Noticed that I'm in the middle of a run [DDQ Musings]

DFiPL

...of DDQ covers I can't use, and I thought I'd look at my 3*:

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Okay, so obviously, that first sentence doesn't really apply anymore because champion levels. Yay, champion levels! So there are only a handful of 3* I haven't actually championed yet. They are:

13 covers

Colossus
Falcon
Hulk
Punisher
Quicksilver
Ragnarok

12 covers

Iron Man

Iron Man is at 140, the 13-covers are at 125 (save Colossus, who is at 130). I got rid of fancy formatting because champion levels changed the game (literally!) and I no longer need to worry about whether I need an additional cover of a character to respec them. Just gotta champion them.

So the main thing I'm looking at now is which 4* character rewards have priority.

Iron Man gets championed first because Hulkbuster. Doc Ock is last because I'm not really interested in Carnage covers right now. The rest yield characters I'm actively building. Leaning towards Falcon as 2nd from this list because my Captain Falcon is 3/2/3, making him the most-covered character of the possibles from that group. After that, not really sure.

On the 4* DDQ side of things, recent efforts have turned out such that with the reshuffled Crash order, every 4* character I have for the next 26 or so Crashes have either previously won regardless of their current level, are leveled to a range I've previously identified as Crash-viable (130-40), or have so few covers that it's eminently clear they aren't getting it done unless they get more covers before their turn comes up.

My most-covered 4* at the moment are:

11 covers:
Invisible Woman (3/3/5)
Nick Fury (4/4/3)

10 covers:
Ghost Rider (3/2/5)
Star-Lord (2/4/4)

9 covers
Ant-Man (5/3/1)
Deadpool (5/1/3)
Professor X (4/5/0)

There are another half dozen with 7 or 8 covers as well. All of the 4* on the above list have won a Crash previously, with the exception of Deadpool, who was far less covered the last time his rolled around. So while all have extensive room for level growth, none are, at this time, an ISO priority. At least, not to their ceilings. Maybe to 168 to bring them in line with my Captain Falcon and Thing.

Mod Edit: Title addendum as topic has evolved

User edit: if you're gonna edit my title, please have the courtesy not to make it look like I can't spell. :-p

spectator

its a good place to be. it means more often than not you are playing because you want to play, not that you have to play

GrumpySmurf1002

I'm at 515/520 covers. I need 3 Vision red and 2 for a Bullseye of indiscriminate build. Everyone else is done.

So yeah, DDQ is an Iso and apparently health pack source.

DFiPL

Hulk moves from the 10-cover to the 11-cover tier with an Anger (woo!) cover from a standard (WOO!) token today.

I ended up re-speccing Blade with his DDQ cover. Had him spec'ed at 5/3/5, but I think I've decided I'd rather have 3/5/5.

So I'll update both of those in my progress report.

ERock4

This made me want to check my progress.

13 Covers:
Black Panther
Captain America
Psylocke
Cyclops
Colossus
She-Hulk
Thor
Human Torch
Kamala Khan
Daken
Wolverine
Scarlet Witch
Hulk
Falcon
Deadpool
Storm
Luke Cage
Blade
Rocket and Groot
Sentry
Punisher
Iron Man
Doctor Doom
Spiderman
Hood
Black Widow
Mystique
Loki

12 Covers:
Iron Fist
Quicksilver

11 Covers:
Magneto

10 Covers:
Doctor Octopus
Daredevil

Everyone Else:
Bullseye (9)
Beast (8)
Gamora (7)
Captain Marvel (7)
Ragnarok (7)
Squirrel Girl (6)
Vision (6)

Bolds are maxed at 166. Italicized ones in the 13 cover section are ones that aren't covered quite like I want them to be.

Mawtful

Bold to indicate characters at level 166 with my preferred build.
Italics to indicate characters who are not yet fully levelled, but do have preferred build.
For others, I'll provide their current build.

