Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-212.143.231.38-20130626110537/@comment-10726652-20130626213601

Chiefwaha -

Not really much secrecy I guess. I have my device on pretty much most of the time I'm awake. I have had a couple of days out in the last event and this one when real life has got in the way but <500 has been pretty straightforward.

The first one was probably the biggest struggle to hit 11xx, but then the rewards from that helped a lot after. I think I started that one with about 7k deck power and still made it to 11xx.

Having good allies helps a lot. They don't all need to be high ranked but some high ranked ones is obviously very helpful. But if the others help seed and hit your stuff even with moderate damage it's all good if they're very active. Lower ranked allies seeding stuff you can finish off also works a treat.

One thing I have done in the last couple of events was to push really hard in the first day or two - so I'm really on it and sniping as much as I can. I don't have the deck power to farm through day one as I don't spend anywhere near enough, but there is a lot of sniping to be had on day one cause people are still hitting everything and only the really top, top players can 1 cube all the bosses.

I think that goes contrary to some of the advice which centres around pushing on the last few days when the boss points are higher, but I find that staying up there means you scan higher level stuff and I suspect you get seeded higher level stuff earlier as well. My first 73xx event I didn't see an L6 until the last 90mins. I get random L6 seeds (ie not from allies) consistently, if not necessarily frequently, when I hover 500ish.

I also find hovering under 1000 is a lot easier to maintain simply because of the way it works. People around 500 generally have no hope of <150 so are not pushing too hard. And people scrambling for 1500 won't generally push that far on the last day or two. The last three hours at 1200ish was pretty nightmarish, whereas the last *day* at 500ish is pretty dead the whole way through.

You also get the second half of the reward x3 earlier if you push earlier!

Requires more effort up front, but it works for me.

But a lot of it does come down to having time ultimately.

If it helps my DP started this event at about 11k and I'm currently on 128xx. It comprises entirely rewards from the last two epidsodes (Swoop, Slug, Snarl, Sludge, Wheeljack, Ratchet and Brawn) plus the reward Kup from this episode as well as the half Ultra Magnus x5 I got from my 100 coins.