fight4thedream wrote: With that being said, i never want to do that again!
noobprime wrote: So let's see. 2000 HP to win - 3 DP covers, 1 MoStorm, 1 IW, 200 HP, say 20K Iso. Good enough for the experience! But like you said, fight4thedream wrote: With that being said, i never want to do that again!
WolfmanX25 wrote: Since you mentioned me as a big name in the OP, I'll explain what happened to me. At some point I just figured: Forget it, there's no way I can keep up with the guys in Top 5. This was when I saw them all over 1400 already. So I thought about it a bit, looked at the rewards, did the math on the shieldhopping I would have to do, and ultimately decided Top 25 for two covers was enough. I honestly think I took a wise decision. That's the story why I'm nowhere near the top10 in the end.
EvilSonGoku wrote: Congrats man. Always nice to read someone enjoying the game in spite of D3's desire to dilute it. There were some crazy brackets out there but that was the worst I saw. Finally, yes I hate that Sentry trivializes the entire game. He needs a nerf but it won't happen. Good luck and next time to keep sane, aim for top 25 and you can buy the last cover for cheaper
Lst_Hwn wrote: That was a great read. Persistent probably applies, but mostly it was just being plain stubborn. I just couldn't quit after putting in so much effort to get that far. I joined the event a little earlier than I usually do, but wasn't able to really play much I think I got to 300 and stopped for a bit. Next time I checked the score board the top 5 were all above 1100 and it was waaay early. But it's the Merc with the Mouth so **** are you supposed to do right? So I buckled down and started grinding. With the amount of absurdly high scores out there it was pretty easy to catch up since 40 point matches were pretty easy to come by. Because of the time difference (I'm in Hawaii - Lst_Hwn = Lost Hawaiian) I can usually sneak up on people since I tend to play when the rest of the US is sleeping. But as I got within striking range of the top 5 I realized you were paying attention, as you would hop everytime I did. I too kept hoping you'd get hit while not shielded or that you'd catch a bad cascade and outright lose one, but it never happened. It must have been while you were sleeping but I got hit for 90 at one point while in a game, I think I only lost 40 something, since I was probably playing a 40 point match, but it definitely was a morale blow. I wondered in our Alliance chat if it would just be cheaper to buy the extra cover. But I just couldn't quit. Not after getting this close. Every shield hop after that was completely nerve wracking, I knew that if I got hit again while in a game, it would probably cost me T5 as I was running out of time, and was at work as well, so there was a good chance that something might come up and not let me do a last minute hop as the event ended. So I kept pushing, I finished a match, shielded, and went to start looking for my next one, and there you were. I checked to see if you were unshielded, and you were, however you weren't worth that many points comparatively, but I figured it would be like a 50 point match with the point swing. But I hesitated, it seemed rather dickish to "kneecap" you like that, as earlier I had found Terr unshielded, but since there was no way I was catching him, and I didn't want to derail his attempt at #1 I waited till he was shielded again to hit him. But the the realization that this was could get me into T5 was too tempting to pass up. So I went for it. And Karma **** slapped me. Not only did I not finish the game with you before you got your shield up, I also got hit for 45 or so, and on top of that you won your match, so what had been a 20 point gap turned into an 80 point gap. I was crushed, I'd dropped to 1601, in 6th, 20 points or so behind KGN, not enough time to try and catch you, my only hope was to find as high a point match as I could and wait till the last minute and try and snipe it from KGN, hoping that he/she wasn't paying attention. Then while waiting for the time to wind down, which was excruciating, I got 2 defensive wins!! Not for very many points, but I knew that it would help if KGN did have a last hop lined up. But as it turned out, he didn't have one and I was able to sneak in at the last moment. It was exhausting, I definitely have no desire to have to go through that again. It was however worth it, with a top 5 finish in the DP PVE event, I had 8 covers total on him, so I threw some ISO into DP and sliced my way through the DP pvp event which was a ton of fun. I can't wait to max him.