Balance of Power - Aug 29 - 31 - Season V

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  • Unknown
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    reckless442 wrote:
    So Balance of Power and a Heroic PVE to introduce a new character at the same time. Talk about a HP sinkhole with all the healthpacks everyone is going to need.

    I have a feeling they want players to excel in only one aspect of the game and I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. Got to give up PvE to do well in PvP or vice versa. There's certainly no way to even play PvP casually while you're doing a 2H 24M constant cycle grind for example, and likewise in an event like Balance of Power you probably won't have anyone alive left to do PvE very quickly.
  • Spoit
    Spoit Posts: 3,441 Chairperson of the Boards
    Phantron wrote:
    reckless442 wrote:
    So Balance of Power and a Heroic PVE to introduce a new character at the same time. Talk about a HP sinkhole with all the healthpacks everyone is going to need.

    I have a feeling they want players to excel in only one aspect of the game and I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. Got to give up PvE to do well in PvP or vice versa. There's certainly no way to even play PvP casually while you're doing a 2H 24M constant cycle grind for example, and likewise in an event like Balance of Power you probably won't have anyone alive left to do PvE very quickly.
    It depends on the pve. This sounds like a heroic, which probably means roster-limited, so you'll be able to use the other 80% of the characters that are locked out in it.


    I was really looking forward to top gun too icon_cry.gif
  • Unknown
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    Spoit wrote:
    Phantron wrote:
    reckless442 wrote:
    So Balance of Power and a Heroic PVE to introduce a new character at the same time. Talk about a HP sinkhole with all the healthpacks everyone is going to need.

    I have a feeling they want players to excel in only one aspect of the game and I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. Got to give up PvE to do well in PvP or vice versa. There's certainly no way to even play PvP casually while you're doing a 2H 24M constant cycle grind for example, and likewise in an event like Balance of Power you probably won't have anyone alive left to do PvE very quickly.
    It depends on the pve. This sounds like a heroic, which probably means roster-limited, so you'll be able to use the other 80% of the characters that are locked out in it.


    I was really looking forward to top gun too icon_cry.gif

    I'd think they'd also like you to develop two separate rosters for PvP/PvE. More diveristy for you, and more money for them.
  • Unknown
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    Phantron wrote:
    Spoit wrote:
    Phantron wrote:
    reckless442 wrote:
    So Balance of Power and a Heroic PVE to introduce a new character at the same time. Talk about a HP sinkhole with all the healthpacks everyone is going to need.

    I have a feeling they want players to excel in only one aspect of the game and I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. Got to give up PvE to do well in PvP or vice versa. There's certainly no way to even play PvP casually while you're doing a 2H 24M constant cycle grind for example, and likewise in an event like Balance of Power you probably won't have anyone alive left to do PvE very quickly.
    It depends on the pve. This sounds like a heroic, which probably means roster-limited, so you'll be able to use the other 80% of the characters that are locked out in it.


    I was really looking forward to top gun too icon_cry.gif

    I'd think they'd also like you to develop two separate rosters for PvP/PvE. More diveristy for you, and more money for them.

    I feel like it's sort of that way already.
    PVP I think at this point I only use featured + Daken/Patch for the early climb. Daken/LT mid level. Daken/Sentry Sentry/Hood at the finish.

    PVE sees a lot more of Falcon, Cap, OBW, HT, Cmags, Punisher, Patch/Daken.

    Patch/Daken go just about anywhere since they're sustainable for longer play sessions.
  • Unknown
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    j12601 wrote:

    I feel like it's sort of that way already.
    PVP I think at this point I only use featured + Daken/Patch for the early climb. Daken/LT mid level. Daken/Sentry Sentry/Hood at the finish.

    PVE sees a lot more of Falcon, Cap, OBW, HT, Cmags, Punisher, Patch/Daken.

    Patch/Daken go just about anywhere since they're sustainable for longer play sessions.

    Daken is definitely the magic sauce of PvP and PvE.
  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards
    OnesOwnGrief wrote:
    I'm expecting Combined Arms type of boosting for this. We really didn't need 240 Juggernauts. I've been disappointed before though.
    It'll be an exact re-run of the first Balance Of Power tourney.
    Expect the devs to always take the easiest route and you'll never be disappointed.

    I'm pretty annoyed that this is part of the season. It was fun playing this when nothing was at stake, this will _not_ be fun to play for season points and possibly good rewards.
    I'd prefer they keep this off seasons and run a No Holds Barred for the season instead to break up the monotony of featured +2.
  • OnesOwnGrief
    OnesOwnGrief Posts: 1,387 Chairperson of the Boards
    Bowgentle wrote:
    OnesOwnGrief wrote:
    I'm expecting Combined Arms type of boosting for this. We really didn't need 240 Juggernauts. I've been disappointed before though.
    It'll be an exact re-run of the first Balance Of Power tourney.
    Expect the devs to always take the easiest route and you'll never be disappointed.

    I'm pretty annoyed that this is part of the season. It was fun playing this when nothing was at stake, this will _not_ be fun to play for season points and possibly good rewards.
    I'd prefer they keep this off seasons and run a No Holds Barred for the season instead to break up the monotony of featured +2.
    I'm cool with it. It just gave 1*-2* people a legitimate way to place higher in this season. The faster they make it to 3* land, the more people I can face. That Heoric-10 pack should now be within reach for those who found it difficult to hit 5000 points over 30 days due to real life obligations, low placement, etc.
  • IamTheDanger
    IamTheDanger Posts: 1,093 Chairperson of the Boards
    I enjoyed Balance of Power and Combined Arms very much. They are the only 2 times I ranked top 5 in a PvP. (mainly because I don't shield hop). But I knew that one, (possibly both) would be back someday. So this time, I come prepared. I currently have 4 Juggernauts on my roster. 1 maxed, 1 at level 30. The others are low level and I was saving my iso for Beast and the Xforce buff, but I may go ahead and max another. Or at least bump the 2 low level Juggs up a bit to level 20 or 30. Also, I have 3 Venoms.

