Waiting out Sinister and Havoc to leave LL

tonypq

Anyone else find it a bit depressing how long we're going to be waiting for Sinister and Havoc to be rotated out of LLs ?

I know it is what it is, based on how long each 5 is in LLs before they get swapped out. Hoever in anticipation of Hulk entering, Sinister/Havoc in the store do nothing for me. Such a long time time to wait for those two to get rotated out. 

Being a Hulk fan I want him, but not with Sinister and Havoc in LL. Really hoping the next 5 or couple 5s are a lot cooler. Was curious who else is waiting out for these two to be swapped for the next 5s to come before chasing Hulk. Just feels like too often these days, the 5s we're getting are quite a bit uninspired, not tuned correctly, just general meh which the 5 tier doesn't really need more of 

Tony_Foot

I agree, I think they need to speed up 5* releases.

Yes I’m waiting on those two leaving too. I’ve fully embraced hoarding and picking and choosing my fives so I’m used to it.

tonypq

Tony_Foot said:

I agree, I think they need to speed up 5* releases.

Yes I’m waiting on those two leaving too. I’ve fully embraced hoarding and picking and choosing my fives so I’m used to it.

That's the only good thing at the moment is building up my hoard further as well. By time these two leave LLs I'll have enough pulls to get Hulk and the two 5s with him if I wanted both, my stash will be big enough then to be RNG proof heh. 

ThaRoadWarrior

I like Sinister, but I found Havok pretty boring in his loaner PVP. I'm going to keep trying to stay current though. I am interested to chase Hulk, I've already got BRB champed so I'm ready at least for that rotation to happen. 

spidyjedi84

I'm two covers shy of champing BRB, so until I nab at least one more cover for him that I can use, I'm drawing from Latests. I just had a streak of drawing 4 5 stars in a row from LTs, so I've probably used up my hot streak for a while. 

Vhailorx

Umm, demi just did increase the 5* release rate.  Waiting out bad 5*s used to take 12-18 weeks.  Now it just takes 8-12. . .

fight4thedream

You do realize that the longer the wait the more opportunities you have to gather the resources needed to acquire the character you want, right? 

With RNG as it is, it's better to have a bigger hoard than a smaller one when chasing a certain character. A shorter release schedule makes it more difficult to get the characters you want unless you are lucky and they happen to space them out sufficiently.

DyingLegend

Doesn't matter for me, i can never pull enough of anyone fast enough no matter how many pulls i save. they always get pulled either when i hit 10/13 ,11/13 or my personal favorite , 12/13. Then you get to watch the shard meter fill 3 points a pull until you hit 500......

Borstock

DyingLegend said:

Doesn't matter for me, i can never pull enough of anyone fast enough no matter how many pulls i save. they always get pulled either when i hit 10/13 ,11/13 or my personal favorite , 12/13. Then you get to watch the shard meter fill 3 points a pull until you hit 500......

Then you've never saved enough.

I absolutely DO NOT want the 5* release schedule sped up. It's difficult to hoard enough to grab every 5*, but it's doable if you have patience. Faster releases would just mean I would have to start skipping characters.

supergarv

I‘d love to be able to just pick my own set of 3 5*‘s to pull from.

Natural_0x14

I agree, don’t speed up the 5* releases.

bluewolf

I'd love to know when people say "speed up" or "don't speed up" the 5* releases.... They are already doing a 4/5/4/5/4/5 schedule since January (you could point out that two 4's preceded Sinister, but either way we've had a 5 every month from Sinister on).

So IMO they can't really go any faster....but apparently this is the plan moving forward, at least for now.

argle_bargle

tonypq said:
my stash will be big enough then to be RNG proof heh. 

Do not temp the Fates!
: )

Vins2

This isn't even a drought, as Sinister and Havoc are both interesting, to me anyways, and capable of big damage.  Last year around this time was Hela - Captain Marvel - Rescue.  I think it'd been routine to have the "lackluster" 5s come out in the first half of the year, then the good ones come out around anniversary time.  Anniversary sucks now so who knows.  

SnowcaTT

Tony_Foot said:

I agree, I think they need to speed up 5* releases.

Lol. Every other release/once a month isn't enough?

I much preferred longer times between releases for the reason FFtD mentioned.

It's getting very hard to champ them all at the current release rate, much less make them into something worth using beyond their three-month shelf life for being essential more often in PVE's.

To OP point though: yes, Sinister seems terrible and Havok seems not much better, might as well wait them out. But such has been the case in some of the past releases as well...which again goes to release speed (vs testing time in this case). More time testing would hopefully mean less broken (BRB) or just plain out bad (Sinister) 5*'s, more balance to the game couldn't be a bad thing.

Projectus2501

Tony_Foot said:

I agree, I think they need to speed up 5* releases.

Yes I’m waiting on those two leaving too. I’ve fully embraced hoarding and picking and choosing my fives so I’m used to it.

Speed up?... You're nuts  

Vhailorx

SnowcaTT said:

Tony_Foot said:

I agree, I think they need to speed up 5* releases.

Lol. Every other release/once a month isn't enough?

I much preferred longer times between releases for the reason FFtD mentioned.

It's getting very hard to champ them all at the current release rate, much less make them into something worth using beyond their three-month shelf life for being essential more often in PVE's.

To OP point though: yes, Sinister seems terrible and Havok seems not much better, might as well wait them out. But such has been the case in some of the past releases as well...which again goes to release speed (vs testing time in this case). More time testing would hopefully mean less broken (BRB) or just plain out bad (Sinister) 5*'s, more balance to the game couldn't be a bad thing.

BRB is broken?

wymtime

I still still don’t see why people hate on Havok.  He might not be Meta but he hits like a ton of bricks.  He pairs with Professor X and if you throw a AP generator like Vulture in the mix opponents go down fast.  

I can see waiting for Sinister to leave but the reality is having 3 great 5* in latest at the same time so if you want Hulk go for Hulk.

HoundofShadow

Having more time to cover 5* is good. You might not like character X, but I'm sure someone out there enjoys character X. I think it's impossible to characters that will fit someone's taste every single release.

I think Havok is quite bland except for that one ability where he switches red and green ap. The blandness is where he gets the hate. 

Vhailorx

HoundofShadow said:

Having more time to cover 5* is good. You might not like character X, but I'm sure someone out there enjoys character X. I think it's impossible to characters that will fit someone's taste every single release.

I think Havok is quite bland except for that one ability where he switches red and green ap. The blandness is where he gets the hate. 

I agree with hound on this.

Havok didn't bring much to the game that we haven't seen before.  He just has better damage efficiency than older 5*s, but the only people who really see it are vets who have him champed, because underleveled 5* powers are almost all bad.

I will likely skip him beside I don't play nearly enough to keep pace.  But I would be fine with champing him if I had the resources.
 I would neither break a hoard just for him, nor be scared away from opening LTs by his presence

Tony_Foot

And if you want ihulk you could be forced to get havok if the following releases are trash. I hope I don’t regret not getting him in the release store with doom.