Should 5* Banner Hulk be demoted to a 2* to make way for an AWESOME 5* World War Hulk?

aesthetocyst

Asked by popular demand*, 

Should 5* Banner Hulk be demoted to a 2* to make way for an awesome 5* World War Hulk?

World War Hulk is coming to Marvel Avengers Academy, and also to Marvel Legendary (that's a card game. You play it on a table. With printed paper ... oh, nvm). He's getting around.

Thor: Ragnarok pretty much yanked Gladiator Hulk off the table. Oh well.

But World War Hulk is another matter!




Now, of course, this game is already loaded up with Hulks, buuuuuut .... 

5* Banner was a total dud on arrival, from the nadir of character art and design in this game.
4* MEH is .... OK, kinda fun, has his uses, but MEH. And looks goofy.
4* Red Hulk is getting old, still good, but he's a Hulk villain. Not The Hulk.
4* Cho is alright now, after being a joke for a long time.
4* Hulkbuster is a classic,only mentioned here to highlight how badly Hulkbuster needs a decent Hulk to "bust".
3* Hulk is years behind the meta and power creep. Still has his niche uses, but otherwise, gathers dust.
3* She-Hulk is alright. That's great. but she's not Hulk-Hulk.
2* Hulk does not exist.
1* Hulk does not exist.

So,

There is a shameful absence at the heart of MPQ.

A great vacancy at the top of the heap only a great Hulk can fill.

Punting Banner to 2* land would make his design (read: lack of oomph) make more sense, and from there he could feed 3* hulk, and Moonstone be re-assigned to feed ... She-Hulk, or something.

And it would remove any "but we already have a 5* hulk..." objection to a 5* WWHulk!

Please note the presumption that any 5* WWHulk would be AWESOME, and not yet another big green whiff ... of which this game has had so many.

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* Meaning one friend on LINE told me to.

aesthetocyst

Yes. Banner should be a 2*. A good WWHulk would be great.

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aesthetocyst

Yes. Banner should be a 2*. A good WWHulk would be great.

Vote while you can. In an effort to keep GD as dull as possible, all polls with any trace of humor or bite are killed pretty quick

Dragon_Nexus

I want the grey skinned She-Hulk in the game, personally.
Though I think that's going away soon?

So far it feels like they really under utilised what was a great premise for Jen...

Sm0keyJ0e

A demotion implies he has not performed up to par, i.e. someone qualified to be a senior accountant demoted to regular accountant due to poor performance. The fact is, Banner was never an accountant to begin with. He's more like the 2-year-old who is randomly mashing numbers on a giant play phone. You can't demote that poor kid--just call a spade a spade.

aesthetocyst

Yes. Banner should be a 2*. A good WWHulk would be great.

Sm0keyJ0e said:

A demotion implies he has not performed up to par, i.e. someone qualified to be a senior accountant demoted to regular accountant due to poor performance. The fact is, Banner was never an accountant to begin with. He's more like the 2-year-old who is randomly mashing numbers on a giant play phone. You can't demote that poor kid--just call a spade a spade.

So .... since we don't have spades .... or 2-year olds (so far as we know) .... in the game ... you're saying ... delete him? Overwrite him? Or just send him right down to 1* land?

Sm0keyJ0e

aesthetocyst said:

Sm0keyJ0e said:

A demotion implies he has not performed up to par, i.e. someone qualified to be a senior accountant demoted to regular accountant due to poor performance. The fact is, Banner was never an accountant to begin with. He's more like the 2-year-old who is randomly mashing numbers on a giant play phone. You can't demote that poor kid--just call a spade a spade.

So .... since we don't have spades .... or 2-year olds (so far as we know) .... in the game ... you're saying ... delete him? Overwrite him? Or just send him right down to 1* land?

I think exactly as he is, he'd be a great 2*! Health and all! Probs right behind OBW and Storm in the power dept...

aesthetocyst

Yes. Banner should be a 2*. A good WWHulk would be great.

Uh-oh. Look like I forgot the "Leave Banner alone, he's wonderful as-is!" option.

There's the justification for killing the poll.

jackstar0

Instead of 'demoting' Banner, just completely overhaul his art and design, could be any version of Hulk, just so long as he is better. Much better.

Fix Banner. The End.

Hendross

Instead of 'demoting' Banner, just completely overhaul his art and design, could be any version of Hulk, just so long as he is better. Much better.

I believe the 5-Star Hulk you're looking for is Weapon H

aesthetocyst

Yes. Banner should be a 2*. A good WWHulk would be great.

jackstar0 said:

Fix Banner. The End.

Unfortunately, just saying "fix banner" for almost 2 years has produced no movement. 

If they can't / won't fix him, they could at least properly file him.

And then replace'em with a new 5* Hulk!

talleman

Instead of 'demoting' Banner, just completely overhaul his art and design, could be any version of Hulk, just so long as he is better. Much better.

Hendross said:

I believe the 5-Star Hulk you're looking for is Weapon H

"Magneto likes this"

hunky_funky

Yes. Banner should be a 2*. A good WWHulk would be great.

It would be all nice and good...
But we mostly going to have covers art changed for 3* or 5*. What?! At least something...

Dormammu

We don't need more Hulks. We need one usable Hulk. Just one. One that hits people and does crushing amounts of damage without being either wholly unreliable (4-star), a complete liability (5-star), or outright broken (3-star).

AXP_isme

Yes. Banner should be a 2*. A good WWHulk would be great.

I would love a proper hulk in the 5* tier. One who feels powerful and unpredictable not just underwhelming. I quite like the Banner into Hulk mechanic but it’s too fiddly and the pay-off is weak.

I would have no objection to the existing character being ported to a lower rarity but even then he could do with being tweaked a bit. He would still be disappointing as a 2* if nothing else changes. 

Ducky

**Closing the thread as there are not an equal amount of positive and negative choices. There is also no neutral option.**