PVE: The Hulk (July 23-31)

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  • Linkster79
    Linkster79 Posts: 1,037 Chairperson of the Boards
    Der_Lex wrote:
    Cousin Simpson wrote:
    Any advantage in entering this PVE at an arbitrary time between now and 1 hour before the end? Or does bracketing work differently from how I understand it?

    Depends on how long the bracket you're put in as you enter has been open. If it's a fresh one, you could be heading for easy placement... but if it's one that has been open for a day or longer, you'll have missed one or more subs and probably won't place very well.

    There's a thread on here where people mention how full their bracket is, helpfully linked to by Scoregasms above me. You could always ask in there for the time slice you intend to join.

    I wasn't up for a 7 day grind so joined a slice last night about 5 minutes before Sahara finished. Top of the main is ShustersMD with about 60k and I have snuck in after double tapping Nevada with just over 10k and in 68th place.

    It is always a gamble joining late and more often than not it is a gamble that doesn't pay out, but sometimes you can get a great placement at the cost of a few progression rewards and having a life for a week.
  • slidecage
    slidecage Posts: 3,452 Chairperson of the Boards
    what sucks is the next event is DOOM. got them max so its either

    Take the entire week off and have a nice long 7 day break,but then you grinded these 7 days to get jean just not to use her.

    99.9% of the people will never use the 4 star again until its needed in PVES

    3 hours left 10k for top 20.... hope i hold AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH THE PRESSURE
  • Malcrof
    Malcrof Posts: 5,971 Chairperson of the Boards
    slidecage wrote:
    what sucks is the next event is DOOM. got them max so its either

    Take the entire week off and have a nice long 7 day break,but then you grinded these 7 days to get jean just not to use her.

    99.9% of the people will never use the 4 star again until its needed in PVES

    3 hours left 10k for top 20.... hope i hold AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH THE PRESSURE

    I am taking the next 7 days to work on PVP, shield sim for an iso farm, pop into the pve for some more iso here and there, nice relaxing week.. i needed one after this pve mess.
  • DCUDCU
    DCUDCU Posts: 131 Tile Toppler
    I must have been in the craziest bracket.

    1. Phraeg 164783
    2. EleosTG 156943
    3. DCU 154323
    .
    .
    .
    10. DaBeast911 151225

    Difference between 3rd and 10th after 7 subs is...3098.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    DCUDCU wrote:
    I must have been in the craziest bracket.

    1. Phraeg 164783
    2. EleosTG 156943
    3. DCU 154323
    .
    .
    .
    10. DaBeast911 151225

    Difference between 3rd and 10th after 7 subs is...3098.

    Difference of 6k in my bracket.
  • slidecage
    slidecage Posts: 3,452 Chairperson of the Boards
    DCUDCU wrote:
    I must have been in the craziest bracket.

    1. Phraeg 164783
    2. EleosTG 156943
    3. DCU 154323
    .
    .
    .
    10. DaBeast911 151225

    Difference between 3rd and 10th after 7 subs is...3098.

    113k was good for 15th
    wow those people really fought mine was

    1 164800
    10 132 200 (yes almost a 30,000 difference)
    what would suck the person who came in 11 was just 500 pts behind 10th...

    1 164800
    10 132200
    19th 106 400

    so had 7k to spare
  • Malcrof
    Malcrof Posts: 5,971 Chairperson of the Boards
    slidecage wrote:
    DCUDCU wrote:
    I must have been in the craziest bracket.

    1. Phraeg 164783
    2. EleosTG 156943
    3. DCU 154323
    .
    .
    .
    10. DaBeast911 151225

    Difference between 3rd and 10th after 7 subs is...3098.

    113k was good for 15th
    wow those people really fought mine was

    1 164800
    10 132 200 (yes almost a 30,000 difference)
    what would suck the person who came in 11 was just 500 pts behind 10th...

    1 164800
    10 132200
    19th 106 400

    so had 7k to spare

    Sitting at #13 with 117k right now, under 3 hours left, #10 has only 119k.. i want my 4 hours back... but nm that... the top 2 are the same top 2 from the last 2 PVE events i was in, and they could sleep the rest of the event and no-one could catch them, no idea how they do it.. but they have the roster strength to wipe 10 times and still go on without touching a health pack.. so there is that.
  • Orion
    Orion Posts: 1,295 Chairperson of the Boards
    It only took me 6 days to realize that in the main node, the fully covered loaner Hulkbuster might be a slightly better option than my higher level but only 3/1/2 Hulkbuster. icon_redface.gif
  • TxMoose
    TxMoose Posts: 4,319 Chairperson of the Boards
    Orion wrote:
    It only took me 6 days to realize that in the main node, the fully covered loaner Hulkbuster might be a slightly better option than my higher level but only 3/1/2 Hulkbuster. icon_redface.gif
    on the node with 3 possible loaners - always take the loaners.. don't damage your guys unnecessarily. the loners with have an orange background in the character selection screen. the loaners will always be covered and good enough to win
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Ive been trying to top 20, but Im not sure its going to happen. Im waiting to do my third clear and every time I check Im dropping lower, was 19, now Im 22. :/

