_e_smile.gif

    Game did bug bit when I got him, point counter showed i got it, but didnt get anything. Checked my points and was missing about 40 from cover, not sure was that right or not. Checked leaderboards and it didnt help. Then I just played one more node and it showed that I got it again, and then i got it really. Good.
  • danikalil
    danikalil Posts: 502
    stephen43084 wrote:

    Wow. Did you join right when it opened with the hard core grinders? If so, I guess that scaling will hit my bracket soon.

    No, I joined five hours after it opened. Right now my nodes,are 385, prolly 400 by tomorrow icon_eek.gif
  • Unknown
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    danikalil wrote:
    stephen43084 wrote:

    Wow. Did you join right when it opened with the hard core grinders? If so, I guess that scaling will hit my bracket soon.

    No, I joined five hours after it opened. Right now my nodes,are 385, prolly 400 by tomorrow icon_eek.gif

    I have to ask... what are you using to beat node at 385 (or up to that point)? Patchneto or Sentry or something else?
  • dr tinykittylove
    dr tinykittylove Posts: 1,459 Chairperson of the Boards
    The one thing I've really liked about this event is the progression rewards, especially the 20k Cap red. Even though my Cap red was maxed when it started, for anyone who doesn't have his red maxed (or any at all), it is, as I told the noobies in my alliance, as close to a free 3* as you can get. ("Go get it, you slackers!" is what I refrained from saying, but they listened and got it.icon_e_smile.gif )

    Plus it makes the event much easier and allows people who didn't have him to hit the essential nodes. It's really an event for players developing their roster.
  • danikalil
    danikalil Posts: 502
    Lyrian wrote:

    I have to ask... what are you using to beat node at 385 (or up to that point)? Patchneto or Sentry or something else?

    I'm using Patchneto and Hulk. My Sentry's level is too low.
  • Mawtful
    Mawtful Posts: 1,646 Chairperson of the Boards
    dr tinykittylove wrote:
    The one thing I've really liked about this event is the progression rewards, especially the 20k Cap red. Even though my Cap red was maxed when it started, for anyone who doesn't have his red maxed (or any at all), it is, as I told the noobies in my alliance, as close to a free 3* as you can get. ("Go get it, you slackers!" is what I refrained from saying, but they listened and got it.icon_e_smile.gif )

    Plus it makes the event much easier and allows people who didn't have him to hit the essential nodes. It's really an event for players developing their roster.

    It was the last Red I needed for Shieldbro, so it was a very welcome cover to receive. I forgot how significant the jump from 4 to 5 is - or it's more noticable in 3* Cap than 2* Cap or something.

    I've been playing fairly casually, so I'm sitting just under #200. People still seem to be playing so competitively, so I'm not sure if I'll end up with a cover or not. Kinda disappointed, since I've been waiting for Carol for a long time. I might try and push for these last ~48 hours and see what happens.
  • mohio
    mohio Posts: 1,690 Chairperson of the Boards
    Mawtful wrote:
    I might try and push for these last ~48 hours and see what happens.
    I doubt that the entire top 20 is going to be able to play optimally over the last 12 hours. If you are able to do a clear every 2.5 hours in that time frame I think you'll have no problem. It should only take maybe 3 or 4 passes to reel in the rubberband, so I wouldn't worry too much unless you can't do those last few clears optimally.
  • dr tinykittylove
    dr tinykittylove Posts: 1,459 Chairperson of the Boards
    mohio wrote:
    Mawtful wrote:
    I might try and push for these last ~48 hours and see what happens.
    I doubt that the entire top 20 is going to be able to play optimally over the last 12 hours. If you are able to do a clear every 2.5 hours in that time frame I think you'll have no problem. It should only take maybe 3 or 4 passes to reel in the rubberband, so I wouldn't worry too much unless you can't do those last few clears optimally.

    I'm definitely out of the game despite grinding, since I can't play the last 3 hrs due to work. I might be hoping for at least one Cap M cover, but I'm mostly in this for Cap A and ISO. He's finally enough covers to be viable for me, once I can get his levels up. icon_e_smile.gif
  • squirrel1120
    squirrel1120 Posts: 492
    Thugpatrol wrote:
    squirrel1120 wrote:
    Any tips on the goon only fights? Is it maybe worth it to bring baby-storm along just to keep shaking up the board every 5 red? without a villian making matches, it gets to be quite a drain on health if you aren't getting the colors you need...

    My team for goon only fights that I've been using for a very long time is 1* Storm, CMags, and pretty much anyone who does damage. The third is usually a required character, whatever the super boosted character is, or since I maxed him out Black Panther. As soon as you get 5 red and 5 blue the match is pretty much over. CMags can mostly do this by himself, provided you have 5 blue covers for him, but having MStorm around to zap those meddlesome enviro tiles and battery it up with her green just makes it a wash. I like BP for a third because you can actually leverage his yellow strike tiles with MStorm around, and cleaning house with a Rage of the Panther or two is a good time.

