Deimos12 wrote: And to think I was excited at finally getting a team of 141's...
Deimos12 wrote: For me this will be the breaking point if it's going to stay this way. I don't have the time to slog through teams of nothing but upper tier 141's to get one 3 star cover. It would simply stop being fun.
Colognoisseur wrote: I don't think this is happening the way everyone thinks it is happening. I have been top 10 Season 1 standings over the last three PvP's I have been right around top 100 SHIELD Sim over the same time. I join PvP within about an hour of the same time every time. My brackets have been essentially unchanged in the make up of high level and mid range rosters. I rarely end up in a bracket with any of the other "big guns". Over Doctor's Orders, Top Gun, and at least early in Krakadoom I don't see any sign of them here. I checked the final standings for my Top Gun bracket, top 5 all greater than 1100 points were high level roster, multiple 141's. second 5 were all mid range with less than 2 141s and one max 2* roster. I have seen the point inflation for top places. I think the reason for that is Season 1. There are players who now are really pushing at their pvp totals to raise their rank in Season 1 especially as we enter the final 10 days. I think the competitive nature is driving people to score that extra 100 points. There have always been easier brackets and i have won my share with 600 points and i have lost my share with 1100 points. If it has gotten more competitive at the top and I agree it has blame it on Season 1
NorthernPolarity wrote: Colognoisseur wrote: I don't think this is happening the way everyone thinks it is happening. I have been top 10 Season 1 standings over the last three PvP's I have been right around top 100 SHIELD Sim over the same time. I join PvP within about an hour of the same time every time. My brackets have been essentially unchanged in the make up of high level and mid range rosters. I rarely end up in a bracket with any of the other "big guns". Over Doctor's Orders, Top Gun, and at least early in Krakadoom I don't see any sign of them here. I checked the final standings for my Top Gun bracket, top 5 all greater than 1100 points were high level roster, multiple 141's. second 5 were all mid range with less than 2 141s and one max 2* roster. I have seen the point inflation for top places. I think the reason for that is Season 1. There are players who now are really pushing at their pvp totals to raise their rank in Season 1 especially as we enter the final 10 days. I think the competitive nature is driving people to score that extra 100 points. There have always been easier brackets and i have won my share with 600 points and i have lost my share with 1100 points. If it has gotten more competitive at the top and I agree it has blame it on Season 1 I used to think this way, but look at Purita's examples and the one I found here: viewtopic.php?f=20&t=6960&start=400#p135161. I think that even with point inflation, the majority of MPQ's playerbase is still a bunch of casual players that enter a PvP event and never reach 500+ points. Something feels off since two weeks ago.
AlexBatman wrote: Guys, I'm noticing these gradual increases too. I'm wondering whether people's actual roster lvl affects these brackets or match making? Ie; if you have a team of 2/3 maxed 3*, a team of 1 maxed 3* and several maxed 2*...and so on? I seem to notice a pattern whereby I can reach 8/9/1000pts, at different times during the event, but as soon as I break thresholds to receive awards end up getting hit 2/3 times...as if it's purposely matching me with a different lvl of opp. when I push past these points. It may even be that I'm suddenly matched with active opp? Possibly other bracket leaders or players who are also breaking the same thresholds I am? I inevitably don't get the 100 pt mark award and as I get closer to 1.1k am forced to shield due to these continual retaliations. I've also realised once I hit the point I'm lvl with bracket leaders, that no matter how many times I skip, it just rotates a select 7/8 opp! Often these opp are stronger than me or on less pts than me making them less beneficial targets, esp. If they retaliate. Why give an option to skip when you're not really doing so after the first 100 or so ISO. You're just flipping through a roster of 7 opp? Anyone else seeing this? Recently, I broke 1.1k for the first time as did several of my alliance! This was also first time I'd broken 900. I forget which pvp it was. Our leader had 1.7k! We were all really bemused and could all target a high lvl opp. For loads of pts. (Kyip..I think.) next event I got obliterated and struggled for top 25!! I have placed top 10 easily for the past month before this weird change. Everyone, it seemed struggled. Was the blip in the event before some trigger? Did anyone else's see or abuse kyip? Lastly, the reason I mention roster is I only have a maxed l.cap and several 2*. In last few events I've grafted to get into top 10. I didn't see maxed 3* until I got into pole positions. My all. Members were struggling at 5/600pts facing maxed 3* and losing their teams before they were even bracket leaders. They have bigger 3* rosters than me...just not the power players (patch/mags/pun) and if they do they're not maxed. I'm worried I'll actually put myself in a worse situation if I max another 3* character... Or even build one that overtakes my top 2* . unless it's a power player? Also...does anyone tank anymore? I stopped recently (when shield was erased from prologue) but tried It again today. I used to retreat but this time I played out the matches (nearly as boring as watching daken/storm cascades wipe me out. ironically when I want them to come...they don't!). I'm not sure whether it had an effect. I'd just started the rags pvp so I can't be certain but I was facing 1*storm. Something I'm sure I hadn't faced from the start in top gun pvp (ps-these were opp. Not battleangel hipdudeglasses Or baconmagic that are originally generated)
Bowgentle wrote: This will be _so much fun_ once Nick Fury is the Top 1 reward! Imagine the fun - 2 brackets, each with 250 forumites with multiple 141s slogging it out for top spot! While in 200 other brackets, 1 and 2* teams with 700 points are walking away with their Fury cover. Yeah, I can totally see us spending HPs to turn each PVP into an elite tourney for a prolonged time, this'll be a really sustainable business model, herding all your veterans and big spenders into the same brackets.
Ghast wrote: Clintman wrote: I am going to hazard a guess that they are not using MMR to aid in bracketing, my guess is they are using your PVP Season ranking to place you in the correct difficulty levels. I am basing this on how the PVE Season brackets are evening out now and the right people are in the top spots, who coincidentally happen to be in my brackets when I PVP now. If true then it makes sense to avoid S.H.I.E.L.D. Training altogether until the last possible PVP event. I see theunwiseone in my main account bracket now. DecoyDuck too. We're sitting on top of the bottom.
Clintman wrote: I am going to hazard a guess that they are not using MMR to aid in bracketing, my guess is they are using your PVP Season ranking to place you in the correct difficulty levels. I am basing this on how the PVE Season brackets are evening out now and the right people are in the top spots, who coincidentally happen to be in my brackets when I PVP now.
klingsor wrote: Ghast wrote: Clintman wrote: I am going to hazard a guess that they are not using MMR to aid in bracketing, my guess is they are using your PVP Season ranking to place you in the correct difficulty levels. I am basing this on how the PVE Season brackets are evening out now and the right people are in the top spots, who coincidentally happen to be in my brackets when I PVP now. If true then it makes sense to avoid S.H.I.E.L.D. Training altogether until the last possible PVP event. I see theunwiseone in my main account bracket now. DecoyDuck too. We're sitting on top of the bottom. Well can we at least confirm 100% that this is true? I have people scared that they will permanently ruin their MMR/brackets by placing high. If this is NOT true i don't want this kind of rumor propagated.
pasa_ wrote: Just an idea, the new bracketing might consider the player's day count.
daveomite wrote: pasa_ wrote: Just an idea, the new bracketing might consider the player's day count. You mean as in how many days they've been playing? I just got the daily reward for my 78th day in game, so, I'm pretty sure my day count is lower than most of the others in the bracket of death 1 & 2.
Willis wrote: pasa_ wrote: Just an idea, the new bracketing might consider the player's day count. Not sure about that one. I'm on day 92 here and I've been getting thrown into brackets with players who have been playing weeks/months before I started.