Is there any need to reach the top level?

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Hi guys,

I'm thinking about the cost x benefit for leveling up to the highest level. Is the increase damage worth the huge ammount of ISO necessary for the latest levels?
I have a lvl 81 Thor and I'm quite lazy to put him up to 85. My feeling is that the 6500 ISO I'll need for it can be better used somewhere else (like pumping up event characters)...

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I don't know about other people here, but my strategy so far has been to focus leveling only on characters I need for whatever event is going on at the time.

It seems to be working for me so far. When no events go on, I just pour ISO into Thor, Classic Storm, and Grey Widow (which is my main team at the moment). My ISO is going a long way and I usually make at least top 10 in events.

Dayv

newdarkcloud wrote:

I don't know about other people here, but my strategy so far has been to focus leveling only on characters I need for whatever event is going on at the time.

It seems to be working for me so far. When no events go on, I just pour ISO into Thor, Classic Storm, and Grey Widow (which is my main team at the moment). My ISO is going a long way and I usually make at least top 10 in events.

This is basically what I do too. My main team is Thor, Grey Widow, and a rotating guest slot often based on who I pumped a lot of ISO into during a recent event or two.

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6500 ISO isn't really all that much. You should be able to earn that in one day with The Hunt and Lightning Rounds going off.

I think with Tanks (ie. IM40, Thor, Rag) you should always max level them first. They will get the most use and will need the most HP/attack power.

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81 to 85 isn't that much a difference. If I had to choose between an 85/40 team or an 81/50, I think I'd go with the latter.

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ihearthawthats wrote:

81 to 85 isn't that much a difference. If I had to choose between an 85/40 team or an 81/50, I think I'd go with the latter.

Interesting... I think I would go with the first, especially depending on who is the 40-50 guy. If it's Wolvie, for example, I would definitely go with the first, since there is a huge difference between a lvl 40 and a lvl 50 Wolvie, while if you can kill a lvl 81 Thor, you certainly can wipe out a lvl 85 pretty much with the same trouble.

I've also been doing the "focus on the event" thing. Not having too much trouble and always placing top 10. The only thing that is giving me a hard time right now are the Lightning Rounds. I managed to get just one Diabolical token and most of my villains are lvl 15-18... Can't find covers for them anywhere. When I do, it's just **** Loki! No Rags either... The highest lvl villains I have are Loki (useless) and a Hood at lvl 28 with 2 black and 1 yellow... The Hood Tournament scoring happens to be exactely the one broken, so I can't use it well. I could try to go for Loki to get some Diabolical, but it's worthless to spend ISO on him.

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_urpeein_ wrote:

ihearthawthats wrote:

81 to 85 isn't that much a difference. If I had to choose between an 85/40 team or an 81/50, I think I'd go with the latter.

Interesting... I think I would go with the first, especially depending on who is the 40-50 guy. If it's Wolvie, for example, I would definitely go with the first, since there is a huge difference between a lvl 40 and a lvl 50 Wolvie, while if you can kill a lvl 81 Thor, you certainly can wipe out a lvl 85 pretty much with the same trouble.

Are you speaking from an attacking perspective? I meant for my own team, I'd rather use a team that's 81/50. On offense, yes, I'd rather attack an 85/40 opponent.

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I'm a focus on the event person... and follow my own whim as to which character I'm enjoying the most at the time.

I have a Thor 85, just because that makes some of the grindy parts much much easier.

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If you have two strong characters at max level, the level of the third is irrelevant, given that you can use them in whatever tournament/pve

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I have 5 different characters at 50 and 4 between 51-100. None of those are maxed yet. The nice thing about having a bunch of mid level guys is that when one of these funny tournaments comes around with different characters boosted, chances are you've got one at a decent level.

I wouldn't be in a huge rush to max anybody out. You'll get there eventually.

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I have a max rag, and 50,000 iso in the bank because i cant decide whether to level my spidey or mags past 100 lol

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Yeah IMO you can't really have any set system as to how to do it. I have certain preferences but it's generally whatever just happens to make sense.

