The Gaunlet: Villains, Heroes, & Finale 20 - 23 Sep

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Advanced Combat Simulator mission.

Powered-Up: Punisher, BW, Black Panther, Human Torch, Magneto, Storm.

Villains Progression Rewards:
35. 100
123. 1x Health Pack
235. Recruit Token
371. +3 All Boosts
597. 100
796. Power Boost
968. 200
1164. Recruit Token
1423. 500
1858. Storm

Finishing the main path of Villains unlocks the Heroes sub.

Heroes Progression Rewards:
119. 250
375. Recruit Token
655. 250
959. Magneto
1353. 500
1720. Recruit Token: The Gauntlet
2060. 500
2424. 50
2851. 500
3538. Black Panther

And finishing the main path of the Heroes unlocks the Finale sub.

Finale Progression Rewards:
203. 100
625. Human Torch
1075. 250
1547. Recruit Token: The Gauntlet
2109. 1000
2644. Black Widow
3152. 1000
3684. 50
4279. 1000
5218. Psylocke

scottee

It's open. Progression rewards only.

mjh

No placement rewards, **** is this? LOL

edit: this is the greatest event I have ever seen. no rubber banding, no pressure, no rankings. just pure casual play with rewards. They should always have one of these events going

poomermon

Maybe I should join immediately since there are no placement awards.

CrookedKnight

No placement rewards. Everything on progression. All nodes are one-time, meaning no grinding.

AM I DREAMING

El_Dude

I don't get it. What's the point. Seems like an event for burning health packs.

scottee

Though the rules imply there's a good reward for beating the last mission. A 3* cover?

Unknown

While I appreciate a new game mode, having only progression rewards with a 2* cover as the "best" reward is underwhelming.

I hope that the "next chapter" mentioned in the description comes with better rewards.

CrookedKnight

El_Dude wrote:

I don't get it. What's the point. Seems like an event for burning health packs.

When you finish Villains it opens up another sub. Presumably with escalating progression rewards.

Unknown

It's a PvE!!! A TRUE PvE!!!!! Oh my stars and garters!

GrimSkald

Interesting. Well, we wanted something new, eh?

Jathro

HawkeyeSucks wrote:

No placement rewards, **** is this? LOL

It's PVE. Not like that PVP disguised as a PVE you're used to.

Unknown

Event rules page state that a new sub opens when the mission on the far right is cleared.

20 nodes total in first sub.

I wonder how many subs are there in this event? I could potentially see the rewards two or three subs down the road being rather lucrative, in exchange for some insanely difficult nodes.

3.5 days... got to clear them all!

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Lyrian wrote:

Event rules page state that a new sub opens when the mission on the far right is cleared.

20 nodes total in first sub.

I wonder how many subs are there in this event? I could potentially see the rewards two or three subs down the road being rather lucrative, in exchange for some insanely difficult nodes.

3.5 days... got to clear them all!

I want to be the very best
like no one ever was
20 nodes are my test
to Match-3 is my cause

Gotta clear 'em all
Gotta clear 'em all

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Teke184 wrote:

While I appreciate a new game mode, having only progression rewards with a 2* cover as the "best" reward is underwhelming.

I hope that the "next chapter" mentioned in the description comes with better rewards.

This.

Someone mentioned in the General Discussion where this event was obviously crafted from, there could be 3* cover rewards down the line somewhere. If they don't keep to their 250 , 100 , 70 , recruit token schema that is. Still, a 3* progression reward for full clear would have been nice.

Edit: It seems you CAN replay nodes, for rewards, they just aren't worth points. Interesting.

rixmith

Awesome! I love that I don't have to worry about when I start, who I get bracketed with, how often I need to grind, or scaling. At least I think I love all that - we'll see what I think once it is all done. But no matter what I appreciate the developers (apparently) listening to some of the ideas from the forums and trying something new.

TheHueyFreeman

I am hitting progression rewards exactly. This makes me believe that there is no rubberbabding.

Unknown

The branches on the gauntlet are "required" nodes for Punisher et all.

john1620b

Finally! A PvE with no placement requirements!

My only complaint is: why did it take them a year to create this?

Unknown

TheHueyFreeman wrote:

I am hitting progression rewards exactly. This makes me believe that there is no rubberbabding.

Would be pretty stupid to have rubberband in an event where every node gives point only once, as that'd mean whoever does them first is always in a worse position!

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Lerysh wrote:

Teke184 wrote:

While I appreciate a new game mode, having only progression rewards with a 2* cover as the "best" reward is underwhelming.

I hope that the "next chapter" mentioned in the description comes with better rewards.

This.

Someone mentioned in the General Discussion where this event was obviously crafted from, there could be 3* cover rewards down the line somewhere. If they don't keep to their 250 , 100 , 70 , recruit token schema that is. Still, a 3* progression reward for full clear would have been nice.

Edit: It seems you CAN replay nodes, for rewards, they just aren't worth points. Interesting.

People shouldn't have too much expectations. Normally in a placement bracket there's about 10-15% chance you'll get a 3* cover at all. It is influenced by your roster strength but that has to be true in general because of how the prize structure is setup, so you shouldn't expect that changing to a different format suddenly allows 100% of the people to pull a 3* cover. I'm guessing new stuff open up but it'd probably be more like a generous amount of heroic tokens, which is not quite the same thing as a guaranteed 3* on average but can be better for the needy or the lucky.