Character Release Dates

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  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 9,580 Chairperson of the Boards
    Nova (sam alexander)1/28/2016

    Still haven't got any red covers after all this time.
  • dudethtsawesome
    dudethtsawesome Posts: 165 Tile Toppler
    edited August 2017
    11/5/2014***MystiqueRaven Darkholme

    I started right after the first anniversary. I didn't realize it then, I didn't look for the forums until a few months later. I wish I had realized he importance of an alliance back then. I might have progressed a lot faster than I did if I had found one. 
  • Captain_Carlman
    Captain_Carlman Posts: 208 Tile Toppler
    edited August 2017
    10/28/2013**Steve RogersCaptain America

    I remember being super stoked firing up the game one of the first times I played and saw Cap was available, since he is my favorite character.
  • ZootSax
    ZootSax Posts: 1,819 Chairperson of the Boards
    broll said:
    Fun game, post the first new character release after you started.

    I don't recall the exact date I started, but the first character release I recognized as a character release event was:

    10/23/2014***Blade

    Daywalker

    The first release after I joined the forums:

    Electra (unkillable)12/15/2014


  • maguirenumber6
    maguirenumber6 Posts: 457 Mover and Shaker
    edited November 2017
    broll said:
    Fun game, post the first new character release after you started.
    6/22/2015 **** The Thing Classic

     You sometimes forget exactly how long you've been playing this game for. I started playing on June 6th 2015, four days after the release of Carnage. Incidentally, I now have 19 4* champions, yet I have still to champ either of these two. I need one more for Carnage and 3-4 more for Thing IIRC. In those early days, I remember the constant frustration of getting 20 iso for a win instead of the much better rewards you were aiming for, and the struggle to defeat that level 140 Ragnarok at the end of the Prologue mode. I also vaguely recall the IM40 update, and how his usefulness suddenly increased overnight.

    UPDATE: Carnage is 4* champ number 20 as of Nov 17th! Thank you SHIELD Resupply for giving me the black cover I was missing :smiley:
  • Punisher5784
    Punisher5784 Posts: 3,836 Chairperson of the Boards
    6/16/2014***SentryDark Avengers

    I started shortly before his release.. I remember pulling his cover and my friend who had been playing m before, quit in jealousy! Man.. that one red cover was awesome! It would kill everyone! His PvP was my first PvP event.. gather 10 red and kill everyone.. the healthpacks.. the glory
  • Quebbster
    Quebbster Posts: 8,070 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited November 2017
    vcorsac said: ...  I think 3* Daken's date is wrong....


    I think you're right, that it's wrong.

    2/4/14 is too early. The lazy / gold / classic characters started later that spring. Probably a typo by whoever it was that compiled that data.

    Unfortunately, the compiled list of new release PvEs was trashed by the forum port (sorry, rakingucd), sor can't follow hat bread crumb trail. And a "feature" of this totally aweseom forum platform is to date all older posts by only month and year, so N&A indicates he was announced in "March 2014" and the character thread shows much discussion in "April 2014".

    The old event threads are just about impossible to sort out ... title formatting all gone, and now they are in order of last reply ... can't find the release PvE.

    BUT.... can find his first PvP, which ran 5/16-5/19, discussed here:
    https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/7660/fatal-attraction-s1-daken-event-may-16-may-19#latest

    So he was released before 5/16/14. But discussion there recounts release of covers having been screwed up.

    Looking at a calendar, Thursdays in May 2014 prior to the 16th were 5/1/14, 5/8/14, and 5/15/14.

    Obviously 5/15/14 is too late if his PvP was the next day. If it was a weeklong release event, it probably wasn't 5/8/14.

    How does 5/1/14 sound?







    IT wasn't a weeklong release event. As I recall it was an early run of Heroic mode: Oscorp, when you reached the last nodes you got to fight the new version of Daken there as a preview. I think it led immediately into the first run of Prodigal Sun that introduced Sentry. Late May 2014 sounds right since I know the first PS run was when the wife and I were celebrating ten years together. I'd guess maybe 5/8 for Daken is I can't guess 5/15.
    The first character introduced after I started playing was OBW, some time in November 2013. I don't think the dates on the list are very accurate for those early releases though.
  • Quebbster
    Quebbster Posts: 8,070 Chairperson of the Boards
    Did some digging in the New and announcements forum and found this: https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/7080/heroic-chapter-4-osborn-update - This is Daken's release event.
    There is no longer a date on this post that I can see, but given that it is posted between announcements called "Patch notes - 5/8" and "Patch notes - 5/9", I am willing to bet it was posted on one of those dates and Daken's relase did indeed begin on 5/8 2014.

