How is the EoTS test going for you?

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  • Tryke
    Tryke Posts: 320 Mover and Shaker
    How many clears will it take to get progression?

    I've been doing cp nodes and event token (which gave me another 2* for 250 iso).
  • veny
    veny Posts: 834 Critical Contributor
    So far i spent 7 hours doing it... so far cca 10 000 ISO and i still miss some CPs.
    I love i dont have to hurry to get points efficiently but ISO per hour is still damn low for someone transiting from 3*s to 4*s...
  • Inarius
    Inarius Posts: 141 Tile Toppler
    Do i like all the ISO, yes but I don't like that I have to grind twice as much just to get a decent placement.

    Like my grind time literally doubled. Hell, I got bored after hitting the same node 5-6 times to get to the 1k and another node 9 times to get the token.

    If this keeps up, I'll prob stop playing PVE altogether.
  • jredd
    jredd Posts: 1,387 Chairperson of the Boards
    even for a 2 day sub, having 15 rewards per node is ridiculous. especially on the harder nodes. they need to cap the scaling.
  • Sandwichboy
    Sandwichboy Posts: 193 Tile Toppler
    This would be infinitely better with NO PLACEMENT REWARDS. Seriously guys, let it die already. You're already more than halfway there, just dump the competitive nonsense and be done with it.
  • brisashi
    brisashi Posts: 418 Mover and Shaker
    Surprisingly I think it's great so far. I grinded for a few hours Thursday and finished rank 6 for my sub. With the old system I would have spent the same amount of time playing but annoyingly spread out between 8 hour intervals and I would have been lucky to place in the top 50.
  • RoboDuck
    RoboDuck Posts: 142 Tile Toppler
    Had to beat the hard wave node 13 times before I got the stupid event token. So yeah, I'm doing that good.
  • Druss
    Druss Posts: 368 Mover and Shaker
    Finding it seriously annoying that I have done 10 clears of each node & not got any of the good rewards - all 4 CP's are still there as well as the wave event token. Now facing armies all 100+ levels above my top 10.

    Each node at this point is a lottery & a one shot attempt because even if i win chances are that team is out of the running. With only 9 4* champed that's 3 teams only
  • Crowl
    Crowl Posts: 1,581 Chairperson of the Boards
    carrion pigeons wrote:
    I definitely identity with this perspective, but I think it can be mitigated with how the ui displays that info.

    Imagine if each node had two sets of awards: 3 "progression" that included the 2 best and the crit boost, which you always got first, and 10 "placement" that only got awarded after the first three, which are all only recruit tokens or iso. For me, with the presentation, I'd never get that sagging feeling.

    This idea isn't bad except for the mention of crit boosts, those things should have a random chance of dropping from a fight, but should never be a proper reward.
  • Smudge
    Smudge Posts: 562 Critical Contributor
    Let's just say I'm glad I got my 5th Prof X blue from my level 183 Magneto. Winfinite with my 3* roster is a saving grace on this garbage.

    That being said, full clears in S5 with 19 hours to go is more than I ever wanted to grind, and I sit in 16th overall/17th in the sub. It's better than I'm used to doing, but I don't want to play like this regularly and will likely slow down for future events if this madness were ever to be implemented.

    I have no idea if my real life schedule will be permissive of 9 clears on the upcoming subs against the freaking Gorgon.
  • wirius
    wirius Posts: 667
    Voicing no placement awards as well. The grind is only for the no-lifers. If you're full clearing all the nodes until all rewards are exhausted, you're either botting, or need someone to come into your life with an intervention.
  • HxiiiK
    HxiiiK Posts: 195 Tile Toppler
    wirius wrote:
    Voicing no placement awards as well. The grind is only for the no-lifers. If you're full clearing all the nodes until all rewards are exhausted, you're either botting, or need someone to come into your life with an intervention.

    I think quite a number has done all the nodes and earned all the rewards, myself included. Do I need an intervention? Not at all. In fact, much less than last time when I had to tailor my schedule to 8 hour portions so I can do PvE optimally.

