the scAvengers - [20/20] - You have Hulk. We have Phantron.

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I'm down to 2x rubberband after playing just few games again. Please confirm that there's no point to play on, but shall wait up the others? 43k points total and leading the subs.

My center line in hard is still virgin, plan to take it out at -13h latest regardless other stuff.

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Sounds about right, currently lining up in an almost similar way.

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How do you post a screen shot? I'm 1st in all 3 and just wanted to show off a bit

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kevind722 wrote:

How do you post a screen shot? I'm 1st in all 3 and just wanted to show off a bit

You have to upload the pic to some free site, then use the Img button with the link. Look at other screenshots what they use.

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I'm #1 everywhere, including No Holds Barred. Really sweet view. please someone confirm that when I'm #1 there's no point in grinding simulator, right? As other people will get more points thanks to me?

As for the situation with WesFaram - I spoke with ungassis (IGN: chin2Taberu) and he gladly joined us for some time - he has no problem in leaving before the end of Simulator. But, as he's on the forums, I think we should consider kicking one of those newly appointed two guys (Infame or Runeflinger) instead, as we can't establish any sort of contact with them, thus we're unable to know if they will grind etc. I prefer real person, even with slighly weaker roster, than a strong bot.

In Simulator, I think top10 is reasonable. Top5 would be sweet and top2 is reachable, but honestly guys - no sweat. Just to compare:

in subs:
1-2. 5000 ISO, 100 HP
3-5. 2500 ISO, 50 HP
6.10. 2500 ISO, 25 HP

so the real difference is between top2 and top10. Still, 2500 ISO is very sweet.

in main bracket:
1-2. LazyCap blue, 5000 ISO, 500 HP
3-10. LazyCap blue, 2500 ISO, 100 HP

here HP makes the difference. Though 100HP is still something.

So keep on grinding, do Your best for the sake of our Alliance (we all benefit thanks to each one of You!) and we end up somewhere on top eventually

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Emeryt wrote:

please someone confirm that when I'm #1 there's no point in grinding simulator, right? As other people will get more points thanks to me?

It tends to make it slightly easier to maintain your first place in the final rush. There's quite a few factors involved here, I usually try to get a little bit ahead of the pack for the last lap. Nothing that involves serious grinding.

Emeryt wrote:

As for the situation with WesFaram - I spoke with ungassis (IGN: chin2Taberu) and he gladly joined us for some time - he has no problem in leaving before the end of Simulator. But, as he's on the forums, I think we should consider kicking one of those newly appointed two guys (Infame or Runeflinger) instead, as we can't establish any sort of contact with them, thus we're unable to know if they will grind etc. I prefer real person, even with slighly weaker roster, than a strong bot.

Just for the record, who accepted Infame and Runeflinger in?

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I too think alliance prize ranges not worth *extra* sweat, just do whatever good for individual placement and it will work out fine.

I guess there'll be a lot of last minute rush where nothing more can be done anyway than just playing the fattiest nodes over and over till the bell.

I'm still not sure what rubberbanding uses as base point: is it a global maximum of total points?

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pasa_ wrote:

I'm still not sure what rubberbanding uses as base point: is it a global maximum of total points?

I'm somewhat convinced each sub uses only its global maximum for rubberbanding.

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Currently sitting in third for main (46k) and both subs. The hard nodes should refresh for me -1.5hrs and the normal nodes -1hr from the end.

Unrelatedly, I've been extremely lucky with token pulls. Got a green x-force from a highly trained token (which kinda makes no sense since he is not even featured), and two C.Mags (red and blue) from standard tokens in one day.

My C.Mags is at 4/5/4. That build with Patch is great to spam damage, but I have the option to go 5/4/4 now. Any thoughts on whether it is much better to go 5/4/4?

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Thanks for the heads up guys. I'm currently sitting first in both subs with almost 47k points. However, I'm trying to tank "No Holds Barred". I'm not a fan of Daredevil & want to wait for prizes that cover characters I need. After finishing top 5 in the Doom tournament, I started to see too many lvl 141 teams. I want to make sure my MMR is lower so that I can face easier opponents during the next pvp.

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ChopsB wrote:

Currently sitting in third for main (46k) and both subs. The hard nodes should refresh for me -1.5hrs and the normal nodes -1hr from the end.

