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Post by difoj on Aug 14, 2018 21:11:00 GMT -4
Nice, I got 8/8/5
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Post by difoj on Aug 14, 2018 23:56:35 GMT -4
SDCC Groot came through today, 100 shards, so I am at 78/80 for 4*
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Post by kallor on Aug 15, 2018 6:16:35 GMT -4
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Post by kallor on Aug 15, 2018 8:37:25 GMT -4
I hope the way we get more shards for her is not just supposed to be buying them. I still have not seen an Event for just her.
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Post by difoj on Aug 15, 2018 22:28:21 GMT -4
Was able to 3 star the first 3 missions on hard and was able to beat the next 2 but not with 3 stars. Almost had 1-6, but protect missions are the worst thing in any game. 27/30 for 2 star Was able to get 750k for the Payday event, so that was nice, but its almost all gone already
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Post by kallor on Aug 16, 2018 10:48:41 GMT -4
I was able to 3* as well the first 3 but I cant finish 1-4 yet. I have Ms Marvel up to 8,496 power and Witch at 8,396 power. Witch is a 3 star at 43/80 and Ms Marvel is 2* 6/55. My 1st orb after starting the event was another 8 750k for the Merc event as well and ya that's gone already lol.
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Post by difoj on Aug 16, 2018 22:19:43 GMT -4
Ok so I think I understand the method used to get so many blitz points, although I am sure there are some refreshes in there. Every 2 hours you get the free "BATTLE" blitz, when that shows up, you swap your team to a low level team, fight the blitz, hopefully win, then swap the team to your next lowest team and repeat, until you have used all your lesser characters. Then you use your main team to rack up the points. The idea is using your low toons to hopefully build up the multiplier to tier 8, so you can really rack up points with your best team since each new team will get the free battle, unless you use a team twice.
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Post by kallor on Aug 16, 2018 23:37:20 GMT -4
That is pretty much what I have been doing but my lower teams are not equal enough in power to each other. That will throw off the curve since it is based on an average. Then I have a lot of healing types that don't do any damage. Then throw in that I tend to push things to far and blow it all lol.
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Post by spikes on Aug 17, 2018 0:36:50 GMT -4
You couldn't join the alliance until you reach level 20, then in theory you could do the raids with us, but we run higher level ones, so you wouldn't be "useful" until your main team was stronger. Even my 2nd account is mostly useless still @ level 49, I can knock out 1 or 2 of the lower level nodes in a raid, but that's it really for me. If you do start, make sure you do your daily missions every day, you get useful supplies from them. Buy the Captain America offer if/when it pops up, he is one of the best characters in the game. Although I mainly main one team, it is better to diversify your assets since certain factions are needed for events/storylines. Team buffs can come in handy so be sure to check the "tags" to see if they mesh. Best characters according to many people (in no order) Cap Black Widow Quake Yondu (might be getting nerfed soon) Gamora Crossbones (might be getting nerfed soon) okay, so run thru all the daily missions and exhaust all nrg for raid tix, and the like. A little confused how the alliance raid goes, but ran thru the 35 and snuck in on the 45 with minutes left. So, Crossbones is a keeper (until nerfed probably). Any others you get mid way that are keepers to the end? I reviewed a few peoples teams to get an idea. Once your list of people gets big, finding resources to keep them leveling appears tough. Starting to feel the slow down of leveling. Noticing combat getting more complex, with counters and assists and more buffs. Just can't take out healer first and then widdle down now.
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Post by kallor on Aug 17, 2018 8:23:18 GMT -4
Each raid is designed for 24 people to play and then that is split into for the most part 3 groups of 8. That is the maximum number of people that can join each group. I like the level 50 raid the best because of the way it is set up. It is very clear how the paths work together. Starting on the far left, go line 1-8. 1 & 2 will meet up after a few then work together then 3 & 4 do the same. Then all 4 will meet at the final node. The same thing happens with 5-8.
The level 45 is just a pain in the ass. We always end up with the same nodes that get skipped because to hit them would either screw someone else or cause you to be done early due to running out of nodes to hit. It can be finished easy enough but it would require telling people they have to hit the same nodes every time and that they are going to be limited to a select few. That doesn't really fly with me or probably many others since it limits your rewards.
Your end reward is based on the % of nodes you take out. 30, 60 and 100% are the break points or essentially clearing each group will unlock the next tier. Then the reward is determined by the amount of damage you do which you can see accumulated on the right side when you enter the raid.
Yes leveling will definitely slow down hehe. You have to start watching how you use your attacks. You don't always want to or need to use your biggest attack that is available. If you can take out a foe with a weaker attack, use that and save the big hitter for a fresh body. Some characters you need to take out first. One of them is Crossbones. His big attack is brutal. In most cases, I take him out first. Knowing who is going to taunt and when they taunt is also important and having someone that can strip that taunt is equally important.
You will find Drax and his taunt on spawn a pain. He then taunts again the next turn which aggravates the issue lol. Very good to have though and I am slowly working him up to replace someone in my A team.
