Orchedelia wrote: I have, in queue, 3 2*Thor and 3 2*Ms. Marvel - both of which I already have 5 of. (and I make heavy use of both of them) I also have 2 OBW I'm already maxed on. So, there are 8 2* covers I'm sitting on I can't use now. I really want 2*Thor to be green-heavy, but I have to max my covers to 13, before I can rebalance my colors right?
And can somebody help me understand the idea of "farming" - or is it too early to worry about that? I'm trying to figure out options before actually selling the 8 off for ISO.
Can I play TWO instances of 2*Thor in one match if I recruit my extra 3 covers?
There is so much knowledge in this forum, and I know now that everybody says "don't open your Legendary"...but I did, and I guess I'm going my own route. And even though my roster is all lopsided, I do have plenty of excitement, challenge and frustration. I can't hang in there with higher levels of PvP, but I'm building, and I'll get there in spite of myself. Not going to toss out my 4*'s.
I really don't understand the whole alliance thing - can't find a "primer" anywhere (link if you have one, please). I'm kind of a solo guy anyway, but I'd like to understand what else is going on in this game.
Also...I keep getting awarded Health Packs, but I haven't found them yet. I do cycle my 10 regenerating ones constantly, of course. But I can somehow add "health" during a match?? Or before? I thought they would be in the page with "Boosts" and "Team-ups"....but no.
Orchedelia wrote: I really want 2*Thor to be green-heavy, but I have to max my covers to 13, before I can rebalance my colors right?
And can somebody help me understand the idea of "farming" - or is it too early to worry about that? I'm trying to figure out options before actually selling the 8 off for ISO. Can I play TWO instances of 2*Thor in one match if I recruit my extra 3 covers?
DFiPL wrote: Pretty much. A level-maxed character can champion and freely re-spec at that point, so that's the ideal. But if you're collecting covers for someone you aren't building, you can use additional covers to reorient things if you aren't ready to level that character (which is how you used to have to do it). But the bottom line is, yeah, as long as there's room for cover growth, you can't lower the rank of another power.
Orangecrush wrote: Stuff I would tell my kids if they were to play this game: 1. Don't ever spend HP on anything other than roster slots. When you are sitting at 60+ slots we can revisit this advice.
2. Don't open LT or spend cp until the day you have at least 2 champion 4*. Think of it like a trust fund that you open on your 21st birthday. You won't remember the specifics of the day because you will have bought so much booze in celebration.
3. Don't max level any 1* with the possible exception of juggs.
4. Do max out and champion every 2*, then focus your iso on specific 3*. Don't raise every 3* on your roster a little at a time.
5. Start entering pve events asap.repeat all of the easiest nodes you can until they have green check marks.
7. Do all the deadpool daily quest matches you can every day.
8. Join any alliance you can just so you get more iso from daily play bonus
DFiPL wrote: Orangecrush wrote: 2. Don't open LT or spend cp until the day you have at least 2 champion 4*. Think of it like a trust fund that you open on your 21st birthday. You won't remember the specifics of the day because you will have bought so much booze in celebration. Disagree. With an 85% 4* pull rate on those tokens, waiting until he's been able to collect 13 covers for two different 4* *and* raise the ISO to champion them is basically a "you're never opening these, but look at your shinies!" message. You're literally recommending that he ignore what will, eventually, be the fastest source of his 4* growth (unless he gets into a top alliance) until such time as he's maxed two different 4*. I would say wait to open them until he's got a couple of championed 3* characters. The scaling difference will be negligible, and that's when covering 4* will start to take on more importance anyway. (note: covering 4* and leveling them aren't the same thing, necessarily, but if you're fortunate enough to have some well-covered 4* by the time you start championing 3* characters, then you might as well.)
