Are heroic token rewards going to be a regular thing?

Puritas

Two pvp events in a row
And now the pve event's swapped over to heroic tokens

It's getting to the point where honestly I can't be arsed because I know even if I don't pull a cap/moonstone it'll be a *** I already have maxed.

Unknown

Puritas wrote:

Two pvp events in a row
And now the pve event's swapped over to heroic tokens

It's getting to the point where honestly I can't be arsed because I know even if I don't pull a cap/moonstone it'll be a *** I already have maxed.

You might get Hawkeye!

Unknown

As I've said before, I think they are going in a business direction in which they try to push out as many characters as possible as fast as possible and then make it harder to obtain them without dropping hp (the hp now being worth more every day as they nerf your ability to obtain hp). 3 events in a row with .either of the newer characters isn't that telling, and it could be jist the first part as to why lazy thor is a thing. I just kinda have a hunch with small amounts of data that this is thier New model...swapping all the tokens to heroics being part of that data (since heroics cannot give you the newer characters).

Unknown

The Heroic Token rewards might become Gamma Bomb Tokens after we unlock the Hulk node. The patch notes for the event said something about a token changeover at that point. It might be a shop-only thing, but I rather hope the new tokens will make their way into the reward structure, since Hulk is the only 3* that I want and have zero covers for (I also have zero Rags covers, but I don't care about him).

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soenottelling wrote:

As I've said before, I think they are going in a business direction in which they try to push out as many characters as possible as fast as possible and then make it harder to obtain them without dropping hp (the hp now being worth more every day as they nerf your ability to obtain hp). 3 events in a row with .either of the newer characters isn't that telling, and it could be jist the first part as to why lazy thor is a thing. I just kinda have a hunch with small amounts of data that this is thier New model...swapping all the tokens to heroics being part of that data (since heroics cannot give you the newer characters).

I agree with the character push strategy, but I think the goal (next to profit of course) is to over diversify, making the need to nerf less important.

I posted this elsewhere, but I want to add that I got a GSBW and OBW from my Heroic Tokens just now. Excluding these two, I've received 10 "The Hulk" tokens this week from PvE. 9 of them were Modern Hawkeye.

If they do go "all Heroic", I think they would likely add the new characters into that pool earlier. The short term profit gained by making new character covers "pay only" would be eclipsed by the long term losses caused by player attrition.

darkmagearcanis

Jachdo wrote:

Puritas wrote:

Two pvp events in a row
And now the pve event's swapped over to heroic tokens

It's getting to the point where honestly I can't be arsed because I know even if I don't pull a cap/moonstone it'll be a *** I already have maxed.

You might get Hawkeye!

I did. A red one.

Konman

Puritas wrote:

<snip>... it'll be a *** I already have maxed.

Wish I had that problem

Unknown

Jachdo wrote:

soenottelling wrote:

As I've said before, I think they are going in a business direction in which they try to push out as many characters as possible as fast as possible and then make it harder to obtain them without dropping hp (the hp now being worth more every day as they nerf your ability to obtain hp). 3 events in a row with .either of the newer characters isn't that telling, and it could be jist the first part as to why lazy thor is a thing. I just kinda have a hunch with small amounts of data that this is thier New model...swapping all the tokens to heroics being part of that data (since heroics cannot give you the newer characters).

I agree with the character push strategy, but I think the goal (next to profit of course) is to over diversify, making the need to nerf less important.

I posted this elsewhere, but I want to add that I got a GSBW and OBW from my Heroic Tokens just now. Excluding these two, I've received 10 "The Hulk" tokens this week from PvE. 9 of them were Modern Hawkeye.

If they do go "all Heroic", I think they would likely add the new characters into that pool earlier. The short term profit gained by making new character covers "pay only" would be eclipsed by the long term losses caused by player attrition.

That's interesting because all I wanted or needed was a hulk red and it took over 17 tokens to get it.
Honestly other than the first win I plan on protesting all events and tournaments that offer heroic tokens as rewards. I would rather pay the cash than spend a day grinding to get a hawkeye or a bagman. Idiotic move developers.

Unknown

I don't mind heroic tokens at all. I think out of 10 tries only bout half were the standard pulls. Everything else really helped out. Just luck of the draw.

I have worse luck when trying to pull from an event pack. Never get anything I want. Its always either obw or cap with a little bullseye sprinkled on top.

Unknown

I had incredible luck with mine today, one Red C.Mags and a purple Spidey.

Moral

Last run the Hulk was unlocked by now. I blame the rubber banding by sub bracket change that was made.

That said I pulled a blue CMags from the Heroic token.

Unknown

I got a rock.

I mean, I got 2 Captain America covers.

