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  • rbdragon
    rbdragon Posts: 479 Mover and Shaker
    Not to sure where exactly I was in September, but I know after an unexpected 2 - 3 month layoff from the game before then (when Hulkbuster was introduced), I was playing catch-up for a little while. But then 5*s came around, and I must admit that I was fairly lucky in that department for a mostly f2p player. I'm on day 725.

    Currently, I have:
    • all characters except for star.pngstar.pngstar.pngstar.pngstar.pngicon_spiderman.png
    • All covers for all star.png - star.pngstar.pngstar.png
    • Most star.pngstar.pngstar.pngstar.png cover-maxed; exceptions being icon_antman.png (12), icon_iceman.pngicon_professorx.pngicon_thing.png (11), icon_nova.pngicon_miles.png (9), icon_venom.png (5), icon_spidergwen.png (4)
    • 18 total star.pngstar.pngstar.pngstar.pngstar.png covers: icon_silversurfer.png Level 420 (11), icon_jeangrey.png (4), icon_wolverine.png (2), icon_greengoblin.png (1)
    • All star.pngstar.png max-championed (except icon_spiderman.png )
    • 25 star.pngstar.pngstar.png championed, with icon_hulk.png the highest at 188
    • 6 star.pngstar.pngstar.pngstar.png championed, with icon_jeangrey.png the highest at 280

    I'm currently in the process of collecting enough iso8.png to champion X-23 (current level: 235) as I have a cover waiting for her, and should have another from the current PVP. I'll also have another icon_silversurfer.png coming in 4 days, so I'll need iso8.png for him as well.
  • metallion
    metallion Posts: 276 Mover and Shaker
    metallion wrote:
    Leaving my progress here for my own future reference since my roster spreadsheet doesn't let me view my edit history icon_neutral.gif

    Day 744, 77 slots

    5*s: icon_wolverine.png and icon_silversurfer.png both at 1 cover each (both blackflag.png )

    4*s: icon_wolverine.png lvl229 (4/5/4), icon_nickfury.png lvl190 (5/5/3), icon_invisiblewoman.png lvl160 (5/2/4), icon_starlord.png lvl140 (2/4/3), icon_elektra.png lvl140 (3/3/2), icon_thor.png lvl135 (4/1/1), icon_devildino.png lvl127 (2/3/2), icon_deadpool.png lvl94 (3/2/2), icon_professorx.png lvl90 (2/0/2),

    icon_redhulk.pngicon_mrfantastic.pngicon_falcon.png lvl78 (1/1/1), icon_ironman.pngicon_jeangrey.png lvl74 (0/1/1), icon_kingpin.png lvl70 (1/3/0), icon_antman.png lvl70 (2/0/0), icon_carnage.png lvl70 (0/0/2), icon_cyclops.png lvl70 (1/1/0), icon_x23.png lvl70 (0/0/1). Missing icon_iceman.pngicon_thing.png

    3*s: All maxed covered on day 730. icon_blade.pngicon_captainamerica.pngicon_cyclops.pngicon_daken.pngicon_deadpool.pngicon_falcon.pngicon_hood.pngicon_ironfist.pngicon_loki.pngicon_lukecage.pngicon_magneto.pngicon_rocket.pngicon_scarletwitch.pngicon_thor.pngicon_wolverine.png maxed lvled and perfect covered.

    icon_doctoroctopus.pngicon_ironman.pngicon_psylocke.pngicon_quicksilver.pngicon_sentry.pngicon_spiderman.pngicon_squirrelgirl.pngicon_vision.png lvl120, icon_ragnarok.png lvl100, the rest at lvl140.

    icon_bullseye.pngicon_kamalakhan.pngicon_punisher.pngicon_doctoroctopus.pngicon_psylocke.pngicon_ragnarok.png all one cover away from perfect cover, to be achieved by end of this set of 3 DDQ cycles. The rest are how I want them to be.

    2*s: All except icon_spiderman.png rostered, icon_bullseye.png lvl78, icon_humantorch.png lvl39, icon_ms_marvel.png lvl15, the rest maxed

    1*s: icon_ironman.pngicon_juggernaut.pngicon_storm.png rostered and maxed

    Was checking out my past post history for fun when I came across my old post here, so I thought I would do an update to check my progress.