Black Panther
Blade
Captain America
Cyclops
Daken
Daredevil
Human Torch
Iron Fist
Iron Man
Kamala Khan
Luke Cage
Magneto
Psylocke
The Hood
The Hulk
The Punisher
Thor
Wolverine

Falcon
Gamora
Loki
Rocket & Groot
Scarlet Witch
She-hulk
Spider-Man
Captain Marvel
Deadpool
Doom
Black Widow
Beast
Bullseye
Colossus
Mystique
Quicksilver
Ragnarok
Sentry
Storm
Vision
Squirrel Girl

Doctor Octopus (1/3/5 - He needs a lot of works. 4 blue covers would make him usable, but I think I might prefer him at 5/4/4 or 5/5/3)

So I'm 6 covers away from covering all 3's, 10 for optimal builds. I've got one of those in the next day or so, and soon enough it'll just be Doc Ock left needing covers.

Update: Doom is specced and Ragnarok is fully covered. Rags is still not quite my preferred build for him, but he's already at level 120, so he's done until I have more ISO than I know what to do with. For now, Doc Ock is my single lonely unfinished 3*.

Lee T

Let's see, day 345 of never selling a 3* cover ever :

13 covers (all are currently soft capped at 120 as I prefer to have as many character as possible around the same level rather than a few 166)

"finished"

Daken
Falcon
Human Torch
Iron Man
Loki
Mystique
Psylocke
She-Hulk
Squirrel Girl
The Hulk

*not quite there yet*

Black Widow
Blade
Captain marvel
Colossus
Magneto
Rocket & Groot
Storm
Wolverine Patch

12 covers
Daredevil
Punisher
Sentry
Spider-Man

11 covers
Black Panther
Beast
Captain America
Cyclops
Doctor Doom
Gamora
Luke Cage
Thor

10 covers
Ragnarok
Deadpool
The Hood

8 covers
Kamala Khan
Scarlet Witch

7 covers
Bullseye
Doctor Octopus

6 covers
Quicksilver
Vision

5 covers
Iron Fist *sigh*

I don't know how much covers I need, but out of the 120 different covers (40*3 colors), I consider about 60 to be where I want them to be. It's head or tails whenever I see the gold ticket appearing.

DFiPL

Updated the OP to reflect Punisher's ascension to the Land of Thirteen.

CaptainFreaky

I'm in a similar situation - the number of 3* covers I need is really not so great overall.
I think there are quite a few players in the 400-500+ day range that are in an interesting boat. Namely, 3* covers aren't really needed so much (ISO probably is, but that's a different point). But 4* covers are so rare that progression other than leveling the 3*'s has ground mostly to a halt.
For me and many others I talk to, 1000/1300 in PVP is the only place to get a 4* cover (other than during the launch PVE), and for many (myself included), pushing to 1K/1.3K is just not something I'm willing to do very often. The time and hp investment for shield hopping isn't very fun, and I am just not motivated to kill myself to get to 1K for one cover. Especially when it means that even if I get the cover, I'm still many, many, many months away from having a usable (9-10 cover) 4* character.

I remember when I stated my 3* roster many moons ago. It was tough and it took a while. But I finally got my Punisher and CMags built up and leveled and away I went to fame and glory. It took time, but it didn't take literally 6-9 months of grinding to build a couple of usable 3* characters. I feel like asking me to grind for 6-9 months to build up 1-2 4* characters (without paying through the nose) is just not where this game should be in terms of keeping players entertained and invested in the game.

I play it cause I still like the game, but I really have very little incentive to purchase HP anymore as long as I can keep up with roster slots. Spending money on 4* seems such a ridiculously poor investment I can't imagine doing it.

And so, my 4* transition is just not happening with the current mechanics.

Malcrof

Check out my sig.. 2 different equally awesome places to maintain online rosters! this will save you loads of typing in the future, and allow for people to give you advice etc..

just a suggestion! Keep at it!

