Maybe I really suck?

Outsider75Outsider75 Member Posts: 61
edited April 2018 in General Discussion
As a background, I beat act 5 already. Have one run at lol under my belt, a couple of dozen maxed 4*, five r4 5*, and maxed 5* blade.
I've been reading all the comments from different people about the changes on AQ. And to be honest, from day I've always thought it wasn't a big deal.
I mean, how hard could these sentinels be if I beat them handily on last month's event quest?

From my perspective it was just a matter of adapting. And that's the approach I took, and I am still willing to take.
Four days into AQ and I didn't really see what the fuss was about. I mean, I made it to the dormamu on each day and helped with minibosses when available. What else was there to it?
Then this morning I took a closer look at my inventory. In total I have used 14 lvl 3 pots, and 7 lvl 4 alliance pots, 2 lvl 1 revives, and 2 lvl 2 revives.
I realized, that I have never used or even come close to using that many even on AW in one week.
I guess AQ has been feeling easy cause I've just been tapping into my large inventory and overflow.

So what is it with these sentinels. I mean, they are beatable right, bring the right champs, and don't play like a noob right?
I've given it my best so far. There are some things that almost everyone agrees you must keep in mind. Like use Thor for every class sentinel except skill, or mystic. Or try your rogue against skill, and use your science against mystic, etc.

The problem with these dudes is if you don't manage to take them down in a very timely manner. Then they get to their 50 charges, their sp2s remove your blocking proficiency(when they aren't unblockable) and well you then are dead. A lot of times you spend half the time trying to bait their sp1s, but by the time they are generous enough to drop an sp1 they've already reached their 50 charges.
Also, in order to ensure class advantage you have to plan out the entire map. Which would be alright if there weren't 9 other people also looking for class advantage. Which wouldnt be a huge deal if we didnt have to plan for poison, bleed, power gain, debuff immune already. Really, I wanna leave all the heavy planning for the hardcore people that does map 6.
But anyway, some of all that stuff would be nice and fun. But when bunched all together it makes for a nightmarish experience.

I AM ALSO WILLING TO ACCEPT THAT I SUCK AT PLAYING THIS GAME. And quite frankly, that could very well be the case. Maybe, I'm making too many mistakes, maybe I'm not being patient, maybe I'm not bringing the right champs, I dont know, tons of different "user end" variables.
In that spirit I am still open to give this thing one more week of trying. Maybe I can get better, maybe I can avoid making certain mistakes, maybe I can try different champs. But the bottom line is my item usage has to come down.
Otherwise I'm looking at abandoning AQ, or trying map 3 I don't know. It's this is not a threat, is just you know, staying away from something that isn't fun or rewarding.
I just thought you guys at Kabam @Kabam Miike @Ad0ra_ @Kabam Vydious @Kabam Wolf would appreciate the input of one of your mid class customers. Hoping we can all find a way of not disrupting the gaming experience.
Thanks guys

Comments

  • Christian899Christian899 Member Posts: 88
    edited April 2018
    My 5/50’s struggle with high prestige AQ, especially on harder days. This was not the case for me last month. So with the current change, I think we will quickly see 4/55 attack teams becoming more relevant in AQ (not that I think that is really the answer to the issue either). The real, underlaying issue stems from the serious lack of champ diversity on the map. With over 120 diverse champs to choose from in the game, I don’t really see an argument for having 4 - 6 sentinels per path on every path.
  • GhostboytjieGhostboytjie Member Posts: 2,370 ★★★★★
    I take out the sentinal's with Maxed Undupe medusa 4* on AQ 5 n 6
  • NikoBravoNikoBravo Member Posts: 449 ★★★
    The sentinels suck to fight. The fact that they thought they’d be a fun addition to the game shows how disconnected they are to the majority of the games fanbase.

    By the way we have multiple people retiring that are 400-600k pi level that are just sick of the shananigans.
  • NEONEO Member Posts: 347
    This iteration of AQ absolutely killed our once prosperous alliance. 😔
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  • chunkybchunkyb Member, Content Creators Posts: 1,453 Content Creator
    With respect, I haven't found them difficult yet. I do very much find them boring tho. And a really boring champ all over a really boring map is the worst.

    I do see many others having issues and searching for answers... Try this champ of that champ, work class relationships. I haven't really done that tho. I take a 5* X23 and a 4* rider and both have gotten the job done each day. Maybe I'm getting lucky on them firing the L1, I dunno.

    I did make a ranked, duped sentinel the target in my events room before aq changed tho. I think forcing people to use weak champs and practice evading both his specials really helped a lot of people. It was an extremely boring event that pretty much everyone hated but it seemed to pay off.
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  • chunkybchunkyb Member, Content Creators Posts: 1,453 Content Creator
    No time outs as of yet. 9-10.5k today, unlinked. I don't boost aq. It's a gold 1 alli... Maybe I'll sing a different tune next week when I bounce. I do use X23 for the majority of them tho. Rider took a few cosmic and at least one skill, one tech today.

    Have to apologize bc I don't pay super close attention in aq. It's just a chore and I try to put my clothes away quickly and go do other stuff.
  • MarriMarri Member Posts: 260 ★★
    I will be honest: If you have R4 or even R5 prestige, you shouldn't whine about 5-50 4* not cutting it in AQ.

    Doesn't mean I like Sentinels. Boring, obnoxious and challenging. I die more than I did. I could finish at 100% health with one miniboss and/or Dormammu kills. That is too easy. But we stil finish without item use when we use our best champs.
  • chunkybchunkyb Member, Content Creators Posts: 1,453 Content Creator
    This morning, 12k science sentinel on bleed path. 4* rider dropped him w 1:20 left. Next was 11k mystic. Went down a little faster tho I did eat an L2 because swiping back didn't register.

    I do realize the pi's will be vastly diff depending on alliance prestige. And I'm planning on some ranks of other characters to maybe deal with them a little better, but they're (so far) not as big of an issue as a lot of people make them out to be. Maybe it's an opportunity to finish higher than normal, idk.
  • NEONEO Member Posts: 347
    I feel my alliance has given up on AQ. We only had 10 of 30 members join on day 5. We used to have all 30 join eagerly to take on the old AQ. We are a 9.4 million alliance with 200k-650k members.
  • chunkybchunkyb Member, Content Creators Posts: 1,453 Content Creator
    NEO wrote: »
    I feel my alliance has given up on AQ. We only had 10 of 30 members join on day 5. We used to have all 30 join eagerly to take on the old AQ. We are a 9.4 million alliance with 200k-650k members.

    Seen this a lot as well. I think it's a really bad culmination of aw season end, the burnout from it, kabam's refusal to handle piloting/mercs, and aq changes.

    A lot of players and alliances are ready for a break and don't need much pushing to take one.
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  • Player1994Player1994 Member Posts: 793 ★★★
    edited April 2018
    yeah this is the problem AQ 5 is supposed to be less hardcore than aq 6 now aq5 is annoying now u need some sort of champions for each sentinel since they are 2 different classe of them in each path and giving them a full 3 bars when u bait sp2 and dash to attack them they fair theiir l1 right after ( no recovery time ) nice mouve from kabam p2w
  • shchong2shchong2 Member Posts: 2,419 ★★★★
    Everybody likes to suck, who doesn't?
    Ok, what are you talking about here anyway?
  • Kabam PorthosKabam Porthos Moderator Posts: 4,676
    Hey everyone, there’s already an active discussion HERE about Sentinels and the new Minibosses in Alliance Quests. Please use that thread to review the comments of other players and our team. You can post any questions, concerns, or suggestions you may have there also! To help keep the Forum tidy, this thread will now be closed.
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