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09/01 SNIPER GLOBAL (More Peashooters? This Is Getting Ridiculous)
amsoft2000
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Before we get started ...
amsoft2000 wrote:PassengerSnail wrote:Could you clarify exactly what you're seeing? I dug around and didn't find anything that was obviously wrong.
To clarify the specific behavior you're seeing, is it this?
"When user A is attacking, and it displays user B's power (in the Found a Target screen, before the battle actually begins), the Defense Power is higher than is reasonable, even tough the star count is x28 as expected."
Also, is there any chance that you have a screenshot of their guns and drones from the after-action screen? If there's a specific gun that's having issues, that'll be a good starting place to investigate.
As you know ratings and numbers are "relative" and do NOT reflect reality many times especially in this case. The problem is with SHORT RANGE battles, in particular. A PLAYERS HEALTH when fully upgraded has been enough to "protect" him from most attacks and his weapon rated at say 29.0 would be adequate to kill opponents at TIER 29.
This is no longer the case ... TIER 29 weapons are useless against TIER 29 opponents without using massive amounts of grenades and medkits ... that IS the problem. If you're current at TIER 29 and need 30.x weapons just to compete, then what's the point?
See what I'm getting at?
Players are consequently avoiding SR battles altogether and if they're NOT fighting then they are not spending, so it definitely defeats the purpose to raise the difficulty to the point that players stop playing.
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TOP 10: 29.5 BALLISTA MKII SNIPER - 40.27B-61.74B.
TOP 30: 29.5 TEKKO MKII SNIPER - 33.55B-55.03B.
VIP Event weapons are listed later on in this thread, courtesy of MAJORKHAN ... Thx again.
There are a pair of HEAVY Weapons on sale (for the up & comers) in The Store:
26.5 MAKO MKII HEAVY - 7.55B-11.56B - 720 GOLD **
27.5 IO MKII EHAVY - 15.73B-23.75B - 720 GOLD **
The "magic" number for this Battle Cycle is ... 48.32B.
Good Luck and Good Hunting !!!
BASE: 44.63B (ALPHA-DELTA @ 87.5%); LEVEL: 280; GAME CASH: 157.30B; HIGH VAULT: 42.45M.
DRONE: 3.08B (Power) - 250/300 (Level) - 2411/2460 (XP) - 15.94B (Health)
DRONE WEAPONS: MG (2.80B-L4), RL (2.80B-L4), HR (2.80B-L4), SG (2.80B-L4)
DRONE WEAPONS PARTS:
..... 13.42B: MG (392); HR (375); RL (396); SG (414)
..... 16.78B: MG (150); HR (177); RL (156); SG (173)
FUSES:
300 x TIER 26 (XP-44); 012 x TIER 27 (XP-46); 012 x TIER 28 (XP-48);
070 x TIER 26 (XP-51); 070 x TIER 27 (XP-53); 070 x TIER 28 (XP-55);
FUSING: 270 x TIER 25 (XP-42);
WEAPONS:
SNIPER: 29.0 SLINGSHOT MKII (acquired 08/25) @ 100% (48.32B).
TESLA: 29.5 DOLPHIN MKII (acquired 08/30) @ 60% (64.83B/82.54B).
ASSAULT: 28.5 CENTIPEDE MKII (acquired 08/16) @ 100% (27.51B).
HEAVY: 28.5 MANTRA MKII (acquired 08/25) @ 10% (25.94B/41.2B).
TOOBAD (29.5 TEKKO MKII):
GLOBAL EVENT (09/01/2016) --- RANK #099 (6,310 AP) --- 20 Parts Acquired, 30 Parts To Go.
SILVER LEAGUE EVENT (DAY #1) --- RANK #16 (106 VP) --- 05 Parts Acquired, 25 Parts To Go.
SILVER LEAGUE EVENT (DAY #2) --- RANK #07 (110 VP) --- 10 Parts Acquired, 15 Parts To Go.
SILVER LEAGUE EVENT (DAY #3) --- RANK #02 (126 VP) --- 16 Parts Acquired, CRAFTED.
Good Luck and Good Hunting !!!
RANK #2: 4,510 AP (M72LAW)
RANK #3: 4,285 AP (FIM92STINGER)
RANK #10: 2,160 AP (HELPHOS)
RANK #30: 685 AP (B2KAV)
RANK #47: 410 AP (SCORPION) ... Cruising along :cool: 20 Victories, No Defeats.
To date, the most insulting collection of weapons offerings ever conceived by the "GLU Brain Trust".
Global Goal: Playing free energy only, knock off a couple of base upgrades; Target 50% ...
... (nothing else to spend my diamonds on) ... a truly sad commentary.
Defense Base "ALPHA-DELTA" @ 37.5%.
Good Luck and Good Hunting !!!
So we're now possibly talking "different strokes for different folks" ???
Unbelievable ... not that the weapon alone is worth 7,000 GOLD, but the premise is ridiculous.
