PvE Prodigal Sun: November 5th - November 12th, 2015

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  • Cunneryn
    Cunneryn Posts: 112
    Is it only me stuck with a horrible roster this event all of the enhanced caracters are those I have only a few covers for, which makes everything a lot harder and health packs consuming
  • Quebbster
    Quebbster Posts: 8,070 Chairperson of the Boards
    Cunneryn wrote:
    Is it only me stuck with a horrible roster this event all of the enhanced caracters are those I have only a few covers for, which makes everything a lot harder and health packs consuming
    Yes. It's only you. Cage, She-hulk and Doom wreck most nodes easily.
  • fmftint
    fmftint Posts: 3,653 Chairperson of the Boards
    Demiurge is stretching progression numbers again. Last run the 3* cover was @ 34k, this time 34.5k, the token_legendary.png should be @69k, is increased to 86k
  • OneLastGambit
    OneLastGambit Posts: 1,963 Chairperson of the Boards
    fmftint wrote:
    Demiurge is stretching progression numbers again. Last run the 3* cover was @ 34k, this time 34.5k, the token_legendary.png should be @69k, is increased to 86k


    I thought it seemed higher.

    Grinding is not much of an issue for me but healthpacks are. Longer grind = need health packs. You have the reason why they increased the score.

    Anyone know if the points available are more than the previous run?
  • Punisher5784
    Punisher5784 Posts: 3,845 Chairperson of the Boards
    fmftint wrote:
    Demiurge is stretching progression numbers again. Last run the 3* cover was @ 34k, this time 34.5k, the token_legendary.png should be @69k, is increased to 86k

    That's because we have the awesome opportunity to grab a "free" icon_sentry.pngredflag.png ! Power of a million exploding suns! This cover makes up the difference of grinding more for the token_legendary.png .
  • Quebbster
    Quebbster Posts: 8,070 Chairperson of the Boards
    Punisher5784 wrote:
    fmftint wrote:
    Demiurge is stretching progression numbers again. Last run the 3* cover was @ 34k, this time 34.5k, the token_legendary.png should be @69k, is increased to 86k

    That's because we have the awesome opportunity to grab a "free" icon_sentry.pngredflag.png ! Power of a million exploding suns! This cover makes up the difference of grinding more for the token_legendary.png .
    I'm pretty sure that cover was there last time the event ran too...
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Punisher5784 wrote:
    fmftint wrote:
    Demiurge is stretching progression numbers again. Last run the 3* cover was @ 34k, this time 34.5k, the token_legendary.png should be @69k, is increased to 86k

    That's because we have the awesome opportunity to grab a "free" icon_sentry.pngredflag.png ! Power of a million exploding suns! This cover makes up the difference of grinding more for the token_legendary.png .

    I might actually have a team up to the task this time around, so I'm looking forward to it!

    Not sure how much use I'll get out of Sentry, but hey, it's another warm body anyway, right? icon_e_wink.gificon_lol.gif

    DBC
  • Unknown
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    TxMoose wrote:
    mjh wrote:
    quite possibly the worst set of essential characters i've seen in a very long time.
    kp and 2daken are faaaaarrrrrr from bad. yes, rags is not great, but the other 2 are good characters. my daken will only have 1 cover, so mine will suck, but the character is not bad at all, especially boosted.
    Between the progression award and yesterday's DDQ, I now have enough green covers that I really like Rag's green power now and his red is cheap and effective as well.

    That blue though. ugh.
  • Unknown
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    rtomek wrote:
    TxMoose wrote:
    mjh wrote:
    quite possibly the worst set of essential characters i've seen in a very long time.
    kp and 2daken are faaaaarrrrrr from bad. yes, rags is not great, but the other 2 are good characters. my daken will only have 1 cover, so mine will suck, but the character is not bad at all, especially boosted.
    Between the progression award and yesterday's DDQ, I now have enough green covers that I really like Rag's green power now and his red is cheap and effective as well.

    That blue though. ugh.

    Pretty funny how the mob mentality ultimately shapes things, isn't it?

    I've probably dumped 2 fully covered Rags worth of cards based on the common perception of him as broken, and finally built my own, and I'm with you. Is he Cage or IF? No. But serviceable? Heck yeah he is! icon_e_biggrin.gif

    Thinking I'll keep him around as a 2nd, 3rd, or even 4th stringer, but I'm keeping him around. icon_e_wink.gif

    DBC

    DBC
  • Cousin Simpson
    Cousin Simpson Posts: 1,086 Chairperson of the Boards
    Falcon is a mainstay of my roster, but sometimes the board is starved of blue -- Rags to the rescue!

    I'm still not leveling him, though.
  • rowdster
    rowdster Posts: 114 Tile Toppler
    Any favorite teams for this? I've been using SW, IF, LC. SW blue->purples to load up IF to convert to blanks to use LC black to stun and clear.

    This works pretty well. These guys are maxed out, and I still use about half my heals (5) to clear a round, so grinding points is not a great option for me yet.

    When I have to use rags I switch to doom, SW.

