Jester Day wrote: I am more and more of the opinion that shields should not exist.
Puritas wrote: Or you could win your defenses and gain points
JusticeB wrote: Puritas wrote: Or you could win your defenses and gain points I was surprised to see that this actually happens when you're shielded, but the problem still remains that once you're unshielded you'll get blitzed more than you can ever hope to recover from.
RockMonster wrote: I actually was able to finish top 5 in this tourney without any shields. I think it had a lot to do with the Superbowl and the all-time low player interest and morale though.
UncleSam wrote: RockMonster wrote: I actually was able to finish top 5 in this tourney without any shields. I think it had a lot to do with the Superbowl and the all-time low player interest and morale though. I think it also had a lot to do with where you are in your hidden rating. As you reach the top 10% of the player base where you're mixed with people who have and still do play a lot then it becomes a frenzy. Newer players seem to have a bit of an advantage since if you're pretty good and built a good team from the get go you're competition is weaker. Once you're near the top your team just isn't that threatening to anyone because so many others have an equally strong team. I did notice that there seemed to be less activity in this one. So you might be right about low morale.
RockMonster wrote: I think my MMR is up there. I've been winning a lot lately. Lightning Rounds might have knocked my MMR down a little, but I finished top 5 in Wolverine, and at least top 45 in everything dating back to round 1 of Hulk's Smash Hit. I've got a solid group of 85-102 characters, and in Big Thunder I was being matched against opponents with roughly the same.
UncleSam wrote: RockMonster wrote: I think my MMR is up there. I've been winning a lot lately. Lightning Rounds might have knocked my MMR down a little, but I finished top 5 in Wolverine, and at least top 45 in everything dating back to round 1 of Hulk's Smash Hit. I've got a solid group of 85-102 characters, and in Big Thunder I was being matched against opponents with roughly the same. You're probably on par or even ahead of where I'm at. The Hulk event is about where I started to take off. Lots of good ISO and fun back then. I haven't put any money into the game, but my wife has. I'm starting to run low on HPs though. Debating if I want to sell my lvl75 Wolvie now that my patch is lvl90 and rebuild him. Already have another nearly complete and the boosted sell rate is still active. Gonna hold onto Thor though. Still useful enough even at 5/5/3
Veracity wrote: It's not that hidden if you mostly just want to know whether it's high. If you can see thereck and jacobpc and every other team has a 141 Mags on it, you topped out.