(ok, I could use them, but still... was more excited to get Thor or oBW covers)

Unknown

eternalrevolt wrote:

I got a rock.

Everybody wants a rock (to wind a piece of string around).

Unknown

ain't like its far away, currently at 92% unlock.
still its unlikely the heroic or previous event tokens magically wrap into gamma bomb tokens, no matter how badly we want it to.

PuceMoose

dearbluey wrote:

eternalrevolt wrote:

I got a rock.

Everybody wants a rock (to wind a piece of string around).

Throw the crib door wide,
Let the Yellow Cap covers crawl inside.

I've been pulling a lot of OBW lately, but I did get a red hulk a few days ago, so I'm not too sad. Also, the jump in ISO sale price for ** covers makes even a dreaded Cap or Hawkeye a "hey, 250 ISO!" sort of thing.

Unknown

plus respec is in, I wouldn't mind a blue OBW.
I'm more annoyed about being cover capped on psy and bp that I can't pump ISO into leveling, about 180k now but with a week to go, 220k or so should be what I end up with unless I pull lucky covers from heroics or event tokens ( unlikely).

Unknown

Jeremychen wrote:

plus respec is in, I wouldn't mind a blue OBW.
I'm more annoyed about being cover capped on psy and bp that I can't pump ISO into leveling, about 180k now but with a week to go, 220k or so should be what I end up with unless I pull lucky covers from heroics or event tokens ( unlikely).

I couldn't imagine what it must feel like to be sitting on 220,000 ISO. I managed to save about 80k before the BP rewards, but that got sucked up quickly. I have too many things to spend it on

If you are that disciplined with your ISO-8, you must also have a horde of HP. Why not just drop the HP for a cover so you can continue leveling? I don't usually promote the use of HP for covers, but if you are trying to level and can't go further... Might as well spend that hard earned HP on something you need and will enjoy -- thats what it's there for.

Unknown

I spent hp on covers before I knew better, never again. Currently with the way events are being run, I don't see any value in using HP for covers.
-cover slots cost 450 hp a pop now for me.
-shielding in pvp events are prob most bang for your buck use of covers.
-on that note,pvp is the best way to get covers as well since you get a concentration of each featured character colours.
I joined about the time before thorvorine got funbalanced, so I never really maxed a ** outside of OBW,sold off both and went straight to maxing patch and the 1-2 cover capped featured ones of the current and previous events then get buffed ones to 40 or so. Somehow I completely skipped any * but I still use a lvl 1 m storm for some PVE stuff.

Currently my nodes start at 150-160 fights but still doable, just with the risk of getting wiped specially with a combination of bullseye,jugs and wolvie jr.
I'm near 200k currently after yesterdays hulk unlock but I seem to remember some forumers are sitting on 400k+ ISO waiting for xforce rebalance before maxing and abusing.
That way I can use a large buffed featured, my maxed patch and a small buffed lvl 40 for pve fights where its permitted.
OBW being buffed is just icing on the cake.

Currently what I do is wait for main map node to hit 1000 then do them till all are 200 or so. With the subs, wait till 4~5 hours left then let rubberbanding propel to 600 or so by doing 1 clear. Since I'm not a fan of spamming health packs, with 4 subs, this time I might have to start earlier.
Currently hovering outside of the top 1k rank but hopefully nearer to the event end I can break 1k with some properly grinding of the last sub offered.
I'm just not a big fan of constantly grinding, even if its a wall of 230s, I rather do that then have to do 5 full clears every 8 hours.
On that note, the heroics offered still haven't changed to gamma bomb packs right?

I'm guessing its the people who were around during the hunt series and other more generous events that are very salty now that they can't easily earn hp. What I find tho is the pve is pretty generous with it if all you need to earn is a couple hundred for shielding. The current subs, you can easily hit 50 hp and grind up to 100 if your going nearer to the top. Especially with the earlier events lasting a day or so, that was pretty generous, easily quite a lot of people will be totalling 700-1000 by the end of the hulk event.

Moral

Gamma Bomb pack is not up. Hopefully the tokens get fixed before the subs end.

Unknown

Puritas wrote:

Two pvp events in a row
And now the pve event's swapped over to heroic tokens

It's getting to the point where honestly I can't be arsed because I know even if I don't pull a cap/moonstone it'll be a *** I already have maxed.

Well, I mean, even if it were an event token if you have that many 3* characters maxed odds are you wouldn't get what you want. This isn't the game's problem, it's the game trying to keep you invested and/or drop some cash. This post and the 15,000 others are proof that that strategy is working.

Unknown

This is good for the mid levels with lots of unmaxed covers tho, cause its the high levels dominating that have pushed scaling up and up the complains flowing into the forum. More vets sitting it out or just taking it easy, lets mid tier guys advance.