Heroic Slacker Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Oh man, I hope Cable isn't as hard to get as Deadpool was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groundhog7s Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 I'm thinking he'll be harder now that people know what to expect. I'm more interested in the Scrapper suit since that's what I always use. I willsay Cable looks like he will be fun to use when he's available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groundhog7s Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Oh, and it seems like they nerfed a few things and characters. I guess it's nice that they're trying to balance some of it, but it'd be nicer if they mentioned that they were doing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heroic Slacker Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Looks like Cable will be available to the top .5% so thats more then the top 1000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groundhog7s Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 That gives me hope because I was in the top .5% last time. The top 1% started around rank 22k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groundhog7s Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 I always forget to read the patch notes, but thought this weeks were very necessary as the changed many characters, weapons and gameplay for PVP: Dr. Strange Costume and Revamp All versions of Dr. Strange have a new passive, Sorcerer SupremeGrants a stack of Mystic Energy when any enemy attacks Restores Stamina every turn In addition, Bolts of Balthakk now generates one stack of Mystic Energy [*]When Dr. Strange has three stacks of Mystic Energy, he consumes all three to generate Power of the Principalities Restores Stamina every turn Makes the next Teresing Boost, Vapors of Valtorr, or Shield of the Seraphim a Quick Action [*]Dr. Strange may still collect Mystic Energy while he has Power of the Principalities[*]Dr. Strange will not generate Power of the Principalities while he already has one[*]Thus Dr. Strange can have one Power of the Principalities and three Mystic Energy, ready to be converted as soon as the Power of the Principalities is used [*]Bolts of Balthakk Increased Stamina cost and damage [*]Modern Dr. Strange Uniform passive: Defender Dr. Strange and his allies have a chance to be shielded by the Light of the Seraphim before an enemy attack Bolts of Balthakk and Vapors of Valtorr inflict Bane on a successful hit Characters Black Panther Woven Vibranium can now trigger on counter-attacks Panther Stance is now a Quick Action Vibranium Daggers are now correctly tagged as Ranged [*] Captain America Captain America now has a passive chance to block all attacks Block no longer causes an attack to miss, but instead reduces damage significantly Shield Guard no longer gives a chance to block Lead the Charge removed Inspiring Leadership will now be granted after the first character’s action, no matter who goes first [*] Deadpool Healing factor thingie started kicking in again. Hate when that stops working. No Holds Barred now actually removes debuffs Fixed the number of hits displayed when using Happy to See You Pretty Cool Guy no longer stacks. We get the idea, you really, really like them. Chance to nerf self now greatly reduced. Of course, sometimes you are just too awesome [*] Emma Frost Diamond Form and War Diamond no longer remove debuffs Unlocked Potential and Cosmic Potential will still remove debuffs Normalized damage from Mental Anguish Characters with more health will not take more damage any more All characters who remove mental anguish (by using a non-attack, non-quick action) gain Mental Scarring for 1 round If Emma Frost counter-attacks a target that has Mental Scarring, Emma Frost will counter with War Diamond instead of Psychic Tap [*] Ghost Rider Penance Stare will no longer remove Sin from enemies that are not targeted Increased the amount of damage Penance Stare gains from each stack of Sin [*] Hercules Blessing of Olympus now makes only Hercules’s own attacks guaranteed critical hits Wound of Cerynitis now correctly decreases damage from Ranged attacks [*] Human Torch Fixed an issue where Human Torch was gaining health when attacked on the first turn of combat, or extra health after activating Flame On! [*] Iron Fist Heart of Shou-Lao is now a Quick Action and can only be activated once per round Reduced the Stamina cost for Heart of Shou-Lao Increased the bonus to all stats from Heart of Shou-Lao (buff) Heart of Shou-Lao (buff) now stacks up to 10 times [*] Magik Magik will no longer repeatedly summon demons after every attack and defense [*] Mockingbird Mockingbird no longer gains Tactical Insight from counter-attacks Tactical Insight can only grant one extra turn per round [*] Phoenix Mind Link (protect status) now lasts 3 rounds Phoenix Fire now causes Soulfire instead of Burning Phoenix Fire no longer drains all Stamina when used [*] Quicksilver Will no longer counter with Quickness when stunned Fixed a display issue with the damage caused by Tag Team [*] Scarlet Witch Probability Field will now have a