Infinity Stones only for 1st place?

tchipley

What is the point of even advertising them if only 1 person is going to get them?

It doesn't entice me to play more because I know I will never take 1st place.

I find it to be more aggravating than anything else.

I sure hope they come up with an alternate way to get them.

Please somebody tell me something good about this.

Punisher5784

Even if you were able to gather all the stones, there's no Gauntlet to put them in

snlf25

Once more people catch on that they will never have a Power Stone support it will be Double Butt Hurt Events all day, every day.

HoundofShadow

They are probably following the movie. Each Infinity Stone was held by one character. So, in MPQ, each infinity stone is won by the number 1 player in each bracket per season.

You might ask, "Why not make it in such a way that only 1 player in the game get the stones?" It would involves lots of changes to the codes, perhaps.

Anyway, I guess Marvel is protective of their IP. It's probable that Infinity Stones was originally designed to be given to top 5, 10 or 25 by the developers (Demiurge) in the beginning but Marvel didn't agree to it because it doesn't represent accurately the rarity of Infinity Stones. 

658

I remember a couple years ago @Demiurge_Will said that one of the reasons they didn’t add additional progression rewards was to keep the completionists happy.  I see his point now.  Does it really matter that a few people are going to get an added reward?   It’s not going to negatively affect anyone who doesn’t get them, and it probably makes the season a little bit more interesting for the most competitive players.

snlf25

Having to defeat different combinations of the same 6 tired Dark Avergers 45 times or more per day doesn't reflect anything in the Marvel Comics Universe accuately. At some point they would have been beaten, then beaten to death, then beaten to a substance resembling tomato paste. They certainly wouldn't be getting stronger and healthier immediately after the Hulk gives them a free colonoscopy but here we are.

AXP_isme

snlf25 said:

Having to defeat different combinations of the same 6 tired Dark Avergers 45 times or more per day doesn't reflect anything in the Marvel Comics Universe accuately. At some point they would have been beaten, then beaten to death, then beaten to a substance resembling tomato paste. They certainly wouldn't be getting stronger and healthier immediately after the Hulk gives them a free colonoscopy but here we are.

I hadn’t realised Banner was that kind of doctor. It really is thoughtful for him to be looking after the well-being of the dark avengers’s bowels. TIL. 

Daiches

tchipley said:

What is the point of even advertising them if only 1 person is going to get them?

It doesn't entice me to play more because I know I will never take 1st place.

I find it to be more aggravating than anything else.

I sure hope they come up with an alternate way to get them.

Please somebody tell me something good about this.

Untrue. It's not 1 person getting a Stone. According to bracket count of last season there will be 17 players out of 70,000 getting one.

HoundofShadow

Aee those meant for SCL 7 to SCL 9? Are there any group tracking SCL 1 to 6? I suppose the much lower SCL would have more brackets. We have easily 150,000 to 200,000 players in the game then? If you were to look at the press release by the developers, they mentioned 5 to 7 million players a couple of years back.

HoundofShadow

I was going off-topic a little because I wonder how you guys track this stuff. Lots of coordination needed for sure. 

We still have other awesome supports and future supports coming out.

The rockett

HoundofShadow said:

I was going off-topic a little because I wonder how you guys track this stuff. Lots of coordination needed for sure. 

We still have other awesome supports and future supports coming out.

SL6 isn’t tracked because they locked it out.   There is no point to track it. I dont remember the SCL that’s you are once SL6 locks out, but it is low. 

DAZ0273

HoundofShadow said:

Anyway, I guess Marvel is protective of their IP. It's probable that Infinity Stones was originally designed to be given to top 5, 10 or 25 by the developers (Demiurge) in the beginning but Marvel didn't agree to it because it doesn't represent accurately the rarity of Infinity Stones. 

Not sure that makes any sense. 17 Infinity Stones or so (per Season) doesn't reflect the rarity very well either.

It seems more likely that they just don't want this particular power up to be widely available right now, for what ever reason that might be.

evade420

It's a slow roll out just like with 4*s , when they first came the distribution was similar . In a season or two we will start to see reward expansion . In a year or two we will all be selling multiple infinity stone dupes and chasing after the next new prize.
Best to just ignore for now and see where it goes

abmoraz

It's to maintain continuity with the comics and movie.  By the time the 6th stone rolls out, half the player base will have disappeared.

The rockett

abmoraz said:

It's to maintain continuity with the comics and movie.  By the time the 6th stone rolls out, half the player base will have disappeared.

Hey.  I have a meme for that. 

Borstock

Because it's a neat thing for those people and hurts the rest of us not at all.

T_REZ5000

Borstock said:

Because it's a neat thing for those people and hurts the rest of us not at all.

I’d agree if it wasn’t for the power stone firing powers for free 1 out of every 20 matches ( probably better chance when leveled).  That’s a significant advantage in pve.

BumpoTheClown

HoundofShadow said:

Aee those meant for SCL 7 to SCL 9? Are there any group tracking SCL 1 to 6? I suppose the much lower SCL would have more brackets. We have easily 150,000 to 200,000 players in the game then? If you were to look at the press release by the developers, they mentioned 5 to 7 million players a couple of years back.

For SCL levels 1 through 6, MPQ is introducing the much more common, less powerful but no less impressive FINITY STONES.

SPICE STONE: Allows seasoning of bland foods
REALTY STONE: Lets the user find a reasonably affordable three bedroom/two bath in a good school district
SOLE STONE: Summons a specific sort of fish
TIM STONE: That weird kid you knew from second grade
POORER STONE: Wipes out 10% of your bank account every time you look at it
MINI STONE: It's like a regular stone, but smaller

Heartbreaksoup

BumpoTheClown said:

HoundofShadow said:

Aee those meant for SCL 7 to SCL 9? Are there any group tracking SCL 1 to 6? I suppose the much lower SCL would have more brackets. We have easily 150,000 to 200,000 players in the game then? If you were to look at the press release by the developers, they mentioned 5 to 7 million players a couple of years back.

For SCL levels 1 through 6, MPQ is introducing the much more common, less powerful but no less impressive FINITY STONES.

SPICE STONE: Allows seasoning of bland foods
REALTY STONE: Lets the user find a reasonably affordable three bedroom/two bath in a good school district
SOLE STONE: Summons a specific sort of fish
TIM STONE: That weird kid you knew from second grade
POORER STONE: Wipes out 10% of your bank account every time you look at it
MINI STONE: It's like a regular stone, but smaller

I would sell my sole for a realty stone.

broll

Borstock said:

Because it's a neat thing for those people and hurts the rest of us not at all.

Once PvP includes supports it increases the likelihood that those who have taken 1st before continue to do so. Especially those that get the power stone. It seems ridiculously OP. 

UNC_Samurai

Punisher5784 said:

Even if you were able to gather all the stones, there's no Gauntlet to put them in

Maybe they should have run a Gauntlet every week for six weeks, and have the stones be the final prize.