    Currently Day 869, 87 slots
    5*s: all at lvl255 icon_jeangrey.png (1/1/3), icon_wolverine.png (2/1/0), icon_silversurfer.png (1/0/1)

    4*s: icon_ironman.png lvl258 (3/5/5), icon_wolverine.png lvl229 (5/5/3), icon_nickfury.png lvl190 (5/5/3), icon_invisiblewoman.png lvl160 (5/3/5), icon_deadpool.png lvl150 (5/4/2), icon_elektra.png lvl140 (5/4/4), icon_thor.png lvl135 (5/2/1), icon_devildino.png lvl127 (2/3/2), icon_jeangrey.png lvl94 (1/2/1),

    icon_professorx.png lvl94 (3/1/3), icon_mrfantastic.png lvl78 (2/1/3), icon_redhulk.png lvl78 (2/2/2), icon_falcon.png lvl78 (2/1/1), icon_antman.png lvl70 (3/3/1), icon_carnage.png lvl70 (1/0/4), icon_kingpin.png lvl70 (1/3/1), icon_cyclops.png lvl70 (1/2/2), icon_x23.png lvl70 (1/0/3), icon_hulkcho.png lvl70 (2/1/1),

    icon_thing.png lvl70 (1/0/2), icon_miles.png lvl70 (1/1/1), icon_ghostrider.png lvl70 (0/1/1), icon_venom.png lvl70 (1/1/0), icon_nova.png lvl70 (1/0/0), icon_iceman.pngicon_spidergwen.png lvl70 (0/1/0), icon_quake.png lvl70 (0/0/1)

    3*s: All 3*s perfect covered except icon_ironman.png due to the buff. icon_ironfist.png lvl177, icon_blackpanther.pngicon_doctordoom.png lvl172, icon_beast.pngicon_deadpool.png lvl171, icon_blackwidow.pngicon_blade.pngicon_cyclops.pngicon_humantorch.pngicon_loki.pngicon_lukecage.pngicon_magneto.pngicon_rocket.pngicon_falcon.pngicon_captainamerica.pngicon_storm.png lvl170,

    icon_bullseye.pngicon_daken.pngicon_gamora.pngicon_kamalakhan.pngicon_scarletwitch.pngicon_hood.pngicon_thor.pngicon_wolverine.png lvl169, icon_mystique.pngicon_shehulk.png lvl168,

    icon_caroldanvers.pngicon_colossus_new.pngicon_daredevil.pngicon_hulk.pngicon_punisher.png lvl140, icon_doctoroctopus.pngicon_ironman.pngicon_psylocke.pngicon_quicksilver.pngicon_sentry.pngicon_spiderman.pngicon_squirrelgirl.pngicon_vision.png lvl120, icon_ragnarok.png lvl100

    2*s: icon_storm.png lvl120, icon_blackwidow.png lvl119, icon_ares.png lvl113, icon_hawkeye.png lvl112, the rest no change from previously

    1*s: no change from previously

    Notable Changes over the past 4 months:
    1) Increase in number of roster slots: 77 to 87 over 120 days, that's 1000HP spent every 12 days on average
    2) Increase in number of 4* characters, covers and levels: 19 chars, 102 covers and 2037 levels to 27 characters, 162 covers and 2791 levels. Gotta thank championing for giving me so many LTs.
    3) HUGE improvement for IMHB: from 2 covers at lvl74 to 13 covers at lvl258. Even I'm shocked at this.
    4) Finally all 4*s rostered: 4 months on from this post, I finally rostered my first icon_iceman.png cover a couple of days ago. My holy grail indeed
    5) More 3*s maxed out: 15 maxed out to 26 maxed and championed. 14 more to go

    Can't say I'm disappointed with this progress, not when my IMHB literally went from zero to hero in 4 months. Let's see how this pans out in the next few months (if I'm even here by then)
  • Xenoberyll
    Xenoberyll Posts: 647 Critical Contributor
    Would be nice if you could see your roster in a browser and maybe have some stats too like % of characters / covers owned, % wins/losses etc...
  • madok
    madok Posts: 905 Critical Contributor
    Had a hard look at my roster yesterday and have come up with the following short term plan.

