Toxicadam wrote: I've never seen anyone from demiurge comment on giving the user the ability to tell which goon laid down a specific countdown tile? has it ever been discussed as being something that needs to be corrected, or is it intentional? It's probably been one of the most requested fixes since the game has begun.
Psykopathic wrote: thatguy13 wrote: How long is the focus on Alliances going to continue and how much more are you going to cater to alliances? If alliances were merely an added bonus I'd have no issue but every day it seems more like a rich get richer pyramid scheme. I may be missing something but how do alliances benefit casual players? You know that 3* alliance reward? Top 250 alliances are getting it in current tourney. That's potentially 250x20 people getting a 3*. Before you had to place like top 2 to get all 3x covers. It's much easier to acquire all 3 or a single cover in general now.
thatguy13 wrote: How long is the focus on Alliances going to continue and how much more are you going to cater to alliances? If alliances were merely an added bonus I'd have no issue but every day it seems more like a rich get richer pyramid scheme. I may be missing something but how do alliances benefit casual players?
IceIX wrote: Toxicadam wrote: I've never seen anyone from demiurge comment on giving the user the ability to tell which goon laid down a specific countdown tile? has it ever been discussed as being something that needs to be corrected, or is it intentional? It's probably been one of the most requested fixes since the game has begun. It's one of the many things on the QoL updates list of things to do when someone gets spare time. Problem with that list is that it's ever growing and that they're all "nice to have" upgrades of systems that are working "OK but not perfect", so it's hard to place weight on any of them versus adding something new or refining something with real rough edges that needs better functionality. So yes. It's been discussed. No, we don't have a timeline or even a "Yep! It'll get done most definitely" for it. It'd be great though.
dlaw008 wrote: And they have rotated the colors of the covers if I'm not mistaken. So while you may miss the black hulk in one tourney alliance reward you will get it in a different one as a single player award. I honestly don't see why they shouldn't reward the hardest-core players. Casuals can convert to that crowd by figuring out how to create a bigger alliance or get into one.
pasa_ wrote: Psykopathic wrote: thatguy13 wrote: How long is the focus on Alliances going to continue and how much more are you going to cater to alliances? If alliances were merely an added bonus I'd have no issue but every day it seems more like a rich get richer pyramid scheme. I may be missing something but how do alliances benefit casual players? You know that 3* alliance reward? Top 250 alliances are getting it in current tourney. That's potentially 250x20 people getting a 3*. Before you had to place like top 2 to get all 3x covers. It's much easier to acquire all 3 or a single cover in general now. For casual players as the question stands? Give me a break! Just follow your own math, are casual players in 20-people alliances? Or 99% either alone or in random 5 people ones that will have average 2 people playing at the same tournament?IceIX, please disclose some data: in the last tournament how many 5-people alliances appeared in the top250? My guess is less than 3. Sure, groups who could organize for shelling out the 20k HPs are easier shot for the covers on average but that kinda well fits the quote. When the alliance idea started to float around nothing implied black hulks will be obtained only through them just a few weeks in -- actually we joked with it in the 'evil' thread. Probably we shouldn't disclose those ideas after all.
pasa_ wrote: IceIX, please disclose some data: in the last tournament how many 5-people alliances appeared in the top250? My guess is less than 3.
IceIX wrote: pasa_ wrote: IceIX, please disclose some data: in the last tournament how many 5-people alliances appeared in the top250? My guess is less than 3. Far more than 3. If you want to get into Top 20-50 positions as a 5 man Alliance then sure, that's rough. But the median score across all users for the last Tourney was under 75K and across all Alliance members not much higher. 5 users in an Alliance that scored 100K each (which wasn't difficult) would push them pretty high up in the alliance rankings. Now, as Alliances get more entrenched for users as something to do in-game and the competition gets fiercer that may change. But a 5 man Alliance is *perfectly* viable right now.
Rajjeq wrote: Wow. Then it's definitely possible to get up there with a 5 man alliance as many folks scored over 250k. Even with not amazing rosters.
pasa_ wrote: Rajjeq wrote: Wow. Then it's definitely possible to get up there with a 5 man alliance as many folks scored over 250k. Even with not amazing rosters. That's great to hear. Though I was really asking about PvP, did you also get the black Hulk? IceIX, can you give figures for that too?
pasa_ wrote: For casual players as the question stands? Give me a break! Just follow your own math, are casual players in 20-people alliances? Or 99% either alone or in random 5 people ones that will have average 2 people playing at the same tournament?IceIX, please disclose some data: in the last tournament how many 5-people alliances appeared in the top250? My guess is less than 3.
pasa_ wrote: That's great to hear. Though I was really asking about PvP, did you also get the black Hulk? IceIX, can you give figures for that too? And what was the total score for the alliance at #251 in that PvE?
