HP spending advice

Unknown

I've done pretty well in a few of the Hunt sub-missions and find myself with about 3000 HP now. My plan was to buy some Red Rags covers with that, but that's out the window.

My backup plan was to buy Grey Widow green covers (currently sitting at level 2), but I'm not sure if that's a wise move as she only really meshes with a maxed Hulk.

My Spidey is maxed, so that leaves Hulk (4/2/1). Maybe I should invest in his black (which seems to be the rarest of his covers)? Allowing me to level him up more (currently capped at 77)?

My Classic Mags is only at one red cover.


I thought about sitting on them, but these upcoming nerfs/upgrades could still take a few months. Seems silly to sit on the HP as I could make these characters more effective and use them to win more rewards in the meantime.

Unknown

hang onto your HP and see what happens.

Kiamodo

Saint Matthew wrote:

hang onto your HP and see what happens.

Great advice.

Wait for the future changes.

Unknown

If you have enough ISO to level them quick once you apply the covers, then pick one you will be "main"ing.

Nothing wrong with leveling hulk right now since he's buffed in both current tournies.

As for more of a longer term strat, that's just speculation at this point.

Unknown

Why shoot in general? Instead of discovering some idea on the spot -- and spend the HP right on that spot?

MarvelMan

At this point the uncertainty strongly suggests you hold on to any HP, outside of needing a slot for Ares. If they can actually figure out (unlikely) how to buff the Invisible Hag-woman or the X-Force chihuahua those would be the best place to put it, but there is no way to know where yet.

The current places would that seem most worth HP investment (C.Mag, BWGS) will either be nerfed, or were nerfed with the change to Rag. You already have Spidey maxed, but he is going to see a nerf into oblivion soon himself. Maybe save up to rebuild Thor/Wolvie, as their current builds will likely be brought to their knees, but past practices indicate it is more likely they will be completely useless.

Unknown

Thanks for the replies. Right now I am leaning towards spending it on Hulk covers as he seems to be one of the top 5 characters in the game right now and in no danger of getting nerfed. Plus, I can use him to win more Punisher covers (currently).

Unknown

I'd hold onto my HP, but if you really want to spend them, I'd think putting them on Hulk and Punisher would be a good idea. They seem to be the current set of featured character and neither looks strong enough to get nerfed, so it's safe to invest in them and having a high level Hulk/Punisher definitely helps given the number of events that feature them.

Kiamodo

Phantron wrote:

I'd hold onto my HP, but if you really want to spend them, I'd think putting them on Hulk and Punisher would be a good idea. They seem to be the current set of featured character and neither looks strong enough to get nerfed, so it's safe to invest in them and having a high level Hulk/Punisher definitely helps given the number of events that feature them.

Also very good advice.

Unknown

Toxicadam wrote:

Thanks for the replies. Right now I am leaning towards spending it on Hulk covers as he seems to be one of the top 5 characters in the game right now and in no danger of getting nerfed. Plus, I can use him to win more Punisher covers (currently).

I would be patient. It seems likely that we would have a tournament with hulk covers as rewards fairly soon. Aside from that, he sees as good a place to spend as any. Don't forget the progression awards in the current tourney.

Unknown

Honestly, I'd just save it and dominate tournaments via well-timed shields. If you play the 2-day tournaments right, you can basically take top 5 AND cut even on HP expenditure/gain. With a little work, you'd basically bag progression rewards and ranking rewards pretty easily.

Unknown

Straight up loving my maxed Hulk right now. I recognize he won't be as big an advantage once these tourneys are done and he isn't buffed, but even without that he's the best tank in the game (I used him to replace IM40 who was my old tank). With the pace of the game slowing, a mountain of hit points is a useful deterrent. You can win some Hulk covers from upper progression rewards in the Smash Hit tourneys, so that may also influence how you spend.

Another consideration is how much ISO you have banked. If you can't afford to level someone significantly, then the covers you buy won't do you much good in the short term and it might be better to hold off on balance changes. I'm sitting on about 3K right now as well, but I plan to wait to see what happens with some of the changes. If the devs are going to buff as hard as they nerf, a cover for IW or 4* Wolvie might end up being a solid investment given how much harder those covers are to come by through regular play.

Dayv

Do you have 40 slots yet?

