Prodigal Sun - Feb 24 - March 3

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  • hesjingixen
    hesjingixen Posts: 215 Tile Toppler
    fmftint wrote:
    Community scaling for this even it completely out of control
    Agreed. My highest level character is 177, but many of my nodes start at over 200 and end at over 300. icon_e_sad.gif
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    I'm out. One day back into PVE and I'm burned out. Just can't schedule my time around a game, begin to hate myself for it lol.

    You win Iron Fist.
  • Vankysher
    Vankysher Posts: 324 Mover and Shaker
    hesjingixen wrote:
    fmftint wrote:
    Community scaling for this even it completely out of control
    Agreed. My highest level character is 177, but many of my nodes start at over 200 and end at over 300. icon_e_sad.gif
    With my non-boosted roster of lvl 75 & lower characters, I had to give up on those goon nodes once all 3 started hitting 10k+ hp.
    Even my boosted 2* toons running with iso-boosts couldn't down anyone fast enough to keep all those countdowns from eventually going off; once they did go off down went the team.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Any one in my slice 1 bracket, I do not need purple Fury, so I will be slacking off and falling out of the top 2 (in last sub at the latest if not earlier). So, you can just pretend I'm not there because I will not be at the end.
  • simonsez
    simonsez Posts: 4,663 Chairperson of the Boards
    squirrel1120 wrote:
    Simonez, I joined early to avoid you this time. I see how that panned out for me. lol
    That's kinda funny, because I waited for 90 minutes to avoid YOU guys, and that didn't work out any better for me icon_e_smile.gif
  • Tarheelmax
    Tarheelmax Posts: 190 Tile Toppler
    Jeez, I forgot how much of a tinykitty it is to get through Wakanda...
  • squirrel1120
    squirrel1120 Posts: 492
    simonsez wrote:
    squirrel1120 wrote:
    Simonez, I joined early to avoid you this time. I see how that panned out for me. lol
    That's kinda funny, because I waited for 90 minutes to avoid YOU guys, and that didn't work out any better for me icon_e_smile.gif

    My phone decided to fail hard, so while I can play, its maybe 90 min tops. With end grinding completely borked you won't even see me in the T10 again. Maybe playing against your own phone's battery life could be a new game mode.

    If I get a new phone tomorrow (rather likely), I just hope the MPQ profile transfer works without any hitches... There's no way I want to start over again after almost a year. heh.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Tarheelmax wrote:
    Jeez, I forgot how much of a tinykitty it is to get through Wakanda...
    I came here specifically to say exactly this. So...yeah. This. Wall to wall BP. It's like the RotP/Battleplan dodging Olympics. Those end clears are going to be a major pain.

    And I know we're not doing the whole community progress bar thing anymore, but does anyone else think that maybe those "reinforcements arrive" nodes should just be one-and-done now? Kind of like the bonus nodes in Brotherhood. There are just so many nodes between these two subs, a little relief would be nice.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    You guys are making this event sound like so much fun. Make me wish I had jumped in, instead of waiting (and hoping) for a fresh bracket to open in the last 24 hours
  • ClydeFrog76
    ClydeFrog76 Posts: 1,350 Chairperson of the Boards
    God damn, I hate this part of the event.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Thugpatrol wrote:
    Tarheelmax wrote:
    Jeez, I forgot how much of a tinykitty it is to get through Wakanda...
    I came here specifically to say exactly this. So...yeah. This. Wall to wall BP. It's like the RotP/Battleplan dodging Olympics. Those end clears are going to be a major pain.

    And I know we're not doing the whole community progress bar thing anymore, but does anyone else think that maybe those "reinforcements arrive" nodes should just be one-and-done now? Kind of like the bonus nodes in Brotherhood. There are just so many nodes between these two subs, a little relief would be nice.

    Yeah, though unlike Iso 8 Brotherhood those nodes aren't designed to give out any significant reward so they probably are meant to be done repeatedly. It's just that originally you probably get to do them about twice before you ran out of time because of how long it takes to unlock them. From a design point of view, a sub like Wakanda is the equivalent of Simulator Hard and trying to do all the nodes in Simulator Hard, let alone repeatedly in a short time frame, is also going to be quite painful. I wouldn't mind if they drop the total number of nodes down to 5 plus 1 'one-and-done' variety like Iso 8 Brotherhood. They can leave the normal bracket alone if they think having a ton of nodes is supposed to be a good thing, but it's just brutal on the hard bracket.
  • squirrel1120
    squirrel1120 Posts: 492
    Managed to keep the phone alive through the end grind... or most of it. There's a few nodes w/ ~50 pts that'll be left on the table. Still, not quite as far behind as I imagined. I was #11 in the sub 30 min from the end, and #16 in the main. Both will drop a bit, but I am not quite as far out of T10 as I thought... Might be able to squeak into it by the end. Having 6-7 covers of a new hero after their first two events are done certainly makes creating a spot for them feel more worth it, unlike a 1-2 cover wonder sitting in the bottom of the roster, waving for attention. Pick me! pick me!

    ...

    NO!
  • Zifna
    Zifna Posts: 170 Tile Toppler
    So, I don't know if changes were made to bracketing or what, but the amount I am needing to play to stay in the top 150 is just... it's not fun man.

    It's making me sad. Very sad.