chance to remove debuffs, but not make characters immune to debuffs The PVP AI should no longer try to use Chaos Shield as the first move... most of the time [*] Spider-Man Black Suit Spider-Man now correctly deals increased damage against Webbed targets [*] Spider-Woman Fear Pheromones now has a 100% chance to hit Reduced the Stamina cost of Fear Pheromones Vengeance is now a Quick Action [*] Storm Blizzard now only hits enemies and not allies [*] Thor PVP AI will now prefer to attack when he has 2 stacks of Might of Mjolnir [*] War Machine Minigun Barrage now starts off available instead of on cooldown Items Grief Damage reduced No longer Stealthy Can no longer be used multiple times in the same round The unusually high damage of this weapon was caused by an oversight, which we have rectified. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused [*] Hotshot Damage reduced Stamina cost reduced [*] Fury Damage increased Stamina cost reduced [*] Chrono Overdrive Increased Stamina cost Reduced damage bonus Chrono Overdrive’s damage bonus is now consumed on the next attack, and no longer removed if the Agent fails to attack immediately after using it (such as by recharging) [*] Quantum Jumper Quantum Jumper no longer grants an extra turn to the Agent that uses it [*] Sinister Sceptre Astral Form (Phased buff) now grants a bonus to damage on the next attack Astral Form is removed after the next attack Sinister Sceptre now has a 100% chance to apply Astral Form [*] Power of Four Now begins with a 1 round cooldown Increased Stamina cost [*] Ruby Quartz Rifle Now correctly tagged as a Ranged attack [*] M1911 Patriot Now correctly tagged as a Ranged attack General Bonus damage for actions with Paragon Exploiter reduced Other Exploit effects still do the same damage [*] Multiple instances of Reactor Overload (from the Arc Reactor Charge) and Slow Recharge will not visibly stack[*] Bane no longer stacks End of Tournament Season 1 We would like to extend a warm and genuine thank you to all of our players who participated in this first PVP tournament. There were many challenges and triumphs, but more than anything, you, the players, have far exceeded our expectations. We had over 1.4 million players participating in this PVP tournament, with a furious fever at the end of the tournament as players scrambled to secure their prize. Just as we learned a lot from our first Spec Op that we channeled into making a great Spec Op 2, we plan to take the lessons we learned and turn them back toward making an even better experience for Tournament 2. Win Cable! You heard it right, the prize for our fiercest, grittiest S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents is early access to Cable, who has traveled back from a month into the future to join your strike team, free of charge. Cable is a very unique hero, with access to a powerful futuristic arsenal, as well as a host of psychic abilities that he must suppress to prevent the Techno-Organic virus from rampaging through his body. Cable can, at times, unlock access to these abilities, but at a price. Check back later when we release more information about Cable and how to unlock these mysterious powers. More Prizes! More Winners! Because we underestimated just how popular Tournament Season 1 would be, we feel in hindsight that the availability of Deadpool was too limited. We don’t want to take away the amazing achievement of our top 1000 players, but for those of you who didn’t quite make it (many of the MAA team included), Tournament Season 2 will increase the number of players who can win each of the tiers, including Adamantium League. Our new prize structure looks like the following: Silver League: All participants! Gold League: Top 35% (up from 30%) Diamond League: Top 15% (up from 10%) Vibranium League: Top 3% (up from 1%) Adamantium League: Top 0.5% (Several thousand players, up from 1000) Better Matchmaking Players will notice several improvements to matchmaking over the course of the next Tournament. Players should face opponents that are closer in Rating as well as closer to their level, unless there are few suitable opponents. Additional improvements to the way Rating is calculated and matchmaking are coming soon. Tracking Fights Initiated Players will be able to see on the PVP landing page exactly how many fights they initiated. This should help when you are trying to see if you qualify for a given league or not yet. Fights initiated will also be listed on the player profile page and in the Ladder page. Scaling PVP Armory Bonus Currently, the amount of bonus that you gain from an item in the PVP Armory is fixed by the item regardless of Agent level. This leads to problems where very low-level players can attain a huge bonus, making hero ownership less meaningful. By the same token, very high-level players don’t get as much benefit out of PVP Armory as low level players. To address this, a future update will normalize the bonus granted by the PVP Armory. This will make the bonus from placing items in the Armory equally important for high level players as it is for low-level players. The numbers displayed on items will not change, only how