I've about had it with the new PvP system!

Unknown

First off, I love this game. I like the idea behind it, I like the graphics, I like that you add story elements in. My complaint concerns only part of it.

So, the PvP. There was a time when you could compete unshielded, work your way up to the Top 20, then slap a shield on, work your way into the Top 10, maybe shield for the final hour. Now I constantly have to keep a shield on once I reach Top 50 or so, or else I have a hundred points taken from me in one go. After that, match-ups don't get much easier either (it's screwed that I, with a roster with 7 lvl-100 characters but nothing higher than that, keep getting opposing teams with two lvl 141 constantly, but that's beside the point here), or if they get easier, you're offered only a lousy 15 points or so. So, I tried to retaliate and regain my losses, and what happens? I play two rounds and score some 45 points, but at the same time, someone attacks me again and I lose 30. I keep playing, same thing happens. So in the end, all the progress I made after tons of matches are some lame 20 or 30 points, because as soon as I start playing, opponents (yes, with way higher character levels than mine) descend on me like vultures. If I just play one match and then shield again, I'm obviously getting nowhere ranking-wise.

You know what? This has happened to me in every single PvP ever since this got changed (must have been in the middle of the second Torch tournament a while ago). At a certain point I can try as hard as I like, I still get stuck somewhere because whenever I unshield, I get thrashed by a parade of maxed-out characters faster than I can score points. And it really takes the fun out of the game.

Yes, I know, the old system had flaws too, but a lot less than this one. The old system at least rewarded players for playing well. Now I more and more feel successful players get punished, both by ending up with opponents nearly impossible to beat and by getting jumped by tons of opponents at once while playing from a certain point on. And I'm really starting to get sick of having to buy shields constantly. The game was so much fun, but by now this is starting to turn sour for me.

I've played every day since Dec 31st, and I've also invested quite a bit of money in my roster. It would be nice if the voice of a dedicated player and also paying customer got heard (and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one).

Unknown

For me the retaliations have tripled in the last 3-4 PvPs. Something has changed.

It's driving me away from this game.

Unknown

Right now I'm in the situation where I can barely play the Storm tournament. I'm stuck somewhere at rank 200, and all the opponents I'm getting are vastly stronger than me. I have tried to fight opponents and lost. I have even lost fights intentionally n the hope of getting easier opponents. No use. I'm totally stuck and can't compete. It's not that I need the rewards, I have a complete Spider-Man already, but I simply want to play, and this way I can't. There's no point to it anymore.
Seriously, what the cat?!?

Unknown

I've about had it with PvP too, but for a different reason. I have hardly played any PvP during Season 2, hence I am currently ranked about 4000th. Even as little as I have been playing, I am still getting opponents that way outclass me. In the last lightning round I started off getting teams that were 141/141/212 or 212/212/100+. I have only been going to 300 points then stopping, so I think the only time I've finished top 100 was early in the season when I was still going to 900 points. I may not get any points in Season 3 if this trend continues.

Unknown

I'm not sure what they changed, but my roster has significantly increased in strength, and yet, I can not get much further in my game. It's extremely frustrating.

I know that whatever they have done to MMR, has made it almost intolerable. Even with tanking, after a hand full of matches, I am back to the wall of 141. And I only have 1 lvl 85 character.

Cragger

I'm sorry, but I have the exact opposite experience.

I can play the PvP from the first day, gain points consistently, then push on the last day for a top 5 win. I get attacked MAYBE 5 times per event. I use two 3 hour shields at the end to maintain my ranking and hop a little on some high point opponents. Now with the increased ISO and cover rewards, things will get even better. I'm very happy with how PvP is right now.

And I'm not running some GodMode team either, same I've always played. I use GSBW and Spidey at 141 (yes, through the nerf). I often borrow the featured character because it is immortal and needn't be there for me to win, and win efficiently. I sometimes put in my softcapped LThor, Hulk, or Sentry to evoke a few skips towards the end of my run, but I honestly can't tell if it helps or not because I'm never attacked.

The game has gotten progressively more fun and engaging for me and I feel that the rewards are commensurate to the two or three hours I put into it over two to three days of play.

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Cragger wrote:

I'm sorry, but I have the exact opposite experience.

I can play the PvP from the first day, gain points consistently, then push on the last day for a top 5 win. I get attacked MAYBE 5 times per event. I use two 3 hour shields at the end to maintain my ranking and hop a little on some high point opponents. Now with the increased ISO and cover rewards, things will get even better. I'm very happy with how PvP is right now.

And I'm not running some GodMode team either, same I've always played. I use GSBW and Spidey at 141 (yes, through the nerf). I often borrow the featured character because it is immortal and needn't be there for me to win, and win efficiently. I sometimes put in my softcapped LThor, Hulk, or Sentry to evoke a few skips towards the end of my run, but I honestly can't tell if it helps or not because I'm never attacked.

The game has gotten progressively more fun and engaging for me and I feel that the rewards are commensurate to the two or three hours I put into it over two to three days of play.

Only attacked 5 times per event? O_o

I get attacked that many times during a single match once I get up past 550-600.

Unknown

Yeah, same here. Not all at once, usually, but I'm always relieved when I find I've lost less than a hundred while I was away.