If you look at either of my main team, I have run that group since I unlocked them. My only real issue right now is Hulk. His shards don't come fast enough from achievements and he is a bit slow. He hits hard and is a big sack of hit points but it seems that later in the game now I am feeling him start to hurt more than help.
There are soo many characters I want to do stuff with but I am limited by the resources I can get hehe. Using Ms Marvel right now in some stuff is nice because of how she works. She has a massive self heal as well. Right now she can heal for something like 24,000hp. No other character I have can do that. I think Thanos is the only other that may do better than that with his bomb attack. Difoj would have to chime in on that one.
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Post by difoj on Aug 17, 2018 11:27:20 GMT -4
Here is a nice visual guide of how the pathing should likely go, the white path can branch either way depending on what needs to be done. In a perfect world, Red and green would do the first 5 nodes, then yellow/orange would do the next 5 and they would split the final 4, doing 2 each. Blue and Teal would just do their "straight" path. White and purple would take out the middle and adjust if needed, if blue goes left instead of right etc.
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Post by spikes on Aug 17, 2018 19:23:14 GMT -4
I'll have to watch some youtube videos or stare at those mazes to understand :-( And so you can heal up and go back in by spending something - is that something yours or the groups?? Last low level raid was tough going, the current one is like running into a wall - Thor And I have no idea looking at the maze you posted difoj
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Post by difoj on Aug 17, 2018 19:42:38 GMT -4
You start with I believe 500 raid health pack points, you spend your own raid health packs, the first time use heal someone it is 20, then it goes to 50 and I assume it goes up as you heal the same person over and over. You can also use them to resurrect a defeated character for I think 50, but I am not sure on the amount. I would be careful with them though as they are somewhat scarce to refill, unless you buy the pack they sometimes offer and the pack allows you to go over the max amount of 500.
You can see all the raid routes on www.msf.gg and really everything else about the game, its a great site.
As you get stronger they become easier, I have been working on my team since I started and every time I think I can really work on an additional team, they add something
I myself am not a fan of the SHIELD Medic you have on your profile team, I would swap that out for, and you know it pains me to say, but Spider Man. He was buffed and is really strong now and since you start with him, I think it would help you.
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Post by spikes on Aug 17, 2018 22:00:22 GMT -4
I myself am not a fan of the SHIELD Medic you have on your profile team, I would swap that out for, and you know it pains me to say, but Spider Man. He was buffed and is really strong now and since you start with him, I think it would help you. I felt pain reading that. He was good at the start, but then got sort of squishy. So, went with Medic to keep the Punisher and Crossbones alive long enough to use their mass attack - throw in Ms Marvel's huge slap, and that's 3 mass attacks. I try to link Ms Marvel with Punisher, and top it off with Crossbone's attack. Then just pick the remains off. Using Luke Cage as tank to draw fire and defense buff. So, Healer Tank support 3 Blaster types. And yes, I've switched from first striking a healer to going after the tank. Tricky part is making sure you select the right one, as once they Taunt - would like to have a few licks on the right one out of the gate. I changed tatics when Taunt drew me off healers who would then recover as I took tank down. Combat lingered. I may give Spider man another try, as he was listed on a Top 10 Team format I saw. And time and time again, I read that a Top Team is hard to pin down, cause of all the different characters and style of play. Basically, the Top Team articles just say, this is how they work for better or worse.
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Post by spikes on Aug 19, 2018 2:31:21 GMT -4
One account hit 40 (other close), and now I really feel/sense/see the grind, as gonna cost too much to level characters and finding resources for everyone a drain.
So is this the phase of the game were you just horde stuff, Auto Win missions over and over, run the Dailies, and try to pop an orb as they spawn, until you get characters to 3+ stars and Tier up as best as possible?
Arena awards are interesting, and a rather wide variety of currency to use for different things.
I try not to waste Auto Wins, by going thru each character and using FIND to gather resources - using AUTO WIN missions as much as possible to gather those resources.
I'll have to remember to join raids earlier, cause it appears opponents get much (way too much) tougher the further you move along. So, if I can take care of the early weak birds, moves you tough guys closer to the finish line.
So question is, what's the best/cheapest/easiest way to acquire gold needed to raise levels?
Some of the missions have Characters/Items shown with the mission, does that mean that you get a chance for Shards for that person or item?
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Post by difoj on Aug 19, 2018 8:19:01 GMT -4
One account hit 40 (other close), and now I really feel/sense/see the grind, as gonna cost too much to level characters and finding resources for everyone a drain. So is this the phase of the game were you just horde stuff, Auto Win missions over and over, run the Dailies, and try to pop an orb as they spawn, until you get characters to 3+ stars and Tier up as best as possible? Arena awards are interesting, and a rather wide variety of currency to use for different things. I try not to waste Auto Wins, by going thru each character and using FIND to gather resources - using AUTO WIN missions as much as possible to gather those resources. Yea, unless you are going to spend some hefty cash, you do hit a wall. When I started I focused on one character a week on my main team, if they were available to purchase shard pieces from either arena (Daredevil) or blitz (Crossbones/Gamora) currency, I would buy the 5 shards whenever I had enough of said currency and if they happened to pop up on the supply shop, I would buy those shards for 450 or 900 power cores for 5/10 shards. I would then auto win missions for gear that they would need or their shards. Lucky for me 3 of my original main team have lower cost (60/80 energy) missions for them (Yondu/Xbones/Gamora) So question is, what's the best/cheapest/easiest way to acquire gold needed to raise levels? Some of the missions have Characters/Items shown with the mission, does that mean that you get a chance for Shards for that person or item?
