Grand Experiment 2: Treading Water in the SCL 10 Post-Shardpocalypse

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  • ThaRoadWarrior
    ThaRoadWarrior Posts: 9,429 Chairperson of the Boards

    I went back through this thread, and found that my average 5* level has somehow dropped several points from the last time I calculated it, even with the 3 un-champed characters removed, so I either did something wrong last time or this time I guess.

  • ThaRoadWarrior
    ThaRoadWarrior Posts: 9,429 Chairperson of the Boards

    @Bowgentle said:
    No 3* dupes?
    You monster!

    Nah, i've never duped those. I flip them as soon as they hit 266 and there is a backfill. They rotate pretty fast and they are completely not material to any match they are in outside of DDQ.

  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited March 2023

    I like having a max champed one for LRs so that they survive a couple of cascades after a Chasm death.

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 5,782 Chairperson of the Boards

    I'm actually not sure if I'd buy slots for all the 3* dupes if I was doing it now. When I duplicated them all it was a few months after champions became a thing, when running a 266 over a loaner was still a big advantage.

  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited March 2023

    I still have a lot of slots after selling some 370s.
    Like, 30 370s.
    I'm not sure I'll dupe the whole 3* tier again. We'll see.

  • ThaRoadWarrior
    ThaRoadWarrior Posts: 9,429 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited March 2023

    I would say if you are a 4* player, a high level required 3* can still be material to your PVP experience, but once you start dealing with 5* it is not a factor at all. High level 4* requireds in 4* pvp does still play a role if they do AP Stuff or Critical Stuff, or occasionally passive stuff/affiliation stuff depending on who it is though, and they take forever to max out as has been mentioned several times all over the forum. So I don't feel so bad hanging on to those and duping them.

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 5,782 Chairperson of the Boards

    High level featured 3* do matter quite a lot during Thanos Week. Some of the new batch of 3* may be contributors at 266 as well (I think Kang has 4* level health, for one), so it may be worth treating those 3 or 4 differently.

    370 4* are almost universally murderers when boosted and I wouldn't give them up.

  • ThaRoadWarrior
    ThaRoadWarrior Posts: 9,429 Chairperson of the Boards

    yeah Kang's health is atypically high for sure. I don't tend to see a lot of Thano5 even on Thano5 week, so I probably won't sit on high end 3*s just for that window of time.

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 5,782 Chairperson of the Boards

    @ThaRoadWarrior said:
    yeah Kang's health is atypically high for sure. I don't tend to see a lot of Thano5 even on Thano5 week, so I probably won't sit on high end 3*s just for that window of time.

    Oh I know, I was just pointing out one very, very small window of time where it actually matters. That's about it, though, and even I probably wouldn't keep them all just for that.

  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited March 2023

    Keep one 370 for sure.
    Dupes I sell when they hit 370, if they're feeding their 5* version, I don't expect them to re-organize those again.
    Other 4s are kept until retro rewards come out.

  • ThaRoadWarrior
    ThaRoadWarrior Posts: 9,429 Chairperson of the Boards

    Looks like Magik is in latest now, so I'm chasing all 3 LLs still just burning CP into classic. Current stack:

    Wong: 3/2/2 with 66 shards
    Kang: 3/5/2 with 315 shards
    Magik: 1/1/2 with 155 shards

    Jeffrey (symbiote) landed with a 2/2/2 from Gwenpool retro rewards.

    Hit Monkey dropped out at 453.

    Abomination is up to 287 with 371 shards. Up to 23 max champ 4* as well.

  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards

    Inb4 bucket "4s will bail you out!!!!1111"

  • Bowgentle
    Bowgentle Posts: 7,926 Chairperson of the Boards

    I have to say though: shards go up fast when you actually pull.
    I did 68 when Magik entered, and the progress on my favourite 4 was noticeable.

    So, surprise: sharding goes faster when you don't hoard!
    Unbelievable, I know.

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 5,782 Chairperson of the Boards

    I wonder what happened. Just a run of bad luck? Wong not having an existing-4* feeder at launch?

    4* will save you, though!

    I finished Starlord this week, next up is BSS at lvl543. Up to 13 550s now!

  • ThaRoadWarrior
    ThaRoadWarrior Posts: 9,429 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited April 2023

    Yeah, Wong is totally stalled and he started from nothing with a nothing feeder. I’ll probably be good on Kang.

    Oh, and hit monkey was level 453, not cover spread 4/5/3

  • ThaRoadWarrior
    ThaRoadWarrior Posts: 9,429 Chairperson of the Boards

    Got an organic Kang, Wong still isn’t doing anything. I’m going to keep pulling across the whole run of Wong to see how he drops out.

    Wong: 3/2/2 with 392 shards
    Kang: 4/5/3 with 390
    Magik: 1/1/2 with 155

    Abomination: lvl 292

  • ThaRoadWarrior
    ThaRoadWarrior Posts: 9,429 Chairperson of the Boards

    Got the Fools gold and Kamar-Taj shards, so wong is now at 3/3/3 with 131 shards. I didn’t realize he is double fed by Clea, so I’ve been getting a few incidental shards from her. Abomination is 293. 4 more covers feels like a tall, but doable order before he drops out.

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 5,782 Chairperson of the Boards

    Hmmmm, so Clea and Abomination might save the day.

    Would you say...4*s will bail you out???

  • Scofie
    Scofie GLOBAL_MODERATORS Posts: 1,345 Chairperson of the Boards

    @ThaRoadWarrior said:
    Got the Fools gold and Kamar-Taj shards, so wong is now at 3/3/3 with 131 shards. I didn’t realize he is double fed by Clea, so I’ve been getting a few incidental shards from her. Abomination is 293. 4 more covers feels like a tall, but doable order before he drops out.

    Wong went AWOL for me too and the combination of bad RNG and lack of retro rewards made it difficult. I needed milestone rewards to finish him after 182 pulls, though Kamar-Taj and Fools Gold would also have done it. Seems Wong is Away quite a lot....

  • ThaRoadWarrior
    ThaRoadWarrior Posts: 9,429 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited April 2023

    Picked up a purple for Magik to be 1/1/3 and a saved blue for Kang 4/5/3 +1 still.

    Just pulling my CP in Classic still. N4tasha is now 370. 24 max champs.

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