    Big thanks to D3 and Demiurge. I really liked these two events and hope to see a lot more of both.

    JJ
  • Unknown
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    I'm expecting the rewards to be LDaken, like the last Balance of Power. IceIX has hinted that the buffs and nerfs for CMags, both Dakens, MHawkeye, and X-force are coming, so... if LDaken are the rewards, no one can complain that it's bad timing for a nerf.
  • reckless442
    reckless442 Posts: 532 Critical Contributor
    Phantron wrote:
    reckless442 wrote:
    So Balance of Power and a Heroic PVE to introduce a new character at the same time. Talk about a HP sinkhole with all the healthpacks everyone is going to need.

    I have a feeling they want players to excel in only one aspect of the game and I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. Got to give up PvE to do well in PvP or vice versa. There's certainly no way to even play PvP casually while you're doing a 2H 24M constant cycle grind for example, and likewise in an event like Balance of Power you probably won't have anyone alive left to do PvE very quickly.
    That may be a nice thought, except they are using the PVE to introduce a new character. That puts pressure on PVP players to push in the PVE to get Beast, since he will invariably be featured in an upcoming PVE. So you really can't skip the PVE and focus only on PVP. Meanwhile, if you want to do decently in the season, you are forced to play BoP. The problem is that Heroics require more health packs because you need to keep your limited roster through the clear. And as we saw with BOP, it sucks healthpacks because everyone is fighting characters like max-Juggs and Ares, who do thousands of points of damage with just 5 and 6 AP.
  • ThatOneGuyjp189512
    ThatOneGuyjp189512 Posts: 543 Critical Contributor
    honestly, this was the funnest PVP i played in a looooong time(since the times of the actual diverse PVP's like divine champions) and now that i have both hood AND Sentry maxed which i didn't last time, it'll be much better placement for me this time, also saved my juggs covers and maxed him....cause you can't ignore 22k health and a 6k damage for his red.
  • HairyDave
    HairyDave Posts: 1,574
    I like BoP as a concept but not as part of a season - the last one left my MMR seriously screwed up for over a week after it was finished. And didn't we start seeing a whole bunch of super-boosted single-cover 3*s kicking around after that? Or was that coincidental?

    Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it last time it ran but it's just way too unpredictable and brutal. And I think Combined Arms worked a little better.
  • Unknown
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    I wish I hadn't pumped 20 levels of Iso into Falcon yesterday. I have a 3 fully covered characters in need of iso for this event.
  • y2fitzy
    y2fitzy Posts: 255 Mover and Shaker
    I wasn't around for this last time, it's only maxed characters that are superboosted right?
  • Unknown
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    y2fitzy wrote:
    I wasn't around for this last time, it's only maxed characters that are superboosted right?

    Every character goes to a max of 270.

    So a lvl40 Juggs goes to 270, but a lvl39 Juggs only goes to 263, while a lvl1 Juggs remains lvl1.

    If it doesn't scale to at least 220, it will get destroyed in this event.
  • y2fitzy
    y2fitzy Posts: 255 Mover and Shaker
    great thank you

    I am going to get absolutely pummelled then icon_lol.gif Only one maxed 2*, two maxed 1* and a whole bunch of 2* that are on the way but still nowhere near completion. Long couple of days ahead...
  • Unknown
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    y2fitzy wrote:
    great thank you

    I am going to get absolutely pummelled then icon_lol.gif Only one maxed 2*, two maxed 1* and a whole bunch of 2* that are on the way but still nowhere near completion. Long couple of days ahead...

    What are the 3 maxed?
  • y2fitzy
    y2fitzy Posts: 255 Mover and Shaker
    Thor is the 2*, Storm and Iron Man the 1*. Got 2* Magneto at 80, bunch of other 2* at 60+ (OBW, Classic Storm, Daken) so not the end of the world
  • wymtime
    wymtime Posts: 3,759 Chairperson of the Boards
    Phantron wrote:
    reckless442 wrote:
    So Balance of Power and a Heroic PVE to introduce a new character at the same time. Talk about a HP sinkhole with all the healthpacks everyone is going to need.

    I have a feeling they want players to excel in only one aspect of the game and I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. Got to give up PvE to do well in PvP or vice versa. There's certainly no way to even play PvP casually while you're doing a 2H 24M constant cycle grind for example, and likewise in an event like Balance of Power you probably won't have anyone alive left to do PvE very quickly.


    With the Balance of power and a deep roster both PVP and PVE should be playable. 2* will get a lot of run in BOP and then heroic will be a limited roster. Ares, OBW will come off my bench for a change in PVP. I haven't played them in forever!!
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    y2fitzy wrote:
    Thor is the 2*, Storm and Iron Man the 1*. Got 2* Magneto at 80, bunch of other 2* at 60+ (OBW, Classic Storm, Daken) so not the end of the world

    Thor, IM and Storm will get you some defensive wins (some losses too). It will depend on your teamup, but with storm you will use it.

    On offense, Daken and Mags will scale pretty well and you should be able to get some play from oBW and Storm. Just be sure to leave your 270s on defense.

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