I am looking at the description of 5* Hawkeye and going "... dafuq?"
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Tuesday, 7 March 2017 22:35 (seven years ago) link
two questions: first, who next to champ of these: deadpool, mystique, doc oc*, psylocke*, sam wilson**, spider-man** (all 13 covers), or maybe one of luke cage, iron fist*, thanos* or doctor strange (all at 12 covers). i was thinking my 12 covered heroes are all better than my 13 covered so i should either spend the CP to bring them to 13 and then champ them, or save the CP (it's at 938 atm) and just hold onto the ISO until i naturally hit 13 with those last 4?
other question! bother rostered ragnarok, colossus and sentry any time soon or wait until i have 4/5* covers in dock to be opened and extra roster spots just lying around? feel like the only advantage to rostering them at this point is to get access to the relevant deadpool dailies (and i guess relevant boosts/essential chars?)?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 14:26 (seven years ago) link
IMO it's worth rostering all of the 2* and 3* characters because of the resources they give back once you champion them.
RE: championing order, I am correct in assuming you are talking about 3* characters? It's only 20 CP to buy a cover at that level so since you're sitting on over 900 CP I would:
- bring all of those 12 cover characters up to 13 because they are all good enough to be worth it - champion as covers come in or, if you have the covers and are constrained by ISO, follow this order:
Doc StrangeIron FistLuke CageDeadpoolFalconThanosMystiqueSpider-ManPsylockeDoc Ock
None of these characters are per se bad; Doc Ock has a particular niche (he destroys goons that spam special tiles) but he is amazing in it, Psylocke is okay but can be outshone by other damage dealers unless you pair her with a strike tile generator and rely only on spamming her black for attack tiles, and Spider-Man has virtually no damage but can save you from losing with a decentish burst heal and stun-locking. Dr Strange will legit change your life, especially against goons.
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 14:39 (seven years ago) link
oh yeah sorry about the confusion - i meant to note that the asterisks indicate the number of extra covers i have for them sitting around
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 14:43 (seven years ago) link
So to amend my advice I would:
- spend the CP- Champion Dr Strange immediately- Champion the characters you have covers for in this order:
IFFalconThanosSpider-ManPsylockeDoc Ock
- Champion the others as covers come in
The only reason not to champ Strange right away is to make sure you get another legendary token right away, which doesn't matter so much if you are hoarding them.
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 14:55 (seven years ago) link
ok awesome, thanks. and what do u think - prioritize opening my legendary tokens (and rostering new chars) or rostering rag/sentry/col?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 15:02 (seven years ago) link
long-term, the worst 4* is going to be better than Rag/Sentry/Col
short-term and mid-term, you are closing off several avenues of progression by not rostering all of the 2* and 3* characters, plus you should also consider the 4* covers awarded by Rag/Sentry/Col after you roster them (X-23/Moon Knight/X-Force Wolverine)
Given where you are in the game's progression path, I would roster those final 3* characters before opening any legendary tokens; I also would not open any tokens at all until I had HP for a roster spot and I would stop after I pulled a new character, 4* or 5*.
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 15:16 (seven years ago) link
with the new (dumb) only 12 4 stars available from legendaries, I'd think it'd be a good time to draw them.
fwiw I keep drawing Moon Knights from my legendaries in these new dumb times & that's ok I guess but I already have 13 covers & am moving to champ him & I'd rather get something else besides champ levels, when only 12 4 stars are available anyway.
plus I get a Moon Knight for my daily reward in a few days, the first of three I see. well at least they won't be wasted!
also enfin: buffed champed Red Hulk + buffed champed Cho is fun and nasty. I got 900 in the PVP today to get the Thing cover for 271 & the legendary (which netted me one of the aforementioned Moon Knights, but oh well, 900 always feels good). oh & within 10 minutes of getting 900 I'd lost over 200 points, so my team obviously isn't *that* good.
― droit au butt (Euler), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:08 (seven years ago) link
xp ok cool - now i just need to find them. but i'll hoard hp until i do. (they come around pretty often and i just never have a spot for them.) the only 4*'s i'll prioritize rostering before them are ones i get through like pve progression or accidentally find in heroic packs (since i really don't want to stop opening all packs just to avoid finding another 4*, esp since champ covers are a main source of hp for me atm).
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 16:23 (seven years ago) link
Euler send me your Moon Knights plz
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 17:05 (seven years ago) link
it's kind of annoying that alliances don't allow you to pool/share covers
at least Moon Knight seems good!
