Dark Avengers: Heroic - Sept. 25 - Oct 1

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  • GrumpySmurf1002
    GrumpySmurf1002 Posts: 3,511 Chairperson of the Boards
    Ryz-aus wrote:
    GrumpySmurf1002 wrote:
    CrookedKnight wrote:
    (Also, I started this event a day late
    You and a bunch of other forumites it seems. So much for my "wait a while and get an easier bracket" strategy.
    You two need to slow it down - I'm going to end up getting scaled out if I have to keep this up too long icon_e_wink.gif

    It's only been 3 passes. Mine are still relatively easy outside of the Three Amigos and Ares nodes, but I'm also basically done now until morning.
  • Ryz-aus
    Ryz-aus Posts: 386
    GrumpySmurf1002 wrote:
    It's only been 3 passes. Mine are still relatively easy outside of the Three Amigos and Ares nodes, but I'm also basically done now until morning.

    That's 50% more passes than me, slow it down! Of course, now that I know you sleep I'll build a lead that is completely inconsequential because the event still ends in the middle of my workday.
  • Oldboy
    Oldboy Posts: 452 Mover and Shaker
    Devs are really screwing with us. Daken PVP is giving out blueflag.png Psylocke for 26-100 placement...
  • Unknown
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    CrookedKnight wrote:
    It's not that bad! I haven't touched the stupid Ares node and I'm still #1 in my sub and #5 overall. Your mileage may vary if your roster scales you out of 2* usability, though.

    *waves up to Grumpy in the main bracket*

    With the 'grinder strictly win' method some brackets ends up having way less activity because if you see someone who grinded way more than you then it's already over so there's no need to waste time grinding anymore. Probably helps that nothing interesting was offered at the top 2 and Dr. Octopus isn't exactly the next Sentry or even decent like Punisher.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Omg, the scaling on some of these nodes is insane. I only just had time to start and ****, ares is level 170 and juggernaut just headbutts to oblivion at level 100. They need to fix the scaling.
  • Unknown
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    MattyMattMatt wrote:
    Omg, the scaling on some of these nodes is insane. I only just had time to start and tinykitty, ares is level 170 and juggernaut just headbutts to oblivion at level 100. They need to fix the scaling.

    The community scaling seems to still operate under the assumption that you could catch up with rubberband in a couple runs, which is completely impossible now with the weaker rubberband. It made sense that say an encounter started at level 100 and is worth 500 points should be higher level if it turned out to worth 5000 points later so that you don't get a freebie, but when it's worth 1000 points at most but is level 175 that doesn't quite make sense.
  • yogi_
    yogi_ Posts: 1,236 Chairperson of the Boards
    Not had proper time to start playing until now.

    Just opened the first node and one of my first 3 eligble missions (Bowling for Minions) is "Deadly" level. That's right, isn't it? Pretty standard way to start any series of matches.

    Isn't it???
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    This is definitely going to be a bumpy ride. However, I typically value sub rewards more than waiting to join, so what you going to do?

    Essentials will not offer any relief this event because almost everyone that wants a psylocke will have one.

    Moreover, without any characters with tile overwrite skills, even the typically manageable goon CD tile nodes will pose a more difficult challenge than normal. Is never thought I would day this bit I miss falcon, caps, and shulkie.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    yogi_ wrote:
    Not had proper time to start playing until now.

    Just opened the first node and one of my first 3 eligble missions (Bowling for Minions) is "Deadly" level. That's right, isn't it? Pretty standard way to start any series of matches.

    Isn't it???

    What until you see the level of General Mayhem where goon's feed Ares both Red and Green. I had some uber bad luck on that node this morning.
  • HairyDave
    HairyDave Posts: 1,574
    Sumilea wrote:
    yogi_ wrote:
    Not had proper time to start playing until now.

    Just opened the first node and one of my first 3 eligble missions (Bowling for Minions) is "Deadly" level. That's right, isn't it? Pretty standard way to start any series of matches.

    Isn't it???

    What until you see the level of General Mayhem where goon's feed Ares both Red and Green. I had some uber bad luck on that node this morning.
    Mine's up to about 210 now so I'm leaving it alone - even with Psy boosted to 240 it's not worth the hassle.
  • yogi_
    yogi_ Posts: 1,236 Chairperson of the Boards
    Sumilea wrote:
    yogi_ wrote:
    Not had proper time to start playing until now.

    Just opened the first node and one of my first 3 eligble missions (Bowling for Minions) is "Deadly" level. That's right, isn't it? Pretty standard way to start any series of matches.

