ThaRoadWarrior said: Also - don't forget that you can get 4* shards from Heroic tokens. 40x for a 10-pack, or 168x from a 40 pack (assumes the 3x from a single is trivial). If you're looking for ways to get the 5 covers you need, and we're only talking about 4*s, the picture is a little bigger than just the Legendary stores. For slightly more hp, you can get 10 or 40 packs in the release store with the same shard drop rate, but a 15x chance to organically pull the left character (torch in the case of the current ST crop) along the way.Assuming this isn't a "rail against shards" thread but actually a "how do i get what i need for ST" thread.
ThaRoadWarrior said: There is generally that 7k hp HFH offer for 2:3 of the covers and sundry other things, but this time around it's for the 2 "vintage" 4*s featured rather than Torch, which may be by design. I do have Torch in the & Foes vault for Modok, which could be random happenstance, or by design, I don't recall. My point is that there may be a way to brute force a cover or 2 via HP if it comes to that outside the shard system. Of course, this also assumes that you actually do "need" to fully participate. I've stopped chasing it myself, and it's fine really. ...
spidyjedi84 said: Yes, Ed, we know. OP is asking for more time to plan with this new system and knowledge who that would be further out than 3 days time to know who he should be chasing when S.H.I.E.L.D. Training comes around. Since we're stuck with a system like this that makes chasing 4 stars like treading in molasses, it's not unfair to be asking for developers to either abandon requiring any newer characters for said training until this feature is completely rolled out or let us know with enough time to make trying to obtain a cover with our rosters something we can do. I don't expect D3 to do anything of the sort, but it would generate goodwill with portions of the playerbase if they did do that earlier as opposed to the week of or even day of said event happening.
HoundofShadow said: If you play for placement, I think you will have no problem getting 5 to 6 covers in the initial release.New characters will appear in PvEs twice before the Shield Training ends, so you will have another 2-3 covers.You will then be left with two covers to chase. It could be a hit or miss.If you are full progression only players, I don't think getting them to 10 covers are easy. If I were you, I would focus on other things rather than chasing them to 10 covers.I think the question is, which group of players should be able to complete shield training?
spidyjedi84 said: Yes, Ed, we know. OP is asking for more time to plan with this new system and knowledge who that would be further out than 3 days time to know who he should be chasing when S.H.I.E.L.D. Training comes around. ....
ThaRoadWarrior said: There is generally that 7k hp HFH offer for 2:3 of the covers and sundry other things, but this time around it's for the 2 "vintage" 4*s featured rather than Torch, which may be by design. I do have Torch in the & Foes vault for Modok, which could be random happenstance, or by design, I don't recall. My point is that there may be a way to brute force a cover or 2 via HP if it comes to that outside the shard system. Of course, this also assumes that you actually do "need" to fully participate. I've stopped chasing it myself, and it's fine really.
TPF Alexis said: I got a bunch of covers for M.O.D.O.K. and almost none for Wolfsbane, so I'm guessing she's going to be the one required for ST
DAZ0273 said: With the introduction of Shards I have given up on SHIELD Training and am sticking to trying to champ Juggernaut. Maybe I will luck out and it will be Worthy Cap who is at 209 for ST but Wolfsbane and M.O.D.O.K no chance under this system.
bluewolf said: DAZ0273 said: With the introduction of Shards I have given up on SHIELD Training and am sticking to trying to champ Juggernaut. Maybe I will luck out and it will be Worthy Cap who is at 209 for ST but Wolfsbane and M.O.D.O.K no chance under this system. I could be wrong (depends on the events schedule) but there's a decent chance the next Shield Training is all-Classic 4's and start 12/19. That should make some people happy.
pheregas said: Let's say I have 5 covers of Wolfsbane and 8 covers of MODOK. Whichever one is essential is going to require a maximum of 5 covers to fully participate in the next SHIELD Training.Any information you can provide with advanced notification regarding who will be essential as well as any future changes to shards distribution (hopefully increases in availability or decrease in requirements) is critical for planning purposes.Thank you for your time and effort here in the game/forums.
bluewolf said: TPF Alexis said: I got a bunch of covers for M.O.D.O.K. and almost none for Wolfsbane, so I'm guessing she's going to be the one required for ST There's a fairly strong trend to make the most recent person the ST essential, so Wolfsbane is slightly less likely based on that. And MODOK will be next season's Shield Sim reward......lately it seems like they have been making the ST person's cover part of ST rewards too. I could be wrong there.Anyway, you might be in better shape than you think you are.
blankcanvas said: Mayo said: I believe that is you are a casual player the amount of covers you can get for a new 4* does not add up on time for the actual shard system to help for ST. What to do? As written by another forumnite, sooner or later you will realize that expending so much time and resources to get 1 extra cover with the shard system just is not worth it as it is. Surely the same players and guilds that are dedicated and spend money to win will get and monopolize the amount of covers they need for ST but that will only stop all other ascending players to level up and be competition so they will eventually leave the game for another less frustrating one. Hopefully the developer bosses will rebalance the game so the player base grows by reaching the game goals with reasonable satisfaction and investment. ST is not aimed at casual players my friend, so please do not waste your time trying to chase the impossible. It's aimed at veteran rosters of all 4* characters at a minimum of lvl209 Maybe you are missing my point. Casual players are those who are not obsessed with placement rewards or grinding resources more than a few hours a day. (real life is serious, mpq is a game, not a second job). I myself have almost all my 4*s over 200/209 and the rest are not only because i do not have iso to waste. If you are a veteran players you will probably be unconcerned that there is a good quantity of players which could access ST by BH or buying now and then hp packs. If this game continues launching incomplete features to milk players (veteran and casual alike) there is a high probability veterans will continue defending this moves mainly because of the masive investments that already have done while casual players will at some point leave the game for another less stressing one... And probably you will still don't care however without a Wide player base it is imposible to sustain any business on the long run. I already see game slices which do not máx the number of players because all recent incomplete implementations were always focused on spending. Did supports were ever implemented ingame other from direct or indirect purchases? No. Will shards will be implemented ingame as promised? based on supports I am inclined to also say no.So returning to track, if the shard system is sold as a better system than BH then that would mean players (veterans, intermediate, guilded, casuals or whatever name you give us) like myself should still be able to access ST and that is not the case.
blankcanvas said: Mayo said: I believe that is you are a casual player the amount of covers you can get for a new 4* does not add up on time for the actual shard system to help for ST. What to do? As written by another forumnite, sooner or later you will realize that expending so much time and resources to get 1 extra cover with the shard system just is not worth it as it is. Surely the same players and guilds that are dedicated and spend money to win will get and monopolize the amount of covers they need for ST but that will only stop all other ascending players to level up and be competition so they will eventually leave the game for another less frustrating one. Hopefully the developer bosses will rebalance the game so the player base grows by reaching the game goals with reasonable satisfaction and investment. ST is not aimed at casual players my friend, so please do not waste your time trying to chase the impossible. It's aimed at veteran rosters of all 4* characters at a minimum of lvl209
Mayo said: I believe that is you are a casual player the amount of covers you can get for a new 4* does not add up on time for the actual shard system to help for ST. What to do? As written by another forumnite, sooner or later you will realize that expending so much time and resources to get 1 extra cover with the shard system just is not worth it as it is. Surely the same players and guilds that are dedicated and spend money to win will get and monopolize the amount of covers they need for ST but that will only stop all other ascending players to level up and be competition so they will eventually leave the game for another less frustrating one. Hopefully the developer bosses will rebalance the game so the player base grows by reaching the game goals with reasonable satisfaction and investment.