vudu3 wrote: Does this really work? If a bunch of people attack me my MMR will drop but so will my score in the event. After that, I'll have a bunch of new matches that I can win available to me but by the time I raise my score to where it was previously won't my MMR be right back to where it was at the start?
Impulse wrote: vudu3 wrote: Does this really work? If a bunch of people attack me my MMR will drop but so will my score in the event. After that, I'll have a bunch of new matches that I can win available to me but by the time I raise my score to where it was previously won't my MMR be right back to where it was at the start? No. You lose less points than you win until 500-600. In any case, that's why you do it in lightning rounds or events you dont care about. Get 100ish points or more to be a worthwhile target and put in a tank team
Phantron wrote: Impulse wrote: vudu3 wrote: Does this really work? If a bunch of people attack me my MMR will drop but so will my score in the event. After that, I'll have a bunch of new matches that I can win available to me but by the time I raise my score to where it was previously won't my MMR be right back to where it was at the start? No. You lose less points than you win until 500-600. In any case, that's why you do it in lightning rounds or events you dont care about. Get 100ish points or more to be a worthwhile target and put in a tank team Pretty sure you don't lose full value points even up to around 900, but we're talking about say someone get +25 points and you lose 22 points.
Emeryt wrote: Any idea why this event ends 1hr earlier than usual? it'll be 5AM for me, but I'm really sorry for the UK people (poor The Ladder...).
Lyrian wrote: Phantron wrote: Impulse wrote: vudu3 wrote: Does this really work? If a bunch of people attack me my MMR will drop but so will my score in the event. After that, I'll have a bunch of new matches that I can win available to me but by the time I raise my score to where it was previously won't my MMR be right back to where it was at the start? No. You lose less points than you win until 500-600. In any case, that's why you do it in lightning rounds or events you dont care about. Get 100ish points or more to be a worthwhile target and put in a tank team Pretty sure you don't lose full value points even up to around 900, but we're talking about say someone get +25 points and you lose 22 points. Full point loss occurs at 500. The difference in lost points between 498 and 501 is quite significant.
Phantron wrote: ...it's still pretty painful for you.
Toxicadam wrote: Maybe I'm just a **** player, but it seems the only way to get past 800-900 is to continually play peek-a-boo behind shields or tank you MMR so hard that your go untouched for the first 700-800 points. Or maybe just grind through the retaliations for hours at end. It's kind of a kick in the balls that I might spend about 300 HP in shields and not even make the 900 progression tier for the piddly 50 HP prize.
Psykopathic wrote: I typically drop 600-800hp on shields in a pvp tourney. I walk away with a 4* and 3x 3*. I ain't bitchin.
Toxicadam wrote: Psykopathic wrote: I typically drop 600-800hp on shields in a pvp tourney. I walk away with a 4* and 3x 3*. I ain't bitchin. It's a shame that PvP has evolved into this. When I first started playing you would do an event and (possibly) win your bracket and MAKE 500-600 HP in the process.
Il Palazzo wrote: Psykopathic wrote: I typically drop 600-800hp on shields in a pvp tourney. I walk away with a 4* and 3x 3*. I ain't bitchin. That's a lot, and probably a bit optimizable... I managed the same in predator and prey with 4x 75 hp shields, ending at ~950. That, except for the invisibility trick, only saved me from 1 or 2 actual attacks. Better safe than sorry I guess. Then again, 90% of pvp ends at 6 am for me, so I just make happy-do with an easier top 5 using 1-2 shields, as I can't really follow the last hours and react properly to last moment climbers. In this case, it's probably about sum of rewards... imo 1100 is worth it if you really want both IW green and Psy red badly. Or just want to show off. For me is no, somewhat, and yes. Now, what to do...
The Ladder wrote: The way I see it, if I need the 3* covers on offer, it's worth dropping a decent chunk of HP to get them, when otherwise it would cost 1250HP a pop to directly level them yourself. I think it's getting more and more unrealistic to expect to coast to decent rewards, without investment - whether this is right or wrong, I guess that is open to debate.
Lyrian wrote: Phantron wrote: ...it's still pretty painful for you. Yup. Tell that to the guy that just cleaned my clock with a 141 IM40 + 141 Modern Thor + 189 X-Force, on a drive-by, lol. The joy of late entrants to a tourney Its possible. Although I don't believe I've seen any -40+s hits today (who knows, my team has been knocked so silly that it has dain bramage at this point), I know I have been hit for the high 30's many times this afternoon. If there is a modifier, I don't think it would be more than 10 or 12.5% at the most. 400-500 rating blocks 25% of ratings lost, so perhaps half of that ratings protection score might apply above 500.
Psykopathic wrote: I can do it a lot if time with 2x 3 hours and an 8 hour but I like to keep a comfy lead so there's no stress at the end so I'll usually overkill a tad for that purpose.