BenjaminBirdie
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How'd we get knocked back down to 19/20?
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How'd we get knocked back down to 19/20?
Duane left because he was not going to have time to devote to the game. It sounds like he'll be back at some point, though.
The boost is often the difference between barely being hit and having to use health packs every other fight. It's easy to get your nuke off before the enemy hasn't had a chance to do anything but match a few gems if you only have to make 2 matches of purple or 3 of blue. Not so much when it is 3/4 matches. Especially since I seem to get 80% OBW fights now.
As for ISO, I seem to get 30-50k a week, which is good enough for me right now. I am more limited by covers for the 3-star characters
start pushing around 4 hours before the event is going to end, at 3 hours if you are in a spot you like shield for 3 hours and call it good, maybe come back for one last match around 4-5 min to go if it makes a big difference.
If by 2 hours left to go if you don't have the spot you want you likely won't get it and should either shield or be ready to just grind for the next two hours to hold your spot or fall a bit.
Sounds good, mayne!
Four hours before the event ends.....I'm gonna be playing in the shower with my son! @.@;;;
TurboLibre
Member
The time commitment is starting to kill it for me too. I have a pretty strong team now but I don't know how much longer I can keep it up. It's all starting to just blend together, and none of it seems very fun anymore. I think I'm in the top 3 for the season though, so maybe it's my fault and should ease back.
yeah I have eased back if you can't tell.... I do most of my playing anymore while watching the chicago white sox play baseball
No sense in burning out if you enjoy the game.
Top 3 for the season - dayum, dood!
It's not a very player-friendly model. I just play it when I'm waiting for stamina in Tower of Saviors. I think they need more units, more team diversity, and a more forgiving bracketing system. The grim reality is that whales will keep playing and paying regardless of whether or not you quit. There really isn't much incentive for them to change unless their bottom line is threatened.
Having said all that, playing the game non-competitively is pretty fun (at least for me.) I imagine if you keep playing the same matches over and over again, it'd get pretty stale. I've sunk about $5 in the game for three extra slots. Even if I quit tomorrow, I wouldn't feel too bad about it.
Everything in moderation, I guess.
Top 3 for the season - dayum, dood!
It's not a very player-friendly model. I just play it when I'm waiting for stamina in Tower of Saviors. I think they need more units, more team diversity, and a more forgiving bracketing system. The grim reality is that whales will keep playing and paying regardless of whether or not you quit. There really isn't much incentive for them to change unless their bottom line is threatened.
Having said all that, playing the game non-competitively is pretty fun (at least for me.) I imagine if you keep playing the same matches over and over again, it'd get pretty stale. I've sunk about $5 in the game for three extra slots. Even if I quit tomorrow, I wouldn't feel too bad about it.
Everything in moderation, I guess.
if anyone in here applies to gafvengers in the next 20 min I will add them period (and you will at least get this events rewards) whether they will add anything to the score or not as I would rather someone gets the 20th slot's rewards instead of no one getting it... if you add points we could maybe have a top 100
nope no one wanted in... oh well at least I added 800 points this morning between mine and my wife's account and took two of the top 5 spots playing two accounts at once
nope no one wanted in... oh well at least I added 800 points this morning between mine and my wife's account and took two of the top 5 spots playing two accounts at once
Does anyone else find it weird that you can kill Human Torch with a Molotov Cocktail?
I mean, it's a bottle of fire. HT is made of fire. When he gets hit by it, it's basically him just getting hit by an empty bottle.
Glass shards ain't no joke I guess. Just a little something that amuses me every time it happens.
I mean, it's a bottle of fire. HT is made of fire. When he gets hit by it, it's basically him just getting hit by an empty bottle.
Glass shards ain't no joke I guess. Just a little something that amuses me every time it happens.
turnbuckle
Member
We started another alliance and have 20 slots. I can't play every single day but a lot of who's there do and we're looking for more that can contribute. That other alliance I had was just filled with commanders who would only contribute 200-400 points (and frequently 0) to a lot of events and we couldn't ax em so we started over.
Shaolin Marvel, if interested. But Gafvengers will likely be more productive
I shall apply sir
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
We still need a 20th player in GAF-Vengers!
Very well. Applied
turnbuckle
Member
Lol. If Vengers doesn't like me I'll grovel at your feet
I DECLAER her nick name to be Stawk.
