aesthetocyst said: adamdivine said: ... i have 5 champed 5* (one of which is Thanos), ouroboros has 4 champed 5* (and a high level non champed thanos) and we are both getting beaten by a solid 4* roster with no 5*'s. Same thing happened in the last tests as well. Definitely still possible for 4* rosters to compete. Exactly. When they tested this scaling, I made an attempt on Discord at calming frayed 4* nerves. No need to get all in a bunch. Placements aren't just automatically given to 5* players in this regime. Players still have to show up, play on the clock, and play hard...and do it every sub. Some players already doing so will place higher with this scaling. 4*s players and 5* players. CL7 and 8 rewards are practically identical. In terms of numbers, there are far more 4* players than 5* players. 5* players didn't fill every top 10 in cl 7 and 8 in the test and they won't this time either. It's more likely that more of the players willing to play the game of clocks will be from the 4* ranks than the 5* ranks.
adamdivine said: ... i have 5 champed 5* (one of which is Thanos), ouroboros has 4 champed 5* (and a high level non champed thanos) and we are both getting beaten by a solid 4* roster with no 5*'s. Same thing happened in the last tests as well. Definitely still possible for 4* rosters to compete.
bluewolf said: My best 5 is a 2/5/5 Hawkeye...
aesthetocyst said: Starfury said: ... once we reach the point where 1% of SCL8 teams are dedicated 5* players, 4* rosters are essentially locked out of the best placement rewards. Why no mention of SCL 7?
Starfury said: ... once we reach the point where 1% of SCL8 teams are dedicated 5* players, 4* rosters are essentially locked out of the best placement rewards.
beyonderbub said: Just my experience with last night's subevent. I joined SCL 8. I have 4 champed 5*s around level 450 (baby 5*s). I used OML (lvl 450) / 5*Strange (lvl 453) / 3*Thanos (lvl 266 max champ) for all non-essential nodes. With the amount of goons in this one, it only made sense to bring Strange in and I don't have a functional 5* Thanos. It took me 1hr 40min to do my 4x clear and came in 52nd place for the time being. Hoping to make up some ground with my 3x per node final grind tonight starting about 2 hrs from subevent end. If someone has a faster suggestion, I'll be glad to try it out if I have the characters.
OJSP said: New McG said: beyonderbub said: Just my experience with last night's subevent. I joined SCL 8. I have 4 champed 5*s around level 450 (baby 5*s). I used OML (lvl 450) / 5*Strange (lvl 453) / 3*Thanos (lvl 266 max champ) for all non-essential nodes. With the amount of goons in this one, it only made sense to bring Strange in and I don't have a functional 5* Thanos. It took me 1hr 40min to do my 4x clear and came in 52nd place for the time being. Hoping to make up some ground with my 3x per node final grind tonight starting about 2 hrs from subevent end. If someone has a faster suggestion, I'll be glad to try it out if I have the characters. I ask this in no way meaning offense, but how did it possibly take that long? I used a low 450s Phoenix, and a couple boosted 4s and finished in almost an hour less than that in SCL 8. My first guess is part of the problem would be the amount of animations that team need to go through. OML heals every turn, Strange's Flames would trigger a lot but might not be enough to kill anyone, Thanos' Court Death triggers a lot and OML heals even more. It's also not a fast team, so the enemies would have time to use their powers.Second guess would be distractions or playing on a slower device?
New McG said: beyonderbub said: Just my experience with last night's subevent. I joined SCL 8. I have 4 champed 5*s around level 450 (baby 5*s). I used OML (lvl 450) / 5*Strange (lvl 453) / 3*Thanos (lvl 266 max champ) for all non-essential nodes. With the amount of goons in this one, it only made sense to bring Strange in and I don't have a functional 5* Thanos. It took me 1hr 40min to do my 4x clear and came in 52nd place for the time being. Hoping to make up some ground with my 3x per node final grind tonight starting about 2 hrs from subevent end. If someone has a faster suggestion, I'll be glad to try it out if I have the characters. I ask this in no way meaning offense, but how did it possibly take that long? I used a low 450s Phoenix, and a couple boosted 4s and finished in almost an hour less than that in SCL 8.
Merrick said: In my CL8 bracket, 2 of the top 5 players and 5 of the top 10 players are 4* rosters. Obviously the event isn't over. But if these 4* players can and are beating 5* players, then I don't see why all the 4* players are complaining.
aesthetocyst said: Bowgentle said:...I think playing on a calculator would take less than 1:40. LOL .... nice one!But, in truth, device matters. My previous phone would overheat anytime MPQ was running, and dump the app anytime anything else was brought to the fore ... phone call? restart MPQ, even if you ignored the call. Don't even think about firing up LINE or replying to a text.Seriously, the phone was almost too hot to hold. Not quite glowing, but close.Under those conditions, grind times would suffer.Newer phone, no problem.I don't see how anyone plays this mess seriously on a mobile device anyway. Vive la Steam!
Bowgentle said:...I think playing on a calculator would take less than 1:40.
Milk Jugz said: aesthetocyst said: Bowgentle said:...I think playing on a calculator would take less than 1:40. LOL .... nice one!But, in truth, device matters. My previous phone would overheat anytime MPQ was running, and dump the app anytime anything else was brought to the fore ... phone call? restart MPQ, even if you ignored the call. Don't even think about firing up LINE or replying to a text.Seriously, the phone was almost too hot to hold. Not quite glowing, but close.Under those conditions, grind times would suffer.Newer phone, no problem.I don't see how anyone plays this mess seriously on a mobile device anyway. Vive la Steam! Ewwwww...... Steam?? I actually have a second account I started on steam for more casual play. Yeah, I gave that up pretty quickly. I'll take my mobile device, thank you.....
broll said: Milk Jugz said: aesthetocyst said: Bowgentle said:...I think playing on a calculator would take less than 1:40. LOL .... nice one!But, in truth, device matters. My previous phone would overheat anytime MPQ was running, and dump the app anytime anything else was brought to the fore ... phone call? restart MPQ, even if you ignored the call. Don't even think about firing up LINE or replying to a text.Seriously, the phone was almost too hot to hold. Not quite glowing, but close.Under those conditions, grind times would suffer.Newer phone, no problem.I don't see how anyone plays this mess seriously on a mobile device anyway. Vive la Steam! Ewwwww...... Steam?? I actually have a second account I started on steam for more casual play. Yeah, I gave that up pretty quickly. I'll take my mobile device, thank you..... Steam's interface is superior but I don't know how you can keep up with this game's crazy time requirements without it being on mobile. I have a side steam account I play casually on from time to time. Just started playing it a lot more recently after not touching it for 6 months.
beyonderbub said: Lol. 1:40 is slow; but device is not the problem: iPhone 6. I think you guys were right about the animations slowing me down a bit. Also champed 5strange's passive yellow only doing about 6k dmg which is nothing for scl 8 goons. It is a slow team or I'm playing it slow. Will switch in medusa boosted to see if any quicker. I think I was also burnt out from finishing previous pve in 6th place.