Misguided wrote: dannyshan007 wrote: repeat this 2 more times. And that wasn't even necessary. I'm pretty sure I'm going to squeak past 50k and I did very little grinding missions to zero once, let alone twice or three times. I *did* do a little bit extra this morning to push my rank up this morning, because the post Nemek made yesterday about wanting your rank as high as possible at the last checkpoint made a lot of sense, but I still had points left on the table then too.
dannyshan007 wrote: repeat this 2 more times.
Zathrus wrote: I think you had a somewhat higher score than I did at the end of the last sub mission group -- I had somewhere right around 49550 points -- give or take 25 points in either direction. I've completed these last missions now and have 49969 (as I expected, the remaining missions went down in points even though they were showing slightly higher, so I'm 31 points off, not 7) at #64. Without a refresh I won't get Punisher... and that's ok. Unless there's a refresh then only about 50 people will get over 50k. Which seems a bit odd, but meh. Overall I think the rubber banding on this one is better than any previous PvE event. It let people grind if they wanted, but it also meant that if you didn't want to you could make up most of the points. I ranged anywhere from #2 to #3000 throughout the event, ending each sub mission in the top 300. So it seems about right.
the moose wrote: I really think they wanted more people to hit the 50k. They just miscalculated a little on the rubber banding. I think the wheels fell off when we had 4 sub missions going at once while most people were trying to spend time with their families and therefore didn't grind out all the points leaving us a little short of our goal at the end. I don't think they wanted 50k people to get Pun, but I do think they expected top 3 or 4000 to hit it. Maybe they will feel bad about that and all of us over 40k will get a nice free Pun cover in our mailbox in the morning. From my keyboard to IceIX's ears
Kelbris wrote: I've got 49938 points right now, and I've done all the "Search and Destroy" missions. "Send Osborn a Message" is offering me 59 points right now, and if I do it right this minute, I'll have 49997. "Message Recieved" opens up when I beat that one, right? Is it worth points? I still kind of want to wait for this mission to go up to 62 points, though. Just so I can have exactly 50000
eidehua wrote: Kelbris wrote: I've got 49938 points right now, and I've done all the "Search and Destroy" missions. "Send Osborn a Message" is offering me 59 points right now, and if I do it right this minute, I'll have 49997. "Message Recieved" opens up when I beat that one, right? Is it worth points? I still kind of want to wait for this mission to go up to 62 points, though. Just so I can have exactly 50000 :P You are correct, and beating "message received" opens the last one, "the final showdown". All of them offered points for me. Probably will push you to top 10 I don't think your mission will go up anymore unless there is a new leader.
Kelbris wrote: I've got 49938 points right now, and I've done all the "Search and Destroy" missions. "Send Osborn a Message" is offering me 59 points right now, and if I do it right this minute, I'll have 49997. "Message Recieved" opens up when I beat that one, right? Is it worth points? I still kind of want to wait for this mission to go up to 62 points, though. Just so I can have exactly 50000 :P
Kelbris wrote: eidehua wrote: Kelbris wrote: I've got 49938 points right now, and I've done all the "Search and Destroy" missions. "Send Osborn a Message" is offering me 59 points right now, and if I do it right this minute, I'll have 49997. "Message Recieved" opens up when I beat that one, right? Is it worth points? I still kind of want to wait for this mission to go up to 62 points, though. Just so I can have exactly 50000 You are correct, and beating "message received" opens the last one, "the final showdown". All of them offered points for me. Probably will push you to top 10 I don't think your mission will go up anymore unless there is a new leader. Does it only base it off of who's in first? I thought it had to do with how many people were ahead of you.
eidehua wrote: Kelbris wrote: I've got 49938 points right now, and I've done all the "Search and Destroy" missions. "Send Osborn a Message" is offering me 59 points right now, and if I do it right this minute, I'll have 49997. "Message Recieved" opens up when I beat that one, right? Is it worth points? I still kind of want to wait for this mission to go up to 62 points, though. Just so I can have exactly 50000 You are correct, and beating "message received" opens the last one, "the final showdown". All of them offered points for me. Probably will push you to top 10 I don't think your mission will go up anymore unless there is a new leader.
jozier wrote: Rubberbanding is based on your position from the top. And the top is mostly settled. I was #5 a few hours ago and now I'm #6. There's very little movement at the very top which means there's very little rubberbanding left. I think this event was the best done of all the events. If you were towards the top of the main bracket at the end of each set of sub-events, you were able to finish at the top of the main event. Grinding only helped within a sub-bracket. And if you're finishing at the top of the main brackets, chances are, like me, you started falling out of the top rewards in the last few sub-events (I dropped from Gamma to Heroic roughly and then finished Heroic/1x standard in the last two sub-events).
Psykopathic wrote: jozier wrote: Rubberbanding is based on your position from the top. And the top is mostly settled. I was #5 a few hours ago and now I'm #6. There's very little movement at the very top which means there's very little rubberbanding left. I think this event was the best done of all the events. If you were towards the top of the main bracket at the end of each set of sub-events, you were able to finish at the top of the main event. Grinding only helped within a sub-bracket. And if you're finishing at the top of the main brackets, chances are, like me, you started falling out of the top rewards in the last few sub-events (I dropped from Gamma to Heroic roughly and then finished Heroic/1x standard in the last two sub-events). Or you were in top 300 all event and now are in top 2000 because the last sub set was the only 1 you did NOT grind and therefore it seems the exact same as every other event.
walkyourpath wrote: jozier wrote: Rubberbanding is based on your position from the top. And the top is mostly settled. I was #5 a few hours ago and now I'm #6. There's very little movement at the very top which means there's very little rubberbanding left. I think this event was the best done of all the events. If you were towards the top of the main bracket at the end of each set of sub-events, you were able to finish at the top of the main event. Grinding only helped within a sub-bracket. And if you're finishing at the top of the main brackets, chances are, like me, you started falling out of the top rewards in the last few sub-events (I dropped from Gamma to Heroic roughly and then finished Heroic/1x standard in the last two sub-events). I noticed the same steady drop-off in my sub-event placement as the event wore on. Hit the same Heroic/1xStandard marks that you did, and took it as a good sign. Also, this makes sense from a fairness perspective - those placing highly in the main shouldn't be able to suck up all the sub awards too.
Kelbris wrote: walkyourpath wrote: I noticed the same steady drop-off in my sub-event placement as the event wore on. Hit the same Heroic/1xStandard marks that you did, and took it as a good sign. Also, this makes sense from a fairness perspective - those placing highly in the main shouldn't be able to suck up all the sub awards too. The last two missions, I got top 600 in one, and like top 1800 in the other. Didn't even get a standard token in Amazon. (Or whatever the lower points one was.) If I finish The Final Showdown right now, I'll be tied with you for #8. I AM NOT OKAY WITH THAT SOMEONE RUBBERBAND ME A POINT PLS
walkyourpath wrote: I noticed the same steady drop-off in my sub-event placement as the event wore on. Hit the same Heroic/1xStandard marks that you did, and took it as a good sign. Also, this makes sense from a fairness perspective - those placing highly in the main shouldn't be able to suck up all the sub awards too.