event tokens nerfed?

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So checking the stats on drop rates for event tokens, it looks like the Simulator has just a 1.5% droprate on its featured 3-star hero, the Falcon. (13.7% each for the featured DA two-stars, but that is to be expected.) Meanwhile, Army of One tokens drop their featured hero, the Punisher, a whopping 2.4% of the time.

In past events, you had a decent chance of getting the new character's covers through the tokens in the next event after he or she was released. If you were getting a decent number of event tokens, chances were you would get at least a few extra featured 3-star covers. At LEAST one or two. But now? It seems like this time there is no chance to get anything more than the end placement rewards.

First question: Am I misreading this information? Is it not this bad?

Second question: If not, have the devs basically nerfed the event tokens into worthlessness?

Third question: How are we supposed to get covers for the new heroes? Just through spending real $$ on HC? Because I would do that if I could spend like $5 on one power rank, but current prices are like twice that.

Not trying to only complain here, just trying to figure out real info to inform purchasing decisions and character advancement.

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I've had more 3* characters from standard (1*) packs in the last month than I have from the raft of 2* event packs I've picked up. Proportionally, obviously, the pull rate on the 2*s has been better, but in terms of overall numbers the 1* has been better to me.

Considering how many of the Heroic 10 packs they'll be handing out from progression and placement rewards in Season 1 I'm not expecting amazing things of them either.

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Same here! Standard packs have been kinder than event ones. Possibly, however, because you get so many of them, but you only remember the one that turned gold.

I learned about a month into the game not to expect much out of the event packs -- early on I even bought some tokens before realizing how low the chances were. This was back when 2-star Cap was new. But all the way through until a few weeks ago, it seems an event token used to have about a 10-15% chance of a three star, at least judging by the data the community collected. Recently they have been so bad as to be almost an insult. Just give me 250 iso if that's what you want to do, don't tease me.

I should say that I did get a Dr Doom out of his recent event - even the right color one - so that was nice

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Got 12 courageous tokens from LR. Only 1 psylocke. Rest are all 2*. Hell those tokens are rated 3*!

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I don't really consider a less than a percent difference a 'nerf'. But, I see where you're coming from. The event tokens seem far less giving then they used to. But we also had events that were back to back (like Hulk) or repeated in quick succession that make them seem like they were more generous.

Your point just speaks to how worthless the sub-mission rewards are to the seasoned player and why you shouldn't beat your brains in to finish top 5 in these sub-missions. All you do is jack your scaling and make it harder for yourself when you need that last hour push to take the top spot in your global leaderboard.

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Just to clarify: I didn't mean they nerfed it from 2% to 1% -- the nerf is that it used to be even higher than the 1-2% it now is.

Otherwise yeah, I agree that the problem is the drop rates are so low that tokens are useless except as a way to get 2-stars. Once you don't need those any more, how are you supposed to progress?

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Part of the problem is that event tokens used to be limited to the pool of Powered Up characters for that event. Now they are just Heroic tokens with a slightly higher chance of the featured 3*. The new event tokens suck.

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I had crazy luck from Hunt tokens (I got at least five 3*s and one 4*, and all but two were usable), but nothing else since then. I may have just had unusually good luck, though.

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I'm playing from day1 on steam, was got the event tokens from all events, ZERO of them ever dropped the main hero for me. So I can't talk about any decent chances from the past.

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Ben Grimm wrote:

I had crazy luck from Hunt tokens (I got at least five 3*s and one 4*, and all but two were usable), but nothing else since then. I may have just had unusually good luck, though.

I had the same result as you, 2 4* and 4 3* from event tokens, then I got 2 more 3* from standard packs during The Hunt. Never had a streak of luck that good and I'm on Day 190.