Orangecrush wrote: 2. Don't open LT or spend cp until the day you have at least 2 champion 4*. Think of it like a trust fund that you open on your 21st birthday. You won't remember the specifics of the day because you will have bought so much booze in celebration. Disagree. With an 85% 4* pull rate on those tokens, waiting until he's been able to collect 13 covers for two different 4* *and* raise the ISO to champion them is basically a "you're never opening these, but look at your shinies!" message. You're literally recommending that he ignore what will, eventually, be the fastest source of his 4* growth (unless he gets into a top alliance) until such time as he's maxed two different 4*. I would say wait to open them until he's got a couple of championed 3* characters. The scaling difference will be negligible, and that's when covering 4* will start to take on more importance anyway. (note: covering 4* and leveling them aren't the same thing, necessarily, but if you're fortunate enough to have some well-covered 4* by the time you start championing 3* characters, then you might as well.)
Orangecrush wrote: 1. Don't ever spend HP on anything other than roster slots. When you are sitting at 60+ slots we can revisit this advice.
Kishida wrote: Orangecrush wrote: 1. Don't ever spend HP on anything other than roster slots. When you are sitting at 60+ slots we can revisit this advice. I've got 58 roster slots, and I can hardly imagine ever using HP for anything else. I did once buy a 3-hour PvP shield, but that was a decision that I won't likely make again. And to the OP, don't spend ISO on characters unless there's a genuine need to do so.
Orangecrush wrote: If you play LR regularly and have your 2* farm going, you'll soon earn a lot more hp than you will spend on roster slots. I personally buy the 100 hp daily pve token in hopes of getting a LT every day and use at least one shield in every PvP event and my hp continues to grow.
DarthDeVo wrote: Welcome to the game, and I hope you've been enjoying it so far. I would echo everyone saying only spend your HP on roster slots. I've occasionally bought some shields in PvP, and I've regretted pretty much every single time. I think after every 5 roster slots you open, the price to open a new one jumps 50 HP. So right now for me it costs 650 HP to open a new slot and it will soon jump to 700. This does eventually cap at 1,000.
In general, I would say definitely hold onto your CP at this point. Personally, I'm not opposed to spending them to buy at least 3* covers though, although generally only one or two. Pretty much the only team I've done that is when I'm at 11 or 12 covers for a character and have a maxed color cover expiring in my queue. I'll use CP to buy the last one or two covers I need in order to champ that 3* character and apply the expiring cover to my champ rewards rather than selling it for 500 ISO. I typically don't have issues hitting max progression in PvE, so I get 25 CP every 3 or 4 days depending on the length of the event, so I usually make that CP back in a week or so.
This is just my opinion, but unless you have a 4* character with at least two covers, it's probably not advantageous to hold on to them right now. I'm around the Day 150 mark, and I have yet to have a fully covered 4* character. For the most part, a single cover 4* is just eating a roster spot and you probably won't use them all that often. I tried to hold on to all the 4*'s I got when I first started, but I had to sell some of them off because I just wasn't using them. It's better to have fully-covered 2* and 3* characters on your roster than a bunch of minimally covered 4*'s. The only drawback is you usually won't have the required 4* for PvE events, so you won't do well when it comes to placement.
In my opinion, I've had better and faster progression broadening out my 3* roster, which allows you to play more of the DDQ nodes. I ignored this mode for a good long while because I didn't have too many 3*'s, but definitely try and clear the three available nodes every day. That's extra ISO and XP. As you get more 3*'s, you'll be able to play Dat Required Character and The Big Enchilada more often, which will get you free 3* covers, and more Taco Tokens, ISO and XP.
The most important thing to remember is to be patient, especially if you're F2P. It can be discouraging to feel like you aren't progressing as fast as you want, but if you can just be patient and play the long game, it's not nearly as demoralizing.
Oh, and I've found IM35 is another good 1* character to hold on to. I would only keep one or two 1*'s at the most. Most people say keep Juggs, but I've opted for IM35 and he works well enough for me. Pretty much the only time I use him is for the very first DDQ node.