BigSoftieFF said: Vins2 said: St_Bernadus said: turbomoose said: Who’s idea was it to go back to running newish characters in shield training, I only have two 4*s not champed and dazzler is one of them would like confirmation of when Cable enters LL as might get more dazzlers when I use my CP hoard Dazzler has been featured a lot (along with Emma and Nebula) so you can get more in progression. Plus she is in Shield Sim.Cable enters LL tokens Monday or Tuesday - before Shield Training ends. Except Nebula was skipped and she's a month older. Ghost too and she was a boss event reward. "A lot" for Dazzler only means one pve so far, maybe two by the end of the event following the Hunt. So much this. No Nebula, Ghost, or Wiccan as far as I remember.
Vins2 said: St_Bernadus said: turbomoose said: Who’s idea was it to go back to running newish characters in shield training, I only have two 4*s not champed and dazzler is one of them would like confirmation of when Cable enters LL as might get more dazzlers when I use my CP hoard Dazzler has been featured a lot (along with Emma and Nebula) so you can get more in progression. Plus she is in Shield Sim.Cable enters LL tokens Monday or Tuesday - before Shield Training ends. Except Nebula was skipped and she's a month older. Ghost too and she was a boss event reward. "A lot" for Dazzler only means one pve so far, maybe two by the end of the event following the Hunt.
St_Bernadus said: turbomoose said: Who’s idea was it to go back to running newish characters in shield training, I only have two 4*s not champed and dazzler is one of them would like confirmation of when Cable enters LL as might get more dazzlers when I use my CP hoard Dazzler has been featured a lot (along with Emma and Nebula) so you can get more in progression. Plus she is in Shield Sim.Cable enters LL tokens Monday or Tuesday - before Shield Training ends.
turbomoose said: Who’s idea was it to go back to running newish characters in shield training, I only have two 4*s not champed and dazzler is one of them would like confirmation of when Cable enters LL as might get more dazzlers when I use my CP hoard
St_Bernadus said: BigSoftieFF said: Vins2 said: St_Bernadus said: turbomoose said: Who’s idea was it to go back to running newish characters in shield training, I only have two 4*s not champed and dazzler is one of them would like confirmation of when Cable enters LL as might get more dazzlers when I use my CP hoard Dazzler has been featured a lot (along with Emma and Nebula) so you can get more in progression. Plus she is in Shield Sim.Cable enters LL tokens Monday or Tuesday - before Shield Training ends. Except Nebula was skipped and she's a month older. Ghost too and she was a boss event reward. "A lot" for Dazzler only means one pve so far, maybe two by the end of the event following the Hunt. So much this. No Nebula, Ghost, or Wiccan as far as I remember. This will be her 3rd (in Meet R&G) but your point is well made. When they made it Emma for Taskmaster training, a bunch of characters were skipped.
HoundofShadow said: As for S.H.I.E.L.D. Training, I'm a little confused. Isn't Dazzler the most requested and most popular character here?
HoundofShadow said: As for S.H.I.E.L.D. Training, I'm a little confused. Isn't Dazzler the most requested and most popular character here?Also, S.H.I.E.L.D. Training was introduced in September 2017. Before its existence, did the dev give the players another way to gain an extra new 4* cover through other other non-S.H.I.E.L.D. Training event? Did the devs shift that one extra cover to S.H.I.E.L.D. Training? If S.H.I.E.L.D. Training was introduced to let players gain an additional new 4* cover and other resources on top of what they have been getting or earning regularly, I don't see how the devs can be called greedy.
Dragon_Nexus said: I thought we stopped requiring newer 4*s for Shield Training.I've been saving my CP and legendaries for Cable's release, which I imagine will be after Shield Training ends. Doubt I'm going to be lucky enough to get a bonus 4* from heroics alone.And of course the Heroes for Hire store gives the two older 4*s so we can't even do that.
