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

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I'm guessing that some of the hyper-competitive types want to know that they won, even if it's meaningless. SHIELD Training has a leaderboard and meaningless rankings, too.

TheHueyFreeman

mags1587 wrote:

flnn1 wrote:

I really like this event. No need to worry about placement, just progression. One question though: if rewards are only for progression, why have player leaderboards?

I just noticed this, too and wondered the exact same thing.

It may just be required due to how they programmed the PVEs.

vudu3

It's for the same reason we have leader boards in SHIELD Simulator when there are no placement prizes. It's just built into the structure of the game and it would be more work to remove it than to just leave it in. Think of it as a vestigial tail.

Unknown

This is also the first time-zone-indifferent event they've ever run, so hopefully it works well enough that this could become a regular thing.

orionpeace

I like the idea and the execution so far.

Not overly excited by the cover rewards: and

Bowgentle

Kudos.
This is what a lot of people have been asking for - PVE without competition, pure progression.

I'm loving it so far.

Of course rewards could be better, but whatever. Hard to motivate vets with covers anyway. Maybe a bunch of ISO and some HP somewhere down the line.

Now let's all participate and play this till we drop to show that we want more of THIS and less of the traditional MPQ PVE!

Unknown

here is my theory

this is such a new event and they do not yet know if they have set the right balance between difficulty/reward and are still deciding what to give out for placement.

or

they are leaving placement in as in the future they will figure something out.

or

(my desire)

I've long wanted this is that depending on where you finish top 5, top 10 etc, you get entry into a hardcore league where that becomes a PvP against top finishers for great prizes.this is best since people who hate competing can enjoy and relax without worrying not getting their rewards, and the hardcore people can still go after for something at the end as a direct result of placement

Sandmaker

Interesting... was wondering how they planned on releasing the new 2* without putting it up as a top prize in an event. This seems like a sensible way to do it.

Anyone know if the nodes are scaled?

Unknown

vudu3 wrote:

It's for the same reason we have leader boards in SHIELD Simulator when there are no placement prizes. It's just built into the structure of the game and it would be more work to remove it than to just leave it in. Think of it as a vestigial tail.

But at least I was 6th to clear them all in Villains so I will stay top 10 for the next 3 and a half days

Unknown

The leaderboard records your placement as far as speed. Thanks to the "whoever had the score first ranks higher" points system you can see exactly how many players in your bracket finished before you did.

Also, the title of this thread should probably be changed to "The Guantlet"

Demiurge_Will

flnn1 wrote:

I really like this event. No need to worry about placement, just progression. One question though: if rewards are only for progression, why have player leaderboards?

Two reasons:
- The events UI is designed around having a leaderboard, and looks awkward without that tab.
- Even when it doesn't relate to the rewards you get, it's fun for some folks to see how they stack up against the competition.

Unknown

Is there scaling in this event? Probably not community but individual? Essential 03 is 127 (Doom) 128 (CoordiantorX2) for me, and I can't imagine that being beatable for anyone that's not in the 3* range at that level.

simonsez

I give D3 a lot of credit for this... they give us a nerfed rewards list and have people toasting them for it.

CrookedKnight

simonsez wrote:

I give D3 a lot of credit for this... they give us a nerfed rewards list and have people toasting them for it.

They buffed my sleep schedule.

gambl0r312

Lerysh wrote:

Also, the title of this thread should probably be changed to "The Guantlet"

In fact let's see how many times we can spel it wron.

I like "The Gwantlet"


Dont' keel me, speling is hard

Unknown

I absolutely LOVE the idea of a pve event with zero placement awards. Straight up gets harder and harder until you either can or can't beat a node. That's great and honestly a huge breath of fresh air considering everything else in the game is "place well or your alliance hates you and you get way less stuff than everyone else"

Unknown

Just had to chime in and say this is the best event in 335 days of playing this game. I'd like more iso and better covers but overall it's great. Please more of this!

Unknown

simonsez wrote:

I give D3 a lot of credit for this... they give us a nerfed rewards list and have people toasting them for it.

i figure the reason behind is that this new mode will no doubt entice everyone to play and I believe they dont want to give out too much freebies. Higher participation = lesser reward. Lower participation = higher reward. It is all about getting people to play and spend, and if this new mode in itself does the trick, they do not need better prizes, although I dont agree to it if this is the reason.

orionpeace

Anyone gotten far enough to determine if there is another sub beyond the second one?

Unknown

Damn you Daken, Loki, CMags. They wiped me 2 times. Out of Health Packs. Can't wait to get them up and running again and see what's up next. Woop woop no sleep tonight it's FRIDAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!