Unrelatedly, I've been extremely lucky with token pulls. Got a green x-force from a highly trained token (which kinda makes no sense since he is not even featured), and two C.Mags (red and blue) from standard tokens in one day.

My C.Mags is at 4/5/4. That build with Patch is great to spam damage, but I have the option to go 5/4/4 now. Any thoughts on whether it is much better to go 5/4/4?

I think 5 blue is better. You can still use red any time you match since 4 in that skill costs 3 AP. However, using 5 blue makes it easier to spam & that skill gets you more match 4s / critical / countdown tile removal / etc. The usefulness of blue is amazing.

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WesFaram wrote:

I want to make sure my MMR is lower so that I can face easier opponents during the next pvp.

Next PvP is One Star Tournament, you'll probably see everybody at max level.

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WesFaram wrote:

ChopsB wrote:

Currently sitting in third for main (46k) and both subs. The hard nodes should refresh for me -1.5hrs and the normal nodes -1hr from the end.

Unrelatedly, I've been extremely lucky with token pulls. Got a green x-force from a highly trained token (which kinda makes no sense since he is not even featured), and two C.Mags (red and blue) from standard tokens in one day.

My C.Mags is at 4/5/4. That build with Patch is great to spam damage, but I have the option to go 5/4/4 now. Any thoughts on whether it is much better to go 5/4/4?

I think 5 blue is better. You can still use red any time you match since 4 in that skill costs 3 AP. However, using 5 blue makes it easier to spam & that skill gets you more match 4s / critical / countdown tile removal / etc. The usefulness of blue is amazing.

I think you're right. This is the first blue mags I've gotten since respec was available so I'll give it go. Thanks!

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At -12h mark I was #2 in both subs (insignificant difference) and #1 in combined. 5-10 people made some push in the 2 hour period.

In NHB lots of aggro, I switched to defense team . And decided to bash in whoever attacks for whatever points just for fun.

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ChopsB wrote:

My C.Mags is at 4/5/4. That build with Patch is great to spam damage, but I have the option to go 5/4/4 now. Any thoughts on whether it is much better to go 5/4/4?

Should depend on you play style. With 5/4/4 it's easier to play if you use blue heavily. But if you don't hunt for all those angles and cave-ins and whatever is possible to do with blue over and over, you can stay with red. It is also quite important, I tend to exhaust blues even with the lev4 pretty fast and using red drags in more.

If you use purple a lot also probably better to keep more in red.

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Ok, I hope none of You grinded the Simulator for the past hour. The time for it will come in 9hrs, about 2hrs before the end. We have wery good chance to finish top5 in Hard Mode and top10 in Normal Mode (top5 is still possible!). Take it into consideration and if possible, manage You time accordingly.

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I kept track of some stats and by the time I got down to no rubberbanding I was ahead of the 2nd place by 800 points in the hard bracket. That took roughly half of the available points in the bracket and I started out at around 20th place.

So it's awfully hard to even get to a place where you no longer get rubberbanding, let alone overtake the current sub bracket leader. This suggests that the overall sub bracket leader must not change very often, so therefore grinding more or less does not matter because rubberbanding is just based on that guy's score.

Toward the end, it's a good idea to grind to where there is no longer any rubberbanding (so the first mission would be worth 50 points base on normal, for example). This is easier said than done, since I've won a lot of sub brackets without ever getting the rubberband modifier to 0. In fact I'm thinking you might have to be the overall sub bracket leader to get no rubberband bonus, and if you're the overall sub bracket leader you obviously will also win the sub bracket you're in.

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Ok, first post edited.

I'm still awaiting info from:
blam_
ChopsB
WesFaram
champion9782
Phantron
Copps
ungassis

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Emeryt wrote:

Ok, first post edited.

I'm still awaiting info from:
blam_
ChopsB
WesFaram
champion9782
Phantron
Copps
ungassis

* 33yo male, USA EST
* Play daily on iPhone - joined the game before they dropped the number of covers per skill to 5
* I have one of every character - 11 characters 85+, 4 of which are 100+
* Prefer a deep bench of characters vs a focused top few characters - makes playing the events with buffed characters more fun
* Enjoying the camaraderie of the alliance system

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Passed the 500 finally. (prev battle stopped at 499 .
Good for #7 at the moment. Will just sit here until last moments, if not much change it's only 1 game to top5. If it does change I take the couldntbother pill as long as good for 100HP still, that would be unlikely outcome.