Checking out the rewards for the new PvE event. I was pretty interested in some hot, Stawk action. Let's just check what they're offering in the 2★ bracket...
Hmm, OB. Widow.....black?
Storm who?
I followed your advice and it work out perfectly! I had to use the 8-hour shield though as people started laying into me right around the 3:30 mark.
Came in 17th, got the cover, and 150 HP to make up for the shield. Thanks for the advice!
The Storm is Coming.
Hmm, OB. Widow.....black?
Storm who?
I followed your advice and it work out perfectly! I had to use the 8-hour shield though as people started laying into me right around the 3:30 mark.
Came in 17th, got the cover, and 150 HP to make up for the shield. Thanks for the advice!
The Storm is Coming.
if you have the HP and don't mind spending it on an 8 hour shield you can also start earlier... the main reason I do 4 is to save the 75hp... and it's rare that I am free 9 hours before an event but not 4 (9 hours is usually 3 am or 3pm for me, 3am I typically am either in bed because I have work in the morning, or up because I don't have work and thus can just get up early to grind... and 3pm i am either about to leave for work or don't have work
)if you have the HP and don't mind spending it on an 8 hour shield you can also start earlier... the main reason I do 4 is to save the 75hp... and it's rare that I am free 9 hours before an event but not 4 (9 hours is usually 3 am or 3pm for me, 3am I typically am either in bed because I have work in the morning, or up because I don't have work and thus can just get up early to grind... and 3pm i am either about to leave for work or don't have work
Yeah, this was the first time I'd decided to go for a top 50 reward. I was a bit unsure about how many points I'd need to secure my place.
I went for 450 and then shielded up.
I'll probably lie low for a while so I can get bracketed down again. As for BP himself, I'm not sure how I feel about his skills. Anything that gives AP to the other team is pretty risky - his AoE looks like it'll hit hard at later levels and I like his Protect Tile skill. Jury is still out though if I'll work on building him or not.
his black move does 3162 damage to all enemies at max level and max covers aka well worth giving them 5ap, if they will even still be alive
TurboLibre
Member
God Dammit. A three star version of Modern Storm? They're really trying to make me quit this game, huh? At this rate they're gonna make a three star OBW, just to make sure I'm playing the same team at all times.
on the plus side it means when mags gets nerfed if I have my covers I could just go back to Thor, Storm and widow on the jungle/oasis in pvp
turnbuckle
Member
I'm not sure how Gaf-Kanda is doing or if there are any people not in a good alliance that are looking for a spot. We just created a new 20 slot alliance earlier this week and are trying to get into the top 100. It's made up of some personal friends and lots of strangers. I keep booting strangers who join that don't have a lot of points on the season in hopes of finding a few that'll stick. So far I've found a couple who are doing really well. We're looking for anybody that has at least 4000 points on the season to replace some strangers at the bottom that are in the 2000s range. If anyone is interested PM me.
Our ranking:
Our top 5
Our bottom 5:
Pendragon00 is my best friend and a fellow gaffer (more of a lurker though as he has no posts, lol). I would have more points but I completely skipped the PVP event earlier this week and put up a big 0 there.
Our ranking:
Our top 5
Our bottom 5:
Pendragon00 is my best friend and a fellow gaffer (more of a lurker though as he has no posts, lol). I would have more points but I completely skipped the PVP event earlier this week and put up a big 0 there.
I guess your cover went....
Down in flames
I'm sorry
25th doesn't get me an extra cover, just 50hp and 1k iso.Hey, whattayaknow; my first top ten finish in a month. I guess Sentry covers aren't that popular?
En lol, Mario Kart 8 keeps me from racking up major points in Season 2. The event for modern Storm should net me two covers; my Hulk is at level 179, with a lvl 125 two star Wolverine backing him up. So far so good.
En lol, Mario Kart 8 keeps me from racking up major points in Season 2. The event for modern Storm should net me two covers; my Hulk is at level 179, with a lvl 125 two star Wolverine backing him up. So far so good.
Tis all good, with the numbers you put up you deserve a better alliance.
I agree with the rubberbanding and I am playing like every 5 hours.
got my 10-pack and the only things worth it is that now I have a psylocke and an IW. At this point I need more 3 star covers than anything since I have at least 5 2-star characters maxed. Definitely going to try to get top 10 for the sentry event because I need the C Mags covers.
turnbuckle
Member
Yeah, I uninstalled the game again and haven't played since Friday. I'm sure I'll play again sometime, but having a multi-part, weeklong PVE event going on along with the demands of Season II it's just too much to juggle. PVE especially because of the lowered points you get from subsequent nodes; a system that makes it to where you need to come back every couple of hours to maximize your points/time invested. And the rules behind the scenes feel like they're always changing so you never really know what the best approach is.
