Roster advice request

BrandonE

My roster is full and consists of mostly maxed 2*, with a gang of poorly covered 3* (but all with at least 2 covers). I still have 1* mstorm and mwidow, but have dropped IM35. I had some luck with tokens and pvp drops recently, and now I've got a roster crisis on my hands.

Full details (if you care):

max OBW
max Wolvie
max 2* Thor
max mn Mags
lvl 92 c Storm
lvl 80 1/0/3 xForce
lvl 67 5/4 Daken
lvl 53 0/3/0 c Mags
lvl 53 0/1/2 IM40
lvl 51 1/1/3 Steve
max mStorm
lvl 50 0/0/2 mohawk
lvl 49 2/1/1 GSBW
lvl 45 2/1/1 Psylocke
lvl 43 2/1/0 Deadpool
lvl 43 2/0/1 Hood
lvl 43 1/1/1 Falcon
lvl 43 1/0/1 Hulk
lvl 43 0/1/1 l Thor
max mWidow
lvl 40 2/0/0 Cap Marvel
lvl 40 1/0/1 l Daken
lvl 40 1/0/1 Patch
lvl 40 0/1/0 HT
lvl 37 4/5/4 2* Cap
lvl 18 1/1/5 Ares

I've got a Sentry cover, a Panther cover and 4 TinyTorch covers (looking like 1 more from Hulk pve) in my queue. I'm about to earn enough hp to open up one more slot. I'm F2P up to this point, and not really interested right now in buying hp for more slots.

Who should stay and who should go?

Unknown

Head over to the tips nd guide section.
Polarity outlines the good and bad characters and that should help you decide

NorthernPolarity

BrandonE wrote:

My roster is full and consists of mostly maxed 2*, with a gang of poorly covered 3* (but all with at least 2 covers). I still have 1* mstorm and mwidow, but have dropped IM35. I had some luck with tokens and pvp drops recently, and now I've got a roster crisis on my hands.

Full details (if you care):

max OBW
max Wolvie
max 2* Thor
max mn Mags
lvl 92 c Storm
lvl 80 1/0/3 xForce
lvl 67 5/4 Daken
lvl 53 0/3/0 c Mags
lvl 53 0/1/2 IM40
lvl 51 1/1/3 Steve
max mStorm
lvl 50 0/0/2 mohawk
lvl 49 2/1/1 GSBW
lvl 45 2/1/1 Psylocke
lvl 43 2/1/0 Deadpool
lvl 43 2/0/1 Hood
lvl 43 1/1/1 Falcon
lvl 43 1/0/1 Hulk
lvl 43 0/1/1 l Thor
max mWidow
lvl 40 2/0/0 Cap Marvel
lvl 40 1/0/1 l Daken
lvl 40 1/0/1 Patch
lvl 40 0/1/0 HT
lvl 37 4/5/4 2* Cap
lvl 18 1/1/5 Ares

I've got a Sentry cover, a Panther cover and 4 TinyTorch covers (looking like 1 more from Hulk pve) in my queue. I'm about to earn enough hp to open up one more slot. I'm F2P up to this point, and not really interested right now in buying hp for more slots.

Who should stay and who should go?

Its between xforce and the 1*s. The 1*s will only be used in the once every month or 2 pvp tournament that features them and in pve heroics. X-force just straight does nothing (i have never used the character in my entire time playing mpq), but is harder to rebuild if they end up buffing him. I think cutting xforce and m widow is the logically correct choice, although cutting widow and storm is the emotionally correct choice. I dislike cutting 3*s since you never know which one youll need to transition with, and all of yours arent straight up unplayable like loki or rags.

fight4thedream

Now that's a decent 2* roster you've got! The only key 2* character you have under-leveled is Ares (whom you definitely should level).

This is how I would look at your current roster:

Your current A team: characters that you can run in both pVp and pVe
2* OBW
2* Thor
2* Storm
(and Ares once you get him maxed)

Your current B team: either support or good for pVe (or often required for pVe)
2* Wolvie
2* Mags
2* Cap

Good Future prospect 3* you should keep: Not necessarily the crème de la crème of the game but rather the current hand you have been dealt and can hope to work with in the near future.
3* Steve
3* Psylocke
3* Thor
3* Hood
3* Patch
3* Daken

Which brings us now to those you should consider cutting:

1. 1* MBW
2. 1* and 3* Storm (Mohawk)
3. 4* X-force

You can easily get your hands on 1* MBW covers in the event you should ever need her. Has an awesome stun attack but health is too low to be viable in pVp and you she is easily overshadowed by OBW. (the exception being Balance of Power, but no one knows how often they will run that event).1* and 3* Storm is unfortunately not a very viable character. Her health is too low and her powers take too long to activate for the most part. You may need her occasionally for pVe but you can probably get through Category 5 with a loaner if your team is strong enough. And although X-force is due for a buff, the likely hood you (or i) will have enough covers and ISO to use him won't be for a very, very long time. Better to build a strong 3* base than hold onto a shiny trophy.

Hope that helps!

GrumpySmurf1002

Looks like you need 3 spots, b/c you should definitely keep Johnny Storm.

