TxMoose wrote: I'd level ares (he's actually stronger than thor in many ways). cap and marvel are both optional to me. both serve a purpose but unless you are willing to spend to keep characters, they may be cut options. I regretted selling my cap right before ultron because my ***cap was not quite ready yet and having 5 red and blue would have really helped. marvel has a usable black which is rare in ** land and some use her a lot. I never did use her since i tended toward ares/thor for my r/y damage guys. if you can afford to keep everything, do that. if not, consider consolidating your *s to just jugs or im35 and consider cap and marvel. good luck.
Warbringa wrote: Ok so I went against some of the advice (just got too tired playing same guys/teams with no progress) and started leveling a few characters up to 110 and haven't seen a huge issue yet with PvE scaling. It has also helped me somewhat in PvP but my biggest weakness is a lack of good red abilities especially with higher level characters. I think I will level up Ares as suggested by you guys but he doesn't help much on the red side of it as his red is probably his worst power. I also have 2* tokens that I am torn between selling and keeping. I have 2 modern hawkeyes, 2 bullseyes, and 2 johnny storms (had this guy once but sold him off when I got 3* before essentials). My roster slots are costing me 600 hero points right now and I have about 3000 hero points. I am hoping to get Black Panther and She-Hulk (maybe Psylocke too) someday and the faint possibility I pick up some new 4* cover, but is it worth recruiting these guys since I will probably never level them up? I know someone earlier commented get them just for the pve essentials what are other peoples opinions? I seem to have an aversion to spending hero points for characters I will never level up, is this just me or has anyone else faced this conundrum now with essentials?
Warbringa wrote: Ok, so in PvP I know team construction is often mitigated by who is the featured character but I seem to really suffer on the defense. Which characters on my roster should I try to use for defensive purposes when I am not actively playing?
Warbringa wrote: Ok happened to just get 2 Ares red covers, only used the 1 and sold the other of course. Wonder if the devs read the posts and send us covers we need
TxMoose wrote: im40 is a no brainer to me. yes those others have better red/blues which actually works perfectly as they can better use that ap that tony generates. add a good green user (kk or similar) and you've got a great team. 3stark may be the best support character in the game right now (any rarity level) and tanky health to boot - will do well for you well past your 4* transition. I use him extensively now with combinations of ice, cyke, and 4thor (and even cmags in LRs). loki depends on if you ever want to pvp with him. if you do, max him/champ him. if you'll stick to mostly pve with him, keeping him off of tanking as much as possible comes with benefits there. that leaves pun and dd - 2 of the weaker characters in my opinion and I don't see any reason to spend iso on them, but I'm millions of iso in the hole for my 4s, so that's just my perspective. daredevil can be a blast and frustrating in consecutive matches. I'm not of the opinion that those are worth iso, but if you love them and use them often, go for it. I use gamora much more than many, so I champed her. same with torch, but after the ddq today he seemed pretty weak at 270. I think daken, gamora, and torch might be better choices than pun or dd, but that is based on who I use. if you use dd and pun more, then do them.