PVE: Thick as Thieves (2016-07-24 to 2016-07-27)

rainkingucd · July 2016

Event Info:

Episode 3: Thick as Thieves
Length of Event: 4 days
Sub-Events? Yes; Alliance Rewards in Sub-Events? Yes
Number of Sub-Events: 4 Length of Sub-Events: 24 hours
Main Bracket Size: 1000 Sub Bracket Size: 1000
Unique Reward(s): None
Other Notes:

One node in Main (a team-up node) is repeatable and playable for points throughout the event.
Enemy Types (Main): Maggia Goons
Sub-Event 1: Family Reunion
- Length: 24 hours
- Sub-Event Nodes: 10 Total. 6 Regular (repeatable); 3 Essential (repeatable); 1 One-Time Only
- Enemy Types: Ares, Bullseye (2*), Daken (2*) Iron Man (1*), Magneto (3*), Moonstone, Ragnarok, Venom, Hammer Goons, Maggia Goons
Sub-Event 2: Anderson, Inc.
- Length: 24 hours
- Sub-Event Nodes: 10 Total. 6 Regular (repeatable); 3 Essential (repeatable); 1 One-Time Only
- Enemy Types: Ares, Bullseye (2*), Daken (2*), Moonstone, Ragnarok, Venom, Yelena Belova, ISO-8 Goons, Maggia Goons
Sub-Event 3: Scotland Yard
- Length: 24 hours
- Sub-Event Nodes: 9 Total. 6 Regular (repeatable); 3 Essential (repeatable)
- Enemy Types: Ares, Bullseye (2*) Daken (2*), Juggernaut, Moonstone, Venom, Yelena Belova, Hammer Goons, Maggia Goons
Sub-Event 4: The Meeting
- Length: 24 hours
- Sub-Event Nodes: 12 Total. 6 Regular (repeatable); 3 Essential (repeatable); 3 One-Time Only
- Enemy Types: Ares, Bullseye (2*), Daken (2*), Hood, Magneto, Moonstone, Ragnarok, Yelena Belova, ISO-8 Goons, Maggia Goons

Link to mags1587 PVE Format Guide:
https://d3go.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=14484

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Progression awards:

100:

500: 100

1000: rainbow damage boost
1500:

2000: rainbow AP stockpile
2900: 140

3900:

5000: 140

6500:

7500: 140

9000:

10500: 250

12500: 25

14000: 250

16000:

18500: 500

21500: 25

25000:

29000: 1000

33000: 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

501-500:

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

Previous runs

PVE: Thick as Thieves (2016-05-29 to 2016-06-02)
PVE: Thick as Thieves (2016-03-10 to 2016-03-14)
PVE: Thick as Thieves (2015-12-10 to 2015-12-14)
PVE: Thick as Thieves (September 28 - October 2)
PVE: Thick as Thieves (July 16-21)
Thick as Thieves - May 7 - May 12
Thick as Thieves (1 Apr - 8 Apr 2015)
Thick As Thieves: Jan 26 - Feb 3
Thick As Thieves: Nov 19th - Nov 25th
Thick as Thieves - Aug 5-11

DTStump · July 2016

So, 33k for max progression in 4 days? Considering it was over 50k in past editions? Can anybody say piece of cake?

EDIT: Total points after sub 1: 7950. 3 full clears, 3 essentials. That's 24% of the max progression target, therefore I expect 3 full clears (with 3 essentials) to be enough.

EDIT: Total points after sub 2: 24607 (+16657). 5 full clears, 3 essentials. Figured I couldn't make top 50 with 4 clears, so I decided to go a little bit harder here then take a break in the next sub to focus on PvP.

EDIT: Total points after sub 3: 30286 (+5679). 1 full clear + 2 nodes, 3 essentials. One more clear in sub 4 should be enough.

EDIT: Total points after sub 4: 33086 (+2800). Less than 1 clear -> Mission achieved with about 10 clears in the whole event, or 2.5 clears per day. I can live with that. Now grinding for top 50...

Sluggo · July 2016

I'm curious to see how the new PVE scaling affects the notorious Magneto/Hood "Business Partners" node on the final day. The good news is, with such a forgiving max progression target, even if it's still tough, grinding that node won't be much of a concern unless you're going for T10.

I think this will also be my first event with X-23 boosted since I champed her in the wake of the EotS test. I've been having a lot of fun teaming her with IM40, so I'm looking forward to seeing how that plays out.

sambrookjm · July 2016

Sluggo wrote:

I think this will also be my first event with X-23 boosted since I champed her in the wake of the EotS test. I've been having a lot of fun teaming her with IM40, so I'm looking forward to seeing how that plays out.

