Updates to S.H.I.E.L.D. Training (10/17/17)

Brigby

Hi Everyone,

S.H.I.E.L.D. Training will be returning for the release of Nightcrawler, and with it come a few changes that have been made since the last run of this event.

Structure

• After completing the Join Forces mission, both the top-row missions and the first Individual Training mission are unlocked.
• For the character and Call for Backup missions, completing a mission unlocks the mission directly under it.
• The first row of missions does not have a character level restriction. Required characters have a level restriction of 120 in the second row, and the third row has a level restriction of 209.

Increased the Iso-8 rewarded in the...

• Join Forces! missions to 500 Iso-8 (previously 100 Iso-8)
• Top three character missions to 250 Iso-8 (previously 100 Iso-8)
• Middle three character missions to 500 Iso-8 (previously 250 Iso-8)
• Bottom three character missions to an event token (previously 500 Iso-8)

1. First Required character mission column
2. Second Required character mission column
3. Third Required character mission column
4. Call for Backup mission column
5. Individual Training mission row

Sm0keyJ0e

Looks like fun!

fun_and_gun

nice change but when will we find out who the required characters will be?

Anon

Brigby said:

Required characters have a level restriction of 120 in the second row, and the third row has a level restriction of 209.

madsalad

Ugh (filler)

Brigby

fun and gun said:

nice change but when will we find out who the required characters will be?

I've listed them in the October 2017 Sneak Peek. They're Rogue, Invisible Woman, and Elektra (Unkillable)

Pants1000

Does that mean we need a level 209 Rogue to get a Nightcrawler cover?

whoami

How in the world are we supposed to have Rogue at the required levels yet????

chris0001

whoami said:

How in the world are we supposed to have Rogue at the required levels yet????

Don’t worry.... the whales do!  Lol

SkadenFrudee

whoami said:

How in the world are we supposed to have Rogue at the required levels yet????

Money. 

aa25

Wow, so the two biggest complaints from the last run (minimum level requirement and nodes get locked out if you don't have the specific characters) are completely ignored.

Edit: Oh wait, the last run, anyone can at least play 5 nodes (loaner and the 4 of the first row), now you can only play the loaner node if you miss even one of the required characters.

Edit 2: This is truly disappointing.

ComatoseJackal

As I recall could still get the Rogue cover from last event like this right? So can still get Nightcrawler cover from this one?

pheregas

@Brigby

Further steps in the wrong direction. Just because you changed the direction from horizontal to vertical does not mean you fixed anything. 

Also, I’m assuming that we have to complete all the upper missions before the horizontal paywall missions.  Except that the very first column is for the character and level that the majority of us didn’t have and have not had access to since this original run. Maybe you should have checked out my poll. https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/67998/how-many-rogue-covers-did-you-end-up-with-by-the-end-of-the-shield-training/p1

Now there’s a paywall for our paywall. Not cool.

sinnerjfl

ComatoseJackal said:

As I recall could still get the Rogue cover from last event like this right? So can still get Nightcrawler cover from this one?

Nope, you'll need Rogue, Elektra & Invisible Woman at 209 for the final node (excluding bottom row) to get the Nightcrawler cover.

sinnerjfl

This doesnt change anything, all people care about is the Nightcrawler cover and its pretty much unreachable.

Great choice of essentials too, 2 very unpopular chars (Elektra & IW really?) and a character not even available in tokens yet.

So stingy, unbelievable.

broll

Mrw they say they’ve tweaked it. 


Mrw when I see the changes:


The devs reaction:



After I think about it more:

smkspy

Massive fail on so many levels. Good job losing all the good will you earned from the anniversary. I should be surprised, but yeah, no.

shardwick

Swing and a miss.

JHawkInc

broll said:

Mrw they say they’ve tweaked it. 


Mrw when I see the changes:


The devs reaction:


After I think about it more:

All it needs is a clip from Fresh Prince right there at the end, that one where he says "How come he don't want me, man?"

Wumpushunter

yall never learn anything, 100 of complaints fall on deaf ears cause whales rule. @Brigby I'm tired of being a 2nd class citizen. 

Jaedenkaal

aesthetocyst said:

Once again, an additional event, offered above and beyond the usual, is met with derision here.

Just like literally everything else in the game (after the intro), if you can't complete it now, keep playing and building, and your time will come.

At least MPQ offers these avenues. Not all rosterbuilding games in this model do.

While I don't disagree, and I'll enjoy what I am able to of this round of training... the level and character requirements for this one seem to be setting a precedent I'm not terribly impressed with. 

How many people actually have the 10 or whatever covers they'll need for Rogue to finish this event? And, how are those the people that needed yet another way to get one extra Nightcrawler cover?