Dev please tell us how HEART OF DARKNESS will run

Skorche

Just wondering if this is going to be a competitive PVE or if its going to be like the gauntlent or an alliance event? Or do we sign up for the brackets on Wednesday? Have they given an indication of how long the event is going to run?

Just wondering how much I have to pay attention to the game on Thanksgiving since I probably wont have an opportunity to until that evening.

stochasticism

4 day competitive PvE.

aesthetocyst

Skorche wrote:

Just wondering if this is going to be a competitive PVE or if its going to be like the gauntlent or an alliance event? Or do we sign up for the brackets on Wednesday? Have they given an indication of how long the event is going to run?

Just wondering how much I have to pay attention to the game on Thanksgiving since I probably wont have an opportunity to until that evening.

Well, you're in luck. First slice kicks in 54hrs, 6am ET. The rest staggered throughout the day. Slice 2 late morning, slice 3 early afternoon, slice 4 evening, and 5 laaaate at night (Eastern time, anyway). Even on the West Coast you'll be fine. Might be cutting it close on Hawaii, depending on your definition of "evening".

slidecage

aesthetocyst wrote:

Skorche wrote:

Just wondering if this is going to be a competitive PVE or if its going to be like the gauntlent or an alliance event? Or do we sign up for the brackets on Wednesday? Have they given an indication of how long the event is going to run?

Just wondering how much I have to pay attention to the game on Thanksgiving since I probably wont have an opportunity to until that evening.

Well, you're in luck. First slice kicks in 54hrs, 6am ET. The rest staggered throughout the day. Slice 2 late morning, slice 3 early afternoon, slice 4 evening, and 5 laaaate at night (Eastern time, anyway). Even on the West Coast you'll be fine. Might be cutting it close on Hawaii, depending on your definition of "evening".

think slice 1 starts at 7am est not 6am.

if they keep up it was like
7am
noon
5pm
11pm
3am

all times est.. What is throwing a lot is there is no JOIN SLICES


ALSO would love for ICE or someone to come in and confirm what time are we looking at is this going to be

24 48 24
24 24 24 24
48 48
24 24 48

before people pick time slices

slidecage

you said its going to be an 4 day event but how will it run?

Will it all be 24 hour nodes
24 48 24
48 48
48 24 24

ect ect ect.... Please release this info before the event starts so people know what slice to join... Also will it show the time slices after slice 1 stars cause there is still no time frames to enter

Darknes21

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Hearts of Darkness

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If u read it they would have to kill you!

Darknes21

IceIX

We've brought it into a 3.8 day (first time shard start to last time shard end) run, so really, 3 days for an even 24/24/24 instead of a doubled mid sub. Other than that, it runs just the same as any other standard story event.

Mawtful

If your characters die in Heart of Darkness they are deleted from your roster.

We found that players ENJOY earning characters but DETEST the rising cost of cover slots. In this way, players will get to earn their characters again - something they enjoy - and won't have to buy more slots because most of their characters will be dead.

Looking forward to applying the Heart of Darkness mechanic to all previous events throughout the next year.

IceIX

Mawtful wrote:

If your characters die in Heart of Darkness they are deleted from your roster.

We found that players ENJOY earning characters but DETEST the rising cost of cover slots. In this way, players will get to earn their characters again - something they enjoy - and won't have to buy more slots because most of their characters will be dead.

Looking forward to applying the Heart of Darkness mechanic to all previous events throughout the next year.

This is not the Iron Man you're looking for.

slidecage

IceIX wrote:

We've brought it into a 3.8 day (first time shard start to last time shard end) run, so really, 3 days for an even 24/24/24 instead of a doubled mid sub. Other than that, it runs just the same as any other standard story event.

thanks for the info... just didnt want to pick a wrong slot if there was a 48 hour one.. ouch now its even going to be a harder pick

7am blah awful works start and can get a few wacks in before eating but cant grind cause of shoping

noon... could try to put a few wacks in before shopping be few hours behind rd 2


5pm... out due to shopping stupid sales

11pm and 3am too late on a sunday..


so guess its a noon slice

MrMadeULook

slidecage wrote:

IceIX wrote:

We've brought it into a 3.8 day (first time shard start to last time shard end) run, so really, 3 days for an even 24/24/24 instead of a doubled mid sub. Other than that, it runs just the same as any other standard story event.

thanks for the info... just didnt want to pick a wrong slot if there was a 48 hour one.. ouch now its even going to be a harder pick

7am blah awful works start and can get a few wacks in before eating but cant grind cause of shoping

noon... could try to put a few wacks in before shopping be few hours behind rd 2


5pm... out due to shopping stupid sales

11pm and 3am too late on a sunday..


so guess its a noon slice

I ALWAYS pick the noon slice for PVE. Its the only slice where I actually have a good placement at the end

bobbyfish

damn, Saturday grind? that puts me out of T10 then...wish they'd stop releasing characters on weekends! 24/48/24 would have been perfect!

Could take the gamble of joining late...

DAC169

IceIX wrote:

We've brought it into a 3.8 day (first time shard start to last time shard end) run, so really, 3 days for an even 24/24/24 instead of a doubled mid sub. Other than that, it runs just the same as any other standard story event.

how does that extra .8 of a day work? and exactly how many hours is it?

Quebbster

DAC169 wrote:

IceIX wrote:

We've brought it into a 3.8 day (first time shard start to last time shard end) run, so really, 3 days for an even 24/24/24 instead of a doubled mid sub. Other than that, it runs just the same as any other standard story event.

how does that extra .8 of a day work? and exactly how many hours is it?

He's counting from the start of the first slice to the end of the last slice, so the 0.8 day is just the time difference between slices 1 and 5.

Rob13

Any word on who the essentials will be?

Berserk_Al

Rob13 wrote:

Any word on who the essentials will be?

If I remember, they would be Original Black Widow, Daredevil, and X-Force Wolverine. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Quebbster

Berserk Al wrote:

Rob13 wrote:

Any word on who the essentials will be?

If I remember, they would be Original Black Widow, Daredevil, and X-Force Wolverine. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

That's my recollection as well.

puppychow

Given the lack of time slices, I assume this is a TEAM event with alliance member lock ins, a la Ultron pve. And if you look at the illustration, event requires punisher, daredevil, and wolverine (which version? my money is on xfw).

Quebbster

puppychow wrote:

Given the lack of time slices, I assume this is a TEAM event with alliance member lock ins, a la Ultron pve. And if you look at the illustration, event requires punisher, daredevil, and wolverine (which version? my money is on xfw).

There are time slices, they just aren't showing until preregistration opens. It's a standard individual PvE.

madsalad

Mawtful wrote:

If your characters die in Heart of Darkness they are deleted from your roster.

We found that players ENJOY earning characters but DETEST the rising cost of cover slots. In this way, players will get to earn their characters again - something they enjoy - and won't have to buy more slots because most of their characters will be dead.

Looking forward to applying the Heart of Darkness mechanic to all previous events throughout the next year.

Don't give them any ideas.

JVReal

puppychow wrote:

Given the lack of time slices, I assume this is a TEAM event with alliance member lock ins, a la Ultron pve. And if you look at the illustration, event requires punisher, daredevil, and wolverine (which version? my money is on xfw).

The event involves Punisher, DD & Wolverine... but if they stand by using the rewards from the previous PVE (Oscorp), then it's OBW, DD, XFW.

I've not yet seen a dev confirm the essentials... but I'm still reading the new posts this morning.