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TxMoose

wow - cap/cyc/mnmags comes thru again. last time I only lost mags, this time I lost mags and cyc and cap was down to 2000 health and there were threaten strikes all over the board. that team probably won't finish the job on the last clear.

Unknown

Punisher5784 wrote:

I initially was not planning on playing this even but then I saw Patch for Top 150. This will be his fifth yellow and final cover! Now I have to play but it sucks that I do not have Professor X, shouldn't be too bad though.

What I am surprised about is that they should of turned off Community Scaling for this event. Then the devs would really be able to compare the scaling with Iso8 Brotherhood that also rewarded Carnage. I doubt many players played last event to win Beast.

These events are likely not being compared for testing purposes due to the change in total health packs. They stated in the video that they will do events with scaling off, then events with scaling on, and then review. I suspect the only reason scaling is on for this event is because it's the replacement event for the ios crashes.

Im curious, Im getting ready to run my 3rd clear here shortly and Im at 3340. I did miss one clear of "Freeze Buddy" for 370 points, and I don't have Professor X, so that's 310 missed twice.

How are people already at 10000 pts for the sub? Just grinding as much as possible at first with no intent on scoring near the end of the slice? (11pm EST)

mr_X

Malcrof wrote:

here is the rub.. getting HP rewards in the subs, yes, i want them... but i do not want T50... i need that patch cover, and it will be a very long time before i have a usable carnage (0/0/1 right now)

Seems my entire slice is thinking the same thing... i need the progression reward.. and without wanting to, or really trying, am in top 10 (#1 reeeeeeally wants #1)


Good note though, the event token i got from progression got me a Xforce

Wrestled with the exact same dilemma until my roster slot price went up to 700 today so have decided to go with hero points.

Congrats on the x force that is sweet draw.

TxMoose

Haetron wrote:

Punisher5784 wrote:

I initially was not planning on playing this even but then I saw Patch for Top 150. This will be his fifth yellow and final cover! Now I have to play but it sucks that I do not have Professor X, shouldn't be too bad though.

What I am surprised about is that they should of turned off Community Scaling for this event. Then the devs would really be able to compare the scaling with Iso8 Brotherhood that also rewarded Carnage. I doubt many players played last event to win Beast.

These events are likely not being compared for testing purposes due to the change in total health packs. They stated in the video that they will do events with scaling off, then events with scaling on, and then review. I suspect the only reason scaling is on for this event is because it's the replacement event for the ios crashes.

Im curious, Im getting ready to run my 3rd clear here shortly and Im at 3340. I did miss one clear of "Freeze Buddy" for 370 points, and I don't have Professor X, so that's 310 missed twice.

How are people already at 10000 pts for the sub? Just grinding as much as possible at first with no intent on scoring near the end of the slice? (11pm EST)

knowing that scaling is going to skyrocket the harder nodes, especially when they're goon only, some guys choose to just clear those harder nodes as much as possible early before they scale too hard. they leave points on the table by doing that, but they get their clears in and then don't have to worry about them. i have done an extra pass on hard nodes her or there but generally i don't do that. if you want to fight for t10 you cannot do that. t50 usually matters less, but who knows on this one - large portions of the player base are actually shooting for 51-150, me included. but i am shooting for a couple of t50 subs for some hp.

Unknown

I would love to get top 5 because I need Carnage Black, and the other 2 are going to be great as well. Im of the rare opinion (apparently) that you need to get his black to 5 ASAP to maximize it's damage disparity in your favor, and it being a top 5 prize is going to make things a challenge.

Oldboy

To Puerto Rico in Slice 2:

Since you have maxed Carnage 5/3/5, could you let some of us lesser mortals get the 3/4 covers of Carnage? Pretty please? You're nipping at my **** in the ranking

From Bleah

xdogg

Did the rewards for the second sub jump up? Another player said top 50 get 250 HP

Oldboy

xdogg wrote:

Did the rewards for the second sub jump up? Another player said top 50 get 250 HP

250 HP for top 10. 'Only' 100 HP for rank 11-50.

Unknown

xdogg wrote:

Did the rewards for the second sub jump up? Another player said top 50 get 250 HP

That's because it's a 48-hour sub.

mr_X

Haetron wrote:

I would love to get top 5 because I need Carnage Black, and the other 2 are going to be great as well. Im of the rare opinion (apparently) that you need to get his black to 5 ASAP to maximize it's damage disparity in your favor, and it being a top 5 prize is going to make things a challenge.

