Sitting like a Log - Manipulation of the PvP Point System

[Nicko]

But that Go80sMetal guy.... up the irons!

Yup - and he's static - which is smart.

The arena is quiet. Making a lot of attacks now will give a false sense of security because attacks on you will be low and you'll rise.

But those players who let their attacks made get too far ahead of attacks made against them will pay tomorrow when the arena picks up and ratios start to equalize.

Or before (see Skynyrdoo above)...

[gmac]

Hey everybody,

Just for comparison reasons.

I have played this week like a used to. Only free SoW earned during the week, no refills (earned a bit more than usual because of sacrifice), clear my list at night and at the morning. Saving Ironite for Saturday.

Just cleared my list, so I'm likely to get more attacks next few hours.

But right now it is 172/141. 10th at 2629 points.

EDIT: Jofer, saw your post, will answer later, kind of in a rush here. Nicko, your PM too.

Cheers
gmac

[RCarter]

One final thought as I type this - is there anyway to avoid a system where Saturday is the only day that matters? When real life kicks in - like this week for me - there is no incentive to play if I know I can't spend my Saturday competing. And the weather is getting nicer. It will ALWAYS matter to some degree - but now it's silly to work to the top early because the point system penalizes you so much. So yet again - another incentive NOT to play.

This, this, this.

Before daylight savings kicked in, I missed the last 4 or so hours every week. Now that the reset is 8pm EST, I can maybe do the last 30-45 minutes if Im lucky. That may be enough time for some of you guys, but I still play manually on 1x because I am lame...

I was able to do almost the whole last hour of last weeks cycle, and even with sandbagging SOW prior and acing all attacks, it just wasnt enough to move up to a higher prize tier.

[CanyptianFit]

Nicko, mailbox is full.

[Nicko]

Nicko, mailbox is full.

Not any more 😉

[Monte47]

I've fallen to the 700's but I'm not going to bother with competing. Not because of the game, but I just can't get a defense to hold. I have all the good toons, I've rotated them in and out testing defenses, but I sharded poorly at the beginning and now I can't hang. My failure is my own, not the game.

I have to burn too much ironite to compete because my defense sucks. I'm going to try for that damn shaman instead.

Good luck!
Eskiggalu

[Jofer16]

I've fallen to the 700's but I'm not going to bother with competing. Not because of the game, but I just can't get a defense to hold. I have all the good toons, I've rotated them in and out testing defenses, but I sharded poorly at the beginning and now I can't hang. My failure is my own, not the game.

I have to burn too much ironite to compete because my defense sucks. I'm going to try for that damn shaman instead.

Good luck!
Eskiggalu

No defenses hold consistently haha. Doing another expiriment and seeing how crazy I can get incoming attacks to flood me on the last day Didn't really think I'd even stiff the top 3 doing so. You guys are all lazy today!

[Tritium]

No defenses hold consistently haha. Doing another expiriment and seeing how crazy I can get incoming attacks to flood me on the last day Didn't really think I'd even stiff the top 3 doing so. You guys are all lazy today!

This most recent update has made your first sentence even more true haha. My defense went from holding at about 35-ish%, to holding at utter shit. Fuck, lol. I both love and hate how the meta changes with each update. One really needs a stockpile of skill shards to stay competitive now.

I've also seen how everyone seems to be holding back right now. I figure they're all going to go on a feeding frenzy an hour before reset. Any other time, and the incoming attacks makes climbing a bit harder (unless you've got a solid defense, which is more luck-based now than ever).

May the RNG be ever in your favor!

[Nicko]

While Jofer owns the record for highest top score, this weeks winner gets the distinction of owning the record for LOWEST top score

[Tritium]

While Jofer owns the record for highest top score, this weeks winner gets the distinction of owning the record for LOWEST top score

Haha, that's great. Pretty much shows how the current system is broken. I've realized that this week, with how close the top ranks are, the final outcome may be more dependent on how lucky the top guys are in not appearing on attack lists vs. how quickly they actually finish fights. Speed will still matter quite a bit, but if one of them ends up getting attacked a bit more than the others, then that bad luck could lead to coming in 2nd place. Yikes, what a messed up system!