Leugenesmiff wrote: dkffiv wrote: Barely maintained first place with a tremendous amount of effort, f this style PvE. In the last 2 PvEs I was able to play lightly the last few days due to the cushion I had built up. 61521 with Soundwave at 61056 in second. Man, I wish I'd have been in this bracket. I'd have been 1st instead of 16th.
dkffiv wrote: Barely maintained first place with a tremendous amount of effort, f this style PvE. In the last 2 PvEs I was able to play lightly the last few days due to the cushion I had built up. 61521 with Soundwave at 61056 in second.
rbdragon wrote: TL;DR version - enough with the stupidity that is rubberbanding and let players who play have the advantage over those who don't.
arktos1971 wrote: I will sum up my PvE : Cleared each node every 2.5 hours except when I was sleeping. I wanted to know if it would make a significant difference in the end. Was placed in the Top 20 most of the event. 2 hours before the end, I was even 1st. Grinded crazily in the last 40 minutes (3K points). Ended being Top 15 missing 190 points out of 60 000 to be Top 10. Better : an alliance mate made a test. He joined in the last hours of the event. 1st in this bracket had 35000 points and only played a few hours (and got all progression rewards). w NEVER AGAIN....
ark123 wrote: So TL;DR: If there are subs, join at least half way through the time. If there are no subs, join with 2 hours left on the clock. Got it.
Sumilea wrote: So I went from a low of 998 to finish 2nd going to take another event like this to see if I can climb from lower to higher. On second thoughts maybe not.
NorthernPolarity wrote: Try starting your final refresh 2 hours before the end by grinding all of the easy nodes down to 1 first, and then doing the essentials down to 1 ~1 hour before the end, saving the hard nodes for the very last if you need it: that's been my strategy and it seems to be working. 40 minutes before the end isn't enough nowadays if you want to guarantee top 10, since thats what most people do and they end up underestimating how much time it takes to for clearing.
kerravon wrote: Stopped play 3 hours before the finish as I had to work and was in the top ten. Came back after the end of the event for a top 200 finish. Seriously this nonsense needs to be fixed. In future if I see a pve finishing at a time that I can't play on I won't bother playing. You simply have to be playing right up to the last minute to have a shot at a decent placing.
Bowgentle wrote: NorthernPolarity wrote: Try starting your final refresh 2 hours before the end by grinding all of the easy nodes down to 1 first, and then doing the essentials down to 1 ~1 hour before the end, saving the hard nodes for the very last if you need it: that's been my strategy and it seems to be working. 40 minutes before the end isn't enough nowadays if you want to guarantee top 10, since thats what most people do and they end up underestimating how much time it takes to for clearing. Starting the final refresh 2 hours before the end means 3am/4am for Euros like Arktos. So that strategy only works for you guys in the one true time zone(TM) of Murica. Those old PVEs before subs are especially bad for us. Myself, started with about 11 hours to go, did 2 clears before bed and then what I could in the last hour, sacrificing one hour of sleep, as usual. Finished 44th, and wished there was a meaningful distinction between t50 and t150. T50 should get two covers instead of one.
Phantron wrote: Someone in our alliance tried joining the last hour but there was already guys with 50K point in that bracket, so there's definitely a risk too.