Anyone else seeing people who never get attacked?

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I've been watching the guy at the top of my Best There Is bracket, and it looks like his score has never gone down. Yesterday we were neck and neck, but once I got near 700 I just couldn't keep up with all the attacks, while he just kept merrily climbing without ever getting hit. When I woke up this morning he was at 800, then he went up to 811 and 818. I've been checking every half hour or so, and at no point has his score decreased all day. He hasn't been shielded during any of this time.

I filed a ticket, but no action yet and frankly I don't expect anything during the event. I'm just curious how common this is. Anyone else see someone like this atop their bracket?

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I don't think anyone really remembers the scores of the people above them. Maybe they got their points back after being hit and they spend a lot on health packs so they can play often. If they're at a high rank it's incredibly unlikely that they wouldn't be targeted.

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what kind of team does he have. If he's rocking three level 135s, not many people would challenge him, much less beat him especially with a one-hit killer like a boosted patch.

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Most of the top of my bracket is like that, underdeveloped characters no fluctuations. Finally some movement recently but they are clearly playing an entire different set of people. More than mildly frustrating. I just tried to do a match against a team gross level 290 got cascaded and died, 3 health packs down. Guess I got 1-2 more attempts later tonight.

Puritas

Chimaera wrote:

Most of the top of my bracket is like that, underdeveloped characters no fluctuations. Finally some movement recently but they are clearly playing an entire different set of people. More than mildly frustrating. I just tried to do a match against a team gross level 290 got cascaded and died, 3 health packs down. Guess I got 1-2 more attempts later tonight.

Yeah at the moment being a 2-week player (or tanking to the mmr of one) seems to be a get-first-place card
so many newbies rocking 2-3 IW and **** wolvies

Unknown

He can be in mmr heaven - exact opposite of hell, low enough mmr to be much stronger than majority of players with same mmr. Wolf in sheep's skin. So no one wants to fight him. Given that LRs ended recently, there should be plenty of such players.

Unknown

The guy I see leading, Sockid, has a 100 Patch, 85 W0lvie, 66 X-Force, 100 Punisher, 86 Spidey, 81 Hulk, 89 Doom, 97 Rag.

That guy is probably skipped a lot.

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saints2death wrote:

what kind of team does he have. If he's rocking three level 135s, not many people would challenge him, much less beat him especially with a one-hit killer like a boosted patch.

He has a level 85 2* wolvie, a level 20 patch and no 4* wolvie. He didn' have much for other 3*'s.

I've got a level 85 2* wolvie, but I've only been using my level 106 Patch with Level 111 Spidey and Level 85 OBW.

Hey, he just dropped from 818 to 798! Literally the first time his score has decreased all day! Well, at least he's not invincible.

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John Courage wrote:

saints2death wrote:

what kind of team does he have. If he's rocking three level 135s, not many people would challenge him, much less beat him especially with a one-hit killer like a boosted patch.

He has a level 85 2* wolvie, a level 20 patch and no 4* wolvie. He didn' have much for other 3*'s.

I've got a level 85 2* wolvie, but I've only been using my level 106 Patch with Level 111 Spidey and Level 85 OBW.

Hey, he just dropped from 818 to 798! Literally the first time his score has decreased all day! Well, at least he's not invincible.

Ah, he spent his luck. If he won't shield, expect him to fall into oblivion.

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John Courage wrote:

saints2death wrote:

what kind of team does he have. If he's rocking three level 135s, not many people would challenge him, much less beat him especially with a one-hit killer like a boosted patch.

He has a level 85 2* wolvie, a level 20 patch and no 4* wolvie. He didn' have much for other 3*'s.

I've got a level 85 2* wolvie, but I've only been using my level 106 Patch with Level 111 Spidey and Level 85 OBW.

Hey, he just dropped from 818 to 798! Literally the first time his score has decreased all day! Well, at least he's not invincible.

With the new MMR and the differences between iOS and Android and the absolute difference between Steam, it's like some people in the same tourney aren't even playing the same game.

Puritas

John Courage wrote:

Hey, he just dropped from 818 to 798! Literally the first time his score has decreased all day! Well, at least he's not invincible.

