Trial By Combat - Dec 15 - 17 - Season IX

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Single Player Rewards

1. All rewards from the previous rank +
2-5. 5000 , 100 ,
6-10. 2000 , 100 ,
11-25. 1000 , 50 ,
26-50. 1000 , 50 ,
51-100. 500 , 25 ,
101-200. 500 ,
201-300. 250 ,
301-400. 2x Standard Token, 140
401-500. 70

Progression Rewards:

25. Standard Token
50. 100
100. +3 All Boosts
200. 250
300. Recruit Token -
400. 25
500.
600. 25
700. 1000
800. 50
900. Recruit Token -
1000. 1000
1100.
1200. 1000
1300.

Alliance rewards:

1-2. 5000 , 250 ,
3-10. 5000 , 100 ,
11-25. 3000 , 100 ,
25-50. 2000 , 100 ,
51-100. 1000 , 50 ,
101-250. 1000 , 50
251-500. 500 , 25
501-1000. 500
1001-10000. 250

Quebbster

Sentry? Disappointing. Skipping this one I think.

vudu3

At least Yellow is the easy cover to get. You know ... In case someone was 5/5/3 for some reason and now wants to move to 3/5/5 because ... um ... they like a challenge?

ZeroKarma

This works perfectly for me, assuming that we get a red Sentry in Prodigal Sun. I need a red and a yellow for 5/5/3. Yellow for top 100 makes it a nice and relaxing PvP.

Chrono_Tata

I hope they don't implement the shield-hopping nerf during this event. Really want that black X-Force at 1300. ):

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Chrono_Tata wrote:

I hope they don't implement the shield-hopping nerf during this event. Really want that black X-Force at 1300. ):

Speculation is that this will probably be the last shield-hopping event. Or, at least as we now know it.

Ryz-aus

Join in on the last gasp shield hopping and a ridiculous season score, or pick the reasonable end time?

* Ryz looks at the progression rewards and considers his odds of actually getting something useful from an extra end of season ten pack *

Reasonable end time it is.

Sandmaker

Anyone happen to know which slice is the big scorers for this event? It's the last x-force cover I need, so I'd prefer not to get stuck in a sub 1.3k slice.

Unknown

I just wondering if there will be the shield cds this event? and will the cds for sure be shown b4 you use one?

Ryz-aus

Sandmaker wrote:

Anyone happen to know which slice is the big scorers for this event? It's the last x-force cover I need, so I'd prefer not to get stuck in a sub 1.3k slice.

Not positive for the mid-week event, but I would go with four if you want easier progression. Based on my experience, slice three will be low scoring.

It would be nice if people report their slices and top ten scores for this one. I think it's very clear for the other two weekly pvp that slices four and five are much higher scoring then the first three, but slice one might be good for this one because it is evening in the US.

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Ryz-aus wrote:

Sandmaker wrote:

Anyone happen to know which slice is the big scorers for this event? It's the last x-force cover I need, so I'd prefer not to get stuck in a sub 1.3k slice.

Not positive for the mid-week event, but I would go with four if you want easier progression. Based on my experience, slice three will be low scoring.

It would be nice if people report their slices and top ten scores for this one. I think it's very clear for the other two weekly pvp that slices four and five are much higher scoring then the first three, but slice one might be good for this one because it is evening in the US.

Honestly I don't know where you're getting your data, but in my experience I got no advantage from getting into slices 4 or 5. Once above 700 points all I'm seeing is 20 points or less matches. Above 900 I get into single digits land. What happened to all those 40+ matches?

Ryz-aus

Kappei wrote:

Honestly I don't know where you're getting your data, but in my experience I got no advantage from getting into slices 4 or 5. Once above 700 points all I'm seeing is 20 points or less matches. Above 900 I get into single digits land. What happened to all those 40+ matches?

If you aren't getting hammered over 900 without a shield, you are seeing the advantage. That would have been top five in my slice 1 bracket.

Top ten in my bracket has been well over 1300 every time I've chosen time 5, and I have been able to hit that range when I've tried. Alliance mates are reporting similar things in time slice 4, and they are scoring over 1300 - if you read the thread on the last event people reported hitting 1300 without ever shielding.

I have no idea what happened to your personal matchmaking, but others definitely aren't having that problem.

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Ryz-aus wrote:

Kappei wrote:

Honestly I don't know where you're getting your data, but in my experience I got no advantage from getting into slices 4 or 5. Once above 700 points all I'm seeing is 20 points or less matches. Above 900 I get into single digits land. What happened to all those 40+ matches?

If you aren't getting hammered over 900 without a shield, you are seeing the advantage. That would have been top five in my slice 1 bracket.

Top ten in my bracket has been well over 1300 every time I've chosen time 5, and I have been able to hit that range when I've tried. Alliance mates are reporting similar things in time slice 4, and they are scoring over 1300 - if you read the thread on the last event people reported hitting 1300 without ever shielding.

I have no idea what happened to your personal matchmaking, but others definitely aren't having that problem.

I'd really love to visit this magical land of unicorns and rainbows (not complaining about you, I'm glad someone can reach those scores easily).

I'm getting hammered above 600 without a shield. Something must be really very wrong with my MMR if our experiences differ that much.

Bowgentle

Kappei wrote:

I'd really love to visit this magical land of unicorns and rainbows (not complaining about you, I'm glad someone can reach those scores easily).

I'm getting hammered above 600 without a shield. Something must be really very wrong with my MMR if our experiences differ that much.

Well, for context, Ryz is talking about getting hammered with a maxed Xforce/Thor above 900 in the barren slices.
Nobody bothers with that team at 600 or 700.
In the big scoring slices you usually can make it to 1300 unshielded with those chars, while in the low scoring slices anything above 850 is a target.

Ryz-aus

Bowgentle wrote:

Well, for context, Ryz is talking about getting hammered with a maxed Xforce/Thor above 900 in the barren slices.
Nobody bothers with that team at 600 or 700.
In the big scoring slices you usually can make it to 1300 unshielded with those chars, while in the low scoring slices anything above 850 is a target.

I don't have a maxed thor, but yes that's the point. Individual players won't always see the difference in their own matches - I can safely sit in the 700s unshielded with my roster in any bracket because I get enough defensive wins. The difference is the threshold where I get hammered faster than I can win.

The difference is clear if you focus on your top 10 at the end of the event. Before time slicing, my typical bracket would have five or six players breaking 1300 - there were "death brackets" where things were worse but most players weren't in them. After time slicing I see either the entire top 10 over 1300 (high scoring times) or 0-2 players in that range (low scoring times). If several players per bracket can reach 1300, it makes the progression rewards easier to achieve and placement harder - if very few make it then it is the opposite.

That progression/placement dichotomy applies to all the players in the time slice - the 166 wall etc. aren't at fixed points and move depending on your chosen end time and its pool of players.

PeterGibbons316

Got a from the recruit token progression reward.

It was

mags1587

PeterGibbons316 wrote:

Got a from the recruit token progression reward.

It was

They're trolling us. I got an IW too.

Unknown

wow that's insane cause I got a as well!

Mine was

Nefesh

seems only I got Moonstone

Unknown

They gave me Bullseye. Sigh. 3% chance for his useless ****, too.

xequalsy

The reward preview is up for Starfall, looks like Loki in that order. Kinda cheeky that the new cover is the highest though