Duck Season Details *Updated (04/11/16)

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  • tanis3303
    tanis3303 Posts: 855 Critical Contributor
    Malcrof wrote:
    In new char releases, rarely ever will top progression get you t100.. especially the way Howard is being clamored for, my 84k was good enough for 13th, but t100 was all pretty much 70k+ in my bracket.

    It's true. Mal and I shared a bracket (you only had 81,032 btw icon_e_biggrin.gif ), I finished 9th with just over 82.5K, beating 10th place by a mere 500 points It was the closest, nail-bitiest finish for t10 I've ever had, and I ground every node in all subs down to 1. I even cleared out the essentials again at the end for 15 points each, because I got nervous about my sliding ranking. I did have to clear a bit early in the last sub because of work tho, and that nearly cost me my placement...new character releases are crazy.
  • Gmax101
    Gmax101 Posts: 182 Tile Toppler
    Quebbster wrote:
    Gmax101 wrote:
    Is it wrong that sniping new character PVEs is usually the best gamble for getting a cover or two?

    After all, it seems unbelievably harsh on players who ground the event for 4 days and get nothing, the someone able to hang around and just dive in to a late slice gets 2/3 covers....

    and this comes from someone who, shamefully, sees that as the most effective route to new covers...


    *and no, I know the actually don't/won't....
    You get a lot more ISO by playing through the event. ISO is usually more valuable than covers in the long run. Howard may be an exception though.

    very much so, and if I know I can devote enough time to hit progression then I will do so... but if time is short, and I can do some PVP for ISO then sniping is the most likely way of getting the cover.... a fact that seems a bit off.

    mind you, by making the covers progression only then if you don't get in early then you don't get the covers.... which might not be ideal either... but it does seem fairer.

    Getting to X points should get you a cover, Y gets you the second cover and Z gets the 3rd...

    but maybe X should be somewhere around Progression.
  • TxMoose
    TxMoose Posts: 4,319 Chairperson of the Boards
    Quebbster wrote:
    Gmax101 wrote:
    Is it wrong that sniping new character PVEs is usually the best gamble for getting a cover or two?

    After all, it seems unbelievably harsh on players who ground the event for 4 days and get nothing, the someone able to hang around and just dive in to a late slice gets 2/3 covers....

    and this comes from someone who, shamefully, sees that as the most effective route to new covers...

    (Although was hoisted by my own incompetence in the Quake launch where I clicked on the wrong node.... and ended up joining a 800+ player bracket rather than the brand new one)

    It is just another unfortunate side effect of making PVE actually PVP....

    At some SURELY they have to recognise the bad feeling etc that their game, and by definition, leisure activity, is creating*....





    *and no, I know the actually don't/won't....
    You get a lot more ISO by playing through the event. ISO is usually more valuable than covers in the long run. Howard may be an exception though.
    I'm with quebbster - I got a ton of iso in this event. if I would have realized that t20 wasn't going to happen, I could have boosted the grinds less to just farm and made even more. I would not trade more iso for boosting to add another cover, especially for a side-show character that i'll never need again. I didn't keep dino and I likely won't be keeping Howie long-term
  • Malcrof
    Malcrof Posts: 5,971 Chairperson of the Boards
    tanis3303 wrote:
    Malcrof wrote:
    In new char releases, rarely ever will top progression get you t100.. especially the way Howard is being clamored for, my 84k was good enough for 13th, but t100 was all pretty much 70k+ in my bracket.

    It's true. Mal and I shared a bracket (you only had 81,032 btw icon_e_biggrin.gif ), I finished 9th with just over 82.5K, beating 10th place by a mere 500 points It was the closest, nail-bitiest finish for t10 I've ever had, and I ground every node in all subs down to 1. I even cleared out the essentials again at the end for 15 points each, because I got nervous about my sliding ranking. I did have to clear a bit early in the last sub because of work tho, and that nearly cost me my placement...new character releases are crazy.

    I didnt check my score, just guesstimated.. i know i saw you and a couple other friendly faces, thought i had t10 tied up.. then i realized i started final grind too early, and was going to finish all nodes down to 1 with 15 minutes left.. and i was # 6.. and the margin was so small it wasn't funny...

    That was a tight race, i was in #1 for a good portion, you were # 1 for a good portion, and neither of us won it..

    This is actually something i like, first.. all that iso, i champed Bagman with.. it felt it right to use the iso gained grinding for Howard to champ Bagman, plus i had some covers in q.. but still finished with 20k iso to spare.. the iso, the tokens, the sub placement tokens and iso, and of course the 25 cp.. new release or not, i play all pve's, there is something to be gained no matter what.
  • Linkster79
    Linkster79 Posts: 1,037 Chairperson of the Boards
    Gmax101 wrote:
    Is it wrong that sniping new character PVEs is usually the best gamble for getting a cover or two?

    After all, it seems unbelievably harsh on players who ground the event for 4 days and get nothing, the someone able to hang around and just dive in to a late slice gets 2/3 covers....