    After getting my 12th icon_iceman.png cover to put him at 5/2/5, I've decided to start hoarding my CPs. Not to buy that 3rd blue though. I don't want to potentially distract myself from my goal by opening up a cover for another character that throws my plans off. According to the 4* rotation predictor, the next Iceman 1K reward will be a blue in early April. So I'm going to start working on the following:

    1) Get Bobby leveled up to 250 in prep for that final cover
    2) Bank enough ISO to level him to 270 when I get that cover + the champion costs
    3) Bank ISO to champion the last 3 3* characters I plan on (Beast, Spidey and Bullseye)
  • vinnygecko
    vinnygecko Posts: 245 Tile Toppler
    Now on day 818...a lot has changed over 5 months, in huge part due to championing. Roster is in my signature (went from 65 characters to 77).

    I definitely have a lot more 4*s rostered now, but have not quite fully transitioned into 4* territory as I haven't brought too many out for PVP yet. That being said I went from having 5 4* with 8 or more covers, to 15 now (3 who are fully covered). None are at max level or championed yet, but my 4* DDQ has been much better the 2nd time around..

    I sure thought I was done with 3*s icon_lol.gif Back then I had 20 maxed 3*s, now I have 34 maxed and championed. Funny to see that I've probably sold Rags and Sentry at least 4 times. Biggest mistake I made with 3*s was selling IM40 (not knowing he would get a buff). I will level him back up as I get covers, and will probably rebuild Quicksilver up again to get those Iceman covers.

    Still have the same 3 2*s (Ares, OBW & Storm) and 1* (Juggs). I've got Hawkeye in a roster spot that I'll either sell off when I get a new 4*, or keep him on board to champion (his speed shot is kinda fun).

    Oh and 5 stars - went from having just one SS cover, to now having 4 (of the 5) 5* stars: OML (1/2/1), SS (1/1/1) BSS (2/0/1) and Phoenix (1/0/1). Eager for day 820 to get OML up to 2/2/2.


    vinnygecko wrote:
    My roster is here (and in my signature):

    http://mpq.gamependium.com/rosters/vinnygecko/

    I'm on day 670. I only have 1 4* fully covered (XFW) but did not fully max him as he was nerfed about a month after I got all his covers. My 4* transition has been pretty slow but has picked up a bit over the last couple of seasons - this season I've placed 1000 or higher in each event except for starfall, which I forgot to join until it was almost over icon_e_biggrin.gif That being said I'm still not comfortable with using any of them for PVP just yet.

    I feel pretty much done with 3*s - at this point I have 20 3*s maxed (Black Panther was first, I think She-Hulk was last). I'm only interested in maxing out 3-5 more, with Doctor Doom, Gamora, and Rocket & Groot up next. I'll then save up ISO for the 4*s as I get more covers for them.

    I've only kept 3 2*s (OBW, Storm and Ares) and one 1* (Juggs), mainly for DDQ. I used to keep an extra slot open for a rotating 2*, as the essential for PVE, but I gave it up for a 4* somewhere along the way.
  • Orion
    Orion Posts: 1,295 Chairperson of the Boards
    Orion wrote:
    Orion wrote:
    I'm on day 467 and I have 76 roster slots. I have every 3*, 4* and 1 cover for Silver Surfer.

    I decided that I'm not putting any more ISO into my 3*s. I have 22 maxed 3*s and the rest are between level 140-150 (except Bullseye and Doc Ock who are 130).

    My 4*s are greatly varying in covers, with only XFW fully covered. I have XFW, IW, PX, Carnage, Fury and Antman over level 166 now, with the highest being XFW at 221. The other 4*s are level maxed for their number of covers, and as I get more covers for them I level them to their new max.

    So much for not putting any ISO into 3*s. Doc Ock and Bullseye are just too much fun with Carnage so I bumped them both up to 150. I also bumped Sentry up to 150 for the current PvP. I've cover maxed Elektra, IW and 4Thor although I still don't have any 4* over level 221 yet.

    I did pick up a SS red in the meantime, but my draw rate for 5*s is well below 10% at this point.

