ark123 wrote: Fievel wrote: Oh nice, will finish off her 3/5/5 spec for me. Not that I expect top 50 to be easy, but I don't have to work toward top 10. Why. This is an old character that tons of people have maxed, progression is a pretty **** character (if new), and the top reward is xforce's worst color. This is going to be a leisurely hike of a pve.
Fievel wrote: Oh nice, will finish off her 3/5/5 spec for me. Not that I expect top 50 to be easy, but I don't have to work toward top 10.
Fievel wrote: ark123 wrote: Fievel wrote: Oh nice, will finish off her 3/5/5 spec for me. Not that I expect top 50 to be easy, but I don't have to work toward top 10. Why. This is an old character that tons of people have maxed, progression is a pretty **** character (if new), and the top reward is xforce's worst color. This is going to be a leisurely hike of a pve. Like you mentioned earlier, PVE & PVP are different beasts. Just because the whales aren't gunning for it, the transition players (like me) might actually need the top rewards. Plus I work long hours during the day and it makes sustained progress in PVE an absolute pain.
Phantron wrote: If the subs are still 100 HP for top 10, expect all the best F2P guys to be out in full force. This event has always been one of the best way to make HP for those too cheap to buy it (like me). I remember the last few runs of Iso 8 I pretty much didn't care what the main bracket is but I ended up somewhere around 1-3 because that's what it took to get top 10 in every sub.
fickle wrote: Is there any more confirmation on the event times? The first sub-event 12 hours?
"David wrote: Moore"] *Update (12/03/14): The plan for this test is to have 5 selectable end times similar to how the Versus end time selection works. To keep variables down on the test, we're leaving the Sub-Event timers the same, which means that they're going to be 12 hour subs. This will help us to nail down any bugs that may appear. Specifically, we can rule out anything related to the changing of sub times. A reminder - when selecting your end time, choosing a final end time in the afternoon may mean that previous subs end early in the morning.
heroguy35 wrote: Haven't seen this anywhere so just a heads up for those wondering...similar to pvp your main and SUBS begin when you choose your time slice.
fickle wrote: heroguy35 wrote: Haven't seen this anywhere so just a heads up for those wondering...similar to pvp your main and SUBS begin when you choose your time slice. Is this true? I thought it starts when you unlock the sub event from the main-event... ? What I mean is - if I want the maximum rubberbanding bonus - I need to unlock the sub event 8 hours into the first event.. right?
Ryz-aus wrote: fickle wrote: heroguy35 wrote: Haven't seen this anywhere so just a heads up for those wondering...similar to pvp your main and SUBS begin when you choose your time slice. Is this true? I thought it starts when you unlock the sub event from the main-event... ? What I mean is - if I want the maximum rubberbanding bonus - I need to unlock the sub event 8 hours into the first event.. right? As soon as you unlock the subs, you will find you will already have been bracketed and that both the easy and hard subs will have the same number of players. This means you are put in the sub brackets as soon as you join the pve, even if you haven't unlocked them for play. I expect after you've completed a sub it will go back to the normal "bracketed when you first complete a node in the sub" method.
raisinbman wrote: So if ppl care about a character they'll play in PVP or PVE, and last CMarv PVP was bloody, I know how I'm betting
Ryz-aus wrote: I expect after you've completed a sub it will go back to the normal "bracketed when you first complete a node in the sub" method.
Ryz-aus wrote: Ryz-aus wrote: I expect after you've completed a sub it will go back to the normal "bracketed when you first complete a node in the sub" method. I got this one wrong. For the second set of subs, they were bracketed immediately even though I haven't played any nodes in them. This eliminates the join the sub late and grind method - you will still be bracketed with people who might grind all 12 hours. I'll still join most of them them fairly late - I'm not willing to grind all subs for 12 hours for 100 hp. It also might weaken the subs overall - anyone who joined the pve is bracketed into a sub, even if they are casual and skip playing for the whole 12 hours.
GrumpySmurf1002 wrote: Easier to place in a sub, harder to win one strikes me as the immediate result. If you have a grinder in your main then you're behind him even if he's in a different sub, so if your main=sub throughout the event then there's no real difference other than he'll probably beat you for all the rewards now instead of just the main. So from that angle, this change stinks for the casual player.