Marvel Contest of Champions - Time Killer (1 Viewer)

[Road Warriors]

So if we do decide to open crystals for the shards before the event, are we still gonna hold the 4* crystals until the event?

If we hold 4* then we should only open those that will result in the 3* dupes for shards, so no arena and alliance crystals since the Pun and UC dupes don't count for shards. And then none of the other ones (free, gold, alliance quest...).

On the flip side, if we open half of our points now, and save half are we screwing ourselves? If we just go all out now we might get a high rank reward, if we split we might not reach the higher rewards for the 7 day.

It's beyond frustrating that they can't at least say when the event will be.

We've been holding for so long now, I feel like it'd be a huge waste to reduce our payout by splitting our saved load. Also, the 3 day awards aren't great, and the rank rewards are pretty weak ( only top 150 get a crystal ).

 

[guitarmonkiy]

So if we do decide to open crystals for the shards before the event, are we still gonna hold the 4* crystals until the event?

If we hold 4* then we should only open those that will result in the 3* dupes for shards, so no arena and alliance crystals since the Pun and UC dupes don't count for shards. And then none of the other ones (free, gold, alliance quest...).

On the flip side, if we open half of our points now, and save half are we screwing ourselves? If we just go all out now we might get a high rank reward, if we split we might not reach the higher rewards for the 7 day.

It's beyond frustrating that they can't at least say when the event will be.

We've been holding for so long now, I feel like it'd be a huge waste to reduce our payout by splitting our saved load. Also, the 3 day awards aren't great, and the rank rewards are pretty weak ( only top 150 get a crystal ).

I'm fine either way. Whatever everyone thinks is best.

 

[guitarmonkiy]

Side note, is magneto as awful as people say? Tempted to go for him but not worth it if he's as clunky and stupid as hulkbuster.

 

[Foosball God]

I'd have to open my PHCs as well since I don't have any 3*, probably my Armament Crystal as well.

 

[Sammy3469]

Side note, is magneto as awful as people say? Tempted to go for him but not worth it if he's as clunky and stupid as hulkbuster.

Let's put it this way, he's not the worst, but not the best either. When I play him well, he can destroy an opponent, but if your timing is even a little off (which is easy to occur since the whole floating thing makes his timing different than every other character) he's very hard to use.

He's definitely better than Hulkbuster though.

 

[Peak]

I'd have to open my PHCs as well since I don't have any 3*, probably my Armament Crystal as well.

Same here.

 

[guitarmonkiy]

Side note, is magneto as awful as people say? Tempted to go for him but not worth it if he's as clunky and stupid as hulkbuster.

Let's put it this way, he's not the worst, but not the best either. When I play him well, he can destroy an opponent, but if your timing is even a little off (which is easy to occur since the whole floating thing makes his timing different than every other character) he's very hard to use.

He's definitely better than Hulkbuster though.

I'll probably sit out of this one. Part of why I want him is he looks really cool lol. I'll be out most of the day Saturday so I'm probably better off sitting out.

 

[guitarmonkiy]

Here are the milestones from the last 7 day event fwiw:

Milestone Rewards from the last 7 day event

100,000 points - 1x Energy Refill, 2x Level 2 Team Health Potion

250,000 points - 5x Lesser XP Boost

500,000 points - 75 Units

1,000,000 points - 5x Tier 4 Basic ISO-8, 7,500 Gold

1,50,000 points - 150 Units

2,000,000 points - 1x Arc Crystal

2,500,000 points - 3x Tier 3 Basic Catalyst, 4x Tier 2 Basic Catalyst, 5x Tier 1 Basic Catalyst

3,500,000 points - 3-Star Hulkbuster

4,500,000 points - 4-Star Unstoppable Colossus

5,500,000 points - 1x Tier 1 Alpha Catalyst

 

[guitarmonkiy]

We need to make a decision on what we wanna do here. Also 3* dupes are only worth 55 4* shards so they're not super valuable.

 

[Foosball God]

We need to make a decision on what we wanna do here. Also 3* dupes are only worth 55 4* shards so they're not super valuable.

I haven't been seeing a lot of viable ways to get the 4* shards otherwise.

 

[Sammy3469]

We need to make a decision on what we wanna do here. Also 3* dupes are only worth 55 4* shards so they're not super valuable.

I haven't been seeing a lot of viable ways to get the 4* shards otherwise.

Just get to 200K in the 4 star Arena. That gets a few at least.

 

[guitarmonkiy]

We need to make a decision on what we wanna do here. Also 3* dupes are only worth 55 4* shards so they're not super valuable.

