If it were possible, would you be in favor of a PVP option that would lock out 5 star characters?

jtsings

Basically, only 1*-4* would be able to be used; with a separate PVP that allows you to use any star character.  Feel free to discuss why it is you'd think it would be good or bad.

jtsings

Yes

Yes.  I think this would give those of us who have very useful 5*s, be able to level them up but not be "stuck" with using them for every PVP.  This would also give newer players who have ruined their MMR by leveling up their 5*s have a much better experience with PVP.

shardwick

Yes

Yeah, I would. It would mean that I could level up my 5s so I can use them more in pve and not have to worry about screwing up my pvp experience. Honestly surprised that they haven't tried something like this to see if it would be popular.

HoundofShadow

Yes, I like this. However, I don't want another separate PvP just for players who want to use any tier of characters. Just make all PvP become Balance of Power and you don't have to worry about meeting overpowered character because everyone will be at level 550.

huktonfonix

No

@jtsings let’s see your roster. I’m a bit suspicious of your “very useful 5*” experience when you started a thread asking if you should level 12 cover Okoye 2 weeks ago

BigSoftieFF

No

I don’t have 5*’s champed yet and still voted no. I sure as hell don’t want all PvP to be balance of power either, that sounds absolutely horrendous.

Drlex

Unsure

Unsure, because I have the 5*s needed, and would likely stay there. I might want to occasionally branch out for fun, so I am partially on board. However, I wonder if splitting PVP would actually decrease the number of people playing.

shardwick

Yes

BigSoftieFF said:

I don’t have 5*’s champed yet and still voted no. I sure as hell don’t want all PvP to be balance of power either, that sounds absolutely horrendous.

I hate Balance of Power. Even the seed teams are a pain to beat.

jredd

shardwick said:

BigSoftieFF said:

I don’t have 5*’s champed yet and still voted no. I sure as hell don’t want all PvP to be balance of power either, that sounds absolutely horrendous.

I hate Balance of Power. Even the seed teams are a pain to beat.

i'd probably stop playing pvp. 

Dragon_Nexus

Yes

As long as we can use boosted 4*s, sure.

I've got darn near all of the 4*s and pretty much all of them post vault are utter mysteries to me with weird and wonderful powers that I don't know how they work. Not like the old days when I knew them all intimately because I used them a lot.

mega ghost

Yes

I'm not in the 5* tier yet and only have one 5* that's at 13 covers, but I haven't put a single ISO into any of them as I don't want to risk ruining PvP.

JHawkInc

Yes

Definitely. I'd love for 4* characters to matter. Even when boosted, new characters pale in comparison to decent 5*s.

I also think it would be neat if they could level the playing field somehow, whether it's a boost for all 4's, or an "unboost" to 5's, so they're on a similar playing field, so you could run Parker/Miles/Gwen or Okoye/Panther/Shuri (with either 4/5 Panther) or Thor/Hulk/Valkyrie or whatever, and have teams that feel like three equal members, instead of a 5 that greatly outclasses the 4's.

Sometimes I want to take my Thor and beat people over the head with him because he's great. Or Gambit back when it was his heyday. I'm sure I'll feel this way whenever the next meta character comes along and I manage to acquire them (I even enjoy using my Okoye though she's been stuck at 2/2/8 for months).

Other times I'd like to play characters I enjoy and not be heavily bound by what star-level they've been given. Maybe I want to build interesting teams and not be restricted to the dozen plus 5* champs I have (I use Panthos entirely too much, because it fits my playstyle to maximize rewards for PVP, but it sure isn't always FUN). Maybe I just want a chance to get to play Spidey more often because he's one of my favorites.

Call it a "challenge mode", play with restrictions for a chance at better rewards, even add in some other challenges beyond "no 5's" or whatever (I'd like to see more of the Crash of the Mad Titan or 12 Days restrictions, like "for this event you must field a team of Avengers" or "this event requires you to use both X-Men and Guardians members on a team" or something). Hell, it doesn't even have to be PVP based, though such an option would increase the variety of opponents (where limiting the usable characters in PVE leaves you with the exact same opponents).

You don't want to completely deprive people of the 5*s they've worked hard to obtain, or make them irrelevant, or whatever, but it would be nice for the 4's to matter more than being just a cog in the reward farm. I'd like to play with Domino and Prowler and Bishop, instead of farming BH to champ them so I can convert all future covers into rewards to ultimately get more 5's. 4's need some value so new character releases aren't just slight increases to the drip-feed of rewards for higher players.

professorplum9

No

While I couldn't agree more that something should be done to involve more of a persons roster I don't believe this is the solution. It seems like a step backwards (to a time when 5* didn't exist). The 5* tier is getting big enough I'd like to see steps taken that would encourage more use of different characters within this tier rather than reduce usage of this tier altogether.

dgt73

I don't play PVP

I only very rarely do PvP, usually just the PvE grind does me.

Tony_Foot

Other

Allow max of one five star. It would open up a world of use for both the fives we have and working out good fours to go with them.

Farmerbink

Yes

At the very least, we should see the occasional off-season event where the other tiers are forced to come into play.  I think Tony_Foot basically suggested a 3-4-5 combined forces, though he may not have gotten that far, and I think it would be a neat thought.  At the very least, it would really shake up the combos of the typical CF event, and shaking up combos is exactly what makes this game interesting, long term.

Nick441234

Yes

Yes. Variety is a good thing. 

Quebbster

Nick441234 said:

Yes. Variety is a good thing. 

There's a certain irony in saying "Variety is a good thing, so please restrict the possible choices". Just an observation.

Nick441234

Yes

Quebbster said:

Nick441234 said:

Yes. Variety is a good thing. 

There's a certain irony in saying "Variety is a good thing, so please restrict the possible choices". Just an observation.

I mean in the sense that you can choose to lock them out or keep them in. 

If you're in 5* land now, there is no variety at all. You use the 5*s or you get beat. 

PiMacleod

Yes

I'd be down with this just as an option.  Not something to always take over PvP...

Could always run two PvPs side-by-side... one with restrictions like this, and the normal one we're used to.

As was mentioned earlier, variety is always good.  Give us a different PvP option, but leave the current in place for those who dont want to budge.

rixmith

Unsure

I like the idea of a 5-4-3 offseason Combined Arms (at least for higher SCLs, Lower ones might still need to be 4-3-2).

I would be happy to try an offseason 4* and lower event. 

I'm not sure whether fragmenting the player base between two concurrent PVP variants would be good or bad. 

So I wouldn't object to trying it, or to maybe have an occasional PVP that was that format, just like we have occasional 4* required characters in PVP. But I'm not convinced it would be good to make that the standard for all PVPs.