The Simulator (April 19-24)

jffdougan

I'm making extensive use of spoiler tags to save space.

End times (all Central Daylight Time, USA):

Slice 1: Friday, 24 April, 8 AM
Slice 2: Friday, 24 April, 2 PM
Slice 3: Friday, 24 April, 5 PM
Slice 4: Friday, 24 April, 11 PM
Slice 5: Saturday, 25 April 2 AM

Powered up:

Progression Rewards:

100: Standard Token
500: 100
1000: Rainbow damage boost
1500:
2000: Rainbow AP stockpile
3000:
4000: 250
5000:
6000: 250
7000: Event token
8000: 250
9000:
10000: 500
12000: 50
14000: 1000
16000: Event token
18000: 1000
21000:

Placement awards:

1-2. Awards for 3-10, plus
3-10. , 3000 , 100
11-20. , 2500 , 100
21-50: , 2500 , 50
51-100. , 1500 , 50
101-150. , 1000 , 50
151-200. , 1500 , 50
201-300. :yellowflag, 1000 , 25
301-400. :yellowflag, 500
401-500. Standard token x 3, 250
501-600. Standard token x 2, 250
601-800. Standard token, 250
801-1000. 250

Alliance rewards:

1-2. , 5000 , 250
3-10. , 5000 , 100
11-25. , 3000 , 100
26-50. , 2000 , 100
51-100. , 1000 , 50
101-250. 1000 , 50
251-500. 500 , 25
501-1000. 500
1001-10000. 250

Subevent rewards:

Subject to update after event goes live.
1-2. Event token x 2, 1000 , 100
3-10. Event token, 500 , 100
11-50. Event token, 250 , 50
51-100. Event token, 250
101-200. Event token, 200
201-300. event token, 140
301-400. Heroic token, 140
401-500. Standard token x 3, 100
501-600. Standard token x 2, 100
601-800. Standard Token, 100
801-1000. 70

Sub-event alliance rewards:
None this run.

Summary from mags' PVE format guide:

The Simulator
Length of Event: 4.5
Sub-Events? Yes; Alliance Rewards in Sub-Events? Varies
Number of Sub-Events: 3 (x2)
Length of Sub-Events: 1.5 days (36 hours)
Main Nodes after Sub-Events End? No
Unique Reward(s): High ISO Reward - In each sub-event, the final node on the left branch has a high ISO reward.
Other Notes:

• Total number of sub-events and overall length of the event has varied.
• Normal and Hard subs run side by side. Nodes in the Hard sub give more points than nodes in the Normal sub.
• The most recent run-through of the Simulator had no Alliance rewards for the sub-events. Prior runs did have Alliance rewards in the sub-events.
• (from jffdougan) I'm hypothesizing that we'll get a 36-hour sub followed by three 24-hour subs. I'll try to keep this updated as subs open to confirm/deny that.

Updated at 9:15 CDT on Monday to put incorrect format guide and note lack of subevent alliance rewards.

Arondite

Ugh, I guess I'll actually try.

I need cap.

Quebbster

I need nothing here. Will be content with ISO and maybe some tokens.

dingao666

why Mystique isnt in progression rewards?

Unknown

I need to get a Cap Rogers cover so I can have mine be 5/5/3 or 4/5/4, whichever is better. But taking a break during the event (aside from Deadpool Dailies) sounds nice, too.

Unknown

RichHurtz wrote:

I need to get a Cap Rogers cover so I can have mine be 5/5/3 or 4/5/4, whichever is better. But taking a break during the event (aside from Deadpool Dailies) sounds nice, too.

3/5/5 is best, so the closer you can get to that, the better.