DFiPL

Malcrof wrote:

Check out my sig.. 2 different equally awesome places to maintain online rosters! this will save you loads of typing in the future, and allow for people to give you advice etc..

just a suggestion! Keep at it!

I have my roster stored in Google Docs already. I just don't care to share out that file to the unwashed masses ( ) when I can just paste the text and massage it in a post.

DFiPL

Iron Fist making a late bid to be my 14th 13-cover 3*! Be interested to see which of the current crop of 12's gets there first.

DFiPL

Cyclops with his 9th.

Looking ahead, Ock gets #4 in a couple days. Captain Marvel her 8th not long after that. Ragnarok will kick off a run of useful covers: he'll get his fourth, Kamala her ninth, Quicksilver his tenth, Scarlet Witch her 8th, Vision his 7th, Black Panther his 9th (and 4th , ooh!), Magneto his 11th, all in succession. Storm will break the combo, but Luke Cage will get his 11th the next day. Groot and Spidey need no covers, but Daredevil does.

DFiPL

Whoops. Meant to edit, not to quote. Updating for (woo!) Black Panther's 4th and Doc Ock's fourth cover overall.

DFiPL

Got a Squirrel Girl cover from an event token to boost her to 12 covers, and Captain Marvel added one courtesy of DDQ, as well.

Also pulled two Hood covers since my last update, and rostered him (courtesy of a 1k coin pull from a taco), so I should add him to the list.

DFiPL

Got from my daily reward today (heroic token). 5/1/4 now.

is up to 4 covers now as well courtesy of DDQ.

DFiPL

Top 150 finish in Ninja **** gets me a Cyclops black to give him 5 covers there and move him out of the ranks of "Everybody Else," and the EotS token gives Daredevil his fourth to do the same.

The ranks of the single-digit heroes shrinks steadily!

DFiPL

Looking ahead to the next little while, nobody else is moving into the ranks of double-digit covers anytime soon absent a well-timed pull or three.

However, Scarlet Witch, Vision, Black Panther and Magneto will all be able to use their covers coming up in DDQ. Today having been Ninja **** day means I shouldn't even have to suffer aggravation getting those covers.

Three of the subsequent four are already 13-covers, and covered how I want them, with Luke Cage as the holdout.

Daredevil and She-Hulk can both use their upcoming covers, but Deadpool I'm trying to move from 5 black to 5 red, so he won't be able to use his.

Gamora's already got five black covers.

Black Widow will gladly take her .

Loki will reach 13 covers with his 5th , although I don't know if 4/4/5 is where I want him to wind up.

That takes me through the next two weeks, and 9 of those 14 covers will be useful as more than just ISO farming.

dr tinykittylove

Malcrof wrote:

Check out my sig.. 2 different equally awesome places to maintain online rosters! this will save you loads of typing in the future, and allow for people to give you advice etc..

just a suggestion! Keep at it!

That's really fun! Thanks for the link, I've filled it out (ignoring copies as data-entry makes me fall asleep.)

DFiPL

Couple of twofers today. Scarlet Witch popped out of a taco, and she got another from DDQ, bringing her to 3/5/1 and allowing her to train to 104.

Hopping into the Blind Justice PVP with 4-5 hours left let me pile up enough points for a top 25 finish and Vision's and . He can also train to 104, but I'm gonna need some ISO before that happens.

Still don't know how I want to spec Vision out, long-term. Leaning towards either 4/5/4 or 5/5/3, either of which are currently doable without a respec, since Vision only has one cover in anyway.

But once he gets the ISO to train to 104, that will leave just She-Hulk, Ragnarok, Doctor Octopus and The Hood as non-104-capable 3*. I'm nearly ready to start training my 3* past 104.

Xenoberyll

Unless Deadpool starts to hand out some 4star covers his daily quest is just ISO to me. Need a lot of ISO though as I'm at 520/520 3star covers.