j12601 wrote: Pretty sure it was like this on the last simulator. I recall there being Psylocked nodes that I couldn't play because I didn't have her and wasn't about to spend 3800 for a pack. Now that there aren't even guaranteed heroes it's pretty much not worth the packs anymore.
Deimos12 wrote: Exactly this! I find that a little ridiculous. It's not even a pay to win model. It's freaking pay to play. But not even that! It's pay to have a CHANCE to play!!
NorthernPolarity wrote: Meh, there were plenty of opportunities to grab Falcon in the past week through event progression awards: I would hardly call this model pay to play.
Deimos12 wrote: Many opportunities?? You had an 1100 progression reward in the last pvp tournament that for the majority of players would have required the use of at least 3 shields to realistically achieve. Outside of that you had the rewards from the last pve. That's it.
Deimos12 wrote: I guess my biggest problem has been the lack of a pvp which has rewarded falcon covers as placement prizes. I mean you've really only had one opportunity to gain covers through finishing an event and now they're cramming him down our throats as required to compete in this PVE
Deimos12 wrote: It's not going to destroy my performance but I usually place decently well in PVE's. I got screwed on a couple of sub event finish times in the hunt and ended up with 93,000 points finishing somewhere in the 101-110 range...
Kavel wrote: If the required character for those special nodes rotates for each set of subs it'll be less of an issue. That's been how Simulator worked in the past. I'm having a hard time envisioning a huge number of players that have managed to score zero falcons so far but are so obsessed with maximizing performance in this event that missing a few nodes in the first set of subs will destroy their performance.
Mawtful wrote: Kavel wrote: If the required character for those special nodes rotates for each set of subs it'll be less of an issue. That's been how Simulator worked in the past. I'm having a hard time envisioning a huge number of players that have managed to score zero falcons so far but are so obsessed with maximizing performance in this event that missing a few nodes in the first set of subs will destroy their performance. One. Apparently, that number is one.