Mythic Event Discussion

"R0SIER0SITA;c-1384828" wrote:
Any plans of fixing tier 3 of mythic event for iOS users? Still won’t load for me. Tier 1 and 2 load no problem. Been reading on lots of forums and it seems to be an iOS only problem? I’m using iPhone 6s Plus. Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks!

I had no issue playing tier three, iOS iPad only

Maybe it’s an iPhone problem?

Great event and awesome rewards. I pulled three mods with +11, +11, and +12 secondary speeds, and the three Zetas!!! Awesome.

"jhbuchholz;c-1384522" wrote:
Not sure which of the two trending threads is the "official" Mythic Event discussion so I'll quote myself here for completeness:

"jhbuchholz;c-1384516" wrote:
I really liked this event and here's why:

It is challenging in a way that highlights the strengths of the Resistance synergies. Sure the loaded TM is a bit gimmicky. And the FO TM gains are unrealistic. But we already know that event characters and teams are tweaked. CG has said main characters, like Thrawn, in the legendary events start with reduced cooldowns. This isn't much different.

So you face a barrage at the outset and an enemy that gains TM very fast. Resistance is great at controlling a battle through TM manipulation. So if you survive the first 20 seconds you have to use the very thing the team is good at to succeed.

And what about that initial barrage? We'll, the event does suggest G11 toons. That seems to be focused on surviving until you can get a turn. If you can do that, which is possible with a little luck at G9 or G10, you can use the mechanic introduced by this event, BB-8's Illuminated Destiny, to rebuild protection and survivability.

It's been suggested that increasing tenacity on the FO team would have been a better way to make this event challenging and I disagree because without the exposes it's just a slug fest. Why even use Resistance at that point? It would be even more RNG dependant. Poe doesn't expose anyone on his first turn? Retreat.

For anyone looking for strategy ideas:
I completed tier 3 with a very mediocre, mostly G9/G10, team on the 4th or 5th try.

G9 zFinn (L)
G12 R2, 260 speed - use smoke screen ASAP to focus attacks on R2
G10 Poe
G10 Trooper
G8 BB-8

R2 is there to take a beating until Poe can go. And his stun is incredibly helpful too. Between him and Finn you can potentially stun everyone. And finally, his AoE Improvise can load the team with TM in a hurry if two or three exposes are present. Other than that it's the typical Resistance strategy.

Thanks for reading!

After what feels like a million attempts this worked for me, much lower gear though, g12 R2, the rest gear VIII. Cheers.

I also get stuck in a permanent loading screen when trying to enter tier 3. I am using an iPhone X.

Worked fine for me in my iPhone X last night when the event went live...

Pressed auto.

Laughed at the ?500 speed enemy team, thought it was a bit cheap.

Win.

Profit.

"Globuhl;c-1384290" wrote:

"CG_CapGaSP;c-1381460" wrote:

"Huatimus;c-1380425" wrote:
@CG_CapGaSP
Thank you very much for the Mythic Events. Looking forward to trying out the BB8 Mythic Event.
Can I infer from your post that Mythic Events currently only apply to Legendary Events and is not applicable to Hero's Journey Events?

For now, only Legendary events will get a Mythic version. I want the word Mythic to conjure the feeling of "familiar, but different" in the player base so that we can possibly do other "Mythic" things in the future. But as for right now the focus is on Legendary events getting the treatment.

Please give us a mythic Rancor, the poor heroic guy is having a hard time nowadays. Make it immune to TM manipulation and that would be fine.

Then the complaints would be that it takes too long.

"CG_CapGaSP;c-1384798" wrote:

"jhbuchholz;c-1384522" wrote:
Not sure which of the two trending threads is the "official" Mythic Event discussion so I'll quote myself here for completeness:

"jhbuchholz;c-1384516" wrote:
I really liked this event and here's why:

It is challenging in a way that highlights the strengths of the Resistance synergies. Sure the loaded TM is a bit gimmicky. And the FO TM gains are unrealistic. But we already know that event characters and teams are tweaked. CG has said main characters, like Thrawn, in the legendary events start with reduced cooldowns. This isn't much different.

So you face a barrage at the outset and an enemy that gains TM very fast. Resistance is great at controlling a battle through TM manipulation. So if you survive the first 20 seconds you have to use the very thing the team is good at to succeed.

And what about that initial barrage? We'll, the event does suggest G11 toons. That seems to be focused on surviving until you can get a turn. If you can do that, which is possible with a little luck at G9 or G10, you can use the mechanic introduced by this event, BB-8's Illuminated Destiny, to rebuild protection and survivability.

It's been suggested that increasing tenacity on the FO team would have been a better way to make this event challenging and I disagree because without the exposes it's just a slug fest. Why even use Resistance at that point? It would be even more RNG dependant. Poe doesn't expose anyone on his first turn? Retreat.

For anyone looking for strategy ideas:
I completed tier 3 with a very mediocre, mostly G9/G10, team on the 4th or 5th try.

G9 zFinn (L)
G12 R2, 260 speed - use smoke screen ASAP to focus attacks on R2
G10 Poe
G10 Trooper
G8 BB-8

R2 is there to take a beating until Poe can go. And his stun is incredibly helpful too. Between him and Finn you can potentially stun everyone. And finally, his AoE Improvise can load the team with TM in a hurry if two or three exposes are present. Other than that it's the typical Resistance strategy.

Thanks for reading!

This was more or less the idea I used to tune it. Have enough gear/health to survive the initial onslaught (Sorry g7 characters) then enough potency/speed on PoE to start the Expose train. I wanted people to have to use the dominant Resistance strategy to win, because that feels super good when you make it happen. (This is what the "careful strategy" the is alluding to. There's a lot of people who have resistance teams who are unaware of the zFinn strategy.) Great post, jhbuchholz! Gold star.

Thank you for being transparent and giving a look into the mechanics of the event.

I've beaten it, but I'll say what I said in the other topic.

You’re fighting at least 3-4 different kinds of RNG. RNG is not difficulty, it is RNG. Gear and mods can help weather the storm, but that’s where RNG #1 comes in; with the AI attacking, are they attacks, or bonus attacks. If they’re attacks, you can build TM, but if they’re bonus attacks, you get an infinite loop where you are unable to generate TM and none of your stats matter. RNG #2 then shows it’s ugly head; there is no way to weather an infinite barrage if they target a single character and refuse to relent. But, let’s say you manage to make it through those. Guess what? RNG #3 decides to show up, by stunning Poe, or R2. Then, finally, RNG #4 comes to the party unwelcomed; do any of your exposes land? There is so much RNG to get past that there really isn’t any challenge, or difficulty underneath. Once Resistance gets its ideal turn, everybody admits that the fight is over.

I feel that this could have been done better. Tone down the RNG and find a way to make it an actual challenge, without bashing our skulls against the curb of random chance.