They do an event every now and then for Mercenary type (Bullseye, Deadpool, Korath, Mercenary Lt./Riot Guard/Sniper/Soldier) characters, where you can earn some massive gold provided you have them strong enough and with enough stars. Outside of that, the Gold Rush challenge that is done on Monday/Thursday/Sunday can get you some OK gold and gold orbs shards, which can get you up to 3 million provided you have the greatest luck of all time.
Yes any mission that has Characters/Items shown, can get you those, but usually you get 2 character shards out of 5 missions that you auto win, unless you need 1 shard to level up the character, then you get 0 almost every damn time
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Post by kallor on Aug 19, 2018 11:03:43 GMT -4
Cash is the bane of our existence next to the advanced basic catalyst part. Man I hate that part. Make sure you do as many campaign nodes as possible so you have more choices to choose from. If I am just looking to farm a node for cash, make sure you pick the one with the highest gold value per point of energy spent. Many nodes have the same energy cost value but the cash reward can be different. See below picture for an example. Also, when going for gear from a node, I usually auto 3 at a time unless that isn't going to be enough even if I get 3/3 then I go max auto. For the Arena, I am currently buying Quake and Drax shards with the occasional Shield Security and Hand Archer. You will need these for the cash events. In the Blitz store I bought Gamora and Crossbones until I hit 7* with them. Now I am going all Spiderman...jk difoj No I am buying the Kree Royal Guard and Mercenary Riot Guard. You will need these for unlocking Fury and Mercenary cash event. With raid credits, I am usually only buying purple material. If you can afford it and you see an advanced Phosphate in there, buy it. Those things are a pain in the ass. Attachments:
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Post by kallor on Aug 19, 2018 13:15:32 GMT -4
Next Mega Orb 2 Iron Fist, 50 Nebula and 1 Kingpin. Meh!
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Post by kallor on Aug 19, 2018 19:27:17 GMT -4
Ok. I will officially be able to stop messing around with Blitz so much until I have more teams ready to run lol. I hit milestone 14. 750,000 points. Pretty sure I am still not going to get 1-10% hehe. Grrrrrr.
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Post by difoj on Aug 19, 2018 20:31:47 GMT -4
780,316 points and back in the top 1-10% but this wasn't for the shards like the previous one was
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Post by kallor on Aug 19, 2018 21:15:22 GMT -4
Well done! Ok so we know about what the amount needed is then. I hit 752,144 and only got 11-25%
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Post by kallor on Aug 19, 2018 21:23:00 GMT -4
I am hoping Scarlet Witch is the next Blitz. I need 37 shards to get her to 4*. Her power level right now is 10,948 and Ms Marvel is 11,972. 10 shards to hit 3* then another 80 to hit 4*.
I am not even going to bother with Fury. My Kree are so low its not worth the effort right now.
Btw, Ms Marvel, Kingpin, Rocket, Bullseye and Yondu make a pretty good team with an average power level of about 13k in Blitz. That group did pretty well for me.
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Post by spikes on Aug 19, 2018 23:59:35 GMT -4
Thanks for the advice!
Have to keep those things in mind - do gold rushes, try to Auto Win missions with more gold, work shard/item missions, and pray it rains gold.
With the events, I've noticed as you guys mentioned, you need certain factions to do those events. At my stage of the game, doubt I can gather those numbers enough for the Fury one coming up.
Yeah, if you can afford to drop some cash, you can make life easy. And this game is really throwing $ offers at you left and right.
Raids still a mystery to me, but I've only powered up enough for one team. Have to work the weaker ones up.
Of the Offers out there right now, do you think any are worth it: (1) Kree Orb (2) King of Crime (3) Dark Devil (4) Harlem Hero
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Post by spikes on Aug 20, 2018 0:02:45 GMT -4
O, and was watching Phillies vs Mets game when a comerical started that I never saw, but knew what it was right off the bat from the guy's helmet +
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Post by difoj on Aug 20, 2018 0:09:45 GMT -4
1. No, I have bought like 6 of those and only 1 had 15 Kree orbs...wait wrong offer, bought six of the 450 orb but not the 28k orb shard offer 2. Yes, I like Kingpin and have been slowly working him for my 2nd team. Good buffer and has a lot of HP 3. Yes I think so, Daredevil hits like a truck and blind has no effect on him, making Hawkeye/Mordo useless against him. DD has been in my team since I started once I got him. 4. Maybe, they are redoing the defenders team, so he may get better, but he is farmable on Hero 3-3, he does get a lot of buffs from his powers, but someone like Dr. Strange can flip those
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