JUGGERNAUt HEROIC! Sep 12 - Sep 15

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NorthernPolarity wrote:

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MikeHock wrote:

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MikeHock wrote:

I really don't give a tinykitty about the mechanics of the event; I just want a fair shot of scoring the new character if I have put more time and effort into it than others. It's total **** hearing that so many people enter late, and take 1 hour to get the same amount of points that it took me several hours, over the course of 3 days, to get.

F U D3

I don't quite understand posts like these. What exactly about it was unfair? You had the exact same "fair shot" as everyone else who played the event. The rubberband mechanic has been in this game for 9+ months and there's even a guide on these forums on how to use it. You made a conscious choice to play the way you did. Which is fine, considering we don't all wrap our lives around this game. But at this point it is hardly their fault (or even D3's fault) that you didn't play as optimally as they did.

Maybe if you actually did "give a tinykitty about the mechanics" that people here are discussing, you'll do better next time.

What isnt fair? That I played for a handful of hours over the course of 2+ days to score the same amount of points as someone who joined very late and cleaned the nodes once in 45 minutes.


Are you refering to this thread? viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5304 Perhaps I should re-review it, but like the Rule #1 says: "Timing is everything" and god forbid I am not able to play at the most ideal time.... so yes, I made a conscious choice to play when I could since I am not a slave to MPQ.

It's not about the absolute number of points, the only points that matter is the points you have relative to the other players in your bracket. You've been around for a very long time, so you should know exactly how all of this works by now. Playing before the last 2 days of the event is completely meaningless and you only need to maintain top 25 or so. The night before the last day, push yourself to first. On the morning of the last day, you see yourself drop to 20-25. Proceed to optimally grind the last day to get yourself back to first. That strategy has worked since pretty much forever. I get you think the system is unfair, but this event is more of a relic of the old days where there weren't events with 1 day subs, so I dunno what else to say.

This was only a 2-3 event, wasn't it? I knew I would not be around Sunday when it ended, so I joined the first day and played when I had the time.

Thanks for your helpful feedback.

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MikeHock wrote:

So, join early but don't join early....?

"You knew rubberbanding is a thing and you still decided to join early. "

"What is unfair is that you can get sharded into a stale bracket where you have no chance of competing for the top prizes. You have no control over that and the only way to mitigate the risk is joining rather early....."

I am under no obligation to offer solutions and wouldn't have a clue how to fix everything thats broken with this game. I am not a dev, and have no experience in programming or anything of that nature. What I can do, is share my frustrating experience and feedback.

Both have pros and cons. I am not telling you what to do. You look at both alterntives and figure out what works best for you.

For starters I think you want the new Character as a Progression Reward so people who aren't there for the end time can get him too. Saying that would be a lot more fruitful than complaining about some vague perceived unfairness.