Story Mission Update: Loot Table for Wave Missions

Phaentom wrote:

Why is the crit boost still a reward? Nobody wants them or probably even needs them.

Because they want you to play, but they don't want you to play.

Just to be clear though, I am excited about this wave node update. It's nice to get good prizes after beating the wave the first few times!

I may be wrong on this but didn't most of the hard/essential wave nodes give 1000-1500 iso for just one completion (I know some just gave an event toke)? I used to simply cherry pick them on events for that lump sum iso even if I wasn't playing the whole event, guess that is out the window.

At least we can get CP from them now, that will be helpful however I really don't look forward to the scaling on the hard/hardest nodes on that fourth clear with the way the previous events have gone under the new system.

GrumpySmurf1002 wrote:

Warbringa wrote:

I may be wrong on this but didn't most of the hard/essential wave nodes give 1000-1500 iso for just one completion (I know some just gave an event toke)? I used to simply cherry pick them on events for that lump sum iso even if I wasn't playing the whole event, guess that is out the window.

You might be right, but you also got nothing after that for clearing it up to like 9 times.

850 + std (~130 iso ROI) over the entirety is basically the same reward as 1k upfront.

The question is whether they still give the iso completions for each wave the first time through.

They do

This is a great addition, thank you

Story seems pretty well set up now to be played in two ways.

Progression only (grind choice nodes to 4 or just to tokens on waves, get your 25 CP, call it a day)

Competitive players can then maul the event trying to get the placement awards after the casual players have made up numbers then wandered away happy.

As for Crit Boosts, they're in the right place now. To demoralise people and get them to fall out of the race. Evil, but enough players wanted to keep fighting for top prizes and this will help knock down the numbers in the running

I'm happy with the casual play through right now. I'll have a pile of CP, iso, and tokens to keep playing at my own pace.

nick_chicane wrote:

Akari wrote:

Thank you so much for this update! I was really, really not looking forward to the Rider Awakens wave in the final sub, and this makes it a little more bearable!

I've never managed to beat that wave. I dont expect that to change this time either.

I've never beaten it, either. But the enemy levels shouldn't be that high during the first clear with this new format, so I may finally be able to see how the chapter ends (just yesterday I finally could see the end of Thick as Thieves).

Bowgentle wrote:

nick_chicane wrote:

Akari wrote:

Thank you so much for this update! I was really, really not looking forward to the Rider Awakens wave in the final sub, and this makes it a little more bearable!

I've never managed to beat that wave. I dont expect that to change this time either.

What's the problem with that wave?
GR needs 12 black to penance stare at you, that's an eternity.
3* players can bring Hood / KK / Cap, 4* players IM40 with anyone.

I sat out the first run of this, and with all the horror stories expected GR in the last wave, ready to penance stare me to death - but he's in wave 1 o_o

I really don't understand what's so difficult about that wave.

The new super scaling makes all nodes extremely tedious. If I had to do that wave node 8 times, I'd be cursing D3 the entire time. Now it only scales up twice and I only have to do it 6 times.

I'm not on the 3rd sub yet (S5 player), but I've heard that the IW essential node is even harder though. And that one we DO have to do 8 times. Sigh.