PVE: The Hunt (2016-06-16 to 2016-06-20)

Event Info

[spoiler]Episode 2: The Hunt
Length of Event: 4 days
Sub-Events? Yes; Alliance Rewards in Sub-Events? Yes
Number of Sub-Events: 3 Length of Sub-Events: 24 or 48 hours
Main Bracket Size: 1000 Sub Bracket Size: 1000
Unique Reward(s): None
Other Notes:

  • There are Main nodes to open up the sub-events. These nodes are one time only nodes.
  • Enemy Types (Main): Ares, Daken (2*), Venom, Yelena Belova, Hammer Goons
  • Sub-Event 1: Alaska
    • Number of Main Nodes to Open Sub-Event: 2
    • Length: 24 hours
    • Sub-Event Nodes: 12 Total. 6 Regular (repeatable); 3 Essential (repeatable); 3 One-Time Only
    • Enemy Types: Ares, Bullseye (2*), Daken (2*), Moonstone, Ragnarok, Venom, Yelena Belova, Hammer Goons
  • Sub-Event 2: Florida
    • Number of Main Nodes to Open Sub-Event: 2
    • Length: 48 hours
    • Sub-Event Nodes: 17 Total. 6 Regular (repeatable); 3 Essential (repeatable); 8 One-Time Only
    • Enemy Types: Ares, Bullseye (2*), Daken (2*), Moonstone, Ragnarok, Venom, Yelena Belova, Hammer Goons
  • Sub-Event 3: Savage Land
    • Number of Main Nodes to Open Sub-Event: 2
    • Length: 24 hours
    • Sub-Event Nodes: 12 Total. 6 Regular (repeatable); 3 Essential (repeatable); 3 One-Time Only
    • Enemy Types: Bullseye (2*), Daken (2*), Moonstone, Ragnarok, Venom, Yelena Belova, Hammer Goons

Link to mags1587 PVE Format Guide[/spoiler]

Powered Up

[spoiler]star.png
star.png
star.png
star.png

buff_normal.png
icon_x23.png

buff_new.png
icon_moonknight.png
icon_katebishop.png

buff_weekly.png
icon_iceman.png
icon_nickfury.png
icon_wolverine.png
icon_ghostrider.png

star.png
star.png
star.png

buff_normal.png
icon_storm.png

buff_weekly.png
icon_lukecage.png
icon_shehulk.png
icon_gamora.png
icon_doctoroctopus.png
icon_captainamerica.png

star.png
star.png

buff_normal.png
icon_captainamerica.png

buff_weekly.png
icon_daken.png
icon_hawkeye.png

star.png

buff_weekly.png
icon_ironman.png
icon_juggernaut.png
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Progression awards:

[spoiler]100: token_standard.png

500: 100 iso8big.png
1000: Rainbow Power Boost
1600: healthpackbig.png

2700: Rainbow Stockpile
4200: 140 iso8big.png
5900: star.png
star.png
icon_captainamerica.png
blueflag.png

8000: 140 iso8big.png
10000: token_event.png

12500: 140 iso8big.png
15000: star.png
star.png
icon_daken.png
blackflag.png

17500: 250 iso8big.png
20500: 25 heropointsbig.png
23500: 250 iso8big.png
26500: star.png
star.png
star.png
icon_storm.png
blackflag.png

30000: 500 iso8big.png
35000: 25 heropointsbig.png

41000: token_event.png

47500: 1000 iso8big.png

54000: 25 commandpointsbig.png
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Placement rewards:

[spoiler]1-2: icon_moonknight.png
blackflag.png

  • rewards for 3-10
    3-10: icon_moonknight.png
    blackflag.png
    purpleflag.png
    greenflag.png
    , 1500 iso8big.png
    , 50 heropointsbig.png
    11-20: icon_moonknight.png
    purpleflag.png
    greenflag.png
    , 1500 iso8big.png
    , 50 heropointsbig.png

21-50: icon_moonknight.png
greenflag.png
, 1000 iso8big.png
, 50 heropointsbig.png

51-100: icon_moonknight.png
greenflag.png
, 1000 iso8big.png
, 25 heropointsbig.png
101-200: icon_blackwidow.png
redflag.png
, 500 iso8big.png
, 25 heropointsbig.png
201-300: icon_wolverine.png
redflag.png
, 500 iso8big.png
301-400: icon_wolverine.png
redflag.png
, 250 iso8big.png
401-500: token_standard.png
x 3, 250 iso8big.png
501-600: token_standard.png
x 2, 250 iso8big.png
601-800: token_standard.png
, 250 iso8big.png
801-1000: 250 iso8big.png
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Alliance rewards:

1-2: icon_moonknight.png
greenflag.png
, 2500 iso8big.png
, 100 heropointsbig.png
3-10: icon_moonknight.png
greenflag.png
, 2500 iso8big.png
, 50 heropointsbig.png
11-25: icon_moonknight.png
greenflag.png
, 1500 iso8big.png
, 50 heropointsbig.png
26-50: icon_moonknight.png
greenflag.png
, 1000 iso8big.png
, 50 heropointsbig.png
51-100: icon_moonknight.png
greenflag.png
, 500 iso8big.png
, 25 heropointsbig.png
101-250: 500 iso8big.png
, 25 heropointsbig.png
251-500: 250 iso8big.png
, 25 heropointsbig.png
501-1000: 250 iso8big.png
1001-10000: 140 iso8big.png