  • Quebbster
    Quebbster Posts: 8,070 Chairperson of the Boards
    Quebbster said: ... I don't think the dates on the list are very accurate for those early releases though.
    There is a note above the list I presented, cautioning about those early dates, and referring to the original thread it was posted in for the nature of those dates:  https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/comment/608781/#Comment_608781

    Essentially, those early dates are the dates their character threads were created. The character thread is a convention started by the players, not the devs. Those early pioneers started compiling and posting this information very early in the game's life, but the threads were made when someone had the time, and for the characters that were in-game at launch, those threads would have been made weeks later.

    That said, everything from Nov 2013 on should be accurate, except for messy cases like 3Daken.

    If you have corrections, please do share them! The forum port reduced all the dates on old posts to month/year only (jeebus aich kee-rist!), so we can't even go back and dig up accurate dates any more.

    I suppose I should bring that list up to date .... maybe later today :) 
    I had some corrections later in that thread that I can repost here:
    Quebbster said:
    I know Original Black Widow was released after the start of the game, I remember her release. I Think Iron Man 40 was Before her.
    Looking back through the Announcements forum, the earliest mention I can find of a new character is **Captain America** on October 18th, 2013. This was very soon after the release of the game and may in fact be the first character added. A week later, on October 25th, Moonstone was mentioned. On November 4th, a week later, they mention Iron Man 40, I Think this was when he was released. Then it's Original Black Widow on November 15th (at this Point I know I was playing).
    On November 24th, there's a mention of a Newcomers tournament that has Iron Man, OBW, Moonstone, Captain America and Modern Hawkeye boosted. I guess that means Hawkeye was also added after the release of the game.
    Also on November 24th, Invisible Woman was announced.

    So let's try to apply that to your list!

    In the game since release?
    ***, Loki, Dark Reign, 10/10/13
    *, Black Widow, Modern, 10/16/13
    *, Hawkeye, Classic, 10/16/13
    *, Iron Man, Model 35, 10/16/13
    *, Storm, Modern, 10/16/13
    **, Spider-Man, Bag-Man, 10/17/13
    *, Venom, Dark Avengers Spider-Man, 10/17/13
    **, Storm, Classic, 10/18/13
    ***, Ragnarok, Dark Avengers Thor, 10/29/13
    **, Wolverine, Astonishing X-Men, 10/29/13
    ***, Spider-Man, Classic, 10/31/13
    **, Magneto, Marvel NOW!, 11/02/13
    ***, Hood, The, Classic, 11/05/13
    ***, Black Widow, Grey Suit, 11/09/13
    ****, Wolverine, X-Force, 11/09/13
    **, Bullseye, Dark Avengers Hawkeye, 11/11/13
    ***, Magneto, Classic, 11/11/13
    ***, Doctor Doom, Classic, 11/18/13
    **, Daken, Dark Avengers Wolverine, 11/20/13
    *, Juggernaut, Classic, 11/20/13
    *, Yelena Belova, Dark Avengers Widow, 11/20/13

    **, Thor, Marvel NOW!, 01/28/14

    Early releases:
    **, Hawkeye, Modern, 11/02/13, released early October 2013?
    **, Steve Rogers, Captain America, 10/18/13
    **, Moonstone, Dark Avengers Ms. Marvel, 10/25/13
    ***, Iron Man, Model 40, 11/04/13
    **, Black Widow, Original, 11/15/13