    Isn't it???

    What until you see the level of General Mayhem where goon's feed Ares both Red and Green. I had some uber bad luck on that node this morning.

    Looks like I might be waiting a while... Completed 4 matches and then roster got half wiped out on the 5th and almost almost had comeback of the century on the 6th (but missed by a few hundred points). No one left to play with.

    So... I'll just.... um... wait, shall I? Would have been happy with a token, but that looks unlikely. Maybe standard will give me a 3*.
  • JamieMadrox
    JamieMadrox Posts: 1,798 Chairperson of the Boards
    Totally scaled out of this event. Didn't make it past the Ares node before my roster was completely wiped and all of my health packs were gone. Guess it'll be PVP covers for me.
  • Unknown
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    This is a weird one, especially for a new release. Have skipped the hardest two nodes entirely, and only did the hardest essential once. Ran up to just barely get #1 (I think I was 3 points ahead of #2) before bed, but only dropped to 8 overnight, and one clear (of just the 6 nodes I'm actually doing) got me back up to #4.

    I think people must be just burning out on these heroics. Either that or people are just getting scaled out immediately.
  • john1620b
    john1620b Posts: 367
    Anyone join recently? I'm looking to start with a fresh bracket, if possible.
  • cg2912
    cg2912 Posts: 77 Match Maker
    Is 1 star.png storm worth taking from 1 to 50 for 28000 iso8.png ? My psy, ht, im40 are 100 level & max Thor & OBW. Would max storm do much for me in this event or going forward?
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    cg2912 wrote:
    Is 1 star.png storm worth taking from 1 to 50 for 28000 iso8.png ? My psy, ht, im40 are 100 level & max Thor & OBW. Would max storm do much for me in this event or going forward?

    I've barely used her in this - it can be useful to have another body to throw at the nodes, but she's not the highly useful character she used to be. I'd say it's only really worth it if your people are getting too beaten up as is and you need another person.

    That being said, having her maxed will come in handy every so often, so it's not the worst use of ISO.
  • squirrel1120
    squirrel1120 Posts: 492
    I've started to take the 30 seconds it takes to check the enemy TU power on anything of normal difficulty or higher. Once in a while, knowing that helps. For instance, using Tinythor's red instead of psyduck's when I noticed they had a trickery lined up. With no other strike or protect tiles available, it never went off despite them getting almost 30 TUAP during the long match of a 'hard' scaled 3 amigos. Them taking all that white made it a bit easier to win also. Not sure why they continue to match TUAP when they no longer can use it... but in nodes like these that isn't really a complaint. Noticing the 'deadly' scaled "bowling for minions" node had a Chemical Reaction TU game me the indication that I needed to keep any countdowns that went off from making a cascade of TU tiles, which of course they got one of anyway when it dropped from the sky perfectly, but at least knowing allowed me to prevent it in another case which kept the TU from firing.

    I've also gotta say there has been some luck too. Ambush TU was fired, but never went off despite matching several red as either cascade or 'only move available'. Being a bit lucky having been said, i've done all my clears 1 node short (skipping "general mayhem" when it switched from 'hard' to 'deadly'), and managed to claw my way up to 3rd in the sub. More than a few times i've taken headbutts or had a red countdown hit (like 3k+ with the resulting cascades), but so far the healthpacks have been *just* enough to finish the nodes I've wanted to.

    The main goal is to pick up that one doc-occ card for the next event's essentials, but it sure is nice to place well in subs when they actually offer HP.
  • Unknown
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    Who do you kill first in the Coolers node? I've been killing the Media Analyst first to stop the gain of Red AP as fast as possible.
  • mags1587
    mags1587 Posts: 1,020 Chairperson of the Boards
    That Ares node is a joke. I only beat that because the AI decided to use AP on countdown tiles instead of Ares' powers. Otherwise I was wiped out in the first few turns.
  • dr tinykittylove
    dr tinykittylove Posts: 1,459 Chairperson of the Boards
    cg2912 wrote:
    Is 1 star.png storm worth taking from 1 to 50 for 28000 iso8.png ? My psy, ht, im40 are 100 level & max Thor & OBW. Would max storm do much for me in this event or going forward?

    I've found mstorm pretty helpful in goon nodes even at 1/3 of enemy levels. Lightning strike can help clear goon tiles, and if you can spam the board with hailstorm, goons can't use their powers. Also the attack tiles actually helped her down 2 goons on her own after the rest of my team fainted.

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