Phantron wrote: I'm actually seeing levels go down as I get closer to 1000. Maybe they ran out of guys to match up.
dongtackler wrote: I had a similar experience... I was getting 2* teams (I've got a 2* roster) all the way up to 700, but beyond that I started seeing and getting hit by 141 teams. I got knocked back to 698 and I didn't get hit by any 141 teams over the course of a day. My interpretation of my experience is that I got matched with people near my MMR up to 700, and then got matched with a wider (open?) range of people with far superior rosters past 700.
vayhle wrote: I have a 141 widow (spent some $ on covers) and was leveling up hood (spent some $ on covers). when they were 141/118, PvP was fine. Mid Daken I leveled Hood to 120, and suddenly every enemy is a pair of 141/141 normally with an overboosted 212 to contend with. Key takaway: dont spend money or level your cards or you will be punished.
Milkrain wrote: vayhle wrote: I have a 141 widow (spent some $ on covers) and was leveling up hood (spent some $ on covers). when they were 141/118, PvP was fine. Mid Daken I leveled Hood to 120, and suddenly every enemy is a pair of 141/141 normally with an overboosted 212 to contend with. Key takaway: dont spend money or level your cards or you will be punished. It seems we live in a world where people want everything to be easy and where rewards should just be given out for free. It seems the days when hard work and conquering challenges were in themselves reward enough to a man/women to feel good about their existence. GO PLAY FARMVILLE! With Punisher 141 and OBW 85 I can take down ANY team. I crushed Maxed DAKEN/THOR/C.MAGS and I felt good about it. As long as your team stays below maxed characters you will get hit by people from multiple tiers. Once you've got maxed characters a lot of people will skip you unless they also have maxed characters. Besides, it feels like a real accomplishment once you start seeing the big forum whales showing up on your nodes. I don't play games in order to crush everyone without effort. I play games to overcome challenges and use my brain to solve problems. When facing maxed out teams you have to play real smart, because bad moves will end the game.
Toxicadam wrote: They are constantly tweaking MMR from event to event, so it's really impossible to get a read on what 'your actions' are having on your matchups. So, I wouldn't stress about it and just keep playing/leveling like you normally are. The way this game is going, those with the biggest roster of useable characters are going to have the greatest advantage in collecting the most rewards. So, it does you little good to keep half a dozen characters purposely under-leveled in an attempt to improve your matchups slightly.
vayhle wrote: I don't think going from 85/120/90 to 141/141/212 is slight. it makes it impossible to compete in the pvp events unless and until i also have the same, with depth. the fact that it changed from doable to impossible in the middle of an event, and carried over to shield/lightning/pvp sucks.
vayhle wrote: I beat nearly every 141 team i go against. The problem isnt whether I can win against a "big forum whale", it is whether I can win enough matches in a short period of time to rank for rewards, help my alliance. I went from competitive overnight to unable to rank, unless of course I want to spend a fortune on health packs to heal up after every fight, and shield constantly to deal with the fact that my defense gets matched with the same 141s that are frankly better cards than mine and lose on D constantly. For example, last night I was at ~100 rating and was hit close to a dozen times. Take your "I'm so smart I can beat a good lineup" talk elsewhere, use your brain to figure out that challenge.
Sauron2112 wrote: the problem from my pov seems to be we all have an inherent expectation. We make our rosters stronger, we expect to be able to be more effective in PVE and PVP events. However the current system is not rewarding us imo for making our rosters stronger. ... The pace of the games in general are almost too fast now and if u want to take a break and you miss certain opportunities for covers, you are now handicapped for the next event, etc. The game was a very fun casual game that seems to be trying to push itself into a less casual mode. I think this will only drive players away especially coupled with a lower reward based on risks taken factor that I feel has been the trend of late.
AnubisUltra wrote: Milkrain wrote: vayhle wrote: I have a 141 widow (spent some $ on covers) and was leveling up hood (spent some $ on covers). when they were 141/118, PvP was fine. Mid Daken I leveled Hood to 120, and suddenly every enemy is a pair of 141/141 normally with an overboosted 212 to contend with. Key takaway: dont spend money or level your cards or you will be punished. It seems we live in a world where people want everything to be easy and where rewards should just be given out for free. It seems the days when hard work and conquering challenges were in themselves reward enough to a man/women to feel good about their existence. GO PLAY FARMVILLE! With Punisher 141 and OBW 85 I can take down ANY team. I crushed Maxed DAKEN/THOR/C.MAGS and I felt good about it. As long as your team stays below maxed characters you will get hit by people from multiple tiers. Once you've got maxed characters a lot of people will skip you unless they also have maxed characters. Besides, it feels like a real accomplishment once you start seeing the big forum whales showing up on your nodes. I don't play games in order to crush everyone without effort. I play games to overcome challenges and use my brain to solve problems. When facing maxed out teams you have to play real smart, because bad moves will end the game. If you are in MMR hell, no one will skip you if you worth the points. At this level you only fight 3x141 teams (or 2x141 + über featured character), than means tons of HP and slow fights. When you are at the top, you are an easy target for more than your 500 bracket and in the time you win a match you can be hit several times. Thats why the last day of tourneys its a blood bad and there playing smart (at a slower pace) you lose more point that you are able to obtain. This needs to be changed because it encourages people to not play and shielding becomes a must if you expect to place top 10.
ThatOneGuyjp189512 wrote: i've found that once i started using my first 141(punisher) i still had to deal with 2* max teams that i could beat, but more and more i leveled my second one up(Super Cap) i started seeing more and more even teams, comparable with mine. It seems my MMR is allowing my teams i'm going up against flow in a very nice natural curve. I still get hit hard by the 141's(getting hit by a member of SHIELD was a very oddly proud moment for me btw). i still occasionally get defeated by lesser teams(mostly MNMags/CStorm teams) but it's been nice. What i think needs to happen is giving someone a penalty if they use boosts or something to that effect. say something to effect of "Notice: if you use this boost your points earned will be less by XX amount" because for the most part, that's most likely what's happening. I know some people are in the camp of "nerf OBW!" but i think she's very well balanced, her power being balanced by being squishy as hell, 2 141's see that and it's basically a free lunch. the season and tweaking of the brackets has definitely been noticable to me, cause i used to be in brackets where anything over 900 was guaranteed a top 10 finish but now that i've got multiple 141's i've gotta get to 1000 to get top 10. I like the changes for the most part though, just the fact that i still get killed by level 85's annoys me, but not enough to quit this game.