Actual scaling levels in Thick as Thieves?

Nepenthe
Nepenthe Posts: 283 Mover and Shaker
in MPQ Events, Tournaments, and Missions
Any first slice people finish their 4 clears yet and want to share what level the nodes are capping out yet?  Are the CL8 nodes going up 25 levels per clear like we're told they're supposed to?  (I do slice three, so can't find out for myself yet.)

Thanks!
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  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards
    Yeah they scale up correctly, topping out at 388.
  • smkspy
    smkspy Posts: 2,024 Chairperson of the Boards
    Node 6 388
    node 5 355
    node 4 359
    4 star node 341
    3 star node 278
    2 star node 246

    28 champed 4s and no 5s above 260. This scaling just baffles me, wish I had stuck with scl 7 again.
  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards
    smkspy said:
    Node 6 388
    node 5 355
    node 4 359
    4 star node 341
    3 star node 278
    2 star node 246

    28 champed 4s and no 5s above 260. This scaling just baffles me, wish I had stuck with scl 7 again.
    What did you expect from fixed levels that can go up to 400?
  • broll
    broll Posts: 4,732 Chairperson of the Boards
    smkspy said:
    Node 6 388
    node 5 355
    node 4 359
    4 star node 341
    3 star node 278
    2 star node 246

    28 champed 4s and no 5s above 260. This scaling just baffles me, wish I had stuck with scl 7 again.
    That's because it's not scaling, it's fixed numbers with a small RNG variant (for some reason I don't understand)
  • Nepenthe
    Nepenthe Posts: 283 Mover and Shaker
    Thanks for the info.  I think I'll stick it out in CL8 again.  My Bl4de should be boosted to around 400.
  • Beer40
    Beer40 Posts: 826 Critical Contributor
    smkspy said:
    Node 6 388
    node 5 355
    node 4 359
    4 star node 341
    3 star node 278
    2 star node 246

    28 champed 4s and no 5s above 260. This scaling just baffles me, wish I had stuck with scl 7 again.
    Thanks for the info! Happy with my decision to sacrifice rewards for extra time this go around.
  • StarScream
    StarScream Posts: 147 Tile Toppler
    edited June 2017
    I have enemies starting out at level 259 when I don't have a single character even near level 200. What the tinykitty is this tinykitty? I was going to go after the Cage covers and get me another for my **** but now I only have to say one thing to those who rn this game...
  • Pla5yer99
    Pla5yer99 Posts: 32 Just Dropped In
    Please fix the scaling for scl8, 3 star rosters can't deal with enemies at level 388. 1 goon power goes off and my entire team is dead. Please fix it!
  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards
    Pla5yer99 said:
    Please fix the scaling for scl8, 3 star rosters can't deal with enemies at level 388. 1 goon power goes off and my entire team is dead. Please fix it!
    Well, play in SCL7 then.
  • Pla5yer99
    Pla5yer99 Posts: 32 Just Dropped In
    The thing is we cannot change back to scl7 once scl8 is selected. Plus the notice of testing scaling is not clear at the point of selection of this event 
  • MarkersMake
    MarkersMake Posts: 392 Mover and Shaker
    edited June 2017
    That's true. 

    @Brigby, is there any way to make it more clear in-game when a test event is being run? Not just the one-time news popup - but a notice directly on the slice/SCL select screens? Something with lots of capital letters and bold font, maybe?  

    There have been a number of people posting lately that appear to have been caught unaware for this test, and I suspect there are many more (who don't post on the forums) who are in the same boat. 

    Obviously they can't change anything for this event, but for any future tests it might be helpful. 
  • Phumade
    Phumade Posts: 2,496 Chairperson of the Boards
    Pla5yer99 said:
    The thing is we cannot change back to scl7 once scl8 is selected. Plus the notice of testing scaling is not clear at the point of selection of this event 
    Thats a fair and reasonable point.  Make sure you actually read the loading screens.  This was something that was posted in game and in the sneak peek thread.

    In any case expect 2 to 3 more similar tests, and if your a 3* roster you should probably be looking at scl6 and scl7.  The enemies in those scl are scaled for 3* rosters.  Scl 8 is being tuned for 4* champs and 5* champs.

    I don't really disagree that this test caught alot of casual players by surprise.  But it was announced in the forums and in game. 

    I think all this thread movement and excessive thread moderation is making it much more difficult for players to find relevant information. and really it really impacted alot of users who RIGHTLY expect this info to be front and center in the general forum and not hidden in various sub forums
  • Starfury
    Starfury Posts: 719 Critical Contributor
    edited June 2017
    Yeah, same thing as last time. They didn't even bother to inform people before they had the chance to choose an SCL they never had a chance of completing.

    That's just damn sloppy.

    As for those enemy levels: No way I'm sending my 4* team up against several nodes of maxchamped 3* each day. SCL 7 all the way. So thanks for the saved time and the reward downgrade. And good luck to any 3* rosters.
  • MarkersMake
    MarkersMake Posts: 392 Mover and Shaker
    Yes, that's very true - because you can pre-join events, the message needs to be visible whenever you select your slice/SCL, not just a one-time popup that only appears once at the event start time. For prejoiners, that's too late. 
  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards

    People, the sign up screen said level 200-400 enemies for CL8.
    That message is only there for events with CL-based levels.
    Read before blindly clicking through cause of muscle memory.

    Yes there could have been a pop-up, but it's also a little on you.

  • Starfury
    Starfury Posts: 719 Critical Contributor
    Bowgentle said:

    People, the sign up screen said level 200-400 enemies for CL8.
    That message is only there for events with CL-based levels.
    Read before blindly clicking through cause of muscle memory.

    Yes there could have been a pop-up, but it's also a little on you.

    Yeah, it was there but honestly, would you have noticed the difference if you didn't already know about it? I doubt I would've.

    For a year now, the SCL screen has been devoid of any useful information and thus just another obstacle to click through.
  • evade420
    evade420 Posts: 440 Mover and Shaker
    3* roster shouldn't be able to play scl8 
  • sambrookjm
    sambrookjm Posts: 2,163 Chairperson of the Boards
    My 4-star node topped out at LVL 341 for SCL 8. That's about 20 LVLs higher than normal. I'm more annoyed that it's the 2-stra Bullseye/Lieutenant/Muscle node. Those nodes take forever with the protect and healing. I used 4-star Cage to get rid of protect and strike tiles. It doesn't help that my 4-star Iron Fist is horribly underleveled.
  • Pla5yer99
    Pla5yer99 Posts: 32 Just Dropped In
    My nodes are more than 80 levels higher than last event. Usually my enemies top up at 300 for scl8

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