While everyone was talking about node 7, I was like... "Isn't this all wildly overtuned?" G14 recommended G15, at the difficulty they had it, I went in with G15, and it was hard. Like I could only get through node 2 once I realized I had to use Leader's ult before the 2nd wave dropped or they'd one shot my guys. Hell, they one shot the supplied heroes. Trying to work past that seemed crazy. I think I made it to node 5 before the fix.

@thebigpositivegeek

Ай бұрын

Hey Nav, I don’t think it was all over tuned. I guess it’s down to how people interpreted what was written in the blog and the in game mail. It was minimum G14 and recommended G15+ but that it was going to be difficult. I took the G15+ to mean that I might be able to do some of the nodes at G15 but if I want to get to the end of the content then I’d need to have them higher. I also think they gave us a bit of a clue at the over all required Gear tier required in this weeks event where they gave us enough of the center piece uniques to take all 3 members to G17. Congrats on getting to node 5 with G15 before the fix though.

Scopely has the quality control that one would expect when buying bulk condoms from the Dollar store.

@thebigpositivegeek

Ай бұрын

That’s a very funny analogy. Thanks for watching.

JohnnyCool here. Even with g18 l100 cabal I got stuck on node 7, killed quicksilver on the 1st attempt, got stuck on the 2nd attempt. I regret not being able to play the last few nodes before it got nerfed. I was looking forward to the challenge. Hopefully the Old Man Logan trial is better balanced.

@thebigpositivegeek

Ай бұрын

Hey Johnny awesome to have you comment brother! It was a shame that node 7 was bugged like it was. If you got through the bugged part I bet nodes 8, 9 and 10 were great. I’m hoping the OML trial is challenging at D10 (which is the max I’m going to be able to do thanks to Star Gate.)

Node 7 wasn't just over tuned, it was an event-breaking bug and they deserve no goodwill when they can't properly test their events that they hype up for a month.

@thebigpositivegeek

Ай бұрын

While Node 7 was broken and clear that they hadn’t tested it properly. I thought the rest of it prior to that node was well put together.

I agree comm... was key I love the harder content, just needed to let us know. I loved it. Make it challenging. Tell everyone that it will be HARD not easy peasy at gear 14 lol

@thebigpositivegeek

Ай бұрын

Hey Erns, in fairness to Scopely they did communicate that both in the blog the week before and in the in game mail. I think a lot of this is down to peoples interpretation of what was written and also a little bit of an expectation to be able to finish content like that the day it comes out.

The master level was overturned. They could have just add good villain toons to those master node & it should be good. Next time they can make 1st run with what they have now & 2nd run harder(similar what originally had)

@thebigpositivegeek

Ай бұрын

Node 7 was over tuned/ Bugged but I didn't see or hear anything bad about the ones after that. Thank you for Watching.

The biggest issue is communication. The recommended level was Gt15. Would all later levels, putting aside the bugs in node 7, have been viable at Gt15? It doesn't seem so Have hard events if people want that. Make recommendations to set expectations around those hard events. If you want to be inclusive, have easy versions with lower rewards. But above all, communicate.

@JZBaltazar

Ай бұрын

The recommended level was G14+, making it worse.

@thebigpositivegeek

Ай бұрын

Hey Daffyd, thanks for watching. Certainly the recommendation that came in the in game mail was 15 or higher. I took that to mean that I would need higher than G15 to make it to the end. I will feed this back to the devs though.

@thebigpositivegeek

Ай бұрын

Minimum was G14 which would have got you through the first couple of nodes.

If you have the time you should do an arena video breaking down teams/counters when we see an arena video. That might be a bit much but just an idea. I know dogbert does videos but the dog/voice hit some sensory reaction in me and I find it very offputting.

@thebigpositivegeek

Ай бұрын

Hey Sharrd it is on my to do list for content. Honestly I’m waiting for OML to hit as I think from his kit ect he might change the Arena landscape again.

I think the Temporal Dimension was a bit more challenging earlier in the run then I was expecting, but I vehemently agree that the rebalance of the content went too far. They should have scaled it back 10 or 20 percent, and instead it feels like they scaled it back 60 or 70%, to the point where it was too easy. TD was sold as a way to boost our cabal/ a reason to upgrade our cabal in prep for OML, and it fell short on that both in terms of rewards (no relevant shards) and challenge. But hey, I'll take 12 million or so gold and random ultimus fodder for free lol

@clayquatermain424

Ай бұрын

I couldn't agree more, it was horrendously missold on both counts. Well said comrade.

@thebigpositivegeek

Ай бұрын

That's definitely the way to look at it that 12 million gold and Ultimus food was worth what you put into them. However as you have said I don't think I has achieved the goal they wanted which was for people to gear their Cabal up ready for OML. Thank you for watching.

