Hot Shot - Mar 23 - 25 - Season XII

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POWERED-UP:

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. Standard Token, 70

Progression Rewards:

25. Standard Token
50. 100
100. +3 All Boosts
200. 250
300. Recruit Token -
400. 25
500.
575. 25
650. 1000
725. 50
800. Recruit Token -
850. 1000
900. Classic
950. 1000
1000. XF

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

gmp72

Which characters are buffed ?

GrumpySmurf1002

edit: nevermind

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I included the buffs in the OP, but if my reading of that was correct, looks like these same characters will be buffed for the rest of the PVPs this week.
Seems like we'll get 2 4*, 5 3*, 2 2*, and 2 1*.

Played a couple fights against seeds already and having the other 3* buffed is neat. Loki + Hood + Torch is nasty.

GrumpySmurf1002

Very curious if 290 Torch - 330 Fury - 280 3Thor will be common.

Oh who am I kidding, it'll be Torch-XForce and Loki/Hood/Fury/3Thor.

fmftint

GrumpySmurf1002 wrote:

Very curious if 290 Torch - 330 Fury - 280 3Thor will be common.

Oh who am I kidding, it'll be Torch-XForce and Loki/Hood/Fury/3Thor.

More like 100 Juggs, 166 Ares, Loaner HT

thanos8587

fighting overscaled ares over and over and over. sounds like every other pve we have. i was certain the other 2* buff would be moonstone, but no its cap

i really want the daken, but im not sure my sanity can take it.

Roswulf

Assuming it was intentional, running the test with a buffed Juggs and Ares was a very good idea.

If buffing 1 and 2* characters is going to have unforeseen effects, those are the two that are going to make madness happen in the lower ranks.

atomzed

I wonder whether the buff to patch would mean people using him over Xforce.....

Probably not.

Unknown

fmftint wrote:

GrumpySmurf1002 wrote:

Very curious if 290 Torch - 330 Fury - 280 3Thor will be common.

Oh who am I kidding, it'll be Torch-XForce and Loki/Hood/Fury/3Thor.

More like 100 Juggs, 166 Ares, Loaner HT

Perhaps in 2* world. In the 3-4* realm I'm guessing we'll be looking at combinations of maxed Torch, Hood, Loki, XF, and 3 or 4* Thor. May go with Patch/Loki for the early climb just for fun though.

Might max Torch for this one, as he's been sitting at 133 for ages and I've been stockpiling iso since there's no one left to really spend it on.

SnowcaTT

atomzed wrote:

I wonder whether the buff to patch would mean people using him over Xforce.....

Probably not.

This is what I want to know. There was the question in a thread awhile back if 3* Patch was boosted, would he better than XF (would they need a nerf): this will be the test to let us know. 270 patch over say 220 X-Force?

Unknown

Why call it hot shot? Why not call it random character buffs including making overpowered 1 and 2 star characters even more overpowered to find creative ways to make the game worse?

Unknown

Fully leveled Torch along with Patch and three star Iron Man have made a pretty decent team in the early climb. IM yellow feeding into Torch's red make short work of some pretty decent opposition.

stowaway

I'm genuinely surprised by the 3*s they chose to power up. I thought I was going to have to consider dumping iso into little used characters. . . but no, they've given buffs to the characters I would have used anyway. I'm almost disappointed. . . almost.

Joey Jellico

If this is gonna be the norm, Nerf jugs and ares already. People with developed 3/4 star rosters shouldn't get taken down regularly by these overpowered clowns. Pve is already a pain because of these two at buffed levels.

Unknown

Joey Jellico wrote:

If this is gonna be the norm, Nerf jugs and ares already. People with developed 3/4 star rosters shouldn't get taken down regularly by these overpowered clowns. Pve is already a pain because of these two at buffed levels.

haha, Juggernaut being useful in PVP, I wonder if they'll actually nerf him

Arondite

Joey Jellico wrote:

If this is gonna be the norm, Nerf jugs and ares already. People with developed 3/4 star rosters shouldn't get taken down regularly by these overpowered clowns. Pve is already a pain because of these two at buffed levels.

I doubt you'll be seeing level 100 Juggs taking down 3 Star Rosters if he's not paired with an actual partner.

Unknown

I'm sorry but buffing multiple characters being buffed in an event that is solely designed to buff A SINGLE CHARACTERS. So what I'm the world is the point of taking away from the FEATURED CHARACTERS. Cause I'm sorry I shouldn't do 2 matches then have to deal with some rediculesly buffed two star character that can standup to my maxed 3 stars with out an issue.

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Joey Jellico wrote:

If this is gonna be the norm, Nerf jugs and ares already. People with developed 3/4 star rosters shouldn't get taken down regularly by these overpowered clowns. Pve is already a pain because of these two at buffed levels.

If you are getting regularly taken down by a 170 Ares, and 100 Juggs, I would say that you likely do not have a "developed" 3-4* roster as mentioned. I'm currently running maxed Patch, Loki, and 245 Torch, and have laughed of all of the Ares I've seen so far.
170 Ares is a solid as some of the better 166 3*, but he's still just one character, and you get to bring mega boosted characters as well. I can certainly see 2* teams without Ares struggling, but solid 3* players with buffed characters should be fine.

Joey Jellico

I haven't joined a slice yet. But a buffed ares = more damage dealt to my team while climbing = more health packs I will have to use. Forget it D3 I will never buy a health pack, stop trying to force me to.

I love getting "Sui-sundered" by ares when he has 87 health and dead next turn.
I love having 70 points and 4th matchup some will get hit for 4k from a buffed onslaught, may as well face xf that early.

Sorry but I just really hate this character and I always attack people that use him out of spite

Unknown

I think it's intended that the best boosted character of tier X to be better than an average unboosted character of tier X+1. A level 170 Ares will certainly beat most level 166 3*s, but that's why 5 of 3*s are also boosted up to level 280. For example HT is probably not a stronger character than Ares overall, but a level 280 HT will still easily defeat a level 170 Ares in most circumstances.