Anniversary - Combined Arms - 13 - 15 Oct

Ruinate

Spiderman / Obw/ Jugg.

Headbutt heal headbutt heal headbutt heal headbutt heal

Spiderman tiles prevent all match damage.

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Left BP/OBW/Juggs as the defensive team before heading in to work, will see how it'll pan out. It was pretty nice on offense, after BP's yellow even Jugg's green could do a lot of damage, and OBW can double-dip off those strike tiles on purple. Did wipe once when I missed seeing that enemy Juggs was ready to headbutt and left poor OBW out front.

Not as sustainable as Patch/Daken/MBW on offense, but hopefully better on defense.

orbitalint

^ Did the same and have been pleasantly surprised by the results. Maybe 5-2 when I went to sleep for +50? Except for the blue overlap, which I don't really care about, BP/OBW/Jugg have sure fire abilities that can ruin people. Maybe people underestimate BP?

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kalirion wrote:

Left BP/OBW/Juggs as the defensive team before heading in to work, will see how it'll pan out. It was pretty nice on offense, after BP's yellow even Jugg's green could do a lot of damage, and OBW can double-dip off those strike tiles on purple. Did wipe once when I missed seeing that enemy Juggs was ready to headbutt and left poor OBW out front.

Not as sustainable as Patch/Daken/MBW on offense, but hopefully better on defense.

Yeah BP Obw Juggs is my favorite team on both offense and defense on this. Cascades just murder the opponent immediately. You get kickass abilities in every color.

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If it weren't for the 10-pack at 3000 I'd be abandoning this tournament. I'm getting attacked constantly - this is exactly why I hate PVP so much. It's so tedious and pointless and boring.

I honestly think this would be a better game if they completely scrapped PVP and replaced it with something less lazy.

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Ben Grimm wrote:

If it weren't for the 10-pack at 3000 I'd be abandoning this tournament. I'm getting attacked constantly - this is exactly why I hate PVP so much. It's so tedious and pointless and boring.

I honestly think this would be a better game if they completely scrapped PVP and replaced it with something less lazy.

agreed, I just dont understand why they cannot tweek it just a little like if you break above certain threshold you do not drop no matter how many times you get attacked.

for example. say first safe zone is 500, once you get above 500 you stay at 500 no matter what happens, then 750, then 1000 etc..Creates a new floor and ceiling and you can time your runs. makes it more interesting for everyone to find a way to climb via defense or tank. Climbing at everyone's pace all the while still receive enough attacks to create a competitive atmosphere. Sure it may reduce the need to shield, but those who wish to do so o climb easier and faster can still do it.

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silverrex wrote:

Ben Grimm wrote:

If it weren't for the 10-pack at 3000 I'd be abandoning this tournament. I'm getting attacked constantly - this is exactly why I hate PVP so much. It's so tedious and pointless and boring.

I honestly think this would be a better game if they completely scrapped PVP and replaced it with something less lazy.

agreed, I just dont understand why they cannot tweek it just a little like if you break above certain threshold you do not drop no matter how many times you get attacked.

for example. say first safe zone is 500, once you get above 500 you stay at 500 no matter what happens, then 750, then 1000 etc..Creates a new floor and ceiling and you can time your runs. makes it more interesting for everyone to find a way to climb via defense or tank. Climbing at everyone's pace all the while still receive enough attacks to create a competitive atmosphere. Sure it may reduce the need to shield, but those who wish to do so o climb easier and faster can still do it.

Because thanks to compositions like sentry daken people would climb above 50k points easily.

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ark123 wrote:

Because thanks to compositions like sentry daken people would climb above 50k points easily.

So?

wymtime

Ben Grimm wrote:

ark123 wrote:

Because thanks to compositions like sentry daken people would climb above 50k points easily.

So?

You forgot the correct smilie for emphasis

scottee

Ha, just got wrecked by speed shot. That's never really happened before. Maybe I'll run MHawk in BOP a little bit to test it out.

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Ben Grimm wrote:

ark123 wrote:

Because thanks to compositions like sentry daken people would climb above 50k points easily.

So?

I mean are you really incapable of thinking this out?

Progression rewards would take many thousands of points because otherwise they would just be giving everyone everything. Anyone under 49k points would be below top 100, etc.

