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

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Sweet, I just steady grinded it out. I got a courageous finished about 11th I think only needed 25. Wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. Got another red Patch cover!

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pasa_ wrote:

pasa_ wrote:

I wonder if I also find myself auto-entered in the first bracket of round2 jugs along with all the folks fighting last-minute in the first. Will be a fun group if so. O,O

Edit: having EvilSonGoku among others

Wasn't hit by this thing fortunately, it seems those who was late only by seconds are not involved.

The new run looks like the end of the old one with the levels I could manage. Will rumble around a little as my power palette boost appears full.

I planned on waiting a while before entering this time, but after reading this I knew I had ended a fight 1 minute after the previous heroic had finished. I immediately logged in and checked and thankfully hadn't been auto-entered into the first bracket.

I'm having a lot of trouble finding seed teams in the latest heroic LRs. Admittedly the earliest I have remembered to start is 1 minute late, but still, I used to be able to get them easily in previous LRs, even if i was 10-15 minutes late.

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Emeryt wrote:

(...) I was able to get from around 300pts to 792 in the Lord of Thunder tourney. Couldn't reach higher due to low health and no health packs. This puts me #2 (27pts loss to #1), with 144pts above #3. Shield is on, I count on some lucky defensive wins.

EDIT: and I was hit by +23pts! I'm #2 with 815pts

The top guy dropped his shield and how he's not even in the top10. That makes me #1 with 100pts to #2, who is also shielded now. I'll probably fall into top5 when the Asia wokes up.

Will wake up 6AM to do some more grinding, then I'll at least start the 8AM LR and off to work.

Lol, MPQ really changes my sleeping habits. I woke up without the buzzer at 5.20 and was able to catch 2 progression rewards in the Spider round .

btw. interesting fact - the famous S.H.I.E.L.D Alliance now have only 2 Commanders, when I'm 100% certain they had more. Any idea how it's possible? The only option I see is that they dropped from the Alliance and applied again.

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Dropping commander: the guy leaves the alliance then applies and is taken back. (may need to wait some cooldown). I'll probably do that when we are online at the same time.

LR: the amount of seed teams you meet depends on how tanked you are + how many people enter fast. If you're down in MMR or attendance if rare you can go even up to 250 with just seed teams, if you play fast. (100+ patch/punisher in hero LR, 100+mags in villains means you get there in 5-6 minutes, skip battleAngel and you may skip the other big one too and just fight the ones with the 1-2 lvl guys.)

We have the 50-based shield prices again, for me it is not worth here as just calculated yesterday 9 of the 18 covers from tokens I have full. So the tactics is simple, just play like crazy and whatever happens. Packing in Hulk for the last half hour at least is a good idea.

If you think 50 HP is in par with 1 token then may consider shielding up in last 8 minutes if you see yourself around 3 that may be good enough for 2 tokens and ensures one.

As the tile says the main idea is speed, grind as many points as fast. Don't be shy to skip ignoring the tax to people with lesser boss or less risk. There's a good supply of people without 3 or even 2 bug buffs.
And remember to pack 5-red Punisher for shortcut.

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Juggernaut parked at 10k, good position for the next refresh. Somehow found myself participating in Lord of Thunder after all, shielded at 900, hopefully good enough for top 5.

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My jugs is mostly abandoned, but others seem not playing either. With my initial few games 4k I still stood as #202. Played 4 more games so at 6500. Maybe make an actual full round in the evening or at least something.

Shielded just over 800 in thor at #2 then got a few points from retal. hopefully enough for t5, the others were pretty far and the first around 860 with 4+ 141 roster.

After being at #1 playing 30 mins (mostly seed teams) in IM40 LR was somewhat tempted to play it through but had to make the stand in thor and go to work, so switched to tanking. And got a black Doom from the gray token, that is two wanted *** covers almost back to back.

Patch got sooo much better breaking out of level cap now rules the yellow tiles over spidey and mags again as supposed to.

Had one notable game: fighting against OBW activated Mags purple on her on 3rd turn! Little change from the new usual experience to get robbed at least once full and for small bits of the 3 colors as it goes since I run without her.

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Just FYI the folks in the Thor topic are storming the 1200 progression with real time coverage.

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Well, I just can't crack 600 in The Lord of Thunder tourney. I'm in that terrible spot (damn you time frame) where I can't make a late push and I didn't push hard enough earlier so I'm just fighting against other 550ish teams that steal all my shield points right after I win them. I have found if you are sub 400 you get largely ignored once you crack 700ish you can shield as it is justifiable, but that 401-699 Range can be really rough as there is a lot of activity there. The guy in my bracket was shielded after the first day with 862 points. I know it costs tons of HP, but I sometimes wonder if you blast your way to the top early and then shield long term, how much better you would do? Because as of late my strategy of getting to 400ish early then waiting till the last 8 hrs does not seem to be working.

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i'm getting screwed in the LT event. it's not connecting to servers. i've tried wifi and regular data....nada. it's DP3 not me and was closing in on 600/top 25. getting resl tired of this

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Interesting, it must be like -1h now in the tournament what is wild rush for sure. I was playing up for the 8h and waters were pretty clear, just a few attacks that add to the fun. For that you better start playing to actually shield up at -7.5, IOW be in the position already. Before others to start the push.

