Category-5 - Season III - June 18-21

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  • Unknown
    Unknown
    of course they do the change when i can't play (possibly ever again if CS doesn't get back to me able to help). Looks like a good change for once though. should get ppl to be more willing to score minimum points in certain events.
  • Unknown
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    1. I like the changes to the progression awards. I'm OK with the changes to the individual awards- certainly nice to make it possible for people outside of good alliances to get all 3 colour covers, maybe their metrics showed a loss of retention of people outside these alliances.

    2. Ugh, Spidey prizes. I didn't need more of those even before he got nerfed. Now no-one needs more of those.

    3. Please no Spidey tournament next. PvP tournaments now are already so often "pick your two best characters to play alongside the irrelevant boosted guy" but Spidey takes this to extremes. Even a level 212 Spidey is irrelevant now and going to get killed last. At least in the old days I could have played Spidey-Venom for giggles and the knowledge people would look at the retaliation and be all "My glorious 141 LazyThor lost to VENOM!?!?!".. Yes, yes he did. And now that's not going to happen anymore.

    Would love a GSBW or Hulk or Dr Doom or Steve Rogers tournament- tournaments where the boosted character stands a good chance of NOT being irrelevant (like Hood wasn't irrelevant) without being one of the characters we already see in 90% of teams (LazyThor, Patch, Punisher, C.Mags, OBW). They can give prizes that are not necessarily the character for the next tourney so we can have tournaments for old characters while giving covers for new characters (although I wouldn't mind another crack at Steve Rogers covers).
  • Rusalka
    Rusalka Posts: 155
    I think I'm going to take it easy in this event. I've survived this long without Spider-Man, I don't feel a burning need to have him now that he's been nerfed.

    Actually I think I might take it easy this whole season, as I was starting to feel a bit burned out by the end of season 2. My goal this time around is just to get the blue Falcon cover and the 10-pack. Maybe in a month I'll have more energy again.
  • kidicarus
    kidicarus Posts: 420 Mover and Shaker
    Phantron wrote:
    iPulzzz wrote:
    What is Category-5 anyway? Something like her level of mutation power like the omega level mutant?

    It's a rating system for the severity of a hurricane, with 5 being the biggest.

    I believe that under the rating system in hong kong, it's what you classify adult movies as.
  • Moon Roach
    Moon Roach Posts: 2,863 Chairperson of the Boards
    kidicarus wrote:
    Phantron wrote:
    iPulzzz wrote:
    What is Category-5 anyway? Something like her level of mutation power like the omega level mutant?

    It's a rating system for the severity of a hurricane, with 5 being the biggest.

    I believe that under the rating system in hong kong, it's what you classify adult movies as.

    Cat-5 also an Ethernet cable. Ooh, Cable, perhaps that's a hint of a new character to come.

    Anyway, as someone with no Spidey covers at all, this is welcome.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Phantron wrote:
    Lyrian wrote:
    So, yes, there is going to be more competition to push harder, as with any Demiurge change to the game. The kicker here, is that this time the devs incentivized the players to push harder and not punish players for their diligence and perseverance in this game. THAT is why we are applauding the change.

    I think the opposite is intended. By moving the HP rewards out of the individual placement to progression this means I'm less likely to be sitting at say #15 and figure I might as well shield because the HP goes down from 100 to 50 if I fall out of top 25, so I get 50 HP subsidized by the game and the extra 25/100 I pay for a 3/8 hour shield helps give me a peace of mind to not worry about somehow falling out of top 50 (which is certainly possible if I don't play at all in the remaining time). Now, assuming HP is still the limiting factor, I won't be inclined to put up a shield because the difference in placements has gone down.

    That said I'm sure people will still take the game too seriously anyway and take the cover they don't need for the season points they don't need, just because that's what people have always been doing.