― droit au butt (Euler), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 17:26 (seven years ago) link
MK is good from what I hear! I've been sitting at 5/1/5 for a while and keeping getting black, though!
As for spending 20 CP on a 3* cover -- the opportunity cost is that you could've pulled a Classic LT, but if you're sitting on those and have CP to burn, I guess it's OK to bump IF or Strange to 13.
A note on 3* Deadpool: really, you're using him for Whales, namely his Insta-Win, which means his levels only matter as far as how much damage he can take before you get enough purple.
― Downtown Julie Mau (Leee), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 18:26 (seven years ago) link
Combined Arms PvP with a recently champed Thoress and IM40 = lol
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Thursday, 9 March 2017 14:40 (seven years ago) link
Can I just say that ANOTHER 3* is real PITA in my champing plans?
― Downtown Julie Mau (Leee), Thursday, 9 March 2017 18:47 (seven years ago) link
I'm back at this, if anyone has an alliance with an open spot, let me know. The ilx one's been perpetually full, I think?
― mh 😏, Thursday, 9 March 2017 18:50 (seven years ago) link
good to know, I will send you bonus stuff
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Thursday, 9 March 2017 18:55 (seven years ago) link
ugh another 3 star? oh well, it'll be ages until I need to think about champing him (still haven't gotten 13 covers for thanos e.g.)
― droit au butt (Euler), Thursday, 9 March 2017 19:37 (seven years ago) link
we have a bunch of noobs/slackers in our alliance, i'll check today
― Nhex, Thursday, 9 March 2017 20:02 (seven years ago) link
good ultron strats / team comps?
― Mordy, Thursday, 9 March 2017 20:50 (seven years ago) link
I am experimenting with XFW/Quake/CMags for maximum boardshaking/color elimination
XFW black to kill any bombs on Ultron's strongest color (red? can't remember now) + green to zap a whole bunch of tiles, hopefully including bombs + yellow that hopefully gets zapped at the bottom of the board and kills some more tiles and drops dmg on him
Quake green to reshuffle the board + blue to target bombs on colors I can't match away that aren't already covered by XFW black
CMags red to shake up the board and cascade away some bombs + blue to drop some damage and maybe get some free matches that lead to cascades and clearing of bombs
Obv the risk is that you shake a bunch of bombs onto the bottom of the board, which would be terrible, but at least in the initial levels I haven't seen much of this.
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Thursday, 9 March 2017 20:57 (seven years ago) link
i kinda like steve rodgers for some board control since both his abilities can overwrite the special tiles
― Mordy, Thursday, 9 March 2017 20:59 (seven years ago) link
Ultron's strongest color is yellow.
Anyway, 4* Deadpool has been my centerpiece, since being buffed, his Countdown tiles do 3K damage each. The best part is that when Ultron destroys the bottom row, any Countdowns there will do damage as well.
― Downtown Julie Mau (Leee), Thursday, 9 March 2017 21:00 (seven years ago) link
The other two people I've brought along have been Maxie Pun and Quicksilver -- the first for potential strike tiles, the second to try to set up matches on bombs I can't reach. I haven't actually had the chance to use either of them, since Deadpool has taken care of everything so far.
― Downtown Julie Mau (Leee), Thursday, 9 March 2017 21:02 (seven years ago) link
thx Leee, red felt wrong but I couldn't remember and am currently locked out of the boss fight waiting for the timer to expire
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Thursday, 9 March 2017 21:36 (seven years ago) link
hulkbuster and xfdp have been my mains for ultron, the above mentioned countdown + hb's boosted red are both instawins this early
― why ruin a good tradition? (Will M.), Thursday, 9 March 2017 23:41 (seven years ago) link
UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE: OGDP, Blade, Falcon
Take a chunk off with DP's red, finish it with Blade's purple
Falcon steadily buffing strike tiles along the way
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Friday, 10 March 2017 02:15 (seven years ago) link
Hah! Invisible Woman's invisibility tile was out when a bomb dropped -- my team entirely dodged the damage!
― Downtown Julie Mau (Leee), Friday, 10 March 2017 05:57 (seven years ago) link
mh, i've just cleared a spot, join us at ILX-Factor
― Nhex, Friday, 10 March 2017 06:24 (seven years ago) link
My preliminary impression of Hawkguy is that he is a lot of fun. The animation on his black is the best in the game (esp if you are a fan of the Fraction series) and even though a bunch of his blue cooldowns got eaten, enough of them went off to wreak havoc on the wave I tested him against.
