Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign
05-18-15, 03:24 PM
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Re: Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign
Got the same thing. I haven't played PvP in a while and thought maybe they'd drop me in an easy bracket, but I got hit with a bunch of X-forces (nerfed but boosted, ugh), some of which I underestimated, and only made 300 before I gave up on ranking higher (plus I have no vision).
Since that still made me third in the group, I'll probably be playing around with how to score higher (even at that low number I got hit a few times). Any suggestions? The game is so different now, and being away I already missed like five or so characters, so I haven't had any reason to play beyond tacos, but I'll give it a shot.
Since that still made me third in the group, I'll probably be playing around with how to score higher (even at that low number I got hit a few times). Any suggestions? The game is so different now, and being away I already missed like five or so characters, so I haven't had any reason to play beyond tacos, but I'll give it a shot.
05-18-15, 03:36 PM
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Re: Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign
The biggest recent change to PvP is that they feature a bunch of characters every week and boost them. It is also now very cheap to level a 3* up to level 120 (like 20something thousand ISO). Your best bet is to level up featured guys to 120. When they are boosted, a level 120 guy is over 166. The main, featured guy is boosted to like 180 something when level 120. So, it's an easy/cheap way to have a lot of usable characters.
But the matchmaking itself seemed much, much tougher. Do you guys enter earlier to have enough time to climb? At what point level do you start getting hit so much you are pretty much forced to shield?
05-18-15, 03:59 PM
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Re: Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign
That was a change a couple months back. The days of starting a PVP with 1* matches and working up to the truly tough teams are over. Now they just stick you where they think you should be based on your roster. They did adjust a number of the progression rewards down to reflect this, but not enough imho. If there's a PVP with a reward of a character I need, I'll try to join a group in the last 15 minutes and get 1 or 2 covers, but that's about all I can be bothered with these days.
05-18-15, 04:41 PM
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Re: Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign
Yeah, I saw that suggestion earlier and started boosting guys to 120. However the boosted guys for that week were BP (who I already had maxed), 3* Storm (who I wasn't spending iso on), and some others that I didn't have nearly covered enough to make a difference.
But the matchmaking itself seemed much, much tougher. Do you guys enter earlier to have enough time to climb? At what point level do you start getting hit so much you are pretty much forced to shield?
But the matchmaking itself seemed much, much tougher. Do you guys enter earlier to have enough time to climb? At what point level do you start getting hit so much you are pretty much forced to shield?
Also, they buffed a ton of characters' health recently. 3* storm is much more useful now that she has decent health.
05-18-15, 05:00 PM
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Re: Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign
Wait, so am I screwing myself leveling all these guys to 120? Crap.
05-18-15, 06:53 PM
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That's why I don't gamble if it's a cover I need badly. No telling if you will be the 999th guy in the bracket or the 1st. It's pretty much all I do after I get my 10 pack otherwise.
05-18-15, 07:11 PM
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I was wondering why I was getting "luckier" then some of you with the late PvP brackets and thought it might be my roster, but I don't think i'm too far off from some of you unless it's because I haven't leveled any of the 4* characters.
05-18-15, 08:34 PM
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Not at all. No one really knows how the matchmaking works exactly. The better your team, the easier PvP is. PvE is likely easier if you keep your guys at a lower overall level. But I never saw the point in that. The point is to play with maxed out toons that have fun and interesting powers.
05-18-15, 08:36 PM
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Re: Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign
Ground out some PVP for my first 10 pack in months. My reward? Nine 2*'s I already had and one 3*. At least the 3* was the last Hood blue I needed. Good news is I'm currently 25th overall for the season. Will try to maintain that so I can be disappointed in another 10 pack.
05-19-15, 07:40 AM
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Re: Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign
They increased the drop rates of 3*s in those packs, so if you have the ability to make top 25, I'd shoot for that.
05-19-15, 08:03 AM
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Well, 1 more 3* would have been nice. 
But, it is nice to have Hood fully covered. I'm keeping him at level 130 right now so he stays hidden on the board. I think I can take him up to 140 though and he'll still be hidden at least when he is paired with Thor. Not sure about Black Panther.
@Orangecrush Thanks, good to know. I've been grinding the Sim to pad my totals. Thor, BP and Hood have been rocking it. I can go 3 matches before even thinking about using a health pack.
