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The splash screen changes every 3 months or so; that will eventually go away.

Also if you think Ben looks fat, wait until you see the avatar pic for 3-star Thor

I got 1000 in the pvp yesterday for the iron fist covers and I was still #26 :(

at least I got a carnage cover

our alliance is pretty slack; all that's really asked to play once every day or two, so everybody gets the extra daily bonus iso. we aren't serious about placing in PVP. give it a few days though, we're filled up right now

xp Euler, how do you even make it to 1000 in those??

I had a flash of "man I wish we were a little more serious about placing in PVP" and then I thought about what that would look like and pummeled that stray thought into a bloody pulp

er, I meant "stray thought" = "flash", although it works both ways

same, except i still sorta am ambivalent about it

oh sweet i just got my second 2* lmk when an alliance spot opens up lol

I have so many maxed 3 stars that invariably I have at least two boosted ones, so I'm usually running a 290-240-240 team, and I win most of those battles. And I get 40-50 points per battle up to 700 or so, and often beyond that. After 900-950 or so the retals pick up so 1000 is probably my ceiling without shield hopping (and I don't care enough to bother with that).

at some point that's where i wanna be; i'm grinding to bring all the 3* who CAN make it to 140 to there and will then start pinpointing. Figuring out how to consistently zip through the deadpool grind (lazy thor, daken, ogbw still getting it done) means that the sugar drip of NEW COVER buildup with everyone makes the progressquest still enjoyable.
I figure by the end of the summer, I'll have about 15 3* characters at 140 and I can start actually playing pvp instead of playing the first five rounds and then quitting.

yeah when I was in a "power alliance" I was getting 3 star covers in a flood, but ISO is obv the real slower-downer. and once you have a good team you can slowly get 4 star covers without relying on the alliance. I got pretty sick of having to hit 800 in every pvp because I travel a lot and "pressure" to play this game sucks. sometimes the grind isn't what you need. right now for me (as I sell 90%+ of my irl possessions in advance of a big move) it is really hitting the spot. too bad pve still sucks.

once I 166'd Classic Magneto and Loki, gauntlet levels became laughably, ridiculously easy; you can easily put yourself into loops where every board shake replenishes or almost-replenishes your board-shaking abilities, artificially extending your turn and averaging 2-3K of damage per shake on Magneto's abilities alone, plus you end up with a backlog of black that lets Loki stomp on any protect or strike tiles that get thrown out and any 4 or 5 match the opponent gets on you lets Loki drain away his entire stockpile

I've gone through the Deadpool gauntlet and never had an enemy ability fire on me between those two. (For the two-star gauntlet, it's basically MagNow gobbles purple/makes 5 match blue/ModHawkeye destroys the entire opposing team with purple and red abilities/Ares tanks and does cleanup with green if necessary)

it's a good thing Loki only has like 5 HP otherwise I would expect him to be SUPER NERFED in the near future

For a mid-level player like me the Deadpool stuff has been super helpful. I've been using **** Wolverine, ** Storm, and ** Widow and beating it every time. My *** players are too underpowered to be helpful.

that will change quickly as you keep beating the gauntlets and getting more covers

i am enjoying a 153 spidey / 153 classic mags / 127 loki mix for all the reasons you're mentioning there

for extra fun, sub out Spidey for Falcon when he gets high enough; then every yellow match makes you more invincible

i guess the upside of spidey is for immediate shielding so you don't get dinged up early on but yeah, that'll work too.
my falcon is 117 3/1/5; i need like two more covers and then he goes into heavy rotation

especially against henchmen who don't make active matches, Falcon/Classic Magneto is a ridiculous combo because you can trigger Mag's yellow and then Falcon will sit there and buff the resulting protect tiles with every yellow match you make until you have enough to throw more protect tiles out; I think I had one game where I had at least one 700+ protect tile on the board

roger, our alliance name is ILX-Statix.

I'm still going to rep Hulk/IM40/Cap, because the only time I came close to losing with that combo was because of stupid/incorrect swiping. Strategy: rush yellow/red/blue so that you'll be able to overwrite the countdown tiles, use Hulk to tank hits and generate green, and once you're in the non-goon waves, HULK SMASH 1-3 times to bring down the other team's health, deploy IM40's yellow and hit them with his blue once then red twice, rinse and repeat for the next two waves.

Oh and I'm still using my 2* Cap, since he and not the 3* version has the requisite 3/5/5 build for that strategy.

When I don't feel like the slog of Hulk/IM40/Cap, though, I'll go with Patch/Daken/Falcon, but the way I play Patch can be a little too exciting sometimes.

thx leee - I found it already but it's full. just lmk when there's a slot avail :)

at this point I refuse to play Patch without Loki

otm

Patch makes for hilarious games too

if I wasn't giving up yellow, I'd probably use for Patch/Loki/Daredevil for maximum lols

stockpile green/black/purple

WHAM WHAM WHAM OH LOOK YOU'RE DEAD

I guess Patch heals off yellow but I would miss Mag's teamup buster, which can be hilariously cruel

That team would step on each other's toes, though, esp. Loki/DD, because DD actually clears enemy special tiles. You could sub in Squirrel Girl, who does damage but doesn't remove the special tiles. xp

I want to 166 Squirrel Girl so bad but I don't quite have the covers. She's humiliating and badass.

Is there any reason for me to add new **'s that I don't have yet? Most of my ***'s are in the 94-130 range now. I don't have any *'s.

IMO it's worth having 2-3 *s for that one Deadpool node so you can get the bonus ISO for clearing everything

*'s are so expensive to upgrade tho

I think of the 2*s, only OBW and Thor are the super-vital ones. Storm and Magneto work well together (not as good as they used to be, of course), too.

You should have Juggernaut at least for the Deadpool 1* node.

Juggernaut at level 20 can beat the daily 1* node by himself.

Is it worth hanging on to maxed 2-stars that you don't use for the Deadpool node (i.e. in case they show up as required characters in a PVE)?

I love to wreck higher leveled teams in Simulator with my 166 Patch, 140-ish Loki and 130-ish Beast. Too many 3*s on the roster to max out...

Still stand by never ever deleting characters for roster space, even the crappy 1*s

hey dont kick me out of the alliance if i am neglectful over the next week or so, my phone is busssstteeddd

which one are you again?

i think br1lliam?

gotcha. ok.

Likewise. Travelling and have spotty access to wifi.

Is my old account still part of the alliance? (milosz, I think?) I've gotten back into playing but couldn't recover that account.

<noob>so how long does it take for the big picture to come into focus? i'm doing SHIELD matches and beating up on juggernaut/daken but i still have no actual idea what i should be doing</noob>

i am literally playing the game right now and i'm unsure how to answer that

just get covers and levels, you just get better at it. and hit the roster slot paywall p quickly iirc

already hit lol. it doesn't help that i blew some units thinking the tutorial was directing me to spend them on a powers upgrade. away we go...

ime one $5 hit is all you need

yeah it's basically a zen exercise; play game, get ISO and hero points, spend them in game, repeat

Avoid putting actual money into the game for as long as you can and hoard your hero points for slots for new covers. The daily awards will help you fill out your roster and give occasional boosts of resources that will help you make your roster stronger.

I'm having computer problems and might miss a few more days.

milo - you were in the old alliance that we disbanded. current one is ILX-Statix but we're full right now

abanana - what is your MPQ name?