Don't run high-demand PVEs back-to-back

Unknown

I'm not a writing expert - I studied a bit in college and attended some workshops, that's it. So don't pillory me for my comments, here. But I'm going to echo whoever said this was a lazy event. The writing was...not good. The design was...not good.

For example, they paired Deadpool with Rocket and Groot. Why? Why would you pair the zaniest character with two other zany characters? Now R&G look pedestrian and we're stuck wondering what the hell Deadpool has to do with anything. (The answer is - not much, at all). R&G require a "straight man" to work off of - someone from the Avengers, maybe. Hawkeye. He hasn't had much dialogue.

I mean, seriously, it doesn't take much to "write" for this game. Each node gave us, what? About two dozen lines of dialogue? Did you all find any stand-out lines, moments that were REALLY funny or REALLY well-done? I didn't. THIS GAME ISN'T HARD TO WRITE. I don't understand how we're not getting more new PVE, more often. Have your writers sit down for a week and pump out story and dialogue for the next, I don't know, FEW YEARS. Then design nodes around it.

I think we all need to have our Come to Jesus moment regarding the trajectory of PVE. Unless they're saving up for a HUGE push of new PVE content (I'm talking another prologue-like set of nodes we always have access to - just as long, more dialogue, etc.) than this is probably the best we're going to get. Which is really, really average writing (I'd go further and say poor), with a constant grind.

I've had ideas for changing PVE to something that could not only make them revenue but make it fun, but I don't know how feasible it is and I don't think they'll ever implement it. Ever. So instead we're stuck with this system, which makes no one happy.

SnowcaTT

The only good part is the new character isn't coming out at the same end-time as the Season end, as has been the case for the last couple seasons. Then again, there is time for another PVE before season's end - maybe they'll completely ignore what userbase wants and do what they already have done here:

1- add yet another new character (not lowering HP for roster spaces, of course)
2 - run another PVE right away, back-to back
3 - make sure that one also has mostly new characters as the boosted characters, so only those that have (paid for) the covers can really win...
4 - no change in end-times in the PVE's yet for anyone who lives anywhere but mainland US

mjh

and they did exactly what they should not have done. the worst move ever. I am so close to calling it quits here.

Unknown

How did anyone have the energy after Thoress PVE to write a thread? Kudos...I guess.

GuntherBlobel

Ben Grimm wrote:

yogi_ wrote:

Ben, you seem to be under the impression that the devs really actually care what we think.

They don't really. We might get a character fix here or an amended something there, but they have stuff to push, someone is going to play it - the end. Gamora coming up, Iron Patriot / Osborn sometime.

I've had real life stuff to do a bit more recently and the number of recent 3* covers I have is really low and I am not able to keep up with the required roster slots. What's it for? More slots? More characters? etc etc, so on, so forth, what everyone else says. I am starting to get tired of this monotony.

I actually wouldn't object to them retiring or doing complete refreshes of selected characters, eg. some of the DA.

Anyway... you know all this, just adding a word in.

I understand your skepticism, but the last time I did this, it actually appears to have worked.

Well, could you please use your pull with the developers to get some non-competitive modes of play, instead? I mean, you need a break, because PvE "competition" is just about who can reschedule their life around the game, right? Why don't you get to the root of the problem?

This thread is just asking the developers to schedule the game around your life, since you have already devoted so much time to it. But why should they? You've already demonstrated that you'll do anything for the right rewards.

What about the other 4000 people in your PvE bracket that didn't slave away for Thor? Maybe they were taking a nice break from MPQ last week and they're excited about Gamora next week.

I really hate what the developers have done to PvE over the last year, but I have no sympathy for your plight. You are supposed to be in control of your life, not some software engineer in Boston.

rawl316

HawkeyeSucks wrote:

and they did exactly what they should not have done. the worst move ever. I am so close to calling it quits here.

Yet so far away

SodaPopinski

homeinvasion wrote:

My awesome wife wakes up and does the 3am clear for me so I only need to do midnite and 6am. Not sure how others are staying alive for 5 days.

DREAM WOMAN!!!!!

Unknown

homeinvasion wrote:

My awesome wife wakes up and does the 3am clear for me so I only need to do midnite and 6am. Not sure how others are staying alive for 5 days.

Rock on pal! I stayed up clearing for my wife & my own last night so she could get some sleep!

reckless442

At this point, I'm all for going back to massive RB, so you can do well in an event only by playing a few hours near the end. They changed PVE to this 2.5 hr refresh system because it was supposed to stop people from grinding at the end, but that hasn't changed. Now you have to play the last two hours (sorry, non-US residents) AND play constant refreshes. With my insane scaling, each clear took 45 minutes to an hour. On Sunday (PVE ended at 9 pm), I did four clears plus two hours grinding at the end. And every match was necessary to get two covers. I placed 10th by a little over 1000 pts.

fmftint

Whats that? Youd like an encore of Meet Rocket and Groot? For another new character?
YOU GOT IT!!

ps my apostrophe key is broken

orionpeace

They should have changed the name of the "Meet R&G" Event the second go round to "Insult to Injury".

lukewin

Unfortunately, our participation in these PVEs greatly outweigh our outrage on the forums. Pretty sure the Devs are happy if the ratio of people playing (and playing a ridiculous amount of time) to people complaining on the forums stays as is or doesn't shift too much in the opposite way.

Unknown

djsquillz wrote:

speak for urself alt...i just dropped 360k from my earned (not purchased) iso stack on my 4thor. There are plenty of hardcore LR grinders that have the iso to drop on Thoress once they acquire the covrrs.

marc

Do you have a top-end roster? I have two maxed 3*'s and several who need ISO and/or covers before they are ready to be competitive. These guys needs to take precedence over 4*Thor because she's only being buffed for the current PVE and then after that she's back to being useless again, due to a lack of covers and levels.