What are you showing at 5,750 GOLD?
I checked the VIP Event as well, it's the BELUGA. I don't know what he's referring to, but without any further "proof", I am proceeding on the assumption that the BELUGA is available for 7,000 GOLD; not that I would bother with anything VIP ... BUT ...
... it is interesting that 2 players on the same platform can see different event awards especially being that we just won that weapon in the Global. I'm starting to get that "Crusader Rabbit" feeling again.
*** LMAO ***
Any other ideas?
Arbitrarily offering different weapons to different players based upon REGION? I've been playing this game for well over a year and have NEVER experienced that before.
This past weekend's listing was fine ... I think LMAO
I'd rather they just put all weapons in The Store ... if you want it, you know where to find it.
Hey TRY_AGAIN what region are you currently playing?
Then again, I've never had 2 or more regions back up on me.
I should have noticed this months ago, right? ...
... I just finished VIGORE IV so that's at least 2 months right there.
*** SMH ***
UPDATE:
OK I went all the way back to June 30th (the last VIP Event I bought into) and traced my way forward ... Good thing I keep detailed records of these
Now I've never been "up to date" when it comes to campaign contracts, but when TIER 29 arrived it WAS the first time I had 3 x regions that I had not completed, so you are correct.
D.a.m.n ... I feel like a total idiot ... amazing. I think being 2 x regions (current and previous) behind was (is) the tipping point. Either way I've got come contracts to close (which I absolutely hate) LOL
Thanks MAJOR !!!
Alright, The SCORPION screwed the pooch on this one
I truly hate closing contracts and it finally caught up to me.
This finally answers the question to why JR got the romper room VIP's when Sr got the good ones. And CC tells me, put in 3000 gold, and see what's there!
Takes a village, and that doesn't include info from the horse's mouth, GLU, shame on you!
But of no consequence to me. I got burned once on Super VIP, never again!
Oh Yeah !!! I remember that ... spend the GOLD and take a chance ... some advice right? I'm with you Buddy 29.5 OR 30.5, regardless there still is no "value" in the VIP Events but at least we can see them. LMAO
RANK #2: 38,421 AP (M72LAW)
RANK #3: 37,560 AP (FIM92STINGER)
RANK #10: 9,935 AP (TERMINAT3R)
RANK #30: 5,085 AP (CYBER2)
RANK #88: 1,860 AP (SCORPION) ... Cruising along :cool: 78 Victories, No Defeats.
Statistical Sampling In Progress: Objective is to determine the absolute minimum AP required to finish near RANK #90, using FREE Energy ONLY, in an attempt to mitigate the GOLD LEAGUE requirement.
Defense Base "ALPHA-DELTA" @ 43.75%.
Good Luck and Good Hunting !!!
RANK #2: 58,385 AP (FIM92STINGER) ... 55.533 Victories per hour over the last 15 hours.
RANK #3: 53,221 AP (RAJA0599) ... Zzzz.
RANK #4: 38,460 AP (SMOKINACE) ... Zzzz.
RANK #5: 21,635 AP (TERMINAT3R)
RANK #10: 13,332 AP (NIXY75)
RANK #30: 7,101 AP (BULLDOGB2) ... Zzzz.
RANK #75: 3,010 AP (SCORPION) ... Cruising along :cool: 124 Victories, No Defeats.
Statistical Sampling In Progress: Objective is to determine the absolute minimum AP required to finish near RANK #90, using FREE Energy ONLY, in an attempt to mitigate the GOLD LEAGUE requirement.
Defense Base "ALPHA-DELTA" @ 50%; Global Goal Achieved.
RANK #1 and RANK #2 have registered on The SCORPION Radar ... careful gents.
... During a "Statistical Sampling"? Your timing could NOT have been better (worse).
Global Event DAY #2 is a wrap.
Good Luck and Good Hunting !!!
RANK #2: 73,660 AP (FIM92STINGER) ... 52.206 Victories per hour over the last 27 hours.
RANK #3: 53,221 AP (RAJA0599) ... Zzzz.
RANK #4: 48,735 AP (SMOKINACE)
RANK #5: 37,785 AP (TERMINAT3R)
RANK #10: 14,371 AP (DAN1OIT)
RANK #30: 8,046 AP (HITMANNN47)
RANK #89: 3,635 AP (SCORPION) ... Cruising along :cool: 149 Victories, No Defeats.
Statistical Sampling In Progress: Objective is to determine the absolute minimum AP required to finish near RANK #90, using FREE Energy ONLY, in an attempt to mitigate the GOLD LEAGUE requirement.
Defense Base "ALPHA-DELTA" @ 56.25%.
Drone Development shall resume @ the close of this Global Event. See below:
http://ggnbb.glu.com/showthread.php?155916-Micromanagement-Saving-up-some-gems-when-upgading-your-drone&p=499078&viewfull=1#post499078
RANK #1 and RANK #2 are flirting with "lunacy".
