Season XVIII - August 20 - September 14

Well this season's SHIELD SIM has the worst progression awards since they added more 3*s and a 4*. The worst cover for Colosuss, Hulk, and Human Torch. At least there's purple Antman, 2nd cover for most players but they really dropped the ball with this one overall. I was hoping for black BP, Purple IF, and Red Cyclops.. Oh well. I'm taking it easy this Season, I don't need GSBW Green and 10pks don't entice me enough.

Moon Roach · August 2015

Last season my SHIELD Simulator-specific team of (210, 5/5/3) Devil Dinosaur / (152 3/1/3) Carnage / (140 5/3/5) Doc Octopus got to ~1920 before getting monstered back down to ~1200. This season I'm sticking with the same team, but Doc is now 5/5/3 and level 166.

binarypillbug · August 2015

...Didn't they say Sam Wilson was going to be the alliance reward?

also they say season xvii in the mission description

Punisher5784 · August 2015

binarypillbug wrote:

...Didn't they say Sam Wilson was going to be the alliance reward?

also they say season xvii in the mission description

Yupp! Perhaps they meant Season 19

Marvel.com: When do we get to recruit the former Falcon for ourselves?

Joe Fletcher: Sam Wilson (Captain America) will be available in the upcoming run of Unstable Iso-8 that starts on August 20th, with a Versus Tournament following up a little bit after. He's also going to be the Season 18 Alliance reward prize as well, so there will be plenty of ways to add him to your roster.

More on Marvel.com: http://marvel.com/news/video_games/2498 ... z3jS3iWzUC

Quebbster · August 2015

The last Nefarious Foes token gave me my fifth purple Ant-Man cover, so he's 5/1/1 now. Guess I have little reason to push to 2000 in the simulator.

mikepro · August 2015

I need most covers that are offered during the seasons. The heroic covers help when I don't get 2* overload with them. But the

would finish him off at 5/4/4. Plus the

would finish off her green for me. But I can average about 6500 through whole season. I would love to pick up a second

so he's a little better. But I want me 3* finished before I do 4*. The alliance I'm in is usually top 250 which is nice for the hp and iso.

Unknown · August 2015

Got to around 1200 no problem, all on stream of course

Unknown · August 2015

Got my 5th black Human Torch cover, little desire to go higher.

On the plus side, it's been a pretty relaxed climb.

Unknown · August 2015

Got to 1900 in shield sim, scratching my head on how to beat jean/pool/bust teams and figured out if purp was the key

Unknown · August 2015

Is it feasible to get to 2000 in the Shield sim with only 166s? I really want that Ant-Man cover, but last season I couldn't pop my head over 1600-ish without getting dogpiled.

Malcrof · August 2015

shal melo wrote:

Is it feasible to get to 2000 in the Shield sim with only 166s? I really want that Ant-Man cover, but last season I couldn't pop my head over 1600-ish without getting dogpiled.

Easily, done it both seasons now with KK/Daken/Cage.

Unknown · August 2015

shal melo wrote:

Is it feasible to get to 2000 in the Shield sim with only 166s? I really want that Ant-Man cover, but last season I couldn't pop my head over 1600-ish without getting dogpiled.

yes ive done it every season since they introduced 4* into sim as shown by my stream and youtube, you're getting dogpiled because you have a target on your head. Learn when it's appropriate to go higher or shield to bypass getting attacked.

stochasticism · August 2015

shal melo wrote:

Is it feasible to get to 2000 in the Shield sim with only 166s? I really want that Ant-Man cover, but last season I couldn't pop my head over 1600-ish without getting dogpiled.

I did it last two seasons with 120s. I found my equilibrium, where was point neutral with defensive wins and losses, to be around 1700. The last climb is the key part. I needed to shield hop to do it both times. I would queue up three 50+ point fights and boost to win them fast. This would get me to about 1900. I would shield and then repeat. For the last run you want to time it to be off hours or at the end if some other event. This will reduce the likelihood of getting hit. The sim isn't as active as a normal pvp so hits and retals don't come as fast so you may not need to shield. I thought that 75 hp for a 4* cover was a bargain though. Also, don't wait until the end to climb to 2k. The longer you wait the more active the sim gets. You want there to be enough people with high scores to be able to get good fights but not wait so long that you get caught by stronger teams climbing and hitting you as an easy target.

What team are you running and what level? That could also be an issue.

TxMoose · August 2015

shal melo wrote:

Is it feasible to get to 2000 in the Shield sim with only 166s? I really want that Ant-Man cover, but last season I couldn't pop my head over 1600-ish without getting dogpiled.

ideally you'd want to do it about the end of the second week of the season or beginning of the third week. that gives plenty of time for points to be in the system and not quite the bloodbath yet of the end of the season. in the meantime just play a match here or there - lots of 60 pt matches to be found to casually work up to ~1500 or so.

Unknown · August 2015

Thanks for the advice, all. I'm currently hovering around 1300 and my plan is to try for the big push in about a week, maybe a little later. My current list of maxed 3*s:

Blade 4/5/4
Cyke 5/3/5
Daredevil 5/5/3
Doom 4/5/4
Falcon 4/5/4
Gamora 5/4/4
Hood 5/5/3
Magneto 3/5/5
Thor 3/5/5
Patch 5/3/5

Got several others max-covered and between 120-140, but probably won't max any of them between now and the end of the season. My primary sim team has been Patch/Cyke running with either Daredevil or Doom. I'm open to suggestions on other combos, but for speed and offense given my current roster I've found that group to be most effective.

Unknown · August 2015

shal melo wrote:

Thanks for the advice, all. I'm currently hovering around 1300 and my plan is to try for the big push in about a week, maybe a little later. My current list of maxed 3*s:

Blade 4/5/4
Cyke 5/3/5
Daredevil 5/5/3
Doom 4/5/4
Falcon 4/5/4
Gamora 5/4/4
Hood 5/5/3
Magneto 3/5/5
Thor 3/5/5
Patch 5/3/5

Got several others max-covered and between 120-140, but probably won't max any of them between now and the end of the season. My primary sim team has been Patch/Cyke running with either Daredevil or Doom. I'm open to suggestions on other combos, but for speed and offense given my current roster I've found that group to be most effective.

doesn't really matter, just do it before the last minute pvpers and PVP alliances come before end of season

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hit 2k in sim, hovering at 1890 if u want to attack me for points everyone in my bracket

TheRealJRad · August 2015

shal melo wrote:

Is it feasible to get to 2000 in the Shield sim with only 166s? I really want that Ant-Man cover, but last season I couldn't pop my head over 1600-ish without getting dogpiled.

Absolutely, just be expecting some losses once you get there. I've been trying to hit 2000 sim and 4000 season around the same time, so the losses don't matter as much.

Bowgentle · August 2015

raisinbman wrote:

hit 2k in sim, hovering at 1890 if u want to attack me for points everyone in my bracket

Since you keep saying this every season - there are no brackets or time slices in SSim, it's one big pool of players. Everyone sees everyone.

Unknown · August 2015

Bowgentle wrote:

raisinbman wrote:

hit 2k in sim, hovering at 1890 if u want to attack me for points everyone in my bracket

Since you keep saying this every season - there are no brackets or time slices in SSim, it's one big pool of players. Everyone sees everyone.

regardless my point still stands

alexnmbc · August 2015

Sat at 2k in sim and won't be retaliating. Sorry if anyone got double-tapped on my way up, was rushing and not paying attention.

Season XVIII - August 20 - September 14

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