DAZ0273 said:3.) S.H.I.E.L.D. Training was officially (by Brigby I believe, could be wrong) classified as a method to reward veteran players together with those who spent money to chase new releases - it was acknowledged that in early runs (starting with Nightcrawler) that it was a reward for players who spent which is why it featured the previously released 4*. At some point in 2018 this changed so that it wasn't the last new release. If veteren players complain that they are unable to complete the event, then possibly either the motivation behind the event has changed (quite possibly and entirely the Devs discretion) or something is not working out as intended as based upon your own logic those players should have been able to obtain the covers required. Of course the reality seems somewhat different.
Yepyep said: DAZ0273 said:3.) S.H.I.E.L.D. Training was officially (by Brigby I believe, could be wrong) classified as a method to reward veteran players together with those who spent money to chase new releases - it was acknowledged that in early runs (starting with Nightcrawler) that it was a reward for players who spent which is why it featured the previously released 4*. At some point in 2018 this changed so that it wasn't the last new release. If veteren players complain that they are unable to complete the event, then possibly either the motivation behind the event has changed (quite possibly and entirely the Devs discretion) or something is not working out as intended as based upon your own logic those players should have been able to obtain the covers required. Of course the reality seems somewhat different. I didn’t know this — that it was expressly a bonus for those who pay (but pay how much? How often?). I would have less of an issue with it if this was in fact explicit. Just make it a paid tournament: $20 ticket to play + whatever extra swag; done. As it is, I feel like I’m foreclosed from an event I “should” be able to play and to completion, just like all events, being a loyal and diligent player on a solid, established alliance. I roster every character (rolling through 1*s as one does) and am a veteran, so my situation via-à-vis this “event” is fundamentally distinguishable from a new player who doesn’t yet have a full roster attempting a regular story event.
DAZ0273 said: 2.) Actually they did. Coulson, Amadeus Cho, Howard the Duck (ongoing), Ant-man all had events that awarded a 4* cover, System Reboot awarded covers for rebalanced characters including 4* - Ghost Rider and Kingpin for example. My recollection is that none of those events were gated but I could be wrong. As we haven't had character rebalances (Gambit aside) and therefore System Reboot since S.H.I.E.L.D Training it would appear that perhaps they did indeed shift the covers. Don't know, speculation.
MoosePrime said: DAZ0273 said: 2.) Actually they did. Coulson, Amadeus Cho, Howard the Duck (ongoing), Ant-man all had events that awarded a 4* cover, System Reboot awarded covers for rebalanced characters including 4* - Ghost Rider and Kingpin for example. My recollection is that none of those events were gated but I could be wrong. As we haven't had character rebalances (Gambit aside) and therefore System Reboot since S.H.I.E.L.D Training it would appear that perhaps they did indeed shift the covers. Don't know, speculation. IIRC, the System Reboot covers required already having the character.
Yepyep said: I didn’t know this — that it was expressly a bonus for those who pay (but pay how much? How often?). I would have less of an issue with it if this was in fact explicit. Just make it a paid tournament: $20 ticket to play + whatever extra swag; done. As it is, I feel like I’m foreclosed from an event I “should” be able to play and to completion, just like all events, being a loyal and diligent player on a solid, established alliance. I roster every character (rolling through 1*s as one does) and am a veteran, so my situation via-à-vis this “event” is fundamentally distinguishable from a new player who doesn’t yet have a full roster attempting a regular story event.
DAZ0273 said:For reasons unknown, they seemed to jettison the last release 4* essential in 2018 and mixed it up a bit but the last two have edged back to newer releases, although not a s brutal as when it first started.
DAZ0273 said:For reasons unknown, they seemed to jettison the last release 4* essential in 2018 and mixed it up a bit but the last two have edged back to newer releases, although not a s brutal as when it first started. To be clear it is as brutal as when it first started. Making the most recently released 4* an essential character hasn’t happened since February (9 months ago) but is about as brutal as it gets (with the exception of the time Panther wasn’t in tokens yet). By the way, my Shield Training history may be helpful to this thread.https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/70293/list-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-training-essentials/p1?new=1
Nick441234 said: I'm comfortable not being able to complete the bottom row of Shield Training. That should be for the ultra hardcore who are willing to spend fortunes on the game. However, as someone who's approaching 4 years playing this game, I should be able to complete all the nodes above that. At present, that shall not be possible with a 7 cover Dazzler.