New 2* -> 3* Transitioner. Thor and Ares?

MarvelMan

Roswulf wrote:

Mags and Storm are definitely more valuable than low-covered 3*. Mags Purple into Storm Blue is stupidly good.

Careful who you dump though, as they might be required in DPDQ and get you another cover for them. But the point is good: CStorm/MNMags is a great team, as said that purple to blue is crazy.


As Roswulf pointed out when I said hording can be good, there is a trade off (the DPDQ required cover) so you need to assess if it makes sense for where you are in transition.

Vhailorx

spudzo0 wrote:

Vhailorx wrote:

OP,

(1) Level the following 2*s (ideally in this order): OBW, Ares, Daken, Thor, Storm, MNMags. Those are the essential 2*s that will retain value for you well into 3* land. Additional 2*s that can be useful include mHawkeye, 2* Wolvie, Torch, and maybe Ms. Marvel.

I currently have a full roster with mostly 3*s and the essential 2*s safe for Storm and Mags. Would you recommend getting rid of a couple of low tier 3*s to make room for mags and storm, or is having OBW, Daken, Thor, Ares, and Wolvie maxed good enough?

That is a somewhat tricky question Spud, in that is sort of apples to oranges comparison.

It's true that during the transition phase, stormneto will be a way way more productive use of roster space than would some low tier 3*s with just a couple of covers.

On the other hand, one does eventually reach a point where stormneto just doesn't cut it anymore in pve (I find that they are good until around level 230 without boosting, and maybe up to 280-300 with boosting depending on the match. wouldn't go much higher than that if I could help it). At this point, even a low tier-3* is probably more valuable.

So the answer to your question is "yes" now, but it will eventually be "no."

And the additional consideration is the opportunity costs. (1) Not having that undercovered 3* now may prevent you from earning more for the same character (via essentials), and (2) sometimes terrible characters get buffed. The obvious example is xforce: loads of people sold him pre-buff and now is borderline essential for high-tier play (personally, I agonized over keeping my first loki cover back when roster slots were very tight during my transition, but because I had that one cover for him, I was able to scoop up a bunch of covers when he was un-vaulted, so now I have 5 green covers and am enjoying loki's renaissance).

I would definitely recommend recruiting stormneto if you are still playing at the 2* level (or with lvl 94 3*s). They are the best offensive combo in the game. I would also try to avoid dumping the very worst 3*s (beast, doc oc) as they will likely be buffed. If I HAD to drop a 3*, I would target a lowier tier (but not trash tier) 3* who had recently been vaulted. Characters like this don't break the game so they are a low priority for fixes or balance changes, and if they are vaulted you likely won't see too many essential nodes for them in the near future (daily quest notwithstanding). Off the top of my head, captain marvel fits this description. she isn't great, but is not so bad that she will be revised anytime soon, and she goes in the vault this week, right?

TLCstormz

I think that Colossus fits that description, as well.

I'm getting ready to sell off poor Piotr, to make room for the Starlord cover that I just got from a Heroic Token.

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ChrisUnbroken wrote:

spudzo0 wrote:

Do you have any advice on other ways to accrue more chances at the 3*s? I have a tough time in PVP right now, usually only hitting 350-450 and getting only top 250 rewards. I can hit the occasional PVE progression 3*, but the events take to long to finish and I find myself not wanting to wait for the next event before I start popping iso into recruits so I can glimps the gold.

Basically this game is a marathon, not a sprint. It can take you till day 150 - 200 to even have a team of maxed 3*. It just takes that long. (...)

Currently on day 242, only maxed character is patch with 535 build, then other three with 12/13 covers and another four at 9/13. Then six 2*s at lv94 (Ares, OBW, Wolverine, Magneto, Storm, Daken). Other 3*s are 1~8/13 covers. Those most covered 3*s are sitting on lv95