slidecage wrote: sort of fun it funny people grinding for that last token YET these are the same people who refuse to grind in any of the 4 star events to get 1 token : )
Haetron wrote: slidecage wrote: sort of fun it funny people grinding for that last token YET these are the same people who refuse to grind in any of the 4 star events to get 1 token : ) But those events didn't have a guaranteed token for grinding a certain amount, you had to pursue in a chase for top 100. I highly suspect, especially for this event, being hulk is the reward, that a lot of people will hit their 70k and stop. For placement rewards, there's no guarantee, so the grinding can wind up feeling pointless if you can't keep pace and place outside your goal. These tokens are guaranteed regardless of what else anyone else scores.
slidecage wrote: Haetron wrote: slidecage wrote: sort of fun it funny people grinding for that last token YET these are the same people who refuse to grind in any of the 4 star events to get 1 token : ) But those events didn't have a guaranteed token for grinding a certain amount, you had to pursue in a chase for top 100. I highly suspect, especially for this event, being hulk is the reward, that a lot of people will hit their 70k and stop. For placement rewards, there's no guarantee, so the grinding can wind up feeling pointless if you can't keep pace and place outside your goal. These tokens are guaranteed regardless of what else anyone else scores. if you put up 2x progression pretty sure that would get you top 100
lukewin wrote: slidecage wrote: Haetron wrote: slidecage wrote: sort of fun it funny people grinding for that last token YET these are the same people who refuse to grind in any of the 4 star events to get 1 token : ) But those events didn't have a guaranteed token for grinding a certain amount, you had to pursue in a chase for top 100. I highly suspect, especially for this event, being hulk is the reward, that a lot of people will hit their 70k and stop. For placement rewards, there's no guarantee, so the grinding can wind up feeling pointless if you can't keep pace and place outside your goal. These tokens are guaranteed regardless of what else anyone else scores. if you put up 2x progression pretty sure that would get you top 100 You're totally missing the point. Why would anyone go for 2x the old progression now? Answer - Legendary token, which is a certainty now. Why would they go for 2x the old progression before the legendary token? No guarantee of rewards. Before, you had to continue to play, to keep up with the competition, meaning the score required is a variable. Now, if you just want a Legendary token, you only have to hit a certain number. People can hit the number, and stop playing. That's not the case if they're going for top 100.
slidecage wrote: if you put up 2x progression pretty sure that would get you top 100
Haetron wrote: SnagglePuss wrote: Sub 1 - 7380 Sub 2 - 15792 Sub 3 - 25383 Sub 4 - 36315 Sub 5 - 48777 Sub 6 - 62985 Sub 7 - 79182 Curious, is this with all 3 essentials? Im missing 4 thor but I am pretty close to these totals already.
SnagglePuss wrote: Sub 1 - 7380 Sub 2 - 15792 Sub 3 - 25383 Sub 4 - 36315 Sub 5 - 48777 Sub 6 - 62985 Sub 7 - 79182
aesthetocyst wrote: Haetron wrote: I suspect the 70k crowd will "keep going" strictly based on if they need the hulk covers or not. People already at 70 K were likely just grinding to max progression and not trying for placement anyway, IMHO. To update my ongoing ramble .... End of 4th sub, I am at 57K, leader is at 68K. I didn't miss any clear, did a near complete grind but left pts on the table, kept pace with the leader but didn't gain. It should take 3 clears of the next sub to hit 70. If I hadn't missed two clears earlier, or been able to grind sub 1 and 3 more thoroughly, I might already be there. After I claim the Leg token, I'll keep playing, but not as hard. Top 2 is out of reach, but there's still and to be had!
Haetron wrote: I suspect the 70k crowd will "keep going" strictly based on if they need the hulk covers or not. People already at 70 K were likely just grinding to max progression and not trying for placement anyway, IMHO.
SnagglePuss wrote: Interesting no-one is really talking about the nodes themselves
ClydeFrog76 wrote: I managed 13K before I lost all interest. Fair play to everyone who sticks with it and makes the 70, but I just couldn't stomach this event again. I hate fighting the Dark Avengers with every fibre of my being. So so so so tedious.
optimus2861 wrote: ClydeFrog76 wrote: I managed 13K before I lost all interest. Fair play to everyone who sticks with it and makes the 70, but I just couldn't stomach this event again. I hate fighting the Dark Avengers with every fibre of my being. So so so so tedious. Yeah I just wiped against Juggs, Daken, Venom in the Blade essential. It's just ... aggravating, infuriating, tedious, whatever, to watch cheap spammable skills used against you over & over & over again, while the board won't give you a damn thing. I managed to fire just two skills, while the AI got at least three crashes, a headbutt, two chemical reactions, and a pair of devours.
OJSP wrote: optimus2861 wrote: Yeah I just wiped against Juggs, Daken, Venom in the Blade essential. It's just ... aggravating, infuriating, tedious, whatever, to watch cheap spammable skills used against you over & over & over again, while the board won't give you a damn thing. I managed to fire just two skills, while the AI got at least three crashes, a headbutt, two chemical reactions, and a pair of devours. Hear hear.. I think, I probably lost my overall position partly due to having to retreat from this node a couple of times..
optimus2861 wrote: Yeah I just wiped against Juggs, Daken, Venom in the Blade essential. It's just ... aggravating, infuriating, tedious, whatever, to watch cheap spammable skills used against you over & over & over again, while the board won't give you a damn thing. I managed to fire just two skills, while the AI got at least three crashes, a headbutt, two chemical reactions, and a pair of devours.
TxMoose wrote: OJSP wrote: optimus2861 wrote: Yeah I just wiped against Juggs, Daken, Venom in the Blade essential. It's just ... aggravating, infuriating, tedious, whatever, to watch cheap spammable skills used against you over & over & over again, while the board won't give you a damn thing. I managed to fire just two skills, while the AI got at least three crashes, a headbutt, two chemical reactions, and a pair of devours. Hear hear.. I think, I probably lost my overall position partly due to having to retreat from this node a couple of times.. at least on the blade essential my guys are at 200+. I hate the storm essential where she's 150 and her best teammates are 94mags and my 136hood. that one has jugs and rags with a green feeder. one godlike power and everyone is hanging on by a thread. I hate brute forcing nodes, but that one is getting close to getting my brute force. oh and same team nearly double leveled on the top node - hate that.