TurboLibre
Member
Yep. I'd also like to throw in:
-Being paired up against like leveled teams/brackets, making leveling pretty much worthless. What's the harm in randomly matching groups up?
-An ever increasing ceiling on PvE events (I tapped out all my prizes, and I'm probably 500 in my bracket)
-And lots of these exploitative 1*/2* characters being rebranded. Making sure you're not leveling past them, and will constantly be fighting Thor/Daken/Storm/ect...
-PvE being taken out of the season.
I'm on my last leg. It's funny though, I've been getting really lucking getting covers lately. I think realizing that it hasn't changed a thing is what's pushing me away from the game.
shaowebb
Member
Same...if I had any intention of sticking around seriously I'd probably be a legit nightmare with Thor/Hulk/Torch
I somehow ended up with a shitload of levels and covers for Torch and Hulk and Hulk is prioritizing all the right stuff to make use of his black. Torch is hitting for a little over 1000 a turn now, and Thor is on Battery duty. Heck I even got a Classic Magneto in the 80's now. Be nice if I could sell my account or something someday.
some of that is the grind, some of it is we weren't performing well enough in general and the good members wanted to actually get top 100 covers for their efforts and went off to green pastures instead of our sad brown with spots of green pastures
I think I'm about done guys. when Mike and Askani left, and it became apparent that we would no longer be finding ourself in the top 100, I realized I am not actually having fun anymore. When I thought about trying to maintain a top 200 ranking to get Lstorm, I realize I don't really care. This past PVE event's extreme grind sort of broke the camel's back. Work is busy, family life is busy, and all of my free time (not spent posting on GAF) was going towards MPQ. I think I need to tone things down regarding this game.
Unless you have someone better lined up, I can stay in GAFvengers for the rest of this season (I have over 5000 in the season standings, and over 25k in the current PVE event), but I can't commit to more than casual scores in the coming PVP events, and I'm not going to push in the remainder of the PVE event. After season 2, I will probably bow out. The pressures of the alliance system, D3's messed PVE brackets, and the awards stinginess have drained a lot of the fun out of this game.
Unless you have someone better lined up, I can stay in GAFvengers for the rest of this season (I have over 5000 in the season standings, and over 25k in the current PVE event), but I can't commit to more than casual scores in the coming PVP events, and I'm not going to push in the remainder of the PVE event. After season 2, I will probably bow out. The pressures of the alliance system, D3's messed PVE brackets, and the awards stinginess have drained a lot of the fun out of this game.
Well, as one of, if not the, newest member of Gafvengers, I understand. The game is supposed to be fun, and if it's not fun, then just ease back, or, if it's really not fun, then it's okay to leave.
I have a 25 page rule with books. If I'm not enjoying it after 25 pages, I put it back on the shelf, especially if the book is purely for entertainment. I'm getting the same feeling with Marvel Puzzle Quest right now. I don't think I'll quit, but I cant' see me grinding so much for rewards, at least not right now.
I have a 25 page rule with books. If I'm not enjoying it after 25 pages, I put it back on the shelf, especially if the book is purely for entertainment. I'm getting the same feeling with Marvel Puzzle Quest right now. I don't think I'll quit, but I cant' see me grinding so much for rewards, at least not right now.
it's all good, I obviously have scaled back myself. I really only plan on going for stuff that I want, and with the changes to PVE I am basically screwed there since I have a job *shrugs* I will just have to get the characters from future events.
OBW makes this game not fun. That character singlehandedly breaks the game. Break is the appropriate word to use as well, and not hyperbole.
On the bright side, I managed to nab 3 X-Force covers in the past two days. One via a daily reward, one via Starfall token and one via a PvE token.
On the bright side, I managed to nab 3 X-Force covers in the past two days. One via a daily reward, one via Starfall token and one via a PvE token.
As echoed in this thread looking at the official forums there appears to be a great lethargy overcoming long-term players, especially with the recent changes in PvP and PvE, with notable players deciding to stop playing. At this rate I can see some tweaks coming to reinvigorate the fanbase.
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