3* transitioner - next step advice - level up or soft cap?

Whosaninja

I'm have been playing the game for 214 days and have picked up a cover for nearly every character bar 4 4*s (now Thing has joined the roster) and have soft capped myself at 94.

Focusing on the 3*s I have the following sitting on 94. So the question is, do I keep them at 94 for a while longer or start leveling them up together?

Loki: 5/3/4
Falcon: 3/5/3
Cap Marvel: 2/4/4
Dr Doom: 4/3/3
Storm: 5/1/3
Spidey: 3/3/3
Thor: 4/3/2
Blade: 5/2/1
Kamala: 3/1/4
R&G: 4/1/3
Hulk: 5/1/2
Daredevil: 3/2/3

Cheers
Whosaninja

Whosaninja

*Bump*

Any advice welcome. Have accumulated 300k worth of ISO and it is just sitting there. Not leveled all of my 2 and 1 stars, have the majority at max but don't want to waste it. Is 102 safe enough or does scaling take my 2 stars out of the equation?

TxMoose

I would sit tight. you have some good support (loki/falcon) with decent covers but your damage dealers really aren't ready to take over for ares/2daken/2thor yet, but they can still help give other options at that level. concentrate on pve and get a little closer to covering a good group and then you might have some decisions to make in the not to distant future. collect iso, covers and hp for now. that's what I'd do. I held mine at 104. I don't think that would hurt anything but I would wait to push anyone higher until you get some more covers on some top damage dealers (or strike/attack makers for falcon)

udonomefoo

I'm just a couple months ahead of you and did the same thing, holding at 94. I think you can start bumping them up, but not by a lot. 104, maybe 114. When boosted that extra 10 levels becomes much bigger. I went 94>104>114>120 and now I'm just moving them up as I feel like it. Current max is 130. Only reason I haven't maxed anyone is that I don't have many of the top 10 cover maxed and the ones I do have don't have a good compliment. I have Thor and Cyc covered, but no one to pair them with that works well.

You're at a point where the snowball effect starts to roll and you'll be swimming in nearly fully covered chars soon.

Whosaninja

Thanks both. It is a fair point that I don't have enough covers for my damage dealers, so will hold off a little longer until I've added a few more covers then head to 104.

Will focus on pve as well. Took part in the final round of last season's PVP (God of Lies) and was put in a poor group so was able to get 1st. Wish it was that easy all the time!

Vhailorx

I would stick with the soft cap for a bit longer if you can.

you have some solid support and 2nd tier characters. But the only real top tier 3* you have is khan, and she isn't quite ready for 130 plus without more purple covers (nor do you want to be totally reliant on just one high-leveled character).

I would suggest waiting until you have two or three well-matched 3*s at 11-13 covers before leveling anyone above 104 or 114. (and by well-matched I mean full color coverage, and a mix of tank and support characters).

At your stage of the game, I think the most important things to do are:

(1) use every scrap of HP you can find to get roster spots. It's never a good idea to throw away a 3* or 4* character since you need those characters to compete in pve

(2) maximize your pve performance. Shoot for top 50 finishes if possible (or top 100 for 4* events). getting mulitple covers for the same character is the single most important thing you can do to speed up your transition. Join a top 100 pve alliance (or merc into one for important rewards) if possible.

(3) Figure out how to beat the daily quest with your 2* roster and never miss a day if at all possible.

(4) don't open tokens unless you have roster space/HP for any new characters you might get. It's basically impossible to focus on building a particular character because there are so many characters in the token pool. So you never know what you're gonna get (*insert forest gump joke here*). It's best to just collect as many as possible and wait to see which ones get some lucky pulls that make them playable.

And I agree with udon above. You are at a point in the game when things feel interminable, but you are very close to the snowball period where the 3* covers really start rolling in and you will be soon rolling in maxed characters very soon.

Whosaninja

Thanks Vhailorx
Have attached my full roster to my signature now. I do spend most of my hp on roster spots and maintaining the odd good position in pvp for covers I wants (and recently got 4* Thor that way). Aiming to get 1 or 2 Jean Grey covers in the current pve (boosting Hawkeye to 94 to do so), which would only leave 6 characters missing.

Currently in a social guild, with a range of rosters. Joining a top guild would certainly help. Will consider that

Using 2* Thor/Torch/BW I can do the daily deadpool, and has been a regular source of covers. Slow but steady

Suppose I'm just being impatient, and want to get those 3*s in full swing. As you guys say, that will happen soon enough so will wait for a decent rainbow or two with 11+ covers