PVE: Simulator (2016-06-23 to 2016-06-26)

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Event Info

The Simulator
Length of Event: 3 days
Sub-Events? Yes; Alliance Rewards in Sub-Events? Yes
Number of Sub-Events: 3 Length of Sub-Events: 24 hours
Main Nodes after Sub-Events End? No
Main Bracket Size: 1000 Sub Bracket Size: 1000
Unique Reward(s): 2000 ISO Reward - In each sub-event, the final node on the left branch has a 2000 ISO reward.
Other Notes:
Total number of sub-events and overall length of the event has varied.
Sub-Event Nodes: 10 Total. 7 Regular (repeatable); 3 Essential (repeatable)
Link to mags1587 PVE Format Guide

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Progression awards:

100:
500: 100
1000: rainbow damage boost
1500:
2000: rainbow AP stockpile
2600: 140
3400:
4500: 140
5500:
6500: 140
8000:
9000: 250
10500: 25
12000: 250
13500:
15500: 500
18000: 25
21000:
24500: 1000
28000: 25

Placement rewards:

1: + rewards for 2-5
2-5: + rewards for 6-10
6-10: + rewards for 11-20
11-20: , 1500 , 50
21-50: , 1000 , 50
51-100: , 1000 , 25
101-200: , 500 , 25
201-300: , 500
301-400: , 250
401-500: x 3, 250
501-600: x 2, 250
601-800: , 250
801-1000: 250


Alliance rewards:
1-2: , 2500 , 100
3-10: , 2500 , 50
11-25: , 1500 , 50
26-50: , 1000 , 50
51-100: , 500 , 25
101-250: 500 , 25
251-500: 250 , 25
501-1000: 250
1001-10000: 140

Links to previous runs
PVE: Simulator (2016-06-02 to 2016-06-05)
PVE: Simulator (2016-03-14 to 2016-03-16)
PVE: Simulator (2015-12-28 to 2015-12-31)
Simulator (Oct.12th-Oct.15th,2015) (no details; during 2nd anniversary, so linked to bracket size instead
PVE: Simulator (September 24-28)
PVE: Simulator (July 2-6)
Simulator (May 21 - 24)
The Simulator (April 19-24)
The Simulator - Mar 6 - 10
The Simulator - Dec 30 - Jan 7
The Simulator - Nov 11th-18th
The Simulator (September 3-10 2014)
Simulator - July 4 - 11
The Simulator (PvE) - (May 30 - June4)
The Simulator: April 29 - May 6

Quebbster

I would love to get more Nova covers, but I cannot be bothered to grind Carnage Essentials to get them. This looks like Another PvE where top 50 will be more than enough for me.
Can't quite decide if I should softcap P-Max at 229 or use the ISO to champion Ghost Rider instead...

DTStump

28k in 3 days for full progression: average of 9.3k points per day

My objectives:
Sub 1: 7.5k
Sub 2: 9.5k
Sub 3: 11k

EDIT: sub 1: 4 suboptimal clears with 2 essentials, 8620
EDIT: sub 2: 4 suboptimal clears with 2 essentials, 22748 total (+14128)
EDIT: sub 3: 1 clear without the hardest node, plus hitting the three easy nodes and one essential node a second time got me to 28040 (+5292)

SnowcaTT

EVERY TIME I open up Simulator, the scaling on this PVE shocks me. You think I'd learn after awhile.

305 essentials starting out.
325 as first non-trivial side node (Simulation 04).

The nodes go from trivial straight to that, rated as "Normal". Yeah, I have one character on my roster past level 300...those look like REAL NORMAL DIFFICULTY, right.

Is Simulator always run right after Heroics just so the Heroics didn't seem so bad in afterthought? Yeesh, my goal will be get the iso out of the trivial nodes and quit; won't even be running for the CP in this crazy scaled event.

Tatercat

SnowcaTT wrote:

Is Simulator always run right after Heroics just so the Heroics didn't seem so bad in afterthought? Yeesh, my goal will be get the iso out of the trivial nodes and quit; won't even be running for the CP in this crazy scaled event.

I've always thought Heroics get a bad rap compared to Simulator. At least with Heroics, you might find some new team you hadn't considered or discover an overlooked character's usefulness that you not have. Even better you can just phone it in or skip Heroics all together and not feel like you are missing much ( a popular choice!)

That's not the case with Simulators, where you can't afford to pass up that 2000 iso node each day or the low 3 Day top progression reward. I haven't joined yet, but I hope they switched up the team this time, with so many new 4* characters this year there's a lot of fresh matches they could do in the hard nodes.