I haven't been seeing a lot of viable ways to get the 4* shards otherwise.

Doesn't that almost make it more pointless to open crystals now?

 

[UOFI_316]

Here are the milestones from the last 7 day event fwiw:

Milestone Rewards from the last 7 day event

100,000 points - 1x Energy Refill, 2x Level 2 Team Health Potion

250,000 points - 5x Lesser XP Boost

500,000 points - 75 Units

1,000,000 points - 5x Tier 4 Basic ISO-8, 7,500 Gold

1,50,000 points - 150 Units

2,000,000 points - 1x Arc Crystal

2,500,000 points - 3x Tier 3 Basic Catalyst, 4x Tier 2 Basic Catalyst, 5x Tier 1 Basic Catalyst

3,500,000 points - 3-Star Hulkbuster

4,500,000 points - 4-Star Unstoppable Colossus

5,500,000 points - 1x Tier 1 Alpha Catalyst

I think the spreadsheet has us at 1.8m with 22 of us in there. If those who have not entered are around the same average that puts us at around the 2.5m reward. That only gets us one special crystal and some cats, I don't think we have an extra 1m sitting out there to reach the 3* reward. I can't open the app right now, but doesn't the current 3day event have a PHC at 1m and 2m?

 

[Mr. Yuk]

Here are the milestones from the last 7 day event fwiw:

Milestone Rewards from the last 7 day event

100,000 points - 1x Energy Refill, 2x Level 2 Team Health Potion

250,000 points - 5x Lesser XP Boost

500,000 points - 75 Units

1,000,000 points - 5x Tier 4 Basic ISO-8, 7,500 Gold

1,50,000 points - 150 Units

2,000,000 points - 1x Arc Crystal

2,500,000 points - 3x Tier 3 Basic Catalyst, 4x Tier 2 Basic Catalyst, 5x Tier 1 Basic Catalyst

3,500,000 points - 3-Star Hulkbuster

4,500,000 points - 4-Star Unstoppable Colossus

5,500,000 points - 1x Tier 1 Alpha Catalyst

Is this the last 7-day crystal crash event?

That 4* UC looks tempting, and maybe attainable...

ETA: NM, I thought we were closer to 3 mil than 2 mil on the spreadsheet.

 

[Mr. Yuk]

Here is a google spreadsheet that we can keep track of crystals

Just updated my numbers. Bumping for others

 

[Buckna]

Pretty much a damned if we do, damned if we don't situation. There's no argument that our teams wouldn't be immensely better if had been opening, I'm sitting on a 4* for almost a month and enough crystals that I would get another offer. If we had better teams thru more champs and more ISO to lvl, we would be earning more rewards, doing better in Tournies and Alliance challenges. I'm sure I'm not the only one who is kind of stuck because I am out of gold, and used up most of my big rank ups during the 7 day. For this last 3 day rank up I had toopen 8 arena crystals to get enough gold to rank up a few guys to get us to just the 2nd milestone.

I don't have a good answer, we keep holding and Kabam keeps laughing at us and pushing out the date of the next one. But if those milestones stay the same, I still don't think we are anywhere close to getting very far in a 7 day. I know we were hoping they would make it more attainable like they did in the 7 Day Rank Up, but goodness, this is killing everyone.

I'd suggest we say something like everyone can open something like 1/3 of their crystals on the 3 Day, don't know how you police that for those not on the spreadsheet though.

 

[guitarmonkiy]

Pretty much a damned if we do, damned if we don't situation. There's no argument that our teams wouldn't be immensely better if had been opening, I'm sitting on a 4* for almost a month and enough crystals that I would get another offer. If we had better teams thru more champs and more ISO to lvl, we would be earning more rewards, doing better in Tournies and Alliance challenges. I'm sure I'm not the only one who is kind of stuck because I am out of gold, and used up most of my big rank ups during the 7 day. For this last 3 day rank up I had toopen 8 arena crystals to get enough gold to rank up a few guys to get us to just the 2nd milestone.

I don't have a good answer, we keep holding and Kabam keeps laughing at us and pushing out the date of the next one. But if those milestones stay the same, I still don't think we are anywhere close to getting very far in a 7 day. I know we were hoping they would make it more attainable like they did in the 7 Day Rank Up, but goodness, this is killing everyone.

I'd suggest we say something like everyone can open something like 1/3 of their crystals on the 3 Day, don't know how you police that for those not on the spreadsheet though.

If they made then7 day rankup rewards more attainable there's no reason to think it wouldn't be the same for the 7 day crystal event.

