Should I champion all *** (returning player)

jordanix

Hi friends,

I've recently returned to the game, and was welcomed back with a boatload of iso. My total is 700K.
When I took my break earlier this year I was at day 710 with a roster of all the 3*'s, while working on ****.
At the time I had a little over half of my 3*'s championed, basically just the ones I wanted to have the 4* rewards from. Without getting too far into roster specifics I have a pool of 4* champs but none of them are ready to be championed.

Now that Im back and have a little stockpile of iso should I champion all of my 3*'s? They are all cover maxed, just not leveled to 166 yet.

TL;DR should I champion all of my cover maxed (but under leveled) 3*'s since otherwise I will be selling their excess covers?

Tatercat

I would definitely champion all those 3*’s if I were you, especially if none of your 4*’s are ready to be championed. In the long run, it will do you more good: No wasted 3* covers, more ways to get those 4* covers from rewards and that first LT, you’ll always have a strong 3* for whichever PVP or essential node in PVE that you play in. I’ve only recently gone back to finishing my 3* champ, I’m kicking myself for not doing it earlier and getting it out of the way. Between that and the 2* farm, its really invigorated my drive to play MPQ, and it will really help with your return progression on things. Make sure you get 3* Strange too, he’s really great for goons and other cheap firing power teams.

My only advice would be is that once you get all those 3*’s champed, you’ll have a lot of LT’s but probably not much ISO left over. Don’t open the LT’s right way, sit on them until you’ve built a good bank of ISO (100-300K, depending on high level your existing 4*’s are.) That way if you do end up fully covering a 4* and get one more cover beyond that, you can have the ISO ready to champ them before you they expire. It’s not fun trying to get the 300K in ISO in two weeks before the 14th cover on a lvl 180 4* expires.

Once you get to that point though, be sure to check the boards for which 4* you should focus on now that you’re past the 3* level. Here’s some links to some good posts on the recent 4* that might have popped up while you were gone (made by the always appreciated Colognoissur).

https://d3go.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=44686
https://d3go.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=52712

Keep in mind Starlord, Totally Awesome Hulk, and Invisible Woman have undergone recent reworks too and they are all good & fun to play to now, with Starlord quickly becoming a must have to a lot of players. He’s kinda of the new IM40 when it comes to teams you’ll see in the game.

jordanix

Thanks Tatercat for the input! I'm gonna do it, I'm gonna champ those ***'s.
I just needed someone to hold my hand and tell me it was the right choice.

I was really on the fence about the subject since 'back in the day' it wasn't always the best use of resources. I'm kinda blown away by the changes to iso streams, and pve rewards. Good changes.

Im missing 12 4*'s, and Strange, so I've been avoiding opening tokens until I get some more roster slots under me.

Also the 2* farming, did something change? Before I left people were doing it and being laughed at for wasting resources. Now it looks like the thing to do.

Tatercat

jordanix wrote:

Also the 2* farming, did something change? Before I left people were doing it and being laughed at for wasting resources. Now it looks like the thing to do.

Yep, they changed the sell price for a maxed champ, where its now dramatically higher from even 1 level below. For instance, a lvl 143 2* champ is worth 17,400 ISO & 100HP if you sold it. But a lvl 144 2* champ is now worth 65,000 ISO & 150 HP. That changed a lot of minds, mine included.

Now, leveling a 2* from the starting level to lvl 94 is still 66-69,000 ISO range I think, but even with a slight loss to ISO, its worth all the rewards that come from building them up again (including experience to your SHIELD rank, which gives you a nice ISO bonus every rank up). I usually wait until I get the full 13 covers in a dupe slot, then sell the champ and immediately level up the dupe to replace it and start the cycle all over again. Practically though, that doesn’t always work out like I wish (I have so many black 2* Ms Marvel covers in my queue right now).

Plus that 6,5000 ISO can be a real life saver when you're trying to max a 4* quickly before a cover expires, if you find yourself in that bind.

With so many reward streams from the 2 & 3 *’s, I think you’ll find HP coming a lot faster than before, especially if you’re in an active alliance that plays everyday. Don’t buy tokens with them and you’ll find those roster slots will come quickly too.

jordanix

Tatercat wrote:

But a lvl 144 2* champ is now worth 65,000 ISO & 150 HP. That changed a lot of minds, mine included.

Thank you! You have made coming back a much easier transition than I expected. I think I have my feet under me now.

mpqr7

Yes, definitely! The first thing I did when championing started was champion all my 3*s. Then my 2*s then my 4*s. As a result, I have some pretty high leveled 3*s that are already giving me 4 cp and more! It's great. And none of the 3* covers go to waste. You win quite a few of them each week, so it's nice to put them all to use. 2*s as well!