IME play increases greatly at -4h as majority try the same with the 3h shield.

If you're late but can be on spot you can try 2x3h instead of 1 8h for the same price. (be aware it can't be extended without playing one game).

Also I switch to defensive team for the last some matches. That is harder to win with but prevents new attacks. And I can afford it going down as then I stop and quit anyway. (I.e Mags is wonderful for the rush but underperfoming on defense.)

Also avoid vendettas, at least with same team. I play retals with defense team or some even newer team to discourage going up again. It appears to work fine. (If someone could bash you once can do it again, unless you believe it was Pyrrhic victory better leave be or give them a new riddle).

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kevind722 wrote:

i'm getting screwed in the LT event. it's not connecting to servers. i've tried wifi and regular data....nada. it's DP3 not me and was closing in on 600/top 25. getting resl tired of this

I see a plenty of threads opened and comments with similar reports...

edit: and say like server crashed and standings after reappearing are all around.

Wonder what I got -- these remote finishes always keep up some excitement. If only the black was not on the top.

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For what it's worth, my shield at -7.5 really paid off. First place, and it isn't even a green Xforce this time.

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Moghwyn:
- 42 years old, male, Germany (GMT+1)
- User name: fourdottwoone (thanks to that popup showing up rather unexpectedly)
- Steam version (so no extended work breaks)
- F2P (part of the fun is earning stuff the hard way, just paying for it feels like cheating)
- Crazy enough to go for good placements (translates to way too little sleep)

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Yeah, finally got rewards and managed to get #1 despite those connection issues. I was shielded with about 25 points lead over #2 (also shielded) and was afraid he/she will jump over me during those last 10-15 minutes. I'm happy. It's my first yellow 4* Wolvie. It would be even better if I managed to get that red one in last Jugg, but no problem. I don't want to level him right this moment anyway and will have some other chances to get covers.

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Change of plans and I'm online today.

Finished top5 and welcomed 3 new Psylocke covers. Her best build is 535, right?

I don't care about X-Force that much, but decided today that I want to level IW, as I see some nice potencial in her. So once Frank hits 141, which thanks to all the latest rewards + LR isn't that far, I will be feeding her some ISO occasionally.

Cragger

Hi folks. I've applied in-game for a slot on your team. I would appreciate your consideration. You seem like a levelheaded but dedicated bunch, and I would like nothing more than to ally myself with you. If you have any questions, please ask.

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I got the shaft in the Lord of Lightning tourney with the server crash, missed out on the top 25 even and only got one Psylocke cover.

Been doing decent in some of the LR's though (particularly the one's with IM40 and Hulk). Got a red Patch cover and a purple Spidey. Those courageous tokens are pretty cool.

I also tried a Daken and Modern Hawkeye combo in the GSWB LR that worked pretty good (OBW and her heal locked out). Daken taking all of the damage after Hawk's avoid allowed me to sustain and farm a lot of iso.

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Guys, what are we gonna do with the free slot? Should we wait till someone approaches us or should we:

a) run some recruiting where we would check things like:
* strong roster - number of ***covers, levels, amount of 4* covers (I treat them as a sign that someone is able to win events/ tourneys)
* forum activity
* dedication (well, we can't check that, but we want it)
* possibility to buy another slot
* other?


OR

b) just do what we do and when we see someone quite active on forums AND getting top places in events, then invite them among our ranks?

OR

c) maybe You already know someone?



btw. WesFaram - Are You still able to buy slot? It's 1800 now though.

Opinions? Suggestions?

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Emeryt wrote:

Finished top5 and welcomed 3 new Psylocke covers. Her best build is 535, right?

Yey, I got that too. 3/3/4 and could go from the 64 to 102. Shield report: +6, +12 and a -44 prevented. (I recall a +16 right after shielded up too.) Too bad I can't tell which of my teams they were on.

Didn't look the build, I definitely want next red that seriously add to strike tile. Not sure about the last black that adds only to attack tile dmg. But 4th blue is not my way at all. If last blue just adds more AP steal without extra effect, definitely 5/3/5.

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pasa_ wrote:

Emeryt wrote:

Finished top5 and welcomed 3 new Psylocke covers. Her best build is 535, right?

Yey, I got that too. 3/3/4 and could go from the 64 to 102.

Didn't look the build, I definitely want next red that seriously add to strike tile. Not sure about the last black that adds only to attack tile dmg. But 4th blue is not my way at all. If last blue just adds more AP steal without extra effect, definitely 5/3/5.

Red 4 +30% Strike TIles dmg
Red 5 + 30% basic dmg

Blue 4 steals 4 more (so 19 total)
Blue 5 reduces Countdown to 2

Black 4 +30% basic dmg
Black 5 +30% Attack TIle dmg

Holy Cow, I just noticed how good she is! I still prefer Frank, but with her blue power she's got a potential to be the new best support char. Frank on the other hand combines all - AoE, good dmg and support.

As for Blue - Imho leveling it to 5 means 1 cover wasted, as there really isn't much difference between 15 or 19tiles. not to mention that this power is either very situational (we might get only small amount of AP) and unreliable (countdowns tend to be matched easily). So I think leaving it at lvl 3 and just treating it as a bonus skill (when no other char in team can benefit from blue) is the way to go.