What was that event about the Dark Avengers hunting the Hulk?

Jacklag

Everybody is excited about the return of Enemy of the State, but way back in 2019, when I was still learning how the game works, I remember an event featuring the Avengers and Dark Avengers racing to capture/rescue the Hulk. That event traumatized me because I irresponsibly attempted to play SCL 6 for the first time and everything beyond the 3 easy nodes was just too tough for my roster, so I didn't get to enjoy the event fully.

And I never saw that event happen again. Anybody remembers what I'm talking about?

KGB

It's literally called 'The Hulk'. Both the Avengers and Dark Avengers try and get the Hulk to join their side. The list at this link hasn't been updated for the recent PvEs but shows all the older retired ones like 'The Hulk'

https://marvelpuzzlequest.fandom.com/wiki/Category:PVE

It's a 7 day PvE which is why it hasn't been run in years. But now that they are reviving Enemy of the State, another 7 day PvE there is a chance we may get this one again too.

KGB

DeNappa

Was that the one with the global points goal? I vaguely remember that. It was a looong time ago though.

DAZ0273

You can win a 3* Hulk cover! #smashing

Bowgentle

That was such a slog.
I think a lot of people who are looking forward to seeing 7-day events back will be severely disappointed.

Scofie

I don't remember the 7 day events being too bad. I was always pleased with getting to the 50 CP (as it was) point in progression because it meant 2 pulls. Think that was normally on day 5 of 7 of The Hulk.

DAZ0273

@Bowgentle said:
That was such a slog.
I think a lot of people who are looking forward to seeing 7-day events back will be severely disappointed.

Oh yes. Enemy of the State was far and away the best one too.

DAZ0273

@Scofie said:
I don't remember the 7 day events being too bad. I was always pleased with getting to the 50 CP (as it was) point in progression because it meant 2 pulls. Think that was normally on day 5 of 7 of The Hulk.

Hulk was like looking for Bigfoot. After several days of "sightings" you finally find him and discover you've been had. Of course it will have a totally new award structure these days and the CN and 5E may be interesting but far too much Dark Avengers otherwise. Bleh.

Scofie

@DAZ0273 said:

@Bowgentle said:
That was such a slog.
I think a lot of people who are looking forward to seeing 7-day events back will be severely disappointed.

Oh yes. Enemy of the State was far and away the best one too.

I loved EotS for the easy wave nodes that gave event tokens, rather than the HTs. Good times.

Scofie

@DAZ0273 said:

@Scofie said:
I don't remember the 7 day events being too bad. I was always pleased with getting to the 50 CP (as it was) point in progression because it meant 2 pulls. Think that was normally on day 5 of 7 of The Hulk.

Hulk was like looking for Bigfoot. After several days of "sightings" you finally find him and discover you've been had. Of course it will have a totally new award structure these days and the CN and 5E may be interesting but far too much Dark Avengers otherwise. Bleh.

Yeah, I preferred the Brotherhood above Hulk and Prodigal Son. In fact, I'd put Hulk last of the 4. But I am looking forward to playing them all again! Will make a nice change.

Bowgentle

Watch them get shelved again because player engagement drops off a cliff after 4 days.

entrailbucket

@DeNappa said:
Was that the one with the global points goal? I vaguely remember that. It was a looong time ago though.

Hulk was the one that had a global bracket. This was before time slices existed. Every player was on the same bracket, and placement rewards were extended massively (I think #1 rewards went to top 100 or something?).

It also had 12-hour subs.

The global bracket is something they should really think about bringing back -- it makes no sense to reward players for sniping late brackets, and a lot of times a #1 score in one full bracket would be #10 or #15 in a different one.

Bowgentle

@entrailbucket said:

@DeNappa said:
Was that the one with the global points goal? I vaguely remember that. It was a looong time ago though.

Hulk was the one that had a global bracket. This was before time slices existed. Every player was on the same bracket, and placement rewards were extended massively (I think #1 rewards went to top 100 or something?).

It also had 12-hour subs.

The global bracket is something they should really think about bringing back -- it makes no sense to reward players for sniping late brackets, and a lot of times a #1 score in one full bracket would be #10 or #15 in a different one.

One bracket per time slice, ok.
If they do away with time slices, I'll quit immediately.
I did my share of 6am finishes. Never again.

entrailbucket

Nah, you'd choose your time slice but everyone is in the same bracket. Placement rewards get handed out to everyone only after s5 ends.

The number of points you earn in PvE doesn't depend on which slice you choose -- every slice has the same theoretical maximum. It's not like PvP where you can accidentally score 3000 in s1 vs struggling to 900 in s2 or 5.

Bowgentle

Ok I'd be down for a test run of that.
I'm prejoin s2 anyway, AKA hard mode.

KGB

@entrailbucket said:
Nah, you'd choose your time slice but everyone is in the same bracket. Placement rewards get handed out to everyone only after s5 ends.

The number of points you earn in PvE doesn't depend on which slice you choose -- every slice has the same theoretical maximum. It's not like PvP where you can accidentally score 3000 in s1 vs struggling to 900 in s2 or 5.

If that's the case then we don't need slices at all. Just let players start whenever and that timestamps their 24 hr sub start time. No more complaints about slice times that don't work for you because you pick the start time.

KGB

DAZ0273

@Scofie said:

@DAZ0273 said:

@Bowgentle said:
That was such a slog.
I think a lot of people who are looking forward to seeing 7-day events back will be severely disappointed.

Oh yes. Enemy of the State was far and away the best one too.

I loved EotS for the easy wave nodes that gave event tokens, rather than the HTs. Good times.

Yes was definitely the highlight!

entrailbucket

@KGB said:

@entrailbucket said:
Nah, you'd choose your time slice but everyone is in the same bracket. Placement rewards get handed out to everyone only after s5 ends.

The number of points you earn in PvE doesn't depend on which slice you choose -- every slice has the same theoretical maximum. It's not like PvP where you can accidentally score 3000 in s1 vs struggling to 900 in s2 or 5.

If that's the case then we don't need slices at all. Just let players start whenever and that timestamps their 24 hr sub start time. No more complaints about slice times that don't work for you because you pick the start time.

KGB

This is a pretty great idea. It'd probably be too much work for them with too little benefit, but it would solve a lot of problems. They'd get flack from certain circles but it'd be positive overall for the vast majority.

658_2

@Bowgentle said:
That was such a slog.
I think a lot of people who are looking forward to seeing 7-day events back will be severely disappointed.

Hulk and Sentry events are so painfully boring. Dark Avengers after Dark Avengers after Dark Avengers, they make the Hunt look fun in comparison

MoosePrime

@658_2 said:

@Bowgentle said:
That was such a slog.
I think a lot of people who are looking forward to seeing 7-day events back will be severely disappointed.

Hulk and Sentry events are so painfully boring. Dark Avengers after Dark Avengers after Dark Avengers, they make the Hunt look fun in comparison

Didn't we play as the villains for one of those? So we fought the heroes instead of the Dark Avengers.

658_2

🤔, actually that sounds familiar in Sentry 😂. Either way, SLOG