Phantron wrote: For a point of reference, the last event it was around the #70 guy who had exactly 50K points. While the Punisher cover is not a relative reward, it gives you an idea of what kind of effort is needed. That said, you don't need to seriously grind until the last few days.
Hoodoo wrote: Thanks for FAQ! I'm just gonna focus on staying in the top 1000 on the main board. Doesn't seem too hard at this point. I basically do each of the missions 2-3 times per 12 cycle and I stay top 200 in sub-events and top 1000 in main event so far. Having a hard time staying in top 200 due to incredibly low point values available to me on day 2. I guess I've been punished for placing top 200 in the first 2 sub-events?
nicholasjohnconger wrote: Good information about the event. During the first event, I didn't play every mission, and ended up with around 46,000 at the end (just a little shy of the 50K punisher).\
Phantron wrote: Hoodoo wrote: Thanks for FAQ! I'm just gonna focus on staying in the top 1000 on the main board. Doesn't seem too hard at this point. I basically do each of the missions 2-3 times per 12 cycle and I stay top 200 in sub-events and top 1000 in main event so far. Having a hard time staying in top 200 due to incredibly low point values available to me on day 2. I guess I've been punished for placing top 200 in the first 2 sub-events? No, it's hard to stay at the overall top because there are plenty of guys grinding just as hard as you. You're competing against guys who are grinding the mission down to 0 on every refresh. For the sub-brackets, part of it is luck. If your sub-bracket have a lot of people who are way behind, there's no possible chance for you to catch up to them if you're not equally behind. For what it's worth, I finished top 4 and top 100 on the first 2 sub brackets. My next 2 sub-brackets are top 800, and right now it looks like I"ll get 2X top 800 again (one of my bracket I'm sitting at 300th place but I think I'll just let my rank slide). There's no way around the fact that each good placement is offset by at least by one (and usually more than one) bad finishes after. Note that finshing between 101 to 599 is pretty much the worst placement in the sub-bracket. You're not high enough to get the HP award, and you could've gotten the token at 600th place (or even 800th place if you just want a heroic, and right now I'd prefer a generic heroic anyway). Of course, you can't get your placement that exact, but you should be aiming to place as close to 600/800th place as possible when it is clear you've no shot at making top 100.
Hoodoo wrote: Phantron wrote: Hoodoo wrote: Thanks for FAQ! I'm just gonna focus on staying in the top 1000 on the main board. Doesn't seem too hard at this point. I basically do each of the missions 2-3 times per 12 cycle and I stay top 200 in sub-events and top 1000 in main event so far. Having a hard time staying in top 200 due to incredibly low point values available to me on day 2. I guess I've been punished for placing top 200 in the first 2 sub-events? No, it's hard to stay at the overall top because there are plenty of guys grinding just as hard as you. You're competing against guys who are grinding the mission down to 0 on every refresh. For the sub-brackets, part of it is luck. If your sub-bracket have a lot of people who are way behind, there's no possible chance for you to catch up to them if you're not equally behind. For what it's worth, I finished top 4 and top 100 on the first 2 sub brackets. My next 2 sub-brackets are top 800, and right now it looks like I"ll get 2X top 800 again (one of my bracket I'm sitting at 300th place but I think I'll just let my rank slide). There's no way around the fact that each good placement is offset by at least by one (and usually more than one) bad finishes after. Note that finshing between 101 to 599 is pretty much the worst placement in the sub-bracket. You're not high enough to get the HP award, and you could've gotten the token at 600th place (or even 800th place if you just want a heroic, and right now I'd prefer a generic heroic anyway). Of course, you can't get your placement that exact, but you should be aiming to place as close to 600/800th place as possible when it is clear you've no shot at making top 100. I'm not grinding hard at all, this time I'm not even taking them down to 0 points. Why is getting 600-800 in each event better? Does this boost the points in the main event and subsequent side events and make me have to grind less?
Nemek wrote: I suspect so it's easier to get 600/800 in the next sub-event.