[SPOILER] Upcoming characters & contents /2505/

GothicKratos

I thought about Kraven, but it just doesn't sit well with the other characters. He'd be really random unless the next PvE was Spider-Man oriented. I thought about Kingpin too, and how that could tie-in with Hood and Spider-Man, but that's pretty unlikely too.

Der_Lex

- Female shapeshifter
I think Ms. Marvel/Kamala Khan fits that description best. Emma Frost is possible too, although I think it's a bit of a stretch to call characters like her and Colossus full-blown shapeshifters.

- Letter 'I'
My guess would be either Iron Fist or Iceman. Don't think this is supposed to be the 'all passives' character in that case, though.

- can be 'invisible'
Argh, too many characters in the Marvel Universe who have some form of invisibility. I'm gonna go with Ghost, simply because I always thought he was one of Iron Man's cooler villains. If this is the 4*, maybe Prof X? He can make himself 'invisible' by messing with minds.

- Spider-Man related
Another nigh endless list. Miles Morales or Spider-Gwen, maybe?

- Sharpshooter
3* Hawkeye to coincide with Age of Ultron? On that note, Ultron himself would be a cool addition to the game as well.

Marc_Spector

The Gunslinger wrote:

- Roland Deschain*
*This is based off pure fandom and I know he'll never be in this game. However, Marvel did publish comics based off The Dark Tower series, so a man can dream.

I see [what] you [did there].

Love that series.

Arondite

Marc Spector wrote:

The Gunslinger wrote:

- Roland Deschain*
*This is based off pure fandom and I know he'll never be in this game. However, Marvel did publish comics based off The Dark Tower series, so a man can dream.

I see [what] you [did there].

Love that series.

And Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came

That is one of the greatest series ever written. Wizard and Glass (Book 4) literally broke my heart.



*edited for clarity

Der_Lex

Arondite wrote:

That is one of the greatest series ever written. Wizard and Glass (Book 4) literally broke my heart.

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/literally

Arondite, you have forgotten the face of your father.

Arondite

Der_Lex wrote:

Arondite wrote:

That is one of the greatest series ever written. Wizard and Glass (Book 4) literally broke my heart.

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/literally

Arondite, you have forgotten the face of your father.

I don't know why you feel like I didn't mean exactly what I said.

The literal heart in my literal body was broken as a result of that book.

Unknown

ronin-san wrote:

GothicKratos wrote:

turul wrote:

Hints are individual now!

- female shapeshifter
- letter I
- can be "invisible"
- spiderman related
- a "sharpshooter"

If it is indeed five separate characters (I don't know if I can trust you anymore after this trickery! ) my guesses are;

Female Shapeshifter: This could be a ton of people really. Mystique (2* or 4* variant for Dark Reign storyline - seems like a stretch though), Magik (3* for tons of story lines), Emma Frost (3* or 4* for a lot of story lines, including Dark Reign), Kamala Khan (3* Miss Marvel, her own storyline - seems like a stretch too), or Morgan le Fay (2* for the Dark Reign storyline).

Letter "I": The list is literally; Iron Patriot, Iceman, Iron Man, Invisible Woman, Iron Fist, In-Betweener, and Ilyana Rasputin a.k.a. Magik.

Can be "Invisible": I have three guesses here; Phoenix Force (because the entity itself was simple energy that couldn't be "seen" it just had manifestations), Invisible Woman rework (because duh) or Vision (because he could use holograms to make himself invisible). Magik's teleporting? Seems like a stretch.

Spider-Man Related: This could also be Kamala Khan, but this is a stretch and a half for sure. We could be seeing a new, slimmer Venom for the end of Dark Reign. We could get a simply random, but awesome Carnage. Green Goblin seems to be the obvious one here - maybe even 3* Norman Osborn (Green Goblin) and 4* Norman Osbourne (Iron Patriot)?

"Sharpshooter": Not a huge amount of gunslingers in the Marvel canon I can think of and only a hand full more archers. I can think of; Trickshot (would fit the Dark Reign bill), Bullseye (3* variant? Rework?), Hawkeye (3* variant?), Domino (unlikely but I'd like it lol), Cable (unlikely), and Deadpool (but a variant is unlikely).

Kraven is Spider-man related, could use a rifle or poisons ala torch's green, as well as traps or knife attacks. He is a no-brained, to me.
http://marvel.wikia.com/Sergei_Kravinoff_(Earth-616)

https://benjaminherman.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/kraven3.jpg

Yeah Professor X can use a sniper rifle too. Doesn't mean he's a sharpshooter.

Both of Hawkeye's versions are in the game. Unless they decide to include him as Ronin, which would be extremely confusing.