 

[Mr. Yuk]

Personally I will probably hold most of mine unless more points are needed for whatever event. I need about 400 more credits for 4* and don't want to miss the offer which will probably come when opening crystals.

 

[TenTimes]

Kabam has to know that a majority of its players have been holding crystals like we have, probably getting impatient like we have, but sticking it out hoping for a big event reward.

They also have to know that this offer of 4* shards for 3* dupes is putting pressure on us to throw out a month of waiting and forgo that big event reward, they made it a limited time offer to ensure that pressure.

Assuming they don't start a 7 day crystal event before August 31st, I'm starting to wonder if we should call their bluff here. I could see them starting a crystal event on September 2nd giving 4* shard rewards out like candy because nobody has any crystals left.

In order to avoid getting Kabam'd, we must start thinking like Kabam.

 

[guitarmonkiy]

Kabam has to know that a majority of its players have been holding crystals like we have, probably getting impatient like we have, but sticking it out hoping for a big event reward.

They also have to know that this offer of 4* shards for 3* dupes is putting pressure on us to throw out a month of waiting and forgo that big event reward, they made it a limited time offer to ensure that pressure.

Assuming they don't start a 7 day crystal event before August 31st, I'm starting to wonder if we should call their bluff here. I could see them starting a crystal event on September 2nd giving 4* shard rewards out like candy because nobody has any crystals left.

In order to avoid getting Kabam'd, we must start thinking like Kabam.

Touché ten. So keep holding?

 

[Buckna]

Isn't that what happened to us last time? We went all out on the 3 Day event where it took a million points to get an Alpha and then they had a 7 day event only two weeks later?

 

[Foosball God]

I'm not disagreeing with you, but you guys are killing me.

 

[woot]

Though decision, wait till the big event comes which can take several more weeks, or enjoy the game now and miss out on (if any) big reward when the big event starts.

Personally, i don't need to open the PHC's. I need some additional units to pay for the 4* offer so i'll hold anyways. But on the other hand, a big part of the game fun is to open crystals. The last few weeks we didn't have that. It has been grind grind grind with basically nothing in return (a few new won 3*'s).

I don't know if people will get tired of playing without getting the candy, but for me a PHC's more of less doesn't matter since were not opening them. I'm not as excited as before when getting a PHC's, it's just one more on the big pile.

 

[guitarmonkiy]

I'm not disagreeing with you, but you guys are killing me.

Well it sounds like you agree then! As I've said we can go with a majority vote. Other option I presented a few days ago is we decide on a specific date, and if the event hasn't come yet then we just say screw it and open them.

 

[GregR]

I'm questioning my sanity.

I was just looking at a 3-day crystal event in the Coming Soon, that was set to start in a minute or two. With a 2.5m 3* War machine as the milestone.

And then my game said it was reconnecting and now the event is gone, but there is a crappy 1 day crystal event with normal rewards there.

Did anyone else see that?

 

[Foosball God]

It's really just not having a 3rd 4* hero that is killing me. I don't really care much about the other crystals. Unfortunately the 4* crystal is also the one that would be worth the most in the crystal event.

Catch-22

 

[Sammy3469]

I say hold, but since I missed 3 weeks, I don't have nearly as many crystals as some of you guys.

BTW, I have no idea how attainable the prizes are, but they Magneto 7-day even has some decent stuff.

 

[guitarmonkiy]

Regarding what Ten said, IIRC they've run 7 day events immediately following the same 3 day events. So who knows.

 

[(HULK)]

I say all in for the 3 day opening challenge. We're pent up beyond belief. We'd have a decent shot at a good rank reward too.

 

[Sammy3469]

and the Polar Opposites Quest thing has 300 4-star shards as various rewards

 

[TenTimes]

Remember when they started similar events an hour apart?

3 day crystal event with a 3* WM milestone reward starting in the next couple days and ending on August 31st makes all the sense in the world to me.

 

[(HULK)]

Updated my crystal count. We're still under 2 million right now.

Go for the 3day imo.

 

[GregR]

I'm questioning my sanity.

I was just looking at a 3-day crystal event in the Coming Soon, that was set to start in a minute or two. With a 2.5m 3* War machine as the milestone.

And then my game said it was reconnecting and now the event is gone, but there is a crappy 1 day crystal event with normal rewards there.

Did anyone else see that?

Ok, nevermind. I guess I thought I was viewing the crystal event, but was actually viewing the defeat Magneto one. It has the 2.5m 3* war machine, and has a 4* UC as the top rank prize, which is what I thought I was seeing for the crystal.