The pocket dimension node 7 was seriously overtuned, but nodes 1 to 6 were fun Sadly though Scopely overreacted and made the nodes far too easy

@thebigpositivegeek

Ай бұрын

Hey Dorian. They did and it was a shame. I also think that Node 7 would have been possible if PD was more like the Scourges and Trials and that you could restart your run. That would have allowed people who were stuck on Node 7 where it was bugged to have restarted and tried again.

I am under the belief that they could make the event extremely hard and get away with it, but that is not what they sold the players on. when they tell you that you can do this event at g14 characters and then make the event extremely difficult for even lv100 g18 then they definitely missed the mark. I think it would have been much better if they had just made the first playthrough easier for people with the minimum and then for the 2nd playthrough make it difficult for the players that fight for leaderboards and need the hard content. then they could also tweak the rewards to make it more worthwhile for people to invest more for the 2nd run through. I hope one day they can figure out a balance to this because it shouldn't just be super easy or near impossible.

@thebigpositivegeek

Ай бұрын

That would have been a great idea about the 1st and second playthrough. I definitely think their messaging needs to be better and clearer. Thanks for Watching.

Thought there was a new 'Horde' mode.

@thebigpositivegeek

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. This is always Marvel Horde Force.

I do feel some sympathy for the devs but it was mis-sold, as @kristopherknight3864 said earlier. I hadn't trued it before the difficulty reset because I was still building my Cabal to T16 & Iso-Blue Four minimum before starting it. Instead I romped home with Namor at T15 & t'other two at T14. Ridiculous. A cluster comrade said it would have been fun to showcase various Super-Villain Team-Up (one for Marvel readers in the 1970s there) options. This would have let players see how strong, flexible and different the various combos were. Instead we got daft combos most folk wouldn't use and at least one tuned to the Moon node. Sigh, another chapter in Scopely's quality control saga. As for the Mercs team, I'll build them but with no enthusiasm. Grizzly Logan aa written by Mark Millar was brilliant but each time he showed up he was less well written & unique. I can think of at least five mercenaries who could (should) be on the team instead. Hohum again.

@clayquatermain424

Ай бұрын

As ever, apologies for the long comment. Also when did Nam-Or becone Nae-More? Is it just a zed versus zee thing? Old Man Clay

@thebigpositivegeek

Ай бұрын

Hey Clay, Yeah it was a shame that you didn't get to try it in its original form. That would have been a sweet concept the Super Villain team up. The Namor thing is probably more due to my Pronunciation and phonics N-a-Mor is how I read it.. Thanks for watching Old man Clay :)

Merc's golden bounty is a pretty shitty event for f2p

@thebigpositivegeek

Ай бұрын

I thought it was actually quite reasonable you can get 3000 points each time just from having Deathpool and Deadpool.

@thebigpositivegeek

Ай бұрын

@justDudpool no the event is daily so that 3k per day.

No sympathy because the entire thing was just a mess and it wasn't challenging in any good way. They did their tuning via decimal Jeff like always and it bit them in the rear yet again. There are so many strange things going on in all the nodes. Why do the characters in Node 1 hit harder than the ones in Node 2? Why is the node with H4H basically the easiest in the entire event when its in the middle of the event? Why did Valkyries's ability get disabled what does that have to do with tuning? Why are the Secret Defenders now a joke when it doesn't affect the Spider Society members that come after? Why do all the partners now after the re-tune do the damage you would expect from a character at that level whereas before they did barely more than a drone? The Node with Secret Avengers is still one of the hardest nodes and the only change they did there was correct decimal jeff. The difficulty still doesn't feel like a gradual slope but remains all over the place with all sorts of strange manipulations still in effect, just at a lower multiplier. We are challenged by our fellow players every single week in war and crucible so I don't see what the problem is. Just make 2 nodes a GT14 Cabal can get through, 2 that requires GT15 and so on and so forth. And stop with his nonsense of applying decimal jeff to a war of attrition. +200% is not a challenge setting, it's being lazy. Stop creating scenarios deliberately designed to kill through unnatural speed bar manipulation with no ability to respond to the threat and other abnormal buffs. I understand they have made their game an unbalanced hell-hole which is why creating new challenges is such a nightmare and they therefore almost never work but there simply has to be a better way of doing things. And rather than the F-it button I'm pretty sure it was just the "we want a weekend" button where they had to be sure they node wouldn't still be a problem after their re-work.

@thebigpositivegeek

Ай бұрын

Good old Decimal Jeff. I'm sure it was a mixture of the F it button and the we want a weekend button. Thank you for watching.

Absolutely disegree with you on Pocket dimension....We want hard content and they prepare absolutely no brain gear 3 characters and go one ? And they even cant make that right and totaly bug one of middle nodes so noone can go thru ? This is terrrible and unprofesional, how you can even defend this ?

@thebigpositivegeek

Ай бұрын

The only unprofessional thing about this was the fact it was clear it hadn’t been playtested. It wasn’t no brain content the node with Ronin was a good node he hit like a truck. I can defend it as before node 7 I was actually enjoying the content. I didn’t just take my cabal to the moon like some did and so it was challenging. I had to think about what I was doing.