hermanbloom wrote: I am slightly confused as I have been doing 2.5 hour complete clears of both these last two nodes since they opened, yet I am steadily falling down the list for both of them, and overall. I'm not really fussed about the rewards in all honesty, but I am intrigued as to how this could be happening.
ballingbees wrote: Thanks much, TooBadUnknown, much appreciated. It's been a good race guys.
squirrel1120 wrote: hermanbloom wrote: I am slightly confused as I have been doing 2.5 hour complete clears of both these last two nodes since they opened, yet I am steadily falling down the list for both of them, and overall. I'm not really fussed about the rewards in all honesty, but I am intrigued as to how this could be happening. 2.5 hr clears are fine if you are just looking for top 150 (or top 50 even depending on the event). It's just the first part of the story however if you are shooting to outpace others who are doing the same thing. The real trick is to grind out as many nodes as possible in the time after your last normal clear before the event ends.each node can be done 5x until they are only worth 1 pt, which will net the points of approximately 3 full clears. It's on the back of your roster to determine what you can accomplish in that time. Sometimes you can do only a few extra nodes before running out of health packs in tougher events. In the current event, my roster can grind all stacks down to 1 in about an hour. It's the key to placing top2 in the subs. I started later, about 150th after the first sub I cleared ended. I've managed to creep up continually since and I think I have a shot at top 2. Happy hunting.
ark123 wrote: hermanbloom wrote: I am slightly confused as I have been doing 2.5 hour complete clears of both these last two nodes since they opened, yet I am steadily falling down the list for both of them, and overall. I'm not really fussed about the rewards in all honesty, but I am intrigued as to how this could be happening. Doing 2.5 clears doesn't keep you on the top of the subs, it just makes sure you will be when you grind them down in the last minutes.
hermanbloom wrote: ark123 wrote: hermanbloom wrote: I am slightly confused as I have been doing 2.5 hour complete clears of both these last two nodes since they opened, yet I am steadily falling down the list for both of them, and overall. I'm not really fussed about the rewards in all honesty, but I am intrigued as to how this could be happening. Doing 2.5 clears doesn't keep you on the top of the subs, it just makes sure you will be when you grind them down in the last minutes. Well I did 2.5 hits for both of the last two sub events, then a complete clear in the last hour, and dropped from 8th to 39th overall. So, once again, this game baffles me.
Switchman wrote: I too am trying to figure out how to finish top 2 overall as I can easily hit 2.5 hours the entire PVE but still only manage top 50 overall. I'm thinking I am losing at the start of the matches. When the first round of nodes ends I have usually been grinding all nodes down to 1 the last hour and am so burned out that by 11pm when the 2nd round starts I only play each one once, and do not clear them down to ~8hr refresh before going to bed that night?
hermanbloom wrote: That is what I assumed, but there were two subs at the end, yeah? I looked at the players above me at the end and worked out that once my nodes were all 50 points or less, I could basically overtake one or two people if I hit them all, and as that made no difference to the level of rewards I just gave up. Really have no idea what happened this time around.