Unknown

Cool cool. That'd actually be good, because Blue is the first cover you can get from the Rewards. So I'll try for that and see about eventually making him 3/5/5

Marty17

Definitely taking it casual on this event, as none of the covers I need (plus the event ends on the day I'm seeing 'The Avengers: Age of Ultron'). Using this to hoarde a load of

pabasa130

My Simulator starts at 9 am GMT+8 Monday and ends at 9 pm GMT+8 Friday. Thus I believe it's 4.5 days for the whole event instead of 5.5 days, and I also suspect that each subevent will run 36 hours like Meet Rocket & Groot.

dingao666 wrote:

why Mystique isnt in progression rewards?

Edit: Seems like Hulk is the essential character for the first round. I assume IM40 will be essential for the second subevent and Mystique will be essential for the third and last subevent.

wymtime

Another PVE without a new character?
Break out the champaign there is much to rejoice!,

Unknown

wymtime wrote:

Another PVE without a new character?
Break out the champaign there is much to rejoice!,

Shhhhh.... Don't let them know that we've noticed that! What if they did another triple or even a quadruple release after this

Unknown

pretty difficult.
sucks that hulk is the essential. the one character I don't have out of the of the 6 powered up characters.

Unknown

I actually am pleased with a powered up Hulk. Hulkbombs away!

Unknown

dingao666 wrote:

why Mystique isnt in progression rewards?

Because she's not an avenger *conspiracy*

wymtime wrote:

Another PVE without a new character?
Break out the champagne there is much to rejoice!,

Actually, this is like a slap in the face because they released 3 in a row...why release 3 in a row if you could've delayed Kamala(obviously you can't delay Kingpin) and Quicksilver because you had 2 tinykitty PVEs lined up after?

Mrx0 wrote:

pretty difficult.
sucks that hulk is the essential. the one character I don't have out of the of the 6 powered up characters.

A) The essential character will rotate off of hulk and no one cares about this PVE so I'm sure you can place however you'd like even if you miss hulk essentials

pabasa130

raisinbman wrote:

Mrx0 wrote:

pretty difficult.
sucks that hulk is the essential. the one character I don't have out of the of the 6 powered up characters.

A) The essential character will rotate off of hulk and no one cares about this PVE so I'm sure you can place however you'd like even if you miss hulk essentials

No kidding. I'm two hours away from my first refresh in first slice and only 5 of us in the Simulator Hard at full points of 3480, and unlike previous subevents no one is grinding early. I'm hoping every vet is taking the back seat this week, as I desperately need more Captain America.

spccrain

Can't speak for every vet but I know I'm just going until the last progression reward. This has been a nice break. I even saw my family once or twice!

Unknown

Cool my cap is at 3/5/1 so all I need is some blue covers ! So I'll actually be able to use him in the next survival pve.

Only downside of this event is the essential characters... my hulk is at 4/1/1 and IM40 at 2/0/1
I managed to finish top 10 in last pve which put my Mystique from 2/1/0 to 3/2/2. I like those pve without a new character, as I can improve my current roster

over_clocked

Ermahgerd Simulator, my favourite non-Gauntlet event!

Ashamed to admit that, but I will grind the tinykitty out of this for top 2 (yellow Professor X). By the way exactly zero people in our alliance need any lazy Cap covers. So I'm glad someone will continue to have a nice break from competitive PvE
I like Simulator and I've never had to aim for t2 in it before. Now is a good chance to see how doable it is!

Some pictures from the Hard sub. For the love of pasta, target Kingpin first. His purple is just nasty, and his everything else is even nastier.



We anticipated it as soon as PX was announced, and they delivered. Dance Dance Evolution (c) j12601, aka death by a thousand cuts if you're not careful:

puppychow

geez, D3 giving us a profx/dino/sl matchup is a low blow!

Meto5000

I can't tell you how excited I am to 100% sit out this event. My IM40 already has 2 yellow covers and my Cap has been covered for ages. I usually like the Simulator but man, this break is gonna be nice.

DrStrange-616

Wow, I don't remember it being this hard. Even the normal has some seriously difficult nodes. Health packs taking a beating. I doubt i'll come close to finishing a hard sub.