No Double Iso-8 in Lightning Rounds *Updated (10/17/17)
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No, they should max champ all our rostered 5 stars for free, anything else is definitely an insult.1
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madsalad said:BoyWonder1914 said:madsalad said:BoyWonder1914 said:mrcheddar said:BoyWonder1914 said:Still don't see the value in lightning rounds as far as time vs. rewards are concerned. When I do play, I play to 300+ points, and that's been enough for a 2 Heroics every time (t50). That's great when I just want to spam heroics until I get a 4-star, but IMO not worth the health packs and HP spent to get there.
The seed teams go fast obviously, but then I need 2-3 additional matches to get over 300. That still leaves me with over an hour left, so I have to either drop 200 HP for a 1 hour shield, or 100HP for a 30 Yeah, no. To those that say it's worth the iso, don't get it. To those that say it's worth it for as "little time" as you spend? Don't get it.
I was willing to put my skepticism aside for anniversary and go for the double iso, since that DID make me feel it'd be worth it this time around, but alas. Will probably do just one for the sake of getting this compensation reward.
If we were talking 2-4K iso a pop, or if 2-stars dropped more frequently, or hell, even if this whole "5 minutes" notion was actually true for me, I'd consider it. But as it stands I'm not interested in picking up my phone every other hour to do this for what I consider to be a paltry sum of iso.
Sure, my 3-Thanos packs a wallop, but that also means health packs if I bring a 4-star that I will probably need later in the event, as he hits my team for 1.2K a pop. You suggested a 4-star that does 300+ match damage, well that would be my Blade, Carol, Medusa, etc, who I will most definitely need for the non-seed teams. So I usually bring a different 5-star so as not keep healing folks. The seed teams plus the 2 or 3 additional matches I need to get over 300 usually leave me with more than an hour left, so now I have to decide if I want to shield out, or keep pushing. But sitting there and letting myself get hit is definitely not an option. I understand I can save time and resources by just not caring after the seed teams, but then I don't get the rewards that I actually want. Not criticizing the folks that love to grind away through seeds every other hour, I'm just saying that I don't find the iso sum worth it, so I have to go for more.
I'm not in any way, shape or form in need of more covers. I mean, sure, I like more covers for things, but what I really need is ISO. 1.5k for 5 minutes of time. 5-7 a day for 3 days. For me that is a good trade off. That buys me skips and boosts in PVP, iso towards levels, etc... The extra covers that sometimes drop, or the random 2* I might get from a standard is just a nice bonus.
My problem is sometimes justifying the fight toward shielding to get top placement in an LR. I usually find that I cannot beat teams fast enough to mitigate the hits I am taking to try to place high enough.
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You make it sound like sitting and waiting on the 30-60 second start up window of an LR every ninety minutes - so you get those 9 or 10 easy games - is something sane people should/would/could do. I'm here to say - forget that!1
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Let's hope they set two reminders to turn it on. Just like the anniversary, you never know when next week actually is.0
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Borstock said:smkspy said:I don't see why most are thanking the devs for doing something they promised in the first place.
And really, "didn't have time to"... what, flip a switch to allow LRs to have double iso, but they did have the time to make the skip tax/round award 60 iso for them...uh-huh, sure guys whatever you say.
This is just plain incompetence. They have a whole year to plain this out. Maybe if they weren't taking off Columbus day and taco Tuesday, they could properly program this game that so many of us are paying either large sums or a monthly service fee.
And halving the skip fee... well la de da. How about ruinning double iso LTs the week after instead.
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I happened to have a day off work yesterday and thought I would try my hand at lightning rounds (didn't know at that time it was not double iso). Getting the seed teams was nice and the initial climb was smooth but yeah, you can't stay out unshielded. One minute I was sitting in 13th place with like 20 minutes to go but as my options were mostly unbeatable I was at the end of the road in terms of getting much higher, end of the event I was like 178th! It was feeding frenzy!
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derrickn said:You make it sound like sitting and waiting on the 30-60 second start up window of an LR every ninety minutes - so you get those 9 or 10 easy games - is something sane people should/would/could do. I'm here to say - forget that!
I'm already making sure I come back before my shield(s) expire every 3, 8, 24 hours or whatever in PVP. People set alarms to wake themselves up to play matches just before a PVP ends. This is just more of the same.
As I said, to each their own.
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broll said:Borstock said:smkspy said:I don't see why most are thanking the devs for doing something they promised in the first place.
And really, "didn't have time to"... what, flip a switch to allow LRs to have double iso, but they did have the time to make the skip tax/round award 60 iso for them...uh-huh, sure guys whatever you say.
This is just plain incompetence. They have a whole year to plain this out. Maybe if they weren't taking off Columbus day and taco Tuesday, they could properly program this game that so many of us are paying either large sums or a monthly service fee.
