Dark Avengers: Heroic (March 16-March 22)

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Nymr83 wrote:

she is the prize an awful lot isnt she?

Yes. She is an awful prize. A lot.

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What is up with all the Avengers teaming up with Moonstone in this thing? Colossus keeps Fastballing Sentry at me. Aren't PvE's supposed to pick TUs from their side?

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Lerysh wrote:

What is up with all the Avengers teaming up with Moonstone in this thing? Colossus keeps Fastballing Sentry at me. Aren't PvE's supposed to pick TUs from their side?

I've noticed this too. It's weird. Ate an Adamantium Slash following a bad cascade while fighting Yelena. It was a low level node and I wasn't really paying attention, so I kind of did a double take. Like, "Wait, what? What just happened?" Been Psi-Katana'ed a couple times. Even had Star Bieber show up at one point and drop one of his cute little countdowns, which the AI predictably enough immediately matched away.

fmftint

Thugpatrol wrote:

Lerysh wrote:

What is up with all the Avengers teaming up with Moonstone in this thing? Colossus keeps Fastballing Sentry at me. Aren't PvE's supposed to pick TUs from their side?

I've noticed this too. It's weird. Ate an Adamantium Slash following a bad cascade while fighting Yelena. It was a low level node and I wasn't really paying attention, so I kind of did a double take. Like, "Wait, what? What just happened?" Been Psi-Katana'ed a couple times. Even had Star Bieber show up at one point and drop one of his cute little countdowns, which the AI predictably enough immediately matched away.

I'm still wondering why, in Prof X introductory event, there is one xman available

dkffiv

Lerysh wrote:

What is up with all the Avengers teaming up with Moonstone in this thing? Colossus keeps Fastballing Sentry at me. Aren't PvE's supposed to pick TUs from their side?

I've been eating god damn Wind Storms a lot. Adamantium Slashes are also frustrating because Heroics are normally the one time I can dump all my Xforce TUs.

dkffiv

fmftint wrote:

Thugpatrol wrote:

Lerysh wrote:

What is up with all the Avengers teaming up with Moonstone in this thing? Colossus keeps Fastballing Sentry at me. Aren't PvE's supposed to pick TUs from their side?

I've noticed this too. It's weird. Ate an Adamantium Slash following a bad cascade while fighting Yelena. It was a low level node and I wasn't really paying attention, so I kind of did a double take. Like, "Wait, what? What just happened?" Been Psi-Katana'ed a couple times. Even had Star Bieber show up at one point and drop one of his cute little countdowns, which the AI predictably enough immediately matched away.

I'm still wondering why, in Prof X introductory event, there is one xman available

Beast would actually be kinda decent with Prof. X.

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dkffiv wrote:

fmftint wrote:

Thugpatrol wrote:

Lerysh wrote:

What is up with all the Avengers teaming up with Moonstone in this thing? Colossus keeps Fastballing Sentry at me. Aren't PvE's supposed to pick TUs from their side?

I've noticed this too. It's weird. Ate an Adamantium Slash following a bad cascade while fighting Yelena. It was a low level node and I wasn't really paying attention, so I kind of did a double take. Like, "Wait, what? What just happened?" Been Psi-Katana'ed a couple times. Even had Star Bieber show up at one point and drop one of his cute little countdowns, which the AI predictably enough immediately matched away.

I'm still wondering why, in Prof X introductory event, there is one xman available

Beast would actually be kinda decent with Prof. X.

plz don't give the devs any ideas...plz do you REALLY want to use beast in a heroic? Cmon just don't even write that

*HEY DEVS FIX SPIDERMAN*

(That'll make them ignore this post for sure)

Marty17

Well, finally acheived all progression rewards, now I'm going take it easy & do 2 passes (beginning & end) & enjoy my upcoming weekend!

clay_peterson

I cleared every 4 or 5 hours for the first sub (minus sleep), 'cause it's Spring Break and why not? Second sub, so far I've only cleared every 8 hours due to traveling, so I figured I'd be done for. But I unexpectedly dropped into 1st place with my last clear.

...

I could REALLY use that X-Force black. So I guess I'll be grinding all the way to the end.

