pasa_ wrote: I just don't understand how it is allowed to beat the same guy multiple times. In all normal tournaments baser on mmr-like pairing that is strictly forbidden. For a good reason too. So once you attacked someone he must be banned for you further on in normal pairing, only available through retaliation.
Daedelus wrote: This is by far the worst tournament that has been run. Can't wait for it to end
wathombe wrote: Daedelus wrote: This is by far the worst tournament that has been run. Can't wait for it to end I disagree. I got an easy bracket in the first round and cruised to my first #1 finish, by a 900-point lead, and I made 1800 points for both Loki covers. I had planned to stop at ~900 for top five, but in the last 90 minutes of the tournament, I found 5-6 shielded 2400-point tank teams. Easiest finish I ever had. My guess is there will be plenty of 2400-point tank teams tomorrow night in the final hours, too. All you have to do is get lucky.
Derethus wrote: wathombe wrote: Daedelus wrote: This is by far the worst tournament that has been run. Can't wait for it to end I disagree. I got an easy bracket in the first round and cruised to my first #1 finish, by a 900-point lead, and I made 1800 points for both Loki covers. I had planned to stop at ~900 for top five, but in the last 90 minutes of the tournament, I found 5-6 shielded 2400-point tank teams. Easiest finish I ever had. My guess is there will be plenty of 2400-point tank teams tomorrow night in the final hours, too. All you have to do is get lucky. Fixed that for you. Some people never find the 2400-point tank teams.
wathombe wrote: Derethus wrote: wathombe wrote: Daedelus wrote: This is by far the worst tournament that has been run. Can't wait for it to end I disagree. I got an easy bracket in the first round and cruised to my first #1 finish, by a 900-point lead, and I made 1800 points for both Loki covers. I had planned to stop at ~900 for top five, but in the last 90 minutes of the tournament, I found 5-6 shielded 2400-point tank teams. Easiest finish I ever had. My guess is there will be plenty of 2400-point tank teams tomorrow night in the final hours, too. All you have to do is get lucky. Fixed that for you. Some people never find the 2400-point tank teams. Until they add the skip tax, I think they're findable. I did fight actual teams salted in with the tank teams, both shielded and unshielded, both 2400-point and ~1200-point. My point is that with the current setup, there are going to be a fair number of shielded 2400-point teams out there right at the end of a tourney. The more of them there are, the better the chance that you can find them. I usually get two fights with each of the ones that I find before they sink below my MMR. Fortunately there seemed to be so many on Wednesday morning that another 1 or 2 were no more than 1 or 2 fights away. And I'm not basing my enjoyment on the tank team factor. Honestly, it was just a delightful bonus. I was more than happy to finish #2-5 with 900 points. All I wanted were the Punisher covers and my last Ares cover. I checked opponents before going to bed, though, and easily jumped up to 1200 for the first Loki cover. Then I checked again on the train in the morning, saw a couple tank teams, so I unshielded and went for it. Why wouldn't I? Also, I skipped any team with a Thor anywhere north of the 40-50 range. Super-pleasant tournament. Note that, at the time, I was grabbing the standard token from each LR round and then tanking it, so this kept my MMR low, at least when starting each jump in DC. Might not work so well tomorrow night with no LR rounds to tank.
Phantron wrote: You shouldn't be basing the enjoyment of a tournament based on how many people are tanking so that you can get a free ride, even though I certainly won't turn down a free ride. This mission is actually pretty good overall due to the extreme overall parity, but it also just highlights how stupid it is when you've a nearly equal playing field with most people stuck around 500-700 range and then a few guys can just beat on shielded bagman for 2400 points.
Crazyeyeskiller wrote: I joined this morning and it looks like I got lucky with a not really competitive bracket. Top score is around 500 at the moment. It's my first tourney that I haven't rushed to the top since this time I'm shooting to finish off OBW, and it's nice to have a lowish score that isn't as appealing to hit even though my team is an easy win on defense. I may try running this way more often.
Bugpop wrote: Phantron wrote: You shouldn't be basing the enjoyment of a tournament based on how many people are tanking so that you can get a free ride, even though I certainly won't turn down a free ride. This mission is actually pretty good overall due to the extreme overall parity, but it also just highlights how stupid it is when you've a nearly equal playing field with most people stuck around 500-700 range and then a few guys can just beat on shielded bagman for 2400 points. My shielded level 25 C.Storm, 20 Thor, and 20 Ares team are at 459 points now. I guess it's a somewhat challenging team for some people. All of them get buffs and I've been collecting points along the way. I've been shielded for 13 hours. I was thinking there was a lack shielded people at the lower levels. Perhaps it is part of the problem.
Narkon wrote: What determines in which bracket you are placed? Does the game place you in a bracket as soon as open the app, enter the tournament screen, or after you attack the first opponent? When you enter the tournament screen for the first time there are already some opponents waiting for you to attack which leads me to believe that you are already assigned to a bracket. If this is the case, then in order to enter in a mid/late bracket you have to know when the tournament starts and delay opening the app for X hours. Does anyone know for sure?
Derethus wrote: Crazyeyeskiller wrote: I joined this morning and it looks like I got lucky with a not really competitive bracket. Top score is around 500 at the moment. It's my first tourney that I haven't rushed to the top since this time I'm shooting to finish off OBW, and it's nice to have a lowish score that isn't as appealing to hit even though my team is an easy win on defense. I may try running this way more often. The bracket you get placed in is entirely determined by when you start. The first 500 people to play are in the first bracket, the next 500 make the next bracket, and so on. Your bracket consists of players who all started within a certain time of you, so it'd be rare for someone to have a particularly high score.
wathombe wrote: Until they add the skip tax, I think they're findable.