    Now if you don't have CMags to use (abuse?), then you're going to have to go another way. The Storm/Thor power hour is a good choice and more readily available. Otherwise it depends on what characters you have to play around with really.

    Really appreciate the tips from earlier. I need to remember to detail my roster at least a little when I ask for event tips. I'm stuck with 2*'s and the buffed 3's for the foreseeable future. All the recent changes have slowed progression for me down to a crawl.

    I've been rolling on this pretty well so far. lazycap (1/1/1 when I started), C.storm and Mn.Mags have been my go-to for the entire event so far. I even managed a few of the 'hard' nodes with that trio, though I only tried after I'd cleared everything else, and figured why not before bed? They'll all be healed come morning. It was a good feel to knock that down.

    I don't know if I'll be scaled out before event end, but I've managed all the progression rewards, which in itself is enough for me. If I can place decently enough to grab some Covers for Ms. Marvel, all the better. Then she'll be around for the next pve, and be at least as covered as any other 3* I have. I've learned my lesson on skipping the pve's and not getting the toon required for the next one. Sitting at 9th now, only 400 pts behind the leader, but we'll see how scaling effects me. Most of the bracket leaders seem to have similar rosters.

    Nodes:
    North West Ops (normal) 97's
    East Cost Ops (easy) 56's
    Gulf Transport (normal) 106's
    Stolen Goods (deadly) 160's
    Leaving Brazil (hard) 157's
    Heist in Spain (normal) 101's
    Moonstone (normal) 99/100's
    Iso-8 Hoarders (deadly) 207's
  • Unknown
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    Just picked up the last prog cover. Suddenly horrified to realize the event has over 24 hrs. to go.

    So....any alliances wanna hire a merc? I've got 40k and I'm in 44th in my 1000, so if you think your alliance can break thru the top 100 with 40k points from on high, send me a PM. I'm pretty done w/ teh event unless some new nodes pop between now and terminus, and it looks like if I hold to that policy, no Carol Covers 4 me icon_e_sad.gif .
  • HairyDave
    HairyDave Posts: 1,574
    Anyone got visibility on the 100 alliance mark?

    I've offered Hate a temporary home but I think it's only fair that his 40K goes to an alliance that would actually be able to get a cover.
  • over_clocked
    over_clocked Posts: 3,961
    Yeah, I wonder if our alliance will be able to get the alliance cover, too. We are nowhere near the top 100 but of course, it's too early to push yet. At least an individual cover is given to every top 200 finisher, which is a relief - less stress for alliances.
  • Unknown
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    As of this morning there was just 2100 points covering 1st and 100th place in my bracket. That's stupid. End of.

    The way this entire event has been going leads me to feel fairly confident that for a week long event it's all going to come down to my alarm going off at FUN 'O' CLOCK (3:30am, maybe 4am) for the final hour long grind.

    Not great.
  • Unknown
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    DrUnpleasant wrote:
    As of this morning there was just 2100 points covering 1st and 100th place in my bracket. That's stupid. End of.

    The way this entire event has been going leads me to feel fairly confident that for a week long event it's all going to come down to my alarm going off at FUN 'O' CLOCK (3:30am, maybe 4am) for the final hour long grind.

    Not great.

    That sounds fairly normal. Even if you are 1000th at the moment you have a good chance of making top 100 if you play well in the last day. This event going to come down to being able to launch a climb in the last 8 hours and having not screwed over your scaling so in the last hour your too slow. I still currently bouncing around been 50th and 200th place on doing 5 nodes every 8 hours and slowly closing in on the leader - at 4K back.
  • Unknown
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    A month ago I finished 21th in a pve despite being constantly in top 5 because the game is intended to be played by the entire world except Europeans. This time I am going for a top 200 and not losing any sleep over an extra cover. CM is a meh character anyway so no big deal, but it would be nice for the game to level the field for all players at some point. I know, it's more likely for the game to go under than the devs saving face.
  • Unknown
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    It's not much better for the working stiffs in the US either. Event ending at midnight, when my alarm goes off at 5:30. There is a reason that I no longer grind PvE - featured nodes only, happy with whatever bonuses show up
  • Unknown
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    I wonder why this PVE event doesn't seem to offer the +50% damage boost?
  • Unknown
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    Red Panda wrote:
    I wonder why this PVE event doesn't seem to offer the +50% damage boost?

    I think that's just for Heroic events. Seem to remember maybe there was one for Simulator once?

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