*slaps own arm like a junkie*

Unknown

Keep in mind how slowly characters are likely to be buffed or nerfed. I'd be surprised (shocked out of my seat, even) if we got character updates at a rate of one a week. It will likely be some time (smart money is probably on 2-3 months) before the full character re-balancing queue is exhausted.

Unknown

DayvBang wrote:

Do you have 40 slots yet?

*slaps own arm like a junkie*

Hahha .. Sorry, I'm still under a mild form of protest of not purchasing any more slots since they made the HP change. Still holding strong at 27.

walk wrote:

Another consideration is how much ISO you have banked. If you can't afford to level someone significantly, then the covers you buy won't do you much good in the short term and it might be better to hold off on balance changes. I'm sitting on about 3K right now as well

That's a good point. I've pretty much depleted all my bank leveling up my Hulk/Punisher/Spidey to mid-levels. I should make a good chunk of it back though in the current event(s).

Moon wrote:

Keep in mind how slowly characters are likely to be buffed or nerfed. I'd be surprised (shocked out of my seat, even) if we got character updates at a rate of one a week. It will likely be some time (smart money is probably on 2-3 months) before the full character re-balancing queue is exhausted.

That's why I want to spend it now. I could play the waiting game forever if I wanted to wait for the 'optimal time'.

Unknown

I find patience is a virtue with cover collecting. With shields, placing in PVP tourneys are a breeze. Also, just when you think you'll never find that 5th blue spidey and drop some HP to purchase, it inevitably shows up as a random cover after the fact. (think someone made a post about this phenomenon)

I like to save the HP for shields and roster spots personally.

Unknown

All I'll say is that Punisher's Molvtov Cocktail + Wolvie Strike Tiles == GOLD !!!!

NorthernPolarity

Do not spend any HP on hulk/punisher. I'm not sure if this was always the case, but it seems like the rewards for all tournaments barring lightning rounds in the past month have all been heroes such as hulk, punisher, iron man 40, spidey, GSBW, etc. If you were to invest HP in something, go for the villains that don't have tournament rewards (mags, rags, doom, etc). Since mags is the only top tier villain and has an uncertain future, I would max out on cover slots (which you've probably already done), and just hold onto it for now.

Unknown

In terms of Grey Widow, wait until you can take her straight to level 5 as that's when the ability really takes off. You won't see much difference between 2 and 4.

Unknown

NorthernPolarity wrote:

Do not spend any HP on hulk/punisher. I'm not sure if this was always the case, but it seems like the rewards for all tournaments barring lightning rounds in the past month have all been heroes such as hulk, punisher, iron man 40, spidey, GSBW, etc. If you were to invest HP in something, go for the villains that don't have tournament rewards (mags, rags, doom, etc). Since mags is the only top tier villain and has an uncertain future, I would max out on cover slots (which you've probably already done), and just hold onto it for now.

I think this is the worst possible advice. So horrible in fact that I don't even feel the need to point out why. Everyone should already know.

NorthernPolarity

Psykopathic wrote:

NorthernPolarity wrote:

Do not spend any HP on hulk/punisher. I'm not sure if this was always the case, but it seems like the rewards for all tournaments barring lightning rounds in the past month have all been heroes such as hulk, punisher, iron man 40, spidey, GSBW, etc. If you were to invest HP in something, go for the villains that don't have tournament rewards (mags, rags, doom, etc). Since mags is the only top tier villain and has an uncertain future, I would max out on cover slots (which you've probably already done), and just hold onto it for now.

I think this is the worst possible advice. So horrible in fact that I don't even feel the need to point out why. Everyone should already know.

Please enlighten us, Psykopathic. I simply suggested that he shouldn't spend HP on the heroes whose covers are being given out the most right now as tournament prizes: my hulk is 4/3/4 and punisher is 2/4/5 solely from tournament prizes. My 3* villains, on the other hand, barely have any covers by comparison (0/1/0 mags, 2/1 doom, etc). I guess I didn't make myself clear in my initial post: from a rarity standpoint, it makes more sense to invest in villain covers since you can only get villain covers in the lightning rounds (which are far harder than tournaments). However, none of the villains are really worth investing in right now (rags got nerfed, mags is going to get nerfed, the rest aren't as good as the top characters in the game right now), so I think you should either go for cover slots or hold onto the HP.