wymtime wrote: I would like to thank all the 2* players in this event who are running a under leveled under covered 3* with 2* Thor and/or 2* Wolvie. It has made my climb so far fairly easy with max BP, LThor, and Hood. My rage of the Panther is wiping out entire teams with ease and have been going through 4-5 matches without using a health pack. I really should not be seeing any of these players with my roster and before every match I giggle and say this is so wrong!! So if there is a 2* forumite that I have hit in this event please know it is the MMR not me looking for you.
Phantron wrote: I thought it's pretty funny that X Force basically can fight the best 3*s + 50% toe to toe. He loses very slightly on raw stats but his two moves have incredible side effects. These events also give you a good idea of balance. Nobody should be able to fight a 3* + 50% level straight up so the fact that you X Force definitely can fight them straight up is a cause for alarm. I also saw quite a few support characters like The Hood, Loki, and even Magneto that were used despite obviously not anywhere close to the boosted characters in the numbers department. Again, support should be considered important but they shouldn't be so good that you'd take a support over another top 3* who has +50% level. I'm thinking just handicapping all non buffed hero to 3/3/3 would be a relatively simple way to fix this, assuming the point of these events is that we're supposed to use the featured character subset. I started with Fury/Thor(3*)/BP but it just wasn't as effective as swapping out Fury for Loki, and sure the Avengers lineup don't have the best support character, but that still seems wrong to drop Fury for Loki.
Ryz-aus wrote: I have had trouble getting much over 900 pts in time slice 1 - there just aren't enough targets to hit at high scores. I usually don't make it to the point where I can't find a match worth at least 10-15 points unless I climb much earlier. While time slices and being out of season are influencing the scores, I'm assuming this is mainly due to shield changes. Curious how this plays out in the later time slices. Before trying to climb I was sitting at 700 completely unshielded for hours (as normal) - having only a 200 pt range from first place to where I don't need to shield is a big change. I'm in first at 918 for now. Only aiming for top 5, so I won't chase any of my bracket buddies until 5 of them pass me.
Phantron wrote: I thought it's pretty funny that X Force basically can fight the best 3*s + 50% toe to toe. He loses very slightly on raw stats but his two moves have incredible side effects. These events also give you a good idea of balance. Nobody should be able to fight a 3* + 50% level straight up so the fact that you X Force definitely can fight them straight up is a cause for alarm.
squirrel1120 wrote: These forums have been a great haven and source of knowledge. I basically found them when the True-healing patch hit, and suddenly I was no long able to play anymore except in 30 min bursts every 3 hrs. Anyway, the only piece of advice I wish I'd ignored, albiet almost unanimous and very agreed upon, was selling xforce covers back when he was terrible. I would have a nearly covered XF at this point in my game if I'd kept all the ones I'd sold (3x daily rewards, plus several green and blacks from random draws). I wish I could have them back... because if you don't have an XF, there isn't really any way to get one except perhaps on the kindness of D3 (fat chance) or randomly. As I recall I nuked all those covers for c.mags... who's still 2/1/1 and a mere lvl 45. The desparity in usefulness in the current meta... ugh.
Phantron wrote: Nobody should be able to fight a 3* + 50% level straight up so the fact that you X Force definitely can fight them straight up is a cause for alarm.
simonsez wrote: Phantron wrote: Nobody should be able to fight a 3* + 50% level straight up so the fact that you X Force definitely can fight them straight up is a cause for alarm. Why? You're making an arbitrary assessment as to how much stronger a 4* should be than a 3*. I could just as easily say that 4*s should be twice as good as 3*s, so the fact that XForce is only as good as a 3* +50%, means that he needs to be buffed again.
Spider Jerusalem wrote: If there's one thing I hope you've learned since then it's that D3 will always change their character's abilities -- nerf the useful ones (C.Mags, Sentry, Spiderman, etc) and buff the garbage (Loki, Doom, Daredevil, etc). Never sell any cover ever, just keep buying roster slots and maxing multiple copies of every possible build of each character. I have 8 maxed Beasts waiting for his buff and 67 maxed Moonstones waiting for hers.
Bowgentle wrote: Just ignore all his posts where he claims so and so is OP. The rest of us does.
Bowgentle wrote: simonsez wrote: Phantron wrote: Nobody should be able to fight a 3* + 50% level straight up so the fact that you X Force definitely can fight them straight up is a cause for alarm. Why? You're making an arbitrary assessment as to how much stronger a 4* should be than a 3*. I could just as easily say that 4*s should be twice as good as 3*s, so the fact that XForce is only as good as a 3* +50%, means that he needs to be buffed again. It's Phantron. Just ignore all his posts where he claims so and so is OP. The rest of us does.
thanos8587 wrote: wymtime wrote: I would like to thank all the 2* players in this event who are running a under leveled under covered 3* with 2* Thor and/or 2* Wolvie. It has made my climb so far fairly easy with max BP, LThor, and Hood. My rage of the Panther is wiping out entire teams with ease and have been going through 4-5 matches without using a health pack. I really should not be seeing any of these players with my roster and before every match I giggle and say this is so wrong!! So if there is a 2* forumite that I have hit in this event please know it is the MMR not me looking for you. as a 2 star forumite, my best available team is 2*cap, 2* thor and a 7 cover 3* marvel. you play what you have.
wymtime wrote: thanos8587 wrote: wymtime wrote: I would like to thank all the 2* players in this event who are running a under leveled under covered 3* with 2* Thor and/or 2* Wolvie. It has made my climb so far fairly easy with max BP, LThor, and Hood. My rage of the Panther is wiping out entire teams with ease and have been going through 4-5 matches without using a health pack. I really should not be seeing any of these players with my roster and before every match I giggle and say this is so wrong!! So if there is a 2* forumite that I have hit in this event please know it is the MMR not me looking for you. as a 2 star forumite, my best available team is 2*cap, 2* thor and a 7 cover 3* marvel. you play what you have. I am sorry you have to run 2* cap. No one should be forced to run him. Even buffed his red is pathetic compared to his 3* counter part. Do you have an OBW you can run instead?