Greatest Hits Bullseye is a possibility http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070407152558/marveldatabase/images/f/f3/Bullseye_Greatest_Hits_Vol_1_1_Textless.jpg, but I really don't see why they would botherfocusing so much on this character. He's never been exactly a star.

To me that just leaves Taskmaster, who I wouldn't precisely call a sharpshooter, Domino, who nobody knows outside of hardcore marvel nerds and - and this really is a long shot - Longshot.

Letter I has to be Iron Fist, since we've been begging for him to be in the game for the longest time.

Shapeshifter could either mean a true shapeshifter, like someone like mystique, or anyone who can change shapes, in which case it could be a thousand characters.

Invisible is the IW rework. You can stretch this to include magic, teleportation or psyonics, but it's a huge stretch.

Spider-man related is the one that has me curious, though. Could we really be getting Green Goblin? Carnage? Mysterio? Iron Patriot fits with the rest of the Dark Reign story nicely though.

GothicKratos

I meant to say Taskmaster too, which like you said, isn't really a "sharpshooter", but I'd be okay with him coming along.

After some thinking on it, Bishop came to mind, but I feel like that's a bigger stretch than Domino.

Unknown

Arondite wrote:

Marc Spector wrote:

The Gunslinger wrote:

- Roland Deschain*
*This is based off pure fandom and I know he'll never be in this game. However, Marvel did publish comics based off The Dark Tower series, so a man can dream.

I see [what] you [did there].

Love that series.

And Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came

That is one of the greatest series ever written. Wizard and Glass (Book 4) literally broke my heart.



*edited for clarity

9/10 Because King decided to Lady in the Water the last books, but yeah, it's a crazy good series. I've read every King book and I have most of them sitting on a few shelves a couple feet from me.

ronin_san

ark123 wrote:

Hints are individual now!


Kraven is Spider-man related, could use a rifle or poisons ala torch's green, as well as traps or knife attacks. He is a no-brained, to me.
http://marvel.wikia.com/Sergei_Kravinoff_(Earth-616)

https://benjaminherman.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/kraven3.jpg
Yeah Professor X can use a sniper rifle too. Doesn't mean he's a sharpshooter.

Both of Hawkeye's versions are in the game. Unless they decide to include him as Ronin, which would be extremely confusing.

Greatest Hits Bullseye is a possibility http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070407152558/marveldatabase/images/f/f3/Bullseye_Greatest_Hits_Vol_1_1_Textless.jpg, but I really don't see why they would botherfocusing so much on this character. He's never been exactly a star.

Spider-man related is the one that has me curious, though. Could we really be getting Green Goblin? Carnage? Mysterio? Iron Patriot fits with the rest of the Dark Reign story nicely though.

Prof X. Stop trolling. Who said anything about a sniper rifle?

I do agree with you that a revamped Bullseye is the most likely fit. I just thought, of the Spider-Man books, Kraven's the shooter." he *can* be a sharpshooter. He can also use traps, spears, knives, camouflage.

kensterr

My guesses for the sharpshooter:

Bucky Barnes aka Winter Soldier
"Barnes is a highly trained soldier, an expert fighter and a talented marksman. In battle, he uses canonical firearms, and most of all as a sniper, Bucky is an expert on sniping. As The Winter Soldier, Bucky is highly skilled in all forms of hand-to-hand combat. He is skilled with all types of firearms and bombs, and is a master knife fighter and expert marksman. His entire left arm has been rebuilt by HYDRA, making it cybernetic, which has granted him enhanced strength."

Brock Rumlow aka Crossbones
"Expert Marksman: Rumlow is a very accurate marksman and skilled in sharpshooting."

Both sources from Marvel Movies Wikia.

Unknown

kensterr wrote:

My guesses for the sharpshooter:

Bucky Barnes aka Winter Soldier
"Barnes is a highly trained soldier, an expert fighter and a talented marksman. In battle, he uses canonical firearms, and most of all as a sniper, Bucky is an expert on sniping. As The Winter Soldier, Bucky is highly skilled in all forms of hand-to-hand combat. He is skilled with all types of firearms and bombs, and is a master knife fighter and expert marksman. His entire left arm has been rebuilt by HYDRA, making it cybernetic, which has granted him enhanced strength."

Brock Rumlow aka Crossbones
"Expert Marksman: Rumlow is a very accurate marksman and skilled in sharpshooting."

Both sources from Marvel Movies Wikia.

I would not complain about winter soldier at all.

Thanos

The 4* is none other than Stan Lee . At his age he's not as mobile as the rest of the MPQ cast hence the three passive abilities.

atomzed

Let me put in my guess too..

Female shapeshifter - no idea based on my limited knowledge about marvel.

I - this ought to be Iron Patriot!

Invisible - Kitty Pyrde, the girl who can phase through objects?