    This PvE I actually manage to pick up and play whenever I felt like it, clear the nodes and earn my rewards, all without it cutting into my daily routines. It finally became a GAME and not a CHORE

    Unless, of course, you're talking about those clearing for placement. Then yes, those people do need an intervention.
  • JamesV
    JamesV Posts: 98 Match Maker
    I am loathing not knowing where I am in terms of progression. 6 or 9 or 15 or 311.

    The ISO is nice, but the event just feels tedious because I don't know what I need to do for progression and I care nothing about placement.

    The addiction to lack of "this is what you need to do" and the shifting goal is ridiculous.
  • Druss
    Druss Posts: 368 Mover and Shaker
    Just completed all of sub 1 - waaaaay too time consuming & dont like facing Lv 390 enemies node after node (my highest is 282).

    in future will do the easy nodes & 5/6 clears of others - means I'll miss out on all the good rewards so this system sucks.

    My CP's dropped from the 13th & 14th clears of the essential & 14th & 15th clear of the hard node + event token was 15th clear of last wave node - not cool!
  • Marty17
    Marty17 Posts: 503 Critical Contributor
    I dunno, I played each subnode at least twice (normally I stay around >100 until I come back to it after my work commitments) now I see myself at >400 even after completing the subnodes for the 4th to 6th time. Kinda gave me the incentive of just take it COMPLETELY casual. Overall, not exactly a fan.
  • HaywireII
    HaywireII Posts: 568 Critical Contributor
    There's a 10 way tie at the top of my leadboard for Sub 1. I'm sure it goes past that (there's no mechanism to check the entire leaderboard) so my condolences to all the people who ground every node but did it too slowly to get the top prizes. I would 100% support this Story mode format if they changed all the placement rewards to progression rewards. If I didn't constantly need ISO I'd be happy to skip this event.
  • pumpkin81
    pumpkin81 Posts: 37 Just Dropped In
    I've heard from at least one person with max points out of top2 that they got top2 rewards so looks like they aren't breaking ties and speed doesn't matter.
  • DrStrange-616
    DrStrange-616 Posts: 993 Critical Contributor
    pumpkin81 wrote:
    I've heard from at least one person with max points out of top2 that they got top2 rewards so looks like they aren't breaking ties and speed doesn't matter.

    If that's the case and anyone with max points gets top rewards, then that's a beautiful thing.
  • DarkWalkerWP
    DarkWalkerWP Posts: 29
    Love love love not having the 8 hour timer!!! It was always an inconvenience with the 2hr grind at the end of each sub and another 30-45 minutes at the start of the new one. There was never a good starting time to work with my schedule without having to stay up way too late or wake up way too early to hit it a 2nd time. And the 3rd time was the worst during work hours!!

    The 2 day sub is a bit frustrating. The extra rewards were fantastic the first day, finished all nodes halfway through day 1 and now there's 9 hours left in day 2 with nothing to do and its like the rewards averaged out to the same old same old.

    I'm sure it will be great once all the kinks are worked out and hopefully player feedback is taken into account regarding placement rewards. Yes D3...we all want our cake and eat it too...that's never going to change. Your player base is starving. Those same rewards from a full clear of the first sub, everyday, are so needed!

    The scaling wasn't ever an issue. The hardest nodes ended up high 300's. No OML was a great change of pace!!!! But even better than that was a boosted JG, SW and Quake all at the same time. So much fun! Bring on those caltrops haha!!

    I love the idea someone else posted about being able to temporarily disable your 5*characters for events to help with scaling. My wife is on day 95 and she doesn't really even enjoy the game anymore since getting 7 covers for 5 different 5* characters. That level of scaling for her 2*team is unplayable.

    On a positive note....Things are far from perfect but I think they're looking up.

    ~DW
  • pumpkin81
    pumpkin81 Posts: 37 Just Dropped In
    pumpkin81 wrote:
    I've heard from at least one person with max points out of top2 that they got top2 rewards so looks like they aren't breaking ties and speed doesn't matter.

    I may be wrong I think the guy was top 10 and didn't realize the hp and Iso was the same sorry to get everyone excited

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