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Guess I'm gonna finally sell Yelena for the space to put Howard in my roster...

Good, though you should know that the award for winning it today is a green Howard.

It's not THAT easy building up purple and denying green when he can still one shot you

Ah I sucked it up and bought the boosts I needed. Victory!

I lost six times in a row, the lowest I got him was like 8500, and said fuck it. even wasted some boosts. he just kept getting too much green through cascades and lucky drops.

got him under 3K once but... same story

got it first try with my 1/1/3 duck

ah yeah having quack-fu would help a bit

I've had a Green Goblin cover in my queue for 5 days, and the crawl up to 1000 HP feels so agonizingly slow.

i need some advice:

my roster is: howard**** doc ock***, sam wilson***, gamora***, juggernaut*, kamala khan***, ares**, steve rogers**, bullseye**, iron man*, storm*, captain marvel**, thor**, moonstone**, storm**, daken**, hawkeye**, spider-man*.

covers in storage: human torch**, im40***, beast***, the hood***, steve rodgers***, wolverine**, black widow**, and deadpool***.

i have one roster spot available. i'm thinking i can probably delete one of my 1 stars since i only need 3 for the deadpool challenge? but even then only 2 spots and 8 covers that need to be added to the roster. (i'm trying to grind hero points and maybe should note that wolverine, human torch, deadpool and black widow expire the soonest from now - in 6 days.) so delete one of the one stars? get rid of any of the 2 stars to make more room?

(thx to DJP for constant PM advice but now i feel guilty bugging him alone when there's a whole thread of ppl to spread the newb handholding around.)

if you have juggernaut at level 40, he's the only 1* you need. today was by far the worst performance i ever had with him in that node, and he was only down to half health when i won

depending on what level those two stars are and how much it'll decimate your ability to play, i would say you can kill
1* - spidey, ironman, storm
2* - two of hawkeye, moonstone, bullseye, steve rogers

then add all of the 3*s (that's 5), and black widow.

you can ignore wolvie since you have 2* thor, i like wolvie but he's the same colors & isn't as good. torch is tempting too, but not necessary if those other 2*s are far beyond him. eventually if you're anything like me you'll be down to 3-4 s*s (3 of them maxed) and one 1*.

ftr my advice was this:

delete 1* Spidey; consider deleting all 1*s except maxed Juggernaut if you really need space

Depending on spot availability, add covers in this order:

3* Steve (the way his damage scales is crazy when compared to the 2* version)
3* IM40 (Once you get him to 5 yellow, he can fuel pretty much any damage-dealing character you have)
2* OBW (arguably the best 2* character)
3* any (except Beast)
2* Torch (purely because of where you are in the game; in the long run, 3* Torch will supercede 2* Torch)
3* Beast (useful in certain situations but not a must-have like Hood and doesn't have an instawin button like Deadpool)
2* Wolverine (still a decent character but kind of irrelevant if you have both Ares and 2* Thor)

You only need one 1* (Juggernaut) for the Deadpool challenge; if your 2* roster is sufficiently leveled (probably above level 60), you can safely sell off the rest of your 1*s.

The 2*s to really keep are Storm and Ares/Thor (they kind of duplicate each other), and maaaaybe Daken (since his healing can save health packs for you); Hawkeye is useful with 2* Magneto or 2* Captain Marvel, but otherwise can be considered a luxury. 2* Steve is also possibly a luxury, even though he'll come in incredibly handy in nodes where goons spam countdown tiles, although 2* Black Widow can do largely the same thing and is in fact an essential character to have.

So: sell Bullseye, 1* Iron Man, 1* Storm, 2* Captain Marvel, Moonstone, Spidey, then maybe one of 2* Hawkeye or 2* Steve. Roster everyone else in your queue except Human Torch.

I would recommend holding onto 2* Hawkeye because his AOE red is great for DDQ and his purple is DEADLY, especially if you can get your hands on 2* Magneto

I still have a bunch of 2*s because I had maxed them when championing was introduced so I've been using them as cover/ISO/hero point batteries but I only ever use the following on DDQ:

ModHawk
CStorm
MagNow
Ares
OBW

The other 2*s are useful when they pop up as required for PvE nodes but in the grand scheme of things, unless you already have them maxed you don't need to worry too much about them.

I would say that 2* Wolvie is useful for a 2* roster -- when Ares and Thor are beat up, he can fill the hole (and heal himself), plus his strike tiles synergize well with OBW.

Agreed on strike tile synergy but the change to his healing to stop him from being competitive with the 3* tier has in practice made him almost useless in the 2* tier. The amount he heals based on a yellow match is almost never enough for him to get out of whatever danger put him in the zone where his healing is triggered and, in my experience, he only lasts one or two extra rounds before dying anyway and doesn't do enough damage (aside from his expensive red) to make an impact in that short amount of time.

OTOH, if you can protect him, his strike tiles can make OBW's black glorious; I've just had a much better experience with Ares being able to recover when things unexpectedly go south since he has three damage powers and is more likely to be able to take someone with him on the way out.

Good point on Wolvie!

I mean, I haven't had him (or Ares for that matter) on my roster since the middle of last year, so my memory of him may be tilted towards his pre-nerf days.

