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

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NorthernPolarity wrote:

Phantron wrote:

Sockid wrote:

What has been your go to team?

Mine has been maxed fury, Thor, and punisher.

What levels do you have on the Doom essentials (villian, essential 1-3)? I got 127/128 which is higher than another alliance member I checked that has plenty of 166s but no one higher.

Mine are 128 as well. Probably scales off of your highest level, seeing as how i have a 270 xforce as well. +20 levels is probably reasonable given that X-Force is ridiculous, but yeah, it's slightly annoying. I'm nto really complaining though, just happy to see a new format.

128 here also

Nighthawk81

I just lost Sim 17 and my levels dropped by 15 or so levels on that node.

Unknown

So three 3* covers in non competitive progression. Those are much better rewards than previous PvE.

Unknown

Any idea what part of the globe was used for the background image of the Gauntlet Finale? For a moment I thought one shape looked like South America... or Greenland... but I wouldn't be able to find Carmen Sandiego on that hot mess of a map :-p

Trisul

Paintsville wrote:

So three 3* covers in non competitive progression. Those are much better rewards than previous PvE.

Which 3* covers are available? I know Panther was referenced but I didn't see mention of other covers.

Unknown

I like the event. Scaling based on my roster only is a nice change of pace. I'll probably still grind a bit to get all that iso and tokens for the early/goon only nodes (maybe more if time allows). For now I'll play unboosted when I can, and run MNMags/cStorm/Punisher and just boost +3 blue/purple when hit a hard node.

For me this event should reward a pile of iso and tokens (anyone seen HP in the node rewards?), blue panther, red GSBW, and black psylocke. About normal rewards for me, still need some 170 covers for the 3* I have so I don't really care what they are at this point.

My only suggestion would be some kind of alliance progression reward. Cover, lots of iso, or HP doesn't matter to me. I think it would be fun to have a reward(s) for a certain number of people in your alliance finishing Villians, then something for Heroes, and something for the finale. Every person in your alliance finishing all the subs get you all a 4*, for example.

CrookedKnight

Panther blue, GSBW green, Psylocke black.

NorthernPolarity

CrookedKnight wrote:

Panther blue, GSBW green, Psylocke black.

The conspiracy theories would argue that giving out these covers is just another ploy by d3 to sell more hp for roster slots. Just sayin'.

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NorthernPolarity wrote:

Phantron wrote:

Sockid wrote:

What has been your go to team?

Mine has been maxed fury, Thor, and punisher.

What levels do you have on the Doom essentials (villian, essential 1-3)? I got 127/128 which is higher than another alliance member I checked that has plenty of 166s but no one higher.

Mine are 128 as well. Probably scales off of your highest level, seeing as how i have a 270 xforce as well. +20 levels is probably reasonable given that X-Force is ridiculous, but yeah, it's slightly annoying. I'm nto really complaining though, just happy to see a new format.

+20 levels would be fair if there are 3 X Forces you can use. Nick Fury is equal to a top tier 3* at best and probably not even that good since his moves take forever to use. Assuming levels can simply be added/subtracted interchangeably then X Force have to function as alevel 206 3* to make up for the extra levels you face and I don't think that works out in his favor given his considerable overlapping in color with Punisher. So I guess this is just slightly unfavorable for those with 4* characters. I pretty much caught a break on the wrong end of every close call this event but if everything is 20 levels lower, I'd have beaten all the bad break ones since I didn't really use X Force when Punisher covers his role just fine.

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fakeaseizure wrote:

I like the event. Scaling based on my roster only is a nice change of pace. I'll probably still grind a bit to get all that iso and tokens for the early/goon only nodes (maybe more if time allows). For now I'll play unboosted when I can, and run MNMags/cStorm/Punisher and just boost +3 blue/purple when hit a hard node.

For me this event should reward a pile of iso and tokens (anyone seen HP in the node rewards?), blue panther, red GSBW, and black psylocke. About normal rewards for me, still need some 170 covers for the 3* I have so I don't really care what they are at this point.

My only suggestion would be some kind of alliance progression reward. Cover, lots of iso, or HP doesn't matter to me. I think it would be fun to have a reward(s) for a certain number of people in your alliance finishing Villians, then something for Heroes, and something for the finale. Every person in your alliance finishing all the subs get you all a 4*, for example.

