Duplicate 3 stars?

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Juize
Juize Posts: 6 Just Dropped In
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I currently have all my 3 stars maxed. I'm quite on the way with my 4 stars as well, and slowly covering the 5 stars. I'm getting so many 3 star covers and shards, and I have enough for some characters to duplicate them and promote them. 

Is it worth it to duplicate them? It feels like a waste to throw away the 3 star covers all the time.

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  • Sekilicious
    Sekilicious Posts: 1,766 Chairperson of the Boards
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    Lots duplicate so they have max champed 3-stars for PvP and PvE. It requires 270 roster spots
  • KC_Hammer
    KC_Hammer Posts: 84 Match Maker
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    I think so. I generally have 3 or 4 duplicate 3* that i'm getting covers/shards for. Once they can be champed i unfavorite them.  Then I wait until i have a new character that needs to be added, and I sell the max champed 3*, champ the new 3* and use the slot for the new character. There are a couple top tier 3* like IM40, and Dr Strange that I always keep a max champed version of, but i rarely find it useful to keep other 3* at max champ level.
  • abmoraz
    abmoraz Posts: 712 Critical Contributor
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    I have found farms to be very valuable.  Other will argue that they aren't (but I disagree with them). 
    If you are going to farm 3 stars (I assume you already farm 2 stars), you will need to either commit to spending some money on HP for the roster slot costs until the 3*s start paying for themselves OR become very conservative where you spend your HP (no buying packs or healthpacks or shields).
    If you go route 2 (which is the method I do), you have to work more towards placement in PvE and just getting progression in PvP.  PvE is pretty well documented.  PvP becomes start early, play 25 battles per day.  It's a fairly decent time commitment until you get the farm rolling.
    Once you get it rolling, it will pretty much pay for itself, but the start-up cost is a bit daunting.
  • DyingLegend
    DyingLegend Posts: 1,196 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited March 2021
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    Whenever i max a 3 star, i sell them and start over.

    For my roster, there is no reason for me to hoard max three stars
  • Borstock
    Borstock Posts: 2,629 Chairperson of the Boards
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    Yes, the farm is worth it.
  • Punter1
    Punter1 Posts: 727 Critical Contributor
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    Early on - when ISO, HP and roster space is tighter, I used to sell my Max-level-266 3s as soon as the new one was champed.  Once you are in 4* land, for PVP & PVE your 3* level  rarely matters, just as long as they are champed and earning those rewards.

    Later - once post-ISO and good for HP, then it's worth it to keep dupes and always have a max one just cos.  It was a fun day when I finally had a full set of dupes.
  • derrickn
    derrickn Posts: 48 Just Dropped In
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    Punter1 said:
      It was a fun day when I finally had a full set of dupes.
    I've got nearly a full set of 3* dup's, a full set of 2's, 1 1*, and one each of every 4 and 5.     Plus a few bonus 4*, so I wouldn't have to throw away those covers (pre-save-feature).    I'm at 295 slots used, and in dread of the day I hit 300.   The thought of spending 2K HP on one slot is not appealing.
  • derrickn
    derrickn Posts: 48 Just Dropped In
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    derrickn said:
    Punter1 said:
      It was a fun day when I finally had a full set of dupes.
    I've got nearly a full set of 3* dup's, a full set of 2's, 1 1*, and one each of every 4 and 5.     Plus a few bonus 4*, so I wouldn't have to throw away those covers (pre-save-feature).    I'm at 295 slots used, and in dread of the day I hit 300.   The thought of spending 2K HP on one slot is not appealing.
    Oh, and to actually answer your question, I think it's worth it to farm 3*s.    At least until you get to 300 roster slots.    Then I don't know. 
      
    But I suck at the game, so my advice is suspect, at best.
  • Daredevil217
    Daredevil217 Posts: 3,927 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited March 2021
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    I have

    8x 1* (1 of each)

    44x 2* (2 sets of max champs and 1 set collecting covers to flip; except Bag-Man who has 4 max champs and one collecting covers)

    166x 3* (2 sets of max champs (25 characters have 3 sets)1 set collecting covers) - goal is 3 maxed and one for farming for all of them

    113x 4* (1 of everyone except Jean, Rocket, Polaris and Hulkbuster who have dupes collecting covers; all but Silk and Beast champed)

    53x 5* (all but the most recent three champed, Cyke still not rostered)

    384 total. Clearly I’m Pro-farming and an MPQ hoarder. 


  • Borstock
    Borstock Posts: 2,629 Chairperson of the Boards
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    derrickn said:
    Punter1 said:
      It was a fun day when I finally had a full set of dupes.
    I've got nearly a full set of 3* dup's, a full set of 2's, 1 1*, and one each of every 4 and 5.     Plus a few bonus 4*, so I wouldn't have to throw away those covers (pre-save-feature).    I'm at 295 slots used, and in dread of the day I hit 300.   The thought of spending 2K HP on one slot is not appealing.

    You have leeway, though. If you sell all your dupes, that's a lot of open slots. And if you're playing in 5* land, you really don't need them.
  • Loosie
    Loosie Posts: 397 Mover and Shaker
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    At one point I was keeping the maxed champ, rostering a dupe and was planning on waiting until I had 100 saved covers to champ and max right away. That never ended up happening. So I started champ the dupes, and then when resources came up short I sold off the maxed champ.

    At this point I only have a max champed character while I'm building the dupe to champ status again, once they have 13 covers and are champed I sell off the max.

    Also being in 5* land now the only time I use a 3* character is when they are required, and they really don't make a difference.

    The other main reason I'm doing this is the dreaded 300 roster spot increase. If I had kept a max of all of them while champing a dupe I'd be at 294 roster spots meaning in roughly 3 months time I'd spending 2000 on roster spots instead of only 1000.
  • Dogface
    Dogface Posts: 981 Critical Contributor
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    The dreaded 300 roster spot increase? Really? What's your HP stash at the moment? Surely, twice as much isn't appealing, but at your point in the game it shouldn't be a big problem. But that's just my 2 cents (or 1 cent under 300  :) )
  • Phumade
    Phumade Posts: 2,493 Chairperson of the Boards
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    Loosie said:
    At one point I was keeping the maxed champ, rostering a dupe and was planning on waiting until I had 100 saved covers to champ and max right away. That never ended up happening. So I started champ the dupes, and then when resources came up short I sold off the maxed champ.

    At this point I only have a max champed character while I'm building the dupe to champ status again, once they have 13 covers and are champed I sell off the max.

    Also being in 5* land now the only time I use a 3* character is when they are required, and they really don't make a difference.

    The other main reason I'm doing this is the dreaded 300 roster spot increase. If I had kept a max of all of them while champing a dupe I'd be at 294 roster spots meaning in roughly 3 months time I'd spending 2000 on roster spots instead of only 1000.
    It’s not that big of a deal tbh.  At 300 slots, you have over 100 working farms.  As long as you can keep adding levels, the reward drops more than cover the costs.  
  • Loosie
    Loosie Posts: 397 Mover and Shaker
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    I still rather not spend the 2000 on a roster slot. So if I can delay it a bit by not having to hold a dupe that works for me.

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