Boss Rush Event: Info & Rewards *Updated

stochasticism

GurlBYE wrote:

Sadly this 20 pages+ of criticism will all be for nothing if the number of people complete the event that they expected, (someone did say they were on round 7 pages ago)

If even 1 alliance completes it they'll claim this was intended.

There is no alliance progression so an alliance can't "complete" this event.

JVReal

"David wrote:

Moore"]

Pylgrim wrote:

could we please get /at least/ a pre-fab corporate "we're sorry for the inconvenience, we're looking at it"? Or, I guess, the "working as intended, carry on" that some dread? Any kind of ackowledgement would be nice, preferibly before you all go out for the weekend.

It's Thursday. But, the vitriol is noted.

It's Friday now... and almost time to go home...

Mr_Sinister

I'm a little surprised there has been no further comment considering the response this event is getting.

GurlBYE

stochasticism wrote:

GurlBYE wrote:

Sadly this 20 pages+ of criticism will all be for nothing if the number of people complete the event that they expected, (someone did say they were on round 7 pages ago)

If even 1 alliance completes it they'll claim this was intended.

There is no alliance progression so an alliance can't "complete" this event.

That's worse, so if a few people from each alliance complete it then that will be where the bar is lowered.

GurlBYE

Mr_Sinister wrote:

I'm a little surprised there has been no further response considering the response this event is getting.

Repeat of last year to the T, outside of the statement.

Except last years statement wasn't exactly.. well received, it is well remembered however.

Lopan15

I'm almost through round 5 and tapping out. I could maybe get the peggy cover at round 6 but it's not worth the effort. I've been using storm, hulk, kk to basically have the infinite turn but that takes 4ever and quite frankly is boring regardless of how long it takes. Also, I've wiped twice with that team with bad starting boards (no green/no pink). I went back to pvp and actually had "fun" pushing to 862 but now of course I can't find a fight worth more than 30 pts. Maybe their intention was to make us appreciate regular pvp and PVE despite their flaws. As in, "look how bad it could be!". Every anniversary is a debacle and a flame session ensues and they still don't get it. If I treated every anniversary like this with my wife, she would have left me long ago for being a tiny kitty. I have been hitting no thanks to the rating/review pop ups because I actually felt like giving them a small amount of praise for recent changes, but thought it would just be a matter of time before they let me down. Well, guess what, I'll be giving a review/rating the next time it pops up but instead of my usual 6 or 7 and it's getting better but still won't recommend to a friend, I will be dropping you back to a 1 which you had worked so hard to push up to.

The rockett

3:53 PM EST. Almost done for the week to relax and have a great time. Oh wait, were the Reds gonna get back to us before they are done for the weekend about this event? Nah. Let everybody stew until Monday. HAPPY HOUR TIME!!! Suckers.

Stax the Foyer

The rockett wrote:

3:53 PM EST. Almost done for the week to relax and have a great time. Oh wait, were the Reds gonna get back to us before they are done for the weekend about this event? Nah. Let everybody stew until Monday. HAPPY HOUR TIME!!! Suckers.

If they leave this to fester over the weekend, the forum (and playerbase) is gonna be a hot mess come Monday. I don't know if they have any better options, though.

broll

jobob wrote:

This is one event where 3* rosters clearly have the advantage.

That combo could never work for me, as OML does 3k+ damage each time he matches, KK can't heal enough, and there is no damage output on that team that comes close to making much of a dent in 150,000+ health.


But I'm glad you have options to try out roster combinations. Nothing outside of 5* and my 300+ boosted 4* champs have really been an option for me.

ROFL no, no they certainly don't.

Orion wrote:

I just got my 1st shot at round 5:

My team - level 458 OML / level 454 Surfer / boosted champed Winter Soldier (really, his nukes are good against these bosses)

Enemy team - level 503-511 bosses (Ha!)

Goblin - 87k health
Cap - 92k health
OML - 93k health

So his bosses are about 50 levels higher.

Me also at round 5. Highest characters (with boosts) are ~270. Enemy team 346-354, closer to 100 levels higher.

xdogg

I think the new Demiurge response to all the criticism is 'Your World is Doomed!'

Bowgentle

broll wrote:

jobob wrote:

This is one event where 3* rosters clearly have the advantage.

That combo could never work for me, as OML does 3k+ damage each time he matches, KK can't heal enough, and there is no damage output on that team that comes close to making much of a dent in 150,000+ health.


But I'm glad you have options to try out roster combinations. Nothing outside of 5* and my 300+ boosted 4* champs have really been an option for me.

ROFL no, no they certainly don't.

Orion wrote:

I just got my 1st shot at round 5:

My team - level 458 OML / level 454 Surfer / boosted champed Winter Soldier (really, his nukes are good against these bosses)

Enemy team - level 503-511 bosses (Ha!)

Goblin - 87k health
Cap - 92k health
OML - 93k health

So his bosses are about 50 levels higher.

Me also at round 5. Highest characters (with boosts) are ~270. Enemy team 346-354, closer to 100 levels higher.

