PvP and Rank 1

Marvel Puzzle Quest MPQ General Discussion
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Hi All,

How many times in the past three seasons have you achieved Rank 1 in the individual PvP events (e.g. CoverSquirrel), NOT rank 1 overall in the final season rankings.

Personally, it’s been a really long time for me, it dates back to the year the game launched, the days of CMags, Ragnarok and later Sentry.

My current roster is not bad by any means, I have two 4s at 270+ (Jean, Thing) , several others in the 190-220 range (X-Pool, Hulkbuster, Prof X, XForce, Ant-Man, Ghost Rider, Mr Fantastic(really?, yes really)), and the usual 3s maxed out, CMag, Thor, Daken, Cyclops, Scarlet Witch, etc. but none of that really matters, reaching Rank 1 is so far out of my league nowadays that I’ve come to accept the fact that I won’t reach Rank 1 again, it may require coordination via Line that I simply don’t have the patience for. Kudos to those of you that do, I never imagined seeing first place at 2000+ points.

Am sure some of you have also changed your approach to the game as I have, reaching 1000 points is what I shoot for, I get my 4* cover, shield, and call it a day. Reaching 10k for the season is my other goal and so far I haven’t had a problem achieving that either, so that’s good.

Anyway, what got me wondering is threads such as 5 star beat downs, where quite a few of you are reaching 1300+ points yet do not finish Rank 1.

So am curious, how many times in the past three seasons have you achieved Rank 1 in the individual events such as CoverSquirrel, Hallowpoint Kiss, etc.
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I’ve never done it and don’t think I ever will. The only shot I have, is if I take a long enough break from PVP, to get placed back in the baby brackets. That or get incredibly lucky with 5*, max them, and spend more time than it’s worth PVPing.

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I didn’t even get top 25 with 2100 points.

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I think last time was around a year ago, when I deliberately entered a late bracket and got lucky.

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1500 didn’t make t50 in squirrel girl pvp

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A couple seasons ago, I won two events back to back. I desperately needed the red HB and blue Jean Grey, so I wasn’t going to stop until I got them. Each event, I ended with a bit over 1700. Haven’t done it since, however.

Interestingly though, over the past 8 or so tournaments, I’ve reached 2,000 or more points three times. Only once was it even good enough for top five!

Sadly, without high level five star characters, I don’t see it happening for me anytime soon. It’s difficult to win when your roster is dwarfed by four star rosters, let alone those with maxed/high level five stars.

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First requires one of 3 things:

a) a maxed OML
b) Willingness to spend obscene amounts of HP on shields to continually do 3-8-24 cycles
c) getting lucky with a late bracket in the last 2 hrs of a low scoring slice.

c) is your best bet, that’s how I got my two first place finishes in the last 6 months.

And yes, in most slices, expect 2500+ for first.

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Can’t even remember the last time top 1 in PvP was relevant. The reward isn’t worth the amount of effort. With the current way the game is, I’m finding it easier to just go for top 5 in PvE. Seriously, I’m shocked at the fact I am playing PvE for covers now and its not a new character. PvP I’m still doing 1k-1300 depending on my mood.

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Never have, never will!!!

I could try to enter a slice very late, but then I’ll probably get a very low score, so that won’t help my alliance at all.

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First place? Hah! I’ve finished T100 maybe three times TOTAL in my MPQ career, have only hit 725 maybe 5 or 6 times, and NEVER hit 800 or above.

Maybe that will start to change as I bring more 3* up to champion status (my champion CMags has gotten me a few surprise defensive wins lately), but I doubt it. Work & family time just don’t afford me the play time to hit higher scores.

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Scores depend a lot on the slice you pick too - my 1450 points were good for top 25 in slice 3, but slice 4 seems to be the one with the really crazy scores. You may want to try a few different end times and see if that effects your score positively or not.
Obviously it helps to have fully covered and -leveled boosted characters too.

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Loads of T5, couple of #2, still have yet to win a pvp.

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Only one in five-hundred could possibly be this person. Likely it is the same people doing it again and again, so I would expect the number to be very low.

I have been first once, ever. Many, many seasons ago when it was IW as prize which I needed and 2nd didn’t, it was a two-person race and 2nd considerately let me have it when I asked.

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Only once with a late start in Rock Me Amadeus that snagged a fresh bracket. That required a last minute hop to leap frog the only other contender.

Otherwise, I’ve only placed first in sparsely populated lightning rounds while up with my kid in the middle of the night.

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Pulled it off twice in offseason events. A BOP the 1st time, and maybe Divine Champs? (not sure) the 2nd. During the season I’m lucky to snag t10 a few times.

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I push for the 1000 mark, time it so i can shield to the end and call it good. Don’t want to spend the hp or the grind to hit 1300.

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Never. In 500 days I think I only managed to sneak in the Top 25, or was it Top 10, once by dropping in in the last hour.

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With maxed 5* rosters topping even the lowest tiers, #1 is a dream for the rich. With a mixed 2*-3* roster, 500-600 points can usually get me in the top 100 or 200. Preferably without shielding, since I can’t earn those HP back at that point.

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I don’t have a maxed 5* roster but I have/could have gotten first a lot the last few seasons.

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Misread PVP as PVE and answered 6-10 times. Change one of those votes to 1 time. Got it when I got my first 2k by doing a last minute hop and accidentally hopped over the frontrunner.