Team Synergy

Dormammu

Team Synergy: an added bonus for fighting with three people on the same team. A good example of something similar is in the Ultimate Alliance video games (also a Marvel licensed product).

I know affiliations were attempted in the past by giving boosts against certain groups of characters, but this would be slightly different. For example, taking three Avengers into battle could give you a reduction on any countdown timers you throw out. Or a team of all X-Men might grant +10% match damage. The bonus could be something very small, or something more substantial to promote additional layers of strategy when forming teams. Each affiliation could have a different bonus, or all affiliations could have the same bonus (like bonus ISO for a victory).

The affiliations don't have to be a specific team (like the Dark Avengers), either. There could be a 'Marvel Knights' group so that loners like the Punisher and Daredevil would have an affiliation. Things could get even more global, like a mutant affiliation, or a villains group - how about a 'femme fatale' group for having all ladies?

Certain characters could be affiliated to more than one group. For example, Black Panther could be in an Avengers affiliation as well as a Marvel Knights affiliation. Storm could be in the X-Men as well as a 'Divine' group. Wolverine, of course, would be in every affiliation.

It seems like this would be something relatively easy to implement given that some or all of the affiliations I mentioned above already exist in the game.