50 levels on top of a 450 5* makes them about 10 times more powerful.
350 level 5*s aren't comparable.

aesthetocyst

broll wrote:

So his bosses are about 50 levels higher.

Me also at round 5. Highest characters (with boosts) are ~270. Enemy team 346-354, closer to 100 levels higher.

Are you familiar with the dark magics of exponential curves? And, in particular, familiar with the scaling curve in this game?

If you are, then you know that in this game, (Level 500 - Level 450) > (Level 350 - Level 250) .

You'll experience it someday, and then with you could go back to running that roster that faces those "100 levels higher" bosses.

But enough low level vs high level, who's screwed harder chest-thumping. In this, an event centered on players losing in a game in which losing is expensive, we're all screwed together.

ZeiramMR

wymtime wrote:

On a serious note anyone have a good team for round 6? I have been using OML, SS, and Hood. I have gotten past OML and Phoenix but surfer is just killing me.
Also those are my only 2 5* I can use

The event thread in the Events sub-forum has had occasional team/strategy discussion.

simonsez

Stax the Foyer wrote:

If they leave this to fester over the weekend, the forum (and playerbase) is gonna be a hot mess come Monday. I don't know if they have any better options, though.

Not everyone ascribes to the Ferber Method...

udonomefoo

broll wrote:

jobob wrote:

This is one event where 3* rosters clearly have the advantage.

That combo could never work for me, as OML does 3k+ damage each time he matches, KK can't heal enough, and there is no damage output on that team that comes close to making much of a dent in 150,000+ health.


But I'm glad you have options to try out roster combinations. Nothing outside of 5* and my 300+ boosted 4* champs have really been an option for me.

ROFL no, no they certainly don't.

Orion wrote:

I just got my 1st shot at round 5:

My team - level 458 OML / level 454 Surfer / boosted champed Winter Soldier (really, his nukes are good against these bosses)

Enemy team - level 503-511 bosses (Ha!)

Goblin - 87k health
Cap - 92k health
OML - 93k health

So his bosses are about 50 levels higher.

Me also at round 5. Highest characters (with boosts) are ~270. Enemy team 346-354, closer to 100 levels higher.

Each level means a lot more at that point, it's not linear.

Vhailorx

aesthetocyst wrote:

broll wrote:

So his bosses are about 50 levels higher.

Me also at round 5. Highest characters (with boosts) are ~270. Enemy team 346-354, closer to 100 levels higher.

Are you familiar with the dark magics of exponential curves? And, in particular, familiar with the scaling curve in this game?

If you are, then you know that in this game, (Level 500 - Level 450) > (Level 350 - Level 250) .

You'll experience it someday, and then with you could go back to running that roster that faces those "100 levels higher" bosses.

But enough low level vs high level, who's screwed harder chest-thumping. In this, an event centered on players losing in a game in which losing is expensive, we're all screwed together.

I think the data on the relative ease of play for different roster strengths is mixed.

5* players clearly have an advantage in pvp, but soft-cappers can and do place well in pve (but so do 5*s).

In this event, its clear that 5* players are struggling in rounds 6+ (and didnt have much fun in rounds 4-5 either!). And jobob is right that 3* teams are not an option with his scaling. But i think 5* olayers are still having an easier time (at least from surveying the forums). Players like jobob are struggling in round 6. 4* players like me have i
Only reached round if they had good luck with thei winfinite engine lottery pulls in round 5 (i just reached round six in my last match of this clear, having had just 3 full victories in round 5). 3* rosters are struggling to clear rounds 3 and 4. This pattern is fairly evident from both alliance leader boards and forum posts here.

This is not to say that 5* players have had an easy time. Just that they have had an easier time so far (largely because they had less trouble in rounds 3-5 than weaker rosters). Round 6 may be a shift given the increased reports of 5* rosters struggling there, but it wont be really clear until next cycle ir two when more 4* players try round 6.

fmftint

Jumped the gun

David [Hi-Fi] Moore

*Update: 1:25 PM 10/14/16

Greetings, all.

The dev team wanted to let everyone know they have been reading your feedback and taking it into consideration. Here's word from Anthony at Demiurge:

"Hey everyone, We're trying a bunch of new stuff with the initial run of Boss Rush and we appreciate hearing your thoughts. We'll look at our data to see how people did and combine that with the feedback to help improve future runs of the event. Thanks for playing the event, and keep the feedback coming!"

Thank you.

JVReal

"David wrote:

Moore"]*Update: 1:25 PM 10/14/16

Greetings, all.

The dev team wanted to let everyone know they have been reading your feedback and taking it into consideration. Here's word from Anthony at Demiurge:

"Hey everyone, We're trying a bunch of new stuff with the initial run of Boss Rush and we appreciate hearing your thoughts. We'll look at our data to see how people did and combine that with the feedback to help improve future runs of the event. Thanks for playing the event, and keep the feedback coming!"

Thank you.

So.... "Doing nothing about this run... Have a Great Weekend!"

Noobulator

Wow that's a BIG F off from Demiurge if I ever saw one.