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Friday, 10 March 2017 14:21 (seven years ago) link
Thanos's purple stops Ultron from destroying the bottom row of the board
lolololololol
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Friday, 10 March 2017 15:17 (seven years ago) link
lol
― droit au butt (Euler), Friday, 10 March 2017 15:57 (seven years ago) link
Oh! Also I tried out the Wasp changes with my lvl 70 2/1/2 paired with SWitch and Falcon and HOLY SHIT
Her yellow alone is OUTSTANDING now; by the time I had enough purple to fire Bird Strike, I had 15 yellow and was able to buff all of his shields into 300+ strike tiles in one turn. The match ended shortly after that. Also, given how her blue works, I am thinking of swapping out SWitch for D4nvers for maximum lols.
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Friday, 10 March 2017 16:25 (seven years ago) link
yeah she's good now! & Spider Gwen too, who I have at 1-5-4 and thus have some hope of champing.
― droit au butt (Euler), Friday, 10 March 2017 16:45 (seven years ago) link
Hah just in time too, I have two Wasp covers in my queue.
― Downtown Julie Mau (Leee), Friday, 10 March 2017 18:38 (seven years ago) link
Which 4* is in your Clint Barton vault? Mine has a purple Rulk, which would be great except that my Rulk has already maxed purple.
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Friday, 10 March 2017 20:51 (seven years ago) link
Mine has a black Bl4de.
― Downtown Julie Mau (Leee), Friday, 10 March 2017 20:58 (seven years ago) link
God, Round 6 is when these PvEs turn to shit. At least I'm only one card away from finishing Starlord, now.
― Nhex, Saturday, 11 March 2017 08:01 (seven years ago) link
i got 2 bag of tricks tokens from this event and i notice the timer on cashing them in ends in about a day. but i don't really have the roster space for a new char (tho i guess i could probably find it before anything i pulled expired). if i don't use the tokens right now, will i lose anything cashing them in later? like does the prize pool worsen once the initial event expires?
― Mordy, Sunday, 12 March 2017 16:30 (seven years ago) link
don't think so, odds should stay the same iirc
― Nhex, Sunday, 12 March 2017 16:52 (seven years ago) link
Thanks for getting me that last Starlord, everybody!
― Nhex, Sunday, 12 March 2017 19:42 (seven years ago) link
Ugh why am I still playing this game? (Something I ask myself probably a few times a day, tbh.)
― Downtown Julie Mau (Leee), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 00:41 (seven years ago) link
I have been really, really enjoying Wasp/Hawkguy/Star Lord even though all three are seriously undercovered
Star Lord is INCREDIBLE now, he gets one of his countdowns out and suddenly Hawkguy's arrow spam and Wasp's strike/protect flip and buff are each 3 AP, plus every countdown adds damage to SL's red. I've come through multiple PvE goon nodes with zero damage using this combo.
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Thursday, 16 March 2017 15:14 (seven years ago) link
Starlord rules, it's true
― Nhex, Thursday, 16 March 2017 15:51 (seven years ago) link
so apparently you can sell your spider-gwen for like 1000-2000hp atm. my is actually decently covered so i'm thinking i won't.
― Mordy, Thursday, 16 March 2017 15:54 (seven years ago) link
Mordy, whenever one of the characters gets a redesign (buff or nerf), they have an increased sale price for a little time afterwards.
And yes on SL, I've been rocking him even before his buff. #mpqhipster
― Mhysa Jar Jar Binks (Leee), Thursday, 16 March 2017 17:22 (seven years ago) link
is this a buff or a nerf? and more importantly should i sell her for the hp?? she's covered 3/1/2
― Mordy, Thursday, 16 March 2017 17:53 (seven years ago) link
it's a buff (her burst heal now can target her as well as teammates)
if you don't have a good web tile generator to power her, having her isn't critical IMO; the only problem with selling her is that she isn't one of the 12 you can pull with tokens/CP so it will take a looooong time or incredibly fortuitous RNG to build her back up again
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Thursday, 16 March 2017 17:58 (seven years ago) link
I wish I could give someone else my roster because I'm pretty sure I'm going on a hiatus.
― Mhysa Jar Jar Binks (Leee), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 19:57 (seven years ago) link
Theoretically couldn't you link to someone else's Facebook account so they could get a backup of your roster and then let them restore that backup to their device?
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Tuesday, 21 March 2017 20:00 (seven years ago) link