    The rest of the list:
    ****, Invisible Woman, Classic, 11/27/13
    ***, Punisher, The, Dark Reign, 12/05/13
    ****, Devil Dinosaur, Gigantic Reptile, 12/06/13
    ***, Hulk, The, Indestructible, 12/19/13
    ***, Wolverine, Patch, 01/08/14
    **, Ares, Dark Avengers, 01/10/14
    ***, Daredevil, Classic, 01/24/14
    ***, Psylocke, Classic, 02/11/14
    ***, Black Panther, T'Challa, 02/21/14
    ***, Thor, Modern, 03/05/14
    ***, Steve Rogers, Super Soldier, 03/20/14
    ***, Human Torch, Classic, 04/01/14
    ***, Sam Wilson, Falcon, 04/14/14
    ***, She-Hulk, Modern, 04/28/14
    ***, Storm, Mohawk, 04/28/14
    ***, Daken, Classic, 05/08/14
    ***, Sentry, Dark Avengers, 06/16/14
    ****, Nick Fury, Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., 06/23/14
    **, Human Torch, Johnny Storm, 07/04/14
    ***, Captain Marvel, Modern, 07/16/14
    ***, Deadpool, It's Me, Deadpool!, 07/26/14
    ***, Beast, Classic, 07/31/14
    ***, Colossus, Classic, 09/07/14
    **, Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel, 09/15/14
    ***, Doctor Octopus, Otto Octavius, 09/24/14
    ****, Thor, Goddess of Thunder, 10/02/14
    ***, Blade, Daywalker, 10/23/14
    ***, Mystique, Raven Darkholme, 11/05/14
    ***, Gamora, Guardians of the Galaxy, 11/18/14
    ***, Rocket & Groot, Most Wanted, 11/18/14
    ****, Elektra, Unkillable, 11/19/14
    ***, Luke Cage, Hero For Hire, 12/23/14
    ***, Squirrel Girl, Unbeatable, 01/14/15
    ****, Star-Lord, Legendary Outlaw, 01/26/15
    ***, Cyclops, Uncanny X-Men, 02/12/15
    ***, Iron Fist, Immortal Weapon, 02/23/15
    ***, Vision, Android Avenger, 03/06/15
    ****, Professor X, Charles Xavier, 03/09/15
    ***, Kamala Khan, Ms. Marvel, 03/23/15
    ****, Kingpin, Wilson Fisk, 03/30/15
    ***, Quicksilver, Pietro Maximoff, 04/07/15
    ****, Iron Man, Hulkbuster, 04/22/15
    ***, Scarlet Witch, Wanda Maximoff, 04/22/15
    ***, Bullseye, Classic, 05/20/15
    ****, Carnage, Cletus Kassady, 06/02/15
    ****, The Thing, Classic, 06/22/15
    ****, Ant-Man, Scott Lang, 06/30/15
    ****, Jean Grey, All New X-Men, 07/21/15
    ****, Deadpool, X-Force, 07/31/15
    ****, Sam Wilson, Captain America, 07/31/15
    *, Spider-Man, Original, 08/03/15
    ****, Mr. Fantastic, Reed Richards, 08/19/15
    ****, Iceman, All New X-Men, 08/26/15
    *****, Silver Surfer, Skyrider, 09/04/15
    ****, Cyclops, Classic, 10/05/15
    ****, Red Hulk, Thunderbolt Ross, 10/05/15
    *****, Wolverine, Old Man Logan, 10/05/15
    ****, X-23, All-New Wolverine, 10/21/15
    *****, Jean Grey, Phoenix, 11/02/15
    ****, Ghost Rider, Johnny Blaze, 11/18/15
    ****, Hulk, The, Totally Awesome, 11/19/15
    ****, Miles Morales, Spider-Man, 12/16/15
    ****, Venom, Eddie Brock, 12/17/15
    *****, Spider-Man, Back in Black, 01/13/16
    ****, Nova, Sam Alexander, 01/21/16
    ****, Spider-Gwen, Gwen Stacy, 02/01/16
    *****, Green Goblin, Norman Osborn, 02/18/16
    ****, Quake, Daisy Johnson, 03/01/16
    ****, Punisher, The, MAX, 03/14/16
    ****, Howard the Duck, A Duck, 04/01/16
    ****, Drax, The Destroyer, 04/12/16
    *****, Iron Man, Mark XLVI, 04/28/16
    *****, Steve Rogers, First Avenger, 04/28/16
    ****, Winter Soldier, Bucky Barnes, 04/28/16
    ****, War Machine, James Rhodes, 05/05/16
    ****, Kate Bishop, Hawkeye, 05/27/16
    ****, Moon Knight, Marc Spector, 06/13/16
    ****, Peggy Carter, Captain America, 06/23/16
    *****, Hulk, The, Bruce Banner, 07/05/16
    ****, Wasp, Janet van Dyne, 07/21/16
    *****, Black Bolt, Blackagar Boltagon, 07/29/16
    ****, Spider-Woman, Jessica Drew, 07/29/16
    *****, Black Widow, Natasha Romanoff, 09/02/16
    ****, Luke Cage, Power Man, 09/19/16
    ****, Gwenpool, Gwen Poole, 10/10/16
    ****, Blade, Modern, 10/19/16
    *****, Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme, 11/01/16
    ***, Doctor Strange, Stephen Strange, 11/01/16
    ****, Venom, Agent Venom, 11/16/16
    ****, Medusa, Inhuman Queen, 12/01/16