I have 4 2 stars now: obw, ares, storm, and wolvie. I keep 2 star Wolvie both for nostalgia and because they use storm enough in deadpool daily that it's nice to have a third to plug in.

mostly agree with DJP's advice, though I would roster Hood as a priority, maybe ahead of OBW since her covers drop steadily.

lately i been living dangerously w/ thor cmags and obw as my only 2*s after deleting hawkeye. the occasional ddq where i have to go in with only two characters is thrilling. haven't yet had to solo one but i probably could w/ anyone other than cmags

fwiw, i have been living/dying on the win the three star character daily deadpool with lazy thor or thor / OG Black Widow / Daken or lazy daken so you might wanna pocket OGBW as a priority

xls update:
86 characters rostered, 5 open roster slots
missing **** - x23, spidergwen, nova, quake, punmax
missing ***** - spideyblack, surfer, logan, green goblin

champed *** - pun, patch, lazythor, magnow, falcon, grey widow, IM40, spidey, torch, hulk, doc doom, lazy cap, luke cage, loki, iron fist
champed ** - thor, hawkeye, wolvie, ogbw, storm, daken, bullseye, ares
level 141 or higher - psylocke, daredevil, black panther, mohawk storm, lazy daken
all two and three stars cover maxed except for Colossus (missing 1), Beast (1), Blade (2), Doc Ock (5), Vision (....11)

I'm (stupidly?) opting to champ out my remaining two stars in between champing three stars at 141 when they show up with a cover. Almost got original Cap to 94.

here's my updated roster:

https://mpq.gamependium.com/rosters/djperry1973/

After seeing what a leveled OML can do, I have decided he is my #1 ISO priority even though I don't have any red covers yet (I beat a team with him at 3-something with all three powers and he almost singlehandedly beat me after he transformed; only a last-minute Cage uppercut/stun and IF's strike/attack tiles saved me)

shifting to the four star tier is where I'm really stymied; I only have xforce wolvie at 8 covers, thor goddess / nick fury / invisible woman at 6 cover, star lord at 5, kingpin and elektra at 4. Everybody else (and there's 20 of them!) are 3 covers or less.
What do I need to do to start building a 4 star roster? Play PVP competitively?

lol you still have Bag-man. xp

i'm gonna champ bag man! it's gonna happen!

I had a 5/5/3 lvl 66 Bag-man who I sold to make space for a 4*; this is iteration 2!

Forks, I didn't use PVP to get my 4*s up (https://mpq.gamependium.com/rosters/Cousin-Simpson/), instead I grind for the legendary tokens and try my durndest to beat the DDQ 4*.

xp lol omg you

also can I just say "nerf Hulkbuster"? I mean I know you can stun him to death but he reliably 1-shots at least one member of my team whenever I fight him (and I don't want to prioritize a character with 30+K health first because then I can't get anybody down)

I would say that 2* Wolvie is useful for a 2* roster -- when Ares and Thor are beat up, he can fill the hole (and heal himself), plus his strike tiles synergize well with OBW.

― Jenny Ondioleeene (Leee), Tuesday, April 19, 2016

OBW/BP/2* Wolverine has been my Enchilada team since forever

I had a 5/5/3 lvl 66 Bag-man who I sold to make space for a 4*; this is iteration 2!

I still can't over this; you're easily our most decadent MPQ player.

lol @ MPQ decadence

Though I should be pumping all my iso into 4*s and maxing out my 3*s at this point, i'm often just champing my old 2*s out of boredom/wanting to not trash all those damn 2* reward covers

Hulkbuster is one of those characters where using his powers as soon as they're available is a good strategy, which means the AI is pretty good with him.

I've been lucky with my distribution of 5* covers -- 9 Phoenix, 6 Logan, 2 Surfer (one a daily reward), zip else.

I think I'll take a break from the game after this Drax event.

Feeling another wave of burnout myself. I can't believe I put hours into the Deadpool PVE and still didn't make the Top 100 today... It's like gimme a damn break MPQ

I've hardly been trying in the deadpool pve & I'm like 21, good bracket I guess, probably b/c I almost never bother with pve.

I'm kinda more into this right now than I have been for a while. champed dumb doc oc this week, got my first quake. next: 3 star storm.

made it - 99/100 :D

CM Punk wrote a Drax comic? weird!

Got a Drax too, just did each node once. That's my kind of PVE! Didn't get anywhere near the command points.

Green Goblin's yellow is pretty damn useful, he makes Scarlet Witch that much more pwnsome.

Another DDQ4* where the featured character can go invisible. I beat it on my second try, pulled an XFW (champed now!).

Also got my 10-pack:
Red Thing
Green Ghost Rider
Purple Iceman
3* Punisher
Squirrel Girl

Not bad!

i now have four legendary tokens just sitting there and i am itching to open them so bad but have no room :/

I got my 10-pack, which was 1 She-Hulk and 9 2* cards. Worst 10-pack I've gotten in a looooooong time

Which 10 packs do you guys get?

You win a 10-pack of Heroic Tokens for reaching a total of 4000 points in each season's PVP events.

3 legendaries today: IW, Cho, Miles Morales. lol @ me

10 pack a bunch of 3 stars, nothing better.

Civil War starts soon. From what I read you have two branching paths to choice, but points accumulated only go to one team or the other (Cap or Iron Man). Since the event runs twice, should we focus on Cap for the first time and Iron Man the second? (Especially since Winter Soldier will be available first, and War Machine later).

Jumped a gun a bit, we have 7 days