theHappyDance wrote: Or I could just play a game that respects the gamer instead. *shrugs* If I'm going to come back to playing MPQ events, it'll be on my terms, not theirs - which means having a realistic guarantee of progression is I play through the event. i.e. not play the entire event and then miss T10 or T20 or T100 based on what kind of bracket you're placed in - or in this case, based on whether or not I'm able to get the progression reward in PvP. Just not worth the effort. I like playing the game casually, but if they want increased engagement, they have to show that they actually respect that increased engagement. Thanks for the suggestion regardless though.
Quebbster wrote: Patience is your friend in this game. After all, those covers will come to you sooner or later. Personally I am excited about Thor yellow since that means I just need another Red before she's done, but then I did grind enough to get three Reeds last event. Even without insane grinding I think top 100 is manageable most of the time in PvE... But I am a bit mental.
Picklechu wrote: Is Mr Fantastic the essential in both spurs on the final Gauntlet? I ask because I assumed Hawkeye 2* would be required at some point and have a single cover version of him sat on my roster. If he isn't needed, I can kick him to add Mr Fantastic to my roster. If Hawkeye is needed, I will have to buy another roster slot I guess:(
XandorXerxes wrote: raisinbman wrote: Pongie wrote: Been stuck on 34 (KK , Carnage & Antman), since last night. 10 more health packs on various teams this morning didn't help. Too many tiles and KK just heals their team back up. It's one of the worst nodes they have in the current Gauntlet. But luckily, where D3 can play dirty, we can play downright degenerate: On my STREAM I believe I beat it with Pietro + Magnus + Danny, but, really, that one might be worth whaling if you've been saving your whales like I have. Please stop the spam about your stream. You're just advertising the stream to get your ad revenue, which is expressly prohibited in the rules (rule 11). If you want to help, great! I (and others) appreciate it, but sending us to your stream every comment is both annoying and unhelpful. Please just leave it in your signature. That said, I DO appreciate you also offering the written advice.
raisinbman wrote: Pongie wrote: Been stuck on 34 (KK , Carnage & Antman), since last night. 10 more health packs on various teams this morning didn't help. Too many tiles and KK just heals their team back up. It's one of the worst nodes they have in the current Gauntlet. But luckily, where D3 can play dirty, we can play downright degenerate: On my STREAM I believe I beat it with Pietro + Magnus + Danny, but, really, that one might be worth whaling if you've been saving your whales like I have.
Pongie wrote: Been stuck on 34 (KK , Carnage & Antman), since last night. 10 more health packs on various teams this morning didn't help. Too many tiles and KK just heals their team back up.
meekersX wrote: XandorXerxes wrote: Please stop the spam about your stream. You're just advertising the stream to get your ad revenue, which is expressly prohibited in the rules (rule 11). If you want to help, great! I (and others) appreciate it, but sending us to your stream every comment is both annoying and unhelpful. Please just leave it in your signature. That said, I DO appreciate you also offering the written advice. I'm pretty sure he doesn't get an ad revenue from Twitch, just donations from appreciative people. It's also not like all he said was to check his stream. He gave the team he used to beat it, and suggested it could be viewed at his stream if so inclined. Edit: Seems he's streaming at YouTube now, so maybe he gets a modicum of revenue. Still doesn't bother me.
XandorXerxes wrote: Please stop the spam about your stream. You're just advertising the stream to get your ad revenue, which is expressly prohibited in the rules (rule 11). If you want to help, great! I (and others) appreciate it, but sending us to your stream every comment is both annoying and unhelpful. Please just leave it in your signature. That said, I DO appreciate you also offering the written advice.
theHappyDance wrote: Flare808 wrote: Vhailorx wrote: Can someone who isn't YELLING confirm that fantastic is necessary to finish this gauntlet? Yes, Mr. Fantastic is required to finish the Gauntlet completely. He is needed on the last branch of the 3rd Gauntlet. Thanks for that confirmation. This makes me sad. I started Gauntlet earlier last night (woke up w/insomnia so decided to check the forums), but the 4Thor cover was the only thing that appealed to me. At least I now know not to bother continuing. Like so much of this game, the focus is on encouraging you not to play unless you've meticulously collected every single character. I have 73 unique characters collected, the majority with full covers except a few 3*'s and the 4*s. IMO it's laughable that this should be insufficient to be able to play the game for progression.
