mischiefmaker wrote: Is it just me, or are PvE events being run much more frequently than in the past?
Nemek wrote: Yeah, at some point I think IceIX mentioned that they want to have a PvE running much more often, which was a departure from their initial plan. I'd bet it's almost definitely related to the "casual" players participating in those much more often in those than in PvP, since there's a lot less pressure and negativity (of losing points.) I'm curious to see if they are going to switch this version up much. There historically hasn't been sub-Events in Unstable ISO, so I wonder if it's just going to be one long 6-day grind.
beezer37_84 wrote: Nemek wrote: Yeah, at some point I think IceIX mentioned that they want to have a PvE running much more often, which was a departure from their initial plan. I'd bet it's almost definitely related to the "casual" players participating in those much more often in those than in PvP, since there's a lot less pressure and negativity (of losing points.) I'm curious to see if they are going to switch this version up much. There historically hasn't been sub-Events in Unstable ISO, so I wonder if it's just going to be one long 6-day grind. Hoping for two, three day events with Steve Rogers covers, is that asking for too much?
BearVenger wrote: I'm really getting burnt out with multi-day/multi-segment events. There are only three 2* covers I want to get (1 M.Hawkeye red / 2 M.Hawkeye purple). The rest is just grinding for Alliance awards, extra ISO/HP, and the chance of a 3* cover. I dug the new matchups and roster limitations of The Simulator. That was fun. I'm just getting tired of not feeling like I can take a day off without blowing a week's worth of grinding.
NorthernPolarity wrote: You can take a day or two off with each sub in the simulator though: rubberbanding only really required you to play on the last day in order to be competitive.
locked wrote: Is it NOT to grind the missions too much, only trying to play optimally and completely giving up on trying to get every 500 ISO reward?
locked wrote: I'm extremely stupid at PvE metagame, what do I need to do not to face lvl 230s again? I can defeat them, but it takes soooo much tiiime without Patch, lazyThor, GSBW, etc. Foregoing Spidey is seemingly not the answer, since some players abused him and still never got hit with harsh scaling. Is it NOT to grind the missions too much, only trying to play optimally and completely giving up on trying to get every 500 ISO reward? Is it actually taking damage and needing healthpacks between games? But what about the Spidey point above?
Bowgentle wrote: locked wrote: Is it NOT to grind the missions too much, only trying to play optimally and completely giving up on trying to get every 500 ISO reward? This. Do one full run through every mission once, and the essential missions with the required char twice more (so 1x each, 3x essential). Then do 3x essentials for every refresh you choose to do. This got me to top 2 in the main of the simulator with 272k points, playing only one session per day. Initial runthrough takes about 45 mins hard + normal, after that 30 mins for each sub. Didn't see a single 230 the whole event - at least in the required nodes, I didn't even look at the other missions after the first go. Of course you miss out on a bit of ISO, but keep your sanity.