No Seed Teams on new Lightning Round

Esheris
Esheris Posts: 216 Tile Toppler
edited April 2015 in MPQ General Discussion
Did anyone else not get seed teams in the new LR's?

Started me out with 94's-166's...my max are level 87's right now.

Used to be a good sourse of Iso, guess that's over. =/

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  • Malcrof
    Malcrof Posts: 5,971 Chairperson of the Boards
    Esheris wrote:
    Did anyone else not get seed teams in the new LR's?

    Started me out with 94's-166's...my max are level 87's right now.

    Used to be a good sourse of Iso, guess that's over. =/

    Started happening to me when i began transitioning to 3*, unless i went in within the first few minutes, no seed teams.
  • Phumade
    Phumade Posts: 2,509 Chairperson of the Boards
    My first 3 nodes were all seed teams today, I actually entered late at 30min mark. Generally, you have to enter the lighting round in the 1st min to get more than 3 seed teams.
  • Esheris
    Esheris Posts: 216 Tile Toppler
    I entered around the first 10 minutes, is there a better way to get easier teams?

    Not trying to complain! Just trying to figure out what I did wrong.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    If you want seed teams, you have to start the second it pops up, especially on those with popular loaners. I set an alarm to go off one minute before the round begins and then just keep flipping back and forth between chat and LR tab until the LR opens up, then open all three nodes to lock them down before playing the first.
  • Esheris
    Esheris Posts: 216 Tile Toppler
    shade_tree wrote:
    If you want seed teams, you have to start the second it pops up, especially on those with popular loaners. I set an alarm to go off one minute before the round begins and then just keep flipping back and forth between chat and LR tab until the LR opens up, then open all three nodes to lock them down before playing the first.

    Thanks!

    It was just weird to see no seed teams, I've entered in the last few minutes several times before and even got easy teams.
  • Esheris
    Esheris Posts: 216 Tile Toppler
    It happened again for the Dr. Doom rounds...entered right at the beginning and had teams way above my level without any seed teams. Used all my skips and it didn't get better.
  • SnowcaTT
    SnowcaTT Posts: 3,487 Chairperson of the Boards
    shade_tree wrote:
    If you want seed teams, you have to start the second it pops up, especially on those with popular loaners. I set an alarm to go off one minute before the round begins and then just keep flipping back and forth between chat and LR tab until the LR opens up, then open all three nodes to lock them down before playing the first.

    This. This is how it always was on Steam, it sounds like you used to be able to come in later on android/ios but that has changed recently.

    I've gotten seed teams both time - MPQ must be running moments before the event goes live. Start it two minutes later, and the seed teams are gone.
  • tanis3303
    tanis3303 Posts: 855 Critical Contributor
    Yea, I usually only play to 50 points in the LRs anymore because of this. Once in a great while I'll actually catch the seeds and get to 100 or so, but fighting 3x 249 teams just isnt worth it for the prizes on offer.

    That said, I just used Cyclops, Iron Fist and Doom in the current lightning round and oh man...9 blue + 5 purple and Cyclops will do WORK for you. I got off 4 full blasts that battle!
  • Esheris
    Esheris Posts: 216 Tile Toppler
    I have always played on Steam, today is the first time I've never had any seed/easy teams.

    Why are the first teams I'm up against 166's when my highest is 87?
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Personally, I have been on in the first minute of both LRs and got 8-10 seed teams, like usual. However, I was attacked 4 times before I finished the seeds in those 2 rounds, which is very unusual. Seems the MMR changes had a big impact with LRs too.
  • rixmith
    rixmith Posts: 707 Critical Contributor
    MMR is currently awful in LR's right now for me. After the seed teams I've seen nothing but maxed 3* and 4*s. Not really worth bothering with.

    As for seed teams, if the app is running when the LR starts I will get the three seed teams even if I don't start right away (this is on PC). If I start the app after the LR has begun, most likely no seed teams. If I get in when the LR starts I get the full complement of seeds.
  • Arimis_Thorn
    Arimis_Thorn Posts: 541 Critical Contributor
    I came into the Doom round with an hour left and got seed teams, but I have seem them without before as well.
  • Esheris
    Esheris Posts: 216 Tile Toppler
    rixmith wrote:
    MMR is currently awful in LR's right now for me. After the seed teams I've seen nothing but maxed 3* and 4*s. Not really worth bothering with.

    As for seed teams, if the app is running when the LR starts I will get the three seed teams even if I don't start right away (this is on PC). If I start the app after the LR has begun, most likely no seed teams. If I get in when the LR starts I get the full complement of seeds.

    Thank you so much! I got low level teams for keeping the game running when the LR's started.

    Now whatever level are behind these I don't know yet....but whatever I'm happy I can do at least 3 matches!

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