PVE: The Gauntlet (2016-02-04 to 2016-02-11)

Cousin Simpson

pabasa130 wrote:

Time to start asking for tips and hints!

Sim 37: Hood, DD, 3* wolvie

Any recommended teams?

I haven't gotten that far, but when I go vs. Hood, I like to bring Falcon/Daken/Blade, and I guess since DD is there, deny purple.

DCUDCU

I used HB/Patch/Loki where I could, got through Sim 1 to 42 without using a single whale.

Sometimes had to substitute IF for Loki if the AI had him, and a few fights had Iron Man versions. I subbed in CMags.

Unknown

Predictably annoying, as always. As a guy with a solid 3 star team, a couple well upgraded 4 stars ( with lots at garbage level 4 star people given the raft of them now from the listless direction d3 has gone ), and a couple 5 stars from dumb luck - I can say that this event is what it always has been. A garbage addition to the game which occurs at every season end - where one ignores the game for a few days instead of playing to take care of real life unless they are in the mood to slog through an abyss of overpowered nodes which specialize in soaking up health packs and making one want to leave the game for good.

Out of I guess boredom, and a need to inflict pain on myself, I'm at the first node of the second level and have been treated to recurring acts of probabilistic impossibility which has left me wishing I'd ignored it like I had planned to.

I've been around long enough ( almost 700 days ) to know what to expect from this game, and am consistently disgusted with what shakes out in the Gauntlet.

Fresh off the Galactus event, I have had several messages from newer members of my alliance who were on the fence about continuing playing the game. I assured them that this is the signature ineptness that we see at the end of every season, and it will get better, so don't worry. ****, warn, ban me for this all you want, but the fact is that there is apparently a ( right thinking ) sentiment who agrees with my ( multi year ) assessment that you guys have work to do on events and matchmaking, instead of focusing on the display of progression rewards.

I fully expect to get some hyper sensitive millenial on my case for a ban, or some legion of players who enjoy a comparably pumped up roster to tell me how I'm wrong, but again, when I have noobs echoing the sentiment that I've held for 2 years - regardless of what the sycophants think, there is merit to the argument.

Akari

What are people using for the branch nodes on sub 3? I just finished the main 42 and a few of the essentials, but the HB node is kicking my ****. My HB is undercovered and underleveled, so I can't figure out how to reliably survive this node vs 5k 6ap red and 4k 5ap blue. This might be my first whale...

Also the 3rd R&G node with XFW DP Venom.

Edit: Whaled the HB node, 4cyc jg for the r&g node. Done with sub 3, on to the essentials in subs 2 and 1!

rainkingucd

If anyone wants to share the essentials branches, I'll update the original post with the details. Don't have time to play through quite yet.

Carpark

rainkingucd wrote:

If anyone wants to share the essentials branches, I'll update the original post with the details. Don't have time to play through quite yet.

I've only played through Wilderness survival and Alpine tactics, so I don't know the essentials for the final two branches, I assume it's Hulkbuster based on the previous posts by other people. So, in Wilderness survival both branches are 3* Magneto and in Alpine tactics its 3* Magneto and Mohawk Storm.

Akari

rainkingucd wrote:

If anyone wants to share the essentials branches, I'll update the original post with the details. Don't have time to play through quite yet.

I can only give sub 3, as that's the only one I've finished.

Branch 1 Rocket and Groot (unlocks in order):
1 - Nick Fury, Red Hulk, Kingpin
2 - Antman, Carnage, Flaptain
3 - XF Wolverine, 3* Deadpool, Venom

Branch 2 (unlocks all at once):
1 (cMag req) - GS Black Widow, Black Panther, Hood
2 (cMag reg) - Black Panther, 3* Hulk, Devil Dino
3 (HB req) - 3* Daken, Professor X, Miles Morales (has CP)

Monged4life

What is the final node of world domination? I'm surprised to hear people have completed this already and yet no details on this node. Is it not the horrific combination we were expecting?

pabasa130

Monged4life wrote:

What is the final node of world domination? I'm surprised to hear people have completed this already and yet no details on this node. Is it not the horrific combination we were expecting?