I've found a fairly fun team to use is X-23, Daken, and

Mr Fantastic

All of them have true healing. There are lots of strike tiles to make Tracking Prey cheap, and to help with Imaginaut's damage. It's about the only time I use Mr Fantastic, but it works well.

Sluggo · July 2016

sambrookjm wrote:

I've found a fairly fun team to use is X-23, Daken, and Mr Fantastic All of them have true healing. There are lots of strike tiles to make Tracking Prey cheap, and to help with Imaginaut's damage. It's about the only time I use Mr Fantastic, but it works well.

That's some interesting food for thought. My Stretcho has 10 covers and his 4* Crash is coming up in a week, so maybe I'll throw a little ISO his way and see how that works out, since I never use him otherwise.

But I suspect I'll spend a good deal of time with my All-Claw All-Stars: OML, X-23 and Daken. My OML only has 4 covers, but still, so many strike tiles, so much healing. Should make fast work of most of the easy/medium nodes without taking much damage.

sambrookjm · July 2016

Sluggo wrote:

But I suspect I'll spend a good deal of time with my All-Claw All-Stars: OML, X-23 and Daken. My OML only has 4 covers, but still, so many strike tiles, so much healing. Should make fast work of most of the easy/medium nodes without taking much damage.

Trust me...if I had a yellow for OML to True Heal him instead of my 2/0/0, that switch would be a given. If I ever *do* get a yellow for OML, a lot of ISO will be heading his way.

thanos8587 · July 2016

boosted x23 is a beautiful thing. her green hits for 8k and her trap is around 11k if you match it and a whopping 20k when the enemy matches it. she also plays nicely with hulkbuster and nova, except my nova is way away from prime time.

and i love these progressions. lets see how long they last.

CT1888 · July 2016

DTStump wrote:

So, 33k for max progression in 4 days? Considering it was over 50k in past editions? Can anybody say piece of cake?

10300 points from hitting every node 4 times.
I will have a piece of that cake thank-you

sambrookjm · July 2016

thanos8587 wrote:

boosted x23 is a beautiful thing. her green hits for 8k and her trap is around 11k if you match it and a whopping 20k when the enemy matches it. she also plays nicely with hulkbuster and nova, except my nova is way away from prime time.

I agree that boosted X-23 is nice. However, a boosted 4-star Jean Grey? Well, that's just like having your own personal cheat code for these rounds. 7K to the enemy team for 10 purple?

Vhailorx · July 2016

Anyone else seeing slightly higher essential node scaling?

322 4* essential in r&g
336 4* essential in this event.

My roster is basically unchanged (added 1 1-cover 5*; my 7th 255 5*, and I have 5 4* champs atop my roster).

fmftint · July 2016

Vhailorx wrote:

Anyone else seeing slightly higher essential node scaling?

322 4* essential in r&g
336 4* essential in this event.

My roster is basically unchanged (added 1 1-cover 5*; my 7th 255 5*, and I have 5 4* champs atop my roster).

Different boost list will change your T3 average

CT1888 · July 2016

sambrookjm wrote:

thanos8587 wrote:

boosted x23 is a beautiful thing. her green hits for 8k and her trap is around 11k if you match it and a whopping 20k when the enemy matches it. she also plays nicely with hulkbuster and nova, except my nova is way away from prime time.

I agree that boosted X-23 is nice. However, a boosted 4-star Jean Grey? Well, that's just like having your own personal cheat code for these rounds. 7K to the enemy team for 10 purple?

It's a wonderful thing, insanely fast. I hit 4 full clears in under am hour I think. 20 minutes at lunch, half an hour after work. I was running her with Scarlet Witch and Ironman yesterday, them realised that swapping Ironman for Prof X made it br00tal.

TxMoose · July 2016

CT1888 wrote:

I was running her with Scarlet Witch and Ironman yesterday, them realised that swapping Ironman for Prof X made it br00tal.

I can't decide which I like better as the third - like both px and im40 in that role. fun to have choices.

cozmo1682 · July 2016

I'm enjoying getting 2 cp per sub and these two easily made max prog 25 cp awards. I might not ever place top 50 again, but I didn't really play pve competitive pve to begin with.

Warbringa · July 2016

Not looking forward to Hood and Magneto on that last node tonight since I still have to do the 3rd and 4th clear of it.

Realstuff_NameChange · July 2016

Warbringa wrote:

Not looking forward to Hood and Magneto on that last node tonight since I still have to do the 3rd and 4th clear of it.

Nope! CP is actually on a one-and-done ragnarok node instead of hood magneto =D

PVE: Thick as Thieves (2016-07-24 to 2016-07-27)

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