Difficulty Levels Based on S.H.I.E.L.D. Clearance Levels - Update (8/4/17) *Updated

[Ducky]

Scl 9 is coming soon, right? This makes pve waaaaay too easy for developed rosters.

[killercool]

If I’m reading that right compared to the current 3 day pve event, it’s a REDUCTION to scl 7 prizes.
I see 4500 for first in scl7 webbed wonder. 4000 in chart.
And 1000 more to scl8

The announcement does say that placement rewards for SL7 and 8 have been updated, not upgraded. Personally it feels like it is worded to lead you to believe that both are improved, but hey there that is the nature of political statements - keep it ambiguous so you can deny things later…

[Stax_the_Foyer]

@Ducky

Scl 9 is coming soon, right? This makes pve waaaaay too easy for developed rosters.

YOU SHUT YOUR BILL

[nonnel]

Love this change. Sorry soft cappers…

[Brigby]

@AlexxKats

Brigby
Will the change in pve address the overgrinding nodes problem that was noticed on the test?

@Rhycar

Brigby do you know if they did away with the 1-3 point nodes that keep points after you clear them? Multi-tapping is going to be a very real thing if they didn’t.

@AlexxKats @Rhycar
No changes have been made to how many points a mission is worth after completing it down to its minimum

@fmftint

Brigby what are the SCL entry points? In the test rank 47 was the entry point for SCL8, those ranks have no way to compete with a rank 100+player

@fmftint
The minimum level to join a SCL has not changed

[jgomes32]

@Jaedenkaal

@jgomes32

I’m on the minority, not a big fan of this change. I believe 5* will dominate most SCL7 brackets for even faster clears/grinds and 4* will have no place to go but 6 (and there’s still going to be 5* there). It’s going to slow down progress for most 4* roster.

Sounds like a first world problem to me. My 4* roster progress is fine, and I think I’ve gotten a 4* from placement all of once.

As a 4* roster who always finishes T5 or T10 this could slow down progression significantly

Edit: Still got #1 and #5 during the tests in SCL8, but now it’s een easier. I’ll just have to wait and see i guess.

@Ducky

Scl 9 is coming soon, right? This makes pve waaaaay too easy for developed rosters.

Coming soon since launch…

[Ducky]

@Stax the Foyer

@Ducky

Scl 9 is coming soon, right? This makes pve waaaaay too easy for developed rosters.

YOU SHUT YOUR BILL

So you don’t want SCL 9? O.o

[Mordee]

@Jaedenkaal

@jgomes32

I’m on the minority, not a big fan of this change. I believe 5* will dominate most SCL7 brackets for even faster clears/grinds and 4* will have no place to go but 6 (and there’s still going to be 5* there). It’s going to slow down progress for most 4* roster.

Sounds like a first world problem to me. My 4* roster progress is fine, and I think I’ve gotten a 4* from placement all of once.

Likewise, I have no problems going against plenty of 5* rosters. I have been able to place top 1-10 for the past year.

[Stax_the_Foyer]

@Ducky

@Ducky

Scl 9 is coming soon, right? This makes pve waaaaay too easy for developed rosters.

YOU SHUT YOUR BILL

So you don’t want SCL 9? O.o

Oh, I want it. I want it bad. I just think the PvE too easy thing is the wrong perspective. It brings it more in line with what a game should be. Meaningful progress from improving your roster, and rewards more tied to difficulty.

[Mordee]

@Ducky

@Stax the Foyer

@Ducky

Scl 9 is coming soon, right? This makes pve waaaaay too easy for developed rosters.

YOU SHUT YOUR BILL

So you don’t want SCL 9? O.o

I know I want it!

[Ducky]

@Stax the Foyer

@Ducky

@Ducky

Scl 9 is coming soon, right? This makes pve waaaaay too easy for developed rosters.

YOU SHUT YOUR BILL

So you don’t want SCL 9? O.o

Oh, I want it. I want it bad. I just think the PvE too easy thing is the wrong perspective. It brings it more in line with what a game should be. Meaningful progress from improving your roster, and rewards more tied to difficulty.

I think you’re missing my point. I’m saying that since SCL8 is so easy that SCL9 must be around the corner. Nudgenudge Riiiight? hopesandprays

[Milk_Jugz]

Yes, for SCL based scaling there NEEDS to be CL 9 & 10!!!

[Rod5]

@zodiac339

Will anything be implemented to discourage players from abusing SCLs lower than the one they are intended to play in? Minor reduction in rewards (mentioned above) won’t do it. I think I’ll bump the discussion in Suggestions about scaling characters down to intended level in SCL7 and lower (or SCL8 and lower if SCL9 is introduced).

Lol, as opposed to the softcappers who’ve been abusing the scaling algorithms forever

[TetsujinOni]

@zodiac339

Will anything be implemented to discourage players from abusing SCLs lower than the one they are intended to play in? Minor reduction in rewards (mentioned above) won’t do it. I think I’ll bump the discussion in Suggestions about scaling characters down to intended level in SCL7 and lower (or SCL8 and lower if SCL9 is introduced).

That’d be a lot of new breakable engineering work to undo a benefit they just created, compared to the relatively straightforward engineering work of replacing the node scaling algorithm.

How about “that suggestion is a bad place to plan to stage a protest”?

[Andre_Leca_89]

Is it a test or is it permanent

[TetsujinOni]

Is it a test or is it permanent

From top post:
Starting with Unstable Iso-8 on Sunday, August 6th at 7:00 am EDT, all Story Events going forward will have difficulty based on S.H.I.E.L.D. Clearance Levels.

Whilst nothing should be called “permanent” in a live mobile game, this is not a test.

[Orion]

I obviously love this change. The only thing I’m disappointed with is the stinginess of the 4s in placement rewards. 4s are not all that anymore, so why are you still gating it to the top 1% of placements? 1%!

CL9 has to be high enough so that they can give 4s to a significant percentage of people. Make it shield level 80 minimum and give out a 4 to at least the top 50.

[Borstock]

@Jaedenkaal

Me too. Is it too early to complain that easy missions are too easy? They could just give us the points for the easy missions automatically and save everyone some time By which I mean like 5 minutes, tops.

I think they need to keep easy missions so people who just want to play for no reason can have something to do. Since they locked the prologue missions, there really isn’t any other way to play casually or mess around.

[granne]

I love this. The SCL8 scaling is slightly lower than my current scaling (4*), so I’ll probably try that if it’s a good boosted week. If it’s not, I’ll happily drop down to 7.

I’ll probably not be able to place well in either, but this game is immeasurably more fun during the events where I’m not chasing placement, so I’m fine with that.

[alaeth]

The biggest bonus for me - if I want to “vacation” from competitive PvE, I can drop down to SCL6… still get some ISO and rewards, but have a cake-walk.

Wheee!

My only gripe is I hoped the SCL8 rewards (4*) would trickle further down - but honestly, this is a great change, and I don’t want to be a downer.