Sharpshooter - I'm going on a tangent here, but I am guessing Gambit. He *is* the most voted character
.. And if bullseye can be considered as a sharpshooter, then gambit would be a sharpshooter too.

From marvel wiki
Gambit is bilingual in English and French, and also possesses the ability to throw small objects - including knives, throwing spikes, and playing cards - with extraordinary accuracy. He is also a skilled duelist and fencer.

smoq84

I'd love to see Longshot as sharpshooter, but I'm afraid it is less than possible

My guesses:
- Emma Frost
- Iron Fist
- Professor X
- Green Goblin
- Gambit

Unknown

ark123 wrote:

Both of Hawkeye's versions are in the game. Unless they decide to include him as Ronin, which would be extremely confusing.

Greatest Hits Bullseye is a possibility http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070407152558/marveldatabase/images/f/f3/Bullseye_Greatest_Hits_Vol_1_1_Textless.jpg, but I really don't see why they would botherfocusing so much on this character. He's never been exactly a star.

Not that I'd expect it, but Hawkeye was Goliath for a while, too. Might be before your time.

And Bullseye was a big deal in the early 80s, when Frank Miller was doing Daredevil, but again, might be before your time.

Unknown

Ben Grimm wrote:

ark123 wrote:

Both of Hawkeye's versions are in the game. Unless they decide to include him as Ronin, which would be extremely confusing.

Greatest Hits Bullseye is a possibility http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070407152558/marveldatabase/images/f/f3/Bullseye_Greatest_Hits_Vol_1_1_Textless.jpg, but I really don't see why they would botherfocusing so much on this character. He's never been exactly a star.

Not that I'd expect it, but Hawkeye was Goliath for a while, too. Might be before your time.

And Bullseye was a big deal in the early 80s, when Frank Miller was doing Daredevil, but again, might be before your time.

Including any character who used pym particles before including Hank Pym would be a pretty strange move.

bcas76

Depending on how you read the clues, all five could be mutants. Emma Frost, Ilyana, Nightcrawler/Prof. X, Iceman (Spider-Man and Friends)...but the sharpshooter is almost certainly Gambit.

But an all-mutant release schedule doesn't track with MPQ and Marvel's marketing synergy with the MCU and new comic series (Luke Cage, Squirrel Girl). Also, turul lists five characters. Where we are in the release cycle, we have one more three-star before another four-star, then two more characters before the next four-star. That gets us to the end of April, so they'll likely want at least one Avengers promo character. Regardless, two of the characters will be four-star.

MPQ already has two Ms. Captain Marvels, and Squirrel Girl fills the not-sexist quota, so a scantily clad Emma Frost is next.

There's no story or promotional reason for Iceman, and they would be insane to release a different version of Invisible Woman before fixing the one that already sucks. Iron Fist has a Netflix series coming out and a comic series that may have recently been cancelled but maybe not, so the I is he.

I hope the invisible character isn't Nightcrawler, and everyone assumes Professor X is coming soon, but the Scott Lang variant of Ant-Man makes a lot more sense. But it's probably Professor X.

Who isn't Spider-Man related? I think there was even a Spider-Man/Spawn crossover. But a four-star Iron Patriot wraps up the played out Dark Reign story not a moment too soon.

Then Gambit. Because it's obviously Gambit.

Unknown

Marc Spector wrote:

The Gunslinger wrote:

- Roland Deschain*
*This is based off pure fandom and I know he'll never be in this game. However, Marvel did publish comics based off The Dark Tower series, so a man can dream.

I see [what] you [did there].

Love that series.

Roland Deschain (The Gunslinger)

I Aim With My Eye

I Shoot With My Mind

I Kill With My Heart

Unknown

ark123 wrote:

Ben Grimm wrote:

ark123 wrote:

Both of Hawkeye's versions are in the game. Unless they decide to include him as Ronin, which would be extremely confusing.

Greatest Hits Bullseye is a possibility http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20070407152558/marveldatabase/images/f/f3/Bullseye_Greatest_Hits_Vol_1_1_Textless.jpg, but I really don't see why they would botherfocusing so much on this character. He's never been exactly a star.

Not that I'd expect it, but Hawkeye was Goliath for a while, too. Might be before your time.

And Bullseye was a big deal in the early 80s, when Frank Miller was doing Daredevil, but again, might be before your time.

Including any character who used pym particles before including Hank Pym would be a pretty strange move.

Like I said, I don't expect it.

But there are a few other Hawkeye approaches they could take, like Hawkeye (Thunderbolts), or his long-sleeved look, or something along those lines. I'm not speculating on this character release; just saying that I think a 3* Hawkeye of some sort is going to show up eventually (as well as 3* Venom, Juggernaut, Bullseye, and probably Moonstone and Ares).