The Hero School Review: PVP, Infernal Contracts and Catch 22s
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Creation of the Hero by Michelangelo, Stan Faryna and Madalina Cristea
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T H E H E R O S C H O O L R E V I E W I S S U E NO. 8
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The Review for Gold Gear, Heros, Uniforms and Loot in Playdom’s Marvel Avengers Alliance Game for Facebook and Playdom.com
Edited by Stan Faryna and White Buffalo
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Depeche Mode, Walking In My Shoes
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Editor’s Note:
The last two weeks have been hell. I’ve been working like a mad man on my science fiction story about the end of the world (and everything) while trying to keep up with the Marvel Avengers Alliance game – shooting for DeadPool and doing Spec Ops for two accounts. And then there are all the other appointments I kept – as a father, lover and friend, as a member of the Omega guild, various blogging communities, and online strategy discussions, AND, last but not least, as a techno-bohemian.
Oh – I also turned 43. Feel free to congratulate me in the comments…
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The Infernal Contract of PVP
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200+ man (or woman) hours
It has been estimated by seers, accountants, and Kafkanesque bureaucrats 200 hours is the average number of hours that the non-gold using players among the 1% put into getting DeadPool, the infiltrator schematics, and all the other goodies as advertised for the nearly completed DeadPool PVP Season. That is [bleeping] insane!
An infernal contract, indeed.
Also infernal is the Spec Ops gear – all junk.
What you do with a Catch 22
The word, Catch 22, describes a FUBAR paradox in which you are stuck between a rock and a hard place.
As most Marvel Avengers Alliance players currently find themselves unable to make ground or hold ground in the current PVP tournament, it seems appropriate to drag out the word, Catch 22.
Here’s some suggestions:
1. Level up three heroes in the same class of a PVP hero – in a single day
2. Level up your agent four levels in a single day
3. Change the uniforms of your agent and heroes in a manner that provides some advantage against the classes of the opponent’s team
4. Your PVP heroes are not level 12 (get them there) and you should have at least 4 heroes (Level 9 or higher) for each class represented by your PVP heroes
5. If you don’t have Quantum Jumper (Level 65+), buy it. Yesterday.
6. If you don’t have Cosmic Flame, buy the Ankle Biter.
7. If you don’t have a protector (Captain America, Colossus, or Thing) on your PVP team…
8. Don’t fall asleep on the job! Pay attention!
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Cosmic Flame
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Looking at the stats of the Cosmic Flame leaves one underwhelmed. But it turned out to be one of the epic gears for PVP – if you knew how to use it properly.
Soulfire may be the only debuff that forces protector’s to drop their special protection buffs including:
Captain America, Shield Guard
Colossus, Steel Fortress
Thing, Stone Wall
If you don’t have something to do the same thing in PVP, hopefully you have Cosmic Flame in your inventory and you’ll equip it immediately (regardless of it’s power level) – if you have not already done so.
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Anklebiter
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Is it worth 64 Gold?
If you don’t have Cosmic Flame, Anklebiter is worth 64 Gold. And if you are a subscriber to The Hero School Review, you know that I rarely say things are worth 64 Gold.
Remove Buffs works like Soulfire without the DOT (Damage Over Time). It removes “special protect” buffs – so you can kill that agent faster.
November 5th Update:
In the last hours of the DeadPool PVP Tournament, Anklebiter’s Remove Buffs sometimes failed to remove Shield Guard. That is a bummer for all those players desperately trying to hold on to their league. Yet another Playdom bug that cause considerable grief. Players who recently purchased Anklebiter should request a Gold refund from Disney-Playdom.
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Exploits
Unintended glitches happen and may make gear better (or worse) than intended by Playdom-Disney. If you discover an uber exploit that will make us all think twice about a seemingly unwise purchase, please let us know in the comments.
Previous Hero School Reviews
Issue No. 1: Traumatic Post and Future Foundation (FF) Spiderman Uniform
Issue No. 2: Transcranial Stimulator and Techno-Organic Endoskeleton
Issue No. 3: Omni-Fury, Crystal Shiv, and 4 more additional gear slots
Issue No. 4: Spec Ops 3 Epic Boss Rewards – Arc Reactor and Cosmic Flame
Issue No. 5: Eric Hallford should be banned from the Playdom.com forums
Issue No. 7: PVP Rewards and Gangnam Style: DeadPool by the numbers
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happy birthday i wish i was as smart as you ,when i was 43. i’m 50 now.
Thanks Douglas – you’re very kind to say so. I still eff up and often. Working on improving that – just as I am sure you are.
Happy birthday Stan! Thanks for the advice, too bad I can’t buy the Anklebiter right now. What’s your opinion of Hercules, o techno-bohemian master?
Thanks Oscar. Hercules is almost epic. Something needs to be fixed, but I haven’t decided what. Ghost Rider, on the other hand, may be worthy of PVP.
Happy Birthday, dude. I enjoy reading your blog for the specific advice on how to improve my MAA game and the thoughtfully written and philosophical musings / entries. Keep up the good work.
Thank you, Ben.
1st~ Happy Birthday. 2nd~ I love your taste in music, DM is Epic! 🙂 3~ I am stuck in a battle against Mephisto with only Human Torch left and NOTHING I do will take him out. I have him at 35 HP and even though I am hitting him for points and points of damage, he won’t DIE! HELP! What can I do? This seems to be a glitch that I can’t see a way out of! Agent Tatiana
Agent Tatiana,
Mephisto and the Epic Boss will sustain some damage after their health is gone. Just keep your heroes alive a little bit longer.
Thank you for your previous entry on PvP tourney. I play MAA since May and i have been very scared and annoyed on PvP topic.
Your take on PvP is a good wake-up call for me. When PvP tourney start, i think at most i can only finished on Diamond League but after i read your post, i can stand up and fight on PvP despite my less-than-average resources(all player on my level already have most hero recruited and at minimum lv of 10 while mine is only about 3/4 of all hero and at maximum lv of 10).
I was able to finished on Vibranium league.
Congratulations on your birthday and once again, thank you.
Congrats Ahmad, well done and thank you!