nella B O W wrote: EvilSonGoku wrote: WilliamK99 wrote: My LV85 area, Lvl 85 Thir, and Level 115 Rag are getting torn up by people... Come on there are easier targets out there... Same...dont think anyone is gonna hit 2k bc there are no available targets. Unless a shield fest occurs at the 8hr mark, 800 will take #1 in almost every bracket it seems. Hi just signed up on the forums after starting 10 days ago. good game. My current bracket is being won at 1138 with all of the top 5 over 850. I have been over 1k and fought quite a lot of people over the 1k mark and even 1200+. Not sure why you guys are unable to progress higher but people are indeed getting higher.
EvilSonGoku wrote: WilliamK99 wrote: My LV85 area, Lvl 85 Thir, and Level 115 Rag are getting torn up by people... Come on there are easier targets out there... Same...dont think anyone is gonna hit 2k bc there are no available targets. Unless a shield fest occurs at the 8hr mark, 800 will take #1 in almost every bracket it seems.
WilliamK99 wrote: My LV85 area, Lvl 85 Thir, and Level 115 Rag are getting torn up by people... Come on there are easier targets out there...
walkyourpath wrote: Has anyone here truly broken away from the pack this time, or hit the higher tier progression rewards? I don't see much shielding going on at all compared to the last few events, so that may be why no-one can hit escape velocity. I put in some serious grinding on off-hours last night and still couldn't bust out. sitting at 1st with 700ish, max last night was ~900. A low MMR doesn't mean squat for reaching prog rewards in this one since everyone and their mother has a team that can beat you handily. I predicted before that the shield cost would stay high because people were still using them fairly liberally, but if this tourney is any indication I'd bet spending on shields is dropping dramatically. No-one is willing to build the first rung of the ladder because no-one (myself included) trusts that others will follow suit. I'd love to have some insight into the metadata on HP spend since the shield price changes. IceIX, any chance of a trending report on this?
Microtom wrote: If you want to get away from the pack, go as high as you can and then use a 3 hour shield. Then you will get tons of people attacking you and it will lower your mmr. That's why you see people in the 1000s while everyone else is stuck below, it's because these people used shields.
walkyourpath wrote: Microtom wrote: If you want to get away from the pack, go as high as you can and then use a 3 hour shield. Then you will get tons of people attacking you and it will lower your mmr. That's why you see people in the 1000s while everyone else is stuck below, it's because these people used shields. That's how it worked in the past, for sure. And it's a sure strategy for getting 1st in your bracket. I'm more inquiring about hitting the progression rewards. Even assuming you can come out ahead 200 points each time you unshield and make a push (highly unlikely, since each time you unshield you're the juiciest target alive and vulnerable), you'd be spending 800HP or more to hit the top of the prog rewards, and still be putting in hours and hours of grinding. With scoring/matchmaking the way it is, the old top tier of 1400 points for progression makes more sense and would encourage me to spend way more on shields than I plan to right now.
walkyourpath wrote: I predicted before that the shield cost would stay high because people were still using them fairly liberally, but if this tourney is any indication I'd bet spending on shields is dropping dramatically. No-one is willing to build the first rung of the ladder because no-one (myself included) trusts that others will follow suit. I'd love to have some insight into the metadata on HP spend since the shield price changes. IceIX, any chance of a trending report on this?
jozier wrote: I haven't had time to play and I have all the progression covers maxed out so I've been ignoring the tournament mostly. Might make a push today/tonight and see where I end up.
Nemek wrote: jozier wrote: I haven't had time to play and I have all the progression covers maxed out so I've been ignoring the tournament mostly. Might make a push today/tonight and see where I end up. I decided to take this tourney off as well, so not personally pushing stuff up. I have no need for these IW/Wolvie covers.
Phantron wrote: I wonder if the actual point change is only calculated after you play the game, based on your current point and their current point.
Purty Hawkeye wrote: Phantron wrote: I wonder if the actual point change is only calculated after you play the game, based on your current point and their current point. I think it is this. I have noticed I've played a retaliation worth 35 and after I've won the point total has been higher, and lower. So I think the retaliation cues up the player and the server calculates the score based on that player's score at the end of the match.