Feature Request: Character Combo Bonuses (e.g., Loki + Thor)

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To encourage "roster diversity", why not include bonuses/power-ups that are triggered when certain character combos are used? Here are a few examples:

Loki+Thor = "How desperate are you?" bonus...Loki's health is boosted by 20% while Thor's health is reduced by 10%.

Capt America+Falcon = "When do we start?" bonus...Capt America's countdown tiles are reduced by 1.

Daken+Wolverine = "Like father like son" bonus...Regen rates for both are increased by 10%.

Torch+Invis Woman = "Leave my sister alone" bonus...every time Sue Storm takes X damage, Johnny gains 5 red AP.

Hawkeye+Black Widow = "From Russia with Love" bonus...both characters have a 25% chance of avoiding an attack.

Hulk+She-hulk = "Hulks SMASH" bonus...20% match damage bonus.

And the list goes on and on.

Now if we want to be super lazy, we can keep it simple and throw in a free boost every time a certain character combo is used. With these character combo bonuses, we might actually see more roster diversity in PVP rather than just Sentry + Hood/Daken or Xforce + whoever.

EDIT: added more potential combos

_RiO_

You know; this is actually a very decent idea to foster diversity in rosters and teams. And also something that can be used to give the underdogs (like Loki) a bit of a boost here and there, making them just a bit more viable than the low-tier trash they are right now.

NorthernPolarity

Wouldn't this be forced roster diversity though? These new combos would just end up replacing the current combos just because the devs arbitrarily decided that a certain duo should be more powerful than everyone else, as opposed to diversity existing because of organic reasons like how certain characters work well together and how all the characters in the game are actually balanced relative to one another.

_RiO_

NorthernPolarity wrote:

Wouldn't this be forced roster diversity though? These new combos would just end up replacing the current combos just because the devs arbitrarily decided that a certain duo should be more powerful than everyone else, as opposed to diversity existing because of organic reasons like how certain characters work well together and how all the characters in the game are actually balanced relative to one another.

Not if this just presents additional options of similar strength to existing ones. Note that in the examples given atleast one also contains both buffs and debuffs: in the Loki/Thor case, you trade away some of Thor's massively tanky hitpoints to Loki. That kind of synergy could actually work quite well.

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_RiO_ wrote:

NorthernPolarity wrote:

Wouldn't this be forced roster diversity though? These new combos would just end up replacing the current combos just because the devs arbitrarily decided that a certain duo should be more powerful than everyone else, as opposed to diversity existing because of organic reasons like how certain characters work well together and how all the characters in the game are actually balanced relative to one another.

Not if this just presents additional options of similar strength to existing ones. Note that in the examples given atleast one also contains both buffs and debuffs: in the Loki/Thor case, you trade away some of Thor's massively tanky hitpoints to Loki. That kind of synergy could actually work quite well.

Yup, so instead of endless rounds of nerfs/re-balancing, we would encourage new character combinations with these combo bonuses. Come on, we all know that Loki and Thor were meant to be played together along with Capt "Merica and Falcon. Rainbow tile coverage + special boosts..why not try them out? Take the Loki+Thor example. It's completely in character for Loki to let Thor take the damage from an incoming attack.

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NorthernPolarity wrote:

Wouldn't this be forced roster diversity though? These new combos would just end up replacing the current combos just because the devs arbitrarily decided that a certain duo should be more powerful than everyone else, as opposed to diversity existing because of organic reasons like how certain characters work well together and how all the characters in the game are actually balanced relative to one another.

Not necessarily arbitrary...but more along the lines of teamwork that's seen in the Marvel Universe. Certain characters such synergize (is that a word?) well with others.

Case in point =

Unknown

Cool idea! I'll suggest a few more combos...

Black Panther & any version of Storm ~ "Wakandan Royalty" Her green does double the tile damage and his defense tiles get a 10% boost

Spider-Man & Deadpool - "The Wiseguys" Steal 1 purple AP from enemy for each web tile on the board when your team matches purple (which could combo into very fast Venom Devours)

She-Hulk & Daredevil - "Legal Eagles" Matching your own traps does triple damage and steals up to 3 AP and Reprieve doubles the burst healing and you gain any AP it drained from the enemy team.