Totally agreed. Won my bracket and only played twice a day. Usually just took points and stopped the Requireds as they fell below 600 points.
I missed this event the first time around.
Could any kind and knowledgeable veterans please tell me what to expect?
The map is just a world map with a handful of nodes open at any given time. There are no subs, just the main bracket and the nodes that are open change after X hours.
The in-game announcement doesn’t mention a new character, so presumably this won’t be the Torch release tourney (the last Unstable ISO-8 event gave us IW). Expect at least one node per “refresh” to require one of the new-ish characters (Lazy Thor, Lazy Cap, BP, or Psylocke).
Thanks for that. I didn’t think to look up the wiki page. 
Wow, that looks pretty old.
500HP rewards for the top 50? 
Covers at 1-3, 4-15, 16-50.
I’d love the cover rewards to be the same now.
The current 1-2, 3-10, 11-25 is pretty stingy in comparison.
Especially with the increased player base, I assume.
Seems like the game was much more generous back then.
They were more generous back then b/c they were trying to build their playerbase. Now that the base has matured and filled out, they’re dialing rewards back to a more stable and sustainable route (for the presumable balance b/w long-term health of the game and monetization).
Just want to reiterate this as the strategy I used in the last event. Scored 250k and a top ten finish. Would have probably won first or second if I was actually able to compete in the last few hours of the event.
Left a good chunk of ISO ‘on the table’, but I was facing all lvl 100 enemies by the end of the event.
Lots of Juggernaut fights.
Oh joy. 
I still wish that the top rewards were a little more generous, say 1-3, 4-15, 16-30.
Nothing dramatic but slightly more rewards for those who put in the effort to get near the top of the leaderboard.
With the way they’ve gutted the lower tier rewards to a single 2* cover, I’m just glad I don’t need those anymore.
I can only imagine it must be much harder for newer players to assemble a reasonable 2* roster now.
Now that you’ve told people how you won, if they all do it, you’ll have to grind more than what you told them to win now right? Its all scaling based on how many people do what you do. The less people know the optimal strategy, the easier it is for everyone.
True… but I would be shocked if this incarnation of Unstable Iso-8 did not come with all of the modern PvE event “conveniences”, such as rubberbanding, scaling, and alliance rewards that did not exist the first time the event was run. (Example: The last Hulk run versus the original two runs of the event)
I would also expect the combinations of encounters on nodes to be considerably different from their original incarnation as well.
I pretty much do this but I grind a little more just for fun, I try to keep points below 1000, if I grind them below that I leave them alone, I just try to stay in the top 50 in the overall and push if I feel threatened, the key isn’t to always wait as you can lose out on possible points if you don’t play enough.
I’d be surprised if a few more forum goers playing more optimally forced me to grind more to stay in the range of my desired rewards. You always run the risk of an all-crazies bracket.
I think I’ll start crying. I liked how empty is the event page now. It’s so relaxing when there is almost nothing running. Play 3-4 matches in Fearless Defenders and then relax since there is nothing for you to win (or even worse lose). I think the thing I am most excited about is the LRs. Finally a way to make some ISO. The pve events are fine, but I end up using so many boosts (especially that +1 B/P is evil. I never get it as a win reward) they barely make a difference. And I see another pvp starting at 07/02. Please devs, show some mercy. 
that was me almost verbatim; the only 200+ I saw was in the “non-essential” (daisy-chained) missions, so I didn’t bother with it. Even the Hard level had at most L160 near the end (on the floaty high point missions). I finished with 260K, didn’t tinykitty at the game, and still had a life. A life which involved shovelling a lot of snow… over and over …
^ Where do you live, Canada?
considering last event was lazy cap, I wasn’t willing to grind at all, ended up with 120ish fights so it wasn’t too bad.
alliance got the free cap cover so it’s not like you have to fight to get one for the next event. I’m hoping this event we get lazy thor covers, I’d take that over cap any day.
Every time I enter a sub right before it ends, it’s already putting me in a bracket of people all doing the same thing.
A significant data package was pushed a few moments ago to my phone.
30 minutes until “go” time?
It’s live!
And 3* Torch as a reward
Okay not entirely sure how useful Torch will be at 141 but he certainly looks to be fun.
eek an actually achievable and probably useful Torch
Haven’t seen the art yet, nor read the skills, BUT EXCITED
edit: a new ability costing 5 AP, I guess Phantron will be outraged that yet another character is ‘over-budgeted’.
I will try my best to lay my hands on Torch, I don’t care if it sounds dirty :>