    Bracket sniping for me is one of the most fun parts of the game. Do I get a new bracket with incredibly easy top placement, 1 or 2 covers for 45 minutes effort or will I be getting a bracket with 800+ players? I don't feel bad at all, those who enter early get progress rewards, rewards from each sub and rewards from all the nodes. It's a good trade off and to say those early entrants get nothing is very wrong as they get masses more than us late joiners.
  • Phumade
    Phumade Posts: 2,524 Chairperson of the Boards
    Quebbster wrote:
    You get a lot more ISO by playing through the event. ISO is usually more valuable than covers in the long run. Howard may be an exception though.

    Its so true, I only got top 10 for MM, Venom, Nova, Spider gwen and now that 1 full cycle of DDQ titans has passed, all 4 characters are either at 12 or 13 covers. While its nice to get top 10 now and then, its much more important to be consistent in your results. The covers will come.
  • MyNameIsRed
    MyNameIsRed Posts: 63
    Malcrof wrote:
    In new char releases, rarely ever will top progression get you t100.. especially the way Howard is being clamored for, my 84k was good enough for 13th, but t100 was all pretty much 70k+ in my bracket.

    Sad sad side note, my wife, who really only does DDQ and some very light pvp.. and has her first 2 cover maxed 3*s finally.. decided last night to join The Hunt, with 45 minutes left , joined @ #5 and finished #3... she had time to finish exactly 1 clear. Her bracket never even got to 100 people, so everyone got a howard. This is the first PVE she has played any part of in many months.. seems that's the way to go.

    I took a bit of a break from PVE and by that I mean I probably did a clear a day and didn't rank higher than 600 or so the last 4 -5 PVE's. I just scraped top the top progression for the duck thing and got top 20. By scrape I mean I got 54400 or so.

    Maybe for people who are suffering burnout, they can have a rest and just play for new characters?

    Sounds like non-hardcore play is the way to go (for new characters, not for general progression)
  • Pwuz_
    Pwuz_ Posts: 1,214 Chairperson of the Boards
    MyNameIsRed wrote:
    Malcrof wrote:
    In new char releases, rarely ever will top progression get you t100.. especially the way Howard is being clamored for, my 84k was good enough for 13th, but t100 was all pretty much 70k+ in my bracket.

    Sad sad side note, my wife, who really only does DDQ and some very light pvp.. and has her first 2 cover maxed 3*s finally.. decided last night to join The Hunt, with 45 minutes left , joined @ #5 and finished #3... she had time to finish exactly 1 clear. Her bracket never even got to 100 people, so everyone got a howard. This is the first PVE she has played any part of in many months.. seems that's the way to go.

    I took a bit of a break from PVE and by that I mean I probably did a clear a day and didn't rank higher than 600 or so the last 4 -5 PVE's. I just scraped top the top progression for the duck thing and got top 20. By scrape I mean I got 54400 or so.

    Maybe for people who are suffering burnout, they can have a rest and just play for new characters?

    Sounds like non-hardcore play is the way to go (for new characters, not for general progression)

    I've been burned out on MPQ for months now since my son was born at the end of January. This is the 1st PvE I've honestly tried for since then and despite being top 100 in all my subs, top 10 in 2 of them, I still fell short of getting a Howard reward.

    I have noticed that certain time slots tend to be far more brutal than others though over the past few months. Despite only a single clear per sub and repeting only to collect CP, I've managed top 100 in some prior events. Granted those were not for a new character, but the difference between those high and low ends are quite extreme.
  • OneLastGambit
    OneLastGambit Posts: 1,963 Chairperson of the Boards
    Hmmmm correct me if I'm wrong but this marks the first time that crash will give a named cover instead of a token?

    This SHOULD be how crash is 100% of the time. Devs please make this change permanent as it will ease the 3-> 4* transition for a lot of players.
  • Linkster79
    Linkster79 Posts: 1,037 Chairperson of the Boards
    For some stupid reason I was expecting Howard The Duck to be at the 1,000 point progression, reward for 1st and top 10 and in token pulls for The First Avenger versus event, especially as it is part of the Duck Season event. They really are making this a very limited release aren't they.
  • Quebbster
    Quebbster Posts: 8,070 Chairperson of the Boards
    Linkster79 wrote:
    For some stupid reason I was expecting Howard The Duck to be at the 1,000 point progression, reward for 1st and top 10 and in token pulls for The First Avenger versus event, especially as it is part of the Duck Season event. They really are making this a very limited release aren't they.
    He'll be the 1000 Point progression in Fowl Play. But I do Believe Devil Dinosaur was more generously handed out in PvP too...
  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards
    Quebbster wrote:
    Linkster79 wrote:
    For some stupid reason I was expecting Howard The Duck to be at the 1,000 point progression, reward for 1st and top 10 and in token pulls for The First Avenger versus event, especially as it is part of the Duck Season event. They really are making this a very limited release aren't they.
    He'll be the 1000 Point progression in Fowl Play. But I do Believe Devil Dinosaur was more generously handed out in PvP too...
    Yeah, Dino was the reward in the Deadpool PVP, t5 got all 3 colours, distribution like the regular 3* cover rewards.

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