impossible puzzles can make you lose sanity

[reggae]

dont even try because this is so stupid and unfair

[Nikolai]

no puzzles aren;t impossible

[Handoiron]

The puzzle event is all about AP generation.

I'm actually having quite a bit of fun with it not having to worry at all about dealing damage and mixing and matching various non-META heroes to accomplish the AP goals.

Yes, some of them are quite annoying but still possible.

To be fair, I ran out of time and heals before the harder ones that seemed to have more restrictions on hero selection. I still made it through all 3 fights on the "easy" string of nodes and the first of the next hardest.

[Junglejim5]

Originally posted by reggae:

Don't even try because this is so stupid and unfair

Agree totally , the puzzle event is made for highly advanced rosters and to think ones who have a less advance one will finish it is a joke . i have done a few modules but as i [ progress through it i gave up and have now decided to not grind it no more until the Devs start toning down the levels

[Handoiron]

3* iron man can be a great hero for most of them so there isn't that large a roster requirement.

3* hawkeye is also a great hero for most of them. You just have to supply the enemy team with special tiles to match with his black or some other method.

Heck, 2* magneto can make gather blue easy, 3* black widow can make gather green simple and 3* storm can help with ANY color and make the teamup node a lot easier.

Obviously, having a stronger roster can definitely help. Particularly 4* captain marvel and energy absorption paired with a targeted steal ability like winter soldier's precision shot and any hero in 3rd slot to make the required AP your strongest is a great method for most of the nodes.

Throwing in specific 4*s for specific AP is just a bonus. Like 4* kingpin to get yellows or 4* ironman hulkbuster for reds.

This event is more about being able to think outside the normal "how do I do damage" box that amounts to loading a META team and using the same strategy as always.


Just to give an example of how this puzzle event doesn't require "highly advanced" rosters, I finally beat the highest points node by using 3* hawkeye with only 8 abilities on him. I had recently sold him as a max champ so didn't have him worked back up much at all.

I also beat the next to highest points node by simply matching for the APs and using my highest health character in the list available for use in the node.

Other than those 2 nodes, you should have full use of your roster with the availability to use the strategies I mentioned above that can utilize many pure 3* hero teams. You don't need a "highly advanced" roster to have 3* heroes available.

[Junglejim5]

Originally posted by Junglejim5:

Originally posted by reggae:

Don't even try because this is so stupid and unfair

Agree totally , the puzzle event is made for highly advanced rosters and to think ones who have a less advance one will finish it is a joke . i have done a few modules but as i [ progress through it i gave up and have now decided to not grind it no more until the Devs start toning down the levels [/quote]

I have changed my way i have about the puzzle event as i went in without reading up on how to grind it and wasn't it a waste of HP . So for those finding it hard read up about what you will be getting and find a character that gives those colours .

[Sailor Tin Nyanko]

I finished every node atleast once the first day. I was concerned about the enemy levels. They had maybe 5x the health I was using some times. But it turned into killing them too quickly being an issue if I went for highest level and highest health chars.

The crazy health on them is actually good because it gives more time to collect AP. You just have to keep generating the AP you want and keep stunning them, being invisible, or healing your characters. It's also helpful that Boost or whatever count towards your AP. So you can stack 4 AP of that color at the start of the game.

I was cracking up on some of them because chars I have are helpful in generating AP. Green seems to be the most common AP to have some way of generating. The Cyclops some nodes have you use has a power to generate like up to 5 AP per match made. I think it's his Yellow Ability. There are also chars that can steal AP from your Enemy.

[[Mefi]vrakatar]

Finished all of them in one day except the one with Polaris. I have a level 405 5-star storm, the one with the yellow power that turns team up tiles any color you want, so that made it doable, but yeah trying to remember which characters can create which color ap, or steal it, or otherwise generate it was a whole new way to look at and play the game, and I for one enjoyed it.

This is the second time, I think, we've seen an event like this. I dig it. It certainly favors the "gotta catch 'em all" style of roster management, which I know is not as popular as the "own the characters that win you matches and level them up as fast as you can" style. To each their own.

Originally posted by Sailor Tin Nyanko:

I was cracking up on some of them

Me too! Such a different way to play the game! Oh and while the health points of the enemy team are through the roof it seemed to me they did less damage, letting much lower level teams hang in long enough to get the right color AP and take the match.

Maybe I'll go try that Polaris mission now. Damn you Lorna Dane, your name sounds like a cookie!

[Handoiron]

Polaris mission is cake with 3* hawkeye and level 5 of his black ability. Gain purples for matching enemy special tiles makes vs. polaris easily doable.

If your 3* hawkeye is a bit low like mine was, try to prioritize matching for black whenever you can so you can heal and last longer to match those special tiles.

[[Mefi]vrakatar]

And they're back! I beat all of these new ones except the "have 20 fortified tiles" one. Any advice?

[Handoiron]

That's the one I had the most trouble with this time. Finally broke down and asked my alliance for advice.

What finally worked for me was Prowler + Heimdal + 4* Black Panther (featured).

Basically do your best to get one or 2 of Black Panther's yellow repeaters out and build blue to spam a few of Black Panther's or Heimdal's fortified tile spawning abilities.

Let Prowler and your yellow repeaters slowly spread fortified tiles until you're within striking range of spamming the blue abilities to get the required amount.

It REALLY sucks to burn 8+ blue AP to hit 18-19 fortified tiles and watch Misty Knight clear them with her green... so don't burn your direct fortified tile spawners until you can hit the goal.

Remember, ALL fortified tiles count -- even ones that are the enemy team's support tiles.

If you're missing Heimdal for the above, you can probably substitute just about any good "tank" hero to soak hits because Heimdal is mostly there as a backup to Black Panther's fortified tile spawner with a bit of AP cost reduction while soaking hits.