What is a "veteran" player?

Rod5

Neuromancer said:

Sm0keyJ0e said:

Bowgentle said:

CT1888 said:

If you never had rubber banding you can't call yourself a veteran
*shakes fist at clouds*

I see your rubber banding and raise you 3 attempts on offense in PVP.

I see your 3 attempts on offense in PVP and raise you environment tiles.

I see your environment tiles and raise you 1 +20% Damage to Mutants boost.

I see your damage to mutants boost and raise you Sentrybombing

DAZ0273

Rod5 said:

Neuromancer said:

Sm0keyJ0e said:

Bowgentle said:

CT1888 said:

If you never had rubber banding you can't call yourself a veteran
*shakes fist at clouds*

I see your rubber banding and raise you 3 attempts on offense in PVP.

I see your 3 attempts on offense in PVP and raise you environment tiles.

I see your environment tiles and raise you 1 +20% Damage to Mutants boost.

I see your damage to mutants boost and raise you Sentrybombing

Can you use a different thread for this? This is  a discussion about what the term "veteran" means in terms of Marvel Puzzle Quest not a....nah...I can't do it....go ahead with your thread drift. 😀

Rod5

My two cents: I think that a genuine vet is someone who has played significantly in every tier, who has a good understanding of all of the major game dynamics including PvP collaboration, MMR, PvE strategies etc.

Realistically this is almost certainly going to be someone who is playing top-end/has played top-end 5* PvP and can play any CL in PvE.

This generally ends up being players who’ve passed 4-5 years, and by default it kind of excludes more recent whales/folk who bypass tiers (why would you anyway?).

thedarkphoenix

Having over 2000 days played....

shinnaruto

I think if you have 2 years, you are a vet. You have seen the anniversary come around twice at that point. making it 2000 is like making a whole new tier: Methuselah level

beyonderbub

I'd like to consider myself a vet. That does not equate to an "expert". I spent my first 3+ years playing haphazardly (with no focus on progession, placement, resource hoarding) in a casual friendly alliance. I just built my roster evenly (no concentrating resources on meta characters) and played with no schedule whenever I felt like it. Eventually found my way into a top alliance family who showed me the "ropes" and took my game to another level in 2 years of optimal play, strategic roster building and resource hoarding. Any to this day, I'm still learning from others who pay attention to in game details and share in our alliance chats. I can't believe it'll be close to 6 years next MPQ anniversary.

Vhailorx

There is obviously a lot of variation in how people use the terms, but I think in general people say "whale" to mean "people who have spent a significant amount of money on the game" and "veteran" to mean "people who have a played the game enough to have a decent understanding of all of its various systems and meta-systems."

Those things are all subjective of course, so your "substantial amount of money" or "decent understanding" might not be the same as mine.

I think it's hard to be a "vet" at all if you are still in the 1*-3* space (and reached 3* land after ~ March 2015) because the 4*/5* endgame has so many unique quirks, both in gameplay and meta-systems.  But 4* players, especially those with huge 4* rosters that choose to soft cap, can see most of what the game has to offer if they want, so I am sure that there are lots of such players that would qualify as "vets."

It's also important to remember that no one person really has a full understanding of the entire game experience anymore.  I started in 2014, and haven't been HP/roster slot limited since 2015.  It would be pretty hard for me to claim much meaningful experience with the current state of play for 1*-3* rosters, even though I worked my roster up the old-fashioned way, with 2:24 refresh timers (wasn't it some odd length like that?), unlimited shielding, and only 5 healthpacks (plus it was uphill, through the snow both ways!).

Similarly, the uber-whales and level 525+ crowd can't really claim much meaningful experience with life as a mid-iter 5* player like me, let alone a baby seal. . .

Cactus_Jack_87

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111MCH111

In my opinion most veterans have 2* and 3* farm, lots of 4* champs and at least one cover in each 5*. And they are willing and capable to advice other, newer players.

maguirenumber6

spatenfloot said:

peterdark said:

I mis-read the title as "what is a vegetarian player" 

Someone who hasn't rostered Spider-Ham

And avoids "Meat" Rocket and Groot...

Ptahhotep

A true veteran is someone for whom MPQ has existed for less than half the time that they have been playing various incarnations of puzzle quest.

Phumade

Ptahhotep said:

A true veteran is someone for whom MPQ has existed for less than half the time that they have been playing various incarnations of puzzle quest.Ptahhotep said:

A true veteran is someone for whom MPQ has existed for less than half the time that they have been playing various incarnations of puzzle quest.

I ve played PQ1 and 2 plus galactrix. I loved miniquest craft challenges. Matchino 4 to create chests that get match 3 was a quick run match that was my fav part of game. Galactic was confusing. The hexagonal board and changing gravity was challenging. Plus the complexity of ship types was hard to manage. And it wasn’t always clear how you upgraded your roster to handle those threats. I beat the campaign but I have no idea about building teams and just broot forced it. Pq2 was okay but the interface was much more confusing. Way more rpg than match 3