Things that Feel Wrong In-Game (Fun Discussion)

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  • Keegan
    Keegan Posts: 284 Mover and Shaker
    In a LR today I got five Bag-man covers.

    I get it, it's an extra 1.25k iso, but it's still five Bag-man covers. That's just wrong.
  • seraphiel
    seraphiel Posts: 56 Match Maker
    Scarlet Witch's blueflag.png has a disproportionate probability of appearing on a side or a corner, reducing its eventual effectiveness if it does actually pop.

    I should sit down one day and actually collect a data set for this. icon_e_smile.gif
  • Redrobot30
    Redrobot30 Posts: 348 Mover and Shaker
    If I have a countdown tile on the board the AI ignores it until the very last second and matches it with 1 left on the timer. Oh the frustration!
    Sometimes I will set up the board so I give the AI a match 4 just to try and protect that dang thing.
  • OneLastGambit
    OneLastGambit Posts: 1,963 Chairperson of the Boards
    I'm one ap away from being able to fire my nuke...all of a sudden the AI starts matching the one colour I need all the time.
  • Polares
    Polares Posts: 2,643 Chairperson of the Boards
    6) There is ALWAYS a match-5 when the match starts IF you are playing against Jean
    Appendix: You get more out of nowhere match-5s with small cascades when playing against Jean

    There is a reason for 1), thing is AI usually tries to fire more than one ability at the same time, this is something they usually do (not confirmation bias), so when they fire an ability, they usually fire 3 or 4, this is why this one is so frustrating.
  • Partyof5
    Partyof5 Posts: 62 Match Maker
    I've been on both ends of this one:

    Match ends, but the cascades resulting from the winning move keeps going for another 5-10 seconds. It's really cruel when you are on the receiving end of this.

    Another thing that feels wrong: Squirrel Girls powers being named "Nuts From Above" and "The Bigger They Are". icon_redface.gif
  • BlackSheep101
    BlackSheep101 Posts: 2,025 Chairperson of the Boards
    Points not counting if a match ends 1 second late. I can understand locking out new matches and even the need for a cut off point for all matches to finish, but a grace period of a couple of minutes would be nice.
  • Smudge
    Smudge Posts: 562 Critical Contributor
    BlackSheep101 wrote:
    Points not counting if a match ends 1 second late. I can understand locking out new matches and even the need for a cut off point for all matches to finish, but a grace period of a couple of minutes would be nice.

    Yes, or at the very least, matches in progress count towards points achieved.
  • Astralgazer
    Astralgazer Posts: 267 Mover and Shaker
    Polares wrote:
    6) There is ALWAYS a match-5 when the match starts IF you are playing against Jean
    Appendix: You get more out of nowhere match-5s with small cascades when playing against Jean

    There is a reason for 1), thing is AI usually tries to fire more than one ability at the same time, this is something they usually do (not confirmation bias), so when they fire an ability, they usually fire 3 or 4, this is why this one is so frustrating.

    This is also true when you're up against Loki. With Loki as opponent, boards begin with match-4 and 5 and probability of getting those upped significantly.
  • ClydeFrog76
    ClydeFrog76 Posts: 1,350 Chairperson of the Boards
    SnowcaTT wrote:
    Selling covers giving you 250/500/1000 ISO - and you need hundreds of thousands to level those characters.

    Boosts drop all over - but not ISO.

    No 4* DDQ daily exists - nor has it doubled ISO yet.

    Double ISO doesn't exist everywhere in the game (not that it would be enough).

    ISO something something ISO.

    ISO what you did there.
  • TxMoose
    TxMoose Posts: 4,319 Chairperson of the Boards
    last night's grind in webbed wonder I used a ton of im40 and 4thor. countless times I started the match with only 4-5 total yellow on the board - all spread out all over the place. usually on the wave nodes. the one with symbiotes (spidey essential) was very painful a couple times.
  • BearVenger
    BearVenger Posts: 455 Mover and Shaker
    Yesterday, in First Avenger, I found myself on the business end of a full-health GSBW with 19 green ready to go on her next turn. I had no color AP to use, so just as an impotent rage move, I checked the Team-ups from my alliance mates...

    Gamma Siphon, fully charged.
  • BearVenger
    BearVenger Posts: 455 Mover and Shaker
    Along the line of fun things that feel wrong, I hate myself a little bit every time I down Steve Rogers with Sniper Rifle.
  • The Bob The
    The Bob The Posts: 743 Critical Contributor
    When I'm managing a low-health or otherwise sensitive character, I keep close tabs on enemy AP to know when certain powers are ready. This way I don't fire something that'll get immediately negated or leave a squishy character in front of a Headbutt (or can make sure OML is up front so XDP strikes back). Usually the game will fire cheaper powers first, but sometimes it decides to save up for the bigger ones (we all know this). Here's how I know when the game is just messing with me:

    1. Enemy Daken acquires 5 blue; Ragnarok is his teammate
    2. I want my XDP to retaliate, so I make a match with a different character
    3. Daken doesn't fire blue
    4. "Okay, probably saving for Rags that turn. He'll fire it next time." Make match with non-XDP character
    5. Daken doesn't fire blue. At this point, I either start repeating steps 3-4 indefinitely, or proceed to step 6
    6. *shrug* "Must be saving for Rags' heal." Make match with XDP
    7. Daken fires blue against XDP, who doesn't retaliate

    It's not that it's a big health loss, or unfair - what the AI does is what I'd do if I was playing against my team - it's that it seems to KNOW.
  • pheregas
    pheregas Posts: 1,721 Chairperson of the Boards
    Here's a new one:

    Trying to preserve a countdown tile by matching away a tile.

    On the subsequent drop, a mini-cascade replaces the tile you swapped away with one of the exact same color.

    Next turn: AI matches away your countdown tile (usually on the last turn possible).
  • JackTenrec
    JackTenrec Posts: 808 Critical Contributor
    It took me fifteen minutes to end a Howard the Duck PvP because I couldn't match the stupid invisibility tile and didn't have any AOE abilities or teamups.
  • pheregas
    pheregas Posts: 1,721 Chairperson of the Boards
    At least invisibility tiles aren't hidden to the opponent. My goodness would that make those battles horrendous.

    But yeah, ran into the same problem once or twice with that.

    And now that I think about it, you go duck hunting with a shotgun, aka AoE damage.

    Well played D3, well played...
  • cletus1985
    cletus1985 Posts: 276 Mover and Shaker
    Can't believe no one mentioned when the AI gets the AP for a nuke and you have 2 characters who can handle it, but the board has one match available for the one character who will die from it. Usually that character also has enough AP to fire off an important power the next turn.
  • pheregas
    pheregas Posts: 1,721 Chairperson of the Boards
    ... The AI team-ups doing way more damage to me than the enemy team can muster...
  • Smudge
    Smudge Posts: 562 Critical Contributor
    pheregas wrote:
    ... The AI team-ups doing way more damage to me than the enemy team can muster...

    How about the AI always seeming to have the more devastating powers in their team ups, period? Sure, I get the AI using Spider-Gwen's heal once in a great while, but it ALWAYS has Jean's powers every other time...

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