    When I have to use daken or kingpin, I switch to she-hulk/hulk.
  • Quebbster
    Quebbster Posts: 8,070 Chairperson of the Boards
    rowdster wrote:
    Any favorite teams for this? I've been using SW, IF, LC. SW blue->purples to load up IF to convert to blanks to use LC black to stun and clear.

    This works pretty well. These guys are maxed out, and I still use about half my heals (5) to clear a round, so grinding points is not a great option for me yet.

    When I have to use rags I switch to doom, SW.

    When I have to use daken or kingpin, I switch to she-hulk/hulk.
    Doom, Cage, She-hulk. Wrecks pretty much anything. Substitute essential characters as needed.
  • Unknown
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    Drummerboycroy wrote:
    rtomek wrote:
    TxMoose wrote:
    mjh wrote:
    quite possibly the worst set of essential characters i've seen in a very long time.
    kp and 2daken are faaaaarrrrrr from bad. yes, rags is not great, but the other 2 are good characters. my daken will only have 1 cover, so mine will suck, but the character is not bad at all, especially boosted.
    Between the progression award and yesterday's DDQ, I now have enough green covers that I really like Rag's green power now and his red is cheap and effective as well.

    That blue though. ugh.

    Pretty funny how the mob mentality ultimately shapes things, isn't it?

    I've probably dumped 2 fully covered Rags worth of cards based on the common perception of him as broken, and finally built my own, and I'm with you. Is he Cage or IF? No. But serviceable? Heck yeah he is! icon_e_biggrin.gif

    Thinking I'll keep him around as a 2nd, 3rd, or even 4th stringer, but I'm keeping him around. icon_e_wink.gif

    DBC

    DBC

    I know, right! AOE + board shakeup usually gets praised. Compared to She-Hulk, Rag's version costs more but it also deals more damage.
  • BlackSheep101
    BlackSheep101 Posts: 2,025 Chairperson of the Boards
    Been running Patch/IF/Daken for speed, and it's been working pretty well. Only fist needs health packs, unless I really screw up.

    Regarding the extended points threshold for the legendary token, maybe the devs factored in the extra grinding people would do to get the command points? I don't believe the Sentry cover has anything to do with it, since that's been there forever.
  • TxMoose
    TxMoose Posts: 4,319 Chairperson of the Boards
    hulk/cage/fist works well. kp nodes been using witch/kp/mags. also my first event using fully functional charlies angels - those are fun as hell but i see where too much use will screw your scaling up.
  • Akari
    Akari Posts: 492 Mover and Shaker
    My team lately has been BP GSBW SW (127 but functional), sometimes with boosted pink AP if I need it. Substitute GSBW with Kamala every now and then. For nodes where I can't use them, I use 3Cap 3Cyc Hood, or just Patch Loki Hulk/etc. I like She Hulk, but I don't have her or the other boosted chars fully covered and don't really have a team for them.

    Considering I have 78k now (2 days 10 hrs left so final grind and 2 more full subs), I don't see the extended progression as a real problem, but it would be nice to have more rewards at the top, even if just more ISO.

    Edit: that's probably because I've been going a lot harder into PvE since I realized I'm not strong enough to get good rewards out of PvP yet. I guess it is a problem for people who don't have the time for grinding.
  • Moon Roach
    Moon Roach Posts: 2,863 Chairperson of the Boards
    Frelling Know Your Enemy node. I must have cleared it 15 times so far, and the only reward left is the Come And Get Me Point. Running out of health packs, time and decent teams to try.

    And while typing this, with 7 minutes left, I finally get it.
  • OneLastGambit
    OneLastGambit Posts: 1,963 Chairperson of the Boards
    Anyone else low on points? I've finished t50 for every sub so far and I'm only at 47k points. I know the last 2 subs will probably be worth more but for that token_legendary.png the last 2 subs need to be worth 20k each.

    Anyone else in this position?


    BTW it was nice to see a new face in essentials (KP) getting tired of the same old ones, also nice to get my XFDP out to play with only 3 covers he was still useful thanks to the boost.
  • Akari
    Akari Posts: 492 Mover and Shaker
    OneLastGambit wrote:
    Anyone else low on points? I've finished t50 for every sub so far and I'm only at 47k points. I know the last 2 subs will probably be worth more but for that token_legendary.png the last 2 subs need to be worth 20k each.

    One clear of 2nd to last sub is 4709, so 20k should be doable with near optimal clear and cp grinding, and then 20k again in final sub with average clear should be very easy.
  • OneLastGambit
    OneLastGambit Posts: 1,963 Chairperson of the Boards
    Akari wrote:
    OneLastGambit wrote:
    Anyone else low on points? I've finished t50 for every sub so far and I'm only at 47k points. I know the last 2 subs will probably be worth more but for that token_legendary.png the last 2 subs need to be worth 20k each.

    One clear of 2nd to last sub is 4709, so 20k should be doable with near optimal clear and cp grinding, and then 20k again in final sub with average clear should be very easy.


    Thanks. Man this event is hard keeping up, dunno how the people ranked above me are getting their point haul because I feel like I've done more grinding than Tony Hawks for this PVE and have only finished t10 once!

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