First off let me say that I’m in the 4
transition stage, I have all 3
except
champed and have all 4
s rostered but only
maxed covered the rest are 11 and below. I mostly play PvE, I get T20/T50 most events and even get a T10 finish from time to time but it is a grind and I’m lucky that my job/life allows me the time to do this, I also play every PvP event to 575 for the 10:commandpoints: and am happy with that. However the most fun I have playing MPQ is the DDQBE and the reason is that I can experiment with teams and try characters I don’t have fully covered or levelled. There’s two reasons for this 1. no scaling based on my roster and 2. speed is not essential.
So this bring me too my point, I’ve read before that people would like the option to reopen the prologue, well what if there were non competitive PvE events instead. Something along the lines of the prologue mixed with the gauntlet or the simulator for PvP seasons , D3 could use the story events they already have. Just open one up and run it of for 2-4 weeks. Have it so each sub-event is a new page that can only be unlocked when all nodes have been cleared once. The essential nodes instead of being character based could be that you have to use at least one 2
, 3
and 4
for the nodes. Each node could still have 6 clears and there could even be progress rewards but no placement. Scaling could be based on SCL and not roster strength so people could have the chance to use their whole roster and play around with different/new party combinations. If they used SCL then there could still be some good rewards for progression maybe keep the two 3
’s and one 4
covers for SCL 7+8 and similar cover rewards for the lower SCL but add more
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beyond the max progression they use in PvE now.
I would love this as well. I made a similar suggestion on the suggestion page. It’s very satisfying to work on something big over time and make real progress, instead of the stress of needing to get it all done within just a few days.
I would like an option to play exhibition matches. I don’t need progress rewards of any kind. Just an option to mess around when I’m bored and try different teams at different levels and not have to worry about losing or having to heal the team later. I assume the reason they don’t do this is because it discourages spending.
The gauntlet would probably be the best for this, since it gradually gets more difficult, so you could play with anyone on your roster. There would be appropriate competition for 1* to 5*.
A season-long Gauntlet with prizes mirroring the Shield Sim would be a fantastic idea.
But with no scaling. Everyone gets the same level opponents. 1* rosters will win a few matches. 5* rosters will breeze through the whole thing. 3* and 4* rosters will have a real challenge at the end.
I realize this means I play the game too much, but if you’re playing even close to optimal PvE then you’re likely clearing in the morning, and again at night, or some other semi-rigid sschedule, and then you’re specifically not incentivized to play more. If I’m sitting around on a Sunday and the kids are busy buying drugs or whatever they do when I’m on the couch watching football or a war movie, I want to play a little MPQ. I don’t need all my attention for the 100th time I’ve watched the Hunt for Red October, so let me play a little. There have been a lot of weekends where I’ve already finished my clears, I’ve done whatever I could in PvP, and now there’s no game left for me to play. What am I going to do, talk to my family? D3 has no right to try to make me do that.
Give me a gauntlet or something that I can screw around with in my spare time, on my bus ride home from work when it’s way too early to do PvE clears. You want me playing and buying health packs or tokens or whatever, so give me something to do.
You will be matched against teams similar to your roster. Nobody is boosted or featured. You can play around with any three characters. You’ll even be able to get a little ISO and XP!
Since your just messing around don’t be bothered by hits or how many points a node is worth.
So, would shield simulator fill your requirements?
With the current pve system, it is even more restrictive for optimal play with it consisting of an hour or so either side of the sub’s reset, which is a fairly horrible design decision on their part for a game that would otherwise be so ideally suited to playing a game here or there when you had a couple of minutes to spare.
You will be matched against teams similar to your roster. Nobody is boosted or featured. You can play around with any three characters. You’ll even be able to get a little ISO and XP!
Since your just messing around don’t be bothered by hits or how many points a node is worth.
So, would shield simulator fill your requirements?
I enjoy Shield Sim, but like most things in the game you can usually bang it out in a day and never think about it again unless you want to grab some points near the end of the season.
But, conceptually, yes. A shield sim-like perpetual event in PvE that has no placement function or timer, so you can play as you like when you have idle time in the game. Gauntlet, in other words.
