GrumpySmurf1002 wrote: loroku wrote: From what people are reporting about scaling, I wonder if average roster strength also plays a role (as opposed to only max level character). I doubt that's the case or there'd be a whale somewhere with 50 lvl 1 characters at the bottom of his roster offsetting the top guys. It's probably based on the top X number of characters where X < 10 and probably X < 5, since one 270 seems to move the needle so much. As I'm reviewing the other comments, it's very likely a weighted averaged on top of that. Comparing my roster to punter as described http://www.d3pforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=18365&start=60#p242076, his is 166 and 128's (assuming at least 4 of them). That's an average of 135.6 My top end at the start was 141/141/134/134/134 which averages to 136.8. Yet his levels to start are 21 levels higher. That tells me the 166 is carrying more weight. You also have rosters that are lower leveled (BrandonE reporting same levels as me but avg 94 roster), so that tells me the scaling potentially has an upper/lower control limit that groups players into tiers rather than linearly (or exponentially) scaling on a strict formula. All told, we'd need a ton of data to statistically model this portion of the algorithm with any kind of accuracy. And that's assuming we could reduce the noise of unknown other factors.
loroku wrote: From what people are reporting about scaling, I wonder if average roster strength also plays a role (as opposed to only max level character).
CrookedKnight wrote: Bear in mind that you get get Blade covers from the Captain Marvel PvP ending Sunday. This would give you two days to clear out his essential nodes.
mohio wrote: The cpt marvel/ms marvel thing has happened at least once before in the past with MNMags being useable where cMags was supposed to be essential (I think it was a Simulator, but not 100% on that). I don't recall it ever happening with any other duplicate characters (whether lazy or different versions).
KevinMark wrote: CrookedKnight wrote: Bear in mind that you get get Blade covers from the Captain Marvel PvP ending Sunday. This would give you two days to clear out his essential nodes. Hmm, maybe I should try getting them. I'm not sure if I'll be able to place top 100 though.
silverrex wrote: hi is there any significant difference between having say a L158/L158/L134 / all L94 under and L158/L158/L158/158/L134/ All 94 under. Im contemplating if I can bring up a few more 3* without significantly impacting my MMR or scaling for each event
unco_dan wrote: question: does anyone know if its more MMR efficient to play the essential nodes as you pass/unlock them or to play those at the end? (since essentials are usually scaled lower?)
lukewin wrote: unco_dan wrote: question: does anyone know if its more MMR efficient to play the essential nodes as you pass/unlock them or to play those at the end? (since essentials are usually scaled lower?) I think the devs want you to play essentials as you unlock them, reward values are set at those points. That's the route I went, and I can now say I've finished The Gauntlet. The last node was a lot easier than I was expecting. I went in with 3* Daken, and level 94 Mag and Storm. I didn't know this before, but can anyone confirm, that you can only have a max of 30 of any color AP? I was trying to build up 33 blues, to stun all 3 characters, and pretty sure I did, but when I checked after making the match that would've been over 30, it still read 30 blue, so I was only able to stun 2 of them. If I would've known that, I would've arranged it so I could mix Storm's blue with Magneto's pink, so I could have all 3 stunned. I'd say these last 2 days have been pretty sweet, in terms of getting 3*+ covers. Bonus Ragnarok red, Steve Rogers red, blue, yellow (allowed me to cover max my first 3*, in my optimal build too 3/5/5), yellow Nick Fury, first Hood blue (now 2/1/5) from standard token received in The Gauntlet, Daken black, Cap Marvel black, Black Panther blue progression prizes.
Kamuuu wrote: KevinMark wrote: CrookedKnight wrote: Bear in mind that you get get Blade covers from the Captain Marvel PvP ending Sunday. This would give you two days to clear out his essential nodes. Hmm, maybe I should try getting them. I'm not sure if I'll be able to place top 100 though. Note also that the 3 Captain Marvel is in the middle of the progression in Domination and that you don't need points from the essentials to reach it. So that's one 3 cover you can reach for sure.
Switchman wrote: grrr I cannot beat Sentry in Alpine
locked wrote: Switchman wrote: grrr I cannot beat Sentry in Alpine Do not boost any AP, it's useless against a Hood over his natural 166 cap. Might boost damage boosts if you want. Now bring this: cStorm/anyone/anyone close to cStorm in health and preferably covering some of her colours, so that she doesn't die to match damage early. Ideally, say, an unmaxed Spidey/MMN/cStorm. Maybe Ares or Thor to tank green and yellow for cStorm. Allow Sentry and Hood to deploy a perfect Sentry bomb (both Sacrifice and World Rupture). Don't deny them yellow and green, only grab purples and blues just in case, you might be able to chain Polarity Shift/Wind Storm. Keep Storm safe and alive. When the bomb resolves, watch the fireworks.