Buying the roster slots is really your best option. You have decisions today, and tomorrow you could pull a Punisher, and you've got more decisions. But if you want to justifiably stay F2P:

Dump MWidow and MStorm for sure. They can be re-built in about a month, maybe less depending on how often you play and your token luck.
I would drop 3* Torch for 2* Torch. You only have one cover, no investment in it, and 2* Torch will be much more usable for you in the interim.
If not 3Torch, I probably drop IM40 next. His powers are crazy expensive and would only really serve you in current state as a CStorm battery, for which Mags is better anyway.

Recovering 4 XForce covers will take a long time. XForce is still theoretically part of the current end game, and theoretically getting a buff eventually. I can buy NP's argument, because you likely aren't using him any time soon either. I'd hold on to him personally, because depending where you are in the daily reward process, you have up to 3 more covers coming. If he does get buffed, a 7-cover 4* might put you in decent shape.

EDIT: Reading is hard. If you can buy one spot, then dump the 1* characters and leave Torch/IM40 alone. Then follow mohio's advice about future tokens.

mohio

This doesn't go towards your question exactly, but it's already been answered well by others anyway. Just one piece of advice/something to consider. For your stage of roster development you should really consider holding onto tokens until you can save the hp for an additional spot in case you open a new 3*. You are in a weird position where you don't really need 2* covers (sure you could use ares but you can finish him from pvp match drops) and at the same time any single 3* cover is not really going to make one of them viable to you. While you might still run into this problem just from pvp/pve rewards, it would certainly help cut down on it. Once you get a comfortable amount of roster slots (or a 3*or two that could be viable with one or two extra covers) then you can go to town on your saved up tokens.

Unknown

Agree with Mohio. Until you have the hp to open at least 2 roster spots, save the tokens.

For now, buy the spot you can, dump 1* Widow for the second.

For the third, either dump 1* Storm or sell the 2* Torch covers until you earn the hp to open a spot for him. If you can get it soon enough (in next 3 days, 2 PvP, 1 PvE, and Season4 all end), you might not have to sell them all.

BrandonE

Thanks for all the advice. I swapped out 3* HT for Johnny Storm and dumped 1* storm for Sentry. Have 300/350 hp and plenty of stuff ending soon, like papa07 said, so I'm holding Panther for that slot. Realized after asking this that I will also likely get 3 additional Johnny covers (1 pve, 1 @ 500 on Webslinger, aiming low on Hollowpoint for rank 101 or so), making that swap even better. Glad I asked, as I wouldn't have thought of tossing 3* HT, but I've tossed many other 3* single covers that I didn't have room for. Probably threw away 3 Steves before I finally made room for him.

I'll also start hoarding my tokens, though that will kill my 6yo son, as his favorite thing to do is open tokens for me with his "magic luck". He's pulled more than one 3* token from a standard, and was the puller on most of the XForce tokens, which he loves, since he doesn't understand nuance enough to know that he's not that awesome (but he's 4* and he looks so COOL!). I keep xforce just for him and the rarity. He loves to use xforce to destroy level 1 of the prologue.

Kelbris

If your Panthers blue, I would sell it for now.

You're most likely going 5/3/5 so you can afford to drop it.

BrandonE

Kelbris wrote:

If your Panthers blue, I would sell it for now.

You're most likely going 5/3/5 so you can afford to drop it.

I didn't say before, but it's black. Definitely holding it for now.

Kelbris

BrandonE wrote:

Kelbris wrote:

If your Panthers blue, I would sell it for now.

You're most likely going 5/3/5 so you can afford to drop it.

I didn't say before, but it's black. Definitely holding it for now.

Yeah, don't sell that. If the timer gets to a few hours and you don't have a spot yet, drop MWidow. She's a one ability character that's made pretty useless by team ups. You can probably farm her blue in the Sim next time it comes up.

Her only real use would be a heroic where you don't have three 2* characters to use, but that rarely happens. With cap, c.storm, and Wolvie, you'll probably be fine.

mohio

BrandonE wrote:

aiming low on Hollowpoint for rank 101

With the amount of 2* that drop in pvp you're probably better off finishing top 100 or even 50 so you get the extra hp. Even if you don't keep or want the spidey cover the hp will just make the next roster spot that much closer.

As for the son thing I totally understand. My daughter loves some of the worst characters (moonstone, daredevil, she hulk, IW, spidey are just a few) and has spent a bunch of ISO on them when I wasn't paying attention. Oh well, at least it's just a game .

Unknown

I've recently maxed my GSBW and love her sniper rifle. She works great hiding behind Hulk with his high green, but I'm looking to use another to jump in front with green. I 'm leveling X-Force but his max green is 70, same as GSBW.

Who would attack first if they both have the same green attack and no buffs, GSBW or x-Force?

Bonus: who has a higher purple than GSBW to be the third on that team?

Thanks for any help or suggestions.

Unknown

True ties go to Center then Left then Right. However, there are hidden decimals and it is likely, they are not exactly tied.

Unknown

I never knew that center took priority, that is good to know. Does it work the same in the Combined Arms Event?

M C K

SamFury wrote:

I never knew that center took priority, that is good to know. Does it work the same in the Combined Arms Event?

Yep. It's an overarching game mechanic, and applies to all matches.