    I moved Thor (Marvel NOW) and Daken (Classic) to their proper place as far as we can determine.
    Devil Dinosaur is arguable since he was first seen as a playable character in The Hunt, but that version was a bit different than the one that was released on the anniversary (the first version was a threestar character that had a green active power and had green, red and black as its strong colors), so a case could be made for Devil being placed in October 2014.
    I believe Nick Fury's official release was in August 2014, but he had been "previewed" since his covers had been the top 100 Alliance rewards for three seasons prior to the release. I think he was released in the horrendous Hulk run that tried to squeeze the entire event into a three- or fourday slot, so each sub was only like 10 hours long or something.
    I'm also not continuing the list after Medusa...
  • wymtime
    wymtime Posts: 3,757 Chairperson of the Boards
    What’s sad is I championed 5* Peter Parker and dare devil and my silver surfer is still stuck at 5,5,2
  • Quebbster
    Quebbster Posts: 8,070 Chairperson of the Boards
    wymtime said:
    What’s sad is I championed 5* Peter Parker and dare devil and my silver surfer is still stuck at 5,5,2

    Just wait until he's the essential PvE character for the third time and you can buy the last black! That should only take two years or more...
  • jamesh
    jamesh Posts: 1,600 Chairperson of the Boards
    Quebbster said:
    Did some digging in the New and announcements forum and found this: https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/7080/heroic-chapter-4-osborn-update - This is Daken's release event.
    There is no longer a date on this post that I can see, but given that it is posted between announcements called "Patch notes - 5/8" and "Patch notes - 5/9", I am willing to bet it was posted on one of those dates and Daken's relase did indeed begin on 5/8 2014.

    If you hover your mouse over the "May 2014" text on the post, it should show a tooltip with a more exact date.  In this case May 9, 2014 11:23PM (at least according to my time zone settings).

    You should be able to do the same for other threads if you're data mining.
  • Quebbster
    Quebbster Posts: 8,070 Chairperson of the Boards
    jamesh said:
    Quebbster said:
    Did some digging in the New and announcements forum and found this: https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/7080/heroic-chapter-4-osborn-update - This is Daken's release event.
    There is no longer a date on this post that I can see, but given that it is posted between announcements called "Patch notes - 5/8" and "Patch notes - 5/9", I am willing to bet it was posted on one of those dates and Daken's relase did indeed begin on 5/8 2014.

    If you hover your mouse over the "May 2014" text on the post, it should show a tooltip with a more exact date.  In this case May 9, 2014 11:23PM (at least according to my time zone settings).

    You should be able to do the same for other threads if you're data mining.
    Please remind again how to 'hover' on a touch interface?

    Connect it to a mouse? Yeah, I don't have a better idea. It works quite well when you have a moveable cursor though.
  • Tupou
    Tupou Posts: 6 Just Dropped In
    Interesting... I wonder how Loki was the first character.  Don't you literally have to start with IM35 in the tutorial?  How did those 6 days go before IM35 release?  Just Beta tests?
  • Quebbster
    Quebbster Posts: 8,070 Chairperson of the Boards

    Didn't Loki get a makeover early on? That was Before my time, but it could explain why his thread was the first - people wanted to talk about the new version and how it compared to the old.

  • Jaedenkaal
    Jaedenkaal Posts: 3,357 Chairperson of the Boards
    Thor Goddess of Thunder **** 10/2/2014

    Right around here, I think.
  • broll
    broll Posts: 4,732 Chairperson of the Boards
    Did anyone grab 5* Thor's release date?  I record all these, but I failed to get the exact date on this one while I was on vacation.
  • broll
    broll Posts: 4,732 Chairperson of the Boards
    Thanks @aesthetocyst I did check the list....at the top of page one, not the one in the middle of page two... lol.  I appreciate the assist.
  • MathiasTCK
    MathiasTCK Posts: 65 Match Maker
    This is still a top google result.  I am looking for a list of all 5 star chars by release date, to figure out which were latest legends together.
  • Phumade
    Phumade Posts: 2,477 Chairperson of the Boards
    madsalad said:
    ahhh, the good ol' days with MONTHS between major character releases.
    Lol there was a time when we used to complain about the lack of characters.