Sub-Event Placement Rewards

[spoiler]1-2: token_event.png
x2, 1000 iso8big.png
, 100 heropointsbig.png
, 2 commandpointsbig.png

3-10: token_event.png
, 1000 iso8big.png
, 100 heropointsbig.png
, 1 commandpointsbig.png

11-50: token_event.png
, 1000 iso8big.png
, 50 heropointsbig.png
51-100: token_event.png
, 1000 iso8big.png
101-200: token_event.png
, 500 iso8big.png
201-300: token_event.png
, 250 iso8big.png
301-400: token_heroic.png
, 250 iso8big.png
401-500: token_standard.png
x3, 250 iso8big.png
5ß1-600: token_standard.png
x2, 250 iso8big.png
601-800: token_standard.png
, 250 iso8big.png
801-900: 140 iso8big.png
901-1000: 70 iso8big.png

Alliance
1-10: token_event.png
, 250 iso8big.png
11-50: token_event.png
, 100 iso8big.png
51-100: token_heroic.png
, 100 iso8big.png
101-250: token_heroic.png
,70 iso8big.png
251-1000: token_standard.png
x3, 70 iso8big.png
1001-2000: token_standard.png
x2, 70 iso8big.png
2001-5000: token_standard.png
, 70 iso8big.png
5001-10000: token_standard.png
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Previous runs
PVE: The Hunt (2016-04-07 to 2016-04-11)
PVE: The Hunt (2016-01-28 to 2016-02-01)
PvE The Hunt: November 12 - November 16th, 2015
PvE The Hunt: November 12 - November 16th, 2015
The Hunt (Sep 3rd-8th, 2015)
The Hunt (Jun.25th-Jun.29th, 2015)
The Hunt: March 10 - 16
The Hunt: Jan 21 - 26
The Hunt - Oct. 24-28
The Hunt: July 12-16

I don’t think I’m gonna try and get a Moon Knight cover because I’m overwhelmed by a wave of new characters to roster right now.

This means the objective is to get to 54k for the progression rewards… an average of 13.5k points per day. I’ll try something like:

Sub 1: 11k
Sub 2: 27k
Sub 3: 16k

EDIT: in sub 1, I did 5 suboptimal clears for 10650 points.
EDIT: in sub 2, 7 full clears put me at 37264 (+26614)
EDIT: a little bit less than 4 suboptimal full clears got me over 54k.
Total: 16 full clears, playing whenever I wanted, or an average of 4 full clears per day.

Who are the required characters for this event?

They are usually the characters given as placement rewards for the last event. In this case, X23, Mohawk Storm, and 2* Steve Rogers.

EDIT: They are also the characters listed next to the buff_normal.png
in the first post.

Typical of the devs, the least useful cover on a low cover character is the one they give for t100 and the alliance reward. The alliance reward matching t100 also remains annoying, wtf can’t they do t100, alliance reward and 1k in the subsequent pvp be three distinct colours.

At least they didn’t jack up the top progression target because it’s a new character release. I still think I need to take an event off after EotS.

actually progression is still jacked up. last 2 runs were also releases (nova and Howie), so they were the same, but that is 10K past the last non-release progression (was back when it was an actual token)

You’re kidding! Three Hunt runs in a row for new character releases? That’s awful.

On the plus side, it’s not a 7-day event…

But it has Florida

New releases tend to be four day events, so I think this happens with other fourday events too.

The 2 day Florida node just means I can sleep in tomorrow and not try to grind down early in the am. A nice change after the last 7 days.

rubberbanding is on for this event

for reference. should be included in all future The Hunt threads:


holy cow having 3 4* champs boosted in the same event really affects scaling. essentials are starting 60 levels higher than normal, all at 286/287. without regard to the level of the essential character. my 2cap is at level 15 boosted to 91. his essential is now at 287 after 1 clear. my x23 is champed at 277, boosted to 367 but her essential is one level less than cap’s - hers is at 286 after 1 clear. why? that makes no sense.

Normally I like to mix-and-match my teams, have a little fun with the easier nodes, but with so many nodes and so little time I’m just brute-forcing everything with X-23, XFDP and IM40.

I remember thinking about a memory of remembering when this game used to be about fun. But still, I can’t stop playing…

I think this is the first time I have been able to grind Florida properly, in earlier runs I have always left points on the table, particularly in the Ares node. Guess boosted X-23 is just that awesome…

This have been a pain in the ass to play however, lost just twice and won later them too.

Nice, wish I could have been in that slice. So no one in that slice reached the CP? With just over 10 hours to go I’m in 38th with 48K.

Bracket, not slice. Slice is your start/end time, bracket is the group of people that show up on your leaderboard.