 

[UOFI_316]

I'm questioning my sanity.

I was just looking at a 3-day crystal event in the Coming Soon, that was set to start in a minute or two. With a 2.5m 3* War machine as the milestone.

And then my game said it was reconnecting and now the event is gone, but there is a crappy 1 day crystal event with normal rewards there.

Did anyone else see that?

Ok, nevermind. I guess I thought I was viewing the crystal event, but was actually viewing the defeat Magneto one. It has the 2.5m 3* war machine, and has a 4* UC as the top rank prize, which is what I thought I was seeing for the crystal.

I have done that before. Thought I clicked on the other event before I hit rewards.

 

[GregR]

Fighting the bosses at the end of Alliance Quests makes me want to smash my tablet against the wall.

 

[Mr. Yuk]

Can someone spell out the new 4-star arena thing for me? If you get to 200k are you guaranteed some 4-star shards?

 

[Mr. Yuk]

Can someone spell out the new 4-star arena thing for me? If you get to 200k are you guaranteed some 4-star shards?

Ok I think that is correct

http://community.kabam.com/forums/showthread.php?519876-Arena-Feedback-Cross-post&p=2536228&viewfull=1#post2536228

 

[Dickies]

Can someone spell out the new 4-star arena thing for me? If you get to 200k are you guaranteed some 4-star shards?

That is how I understand it. I think you are guaranteed the bottom rank reward. I like the % based rank rewards idea.

 

[TenTimes]

Panther and Storm were the two 4* champs I wanted to add and they're both passing me by in these arenas

And my gd Panther score probably would have been enough for that top 5% Storm prize in this arena

Hate this game sometimes.

 

[GregR]

I don't think Panther's all that great. Unless you're just wanting the Iron Fist-Panther-Storm menage a trois.

 

[guitarmonkiy]

I don't think Panther's all that great. Unless you're just wanting the Iron Fist-Panther-Storm menage a trois.

He's pretty strong duped, which is what ten was trying to do.

 

[TenTimes]

I don't think Panther's all that great. Unless you're just wanting the Iron Fist-Panther-Storm menage a trois.

Was the goal. Plus its personal, I've been wanting to dupe him since day 1 when I drew him.

 

[TenTimes]

I don't think Panther's all that great. Unless you're just wanting the Iron Fist-Panther-Storm menage a trois.

He's pretty strong duped, which is what ten was trying to do.

And this. Stacks Bleed V and kills people very quickly I'm assuming. The 3* is one of my favorites.

 

[guitarmonkiy]

I don't think Panther's all that great. Unless you're just wanting the Iron Fist-Panther-Storm menage a trois.

He's pretty strong duped, which is what ten was trying to do.

And this. Stacks Bleed V and kills people very quickly I'm assuming. The 3* is one of my favorites.

I wasn't a big fan until I duped him then maxed him out.

 

[Dickies]

He tears through Rhino, who I tend to have difficulty with due to his armor. Having the stacking bleeds helps eat away at him,

 

[Dickies]

As far as crystals are concerned, I am absolutely dying to open these AQ crystals. Just the remote chance of getting 3 T4 cats has me excited.

 

[SkyRattlers]

Here is the 3* arena number crunching I did on their forums.

http://community.kabam.com/forums/showthread.php?559323-Arena-and-Event-Feedback-8-26&p=2538197&viewfull=1#post2538197

I warn you...the numbers aren't pretty.

 

[woot]

I can't really build my team anymore at the moment, almost all 3's are rank 4 now. Grinding for ISO in quests to lvl them up takes too much time. And I don't have enough 3/4*'s to have a shot in the 4* arena. Getting stuck here.

For now i'm just hitting some milestones in the arena's for the units, but getting bored doing it for weeks. Magneto quest are a nice change btw.

 

[Sammy3469]

How do you guys get to the infinite loop in the 4-star Arena...I keep having losing at 12,13, or 14.

 

[TenTimes]

I can't really build my team anymore at the moment, almost all 3's are rank 4 now. Grinding for ISO in quests to lvl them up takes too much time. And I don't have enough 3/4*'s to have a shot in the 4* arena. Getting stuck here.

For now i'm just hitting some milestones in the arena's for the units, but getting bored doing it for weeks. Magneto quest are a nice change btw.

Actually I've come to realize that this doesn't matter. What you need is one team of 4* 3/30s and a pile of units to recharge it. That's how most everyone is approaching the 4* arena.

If you wait to have enough 3/4* champs to compete it will never happen. Even the players with every 4* in the game are still using units on recharges.