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11/15/2025 1:15:38 PM
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Call To Arms Still Favors Power Level Over Skill
Recently tried to return to the game during the event at a more casual pace as I don't feel my time previously was respected. I've tried the Salt Mines post-patch and the highest score I've been able to get is 2,228,537 Points. This is on Master with:
Caltrops (+2), Difficult Stasis Threat (+4), Grounded (+4), Blasts (+4), Battlefield Promotion (+4)
Burst Weapons Only (+5), No Starting Ammo (+2)
Close Danger Trade-Off (+4)
As far as I'm aware, there are no more modifiers (at this difficulty) I can take on to boost the score and I've finished with 1:55 left on the clock. Is there anything I can do that I'm not thinking of for a better score? This is being done on Master Mode. The only reason I can think of as to why I cannot break past 10% is due to the fact I have less Activity Modifiers available than Grandmaster/Ultimate has. Unfortunately, as I've just returned I'm only 340 Power so Grandmaster has me dealing 3 damage to the body per bullet with a pulse on red bars. It feels like the event is still based off of Power Level but I guess being hard-capped at Tier 3 on the event is better than being hard-capped at Tier 1.
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Edited by Lord Magris: 11/15/2025 2:57:48 PMYou'll be stuck with lower scores on Master difficulty. The Power is going to matter due to the way the event and the whole Portal is set up, no matter what. Higher difficulties = more points. Higher Power = higher difficulties. They would have to rebuild the entire event to change it and they definitely don't have the time to mess with it now.
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1 ReplyI have to do coil, heliostat, & PvP, on ultimate. I despise PvP, coil isn't a big deal but heliostat is limited revives & on ultimate, I'm just not gonna do that coz of all the traps etc don't wanna ruin anyone's runs. Can't use lfg because it's literally wall to wall rank 11s only accepting other 11s, & there's zero people wanting to run it under ultimate level. Can't start a group coz no one joins. Whole game is a mess.
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well no duh i lost to a bbb who is light 40 yeah go figure
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2 RepliesDon't know if the high value target spawn in Master but that would boost your score
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3 RepliesDo it on Grandmaster or Ultimate.