    These nodes have been brutal too.
  • Orion
    Orion Posts: 1,295 Chairperson of the Boards
    TxMoose wrote:
    Orion wrote:
    It only took me 6 days to realize that in the main node, the fully covered loaner Hulkbuster might be a slightly better option than my higher level but only 3/1/2 Hulkbuster. icon_redface.gif
    on the node with 3 possible loaners - always take the loaners.. don't damage your guys unnecessarily. the loners with have an orange background in the character selection screen. the loaners will always be covered and good enough to win

    The loaners didn't used to be that good so I've gotten used to using my own guys. But now especially with the 4* essentials, the loaners are always a good bet to use.
  • Linkster79
    Linkster79 Posts: 1,037 Chairperson of the Boards
    17008 points was enough for 50th so no complaints from me. Was close though with 51st only 109 points behind. I got a Kingpin from my Hulk token so now have 2 4* covers to sell.
  • Malcrof
    Malcrof Posts: 5,971 Chairperson of the Boards
    Seantw05 wrote:
    Seantw05 wrote:
    Good luck in your compensation quest. You deserve something good because you definitely got screwed. I was following your updates that night; an alliance-mate was having the same or similar issue
    Malcrof wrote:
    They will reimburse all the lost tokens, nothing at all said about the lost time, which is understandable, for all they know i took a nap and didn't play. I am so far from having any real usable 4*s, that if they do, yay, if not, no huge loss.. i should still make T20 easily, even with the lost hours.

    Yeah I get that but you were giving updates while all this was going on, though I guess its possible to lie about that icon_razz.gif regardless, i suppose there's no guarantee that even if you could've played, you would've done enough to maintain top 10. It is just a bad situation (7 day grind) turning into a worse situation (7 day grind and possibly one less cover)

    I'm pretty much in the same boat in the 4* department (I just checked out your roster). I have four with 7-8 covers (xforce, HB, prof x, and fury); the rest are pathetically covered

    Was not able to come back from losing the time, ended #12.. if i had those hours back, easily top 10.. support sent me a heroic token...
  • vcorsac
    vcorsac Posts: 13 Just Dropped In
    DCUDCU wrote:
    I must have been in the craziest bracket.

    1. Phraeg 164783
    2. EleosTG 156943
    3. DCU 154323
    .
    .
    .
    10. DaBeast911 151225

    Difference between 3rd and 10th after 7 subs is...3098.

    My top 10 finished with the following scores
    1. 168940 (weav)
    2. 166356
    3. 161421
    4. 159681
    5. 159659
    6. 158695
    7. 158610
    8. 158272
    9. 156504
    10. 156373


    Meanwhile my alliance member won a bracket that opened up in the last 30 minutes of the same slice with
    1. 8470
    2. 7578
    ...
    10. 6080
  • metallicajake01
    metallicajake01 Posts: 57 Match Maker
    S4 989 1:45 left, hope this helps some poor soul because I'm out!
  • mr_X
    mr_X Posts: 375 Mover and Shaker
    vcorsac wrote:
    DCUDCU wrote:
    I must have been in the craziest bracket.

    1. Phraeg 164783
    2. EleosTG 156943
    3. DCU 154323
    .
    .
    .
    10. DaBeast911 151225

    Difference between 3rd and 10th after 7 subs is...3098.

    My top 10 finished with the following scores
    1. 168940 (weav)
    2. 166356
    3. 161421
    4. 159681
    5. 159659
    6. 158695
    7. 158610
    8. 158272
    9. 156504
    10. 156373


    Meanwhile my alliance member won a bracket that opened up in the last 30 minutes of the same slice with
    1. 8470
    2. 7578
    ...
    10. 6080

    The disparity between results there is crazy.

    166k was the top two in mine also.

    My 141k secured me 5th which is tough but I know people who won the event with 80k
  • TxMoose
    TxMoose Posts: 4,319 Chairperson of the Boards
    finished 70th in the late slice 5. it flipped at the end of the second to last sub, so basically I went:

    grind everything to 200s when it opened late Wednesday night
    morning clear
    afternoon clear
    grind everything to 200s last night before going to bed

    and I made the psylocke progression from just over a day of non-optimal play, but with some grinding. put stuff past current progressions or change the reward structure and i'll care more and might join early.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Got the worst boards ever the last couple hours, had AI cascade so many times so all my good teams were destroyed.

    Finished 152 and I had 130-something. *Sigh*
  • TxMoose
    TxMoose Posts: 4,319 Chairperson of the Boards
    Breezy wrote:
    Got the worst boards ever the last couple hours, had AI cascade so many times so all my good teams were destroyed.

    Finished 152 and I had 130-something. *Sigh*
    I agree. last grind of the hawk essential I wiped twice on - only node I didn't take down to the 200s. the previous 2 clears against the same team we silky smooth but not last night.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    I was in spot 20 with a 1.5 k lead at 8 minutes and decided to take that past Punisher essential node for 400 points to try and secure my lead. It took 9 minutes, so I got 0 points, and the other guy managed to retake spot 20 and beat me by 47 points.

    That's the closest I've come to breaking my phone over the game ever, lol.

    Plus, it was my birthday, so I wasted most of it on the grind, lol.

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