How far do you go in PvE progression?

dijidiji

I'm establishing this as a split from the PvP poll: https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/65754/how-far-do-you-go-in-pvp-progression

Organizationally, because the point totals change from event to event, I've listed options by prize type.  I've skipped over the ISO level rewards due to poll constraints, so please choose the option closest to your actual normal stopping point.

Additionally, the poll reflects rewards from Level 7/8.  If you normally play at a different level, I'm sure you can figure out the equivalent reward.

Ayasugi-san

To Infinity And Beyond - Keep going for placement rewards.

I play for six clears of every node, which gets me past progression.

dijidiji

Second 3*** Cover / Second and Third 3*** Cover

To bring over the conversation from the PvP thread:

acescracked said:

dijidiji said:

I usually stop at 100.  Get a little ISO, get some alliance rewards.  I can easily go 650 if I want to put in the time, but I'm all about #TheCasualLife...

See this sentiment about PvP being time consuming often in the forum.

How far progression wise do you go in pve? Because I've always found pve to be by a wide margin more time consuming. If you do max progression in pve then #TheCasualLife does not compute. 

PvP play for me is about an hour to three hours (not always sustained) of play every two days and 900 to 1300 points. I dread or don't play PVE.

No, I don't usually play to max progression.  Actually, I don't know the last time I did so, but I guess it's been years at this point.  I usually find that getting to the second set of 3*** covers is enough for me, but I'll sometimes play to the 4**** cover if it's something I need or am interested in.

Accordingly, I contend that #TheCasualLife still computes.

Moon Roach

All The Way - 22 Command Points / 25 Command Points

I'll go for the tick and CP on all nodes.  That's about the average.  Sometimes I'll keep going, for example a character release, sometime I'll hardly play at all because I hate the event, for example The Hunt.

fmftint

Poll is missing an option
Green checks, beyond progression but don't care about placement

dijidiji

Second 3*** Cover / Second and Third 3*** Cover

fmftint said:

Poll is missing an option
Green checks, beyond progression but don't care about placement

That's fair.  I didn't think about that when building the poll, but I was constrained to only 10 options, anyway.  I think the max progression option is a good fit for your situation, but the choice is yours.

TPF Alexis

To Infinity And Beyond - Keep going for placement rewards.

Unless I mess up and underestimate the time involved, or some of the Nodes are particularly annoying, I do full clears of everything. I don't worry about optimal timing or clearing order, but I do clear 4 times soon after it flips, and try to start final clears within 3 hours of the end of the sub.

jredd

All The Way - 22 Command Points / 25 Command Points

i quit when all the cp is obtained. except for new character releases.  

Spoit

8 Command Points

Where's the option for "pve is a terrible time/value so I don't bother playing 90% of the time"

dijidiji

Second 3*** Cover / Second and Third 3*** Cover

Spoit said:

Where's the option for "pve is a terrible time/value so I don't bother playing 90% of the time"

Somewhere on the cutting room floor, I'm afraid.  But the first 3*** cover is pretty close.  Just clearing all the easy nodes takes less time than DDQ, and that's about enough for the first 3***.  Failing that, I think it's worth it to hit each sub for at least one match, since that's basically free ISO.

granne

To Infinity And Beyond - Keep going for placement rewards.

fmftint said:

Poll is missing an option
Green checks, beyond progression but don't care about placement

Yeah. I do care a bit about placement, but I mostly clear to get the green ticks - partly for the XP, and partly because it makes my brain itch to leave things unfinished.

DFiPL

All The Way - 22 Command Points / 25 Command Points

Progression is my goal in PVE, but even once I get there, there's still a reason for me to keep playing.

I'm not saying it's addiction, but it's basically addiction.

TheVulture

8 Command Points

Only aim as far as 8 CP since the progression change - will sometimes go over if just grinding, but never as far as max. progression any more.

Bowgentle

To Infinity And Beyond - Keep going for placement rewards.

7/7.
Is there another way to play PVE? O_o

ammenell

8 Command Points

I mostly play for iso and cp - I see no point in playing a match two more times for 70 iso and a standard token. 
so I grab my 2cp per sub, also do the essentials, enough for the 4* and the cp after that

Skrofa

To Infinity And Beyond - Keep going for placement rewards.

For the past few months I always go for placement but even when optimal clears are out of the question I still go for 7/7.

I get it that a lot of people see this game very casually so they opt for less.

I do have a question for the pvp guys though.
Why do you prefer pvp to pve? 
I don't think it's less grindy since more or less you do the same number of matches (I think)
It's not the variety in the opponents since the teams one faces in pvp are more or less the same each match
The rewards are worse in pvp. The xp you get is less in pvp. 
Whole lot of HP on shields if one goes for placement AND the good stuff from progression.

The only appeal I can find is what 5* rosters face in pve with scaling is tinykitty and that you can go for placement and play when you want

waywreth

To Infinity And Beyond - Keep going for placement rewards.

I clear every node to the maximum so I can come in 11th or 12 every event.
Once in awhile I crack the Top 10 (5 out of the last 18, which is when I began tracking).

Nepenthe

To Infinity And Beyond - Keep going for placement rewards.

Ayasugi-san said:

I play for six clears of every node, which gets me past progression.

This.

ammenell

8 Command Points

in pvp I almost always play to that cp progression at 575,except i can use the 4* reward. 
in both cases, I play significantly less matches then in a pve sub, but I skip a lot and only play high point matches

heybub

8 Command Points

Wow...45% keep playing for placement.  How do you all do that?  For the week long (was it Meet Rocket and Groot), I pushed really hard to finish SCL 7 for max progression, and it was draining.  It was grinding hard, and not fun.  Playing every node 6 times is difficult, how many times do you need to play then nodes to get max progression?

legeng

To Infinity And Beyond - Keep going for placement rewards.

I do 7/7. Missing the covers and HP from placement would slow me down to much.

Now, I have always wondered. Does it matter if you do the final clear (that's it the 3 last clears) just before the sub ends or if you do 2 clears any time of the day and the last one as close as possible to the end of the sub?