HailMary wrote: Nemesis wrote: Ok, but think of that: Someone beat your tank team with their maxed team. Their maxed team though, isn't very strong, like IM35 lvl35, mStorm lvl32 and mBW lvl20, which means tank teams are like what they expect to earn some points to progress. So you're actually depriving them the chance to go on, just to farm 170 iso max? I think that's what Hawkeye is waiting for round the corner, to put a moral arrow through your tinnykitty.......... I've never slingshotted an LR for Iso, but I do beat up on a number of 1* teams in PvP due to MMR tanking (for reference, I run a 3xL85 team). I kinda feel bad about it, vut in the end, my own progression wins out over the short-term feelings of a procession of completely unknown names. Also, once I hit 700 in PvP, i get pummeled by 3xL141 teams, so there's some balance.
Nemesis wrote: Ok, but think of that: Someone beat your tank team with their maxed team. Their maxed team though, isn't very strong, like IM35 lvl35, mStorm lvl32 and mBW lvl20, which means tank teams are like what they expect to earn some points to progress. So you're actually depriving them the chance to go on, just to farm 170 iso max? I think that's what Hawkeye is waiting for round the corner, to put a moral arrow through your tinnykitty..........
HailMary wrote: I'm wire confused by the opposite situation, though. In a LR earlier, a 1* team actually attacked/retaliated against me (and lost). I can't fathom why a 1* team with a loaner special would ever fight L102 LThor + max OBW + L60ish Doom.
Nemesis wrote: I'm not talking about that, you are obviously going to beat 1* teams with your 2*, even with your 3*, after all that's why you tank, to get easier opponents, up to a point. What I mean is should you win the team beat your tank team (red node). When you a see a team with a 6lvl BagMan, or a 1lvl Yelena, you know it's a tank team. Shouldn't they work as a white flag, like hit me all you want, I won't fight back.
HailMary wrote: Is there really that much of a difference, though? If I've MMR-tanked to the point where I see unmaxed 1* teams without them needing to attack me, it's equivalent to them hitting my tank team, getting on my radar, then me hitting them back with a Team of Whuppage. I think doing that just to farm Iso is a bit low, but I beat up on as many weak teams as I can when I'm going for LR placement. Also, I doubt there are many unmaxed 1* players who even understand what "tank team" means, so at best/worst, they might confuse your tank team for a seed team.
Ghast wrote: HailMary wrote: Is there really that much of a difference, though? If I've MMR-tanked to the point where I see unmaxed 1* teams without them needing to attack me, it's equivalent to them hitting my tank team, getting on my radar, then me hitting them back with a Team of Whuppage. I think doing that just to farm Iso is a bit low, but I beat up on as many weak teams as I can when I'm going for LR placement. Also, I doubt there are many unmaxed 1* players who even understand what "tank team" means, so at best/worst, they might confuse your tank team for a seed team. 1* players are people and we are wolves. Wolves eat people. We do not apologize afterwards. We nap.
locked wrote: I'm told that at some point tanking stops being efficient, but if you can field several teams of maxed lvl 141s, I doubt you need any tanking at all. Any 2* getting into the solid 3* land can tank in Shield training with success. You don't want to overdo it though, and it usually isn't required often.
fluid_dance wrote: If I'm tanking and I get hit, I typically accept the retaliation match with a tank team and retreat. Thus they get points for beating my tank team, plus points for me "losing" the retaliation. It's my way of thanking them for attacking my tank team.
Lyrian wrote: The higher the scores climb, the faster the benefits of tanking are consumed away. As noted by previous posters, by 700, there are no remaining benefits of any tanking effort applied from previous tourneys.