If you're asking why they don't do it with the current prize structure, you're asking why they don't just give all the progression rewards to everyone. Which means in turn that you have no clue how free to play games work.

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ark123 wrote:

Ben Grimm wrote:

ark123 wrote:

Because thanks to compositions like sentry daken people would climb above 50k points easily.

So?

I mean are you really incapable of thinking this out?

Progression rewards would take many thousands of points because otherwise they would just be giving everyone everything. Anyone under 49k points would be below top 100, etc.

If you're asking why they don't do it with the current prize structure, you're asking why they don't just give all the progression rewards to everyone. Which means in turn that you have no clue how free to play games work.

First of all, that would only be true if they continued those floors all the way up - which would be ludicrous. Any system where there's a floor above about 1000 would be stupid.

But the recent inflation at the top - the 2000 point people and all - isn't actually affecting things for most of the rest of us. If you don't usually go up to 1000, things aren't really different with the ceiling at 2000 than it was at 1400. If it goes higher, it will probably be the same tiny group of people pushing it higher, and it will still be completely irrelevant to the rest of us. I don't think they'd need to change the reward structure because there's nothing that indicates they have to now, with people getting 1700+ points on a regular basis. Aside from the occasional weird tournament like the recent Deadpool one, which was an unusual situation, there's barely anybody doing it.

I don't think they'd need to change the progression awards at all even if people really were getting 50k points, because so few people are doing it. You inserted a step that I don't think necessarily follows.

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With every 100 locking you in place? I average 700-800 in pvps but I'd have no problem at all reaching 5-10k if it did that. Hell all it would take would be sentry and a 2* daken. Bomb three nodes, wait until they heal. It would become a "who can do this exact same thing for the longest" competition. Maxing a sentry isn't an impossible feat.

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ark123 wrote:

With every 100 locking you in place? I average 700-800 in pvps but I'd have no problem at all reaching 5-10k if it did that. Hell all it would take would be sentry and a 2* daken. Bomb three nodes, wait until they heal. It would literally take minutes. It would become a "who can do this exact same thing for the longest" competition. Maxing a sentry isn't an impossible feat.

Again, I don't think it should be done over 1000; just a few check points below. I got absolutely bombarded on the current one around 650 - it'd be nice to not have to claw my way back from that. This would barely affect the top scorers.

scottee

ark123 wrote:

With every 100 locking you in place? I average 700-800 in pvps but I'd have no problem at all reaching 5-10k if it did that. Hell all it would take would be sentry and a 2* daken. Bomb three nodes, wait until they heal. It would become a "who can do this exact same thing for the longest" competition. Maxing a sentry isn't an impossible feat.

I think you should reread the thread of posts you're replying to. No one said every 100 locking you in place, and it wouldn't make it any more possible to reach 5-10k than it is now.

wymtime

GRRR I just lost 120 points in this PVP..

I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for top 10 placement, I can tell you, you don't have the HP. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my defensive team go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will Sentry bomb you....

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I'm doing well with maxed out OBW/LThor/Juggs. I'm using Blue/Purp AP boosts for tougher matches for OBW AP stealing + healing. Anyone else doing this?

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wymtime wrote:

GRRR I just lost 120 points in this PVP..

I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for top 10 placement, I can tell you, you don't have the HP. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my defensive team go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will Sentry bomb you....

Dude, I think all those boosts you use are affecting your testosterone levels. Seriously, switch to Ensure for a couple weeks.

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I'm getting attacked so much I'm shielding at 640 just to give people time to heal. This is the worst event ever, pretty much. I hate it. Hateithateithateithateit. Why did they have to set the 10-pack so high; they're making me actively hate the game. This is just terrible.

atomzed

Ben Grimm wrote:

I'm getting attacked so much I'm shielding at 640 just to give people time to heal. This is the worst event ever, pretty much. I hate it. Hateithateithateithateit. Why did they have to set the 10-pack so high; they're making me actively hate the game. This is just terrible.

Last night I was just 20 pts away from 800. As I ran out of health packs, I took out my pitiful 2* and 1* to try to get in that final game. I kept getting hit in my games. Eventually I think my poor combination caught up and I was hit for 120 pts.

I gave up and put up a shield.