Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-11165765-20130810130524/@comment-11490363-20130828170021

SchappX54G wrote: On a Breakdown, it was worth maybe 3 extra rubies. That's a boss around/under 10k points. It is NOT worth a 3 cube. ....

Also, I'm not BEGGING for shit from my allies. What I'm doing is gambling that one of my hundred of allies will hit the boss for a few million, to push the health down below that sweet amount that means I'm left with MVP. Also, I'm always hoping for that CO-OP bonus, so I can sell the medals, and I oftentimes watch for the boomerang MVP if I've left it in a non-MVP claimed state. ....

One problem with your theory Roanoake is on LVL 8 bosses. Occasionally the big MVP seed gets you over 50% of damage, then you have everyone content to 1 cube. Sometimes this results in you still needing to drop a 2 or 3 cube to finish it off since no one will go the extra mile to kill that lvl8. Just something to think about.

Final point - if you have the same ally sending out bosses at about the same health (in the 45%-55% health range), it's pretty clear that they want the MVP. If it's in your 1-cube range, FINE just kill it. But if you're consistently 2-cube sniping your own allies' bosses in the range that you KNOW they spent extra cubes to guarantee a boss will be going down, then you're a nasty ally and I will remove you. Considering that 3 rubies is a 300% increas in the number of rubies, I think that an extra cube IS worth it, especially since it also gives you the MVP for sure. Losing MVP and 3 rubies with 2 cubes when you could have guaranteed it for an extra cube just seems like a gamble like you said. I would just spend that extra cube, I think it is worth it.

Yes that is definitely a problem on big bosses, but then the people that 1 cube and just hope could also lose their cubes, so in theory they should do more than just 1 cube damage if they really want to guarantee getting the points and not just hope it works and maximize their resources. Maximizing resources depends on how other people play, basic game theory. If everyone 1 cubes, no one wins because 32 seeds on a 600M boss is not enough. People just 1 cube and assume the seeder will pick up the slack. I don't necessarily agree with this as a strategy but that is the reality unfortunately.

I can't discuss ally strategy with you since I am not on peoples' ally list to give them MVP but to help take down bosses in general, they still have to earn MVP. If that is what you expect, then don't add me obviously, but I am sure people are already avoiding me. When I seed, if you take MVP then good on you. If I gamble and lose, whether it is an ally or not, that is on me, not my allies.