Event End Times Feedback Request - Hulk 'Smash Hit'

Unknown

Well, it's not really PvP that we wanted it for (although it was a nice to have) it's the implementation in PvE that is really what the community asked for, and fingers crossed that's round the corner. Last night I lost any hope of finishing top 10 in this PvE because I slept through the 4am-5am finish grindfest (1st position in bracket at midnight, 90th when I woke up).

Unknown

I like the implementation of ending times.

I have some questions. Sorry if these been answered before. I haven't read the whole thread.

1. Is a slice a group of players in an ending time?
2. How will points in slices ending earlier than others work with regards to players keeping their points intact? Can people still attack people from slices whose events have ended already?
3. When will players get their rewards? At their own end times or will we wait till all other slices end too?

It would be great if one of the devs answered these questions in a news section.

pony mad

just adding my feedback about ending times:

love it, thank you very much!

Bowgentle

KevinMark wrote:

2. How will points in slices ending earlier than others work with regards to players keeping their points intact? Can people still attack people from slices whose events have ended already?

You can't attack people that are outside of your own slice even while your slice is still running, so points will be unaffected by other slices.

GrumpySmurf1002

KevinMark wrote:

I like the implementation of ending times.

I have some questions. Sorry if these been answered before. I haven't read the whole thread.

1. Is a slice a group of players in an ending time?
2. How will points in slices ending earlier than others work with regards to players keeping their points intact? Can people still attack people from slices whose events have ended already?
3. When will players get their rewards? At their own end times or will we wait till all other slices end too?

It would be great if one of the devs answered these questions in a news section.

1. Yes
2. You can only attack players in your own slice, and they you. Slice <> Bracket.
3. Player rewards at end of the slice. Alliance rewards at the end of the last slice.

MarvelMan

Well, the 7am EST slice worked great for me. One shield and I grabbed #1.

For the record:
I took #1 in my 7am EST bracket at 995
There were only two of us over 900
T5 at 801
T10 at 719.



Only downside I found was that it required a lot of skipping to find targets over 17-22 points after about 500. Very curious to see what the average points for first were for each slice, but I know we wont get that kind of data. =(

Ducky

MarvelMan wrote:

Well, the 7am EST slice worked great for me. One shield and I grabbed #1.

For the record:
I took #1 in my 7am EST bracket at 995
There were only two of us over 900
T5 at 801
T10 at 719.



Only downside I found was that it required a lot of skipping to find targets over 17-22 points after about 500. Very curious to see what the average points for first were for each slice, but I know we wont get that kind of data. =(

I think you meant the 10am end time. There was no 7am EST bracket.

Unknown

So I apparently ended up in the shard with just about 3 people going for more than 900.

Lovely.

At this point I've spent probably 2k skipping past nodes worth less than 5 points. Nodes that would be a toss-up if I didn't sentry-bomb, and which could easily retaliate.

This is **** ****. How am I supposed to hit 1300 with this?

Unknown

In the alliance rankings screen, when you click on an alliance, especially your alliance, it would help to have an indication by each player's name indicating either which time slice they are in or how much time is left in their slice.

It is hard enough to project alliance scores, and this provide some sanity to it.

spydoorman

So far the only gripe I have is the valuable targets. Once I hit 800 almost everyone was 12 pts or less. I let my shield expire and am planning to going to climb again and see if that's b/c of the slicing or if it was bad timing on my part. 800 was good enough for 2nd but 1300 is a ways away with 12pts for fights and values decreasing.

Unknown

I've skipped over maybe 30 3 or 4 point matches.

Is this what life is going to be like about 900 from now on? Because if so, I may have to find a new game to play...

Whyyyyyyy would you split the number of targets available into 5 non-intersecting sections?

At least reimburse everyone their skip tax for this PVP.

This is a very unusual way to punish your valued customers.

Unknown

onimus wrote:

I've skipped over maybe 30 3 or 4 point matches.

Is this what life is going to be like about 900 from now on? Because if so, I may have to find a new game to play...

Whyyyyyyy would you split the number of targets available into 5 non-intersecting sections?

At least reimburse everyone their skip tax for this PVP.

This is a very unusual way to punish your valued customers.

Yeah, pretty much. Especially when this is one of the LAST chances for people who were banking on sentry bombing to earn Xforce covers.

Ducky

Two of my alliance mates picked the same time slice, but ~1 day apart and they got into the same bracket. Working as intended?

GrumpySmurf1002

DuckyV wrote:

Two of my alliance mates picked the same time slice, but ~1 day apart and they got into the same bracket. Working as intended?

That shouldn't even be possible. There aren't two time slices that have the same end time a day apart. (or at least there werent' for Hulk, didn't join HollowPoint yet.)

Unknown

Another problem I've had. And I don't know if this pertains to this PVP or if this is just a problem in general:

I'll skip through people and find 3 good nodes. I'll sit on them and then exit the game, intending to come back to those nodes and beat them once my shield expires and health packs return.

I come back in....and the nodes were reset back to what they were before I found the three good nodes!

So I try searching again, but of course they are all shielded now.

This has cost me, minimum, 200 points this PVP. It has happened so much and I have no idea what to do? I guess just not search until I'm ready to fight? But I have no guarantee there will be people available at that time...

Skip tax needs to be eliminated and once you get a node, it needs to stay that way.

Unknown

I played a couple of rounds and won my matches but I still have 0 pts for this event. Super bummed I didn't get to really participate in this event. Other members of my alliance have. Without this event it really bumps me down in the season standings.

Ducky

GrumpySmurf1002 wrote:

DuckyV wrote:

Two of my alliance mates picked the same time slice, but ~1 day apart and they got into the same bracket. Working as intended?

That shouldn't even be possible. There aren't two time slices that have the same end time a day apart. (or at least there werent' for Hulk, didn't join HollowPoint yet.)

I think you misunderstood. Same time slice, just chose the slice ~1 day apart but still got put into the same bracket.

IamTheDanger

Heres one for you devs. I have a member of my alliance with only 27 points in the Hulk event. How do I know he has not already finished his events time slot selection and is just sitting there to collect prizes off the rest of the alliances hard work? Or did he pick the Saturday end time and just has not started yet? Do I kick him now, or wait and see, possibly putting myself in a situation where I only have 1 hour to find a replacement?

I, personally, do Not care for this set up. Event end times is something that needs to be addressed, but not like this.

Unknown

One of the consequences for me is that the bracket is much harder than before. I used to hit a wall of only three-star teams around 600 points, this time it started at 450 already. Meh.

Ducky

IronGrrrl wrote:

One of the consequences for me is that the bracket is much harder than before. I used to hit a wall of only three-star teams around 600 points, this time it started at 450 already. Meh.

Started around 500 for my alt.