** Black Widow (Original) ** [PRE 2014-06]

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Yeah me too, ive probably pulled 12 of her in the last month and i already have her maxed ;_; .

Unknown

Same here. If only there was some way we could give earned covers away.

Unknown

pulis wrote:

Same here. If only there was some way we could give earned covers away.

id made someone happy the last few days with all the OBW and Blue Spidey covers if that was possible

Eddiemon

I had a 5 3 5, decided to create an optimal 3 5 5. As soon as I did all the covers stopped appearing.

I'm thinking of starting a new captain America to see if that shuts his covers off too.

kensterr

pulis wrote:

Same here. If only there was some way we could give earned covers away.

suggest a cover exchange function between players, limited to 3 exchanges per player per month. A function to tick which covers you want and the system will auto-match and do the exchange.

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kensterr wrote:

pulis wrote:

Same here. If only there was some way we could give earned covers away.

suggest a cover exchange function between players, limited to 3 exchanges per player per month. A function to tick which covers you want and the system will auto-match and do the exchange.

I don't know....last thing we need is rwt added to the mix. It lowers how much they make so they have to make it back somewhere else ...which means even mire iap pushes that piss off thier players.

Eddiemon

soenottelling wrote:

kensterr wrote:

pulis wrote:

Same here. If only there was some way we could give earned covers away.

suggest a cover exchange function between players, limited to 3 exchanges per player per month. A function to tick which covers you want and the system will auto-match and do the exchange.

I don't know....last thing we need is rwt added to the mix. It lowers how much they make so they have to make it back somewhere else ...which means even mire iap pushes that piss off thier players.

And it leads to a real world market for covers, where if you pay me $X I'll swap you the cover of the colour you are missing. That path leads to ripoffs and swindles.

Unknown

I don't know if you guys have noticed this. But previously, teams were prevalent consisting of Thor and astonishing Wolverine.

Right now, I noticed that more than 50% of the participating teams all have Original Black Widow inside. Other 2* characters will usually be C Storm or Ares. But OBW was the most common one these days.

Is that normal? Or am I just viewing skewed results?

Unknown

Shhhhhhhhhhh or she will be next on the Nerf block...

When will whiners realize, the more you complain about characters, the more likely the nerf knife will CUT EVERYONE...

Unknown

She has the most accessible AP theft. Hood is the 3* thief, and he requires 5 blue to hit full efficiency (at 4 blue he's only at 66% of his potential). She also steals while matching, which is pretty darn useful.

Unknown

She's useful on offense, but very squishy on defense, so it never bothers me when I see her on a team. I was actively avoiding teams with an 85th level Thor (and still prefer other opponents), but OBW never concerns me too much. I don't think she needs a nerf.

Unknown

She semi-frequently turns up in the 2* placement tiers for 2-day tournaments. The wise course is to hold out for that and then try to be on at close so you can manage your rating if necessary to place 46-75 (?).

The unwise, impatient course is to spend 500HP upgrading her. That absolutely guarantees you'll pull several off heroics and even standards, because the RNG is sentient.

Unknown

She's always been popular. I don't know why anyone was using Thor for a long time, Wolverine + OBW + someone else was way more powerful before the boost because of her heal + espionage + AP theft.

Unknown

She heals. Next!

Yeah, ok, she's good for other stuff, too. But she and Spidey are the only healers and everyone's fixated on not wasting health packs. Of course everyone uses her.

Unknown

Thor/wolverine reduced in strength + boosts increased so that people can't burst her down at start of fight so she's much more dangerous now. With previous wolv + 6 green/red you could significantly reduce her health (knock a couple of thousand off) + have a few strength tiles up to finish her off. Other low health characters also benefit from the change, including Hood but he needs to be level 100 to match OBW health-wise and doesn't boost damage as much as she does.

Unknown

Now that Thor has been reduced to a hollow shell of his former self, no two star can reliably kill her quick enough to stop the recon at max level, which is the source of her popularity. Unfortunately, this probably will lead to her getting nerfed, just as everyone finally has a reason to level her up.

Unknown

Ben Grimm wrote:

She's useful on offense, but very squishy on defense, so it never bothers me when I see her on a team. I was actively avoiding teams with an 85th level Thor (and still prefer other opponents), but OBW never concerns me too much. I don't think she needs a nerf.

This right here, is why she shouldn't and most likely won't be nerfed. She is a great support character, but I dont fear her at all when facing her. She doesn't have anything that will just wipe a team or stun lock a team. While she is being used a lot, no one is complaining because she isn't hard to deal with. Thor and Wolvie were frustrating because they were also strong on Defense. Most characters should be one or other or balanced in both.

NighteyesGrisu

Ben Grimm wrote:

She's useful on offense, but very squishy on defense, so it never bothers me when I see her on a team. I was actively avoiding teams with an 85th level Thor (and still prefer other opponents), but OBW never concerns me too much. I don't think she needs a nerf.

yeah, she's powerful, but if you have a heavy hitter this can be rather easily countered buy focusing on her first as she doesn't have a lot of hitpoints.

now modern storm.... j/k but I had to chuckle when a team with OBW (not even maxed), modern storm and lvl 56 thor nearly cut me down within a few rounds

poomermon

Many people have her maxed since she worked so well with wolverine. While not as powerful as before she is still a good character with no easy way to replace her. Spiderman is better if you are not going for strike tile synergy but not many people have enough covers for spidey. Also heals and ap steals are doubleplusgood.

Phaserhawk

She's just a good support character. If you play with Wolverine she compliments so well, not to mention you can deny AP early which saves your butt. I generally use mine to kill their support while building purple and blue, I activate purple, usually do a mass heal and then never her touch her the rest of the match, she does what she is suppose to do, assasinates a character (their support), steals and heals and then disappears in the shower, she's one of the better all around well balanced characters.

Edit: Not to mention she's had a ton of tournaments and features as prizes, most people have 13 covers and maxed out, thus being played, don't worry, you'll see Ares in about another few weeks once most people get him maxed out, he'll be a common sub for Thor or vice versa