    That is a valid point, but how many people will go OMGKITTEZ, 10000 ISOZ!!1!!1, and push extra hard? From the transition teams, the focus moves to placing top 25 for 2 personal covers (most weren't making top 10 anyways). For most rosters with 3x 141s, placing top 25 without shields is fairly trivial. The 5k ISO for top 5 is extra incentive to push harder and shield hop more often. Players that can routinely place top 5 aren't that HP strapped and want the ISO more than HP in most situations.
  • kidicarus
    kidicarus Posts: 420 Mover and Shaker
    I'm enjoying playing my spider-man currently and want the 2 yellows for respeccing purposes. So yeah, this tourney is perfectly timed for me!
  • Unknown
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    The only thing I don't like about the new reward structure is the reduction of ISO rewards for progression. That's my only complaint though, for once I am generally very happy with the changes D3 have made here.
  • rbdragon
    rbdragon Posts: 479 Mover and Shaker
    Loving the change in the reward structure if for no other reason than that it seems D3 is finally hearing the community and trying to make the game better for us to play.

    What I don't love is when I get the 300 Storm event token and when I open it I get a Storm cover....a Blue 2* Storm icon_e_sad.gif

    I guess I should've been more specific when I was saying Storm, Storm, Storm while opening it.... icon_lol.gif
  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards
    Hello there, reckless.
    Goodbye, first place finish.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Bowgentle wrote:
    Hello there, reckless.
    Goodbye, first place finish.
    After burning 1k HP trying to keep up once (and failing miserably), all I can do is hug You now.
  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards
    Emeryt wrote:
    Bowgentle wrote:
    Hello there, reckless.
    Goodbye, first place finish.
    After burning 1k HP trying to keep up once (and failing miserably), all I can do is hug You now.
    Hehe, wasn't going to try anyway, not for Spidey covers icon_e_smile.gif
    Will be fun to see her climb as it happens, though.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    For the moStorm featured tournament the least they could have done is give us a desert node! icon_lol.gif

    At least we have jungle...
  • HairyDave
    HairyDave Posts: 1,574
    Apparently my sacrifices to RNGesus have been worth it - pulled a Psyduck from a Brotherhood token earlier and the CAT 5 token gave me a Panther icon_e_biggrin.gif

    And as an extra bit of entertainment I get to watch Flo shield-hop at close range.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    HairyDave wrote:
    Apparently my sacrifices to RNGesus have been worth it - pulled a Psyduck from a Brotherhood token earlier and the CAT 5 token gave me a Panther icon_e_biggrin.gif

    And as an extra bit of entertainment I get to watch Flo shield-hop at close range.
    Can we get full-time live coverage?
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Emeryt wrote:
    HairyDave wrote:
    Apparently my sacrifices to RNGesus have been worth it - pulled a Psyduck from a Brotherhood token earlier and the CAT 5 token gave me a Panther icon_e_biggrin.gif

    And as an extra bit of entertainment I get to watch Flo shield-hop at close range.
    Can we get full-time live coverage?
    I concur
  • HairyDave
    HairyDave Posts: 1,574
    I'll do what I can but it's 1AM here and I'm getting sleepy icon_lol.gif

    He's been static on 1292 for a while now but there was a hop up from 1190 while I was in a match.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    HairyDave wrote:
    I'll do what I can but it's 1AM here and I'm getting sleepy icon_lol.gif

    He's been static on 1292 for a while now but there was a hop up from 1190 while I was in a match.

    He hopped up 100 points while you were in 1 match? Must be all those defensive wins off attacks from 5dv members that haven't even joined the tourney yet.
  • HairyDave
    HairyDave Posts: 1,574
    It might have been two matches - either way it was a 100 point jump in under five minutes.
  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards
    walkyourpath wrote:
    HairyDave wrote:
    I'll do what I can but it's 1AM here and I'm getting sleepy icon_lol.gif

    He's been static on 1292 for a while now but there was a hop up from 1190 while I was in a match.

    He hopped up 100 points while you were in 1 match? Must be all those defensive wins off attacks from 5dv members that haven't even joined the tourney yet.
    That, and them MAD SKILLZ that they can't reveal, else we'd all be using them.

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