    Wow, what a difference 6 months makes. So I'm on day 668 and I have 93 roster slots now. Full roster is in the signature below.

    The big difference for me is obviously the 5*s. I went from 2 SS covers to 27 total 5* covers and a level 420 OML. I hit an amazing hot streak where I probably pulled 8 5* covers out of 20. Now I'm in a 2 for about 50 streak, so it's very hot and cold.

    I have 5 4* champions now (Carnage, HB, Teen Jean, Thoress and X-23), with Cyclops on his way at level 267. These help so much when I can pair a buffed 4* champ with OML for a PvP. It usually lets me roll to 1300 without needing a shield. I still want to get the rest of the top 4*s to champion level (XFDP, Iceman, Red Hulk) but I have to get a few covers for them first. Then I'll probably work exclusively on 5*s except maybe to bump up a low-level 4* for their DDQ.

    Unfortunately, 2*s and 3*s are pretty much useless except for essentials. I still have 7 3*s and 4 2*s that aren't champions yet, but I can't see spending the ISO to max them when I need so much to finish the 4* and 5*s.
  • TxMoose
    TxMoose Posts: 4,319 Chairperson of the Boards
    after champing xpool last week (my 7th), I have a plan that allows me to open LTs and only 'waste' (i.e. sell) covers of the worst of the older characters. my next group that I'd like to do includes x23, xfw, kp, and thing. I plan on getting them all to 180, saving a little iso cushion, then pulling LTs until I get one of those four or OML yellow. then level that one, then get my iso cushion, then pull again. I can "use" any of my 7 champs, any 5* (other than OML red), any of nova/miles/venom/cho/gwen/pun/quake plus carnage black and antman blue. I think that's close enough to where missing out on having to sell something won't hurt too bad. hoping they don't switch over to the new pve system until I've gotten down the road some. that switch will kill my iso production. cp up into the 700s plus 9 actual LTs and its killing me lol. my guess is i'll be pulling in about 2 weeks. x23, xfw and kp are at 180 already and thing needs to join them from 145.
  • SnowcaTT
    SnowcaTT Posts: 3,487 Chairperson of the Boards
    85 slots.

    1*: Only Juggy (maxed)
    2*: Storm/Ares/Thor/OBW all at 144.
    Will add 2*'s back on roster now that HP can't be used elsewhere, won't level them again.
    3*: all champed except QS/Doc Ock. Maybe eventually, but want to bump some 4*'s first. Probably average level 175 now.
    4*: all rostered. Thor/XF/HB/Jean/Cyc champed, Rhulk by end of season. Fury, Dino, Ant-Man, Carnage, Elecktra, MrF, FalCap, PX, IW, KP, SL at 172 with 13 covers and no intention to go further. Cho, DPXF, Thing, X-23, GR, IceMan at 172 without 13 covers (and Venom will be there soon)...that's where I put them to beat DDQ's.
    5*: 2/5/2 level 300/390 Phoenix. Everyone else 255: 5/0/1, 1/0/0 SS's. 0/1/1 OML. 0/1/0 BSM. No GG.

    Currently holding five LT's and 120 CP; don't want to waste possible Rhulk covers before I max him. Probably will max DPXF (and possibly Thing) before pulling more LT's; possibly will pull them when Jean falls to classic tokens only with next 5* release.

    260 sweet tacos - another couple months and I'll empty a taco vault and never hoard like that again. Half emptied Savory for Thing cover, emptied the rest for RHulk cover (have never drawn an LT from any vault, ever. Disbelieve that it is random to hit them.)
  • TxMoose
    TxMoose Posts: 4,319 Chairperson of the Boards
    TxMoose wrote:
    after champing xpool last week (my 7th), I have a plan that allows me to open LTs and only 'waste' (i.e. sell) covers of the worst of the older characters. my next group that I'd like to do includes x23, xfw, kp, and thing. I plan on getting them all to 180, saving a little iso cushion, then pulling LTs until I get one of those four or OML yellow. then level that one, then get my iso cushion, then pull again. I can "use" any of my 7 champs, any 5* (other than OML red), any of nova/miles/venom/cho/gwen/pun/quake plus carnage black and antman blue. I think that's close enough to where missing out on having to sell something won't hurt too bad. hoping they don't switch over to the new pve system until I've gotten down the road some. that switch will kill my iso production. cp up into the 700s plus 9 actual LTs and its killing me lol. my guess is i'll be pulling in about 2 weeks. x23, xfw and kp are at 180 already and thing needs to join them from 145.
    this game....just as a solid plan comes together and I'm in reach of finally pulling LTs without regret the game trolls me with a thing cover from a heroic. he's at 180 with the others but I'm under 20K iso and I doubt I can swing enough to finish him before it expires. sheesh. I'd have a chance if there weren't another 'test' around the corner. gonna try. farming hard is not that fun. farming casually is.
  • Partyof5
    Partyof5 Posts: 62 Match Maker
    Reading this thread I think I may have made a mistake in selling off characters I just don't care for. I'm on day 282 and I have a roster of 49.

