ISO Brotherhood Double ISO Appreciation Thread

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  • SnowcaTT
    SnowcaTT Posts: 3,487 Chairperson of the Boards
    I haven't posted in here because I don't really feel Double ISO deserves special praise.

    Do I like it? Absolutely! Do I want more of it? Yes!

    SHOULD THIS HAVE BEEN THE STANDARD OVER A YEAR AGO, when ISO costs had doubled over the original total character costs? YES! What is the point of adding more characters without adding more of the resources they'll need?!?
  • Dudemon
    Dudemon Posts: 57 Match Maker
    I like that double ISO on 7 day event idea.

    People REALLY hate those and this would more than make up for it.


    Dudemon
  • mpqr7
    mpqr7 Posts: 2,642 Chairperson of the Boards
    Double ISO is great. It feels fulfilling to be able to get 1000 iso from certain nodes every now and then.

    Much more fulfilling to just get 70 ISO or crit boosts from nodes.

    If we had double ISO in all PVEs from now until eternity, then I think people would no longer complain about lack of ISO in the game. I think we'd all finally be happy.
  • SnowcaTT
    SnowcaTT Posts: 3,487 Chairperson of the Boards
    mpqr7 wrote:
    Double ISO is great. It feels fulfilling to be able to get 1000 iso from certain nodes every now and then.

    Much more fulfilling to just get 70 ISO or crit boosts from nodes.

    If we had double ISO in all PVEs from now until eternity, then I think people would no longer complain about lack of ISO in the game. I think we'd all finally be happy.

    We'd all finally be happy?!? Where's that laughing GIF? icon_e_wink.gif

    Tell you what D3: You make double ISO the standard, I change my sig! icon_e_smile.gif
  • mpqr7
    mpqr7 Posts: 2,642 Chairperson of the Boards
    Okay yeah I didn't want to say the truth.. ie that we'd all be happy for 5 minutes, and then immediately start complaining loudly about something else.

    But seriously people if they give us this, just be cool for a while! Let everyone get a win, and don't immediately pivot to another problem! Give time for the champagne to pop and pour! Make this message board a friendly place that the devs will enjoy visiting!
  • JVReal
    JVReal Posts: 1,884 Chairperson of the Boards
    I normally shy away from 7 day events, but the double iso made this so worth it. It was relaxing because my goal was progression and Iso, not placement. So the stress was off, the satisfaction rate was up, even cursed a little less under my breath when an AI turn lasted so long that my phone started to go into powersave mode and they had double digit AP AFTER powers and I was still in single digits yet to use a power.

    It's been a really great event... and as a side bonus, I am in top 100 after all, I missed day 1 due to life, joined a fresh bracket and hit Max progression this morning... drew a Starlord... but still smiling because of the ISO!
  • Smudge
    Smudge Posts: 562 Critical Contributor
    BlackSheep101 wrote:
    I haven't commented yet because I've been too busy trying to pull all the 1000 iso prizes (and cp, and get to 7/7 on at least the trivial nodes) from each sub.

    Side note, even though I've been awful about clearing on schedule, the extra grinding for iso has kept me in the top 50. Maybe my problem all along has been sticking to slice 4?
    Yep, slice 4 is the problem. I joined a fresh bracket about 10 hours into s4, and it's still disgustingly terrible. I normally play s5, but I got switched to first shift hours for a couple weeks before swapping back to my normal 3rd, so s4 works better for me right now unfortunately. Didn't realize it was such a ridiculous grindfest. Never again.

    The only complaint I have (other than having to compete with massively scaled Dark Avengers as usual plus Doom and Hood for my ISO) is that this was done in tandem with a new character release. Terrible decision in my personal opinion. One or the other, not both.

    Next time (yes! NEXT TIME!!!), how about running this over a 3 day event and then a 4 day event in the same month? That would be better. 7 day event + double ISO + new character release = not nearly as much fun as it could have been despite the increase in ISO volume due to the particular mechanics of this event (10th node giving 3k ISO).
  • udonomefoo
    udonomefoo Posts: 1,630 Chairperson of the Boards
    This allowed me to max my xfdp before the cover I had expired. I never would have made it in time without the double-iso event. 4*cyc being featured basically made this all just fall into place for me.

    Also, it has been a looooooong time since I last hit the top progression in a 7 day event and I did it on this one.
  • mpqr7
    mpqr7 Posts: 2,642 Chairperson of the Boards
    This time I was still focussed on progression, but next time I should focus more on getting every 1000 iso prize, because those are sweet!
  • mpqr7
    mpqr7 Posts: 2,642 Chairperson of the Boards
    I just once again want to state my appreciation for double ISO. It made pve fun again!! So many chances to score 1000 ISO! It felt exciting and meaningful to have the prizes tweaked to the current meta!

    Now that it's no longer like that, I don't have the excitement to really play pve that much again. Getting 70 and 100 ISO here and there just doesn't seem worth it. I have some free time to play but can't get myself to do it.

    Anyway I'm hopeful that double ISO happens again soon! Go team!
  • dr tinykittylove
    dr tinykittylove Posts: 1,459 Chairperson of the Boards
    Please sir, can we have some more? icon_e_smile.gif
  • udonomefoo
    udonomefoo Posts: 1,630 Chairperson of the Boards
    dr tinykittylove wrote:
    Please sir, can we have some more? icon_e_smile.gif

    I was thinking about this last night. I entered the current story event and was so bored I barely finished one clear. It just doesn't feel worth my time. It never really did since I finished covering all the 3*s months ago, but now after the double iso event and the great rewards for the civil war event it just feels especially not worth it.
  • Nick9819
    Nick9819 Posts: 41 Just Dropped In
    thanks and we need more double iso events so i can start leveling my people
  • TimGunn
    TimGunn Posts: 257 Mover and Shaker
    mpqr7 wrote:

    Now that it's no longer like that, I don't have the excitement to really play pve that much again. Getting 70 and 100 ISO here and there just doesn't seem worth it. I have some free time to play but can't get myself to do it.

    this is kind of how i feel about PVP. After you get knocked down a chunk. Can't quite bring myself to slog through 5-6 battles that will just take me back to the place i was at a few hours ago.

    And same on PVE grinding after i've received all 7 prizes!
  • TheWerebison
    TheWerebison Posts: 431 Mover and Shaker
    Yeah, I really loved the event. I got 3 more of my 3* championed! Only 18 more to go.
  • The Herald
    The Herald Posts: 463 Mover and Shaker
    I came out of that event having really appreciated the extra iso8, but feeling it was a bit too grindy.

    Now back in a regular run... I want to go back O.O

    More please!
  • Dragon_Nexus
    Dragon_Nexus Posts: 3,701 Chairperson of the Boards
    If I was at 0 ISO when that event started, I wouldn't have had enough by the end to max out a 4* and I finished just below 50th.

    Which just says to me this double ISO not only shouldn't be an occasional bonus, it should be the new standard.
  • GrumpySmurf1002
    GrumpySmurf1002 Posts: 3,511 Chairperson of the Boards
    Universal double ISO is really the correct answer for the current game. It would still take me about 9-10 days to finish a 4* (of which I'm about 15 behind on finishing), but that feels way better than 18-20, especially when covers expire in 14 days.

    PvE double ISO (and thus capped earnings) is an easy compromise that makes fighting those rare-sighted Dark Avengers not feel insanely monotonous.

    I understand the idea behind not wanting to trivialize the early stages of the game, but I can't see anyone picking up this game, seeing 5* characters, and saying "well, I'd really like to play the 2* tier for 4 months first."

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