AXP_isme wrote: You might run into trouble rubberbanding against a global leader who is 6 or more hours play time ahead but really, how hard can it be...
MikeHock wrote: I read these forums and see people easily scoring top 100. I don't even know why I bother trying anymore. I grinded down each node until I had 1-2 rewards left (getting 20 ISO about 100 times) and still couldn't finish high enough to win a BEAST cover.
Marty17 wrote: Yep, it was pretty unpleasant. I just knew leaving it at #22 with 2hrs to go won't be enough. With 60mins to go it was #106, if I had properly slept instead of power napping, I definitely would've missed out on Beast. & to think I was debating whether to push for #20^ - ending finishing #45.
simonsez wrote: Thugpatrol wrote: That said, if they cared in any way about the people who play their game, they would stop this 2.5 hour refresh madness immediately. I can get behind this, but if the means to that is to have ridiculously high rubberbanding like this event, then I would say please don't. This event was awful. Rewarding people for not playing is just as unhealthy for the game as making them play too much.
Thugpatrol wrote: That said, if they cared in any way about the people who play their game, they would stop this 2.5 hour refresh madness immediately.
Bowgentle wrote: MikeHock wrote: I read these forums and see people easily scoring top 100. I don't even know why I bother trying anymore. I grinded down each node until I had 1-2 rewards left (getting 20 ISO about 100 times) and still couldn't finish high enough to win a BEAST cover. Didn't people tell you in the _last_ PVE that the optimal strategy is to play every node exactly _once_ every 2.5 hours? Stop grinding so much and forget about those potential rewards and you'll make t100 easily. Getting screwed by end times is one thing - screwing yourself by playing inefficiently is something else.
MikeHock wrote: Playing inefficiently? I do not bend my life around MPQ.
MikeHock wrote: Sounds like you're asking me to stop grinding while suggesting that I play every node every 2.5 hours. I wasn't sure if that was sarcasm, but playing every node every 2.5 hours would fit the definition of grinding and I surely didn't do that. I can't and won't do that