those numbers translate into total stat gain during PVP combats. More Health, Less Stamina Stamina is problematic in PVP because even if heroes have more Stamina to use expensive moves, their moves don’t cost any more Stamina to activate. For this reason, we are reducing the amount of bonus stamina granted from PVP armory bonus and heroes. Extra stamina gained from Iso-8 and other means is unchanged. This should make players consider Stamina costs as a strategic decision more in PVP. At the same time, we feel the current metagame relies too heavily on one-shotting heroes and agents, and there is little recourse for a player against such strategies. For this reason, we are increasing the amount of bonus health gained from PVP armory bonus and heroes. This should allow players who wish to make defensive builds to create a more viable team and increase the value of having a high Defensive armory bonus. Minimizing Balance Changes During Tournaments Some players were frustrated by changes to the PVP landscape caused by introducing new weapons and heroes during the Tournament, including Beast and Spec Op 4. It would be a poor experience for everyone if we only released new content during the breaks between seasons, particularly for those players who aren’t interested in PVP. However, we are aware that some players found the rapidly changing landscape problematic. We were aware after it was released that there were issues with the Grief that were potentially upsetting. However, putting in a change to fix that weapon (essentially a nerf) would be unfair for those players who worked hard to acquire one of these weapons before the end of the Tournament. We are working hard to make sure a problem like this does not occur again so we do not have to make the difficult choice of allowing a known issue to remain in the game or to cause frustration by fixing something so close to the end of a season. At the same time, there were a number of balancing tweaks that were collected during the Tournament. Instead of rolling out these changes and possibly upsetting the balance of PVP, we withheld these changes until the end of the Tournament. We are constantly working to improve the game in a way that has the most positive impact, and timing is an important part of that. Thanks again to everyone for your continued dedication to our game and patience as we work out issues whenever they arise. Good luck, and see you in Season 2! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke314pi Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Most of those character changes sound like good changes. Although some of the characters I don't know enough about to judge. It does make me want to give Iron Fist another shot. I stopped leveling him up after he hit level 9 a long time ago, as Heart of Shou-Lao was pretty worthless. In this PVP tournament I will actually have a chance at the Vibranium League, and I would definitely make good use of that new coat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessex Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Shame about them nerfing caps Lead The Charge ability. I think the only way i was winning sometimes was by being able to get in first because i used Cap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heroic Slacker Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Nessex I'm sorry but I am so glad they nerfed Cap. He, Scarlet Witch, and Mockingbird were always such a challenge for me to beat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groundhog7s Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 After fighting someone with the newly improved Dr. Strange, it's clear he's the new Douchebag Supreme of the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emperorshotz Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Anyone feeling so inclined as to have another ally on their side: http://www.facebook.com/thei3raveone I could use some more SHIELD points! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessex Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 ok - is anyone here in the top 3%, or even the top .5% yet? If so, any tips? Who are you using? My Cap & Emma combo don't seem to be cutting the mustard this time around.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heroic Slacker Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 I'm in the top 2% right now, using a Stealth based Agent, Magik, and Annihilus Human Torch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groundhog7s Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 I'm right at the top 1%. I've got a scrapper agent (with Signpost, Heavy Ion Beam, Rocket Pistol and Coulson's Revenge-the first two make it so I get three turns every turn, one of which restores HP/SP), scrapper Phoenix 5 Colossus and Modern Dr. Strange. Once I switched to this I started winning more battles I was the defender in. I didn't play much for a day and my entire battle history was from me defending and somehow I came out +110 from it. I think the true trick to this is to find out how to beat people when you're not playing and that's really hard to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heroic