And halving the skip fee... well la de da. How about ruinning double iso LTs the week after instead.
Seriously, that has to be the craziest thing I’ve ever read on the forums. Even if it was meant to be a joke.
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DAZ0273 said:I happened to have a day off work yesterday and thought I would try my hand at lightning rounds (didn't know at that time it was not double iso). Getting the seed teams was nice and the initial climb was smooth but yeah, you can't stay out unshielded. One minute I was sitting in 13th place with like 20 minutes to go but as my options were mostly unbeatable I was at the end of the road in terms of getting much higher, end of the event I was like 178th! It was feeding frenzy!
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Borstock said:broll said:Borstock said:smkspy said:I don't see why most are thanking the devs for doing something they promised in the first place.
And really, "didn't have time to"... what, flip a switch to allow LRs to have double iso, but they did have the time to make the skip tax/round award 60 iso for them...uh-huh, sure guys whatever you say.
This is just plain incompetence. They have a whole year to plain this out. Maybe if they weren't taking off Columbus day and taco Tuesday, they could properly program this game that so many of us are paying either large sums or a monthly service fee.
And halving the skip fee... well la de da. How about ruinning double iso LTs the week after instead.
Seriously, that has to be the craziest thing I’ve ever read on the forums. Even if it was meant to be a joke.0 -
Beer will also be acceptable compensation.
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Some players need to gain some real world perspective.
Imagine if some of the people complaining on here accidentally sent their posts out to all of their actual co-workers, or non-game playing friends. The reactions would be priceless.
It's a small team running this game and we wish they could do some things better, that is true. Still, they make this game very enjoyable and most of us believe it is worth the time - and potentially money - you put into it.
Thanks for the LR iso buff next week that we were hoping for this week.0 -
Seriously, can I work for you guys. Cause small office or not, if I couldn't program a simple code that was written 3-4 years ago, my butt would be fired, especially using the excuse "well we just couldn't get to it in time."
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Rick OShay said:Some players need to gain some real world perspective.
Imagine if some of the people complaining on here accidentally sent their posts out to all of their actual co-workers, or non-game playing friends. The reactions would be priceless.
It's a small team running this game and we wish they could do some things better, that is true. Still, they make this game very enjoyable and most of us believe it is worth the time - and potentially money - you put into it.
Thanks for the LR iso buff next week that we were hoping for this week.
I expect my employees to deliver on projects and timelines.
I mean, honestly - all events during anniversary week should have double iso/rewards. LRs happen every week, same bat time, same bat channel. How do you forget to flip the double iso switch, especially when it has already happened at least one other year? They are running at a 50% success rate for anniversary. That's bad. At least they've realized their "gift" gaff from last year (again, only after the forumites had pointed it out - again) and our making good on running double iso LRs next week to make up for not having them this week.
Now, if only they found the code for the 20-person LRs from years ago, that would be a nice surprise!
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Complete with the 20 Iso-8 rewards?Now, if only they found the code for the 20-person LRs from years ago, that would be a nice surprise!
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Bloody Marvel said:
Complete with the 20 Iso-8 rewards?Now, if only they found the code for the 20-person LRs from years ago, that would be a nice surprise!
Well, no.
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broll said:Borstock said:smkspy said:I don't see why most are thanking the devs for doing something they promised in the first place.
And really, "didn't have time to"... what, flip a switch to allow LRs to have double iso, but they did have the time to make the skip tax/round award 60 iso for them...uh-huh, sure guys whatever you say.
This is just plain incompetence. They have a whole year to plain this out. Maybe if they weren't taking off Columbus day and taco Tuesday, they could properly program this game that so many of us are paying either large sums or a monthly service fee.
And halving the skip fee... well la de da. How about ruinning double iso LTs the week after instead.
Seriously, that has to be the craziest thing I’ve ever read on the forums. Even if it was meant to be a joke.Quick escalation is a key factor. Awesome when used right, which I thought it was and kudos @Borstock, and frustrating when done wrong to shoot down any reasonable middle ground and derail a conversation or make any significant progress on an agenda. I am a minor pedant when it comes to pointing out the latter having happened.1 -
C'mon double iso LRs. Daddy has another character or two to champ with all the covers obtained during Anniversary!
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mexus said:Will here be some in-game disclaimer about Double ISO Lightning Rounds or should we start letting all our non-forum friends know so they don't miss out?
Brigby
Update: I just spoke with the developers, and there will in fact be a Message of the Day that informs players of the Double Iso-8 Lightning Rounds.3 -
Update 10/17 10:01am - Due to the way that the skip opponent cost is set up, we unfortunately will be unable to halve the skip amount during this run of Double Iso-8 Lightning Rounds. We apologize for the inconvenience.0
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