    3 1*
    6 2* (all championed)
    29 3*
    11 4*

    None of my 3* are championed (only 1 is fully covered) and none of my 4* are really usable. Should I be keeping characters I don't want to use? I can see the benefit in having them for the required character nodes, but my HP are tight, and at 650 per slot I'd rather use those to shield in PvP in order to get specific rewards. Why do so many people seem to roster every 3* and 4* they can get their hands on?
  • madok
    madok Posts: 905 Critical Contributor
    Partyof5 wrote:
    Why do so many people seem to roster every 3* and 4* they can get their hands on?

    A lot of folks do it for their turn in the Story Essential nodes and DDQ (both 3* and 4*). And you just never know when a horrible character may turn into an amazing character like IM40.
  • Vhailorx
    Vhailorx Posts: 6,085 Chairperson of the Boards
    Partyof5 wrote:
    Reading this thread I think I may have made a mistake in selling off characters I just don't care for. I'm on day 282 and I have a roster of 49.

    3 1*
    6 2* (all championed)
    29 3*
    11 4*

    None of my 3* are championed (only 1 is fully covered) and none of my 4* are really usable. Should I be keeping characters I don't want to use? I can see the benefit in having them for the required character nodes, but my HP are tight, and at 650 per slot I'd rather use those to shield in PvP in order to get specific rewards. Why do so many people seem to roster every 3* and 4* they can get their hands on?

    Roster building in this game is almost entirely rng. There are very few ways to target specific characters (especially 4*s). So in the long run the only way to really build a deep roster is to never sell a 3* (or better) cover, even the truly bad ones. It also worth noting that sometimes terrible characters get buffed (xfw before he was later nerfed, and more recently im40). This is an intentional design choice made to push players into buying roster slots.

    Consequently, the best strategy is to hoard tokens until you have the HP to buy more roster slots, even if that slows you down a bit in the short term.
  • dr tinykittylove
    dr tinykittylove Posts: 1,459 Chairperson of the Boards
    dr tinykittylove wrote:
    dr tinykittylove wrote:
    Day 600 here... 91 slots current.
    All 8 unique 1*s rostered and maxed, 1extra 5blue mbw for teamups.
    All 2*s rostered including bagman. Slowly maxing them out as they take their turn on the essential wheel, 5 left at 50. 1 extra 5blue cstorm for teamups.
    All 3*s rostered, all level 154. No current plans to max. 5yellow cyclops for teamups, working on spare IF and punpun red for teamups as well.
    All 4*s rostered at various stages of development. Spare HB in progress for teamup purposes, spare XFW in progress hoping to try out 355 build.
    No 5*s, mixed feelings about that - i like collecting, but am uncertain how it will affect my game.

    Whew, day 649 and still here. Bought hp for the anniversary and immediately added on a few extra teamup slots. Bought more slots for new characters. Sloooooots.... up to 99 now.
    Added a minispidey purple, mnmags purple, finished pun red, 1 more green needed for 553 IF, tentatively holding a 3purple IF.

    Opened a bunch of legendaries and have myself a 1/1/1 OML which I am enjoying, and so far hasn't affected the game noticeably.

