MarvelMan wrote: firethorne wrote: Aside from no alliances, this sandbox actually sounds like the game I wish MPQ was. It saddened me to read this, and generally agree with it. I like the play, and even welcome retaliations, but sometimes I feel like you have to be one of the min/maxers to get anywhere. Adding more single player content, a la Polares's post, would seem to go a long way towards that.
firethorne wrote: Aside from no alliances, this sandbox actually sounds like the game I wish MPQ was.
PorkBelly wrote: I seriously considered this for a while but the cheats for iOS seemed tricky/annoying to pull off.
doctoroctobus wrote: I am a hacker and this is my story. I started playing MPQ many months ago. I didn't pay anything and even with the random pains and slow gains, I was really enjoying the game. I'd completed most of the prologue and participated in a few events. I was on my way to a 2* roster with Thor, Storm, Magneto and Ares. I had not pulled an OBW cover though, which was kind of driving me nuts, and I was getting really tired of the 20 ISO rewards, but I played daily. I introduced the game to a friend. About a week later, we talked and he told me that although he liked the game, it was "pay 2 win" so he'd hacked it just to even the playing field. He told me how the hack worked and my descent began. At first, the hack was exhilarating. I was able to increase my ISO and HP arbitrarily, which meant I could expand my roster and level at will. I started out with a rule for myself, I'd only hack to get one cover per day. That quickly turned into only one cover pack a day. Then, only one of each cover pack a day... I finally got the OBW covers I was longing for and rounded out my 2* roster. I found I could compete with the higher powered rosters I was seeing in the events. The hack took a game I liked and super-charged it, opening doors and removing all the things that annoyed me. Then, I threw out my rule. Pretty soon, my roster was stocked with every character maxed or nearly so. Nothing in the game was beyond me. The prologue? A boring distraction and forgotten UI tab. Events? I could field a team that could beat anyone (BTW devs, Spider-Man should be nerfed). Placing in the top 5 vs. the top 50 of an event was just a matter of how much time I felt like burning on it. The first time I placed in the top 5, I did a fist-pump. The 5th time, I barely noticed, and why would I? Other than getting a completely new character's cover, there was nothing to gain, I already had every cover and levelling was done. You can guess what happened next. I quit playing. The fun that I'd had at first was gone. The thrill of finding new things, gone. The disappointments of dashed hopes, gone. Everything I liked (and disliked) about the game was gone. And I was the one who took it away. I talked with the friend who introduced the hack to me. He'd stopped playing days before, citing pretty much the same experience. Hacking gave us power and we abused it. We hurt others, surely, by taking spots and rewards from them in tournaments. We hurt ourselves, by turning a game that had an enchanting element of luck and anticipation into a predictable chore. We didn't like how it felt to play the game knowing that we didn't earn our winnings. I'm a big believer in second chances because I tend to make a lot of first mistakes. I deleted my game data, uninstalled the hacking software, and started a new game. Now, my Iron Man is level 10, Black Widow is level 6, Storm is level 2, I got a Captain America cover from a daily reward, but I don't think I'll be able to use it, I'm seriously considering levelling Hawkeye because I have 4 of his covers, and I have yet to pull an OBW cover. My team is so lame. But, last night, after 3 consecutive 20 ISO rewards, I got Storm's red cover and I did a fist pump. I don't know if it will be as fun as it was before, but it feels good to be playing again. [tl;dr] My own hacking ruined the game for me and I suspect it would for you as well. Don't do it.
doctoroctobus wrote: I am a hacker and this is my story.
maxman wrote: It appears that what motivates you is the competition and some feeling of accomplishment while what motivates me is the ability to play at my leisure and have the chance to earn the covers I want.
KevinMark wrote: I saw some people saying things to the effect of "sandboxing actually sounds cool... it is like the casual game I want MPQ to be...". This game is already very casual. The one who is not casual is you as the player. Playing in an alliance can put pressure on you especially if yours is a demanding one. Quit your alliance, play the game a set amount of time every day or every other day if you want. There is your casual game.
Ghast wrote: maxman wrote: It appears that what motivates you is the competition and some feeling of accomplishment while what motivates me is the ability to play at my leisure and have the chance to earn the covers I want. You've got a funny understanding of the word "earn."
maxman wrote: Ghast wrote: maxman wrote: It appears that what motivates you is the competition and some feeling of accomplishment while what motivates me is the ability to play at my leisure and have the chance to earn the covers I want. You've got a funny understanding of the word "earn." How so? I still play each event as I would any other. I do not have a crazy amount of hp or iso. I still have many new characters that have only 1 or two covers and some that need iso to level them up. I still play the same way I did before except I don't have to grind to do it. I think that my post has been lost in translation due to everyone projecting what they would do in my stead. I did this so that I can merrily collect my covers without having to grind it out all of the time. If there were an offline mode that was similar to prologue but was updated with the new characters, I would be there all of the time and no one would ever see me in a PvP event. Unlike the 'hacker' above, I stopped the day I got sandboxed. Now I play like everyone else, I just don't get attacked. I am fine with that.
Ghast wrote: maxman wrote: Ghast wrote: maxman wrote: It appears that what motivates you is the competition and some feeling of accomplishment while what motivates me is the ability to play at my leisure and have the chance to earn the covers I want. You've got a funny understanding of the word "earn." How so? I still play each event as I would any other. I do not have a crazy amount of hp or iso. I still have many new characters that have only 1 or two covers and some that need iso to level them up. I still play the same way I did before except I don't have to grind to do it. I think that my post has been lost in translation due to everyone projecting what they would do in my stead. I did this so that I can merrily collect my covers without having to grind it out all of the time. If there were an offline mode that was similar to prologue but was updated with the new characters, I would be there all of the time and no one would ever see me in a PvP event. Unlike the 'hacker' above, I stopped the day I got sandboxed. Now I play like everyone else, I just don't get attacked. I am fine with that. You win in PVP by winning points and keeping them despite retaliations or fresh attacks. You are not earning anything because you are not even playing the game. I suggest you try Puzzle Pirates or Dungeon Raid if you just want to match similar tiles at your own pace.