PVE: The Hunt (2016-07-31 to 2016-08-04)

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Enjoying a quiet Saturday evening finishing off my bottle of Glenfarclas. Happy weekend everyone!

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]

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(Essential)

(Essential)

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Progression awards:

[spoiler]100:

500: 100
1000: Rainbow Power Boost
1600:

2800: Rainbow Stockpile
4300: 140
6000:

8000: 140
10000:

12500: 140
15000:

18000: 250
21000: 25
24000: 250
27000:

29500: 500
32500: 25

36000:

40000: 1000

44000: 25
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Placement rewards:

[spoiler]1:

• rewards for 2-5
  2-5:
• rewards for 6-10
  6-10:
• rewards for 11-20
  11-20:
  
  
  
  , 1500
  , 50

21-50:



, 1000
, 50

51-100:


, 1000
, 25
101-200:

, 500
, 25
201-300:

, 500
301-400:

, 250
401-500:
x 3, 250
501-600:
x 2, 250
601-800:
, 250
801-1000: 250
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Alliance rewards:

1-2:

, 2500
, 100
3-10:

, 2500
, 50
11-25:

, 1500
, 50
26-50:

, 1000
, 50
51-100:

, 500
, 25
101-250: 500
, 25
251-500: 250
, 25
501-1000: 250
1001-10000: 140

Sub-Event Placement Rewards

[spoiler]1-2:
x2, 1000
, 100
, 2

3-10:
, 1000
, 100
, 1

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

Alliance
1-10:
, 250
11-50:
, 100
51-100:
, 100
101-250:
,70
251-1000:
x3, 70
1001-2000:
x2, 70
2001-5000:
, 70
5001-10000:
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Previous runs

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

[hesjingixen]

Is it just me, or does the scaling feel really off on this one? They’re just crushing me left and right.

[DTStump]

Last time I made max progression (54k pts) as follows:

Sub 1: 5 suboptimal clears, 3 essentials: total 10650
Sub 2: 7 suboptimal clears, 3 essentials: +26614 (total: 37264)
Sub 3: 3 suboptimal clears + a few nodes, 3 essentials: +16736 (total: 54000)

That’s 15+ clears in 4 days, which was about average effort in my experience.

Now the progression target is reduced to 44k, so I expect less effort necessary even though I won’t have all essentials, only 2.

My results:
Sub 1
4 clears, 2 essentials
8630 in the sub
9600 total

Sub 2
7 clears, 2 essentials
21911 in the sub
31511 total
Around 3 clears should be enough in sub 3 for max prog

Sub 3
3 clears minus one hard node, 2 essentials
12780 in the sub
44291 total
Stopping here because I’m way outside the top100 and I have no intention of grinding like a madman for peanuts

Overall: about 14 clears (2 essentials) for max progression (44k). Last time: 15 clears (3 essentials) for max prog (54k).

[thanos8587]

i hate to say it, but the hunt wont be nearly so annoying without the clock. going for progression only and being able to spread florida over two days actually makes this a pretty easy event made even easier with venom having been taken to the vet for his neutering. the hunt may become one of my favorites with the new system. surprises everywhere

[Crowl]

@hesjingixen

Is it just me, or does the scaling feel really off on this one? They’re just crushing me left and right.

At least some of the nodes have skipped all the way to deadly after 4 clears which seems excessive, besides that the boosted characters just aren’t very strong with so many new ones in the 4* group.

[SnowcaTT]

@Crowl

@hesjingixen

Is it just me, or does the scaling feel really off on this one? They’re just crushing me left and right.

At least some of the nodes have skipped all the way to deadly after 4 clears which seems excessive, besides that the boosted characters just aren’t very strong with so many new ones in the 4* group.

I haven’t seen “hard” nodes in a long time - I’m getting hard after four clears in the hardest nodes.

Although that’s “Hard” nearly level 400’s and I have 450 Phoenix and…that’s it. With no good boosted 4*'s (and PX/winfinite out for me) my next best character is sub-300, those “hard” nodes might as well be “darn near impossible”. Doesn’t seem possible it’s scaled using your top 3/5 characters, scaling does seem really off.

[Thor82]

What team you guys recommend for “Let’s Dance” . That team consists of Daken, Yelena and Moonstone. Boobies lol

3* teams would be great nice since all my 4* have 3 to 5 covers. Not really usable

[Haxis]

I would love to know what teams people are using for this event, it seems like almost everything is painful.

[Sluggo]

I’ve been leaning on one of the old reliable pairs: IM40 + 3* Cap. Get Recharge out early and then pick someone to stun to keep them out of play as much as possible.

For your third in non-essential nodes, it depends on who you’re fighting. Iron Fist is a solid compliment to IM40/Cap because he makes use of purple/black/green. Personally, I don’t like using him against Bullseye (which happens a lot in this event) because collecting purple leads to a bunch of protect tiles; I’ve been using X-23 instead, but in 3* territory, I’d probably be using GSBW or KK as my third.

[Bowgentle]

@SnowcaTT

@Crowl

@hesjingixen

Is it just me, or does the scaling feel really off on this one? They’re just crushing me left and right.

At least some of the nodes have skipped all the way to deadly after 4 clears which seems excessive, besides that the boosted characters just aren’t very strong with so many new ones in the 4* group.

I haven’t seen “hard” nodes in a long time - I’m getting hard after four clears in the hardest nodes.

Although that’s “Hard” nearly level 400’s and I have 450 Phoenix and…that’s it. With no good boosted 4*'s (and PX/winfinite out for me) my next best character is sub-300, those “hard” nodes might as well be “darn near impossible”. Doesn’t seem possible it’s scaled using your top 3/5 characters, scaling does seem really off.

Please.
Just use Switch / PX / Phoenix like any sensible person with a champed Phoenix.

[Kjempen]

If Quicksilver is the highest boosted in your roster, try the following (from left to right) :
Ragnarok (3/5/5) + Quicksilver (5/3/5) + Prof X (5/x/x)
The key is making their powers spammable; Ragnarok red feeds Ragnarok blue and Quicksilver blue, Ragnarok blue feeds Quicksilver green, and then use Quicksilver black to set up match 5 for Prof X blue to fire (feeding Quicksilver black). Don’t use Ragnarok’s green power. Not 100% winfinite but worked surprisingly well.

[SnowcaTT]

@Bowgentle

Just use Switch / PX / Phoenix like any sensible person with a champed Phoenix.

You are, of course, probably correct…you want to know something? I’ve never ever tried that yet. Hrm…

Someone asked what team - I’ve been using lots of Ice-Man (stun, aoe) and X-force or 3* Storm (to cover the black/yellow colors more than anything else, basically this character is just along for the ride but occasionally helpful).

If I was in 3* only I’d be doing tons of Patch/Storm.

[Haxis]

SnowCatt

Patch, Storm and who else would you run..I have a 2 cover GG, 1 Phoenix, 1 SS, then it’s Groot