Phantron wrote: I don't mind an event where the top placements are settled well in advance but I don't like how your placement is dependent on how little you sleep over the course of the event.
Pamizard wrote: ugh almost 50k and..... 5th alliance rejects me..... why does this have to happen to me? I guess i'll be stuck with 3 blade covers instead of 4..... great... reject the female player why don't ya
Lystrata wrote: Phantron wrote: I don't mind an event where the top placements are settled well in advance but I don't like how your placement is dependent on how little you sleep over the course of the event. I don't know about that... maybe it's because I'm still 2* -> 3* transitioning, but I'm #7 in my bracket, haven't left top 10 since the start of the second day, and I can assure you I don't alter my sleep pattern around a mobile phone game. Have been sleeping easily 7 hours a night, which is... what I normally do. Hasn't made a difference if subs ended while I was asleep or awake. The nodes are worth so many more points after I sleep, that it doesn't actually seem to make a huge difference to my progress, to miss a refresh or three. *shrug* Though I have seen the nodes on a more 'advanced' player's game, and I can certainly see why this is harder the higher up you are.
Lystrata wrote: Phantron wrote: I don't mind an event where the top placements are settled well in advance but I don't like how your placement is dependent on how little you sleep over the course of the event. I don't know about that... maybe it's because I'm still 2* -> 3* transitioning, but I'm #7 in my bracket, haven't left top 10 since the start of the second day, and I can assure you I don't alter my sleep pattern around a mobile phone game. Have been sleeping easily 7 hours a night, which is... what I normally do. Hasn't made a difference if subs ended while I was asleep or awake. The nodes are worth so many more points after I sleep, that it doesn't actually seem to make a huge difference to my progress, to miss a refresh or three. *shrug* Though I have seen the nodes on a more 'advanced' player's game, and I can certainly see how/why this becomes harder the higher up you are.
FierceKiwi wrote: Lystrata wrote: Phantron wrote: I don't mind an event where the top placements are settled well in advance but I don't like how your placement is dependent on how little you sleep over the course of the event. I don't know about that... maybe it's because I'm still 2* -> 3* transitioning, but I'm #7 in my bracket, haven't left top 10 since the start of the second day, and I can assure you I don't alter my sleep pattern around a mobile phone game. Have been sleeping easily 7 hours a night, which is... what I normally do. Hasn't made a difference if subs ended while I was asleep or awake. The nodes are worth so many more points after I sleep, that it doesn't actually seem to make a huge difference to my progress, to miss a refresh or three. *shrug* Though I have seen the nodes on a more 'advanced' player's game, and I can certainly see why this is harder the higher up you are. In practice you very rarely have to sacrifice sleep if you want top 10 (so long as you wait a bit to join). Top 2 is typically more cut throat. EDIT: fixed broken quote blocks.
Phantron wrote: You don't have someone in #1 or #2 that just totally blows away the competition?
GrimSkald wrote: Vankysher wrote: Wow. That's crazy lucky. I joined about 2-3 hours after the PvE started and played off and on during the weekend. Only really started grinding late yesterday and currently sit at #17 with 97k. To even break into the top 10 in my bracket, I need to top 112k I'm curious as to how much the brackets vary. I propose a bit of information gathering. I'm going to post the person who is currently at #1 and #10 in my bracket and their point totals - this will give us an idea how much variation the brackets have. The name will let us know if anyone is in the same bracket... #1 Strongberry 118935 #10 hamtaro 100595 I'm at 96042, btw.
Vankysher wrote: Wow. That's crazy lucky. I joined about 2-3 hours after the PvE started and played off and on during the weekend. Only really started grinding late yesterday and currently sit at #17 with 97k. To even break into the top 10 in my bracket, I need to top 112k
Lystrata wrote: Phantron wrote: You don't have someone in #1 or #2 that just totally blows away the competition? Oh, for sure. No way in hell I'm going to catch #1. But, by the same token, I've only been playing the essentials and the trivial/easy nodes. If they'd been playing the hard/deadly ones as well, then that'd give them a respectable lead over me in the course of 4ish days. And I'm certainly not saying that top ten is a breeze / you don't have to put effort in. I've been hitting most of the refreshes while awake. My only point was you don't need to sacrifice sleep to stay top 10 (at my level, anyway). What you need to do while awake... that's another matter.
Pwuz_ wrote: Pamizard wrote: Yeah i usually am one who dislikes the hunt, especially savage land, which has the more harder nodes for me. I am doing my best to stay where I am, now I'm rank 4 I'm hoping the next PvE is better for me. Maybe Blade will be involved in the next PvE as well as having his own PvP event in the season (which i was avoiding when i shouldnt have, because i dont have many other high level heroes to use in both sections. That's a given. The new character will always be both boosted and the required character for the next PvE. At some point near that PvE, there will be a PvP that rewards the new character & following that a PvP featuring the new character. Because they usually do those at the same time, I often find myself pushing in the PvE to reach the Progression cover for the character in time to use it during the PvP, but those goals sometimes conflict.
Pamizard wrote: Yeah i usually am one who dislikes the hunt, especially savage land, which has the more harder nodes for me. I am doing my best to stay where I am, now I'm rank 4 I'm hoping the next PvE is better for me. Maybe Blade will be involved in the next PvE as well as having his own PvP event in the season (which i was avoiding when i shouldnt have, because i dont have many other high level heroes to use in both sections.
papa07 wrote: papa07 wrote: papa07 wrote: This bracket will likely be open for at least 20 hours, if not the duration. Will keep you posted on status but this may be as good as it gets for the event. Bracket update At close of Alaska: 310 Current: 587 Bracket has been open for 16hr15minutes, which is 36 people per hour. At that pace, it will fill with about 2 and a half hours to go. However, the past 10 hours have filled at 28 per hour. At that pace, we will finish with 975 in the bracket. If you are still waiting, that's a tough choice Current: 728 Last 4 hours have filled at 35 per hour, if they continue at that pace, this bracket will fill around the 2 hour and 15 minute mark.
papa07 wrote: papa07 wrote: This bracket will likely be open for at least 20 hours, if not the duration. Will keep you posted on status but this may be as good as it gets for the event. Bracket update At close of Alaska: 310 Current: 587 Bracket has been open for 16hr15minutes, which is 36 people per hour. At that pace, it will fill with about 2 and a half hours to go. However, the past 10 hours have filled at 28 per hour. At that pace, we will finish with 975 in the bracket. If you are still waiting, that's a tough choice
papa07 wrote: This bracket will likely be open for at least 20 hours, if not the duration. Will keep you posted on status but this may be as good as it gets for the event.
Phantron wrote: If you did all the deadly nodes you'll still find that guy is ahead of you by basically the sum of the points of 3 cycles per sub, because he didn't sleep (or maybe another guy was playing for him during that time).
coffeeandbacon wrote: When is everyone starting their last clear/grind? I'm on the top10 bubble and am afraid of getting rubberbaned out of the top 10... How long does it take you to grind them all down?