Talus9952 said: @Brigby There doesn't seem to be double ISO for Lightning rounds. Also, last year, double iso also applied to intercept bonuses, but not this year?
Merrick said: X-men themed event. With no boosted x-men. Sounds about right.
mexus said: Anyone figured out the description for Danger Room?"buffed characters of your choice"? How do I buff the ones I wanna buff?
Maybe it also means that the buffed 4* are the ones in the fan favorite LT.
Bowgentle said: Merrick said: X-men themed event. With no boosted x-men. Sounds about right. Hey now.I'm sure they TRIED changing the boost list, but there was just not enough time!Not their fault anniversary comes around unexpectedly each year.
Thought to wait a little before posting my thoughts on this anniversary, before I do, lets look at some positives and negatives from this years anniversary
+ Boss event - given last years Boss Rush and the 'You are supposed to lose' it was nice to see a well balanced boss event that required some thought as to how to complete
+ Anniversary Vault - nice 100 item vault with some nice LT's, 4*'s and HP (had some nice pulls from here as well)
+ Double ISO
+ and - New 'Lazy' Gambit - new X-men always good, lazy chars are just lazy
- Lack of Anniversary tokens - last year it rained tokens (even replacing the 25pt standard token in PVP) yet this year, there is a lack of tokens (I have acquired 23 in total since the event started (and that includes the 10pk) while my lady has only accrued 7 in the same time
- No Double ISO in LR's
- No Boosted X-men in a X-men themed PVP
- Poor token packs - fan favorites that still contain every other 4*
- no swap policy on 5*'s in the new Mon Ami and Fan Favorite tokens (other than Gambit)
- no 20 player LT's
While compiling this list, a question did pop into my head....is this even an anniversary? and I think the answer is no
while we have had a new Alliance event, the reward structure (from progression and round completion) is no different from any other event we have had where a new 3*/5* (yes there were anniversary tokens in replacement of event tokens but no extra ones given out for beating the boss (I do re-call the 1st Galactus event did reward tokens from beating the boss)
We do have PVP running and PVE running but like above, the rewards structure remains the same...where is the celebration, where is making max progression 4 clears in stead of 5 to give players an enjoyable anniversary...where is the extra covers/tokens.....
We do have a new X-men based Simulator but given the last events, the rewards will be the same (other than double iso)
So from that, I stand by my statement that this this is not an anniversary, its any other week of the year just with double iso
KingDon said: So from that, I stand by my statement that this this is not an anniversary, its any other week of the year just with double iso
Talus9952 said: Except double ISO only available for a few events. Intercepts don't have them, LR don't have them. The game should be moving forward, not back. Giving out less rewards is not a celebration.
bluewolf said: Talus9952 said: Except double ISO only available for a few events. Intercepts don't have them, LR don't have them. The game should be moving forward, not back. Giving out less rewards is not a celebration. All events have the double iso. They have now announced double iso LRs next week (not great for my schedule, but very considerate.). It was a mistake not to run double iso LRs. They are making up for it.Intercepts are separate from events and can't be "doubled". Also, I believe if they decided to make intercepts double iso, that would mean removing all other rewards (HP, CP, tokens). Finally, doubling a reward that only goes to paying customers isn't as cool as the events open to anyone, FTP or not.
Bowgentle said: bluewolf said: Talus9952 said: Except double ISO only available for a few events. Intercepts don't have them, LR don't have them. The game should be moving forward, not back. Giving out less rewards is not a celebration. All events have the double iso. They have now announced double iso LRs next week (not great for my schedule, but very considerate.). It was a mistake not to run double iso LRs. They are making up for it.Intercepts are separate from events and can't be "doubled". Also, I believe if they decided to make intercepts double iso, that would mean removing all other rewards (HP, CP, tokens). Finally, doubling a reward that only goes to paying customers isn't as cool as the events open to anyone, FTP or not. Of course intercepts CAN be doubled.They did it last year.
farlus said: Bowgentle said: bluewolf said: Talus9952 said: Except double ISO only available for a few events. Intercepts don't have them, LR don't have them. The game should be moving forward, not back. Giving out less rewards is not a celebration. All events have the double iso. They have now announced double iso LRs next week (not great for my schedule, but very considerate.). It was a mistake not to run double iso LRs. They are making up for it.Intercepts are separate from events and can't be "doubled". Also, I believe if they decided to make intercepts double iso, that would mean removing all other rewards (HP, CP, tokens). Finally, doubling a reward that only goes to paying customers isn't as cool as the events open to anyone, FTP or not. Of course intercepts CAN be doubled.They did it last year. I was really looking forward to those 4k intercepts. They were so glorious.Back then the drop rates for 2k ISO intercept was still high. That meant 4k ISO bombs were da man!
farlus said: Bowgentle said: bluewolf said: Talus9952 said: Except double ISO only available for a few events. Intercepts don't have them, LR don't have them. The game should be moving forward, not back. Giving out less rewards is not a celebration. All events have the double iso. They have now announced double iso LRs next week (not great for my schedule, but very considerate.). It was a mistake not to run double iso LRs. They are making up for it.Intercepts are separate from events and can't be "doubled". Also, I believe if they decided to make intercepts double iso, that would mean removing all other rewards (HP, CP, tokens). Finally, doubling a reward that only goes to paying customers isn't as cool as the events open to anyone, FTP or not. Of course intercepts CAN be doubled.They did it last year. I was really looking forward to those 4k intercepts. They were so glorious.