With all due respect, please no. We have enough events that pressure people to succeed for their alliance when they would normally stop. This is a fun vacation, lets leave the work at home.

Thanos

NorthernPolarity wrote:

X-Force / C. Mags / Hood has been wrecking all the non Wolvie/Mags nodes for me.

I've been enjoying using this trio as well. I feel naked without my X-Force on the nodes i cant use him.

turul

I dont know why so much ppl like this event.

You could have played regular PVE uncompetitevily.

However this gauntlet is basically the same thing, just less rewards, which is bad.

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So that we can spade the perceived scaling:
My current scaling in the simulations as I get to them. In the event of A/B/B levels, I am noting the most common.
2: 43
3: 55
4: 70
5: 88
6: 111
7: 115
8: 123
9: 126
10: 127
11: 127
12: 132
13: 129
14: 134 (Just want to point out that this is the PVP sim)

Essentials
1: 110
2: 105
3: 107
4: 119
5: 119
6: 115

My roster: 9x166s. Generally finish well in PVE, took top 10 in each sub and main for Deadpool. 23rd in the clusterkitten that gave out But I usually try to play smarter not harder and will wait a day or so and ride the rubberband since I am often able to beat nodes reliably enough.

Trisul

turul wrote:

I dont know why so much ppl like this event.

You could have played regular PVE uncompetitevily.

However this gauntlet is basically the same thing, just less rewards, which is bad.

Three 3* covers is a nice takeaway. I wouldn't complain if every event was like this, but that's just me. Competitive juices flow more readily from some than others.

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j12601 wrote:

So that we can spade the perceived scaling:
My current scaling in the simulations as I get to them. In the event of A/B/B levels, I am noting the most common.
2: 43
3: 55
4: 70
5: 88
6: 111
7: 115
8: 123
9: 126
10: 127
11: 127
12: 132
13: 129
14: 134 (Just want to point out that this is the PVP sim)

Essentials
1: 110
2: 105
3: 107
4: 119
5: 119
6: 115

My roster: 9x166s. Generally finish well in PVE, took top 10 in each sub and main for Deadpool. 23rd in the clusterkitten that gave out But I usually try to play smarter not harder and will wait a day or so and ride the rubberband since I am often able to beat nodes reliably enough.

2: 43X3
3: 55X3
4: 69 70 70
5: 88 89 88
6: 111 112 111
7: 140 141 140
8: 142 143 142
9: 148X3
10: 148 149 148
11: 150 151 150
12: 159 160 159
13: 159X3
14: 163 164 163

So it looks like having a level 270 character is responsible for +30 levels on the nonessentials and +20 levels on the essentials, and X Force most definitely doesn't fight like a level 256 3* (166+30X3 in additional enemy levels) to make up for the difference, which would explain why all my nodes felt pretty hard, not to mention X Force's probably not better than Punisher in this event.

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Phantron wrote:

I just checked with another alliance member who has a large number of level 166s, but I do have X Force 270 and Nick Fury at 250. My Doom essentials are 127/128 and his are 107. And yes that 20 levels matters a lot when the nodes are indeed quite challenging. I suppose it's possible to get the extra +20 for having X Force at 270, and that case that's a different kind of unfair.

For those of you who keep asking, this is why I level all my guys at once.

MaxGoof

Is Essential 3 required? This Doom-Doom-Doom team is a real pain and keeps wiping me out. Can I still open Heroes if I skip it?

CrookedKnight

You only need to finish the final "Simulator" node to open the next sub.

LegendReborn

As long as this is isn't the only way that D3 handles all PVE events from now on, I think that this is a nice breath of change and variety. This allows people to take the PVE event at more of a leisure.

While I believe that the competitive iteration of PVE should have less focus on the placement rewards and a bit more on the progression rewards, I don't hate this event because it only offers a single 3 star reward.

DirigiblePilot

Hey devs. You see the volume of positive reception on this thread? You see how many upvotes they have?
This is what you want your community to sound like.
I'm loving this event as well, though it is pretty hard for me. It's a really good change from the norm.