Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-9524180-20130613000907/@comment-9890645-20130613054102

Rank: 216 (6^3, or 6*6*6 \m/ :D )

Pros: Had tons of fun the last few days! I set a goal that I would try to finish higher than last event (330), even though I knew my schedule likely wouldn't permit me to get under 100. The Grimlock X1 was cool but we needed more. The ally system is great! ;)

Cons: There were many.

- The crappy tier bridge system. Why couldn't it be guaranteed R4s, especially as I lost on the R4 lottery; despite blowing nearly every gold medal I won, I got zero R4s through those medals. I did the first three tiers day 1. Ratbat robot tier 1, set of R3(!) Ramjets(!) tier 2 and ANOTHER Ratbat robot and 3 R3s tier 3. GARBAGE. A waste of $13, followed a few days later by my vain ($12 and 6 R3s) attempt to improve my damage dealing capacity by taking a fourth trip on that damned bridge. At least I was one of the beneficiaries of free MTMable Ratbat a few days in, but no x5 or x10 pull held me back a LOT.

- The fact that I had a deck power over 12k and was consistently ranked under 400 for the last 30 hours or so and couldn't scan anything larger than a Swoop 5. WTF. I spent much mental energy trying to figure out how someone whose 1-cube damage was LESS than mine and whose rank and experience I eventually surpassed was able to seed a Grimlock. I forget what level; it doesn't matter, I didn't scan a single Grimlock all event. No way. Last event, I was lower and seeding Sky Lynx 6.

- The random seeding was almost TOO random; seeding too many low-power guys on a big boss is a disaster, and it happened way too often.

- The x10 card was only an excuse to raise the power of the bigger bosses, thus persuading us to enter the tier bridge roulette. The problem arises when people luck into/pay for multiple MTMed x10s and do abstractly large amounts of damage. A good portion of one's ability to top 100 any event lies in the damage they can deal with 1-cube. When I can't 1-cube the third boss at L1, there is only so far I can get rankwise without allies and lucky help requests.

- Seven days is WAY too long for these events.

I plan on trying to top 100 the next event, just to say I did it once. ;)