With that roster, maybe he lost an offense?

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Puritas wrote:

John Courage wrote:

Hey, he just dropped from 818 to 798! Literally the first time his score has decreased all day! Well, at least he's not invincible.

With that roster, maybe he lost an offense?

Lol, I hadn't even considered that. His only maxed characters are 2* Wolvie, Storm and Ares, and his best 3* is lvl 20 Spidey with 4 purple covers only.

I guess no invisible woman for me. Maybe I'll bow out and let someone else get Spidey, since I don't need him. At least this doesn't seem to be too common, I just won the **** bracket lottery I guesss.

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Well, I'm one of those individuals that cannot be attacked. I don't exactly know since when, but not in any tourney nor in shield can I be attacked. This is however balanced by the fact that no matter what my current ranking is I ALWAYS get 140+ opponents so I can't do jack squat. Can't progress, nothing. The scales are balanced atleast, huh?

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lumea wrote:

Well, I'm one of those individuals that cannot be attacked. I don't exactly know since when, but not in any tourney nor in shield can I be attacked. This is however balanced by the fact that no matter what my current ranking is I ALWAYS get 140+ opponents so I can't do jack squat. Can't progress, nothing. The scales are balanced atleast, huh?

With our powers combined we'd be unstoppable. I get nothing but 100+ 3* teams, who I can beat easily, but they can beat me just as easily and so we get nowhere. Maybe the guy in my bracket isn't cheating either, it's just their matchmaking algorithm is really that screwed. Wish they'd overhaul the whole thing.

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John Courage wrote:

With our powers combined we'd be unstoppable.

I'd love that, Captain Planet!

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I bet the vast majority of players have 2-4 level 85s, so just when you're getting humped by the lack of ISO to level another character when you have to plow them into 3 stars, you're in the biggest MMR pool which causes a massive feeding frenzy.

When your cards are weak, all those players won't attack you because you're unlikely to show up, which means you can grind, grind, grind away.

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One thing I realized is that Sockid might be on a high MMR. He win so many events at the moment, there is no way he can tank his MMR. It's like a distribution curve, hardest if you in the middle because of the amount of competition.

bahamut685

Puritas wrote:

Chimaera wrote:

Most of the top of my bracket is like that, underdeveloped characters no fluctuations. Finally some movement recently but they are clearly playing an entire different set of people. More than mildly frustrating. I just tried to do a match against a team gross level 290 got cascaded and died, 3 health packs down. Guess I got 1-2 more attempts later tonight.

Yeah at the moment being a 2-week player (or tanking to the mmr of one) seems to be a get-first-place card
so many newbies rocking 2-3 IW and **** wolvies

Also known as the system "working as intended".

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Well that player is still at 786. He bounced around slightly btwn that and about 820, never dropped below 786, never shielded and didn't seem to play much.

I actually got to like 792, he was a little over 800 at the time and I thought "just one more to get the 800 reward then I'll shield." So naturally I got hit for like -70 before I finish that match. Then I played as fast as I could but got hit continually and pushed back into the low 600s. Guess I'm bowing out, I don't need the spidey covers, so I'll do just enough to stay in top 45 for the 100 HP, let someone else get the covers.

Sorry to whine, but it's very frustrating. I play for hours, constantly beating teams of 100+ 3*'s without ever losing a match. This guy apparently plays only WannaBSkrull level competition and never gets attacked. A winner is him. I've never tried to tank my ranking before, but I can see why people do. Such an utterly broken matchmaking system.

Twysta

Playing the last few hours is probably the most frustrating time because every time you get hit you really feel it.

Crazze47

Yea I have a guy like that in my bracket as well but they do use shields. They were at around 650 points and I got ahead in points around 670. Like 20 minutes after that they unshielded and got to around 800 points and shielded again. Only maxed character is 85 wolvie but they have all kinds 3* and 4* covers so they have been winning a lot. How they are keeping their MMR low enough to keep winning? I have no clue. I took some screenshots in case they were cheating but with how screwed up PVP is right now I don't want to report someone just because they are in 1st and I don't think they deserve to be there.