'Tis the "Season"
Ed_Dragonrider
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Hi All!
So it seem to me, 'tis the season when wishes do come true around here (we just need to ask often enough); Dazzler and Kitty, increase in Riso and even an update to the resupply.
So I'd like to raise a topic too. I looked back on the forums here, and I know I'm not the first to push for this, but it's been a while now, and if the devs really are listening, and in a wish granting mood, then maybe this is the best time.
So once again: please sort out and update the 3* to 4* feeders please!
Currently there are 5 pairs of characters that give champ reward covers for the same 4* characters. Namely:
Angel + Beast ----> Jean Grey
Colossus + Wolverine ----> Wolverine X-Force
Daken + Ragnarok ----> X-23
Daredevil + Elektra ----> Elektra
Gamora + Star Lord ----> Star Lord
Now dilution being the big (and ever increasing) problem that it is, and the 4* tier being almost twice the size of the 3* one, having five of these characters give different 4*s instead, would be really helpful, much appreciated and an answer to many of our prayers/grumbles.
I know this might bring up a lot of issues, but properly communicating this well in advance, both on forums and in-game would allow everyone to make their decisions and in the long run can only benefit the game. We have save covers now, for those who would hold off on champing to get the new covers, and the BH feature would allow others to finish off what they were building with the old version. Even if "retroactively" comes into it, we are only talking 3 covers (per character), not 6 like with 4* changes.
Unless this is already in the works for a surprise anniversary gift to us all, this obviously won't be done any time soon. But perhaps for X-mas? New Year? Before the turn of the century?
And it doesn't need to be done all at once either, just change 1 or 2 now (this year) and then the others next year sometime.
There are so so many possibilities even if we go with the 'thematically makes sense' approach, and if that is not a concern (see thanos --> spider woman) then options are nearly endless.
For myself I would change:
Beast --> Nightcrawler (if we need an excuse: both are x-men and both are blue
)
Colossus --> Emma Frost (again both x-men, both impenetrable skin)
Ragnarok --> Ghost (both villains)
Gamora --> Nebula (sisters)
Daredevil ---> just about any other hero (pull it out of a hat.... )
Of course there could be many other variations, but point is: Please do something!!
Thank you
So it seem to me, 'tis the season when wishes do come true around here (we just need to ask often enough); Dazzler and Kitty, increase in Riso and even an update to the resupply.
So I'd like to raise a topic too. I looked back on the forums here, and I know I'm not the first to push for this, but it's been a while now, and if the devs really are listening, and in a wish granting mood, then maybe this is the best time.
So once again: please sort out and update the 3* to 4* feeders please!
Currently there are 5 pairs of characters that give champ reward covers for the same 4* characters. Namely:
Angel + Beast ----> Jean Grey
Colossus + Wolverine ----> Wolverine X-Force
Daken + Ragnarok ----> X-23
Daredevil + Elektra ----> Elektra
Gamora + Star Lord ----> Star Lord
Now dilution being the big (and ever increasing) problem that it is, and the 4* tier being almost twice the size of the 3* one, having five of these characters give different 4*s instead, would be really helpful, much appreciated and an answer to many of our prayers/grumbles.
I know this might bring up a lot of issues, but properly communicating this well in advance, both on forums and in-game would allow everyone to make their decisions and in the long run can only benefit the game. We have save covers now, for those who would hold off on champing to get the new covers, and the BH feature would allow others to finish off what they were building with the old version. Even if "retroactively" comes into it, we are only talking 3 covers (per character), not 6 like with 4* changes.
Unless this is already in the works for a surprise anniversary gift to us all, this obviously won't be done any time soon. But perhaps for X-mas? New Year? Before the turn of the century?
And it doesn't need to be done all at once either, just change 1 or 2 now (this year) and then the others next year sometime.
There are so so many possibilities even if we go with the 'thematically makes sense' approach, and if that is not a concern (see thanos --> spider woman) then options are nearly endless.
For myself I would change:
Beast --> Nightcrawler (if we need an excuse: both are x-men and both are blue
)Colossus --> Emma Frost (again both x-men, both impenetrable skin)
Ragnarok --> Ghost (both villains)
Gamora --> Nebula (sisters)
Daredevil ---> just about any other hero (pull it out of a hat.... )
Of course there could be many other variations, but point is: Please do something!!
Thank you
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If it was me I would change things up so that players could choose who they wanted characters to feed and it would primarily go based upon affiliations. You have a champed XF Wolvie so you could have your Colossus feed Jubilee a cover at 183, Jubilee at 223 and then Professor X at 266. And for characters that only have a vague affiliation like Heroes they could feed a handful of different characters like 3* Guardian of the Galaxy characters feeding 4* GotG characters plus Nebula.
Back on topic.
Not every character needs to have a thematic connection in my opinion. But there should not be 2 3 stars giving the same 4 star when there is a larger number of 4 stars in the game.
Any change they make along these lines will upset someone. And not making any change will also upset someone. It's a no win situation for the devs.
True that, and I get what the others are saying too, but with dilution, this is more like a continuously festering situation, that is only going to get worse over time.
This was why I was advocating for a slow and gradual, but do something solution. They don't need to do all of them at once (no sense in pulling the rug from under 5 characters at the same time), and given enough notice time, people could finish (or hold off on) whatever they are doing.
I mean, if they announced now, in october that they will do this from say xmas or jan 1, that would give 2-3 months to do whatever. Would that really not be enough??
Would be nice to hear something from the official side too.
I personally wouldn't mind.
Personally I would prefer to have specific covers as that offsets the vagaries of RNG when trying to cover characters to some extent.
A related problem that's not 100% addressed here is that some of the absolute best 4s in the game (Gamora, Rocket & Groot, America Chavez, Vulture) are going unfed while some pretty terrible 4s are fed (Kingpin, Elektra, XFW). It's an incredible slog to try and get some of these extremely high-tier 4s up and running, and I had the good fortune even to be playing back when "Latest 4s" was still a thing, so I had a big head start on America and Vulture. Even so, getting the insanely easy, massively front-loaded pvp combo of Medusa/R&G/Gamora online is a monumental undertaking, with only Medusa being fed. Spreading the feeders out and having a few of the 3s directly feed their 4star cousins would open that combo up to newer players, so at least we could abuse that cheesy combo.
some x-men -> Archangel
Deadpool -> Cable
Kraven -> Dr.Octopus
Mordo -> Dr.Strange
Rogue -> Gambit
Ghost Rider -> Ghost Rider
Luke Cage -> Jessica Jones
Prof X -> Kitty Pryde
Invisible Woman -> Silver Surfer
Spider-Man Infinity or Venom -> Spider-Man Black
Hulk -> Hulk B.Banner