But, it is nice to have Hood fully covered. I'm keeping him at level 130 right now so he stays hidden on the board. I think I can take him up to 140 though and he'll still be hidden at least when he is paired with Thor. Not sure about Black Panther.@Orangecrush Thanks, good to know. I've been grinding the Sim to pad my totals. Thor, BP and Hood have been rocking it. I can go 3 matches before even thinking about using a health pack.
05-19-15, 09:03 AM
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Re: Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign
Well, 1 more 3* would have been nice. But, it is nice to have Hood fully covered. I'm keeping him at level 130 right now so he stays hidden on the board. I think I can take him up to 140 though and he'll still be hidden at least when he is paired with Thor. Not sure about Black Panther.
@Orangecrush Thanks, good to know. I've been grinding the Sim to pad my totals. Thor, BP and Hood have been rocking it. I can go 3 matches before even thinking about using a health pack.
But, it is nice to have Hood fully covered. I'm keeping him at level 130 right now so he stays hidden on the board. I think I can take him up to 140 though and he'll still be hidden at least when he is paired with Thor. Not sure about Black Panther.@Orangecrush Thanks, good to know. I've been grinding the Sim to pad my totals. Thor, BP and Hood have been rocking it. I can go 3 matches before even thinking about using a health pack.
On the increased 3* drop rates: I got like 4 or 5 golds from my 10-pack. They said that they did increase the drop rates, so I think you just got unlucky.
05-19-15, 09:07 AM
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Re: Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign
Should I fully level Hood then to get him more health? Is BP the only one that can tank for him if Hood is at max?
05-19-15, 09:11 AM
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Re: Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign
My 10-pack was pretty decent. 4 golds:
Patch (already maxed)
Kamala Khan
Iron Fist
Squirrel Girl
Patch (already maxed)
Kamala Khan
Iron Fist
Squirrel Girl
05-19-15, 11:41 AM
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Re: Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign
With the Deadpool daily thing I finally got my 5th 3* Captain America Blue. He's finally optimized, it's been so long...
05-19-15, 01:41 PM
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Re: Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign
BTW: BP will tank for hood if they are both 166 so long as BP is center or left (with hood on the right). I don't think I made that clear before.
05-19-15, 05:03 PM
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I haven't found anybody who tanks for Hood yet. He does more damage on blue and yellow than even 3* Cap. pulled a 3* Luke Cage red from a standard token last night, really pumped about that.
05-20-15, 12:19 PM
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Got 2 Psylocke covers using my late PvP entry, but already have Red and Blue maxed for her. Feels weird finally maxxing out 3* people after all this time and having to sell covers.
05-20-15, 01:39 PM
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05-21-15, 11:17 AM
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I got Blade green power from a taco today (same as the reward from the 3* wave node in the deadpool daily, so that was nice. Suddenly blade is almost useful
05-22-15, 09:42 PM
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I've had a pretty good couple of days:
3* Blade green from DDQ 12th cover 5/5/2 Blade is awesome, considering respec to 3/5/5 if I ever get enough greens.
4* Wolverine X-Force green from Simulator token, 2/2/3.
3* Hulk red from Simulator token, already maxed.
3* Captain America red from day 444 daily drop Heroic Token, tomorrow I get day 445 yellow cover so my second Steve will be 3/2/2 already.
Simulator tokens have been berry berry good to me so I'm kinda pissed that they went away from Normal/Hard nodes. Cut my earning potential in half.
3* Blade green from DDQ 12th cover 5/5/2 Blade is awesome, considering respec to 3/5/5 if I ever get enough greens.
4* Wolverine X-Force green from Simulator token, 2/2/3.
3* Hulk red from Simulator token, already maxed.
3* Captain America red from day 444 daily drop Heroic Token, tomorrow I get day 445 yellow cover so my second Steve will be 3/2/2 already.
Simulator tokens have been berry berry good to me so I'm kinda pissed that they went away from Normal/Hard nodes. Cut my earning potential in half.
05-23-15, 10:00 AM
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Re: Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign
Pulled a green patch, and purple Blade from tacos today. I'm stuck at 3 yellow from Patch, getting that fourth will be big. I have 1300 HP, so thinking about what cover to buy. I have 2-3 spots taken up by people I am willing to drop so not worried about needing a roster slot.
I am really getting screwed in the simulator, I didn't have a Marvel Now Magneto to start the event. I got 2 of him since the start, but it still won't let me join his essential nodes. I started a ticket with d3.
I am really getting screwed in the simulator, I didn't have a Marvel Now Magneto to start the event. I got 2 of him since the start, but it still won't let me join his essential nodes. I started a ticket with d3.