It was surprisingly not hair-tearingly difficult as previous gauntlets. Most likely due to hulkbuster being booster making every single high hp node tolerable.

Sim 42 (last sim) has 4*Deadpool, Kamala Khan and Ghost Rider. Funnily enough Ghost rider's red and green were cheap enough to take KK's green and DP's red out of the equation.

Akari

Got enough health packs to finish 1 more node, here's sub 2, all unlock in order.

Branch 1 (Mohawk req):
1 - Sentry, Quicksilver, Hood
2 - Gorgon, Rocket Groot, Punisher
3 - Torch, Spidey, She Hulk

Branch 2 (cMag req):
1 - Torch, Colossus, Cap Marvel
2 - LThor, 3* Cyclops, Red Hulk
3 - Bagman (!!!), Luke Cage, Squirrel Girl (has CP)

My branch 1 was level 212 and branch 2 was level 251-254, so there will be a big jump there.

Quebbster

Akari wrote:

Got enough health packs to finish 1 more node, here's sub 2, all unlock in order.

Branch 1 (Mohawk req):
1 - Sentry, Quicksilver, Hood
2 - Gorgon, Rocket Groot, Punisher
3 - Torch, Spidey, She Hulk

Branch 2 (cMag req):
1 - Torch, Colossus, Cap Marvel
2 - LThor, 3* Cyclops, Red Hulk
3 - Bagman (!!!), Luke Cage, Squirrel Girl

My branch 1 was level 212 and branch 2 was level 251-254, so there will be a big jump there.

Bagman extending the countdowns of Cage's black and Squirrel Girl's green could actually be pretty nasty...

Akari

Sorry for repeat posts. Here's sub 1, nodes unlock in order.

Branch 1 (cMag req):
1 - 2* Ms Marvel, Ares, Bullseye
2 - Moonstone, cStorm, 2* Cap
3 - OBW, 2* Torch, Luke Cage

Branch 2 (cMag req):
1 - Blade, 2* Cap, MBW
2 - 3* Spidey, 1* Venom, Doc Ock
3 - Doom, 2* Wolverine, Cap Marvel (has CP)

nigelregal

If you replay the early nodes for prizes does that affect scaling in later nodes?

I use a few teams so like to wait until they heal to continue the gauntlet but could play early nodes for ISO prizes.

Monged4life

Very possibly...... I hadn't thought of that when I ransacked the first 3 nodes.

MarvelMan

CP Nodes:

Wilderness Survival
Simulation 14 (last main node): 3* Bullseye/1* Spidey/3* Iron Fist (two rewards possible, 500iso is other)
Magneto (Classic) (3rd battle on second fork, CMags required): Dr Doom/2* Wolvie/3* Captain Marvel (seven rewards possible)

Alpine Tactics
Simulation 28 (last main node): 3* Blade/3* Patch/4* Nova (two rewards possible, 1,000iso is other)
Magneto (Classic) (3rd battle on second fork, CMags required): 2* bagman/3* Luke Cage/3* Squirrel Girl (seven rewards possible)

Global Domination
Simulation 42 (last main node): 4* Deadpool/3* Kamala/4* Ghost Rider (two rewards possible, 2,000iso is other)
Iron Man (Hulkbuster) (3rd battle on second fork, Hulkbuster required): 3* Daken/4* Prof X/4* Miles Morales (seven rewards possible)



Let me know if I missed any, or screwed up somewhere.

stowaway

nigelregal wrote:

If you replay the early nodes for prizes does that affect scaling in later nodes?

This used to be the case. But for me, this Gauntlet, it hasn't happened. All my nodes in Global Domination were 326, and they haven't gone up, even after beating some of them several times.

rowdster

Suggestions for a team for node 39? I keep trying with cmags, patch, loki, but Jean Grey keeps taking them out.

Unknown

Node 36, blade, IF, cage, need help please

Figure15

rowdster wrote:

Suggestions for a team for node 39? I keep trying with cmags, patch, loki, but Jean Grey keeps taking them out.

Swap cmag for Lcap. Match 4 carefully till enough blue then go to town.

Rojas66

Benny1902 wrote:

Node 36, blade, IF, cage, need help please

I used Hulk, CMags and KK