Toying with burning all my HP on covers just for the vicarious thrill, and to incentivise me to quit. I'm about 800 from the 10 pack reward so 2 more tourneys I guess.
― Daniwa, guys! Daniwa! (aldo), Thursday, 5 June 2014 08:17 (nine years ago) link
Mags classy on a standard pull. Hoorah.
― Jeff, Thursday, 5 June 2014 12:01 (nine years ago) link
Do-over on that Hood/Maggia set of story missions, with Lazy (Mohawk!) Storm as a reward. Too bad they didn't go with '80s cover art.
― Nhex, Thursday, 5 June 2014 16:51 (nine years ago) link
simulator let me max my panther to 5/3/5 141 -- my first 141. missed the patch thing entirely basically, so probably won't place well in season II. my simulator token also gave me a yellow sentry -- so he's at 30 now, not that i see using him any time soon.
― wat is teh waht (s.clover), Thursday, 5 June 2014 17:32 (nine years ago) link
he's buffed in the Maggia missions, so at least you can use him in that
― Nhex, Thursday, 5 June 2014 17:46 (nine years ago) link
141'd my IM40, can get BP to 128.
it's been like three weeks since I got a gold star on a standard draw though
― Euler, Thursday, 5 June 2014 20:52 (nine years ago) link
That's what you get for leaving our alliance.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:01 (nine years ago) link
oof
― Euler, Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:01 (nine years ago) link
― Nhex, Thursday, June 5, 2014 1:46 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
buffed sentry is still terrible. need more covers to lessen the self/team damage of his abilities.
― wat is teh waht (s.clover), Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:01 (nine years ago) link
I insult because I love.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:08 (nine years ago) link
yeah I don't see how he's gonna be good. I guess red is supposed to be good? I hate offense that hurts my team b/c it just means more health packs, ugh. still wish they'd let me buy a heal speedup for $5, or even $10 if it were a super fast speedup.
― Euler, Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:08 (nine years ago) link
i have about 70k iso saved up and i'm getting a little itchy. would there be any benefit to maxing mag now when i've already maxed both storms, obw, **wolv, thor now, and ares? i guess it would be nice to have an obw alternative. the highest number of covers i have for any one *** is four for hood.
― yodarman, Friday, 6 June 2014 15:00 (nine years ago) link
3-5-5 maxed MagNow is great, esp with OBW, CStorm, Spidey or really anyone who uses blue for a significant power, plus his red can act as a great auxiliary color battery depending on placement and a cascade initiator.
― On-the-spot Dicespin (DJP), Friday, 6 June 2014 15:04 (nine years ago) link
You know how I said 'fuck this game' before but with a distant-ish end goal?
1) it's 300 points away2) just played a lvl85 MThor that hit Call The Storm FOUR (4) times before making a single match. Seriously, fuck this game.
― Daniwa, guys! Daniwa! (aldo), Saturday, 7 June 2014 00:42 (nine years ago) link
with the spidey nerf, magnow/spidey is way less fun. the obw combo is still pretty neat. his red is killer tho.
boosted maxed panther + patch is way fun. race to 12 black, 7 green, then fire off patch into a rage of the panther, and just level the whole opposing team.
thick as thieves is so boring after the simulator.
― wat is teh waht (s.clover), Saturday, 7 June 2014 01:16 (nine years ago) link
"2) just played a lvl85 MThor that hit Call The Storm FOUR (4) times before making a single match. Seriously, fuck this game."
Wait, how?
― Frederik B, Saturday, 7 June 2014 01:19 (nine years ago) link
Still wondering when this game will stop being Thor Puzzle Quest. The monotony kills my enthusiasm for it more than anything.
― Millsner, Saturday, 7 June 2014 01:26 (nine years ago) link
In the Season II Simulator, I'm suddenly running all those 141 Hulks
― Nhex, Saturday, 7 June 2014 02:54 (nine years ago) link
I have no idea how - I've noticed for a while that the opposing team seem to have a bit of stockpiling at the start, and seen them fire off attacks that I was sure they hadn't collected the AP for but this was just totally blatant,
IW from my heroic on the Sentry tourney, although since I'm 250 from the 10 pack I'll be finished with the game by the weekend.
― Daniwa, guys! Daniwa! (aldo), Saturday, 7 June 2014 08:42 (nine years ago) link
Ok, I'm done with this fucking game. Got the 10-pack, all two-stars. 10,7% chance for that. One I could use - my Thor is respecked. This game is basically all about luck, where if you're lucky you get a tiny tiny cookie, and if you're unlucky you waste hours grinding without anything to show for it. Fuck this game forever.
― Frederik B, Saturday, 7 June 2014 13:15 (nine years ago) link
yeah I just like the match 3 mechanic for a few plays per day, and have been happily playing them without the sense of progression that MPQ can give when things are going well. so when this one isn't providing that sense, it's still more or less just as enjoyable to me qua game mechanic: click click click, get some matches, etc. it could never be a consuming game for me, but I don't want consuming games at this point in my life. ffs I still play Tiny Tower.
― Euler, Saturday, 7 June 2014 13:32 (nine years ago) link
You're doing in right... There is no sense of progression in this fucking game, just grind grind grind, get another Juggernaut-cover.
― Frederik B, Saturday, 7 June 2014 14:26 (nine years ago) link
I got my 10 pack about the same time as you, all 2* as well. Bought one of each card from the sales, XForce, Fat Thor and Patch. Feels to me like the 'luck' has changed to those buying HP. Going to blast through the rest of my HP and ISO buying cards, laugh at how imbalanced the results are, then delete the app. The constant connection factor means even as a dumb match 3 there are limitations on when you can play it, so it doesn't work for me in that respect either.
