Question regarding Leveling.

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I'm sure this has been brought up, but it's never really been a big deal for me until yesterday. Got a large cover pack and got some good stuff. Now my Daredevil is 1/1/1 and maxed at level 20, and my Punisher is 1/2/0 and maxed at level 28! What's up with that? Both have three covers, but not the same level max. Can someone explain? Thanks!

Dninot

In my experience, adding additional covers to a color you already have opens you up for greater leveling.

So a 2/1/0 is going to have a higher max level than a 1/1/1, because he has multiple covers in the same color.

nihilium

+1 to Dninot

Afaik:
1/0/0 = lvl 15
1/1/0 = lvl 18
2/0/0 = lvl 25
2/1/0 = lvl 28

... but there was a thread for that! just forgot where

over_clocked

This has been behooving me, thanks for the info. I have a Spider-Man with 7 covers who can be level capped to 66, whereas my Punisher and Psylocke with 7 covers each can only be capped to 64. Spidey has 4 in Blue and Psy/Punisher don't have a 4 of any cover.

Unknown

The first cover in a given color is worth the least amount in +levels. The second cover in a particular color is worth significantly more. After that, each cover is worth the same amount of +levels.

For example, for 2* characters:

1/0/0 = level 6
1/1/0 = level 8
1/1/1 = level 9

1/0/0 = level 6
2/0/0 = level 13
3/0/0 = level 21

Focusing on one color gives you a higher soft cap more quickly, though you'll reach the same max level at max covers no matter how you get there. The progression looks a little uneven due to some internal rounding to the nearest whole level.

For 2* characters, 2/2/2 = level 29, and every cover of any color in any order after that gives +8 max levels, up to 85 for 3 ability characters or 69 for 2 ability characters.
For 3* characters, 2/2/2 = level 51 (actually 50.9; rounded up to 51), and every cover after that is +12.8 levels, up to 141 for 3 ability characters or 115 for 2 ability characters.
For IW/XFWolvie, 2/2/2 = level 87 (actually 86.9), and each cover after that is +20.5 levels, up to 230. There are no 2 ability 4* characters, but if there were, they would cap at level 189.

Data taken from Yeggy's MPQ level cap calculator, which I found a little while ago on these forums; maybe the forum search will pull it up for you?

locked, your Spidey is either 2/4/1 or 1/4/2. If you added one cover to make him 2/4/2, and then added one more cover of any color to your 3/2/2 Punisher/Psylocke, they would all end up at the same level soft cap (77, in this case).

Edit: Yeggy's MPQ level cap calculator thread is here, I found it on page 4 of the Tips and Guides subforum.

user311

Oh man this is so ignorant. I'm killing myself just to get any *** covers and when I do I can't even level the guy very much because it wasnt a duplicate color?

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user311 wrote:

Oh man this is so ignorant. I'm killing myself just to get any *** covers and when I do I can't even level the guy very much because it wasnt a duplicate color?

I'd say the most valuable 3* cover is the first one for any character, because it permits access to an additional PvE node every once in a while--more if that character is the featured character of the event, like Psylocke was for ISO-8 Brotherhood. Past that, yes, you need 8-10 covers before a 3* character will start to pull ahead of a maxed 2* character in value (varies depending on the character--5/0/5 Classic Spidey is ****; 0/5/0 Classic Spidey is useful). Unless you are dumping real money into HP to grow a character's abilities, transitioning from a 2* roster to 3* is a slow process.