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It's funny how they're against Magstorm(Winfinite, but probably Magstorm as well), but really, in this event now I'm using 1/3*Storm to feed 2*Thor and vice versa. I wonder if they're gonna be against me Lightning Striking 2 times a turn soon...

dkffiv

raisinbman wrote:

plz don't give the devs any ideas...plz do you REALLY want to use beast in a heroic? Cmon just don't even write that

*HEY DEVS FIX SPIDERMAN*

(That'll make them ignore this post for sure)

Heroics are where you're supposed to be using weird team comps and have the same disadvantage as everyone else. I hate featured Storm because she's a squish-magnet and ends up tanking 2 of her colors if you're halfway leveled.

I remember a few heroics ago Colossus was a minor featured character and he was utterly useless because he couldn't tank for the maxed featured hero (I think it was Thor). His colors directly conflicted and fastball wasn't worth going for - in that situation Beast would've at least been a blue dump (in more than one way).

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Patch and Cyclops boosted in the last sub - that should be helpful. Won't have to use Storm at all.

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dkffiv wrote:

raisinbman wrote:

plz don't give the devs any ideas...plz do you REALLY want to use beast in a heroic? Cmon just don't even write that

*HEY DEVS FIX SPIDERMAN*

(That'll make them ignore this post for sure)

Heroics are where you're supposed to be using weird team comps and have the same disadvantage as everyone else. I hate featured Storm because she's a squish-magnet and ends up tanking 2 of her colors if you're halfway leveled.

I remember a few heroics ago Colossus was a minor featured character and he was utterly useless because he couldn't tank for the maxed featured hero (I think it was Thor). His colors directly conflicted and fastball wasn't worth going for - in that situation Beast would've at least been a blue dump (in more than one way).

that was also juggernaut heroic, the worst event in recent MPQ history where nodes actually scaled DOWN instead of UP b/c people couldn't do them.

I'm still not convinced "having weird characters" is a good reason for them to force us to use Beast. Who is really bad. Like worse than a sucky 2* bad.

Heroics should reward broad rosters and have characters that make sense together.

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Thugpatrol wrote:

Lerysh wrote:

What is up with all the Avengers teaming up with Moonstone in this thing? Colossus keeps Fastballing Sentry at me. Aren't PvE's supposed to pick TUs from their side?

I've noticed this too. It's weird. Ate an Adamantium Slash following a bad cascade while fighting Yelena. It was a low level node and I wasn't really paying attention, so I kind of did a double take. Like, "Wait, what? What just happened?" Been Psi-Katana'ed a couple times. Even had Star Bieber show up at one point and drop one of his cute little countdowns, which the AI predictably enough immediately matched away.

LOL Thanks for making me laugh. I needed it.

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thank god I did some last minute grinding for sub 2. I have 5 useable characters for sub 3. thankfully I only need 1500 pts for the final progression and I can call it quits.

darkmagearcanis

Is this event over yet? I am ready for a new exciting PVE that we have never seen. Unlikely but it would be nice to get some new PVE's going besides the regurgitated same old ones as usual. Also, please use Enemy of the State as the basis. I do enjoy fighting waves of enemies. It would also be nice to use a brand new PVE for each "new" character released into the system.

StevO-J

First off, I wasn't really planning on playing much but after the second sub I found myself in the top 20 without any serious grinding. I don't know if I got in a laid back bracket or people just aren't interested in Rags, but now I'm kinda in limbo whether or not to push for a top 20 finish, I just might.

Secondly, someone please tell me I'm not the only one having difficulty beating the final node in the main sub ('Call Him Ragnarok'). Tried it a few times and wiped badly... Wasn't really expecting that, so maybe I underestimated it or it could just be the green AP pump that's doing me in. Have to wait for my Health packs to regen nut I'll try it again sometime.

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StevO-J wrote:

Someone please tell me I'm not the only one having difficulty beating the final node in the main sub ('Call Him Ragnarok'). Tried it a few times and wiped badly... Wasn't really expecting that, so maybe I underestimated it or it could just be the green AP pump that's doing me in. Have to wait for my Health packs to regen nut I'll try it again sometime.

Daredevil works well here. Collect enough blue for Billy Club and wait. If the AI is closing in on 14 green, stun Rags. The AI should dump some green countdowns the next turn. You should probably be denying blue to stop Rags from healing himself anyway.

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Just lost another one to an X-Man villain team up. **** She Hulk? Seriously? Starting to make me angry, all the heroic betrayals.

jffdougan

Summary post is updated with all info for final sub. Note in particular that the Ragnarok node is open concurrently with, not after the close of, the final sub.