You might be right, but in the meantime his black seems like a liability unless he is paired with protect tile specialists or self healer's.

Even then you are still going to take a lot of self inflicted damage. Mines going to see as little use as possible. Better and less resource intensive options to win a match.

Nice spot about the longer sub

Unknown

Yeah, not sure what happened. I barely even broke into the top 200, so I think Im being thrown in tougher brackets now. Is there a way to determine if you're in a "Vet" bracket or not?

mr_X

Not sure. Maybe look at top 10 roster strength and alliances in your bracket. If you see the top performers there. Your probably in a tough one.

Community scaling back on is such a drag. Wait to hit your refreshes to only find out that others haven't.

Punisher5784

This event really isn't that bad with the scaling because it's mostly Goon nodes which are so easy even at lvl 395 especially when OBW is buffed.

Steve Rogers (or buffed 2* CapAm), OBW, Mohawk on goons all day!

mr_X

With over scaled goon sometimes it is case of no damage or game over, but get what you mean with OBW amongst other notable goon fighters available.

Caveat being late night refreshes after work I sometimes miss countdown tiles even when I have the ap to diffuse them as I am half asleep.

GrumpySmurf1002

Nothing like not paying attention and assuming every sub is 24 hours, because why wouldn't they change the format of this one to have a 48 hour in the middle. Argh

Roswulf

Anyone else having a bug where the Bullseye node to open the last sub can't be clicked on?

Finally managed to get in- actual node is just irritatingly offset from the icon

Unknown

Punisher5784 wrote:

This event really isn't that bad with the scaling because it's mostly Goon nodes which are so easy even at lvl 395 especially when OBW is buffed.

Steve Rogers (or buffed 2* CapAm), OBW, Mohawk on goons all day!

The first sub was pretty bad. this second one is pretty tame(no ares/jugg) and no feeder goons. Still not pleasant.

PS: My stream for sub 2 will be up later today, I was trapped at a friend's house due to a storm(luckily/unluckily this sub is 48 hours)

Phage42

Punisher5784 wrote:

This event really isn't that bad with the scaling because it's mostly Goon nodes which are so easy even at lvl 395 especially when OBW is buffed.

Steve Rogers (or buffed 2* CapAm), OBW, Mohawk on goons all day!

I can't sing praises for enough. I've had to withdraw once from an overscaled node because of false start, but otherwise those goon nodes are easy especially when they have blue generating goons like Maggia Hitmen, Muscles and Don.

A very nice combination I've used many times is OBW, Blade and Thor (either version). They are my go to team for just about all goon nodes this time. Blade's will siphon off AP from goons, and it's usually colors that Thor can use to fuel his skills.

optimus2861

Phage42 wrote:

I can't sing praises for enough. I've had to withdraw once from an overscaled node because of false start, but otherwise those goon nodes are easy especially when they have blue generating goons like Maggia Hitmen, Muscles and Don.

The Beast essential in Americas has a Soldier, a Commander, and a Lieutenant. No blue to be stolen. It's not particularly high damage, but those spamming heals from the Lieutenant can make it go on a long time. That's one annoying node, especially being stuck with a poorly-covered Beast. I had to retreat from it once after I saw 4 or 5 CD tiles that I couldn't do anything about on the board, and no sequence of matches that would lead to anything useful within the next 4+ turns.

But otherwise, yeah, OBW + Cap + MoStorm mops the floor with goons. OBW steals blue to get Cap's shield going, or just stalls the CDs, Storm shakes the board, and Cap just overwrites everything once he gets rolling. Storm's black is satisfying too.

A very nice combination I've used many times is OBW, Blade and Thor (either version). They are my go to team for just about all goon nodes this time. Blade's will siphon off AP from goons, and it's usually colors that Thor can use to fuel his skills.

I might try that one.

Malcrof

optimus2861 wrote:

The Beast essential in Americas has a Soldier, a Commander, and a Lieutenant. No blue to be stolen. It's not particularly high damage, but those spamming heals from the Lieutenant can make it go on a long time. That's one annoying node, especially being stuck with a poorly-covered Beast. I had to retreat from it once after I saw 4 or 5 CD tiles that I couldn't do anything about on the board, and no sequence of matches that would lead to anything useful within the next 4+ turns.

3Thor and Doom, and i can usually make it out unscathed.

Doom's purple at 5 covers, can one shot any of them, his black will negate any heals, Thor just mows when he has AP. Beast is pretty much there only for his heal if absolutelty necessary.