Slacker Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Mockingbird is now available for the next 3 days, for 200 Command Points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessex Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 (edited) Thanks for the tips, groundhog. I've employed some of the quick-action weapons that are still available. I'll see if that helps me climb a bit higher As for M-bird - unfortunately there's not really any way i'll have 200 CP in the next three days, so it looks like i'll have to pass on recruiting her overpowered @ss at this stage. Edited November 24, 2012 by Nessex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emperorshotz Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 Mockingbird is AWESOME (but MAN, I STILL feel conflicted about spending all that CP I've farmed FOREVER on ONE character when I could have easily gotten 2 and change...) . I really pray they bring back Magik this way and give her an alt costume. Anyone have thoughts on how a Mockingbird/Beast combo would work on PVP? Interesting adaptation skill/power sets on both. Also, is there any point to leveling up characters besides unlocking new abilities? That is to say-- I'm at level 10 with my Scarlet Witch (who now has no new abilities to unlock), and if it's not going to make her more powerful, I'd rather spend the SHIELD points and 100,000 silver on something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke314pi Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 The extra ISO Shards will make a big difference. I have Scarlet Witch jacked up on health and evasion ISO. With that said, the evasion in PVP is incredibly frustrating. There isn't much I could do to get the evasion any higher on my heroes, and yet they only dodge about 1 in 4 attacks. The heroes I fight against dodge at least 3 out of every 4 attacks. I am up to the top 2%, but fighting another 35 battles before time runs out is going to be tough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groundhog7s Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Also, is there any point to leveling up characters besides unlocking new abilities? That is to say-- I'm at level 10 with my Scarlet Witch (who now has no new abilities to unlock), and if it's not going to make her more powerful, I'd rather spend the SHIELD points and 100,000 silver on something else. If you play PvP much, levelling up your character helps add to the bonuses. How the bonuses reallyhelp is beyond me, but that does help. Plus, higher level characters gain more silver on the flight deck missions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heroic Slacker Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Magik is getting an alternate costume, her New Mutants uniform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emperorshotz Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 I noticed the bonuses people accumulate alternate between higher level characters and just amassing/recruiting as many characters as possible. I can't believe the number of recruits some people have made! How they afford 'em is beyond me, a lot of my PvP opponents are about the same level (40-ish) and have waaaay more characters. Magik is getting an alternate costume, her New Mutants uniform. Music to my ears. I better start farming CP so I can buy her... I ran out of ISO for the AvX Mission with 13hr and on goal 21/25. It stinks that I had so many additional as gifts and my gift limit was always up. I hope they put her on sale a la Mockingbird and soon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessex Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 I managed to push myself into the top 3%, which i was quite chuffed about - only to go to sleep and wake up to find that over night i'd lost over 100 points and gone back down to the Diamond League It seems that a willingness to commit to constant play of the game is more a factor than just being good at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emperorshotz Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 I managed to push myself into the top 3%, which i was quite chuffed about - only to go to sleep and wake up to find that over night i'd lost over 100 points and gone back down to the Diamond League It seems that a willingness to commit to constant play of the game is more a factor than just being good at it. I'm right there with you. I've finally gotten to the Adamantium league after using a million of my PvP energy gifts and what seems like a million painstaking and nail-biting close call matches only to find that I have to fight my way back up almost every time I log on. This is going to be a very long 13 days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groundhog7s Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Oh yay, Valkyrie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessex Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Still no Wasp or Giant/Any man? An 'Avengers' game, indeed.... in title, if not in Character choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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