If there is an event with a good reward and it's 1 day long and I have no buffed chars for it I may not pump ISO into them due to the use may be very short term. The same tournament lasting 3 days I may be alot more likely to pump ISO in.

When no good event covers to level I typically go by rarity. I assume my 3*'s (even Loki who I like just fine as a support card, rag / storm / Loki is quite nice.) so if I have a couple 3*'s at lvl 20 and 2 of them only go to 30 at the moment, they drop in priority. I'll always pump ISO into that 3* that has room to get good use sooner.

One of few exceptions to that would be my Thor is my only maxed char. Great to do from beginner play. He carries you for a long time. Another is my C storm which despite some senseless hate against the cover IMO remains very very high on the list. 5 green storm to work amazingly with rag mixed with a good blue aoe that stuns. And a 3 point yellow as an extra defense = amazing cover. She always gets a share if my ISO.

Finally someone mentioned having lots of like lvl 40-60 chars. I tend to do this also. Get a lot ready so if their event comes I can prep them quickly. Most of my covers sit between 30-60. Characters like rag and mag and others who will carry your team need to be pretty much as high as you can get them. A good leader for your team is priceless

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ihearthawthats wrote:

_urpeein_ wrote:

ihearthawthats wrote:

81 to 85 isn't that much a difference. If I had to choose between an 85/40 team or an 81/50, I think I'd go with the latter.

Interesting... I think I would go with the first, especially depending on who is the 40-50 guy. If it's Wolvie, for example, I would definitely go with the first, since there is a huge difference between a lvl 40 and a lvl 50 Wolvie, while if you can kill a lvl 81 Thor, you certainly can wipe out a lvl 85 pretty much with the same trouble.

Are you speaking from an attacking perspective? I meant for my own team, I'd rather use a team that's 81/50. On offense, yes, I'd rather attack an 85/40 opponent.

Yes, I was speaking from an attacking perspective. I would rather attack the 85/40 team than the 81/50. And also I prefer using the 81/50 team than the 85/40. So, I think we agree with each other. At first I thought you were saying the opposite.

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newdarkcloud wrote:

I don't know about other people here, but my strategy so far has been to focus leveling only on characters I need for whatever event is going on at the time.

I do that too, it means I change the characters I use quite often which makes things more interesting imo.

Purty_Hawkeye

I agree with the plan to focus on a few. I don't have many of the non-1*'s maxed, Thor C. Storm and Wolvie are the only ones, but they are all at pretty high level and growing. I am at the point that so far the devs haven't thrown a tournament at me that my team can't compete for the top and I've done as well as the players who look like they have multiple maxed 3*'s. I think that is what I like about the game is that with an above average investment of time I have been able to have a versatile team that allows me to compete for the prizes I want.

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For me, leveling the higher levels is only worth it if the character's most useful abilities also increase in power with level. For example, Loki's abilities do exactly the same thing at every level, so he doesn't gain much value by leveling. As compared to Thor, every one of his abilities get more powerful as you level up, so if I had to choose between Loki and Thor (assuming I was using both), I'd level Thor first.
Before Spidey's purple changed, I let him languish around lvl 50 because leveling him didn't provide much extra benefit other than a small increase in stats. Now that his very-useful purple scales with level, I'm much more motivated to spend my ISO on him.

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High level spidey puts out some ridiculous protect tiles, plus it forces you to waste a turn matching purple, which a lot of current teams have no use for.

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Twanbon wrote:

Before Spidey's purple changed, I let him languish around lvl 50 because leveling him didn't provide much extra benefit other than a small increase in stats. Now that his very-useful purple scales with level, I'm much more motivated to spend my ISO on him.

Note that Spidey's heal increases every level as well. That's actually been one of the main incentives to me to level him. More healing means less downtime in Prologue missions.

That said he's now in line behind Rags, Black Widow GS, and Mags Classic. Plus whatever the flavor of the week is.