PVE: Venom Bomb (2015-12-24 to 2015-12-28)

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  • rowdster
    rowdster Posts: 114 Tile Toppler
    I don't understand the gaps in the scoring that I'm experiencing and reading about here. For my slice, I am currently #16 in liberty island, #113 overall, I've been playing steadily since the PVE started, but I have 45783 points with 10 hours left. I'm pretty sure I can't get the 65000 points, as I currently have 11 hours to full point recharge for the event.

    This is very frustrating, to have played for so much time to get to this point, clearing multiple rounds in prior inner events. I don't have the Miles card, so is that it? If you don't have the one new required player, you likely won't get the LT?
  • puppychow
    puppychow Posts: 1,453
    rowdster wrote:
    I don't understand the gaps in the scoring that I'm experiencing and reading about here. For my slice, I am currently #16 in liberty island, #113 overall, I've been playing steadily since the PVE started, but I have 45783 points with 10 hours left. I'm pretty sure I can't get the 65000 points, as I currently have 11 hours to full point recharge for the event.

    This is very frustrating, to have played for so much time to get to this point, clearing multiple rounds in prior inner events. I don't have the Miles card, so is that it? If you don't have the one new required player, you likely won't get the LT?

    Unfortunately, the effect of NOT being able to hit an essential is pretty cumulative. Take the Miles node in sub 4. It's worth like 800 points for a full 8 hour refresh. If you hit it 3x, that's 2400 points. If you grind it down, you might get another 2k ish out of it. So that's 5k points you're missing out on. If the Miles node from subs 1-3 offer 5k points, that is 10k right there. So YES missing Miles CAN mean missing out on LT progression.
  • rowdster
    rowdster Posts: 114 Tile Toppler
    puppychow wrote:
    rowdster wrote:
    I don't understand the gaps in the scoring that I'm experiencing and reading about here. For my slice, I am currently #16 in liberty island, #113 overall, I've been playing steadily since the PVE started, but I have 45783 points with 10 hours left. I'm pretty sure I can't get the 65000 points, as I currently have 11 hours to full point recharge for the event.

    This is very frustrating, to have played for so much time to get to this point, clearing multiple rounds in prior inner events. I don't have the Miles card, so is that it? If you don't have the one new required player, you likely won't get the LT?

    Unfortunately, the effect of NOT being able to hit an essential is pretty cumulative. Take the Miles node in sub 4. It's worth like 800 points for a full 8 hour refresh. If you hit it 3x, that's 2400 points. If you grind it down, you might get another 2k ish out of it. So that's 5k points you're missing out on. If the Miles node from subs 1-3 offer 5k points, that is 10k right there. So YES missing Miles CAN mean missing out on LT progression.

    Good analysis, thanks! I will certainly consider this for whether I play future PVE!
  • Tatercat
    Tatercat Posts: 930 Critical Contributor
    rowdster wrote:
    I don't understand the gaps in the scoring that I'm experiencing and reading about here. For my slice, I am currently #16 in liberty island, #113 overall, I've been playing steadily since the PVE started, but I have 45783 points with 10 hours left. I'm pretty sure I can't get the 65000 points, as I currently have 11 hours to full point recharge for the event.

    This is very frustrating, to have played for so much time to get to this point, clearing multiple rounds in prior inner events. I don't have the Miles card, so is that it? If you don't have the one new required player, you likely won't get the LT?

    Yes, not having the required 4* does make reaching the LT a much harder proposition. You can work around the 2* mode until it pops up as a token or progression reward, but that's much harder to do for the other two essentials, since you may never get the 4* and at least one sub will pass before you get the 3*. This is why people HATE back to back 4* release events, as you have to place T100 in the first one if you any chance at the 2nd event. (And of course the last one was a 7 day event which I wouldn't fault anyone for skipping).

    Unfortunately its best to set low expectations for PVE's that you don't have the 4* for. I still have no Carnage as essential and it's only recently I've gotten a Thing cover, so I still have to sit out some events. (mentally, I'm probably better for it, tho). Just focus on getting event token rewards from the daily subs, build your iso, and eventually you'll build your roster in other ways. Yeah it sucks to miss out on a character you really like, but realistically the only time you would be using them for the next couple of months is the next PVE.
  • slidecage
    slidecage Posts: 3,452 Chairperson of the Boards
    rowdster wrote:
    I don't understand the gaps in the scoring that I'm experiencing and reading about here. For my slice, I am currently #16 in liberty island, #113 overall, I've been playing steadily since the PVE started, but I have 45783 points with 10 hours left. I'm pretty sure I can't get the 65000 points, as I currently have 11 hours to full point recharge for the event.

    This is very frustrating, to have played for so much time to get to this point, clearing multiple rounds in prior inner events. I don't have the Miles card, so is that it? If you don't have the one new required player, you likely won't get the LT?

    how do you know if your going to get the LT

    Take the clear round score at the start of each stage NOW times that by 3 to 4.. That is a good idea of how much you need to hit in each stage to make the LT...

    you must not been doing the final grind or was able to hit all nodes.. I started day one and ended up with 70,000 pts and that is without touching the last node in any stage (but grinding a lot of them to under 40s)
  • puppychow
    puppychow Posts: 1,453
    slidecage wrote:

    how do you know if your going to get the LT

    Take the clear round score at the start of each stage NOW times that by 3 to 4.. That is a good idea of how much you need to hit in each stage to make the LT...

    That's a good rule of thumb. I would multiply by 4, but take out the non-repeating starter node (where you use the loaners). If you are willing to grind, you can multiply by 6 even.

    For the record, I reached LT in Venom Bomb by the end of sub 3, as a t10 player.
  • frostCoH
    frostCoH Posts: 71 Match Maker
    slidecage wrote:
    rowdster wrote:
    I don't understand the gaps in the scoring that I'm experiencing and reading about here. For my slice, I am currently #16 in liberty island, #113 overall, I've been playing steadily since the PVE started, but I have 45783 points with 10 hours left. I'm pretty sure I can't get the 65000 points, as I currently have 11 hours to full point recharge for the event.

    This is very frustrating, to have played for so much time to get to this point, clearing multiple rounds in prior inner events. I don't have the Miles card, so is that it? If you don't have the one new required player, you likely won't get the LT?

    how do you know if your going to get the LT

    Take the clear round score at the start of each stage NOW times that by 3 to 4.. That is a good idea of how much you need to hit in each stage to make the LT...

    you must not been doing the final grind or was able to hit all nodes.. I started day one and ended up with 70,000 pts and that is without touching the last node in any stage (but grinding a lot of them to under 40s)
    Can someone translate this to less jargon?

    Also how do you know how many completes of the nodes each day of each event to get the legendary, of any given event.

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