Bowgentle

SnowcaTT wrote:

The nodes go from trivial straight to that, rated as "Normal". Yeah, I have one character on my roster past level 300...those look like REAL NORMAL DIFFICULTY, right.

You fail to mention that your "one char past level 300" is a 450 Phoenix.

Yes, 325 is an OK difficulty for your characters.

BlackSheep101

I look at simulator events as mini gauntlets. A bunch of lol-hard fights in a row for a bit of ISO. Progression is pretty low if you feel like grinding. Otherwise just do your thing. They can't all be your favorite event.

Tatercat

Surprise! Its actually some new fights this time,

Round 1:

Sim 4: 2* Storm/2* Bullseye/Ares
Sim 5: R&Groot/4* Cyke/3* Punisher
Sim 6: Drax/ S.Witch/3* Totally More Useful Version of Hulk
Sim 7: Moon Knight/Luke Cage/3* Daken

Essential 2* Bullseye: Psylocke/ 2* Torch/2* Cap "Hail Hydra!" America
Essential Hood: Starlord/R&Groot/Gamora
Essential Carnage: S.Witch/Iceman/3* Storm

Some of those essential teams are familiar, but I appreciate the new combos in the hard sims. (and that IM40 is boosted this event, at least until Hulkbuster shows up).

BlackSheep101

Ahhh, they're back to putting new 4*s at the end of the hard path! I always thought that was a good idea.

DTStump

BlackSheep101 wrote:

Ahhh, they're back to putting new 4*s at the end of the hard path! I always thought that was a good idea.

Right, but making 1 single reward available in a repeatable node is not so hot

BlackSheep101

DTStump wrote:

Right, but making 1 single reward available in a repeatable node is not so hot

*shrug* It's a big chunk of ISO for one fight. You don't even need to grind that node to hit the top progression.

TxMoose

so, if my info is right, 3 clears a day of the 9 main nodes plus hitting sim7 once/day is enough to get you to the cp. someone care to check me? i'll hit sim7 once/day and see how they go. since I'm not starting with bullseye, if it goes smooth I may hit a second time, but not going to kill myself.

mckauhu

Darn that Carnage battle is hard! Vs Iceman, SW and Storm...

elusive

It hasn't even been a month since we had the last one (three weeks, actually) and this is easily one of my least favorite events. I wonder why they decided to run it again so soon, but whatever the case, at least I can take a break while this runs its course.

Frostbyte2

Any slices coming up on a flip?

mckauhu

Struggling with Moon Knight, Daken and Luke Cage? Use The Hood, XPool and Storm 3* worked for me.

I'm still struggling with Carnage fight. Any advice?

The Herald

Am I just a scrub? Or is this another boring terrible simulator?

Took a run at the Carnage node. Stuns. Stuns. Whiteout. Quit.

Probably just going to play anything BUT Simulator until it goes away.

theabsoluteword

Same boat.

SnowcaTT

Bowgentle wrote:

SnowcaTT wrote:

The nodes go from trivial straight to that, rated as "Normal". Yeah, I have one character on my roster past level 300...those look like REAL NORMAL DIFFICULTY, right.

You fail to mention that your "one char past level 300" is a 450 Phoenix.

Yes, 325 is an OK difficulty for your characters.

Oh shush, level 300 AOE effects are never fun. Not much good to have one great character when your other two are always dead. But more to the point on scaling - the other PVE's seem to cap out much lower than Sim, and it always surprises me that Sim is so brutal.

I still wish they'd scale based on your top 3/5/10 average rather than just looking at your top and dumping you there. It's why we get all the "should I sell my 5*?" threads.

mpqr7

I didn't find it to be hard at all. There's a character to assist in every case.

Storm causing too much AOE? Use Quake.

SW causing too many match-5s? Use JG.

Hood is great to prevent enemies from launching their powers, especially as he's boosted here.

**Also, I like it when it's hard for many, because then it's easier for me to get good placement without needing to do too many clears!**

Tatercat

Round 2 (only two new fights that I can tell):


Sim 4: Daredevil/3* Black Widow/3* Cap America
Sim 5: Quicksilver/Blade/3* Spidey
Sim 6: Iron Fist/ S.Witch/Kingpin
Sim 7: Spider Gwen/3* Spidey/Miles (NEW)

Essential 2* Bullseye: 3* Daken/2* Mags/Beast
Essential Hood: 4*Thor/HulkBuster IM/4* Falcap
Essential Carnage: 4*Kate Bishop/3* Thor/ Elektra (NEW)