    Progress is in fits and starts, slow, but a few 4*s just tipped over into usability, notably jg, dpx and thing, enjoying them thoroughly. Still facing a dire shortage of iceman. :(

    Wow. So a little less than a year ago (less than 2 months to 1 year), I was cooing over my newly usable jean, dpx and thing, playing with a shiny new 1/1/1 oml and feeling that that my iceman was tragically undercovered.

    How things change! icon_lol.gif

    Day 960, 125 roster slots.

    Dupes and teamups not counted. 2*s default to 144 since I'm already retraining a 3rd set

    Total 5* levels: 2792 (no BW).
    Total 4* levels: 8331 (20 champs)
    Total 3* levels: 8524
    Total 2* levels: 2016
    Total 1* levels: 350

    All in: 22013???
  • Spidurman27
    Spidurman27 Posts: 184 Tile Toppler
    Just for fun: the slightly newer version of this:

    https://mpq.gamependium.com/rosters/Spidurman27/

    Day 130 player, but the first 6-7 weeks at least were extremely casual.

    1* - icon_ironman.png
    2* - 10/13 champed. Keep the other 3 around in queue for PVE purposes. I'll probably roster them all fairly soon as the SCL changes makes them slightly less accessible during the events.
    3* - 30/40 rostered. The other 10 I'll get to sooner or later. I feel like I have the top half in work. I expect to go from 1 champion icon_storm.png to three pretty soon adding icon_rocket.png and icon_magneto.png
    4* - very much a work in progress. 16 rostered, but only 31 covers so far. icon_cyclops.png and icon_wintersoldier.png carrying the torch
    5* - icon_wolverine.pngicon_silversurfer.png Yeah it wrecked my scaling. But it made it fun along the way.

    Looking forward to seeing what comes next.....I hope.
  • Quebbster
    Quebbster Posts: 8,070 Chairperson of the Boards
    aesthetocyst wrote:
    Spidurman27 wrote:
    Just for fun: the slightly newer version of this:

    https://mpq.gamependium.com/rosters/Spidurman27/

    Day 130 player, but the first 6-7 weeks at least were extremely casual.

    1* - icon_ironman.png
    2* - 10/13 champed. Keep the other 3 around in queue for PVE purposes. I'll probably roster them all fairly soon as the SCL changes makes them slightly less accessible during the events.
    3* - 30/40 rostered. The other 10 I'll get to sooner or later. I feel like I have the top half in work. I expect to go from 1 champion icon_storm.png to three pretty soon adding icon_rocket.png and icon_magneto.png
    4* - very much a work in progress. 16 rostered, but only 31 covers so far. icon_cyclops.png and icon_wintersoldier.png carrying the torch
    5* - icon_wolverine.pngicon_silversurfer.png Yeah it wrecked my scaling. But it made it fun along the way.

    Looking forward to seeing what comes next.....I hope.

    No juggs?

    Ya gotta trade that IM35 for a juggs!
    Eh. Juggernaut is better, but Iron Man is fully sufficient to do the DDQ. No need to spend ISO to level up Juggernaut.
  • Spidurman27
    Spidurman27 Posts: 184 Tile Toppler
    Talk about an overhaul (day 212)

    1* still just Iron Man. As long as he's undefeated....
    2* the original 10 have all been farm flipped. Currently have all 13 champed and in full farm mode. Wolverine about to go to a 3rd model

    3* - when I wrote my 9-18 post I had one champ and hoped to get a couple more. I'm at 100% rostered with 21 champs now. 3 more could be if not for an iso shortage, and several more coming fast down the pipeline. It's amazing how fast the 3* exploded once I settled into a routine. Between DDQ and cracking into being a steady top 10/20 PVE grinder (always top 20, which is what matters for scl7). For a month straight it felt like I was champing the featured 3* every single event - which is awesome but finally caught up to me

    4* - all rostered but Venom. Starting to level them up in between 3*s. Several getting to have enough covers to use when boosted, but need to dump a half mill or so iso into the field to get them viable.

    5* - 6 rostered. Featured is a 6 cover black bolt that I didn't have two months ago.

    What changed? One anniversary sale Stark - 26k HP straight to roster slots and nowhere else. Gone from 59 roster slots then to 100 now. I was able to build a quick huge base for my roster where I could just use tokens incredibly efficiently without regard and just build fast.

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