― Daniwa, guys! Daniwa! (aldo), Saturday, 7 June 2014 16:38 (nine years ago) link
Euler has the right attitude. Once I stopped trying to compete in PVP the game becomes fun again
― Nhex, Saturday, 7 June 2014 16:51 (nine years ago) link
Well, getting alliance HP from PVP is ok, as is the two-star token given as a progression reward, though they never ever give three-star-charcters. But yeah, trying to get into top 50 is stupid, also because more than half of them end at six AM for me. Amazing they can't just let them run, like, 26 hours, and have them turn round the clock.
― Frederik B, Saturday, 7 June 2014 16:59 (nine years ago) link
yeah now that I'm in Europe I can see that making the top 50 is going to require buying an 8 hour shield, which I guess I'll do if I happen to be in the top 50 (might happen in starfall) but o/w whatever. just leveling up the covers I have would be nice, and once I get a new cover it takes a while to level it up anew. no rush.
― Euler, Saturday, 7 June 2014 17:01 (nine years ago) link
My recent luck pulling 3* covers from standard tokens and the fact that I'm still a few thousand points from the 10-pack guarantee that I'm still going to play this stupid game for another month.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Saturday, 7 June 2014 17:25 (nine years ago) link
There's only a week left in Season II, so I don't think I'm going to make the 10-pack reward this time
― Nhex, Saturday, 7 June 2014 17:29 (nine years ago) link
It's really like hey Story missions, cool... PVP, endless onslaught of 141 Classic Mags
― Nhex, Saturday, 7 June 2014 17:46 (nine years ago) link
Get on the Funbalance train, Mags
― Nhex, Saturday, 7 June 2014 18:05 (nine years ago) link
I hate 141 cmags less than 141 hulk. at least sometimes with cmags he doesn't get off a purple. but with hulk, as soon as I bash him, it's cascade city.
― Euler, Saturday, 7 June 2014 18:40 (nine years ago) link
have you tried either using a stun team (Spidey, C. Storm) or attack tile team (Doom, Punisher, Psylocke + generator like Daken, Wolvie) to get around that ability? Spidey usually gets me around Hulk, though there's always that annoying unlucky cascade that will kill you
― Nhex, Saturday, 7 June 2014 18:43 (nine years ago) link
for C.Mags it's not just that aggraving purple, but that all his abilities are so cheap AND disruptive - the 2AP red smash, the blue armor titles
― Nhex, Saturday, 7 June 2014 18:48 (nine years ago) link
even with shit spidey?
― Euler, Saturday, 7 June 2014 18:51 (nine years ago) link
attack tile teams are my thing, and I win against 141 hulk p much every time, but I come out too bruised, have to eat up health packs
― Euler, Saturday, 7 June 2014 18:52 (nine years ago) link
I like to leave Hulk for last and then take him down in a single turn, usually with Patch's red.
― mohawk ororoducer (abanana), Saturday, 7 June 2014 19:19 (nine years ago) link
that would be nice! with strike tiles my 141 5-5-3 IM40 can sometimes take him out in one hit with a unibeam. sometimes.
― Euler, Saturday, 7 June 2014 19:46 (nine years ago) link
yeah, always save Hulk for last, avoid full-team attacks unless you can stun him
― Nhex, Saturday, 7 June 2014 20:00 (nine years ago) link
So I've actually been suckered back into this. Hoping for the 10-pack -- currently at 3500 of 5000 so who knows. Covers this week:
Human Torch 5th red - yay, leveled up to 85XF Wolvie yellow - booIM40 blueGSBW purple
― mohawk ororoducer (abanana), Saturday, 7 June 2014 22:10 (nine years ago) link
so sick of high level ares/juggs/moonstone teams in thick as thieves. just a big scaling slog.
as far as newer ***s go,
falcon at 3/3/1, daken *** at 2/2/2, lthor 1/2/5, sentry at 2/2/1
― wat is teh waht (s.clover), Saturday, 7 June 2014 22:20 (nine years ago) link
Plowed through the thick as thieves tournament. Got all the progression awards maxed out my hulk. Whoops!
― Jeff, Sunday, 8 June 2014 15:29 (nine years ago) link
Likewise. I was happy that the progression awards grind wasn't overly onerous this time.
― Millsner, Sunday, 8 June 2014 16:03 (nine years ago) link
Haven't deleted the app, but haven't started it up since Saturday. Feel liberated.
Checking the d3p forums this morning, seems like the latest update has put everyone facing lv270 opponents instead of 141s?
― Daniwa, guys! Daniwa! (aldo), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 08:02 (nine years ago) link
I have a fight against two 270s, Hood & Cmags I think. to which hahahahahahahaha. I barely beat it when they were 120 last night.
haven't gotten a three star from a gold token draw since season two began, kind of a drag really because I've had so many of them (like we're talking 30+ at this point)
― Euler, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 10:05 (nine years ago) link
yeah, they blew it
― Nhex, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 13:34 (nine years ago) link
welp got my red Hulk card from Thick As Thieves, will to continue playing subsiding
― On-the-spot Dicespin (DJP), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 13:48 (nine years ago) link
i'm.. sorta close enough... around #300, where if I grind up to #200 I can get a Lazy Storm, so I'm kinda hanging in there
― Nhex, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 13:54 (nine years ago) link
Because I chose to, you know, do stuff at work and play with my kids, I'm hovering around 1000
― On-the-spot Dicespin (DJP), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 13:57 (nine years ago) link
pff LIFE, come on
― Nhex, Tuesday, 10 June 2014 14:05 (nine years ago) link
http://www.d3pforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=9401&sid=28d831e5306022256e07b68400b8271a
So it's not just me - LThor's green seems to be broken.
― Daniwa, guys! Daniwa! (aldo), Tuesday, 10 June 2014 15:38 (nine years ago) link