After 89 days of playing...

TheZeusBear
TheZeusBear Posts: 150 Tile Toppler
in MPQ Suggestions and Feedback
Finally have my first 4* champed!

Wasp. Bzz bzz. 


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  • revskip
    revskip Posts: 1,026 Chairperson of the Boards
    Wow!  That is impressive.  Took me at least a year to get my first (Peggy).  Congrats!
  • TheZeusBear
    TheZeusBear Posts: 150 Tile Toppler
    Thanks, revskip.

     Before champing Wasp,  4* essential was level 233/234 in pve. Only about 50 levels higher than my 3* team. Next event I'll find out if champing changes scaling a lot or little.
  • TheZeusBear
    TheZeusBear Posts: 150 Tile Toppler
    I can't figure out how to post screenshots to forums... But for about 2 weeks it was Patch, IF and a single covered 5* for match dmg. Once I got a few 3* leveled, I started using IF, Switch and Luke Cage. Past week I've gotten IM40 champed so I've been using him with KK and Captain or Mag.
    Pve, nodes 1-3 is always 3* Thanos, a 5* ( I alternate so don't need health packs) and Blade.
    Goon nodes, IF, Strange with a 5* for match dmg.
  • Punisher5784
    Punisher5784 Posts: 3,845 Chairperson of the Boards
    While I commend you for champing your first 4* in a short period of time, your scaling will hurt for awhile. It is recommended you at least have a majority of the 3*'s champed and then when you enter 4* land you champ at least 3 decent ones. When I finally entered 4* land, I found myself using 4* Thor for almost every match. Hopefully it's too bad for you but it would be nice if the MPQ had a game guide about scaling.. but then again they want healthpack sales (among other stress pressured sales).
  • Azoth658
    Azoth658 Posts: 348 Mover and Shaker
    Congratulations and this showcases the benefits of vaulting for the newer players. Pre vaulting this would have easily taken over a year ;)
  • TheZeusBear
    TheZeusBear Posts: 150 Tile Toppler
    edited April 2017
    That's true, Azoth. I did earn 6 of her covers from placement and progressions over the past few weeks so that definitely helped. One pull from a vault as well, so that was a nice bonus. Luckily so far I'm not pulling many Riri, Spiderwoman or Mordo and have all the good 4* in the current 12 covered really well. 

    Drawback of vaulting is I couldn't​ do most dpd because missing the essential 4*. 

    Punisher, that might be a problem for me but won't find out until an actual pve event. Boss event is done and set at a static level for everyone so can't compare yet. I'll try to update this thread if I remember when I can compare the scaling. 
  • drayviper32
    drayviper32 Posts: 123 Tile Toppler
    It is a mistake champing a 4* when a roster is young. Good luck with scaling when your little insect is boosted. Just as bad when rookies add 5* characters to their roster when the rest of the characters are at level 100 or lower. 

    Not to brag but it feels great after playing for 2 years I have 45 4* champs.  >:)
  • TheZeusBear
    TheZeusBear Posts: 150 Tile Toppler
    I had that problem before.. a 5* phoenix when I was still leveling up my 1* team and another 5* Captain when I was around level 70 with my 2* team. Had to sell both. 

    Tougher scaling makes it more interesting. Hopefully it won't be absurd. 
  • Painmonger
    Painmonger Posts: 171 Tile Toppler
    Congrats on that 4* champ! I hope it doesn't hurt your scaling too bad. I was checking alliance members for the Thanos event & saw one roster with two 5* & no one else over 100 yet, I feel really bad for them. How drastic was the difference when you sold yours before? I'm debating on suggesting they should do the same.
  • Hendross
    Hendross Posts: 762 Critical Contributor
    edited May 2017
    Congrats and hope to see you next season. ;)

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  • rc35
    rc35 Posts: 62 Match Maker

    You've got a 4* champed at 89 days?!  I'm a bit over a year, and I haven't got one.  Crikey!  :/

  • Skrofa
    Skrofa Posts: 388 Mover and Shaker
    May I ask how much you have spent?
    I find it very odd for a three-month player to have a champed 4*! I don't think I had a champed 3* at that point (although I wasn't playing competitively yet at that mark)
  • Astralgazer
    Astralgazer Posts: 267 Mover and Shaker
    It is totally conceivable that one can gain that much CP to get 13 Wasp covers in 3 months. Play PVE hard, play PVP to 575 every event, you will get there. If you are extremely lucky, you would only need 260 CP to get Wasp covered. The problem would be ISO. It would take 360k ISO to champ a 4*. I can get that much ISO in two weeks, but I'm at the stage where I only need ISO for 4*. I can't imagine trying to champ a 4* while also trying to build 3* and 2*.
  • SummerGlau
    SummerGlau Posts: 1,027 Chairperson of the Boards
    I had two 4 Star Champions on Day 270 (one vaulted, one not)
    I suspect it takes a bit more than luck to have several 3 star Champs and a 4 star champ after 89 days
  • Vhailorx
    Vhailorx Posts: 6,085 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited April 2017
    Nicely done TC!

    Can i ask how much you play, what type of alliance you are in, and how mich (if any) cash you have spent.  Also what shield rank have you reached?  How long did it take to hit CL 32+?

    I am not all trying to shame or criticize you.  It's just been so long since a lot of us started that we vets have almost no feel for the early game experience now (things were very different in 2014 when i started).  It would be very helpful to get some sense if what progress is available for new players, and what it takes to make that progress.
  • broll
    broll Posts: 4,732 Chairperson of the Boards
    Azoth658 said:
    Congratulations and this showcases the benefits of vaulting for the newer players. Pre vaulting this would have easily taken over a year ;)
    Took me about 9 months, but yeah that's insane that someone champed a 4* that quickly. 
  • Arix90
    Arix90 Posts: 244 Tile Toppler
    Lucky Im day 273 and i only have wasp and medusa champed very recently
  • GreenyBoy
    GreenyBoy Posts: 21 Just Dropped In
    Zeus, I still say you have too much time on your hands lol.

    Congratz bud, great accomplishment. Glad to have you on my team.

    As for scaling... 1 champed 4* in a 3* roster is manageable, but carefull when you add more... Make sure to add the really good ones like Iceman, Jean, hulkbuster, etc (with vaulting, don't ask me how).
  • mrPuzzleQuester
    mrPuzzleQuester Posts: 34 Just Dropped In

    First, I’d like to congratulate you on champing a 4* so quickly - everyone here can agree it’s very impressive. But the fact that everyone is so surprised/impressed with this says a lot about progression (or lack of progression) in the game. 

    From parsing through OPs comments he/she plays about 2.5 hrs a day and spent “A few hundred, including 3 months of VIP. CAD, not sure how much American it would be” for a single champed 4*. IDK what the rest of OPs roster looks like but I’m sure there are lots of gaps considering there are 40+ 3* & 4* characters and a good portion are vaulted. This seems like a lot of effort not to mention time/money spent for a small portion of the game. The huge roster along with essential character requirements for PVE/PVP makes the game quite difficult for new players to get into as they probably can’t compete early on. 

    Again, I’m not discounting OPs achievement at all but just trying to point out the absurdity of progression in this game - it takes quite a bit of time, money not to mention RNG luck to progress. 

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