Category-5 - Season III - June 18-21

Der_Lex

00001noob0001 wrote:

Der_Lex wrote:

00001noob0001 wrote:

hey der_lex so sorry ... cannot find a lot of ppl with gd pts up there n I keep getting hit by people for 30 pts

Well, I'm shielded for about 7 more hours now, so punch away... But you snatched that storm out of my greedy little hands 3 times, so that got a bit... Frustrating, to say the least. I'll give it another go later, if my schedule permits. i have daughters to take care of and a D&D game to run. Ah, the life of the adult geek.

Hooe you make it to 1100 at least. Don't let my frustration be for nothing.

whats a D & D game o.O ?

Dungeons and Dragons. Old school tabletop geekery. Been running games since I was 12 and no intention to stop, especially since my current group of players is really fun (all pretty new to roleplaying, but with lots of stage acting/improv experience... pretty much the holy grail for anyone running a game. Plus, all good friends too).

HairyDave

I'll have some of Flo's magic scoring powers please:

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My two tokens from this event have netted me a Green Punisher and a Blue LDaken.

I don't even know how to deal with this.

morgh

pbrownusmc wrote:

I haven't had the nodes disappearing issue at all, which is good I guess. But I was getting slaughtered for 40+ points a match by max 3* teams. It's kind of hard to retal when I don't have anyone over 85 lol. But I almost hit 900, then dropped so I shielded quick. Will need to hop towards the end to try and get back into the top 10.

Wasn't sure if they changed the shielding mechanics at all. Maybe someone can clear this up. I was under the impression that if you are shielded, you can't be seen by the general public only people that you attacked and have you as a retal. Did this change? I do understand that if I am queued up for someone, that I won't disappear, but I'm talking other than that.

The server "queues up" several opponents in a node at a time - so when you are shielded, you won't get into pools of "new" opponents, but you might still be present in undisplayed but already "buffered" list of possible opponents in a given node
This is especially visible when there are server issues - you get to play/skip 3 or 4 people and after that your node "disappears" since it is the time when the client needs to poll the server for the next group of opponents.

And on a sidenote - I would strongly suggest that if anyone with 2x85 roster somehow happens to get ~900 or even maybe more, they should shield ASAP since they are easily visible by the 2-3x141 zombie hordes and WILL get pummelled down

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morgh wrote:

The server "queues up" several opponents in a node at a time - so when you are shielded, you won't get into pools of "new" opponents, but you might still be present in undisplayed but already "buffered" list of possible opponents in a given node

I didn't realize this. So when skipping, it doesn't immediately look at the server for your next opponent, but runs through a local queue first?

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HairyDave wrote:

I'll have some of Flo's magic scoring powers please:

If you get some, be sure to share it with those of us less fortunate please.

I can't believe he can get that high without a hack, especially with the limited amount of characters he has. I MIGHT be able to understand it if he was using 230 fury, 212 mororo, 230 x-force (maybe).

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And on a sidenote - I would strongly suggest that if anyone with 2x85 roster somehow happens to get ~900 or even maybe more, they should shield ASAP since they are easily visible by the 2-3x141 zombie hordes and WILL get pummelled down

Last event, I hit 959 with no problems, just started seeing 3x141 teams and couldn't get any further. This time around, I hit mid 800s and started getting annihilated by the hordes. So, it will be difficult to see if I can break 900 this time. Will more than likely be expensive and I don't know if I can actually afford it. May have to settle for top 25.

franckynight

event greyed out.. Not a server issue as i played LR all day long.. mb a new anti tanking strategy.. prevent fast climb and show retreats in node.. D3 seems to find daily new ways of making this game unplayable..

HairyDave

And in the 15 minutes since I posted that picture he's gained another 56 points on top of that...

Meanwhile, I'm struggling to find any targets worth more than 20 so I can grind my way up to 900. I'm shielded for the next eight hours now while I wait for some juicier targets to appear (and get some sleep in) so hit me if you see me.

Or retreat if you feel like being kind

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00001noob0001!

Are you aiming for first in this one or just taking it as far as you can?

over_clocked

noob, I thought you got 1100 a day ago?

bahukma, may I hit you if you're shielded? I'm just passing the time, thought I could catch the last LR of the week in time but there were none :S

morgh

Sweenz wrote:

morgh wrote:

The server "queues up" several opponents in a node at a time - so when you are shielded, you won't get into pools of "new" opponents, but you might still be present in undisplayed but already "buffered" list of possible opponents in a given node

I didn't realize this. So when skipping, it doesn't immediately look at the server for your next opponent, but runs through a local queue first?

That's how I understand the mechanism applied - you get ~3-4 skips before the client needs to ask the server - easily visible when there are server hiccups

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locked wrote:

noob, I thought you got 1100 a day ago?

bahukma, may I hit you if you're shielded? I'm just passing the time, thought I could catch the last LR of the week in time but there were none :S

Go for it! I'm shielded for another 2 hours from now.

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bahukma wrote:

00001noob0001!

Are you aiming for first in this one or just taking it as far as you can?

hey bahukma i think i will push a bit more.. i am not sure how much points i can get..

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locked wrote:

noob, I thought you got 1100 a day ago?

bahukma, may I hit you if you're shielded? I'm just passing the time, thought I could catch the last LR of the week in time but there were none :S

hey locked i pushed back to 1.1k.. I have a good rest from season 2..

over_clocked

hehe Go for it, I am saving tokens the shieldless way...

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pretty sure flo is kakko (i mean gypsy)'s alt account and he sits there pinging himself all day. if he's spending legitimate hp to do it, more power to d3 for the extra revenue i guess. dunno what getting 1800 really gets you though, but to each his own.


i got bored this morning and started too early, so now i'm going to be re-popping 3h shields all day. oh well, i need 3 spiderman covers to switch to 5/3/5 and i needed the storm too, so i figure that's worth 150-200hp.

Unknown

00001noob0001 wrote:

bahukma wrote:

00001noob0001!

Are you aiming for first in this one or just taking it as far as you can?

hey bahukma i think i will push a bit more.. i am not sure how much points i can get..

I'm planning on pushing off and on until the 8 hour mark. Although, now that Jozier is active 1st may be out of reach.

Der_Lex

Making another run for 1100 in an hour or so. So if you see me in your queue, I'd be much obliged if you'd wait 45 mins or so to hit me, my shield'll be back up by then.

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Umm is Cat-5 not runable for anyone else? I just cleared out my nodes, and now it is "blue-ed" out. THis sucks...

Unknown

It's a shame Cat-5 and Season 3 have been ruined already by cheaters like Flo98 and GIPSY_DANGER.

Gotta love alliances full of cheaters.