3 Best Cards or Roster vs Roster?

Unknown

Whilst skipping through the hundreds of Wolverine/Thor/Original Black Widow combos that is all I ever see in the game, I got to thinking. D3/Devs can go through the nerf/buff cycle for every character and we'll still always see the same combos in teams because a) people will always play what is optimal and b) people have levelled the characters!

So my mind wandered on what the best approach for a game like this is. Personally, I levelled my characters rather haphazardly so I have a lot of covers hovering in a 50-65 type range, obviously sub optimal and why my tournaments are more or less **** until I grind out some proper ISO. For me though, this reliance on picking a team of three and sticking with it is what is causing most of the issues that have people so angry over the past two weeks. All of the changes that have been put forward by the devs seem intent on striving towards the '3 of the best' theory.

I don't know. I think I'd prefer the game to be focused on my ROSTER, rather then the FOTM team combination. This has a couple of benefits; it limits the impact of your overpowered characters, it makes investing in characters a bit more rewarded, it encourages you to play other characters and experiment with combos and it gives people a little freedom in terms of plaing the characters they like, rather than the same characters all the time, using the same abilities all the time, fighting mirror matches all the time purely because that is the 'best' and you want to place in tournaments.

Obviously the devs buff certain characters, but then the tournament is X/2of the best. I thought it might be fun to think of some ways they could bring the roster of heroes into play, through play modes or mechanics rather than just saying 'this character will do 200% damage now'.

I haven't really fleshed out my own ideas so I'll wait for a couple of responses before I put em up. Assuming people even agree with the idea!

Unknown

I like the idea of tournaments that consist of teams (you must use these three characters, if you do not have them they will be provided at a low level). The only downside I suppose is that it would be the same team that your fighting. Some variation of this would be fun though.

Unknown

KLoganR wrote:

I like the idea of tournaments that consist of teams (you must use these three characters, if you do not have them they will be provided at a low level). The only downside I suppose is that it would be the same team that your fighting. Some variation of this would be fun though.

The real downside would be that a player who has only 1 or none of the required heroes would have 0% at a reward. Being forced to use 1 specific hero may be fine, but any more than that would be a disaster.

Dribbler

I play whatever cards I feel like would be fun. my OBW is fully covered but still level 6 cause she doesn't strike me as fun as the covers I am playing.
It's boring to see the same cards all the time, I like variety in my challenges.

Unknown

I want them to add two characters for the next event.

DirigiblePilot

Unity wrote:

I want them to add two characters for the next event.

Me too! I think one of the best parts of a game like this is the possibility for a varied and diverse roster. Here's hoping...

Copps

I'm hoping for a madripoor themed event with patch buffed. Not sure who the character to introduce would be omega red would be a fun cover though.