    I'm glad you guys did the Deadpool daily thing because otherwise I would probably be quitting the game right now because PvP ceased being fun a long time ago and this is an AWFUL PvE event. All the nodes are worth the same amount so you have to play a bunch of lamer matches and... idk. It just sucks basically. I have a kid. I have friends. I feel like the last time a game required me to neglect the rest of my life to succeed I was in a top 200 World of Warcraft raiding guild.

    THIS IS ON MY CELL PHONE. Give me hard maps. Mad hard maps, that's cool! It can be hard. But the time commitment is too dang high.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Zifna wrote:
    So, I don't know if changes were made to bracketing or what, but the amount I am needing to play to stay in the top 150 is just... it's not fun man.

    It's making me sad. Very sad.

    I'm glad you guys did the Deadpool daily thing because otherwise I would probably be quitting the game right now because PvP ceased being fun a long time ago and this is an AWFUL PvE event. All the nodes are worth the same amount so you have to play a bunch of lamer matches and... idk. It just sucks basically. I have a kid. I have friends. I feel like the last time a game required me to neglect the rest of my life to succeed I was in a top 200 World of Warcraft raiding guild.

    THIS IS ON MY CELL PHONE. Give me hard maps. Mad hard maps, that's cool! It can be hard. But the time commitment is too dang high.

    In some fairness, I found the last PvE event pretty solid. Only had to play the essentials once every refresh for a top 50 finish. That was a nice pace that kept me engaged but not frustrated. This one's a fricking slog though, even just for top 150. I liked it the first time I played it because the grindy nature was countered by the free Sentry cover, and the event was limited to Dark Avengers, so a) there was less health to go around, and b) less people grinded hard because a Daken/Bullseye/Moonstone team takes roughly an hour to clear a node, c) because of (b) the community scaling wasn't going off the charts. But yeah, as of now, I'm in the same boat as you. I've got a house and a job to deal with; it's a good thing they added Daily Deadpool so there's some steady, steady progression in the game that doesn't require an investment of hours per day.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Zifna wrote:
    So, I don't know if changes were made to bracketing or what, but the amount I am needing to play to stay in the top 150 is just... it's not fun man.

    It's making me sad. Very sad.

    I'm glad you guys did the Deadpool daily thing because otherwise I would probably be quitting the game right now because PvP ceased being fun a long time ago and this is an AWFUL PvE event. All the nodes are worth the same amount so you have to play a bunch of lamer matches and... idk. It just sucks basically. I have a kid. I have friends. I feel like the last time a game required me to neglect the rest of my life to succeed I was in a top 200 World of Warcraft raiding guild.

    THIS IS ON MY CELL PHONE. Give me hard maps. Mad hard maps, that's cool! It can be hard. But the time commitment is too dang high.

    You only have to play as much as others do. Food for thought.

    Also, just because you don't want to consider this game like you consider WOW doesn't make it any less hardcore. Dudes and Dudettes were hitting every refresh when it was 2.5 hours so I'm sure that means lost sleep, sanity, and life.

    And ultimately, there is, as you said, Deadpool daily now. Play 2 nodes for a cover. Much higher return for very little investment(15 minutes vs 7 days).
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    raisinbman wrote:
    You only have to play as much as others do. Food for thought.

    Also, just because you don't want to consider this game like you consider WOW doesn't make it any less hardcore. Dudes and Dudettes were hitting every refresh when it was 2.5 hours so I'm sure that means lost sleep, sanity, and life.

    And ultimately, there is, as you said, Deadpool daily now. Play 2 nodes for a cover. Much higher return for very little investment(15 minutes vs 7 days).

    I think half an year ago I made a post saying this game is actually a lot more hardcore than even say a serious raiding MMORPG. For example even on those you're only expected to play heavily on certain days of the week, versus the old 2H 24M PvE model where you can't be away from the game for over 3 hours the entire week! Another guy said he was world top X raiding in WoW and compared to this, WoW raiding was pretty casual!
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Anybody know how many sub events there are after the third set of sub events? Hopefully it's just one and not two...clearing out the two sub events...how do I put it...sucks.
  • hamsup_sotong
    hamsup_sotong Posts: 27 Just Dropped In
    The_Valeyard wrote:
    Any one in my slice 1 bracket, I do not need purple Fury, so I will be slacking off and falling out of the top 2 (in last sub at the latest if not earlier). So, you can just pretend I'm not there because I will not be at the end.


    hi buddy,

    thanks for the info.. haahah im in your sub but unfortunately had something to do today loool.. damn it'll probably go to small fish I guess


    anyways how in the world are you clearing so quickly??

    the speed is astonishing icon_e_biggrin.gif

    cheers
    Hamsup_sotong
  • orbitalint
    orbitalint Posts: 511 Critical Contributor
    Oh joy, hells kitchen... Green feeders with human torch. Already took a retreat my first go. Two flame jets out and I called it a day. Best 24 hours ever! icon_e_confused.gif
  • Scoregasms
    Scoregasms Posts: 373
    EpicBeastmode wrote:
    Anybody know how many sub events there are after the third set of sub events? Hopefully it's just one and not two...clearing out the two sub events...how do I put it...sucks.

    I think it's just Thunderbolt Mountain (I hope...), HK is gonna be brutal, lot of nodes and not a lot of goon only ones.

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