Anyone else craving a couple of new 2*?

Taganov

SkadenFrudee said:

broll said:

No.  I still get annoyed every time they do a new 3*.

Why? Because you can't utilize them at your level? Or is it because they are just cheap copies of the 5*? 

Well, a little column A, a little column B...

purplemur

oh forum, with your old bones, outdated takes on the game! your so 2014;
the GAME has moved on?, uhm you may have but 60% of the game is based on NOT 4* release cycle. 
It does seem to be de rigueur that the forum has the personal justification blinders on, but I think ya'll forgot about a very important part of the game:
New Players!
you know that segment of the population that hasn't been playing for a year and has ZERO champed 4's, the ones that 5 scl brackets are aimed at? The reason for Prologue? The ones who probably havn't discovered the forum yet. The ones that industry wide are more likely to make an impulse purchase. The ones that we are repeatedly being surveyed if would we refer a friend about. Look in the mirror: not you! 
Do you even remember struggling with 2* bullseye? remember how BA cap'n is? remember when call the storm was like BOOM=I win! Remember when you first champed you first toon and things STARTED to look up. That part of the game where finally some momentum would build.  That part of the game could use some freshness. 

Other things to remember:
-Has anyone ever said I wish they would release characters quicker? cuz another 5* helps dilution?
-The feeder system helps give needed 4* covers(eventually), why not have another tool ?
-So many 5* players used to bellyache about how they HAD TO play with ONLY their 5's and the game was more fun if they could try new team combos(see Heroic). Now that scl has been locked, why not try some fun NEW teams. 
-people love Combined Arms, what if there were even more options! see also DPD, see also Req'd nodes
-not all Marvel properties are created equally, 4* mockingbird vs  3*doom. That ain't right at all. and releasing another variant isn't the answer. How do you fanboys/girls stand it? some villians are pure 2* annoyance, some heroes are pure support.
-Who's tired of fighting the dark Avengers? anybody on the forum, anybody..... how about something different to face? 
-Puzzle Quest: if you don't have an overpowered 4* toptier toon maybe the answer to a node could be a squishy, low damage character with a power set that fits a team lineup and you have to think about your next swap. Some alternative for the players who don't have 30-40 champed 4*'s to beat hard levels.

YES!!! to the OP! More 3*s too (one that isn't a lazy 5{or are the 5's the lazy version... })! balance the power spread, give the 4* pool a break every once in a while, and mutants.
 
TL;DR - more 2*/3*s and mutants!

Milk Jugz

I'm all for it, I'd be happy with some new 2* feeders for my 3* and I agree I think it would help newer players also. That tier is easy to build at any level and amazingly thin.... 

ZootSax

I don't think we've had a "new" 2* since Cap Marvel, so it seems reasonable to add another sometime.  We don't need a flood of new 2*'s, but one every 9-12 months would certainly not ruin 2* farming or bog the game down.  New 1*'s wouldn't bother be either (1* Spider-Man is awesome, after all), but I'd prefer 1* champions, just to give standard tokens a purpose to people beyond the 1-->2 transition (especially assuming 1* farming could be a thing).

As for the 3* versions of 5*'s, I actually really like what they did with Hawkeye and Thanos, where the fundamental abilities were similar, but the 5* had that little bit extra to make them clearly superior.  3* Star Lord was a solid 3* character, but the 5* needs a little something extra to justify his existence in the tier.

Alfje17

I wouldn't say no to a few new 2*, but maybe they could start as NPC, just so you'd play against something else than the Dark Avengers?

If they're popular, they might become playable (I assume that was the idea for Gorgon) and you'd get a new 2* every 6 months or so.

And I like the idea of championing the 1*: make them useful again, especially if 1* Spidey feeds into Bagman  

Dragon_Nexus

I was hoping that they make a 4* Daredevil and make a 2* version of this.

Borstock

I would love some new 2* characters providing there was a place where they could get consistent usage, and not just DDQ. It's not like I can use any of the 5* characters.

Felessa

purplemur said:

TL;DR - more 2*/3*s and mutants!

I agree with that, specially the mutants part! A new 2* from time to time wouldn't hurt the game, and would make it a better experience for all, beginners and farmers. It would be even better to use some missing color schemes among the 2/3*s, like Red/Yellow/Purple or Black/Yellow/Purple.

TeamStewie

I wish they would. When I was new it was always sad when there was a new release because either I had little chance of getting it or if I did the roster space was usually better used for something else.

broll

SkadenFrudee said:

broll said:

No.  I still get annoyed every time they do a new 3*.

Why? Because you can't utilize them at your level? Or is it because they are just cheap copies of the 5*? 

1. Because they are cheap copies.
2. Because as a completionist I want to champ them but it's ISO being taken away from my current focus of champing 4*s

gmp72

How about if @brigby could tell us what the grand plan for the ever increasing 4* tier is ?

pheregas

One.  I want one more 2*.  A 2* Iron Man to replace Hawkeye's reward change.

Brigby

@gmp72 said:

How about if brigby could tell us what the grand plan for the ever increasing 4* tier is ?

I would if I knew, but I'm afraid the only grand plan I knew of was returning Vintage characters back into packs. Once I have more information to announce, I'll be sure to let everyone know

Zeta_zero

They should totally give Craig his Dazzler as a 2*....

Calnexin

I too would not mind another two or two.  For the offseason event with a 2/3/4 requirement (balance?) it's fun finding synergy with the other tiers so they're more than just an easy target.  And I wouldn't mind a little more variety for DDQ.  I tend to cycle between HE/CMag/Ares and CMag/Thor/Storm, only using other characters when CMags is cycling or more than one of his partners is.

Milk Jugz

Calnexin said:

I too would not mind another two or two.  For the offseason event with a 2/3/4 requirement (balance?) it's fun finding synergy with the other tiers so they're more than just an easy target.  And I wouldn't mind a little more variety for DDQ.  I tend to cycle between HE/CMag/Ares and CMag/Thor/Storm, only using other characters when CMags is cycling or more than one of his partners is.

That event is Combined Arms and it is, IMO, the best off-season PVP event. Much more strategy there than just use your best boosted. Balance of Power is where everyone in your roster is boosted to 550, also a fun event

mpqr7

Yes, because I need new teams for the 2* dew stages, as well as more plants for my 2* champ farm!

KinDM

I'm honestly surprised we don't already have a 2* Deadpool, given he's the game's unofficial mascot. 

SpringSoldier

I wouldn't want more 2*. I don't even have enough roster spots for the current characters; in fact, I wish they'd release new characters a little more rarely and give us the chance to play the ones we currently have without the power creep.

Also, 3* are so easy to get once you're starting to have some champed 4*, that their covers are worth less than the hp or cp you get from farming. And if you just want some more hp and cp, just farm dupes.

As for the newer players, they're struggling even harder with roster spots since 3*, even 4* start flowing in for them long before they finish the prologue (my niece has her own account and she's got 6 rooster spots and 4* from tokens!). There's no time to get bored of your 2*- not anymore.

A change from the Dark Avengers- that I would welcome though.

vaportrail

No thanks