ToryTory wrote: IceIX: Is there any word about implementation of Steam to iOS? A lot of players are inquiring but never got a direct answer. Some of us heard and picked up MPQ on Steam, played a bunch, and invested a lot of money only to find out there isn't the option to play on the go from your iPhone or iPad. My wife got me an iPad just for MPQ hah! I know there's a NDA on the beta from back in Nov. I'm just trying to figure out if there is any way for me to do a one time transfer to my iPad since I spend more time at work than I do at home. A steam to Facebook would be ideal. Thanks!
Telepath wrote: ToryTory wrote: IceIX: Is there any word about implementation of Steam to iOS? A lot of players are inquiring but never got a direct answer. Some of us heard and picked up MPQ on Steam, played a bunch, and invested a lot of money only to find out there isn't the option to play on the go from your iPhone or iPad. My wife got me an iPad just for MPQ hah! I know there's a NDA on the beta from back in Nov. I'm just trying to figure out if there is any way for me to do a one time transfer to my iPad since I spend more time at work than I do at home. A steam to Facebook would be ideal. Thanks! I'd love to see cross platform as well. I'll buy a stark salary if I can play both on my Steam account and my nexus 5, I swear!
HailMary wrote: pasa_ wrote: For casual players as the question stands? Give me a break! Just follow your own math, are casual players in 20-people alliances? Or 99% either alone or in random 5 people ones that will have average 2 people playing at the same tournament?IceIX, please disclose some data: in the last tournament how many 5-people alliances appeared in the top250? My guess is less than 3. pasa_ wrote: That's great to hear. Though I was really asking about PvP, did you also get the black Hulk? IceIX, can you give figures for that too? And what was the total score for the alliance at #251 in that PvE? If you're comparing it to pre-alliance PvP reward tiers, the "casual players" emphasis fails. The three-cover Top 5 reward (which the alliance reward "stole") is not intended for the typical "casual player." I remember the very first time I placed in PvP top 10 (darn those shiny-but-useless DD covers). I was already playing daily, and constantly feeling the pinch for roster slots. At the very least, I was transitioning out of "casual." So, the real question isn't "What alliance score can 5 arbitrary casual players get?" The question is, at minimum, "What alliance score can 5 consistently-Top-5 players get, and is that enough for Alliance Top 100?" The truly meaningful question is this: What alliance size would a group of 5 Top-5 players generally expand to, and would this maybe-just-5-but-likely-more-people alliance get enough points for Alliance Top 100 if they seriously tried?
daveomite wrote: As a NON alliance member, I understand what pasa is saying. I'm a lone person, only been playing now almost 42 days. I have 29 characters, only two are 85's, and an extreme short list of 3's I can hardly do anything with until I get more cards.
daveomite wrote: In a way, I'm a "casual" player, but play for hours each day. I've now invested money in the game, more than I'd like to admit, just to level up some characters, so I'm getting stronger at least.
daveomite wrote: But when alliances have the clear and undisputed upper hand, and constantly faced with massive scaling because of other players in my bracket, and constantly fighting frustrating 20 iso again and again, it makes it hard to stay enthused.
daveomite wrote: But it does seem like there is more focus on alliances than the game itself. For those not in an alliance, and lie me, completely cleared the prologue, and only have a few new nodes open a day in a tournament that I can't even play the "essentials", it's a bit lackluster is all.
daveomite wrote: This new event though, I don't even have Steve Rogers yet, so I don't really have much of a chance. But I am trying, and still clearing out nodes... Not asking for any handouts, but would be nice if at least people who don't have an essential character, then maybe it uses a loaner so you can at least clear it.
daveomite wrote: Maybe one fix would be to separate single players from brackets with alliance members in them, so scaling doesn't affect them quite as bad. And/or, if/when my team gets leveled up enough, then maybe I'll get asked to join some alliance, or I'll need to create one, then all of a sudden I'll no longer be a lone player.