Good Luck and Good Hunting !!!
RANK #2: 76,760 AP (FIM92STINGER) ... 12.400 Victories per hour over the last 10 hours.
RANK #3: 57,871 AP (SMOKINACE)
RANK #4: 56,646 AP (RAJA0599)
RANK #5: 37,785 AP (TERMINAT3R) ... Zzzz.
RANK #10: 18,421 AP (DAN1OIT)
RANK #30: 10,043 AP (URKAGAN)
RANK #89: 4,385 AP (SCORPION) ... Cruising along :cool: 179 Victories, No Defeats.
Statistical Sampling In Progress: Objective is to determine the absolute minimum AP required to finish near RANK #90, using FREE Energy ONLY, in an attempt to mitigate the GOLD LEAGUE requirement.
Defense Base "ALPHA-DELTA" @ 62.5%.
Drone Development shall resume @ the close of this Global Event. See below:
http://ggnbb.glu.com/showthread.php?155916-Micromanagement-Saving-up-some-gems-when-upgading-your-drone&p=499078&viewfull=1#post499078
RANK #1 has slowed his pace after "breaking the back" of RANK #2, who has called it quits ... for now; that was one helluva duel (even if it wasn't totally legit), if I might say so myself.
Global Event DAY #3 is a wrap.
Good Luck and Good Hunting !!!
RANK #2: 82,826 AP (FIM92STINGER) ... 24.264 Victories per hour over the last 10 hours.
RANK #3: 63,046 AP (RAJA0599) ... Zzzz.
RANK #4: 57,896 AP (SMOKINACE) ... Zzzz.
RANK #5: 40,610 AP (TERMINAT3R)
RANK #10: 20,435 AP (GENERALSTURN)
RANK #30: 12,607 AP (OTZELOT5ACE) ... Zzzz.
RANK #87: 5,035 AP (SCORPION) ... Cruising along :cool: 205 Victories, No Defeats.
Statistical Sampling In Progress: Objective is to determine the absolute minimum AP required to finish near RANK #90, using FREE Energy ONLY, in an attempt to mitigate the GOLD LEAGUE requirement.
RANK #1 and RANK #2 are newcomers and have employed what I've affectionately termed ...
... "The Invincibility Effect". These TIER 10 players won't be around very long.
I've documented this phenomenon on several occasions; essentially it's based on the premise that once you eliminate the need for upgrades, play only to win PvP Battles and keep your primary weapons rating at a bare minimum ... you will become invincible.
In fact, I doubt very seriously that these players ever empty their vaults ...
... they're NOT upgrading anything, NOT their weapons OR drone and certainly NOT the defense base.
Of course, gameplay becomes extremely boring rather quickly ...
... if you're "normal" that is; RANK #1 is clearly a "lunatic". :cool:
This was all made possible by the geniuses that decided quite some time back, that PvP should be an "equal opportunity" feature open to everyone; the jury is still out on that one.
Good Luck and Good Hunting !!!
With 15 HOURS remaining, 5,410 AP qualifies for RANK #91 using FREE ENERGY ...
... This translates into roughly 66.79 AP per hour; adjusted for an entire Global Event the total would be 6,411.86 AP.
This should be adequate to maintain your ranking until the closing hours of the Global Event. If I factor in an additional 25 PvP Victories to hold off the "Late Surge", I have determined that 7,050-7,250 AP should ensure a TOP 90 Finish. Keeping 10 Full Energy in reserve for the "Late Surge" is ALWAYS prudent.
This is down sharply from the last Global, which featured a TESLA weapon instead of a SNIPER rifle ...
... 8,235 AP was required to achieve RANK #88.
It is also noteworthy that I was able to apply 5 x TIER 29 Defense Base upgrades during this time, so it is possible to fully upgrade the TIER 29 base for a minimal cost in supplemental energy.
50-60 PvP Victories per day is prescribed @ TIER 29 to keep pace with the pack; so let the rabbits run ...
... in the end we all hit the finish line at the same time. :cool:
I'll post my final AP total and ranking at the conclusion of this event; I have no interest in this weapon.
RANK #2: 97,996 AP (FIM92STINGER) ... 60.680 Victories per hour over the last 10 hours.
RANK #3: 63,046 AP (RAJA0599) ... Zzzz.
RANK #4: 57,896 AP (SMOKINACE) ... Zzzz.
RANK #5: 44,460 AP (TERMINAT3R) ... Zzzz.
RANK #10: 26,080 AP (RAJA00599)
RANK #30: 13,346 AP (SOULHUNTER221)
RANK #91: 5,660 AP (SCORPION) ... Cruising along :cool: 230 Victories, No Defeats.
Defense Base "ALPHA-DELTA" @ 68.75%; This Global Event is just about a wrap.
Good Luck and Good Hunting !!!
The projected total in order to RANK #90: 7,000+- AP.