clagsmd wrote: I was clearing out all the subs I could 2-3 times per day. Tried to wait for max points on each node, but didn't always have the patience to wait 8 hours. After joining and clearing out the first time, I was around 300th and could never get any higher than that really, hanging in the 280-300 range no matter what I did. I guess if putting in 2-4 hours per day in this game isn't considered decent effort, then I should probably just give up...but it's just so damn addicting.
Moon Roach wrote: Hood fed 4 yellow per turn by 2 goons, Twin Pistols by move 5. Lovely.
clagsmd wrote: I just love how they keep releasing a brand new character, then making him the required for the next PvE. Is this the 3rd week in row they've done this? Only the super hardcore players who had Kingpin could get Quicksilver, and now are the only ones who can rank well in this event. Really frustrating as 2-3* transition player. There's no point in playing, since I can't score the 3* cover and don't need any more 2* covers. At least the progression reward is attainable.
Virus Type V wrote: no Hero Points as Progression Rewards..??
Quebbster wrote: I have to admit this is a good event to let players try out Quicksilver. It's one of the few where the opponents (Mystique and Doom) are very likely to match blue, so you get a good idea about what his power can do. (Likely not much, but still...)
puppychow wrote: Here's how I reached 145k in the last pve event (and taking first place in my bracket). I actually joined my slice late (as 964th person) and almost an hour after the event started. Basically, you're looking to clear every 8 hours. Then for the grind portion, which is where the separation occurs, you need to look and see how you'll approach the grind. After the last 8 hour refresh, I wait like 2 hours and then do another round. Then start using my lower tier characters (1/2* like juggernaut, daken, astwolf) to grind the trivial/easy nodes. Once that's done I attempt the hard nodes with the most appropriate characters, and I make sure to boost. If I end up having a few characters w/ low health, I heal and repeat. Save the essential nodes for the last hour because they are worth the most points. The grind takes 1-2 hours of play for one sub. If there's a double set of subs, maybe 3 hours of grinding. So yeah, you're spending a LOT of time on those grinds. The Hell's Kitchen sub is the one that really determined whether you had a realistic chance of taking top 10. How do you kill Torch while he's being fed greens? If your roster cannot deal damage quick enough to knock out the non-goon characters in the nodes, you have no shot at the top of the leaderboard. So the secret to doing well in these pve events are: a) spending hours to grind prior to expiration, b) having the roster to deal with difficult nodes.
puppychow wrote: While consistency is important in grinding down nodes for point value, I think people underestimate the importance of having a strong roster. By that I don't necessarily mean having a max 4* roster, because I don't have a max 4* myself, but rather a good balance of strong 3* characters plus 2* characters to use and keep the scaling lower. For Prodigal Sun event, the guy in second place in my bracket was basically a transition player who relied on professor xavier/hawkeye speedshot combo (he's got 2 max hawks), and a bunch of maxed 2* characters. Sure it works great on the normal nodes. But come Hell's Kitchen that smoke and mirror of a roster doesn't work in taking down a buffed Human Torch being fed greens. That player's inability to grind Hell's Kitchen was indeed the difference between first and second place; if he had a better roster we would have switched placements for first-second.
stowaway wrote: Moon Roach wrote: Hood fed 4 yellow per turn by 2 goons, Twin Pistols by move 5. Lovely. You're lucky to make it to move five, when he's also swapping his own yellow and stealing yours!
Moon Roach wrote: After doing a few clears, I don't mind King of New York or A Rocket and a Hard Place too much. It's A Tree Groots in New York that wipes me out, even though it's "Easy". It's hard to prevent the Muscle from spamming Threaten and Tommy Gun when 2 matches of Red gives a Headbutt that takes over half a character's health away. A bad board can ruin your day. Oh good, I beat it second attempt this evening. 20 ISO. <sigh>
Ben Grimm wrote: A bunch of vets don't need Mystique and are burned out on grinding, so this may be a lot easier for people who need Mystique than they may think. I want the Quicksilver cover, but I'm not going to put in any real effort after I get it.
Phantron wrote: Looking at my bracket's numbers, it seems like people indeed followed through on their claim that Quicksilver is useless and participated relatively little during Prodigal Sun, so even without Kingpin it should've been easy to get a cover for him if you put in a decent effort.