Flare808 wrote: Vhailorx wrote: Can someone who isn't YELLING confirm that fantastic is necessary to finish this gauntlet? Yes, Mr. Fantastic is required to finish the Gauntlet completely. He is needed on the last branch of the 3rd Gauntlet.
Vhailorx wrote: Can someone who isn't YELLING confirm that fantastic is necessary to finish this gauntlet?
Pongie wrote: I finally got pass node 34 with hulk sw and lcap. Only to run into imhb captain marvel and iw at node 36. Their health are 10k, 14k and 18k. Too high for my 3* roster. I can down maybe 1 or 2 of them but a punch downs any one of my characters instantly. Cannot deny red too, since hitting marvel with aoe generates it. Also surprised at how good, strong and annoying iw is.
theHappyDance wrote: Quebbster wrote: Patience is your friend in this game. After all, those covers will come to you sooner or later. Personally I am excited about Thor yellow since that means I just need another Red before she's done, but then I did grind enough to get three Reeds last event. Even without insane grinding I think top 100 is manageable most of the time in PvE... But I am a bit mental. This isn't what I've found for 4* events. The more you play the worse brackets you get placed in, so eventually it becomes impossible to continue placing. This also goes for PvP, which in theory is ameliorated by 1000 progression rewards (which I haven't been able to hit since returning - I refuse to spend HP on shields). If you grind optimally, and literally go crazy spamming nodes at the end, with luck you might be able to ensure T100, but that's the thing - a full week of grinding like hell for a reward that's entirely down to chance. No thanks. I prefer not grinding like hell, and I prefer progression to "rewards" for being lucky. I've spent money on the game in the past on roster slots, so it's not like I'm a freeloader. I just value my time enough not to be insulted. It's okay as customers/gamers to have standards and hold devs to them.
mgallop wrote: You should just spend HP on shields... If you are in an ok alliance you should be able to get at least 150 HP per PvP (100 progression, 25 placement, 25 alliance) maybe more like 175 or 200, that's enough to sustainably use 1 8 hour shield, or use an 8 and a 3 when you really want a cover. If you don't, they aren't releasing 3s anymore so you don't need the HP flor slots... Like PvE is kinda terrible, but with shields PvP is where it's at for covers.
Quebbster wrote: mgallop wrote: You should just spend HP on shields... If you are in an ok alliance you should be able to get at least 150 HP per PvP (100 progression, 25 placement, 25 alliance) maybe more like 175 or 200, that's enough to sustainably use 1 8 hour shield, or use an 8 and a 3 when you really want a cover. If you don't, they aren't releasing 3s anymore so you don't need the HP flor slots... Like PvE is kinda terrible, but with shields PvP is where it's at for covers. I believe his complaint was primarily about PvE and your advice seems to be mostly PvP-oriented. Just a heads up.
mgallop wrote: I agree. But for PvE there's not much advice I can give besides "go insane for release events or hope to catch a late fresh bracket and then go insane-r. For non release events, doing 3 clears a day and not finding has gotten me too 50, but if your complaint is "i can't get 4*s" the answer is "use shields, hit 1k".
rakesh14021983 wrote: Any tips for node 40? Blade and Mag are wiping the floor with me... Offtopic: I was reading on reddit, that these kind of events, bring out the "puzzle" element of MPQ. Tests strength in depth of squad etc. etc. What do you folks think? It's one thing to make progressive nodes difficult... It's quite another to make them unplayable (and I do have a good enough roster imho )
ammenell wrote: just realized nodes are not repeatable - they are, but you get no points for beating them i dont have quicksilver, switch or mr fantastic. doesnt matter, im stuck at sim 31 - spidey and both (how is that even possible?) 3* and 4* deadpool
rakesh14021983 wrote: Any tips for node 40? Blade and Mag are wiping the floor with me... Offtopic: I was reading on reddit, that these kind of events, bring out the "puzzle" element of MPQ. Tests strength in depth of squad etc. etc. What do you folks think? It's one thing to make progressive nodes difficult... It's quite another to make them unplayable (and I do have a good enough roster imho ) EDIT: Finished node 40, with Loki, Thor and She-Hulk. 41 seems out of reach now
shurak wrote: Any tips for node 30? Shulk, sw, cyclops. Shulk just keeps destroying my ap. Trying not to give up and use superwhales