Last Batch of Champ Updates: One More Time To Fill the Chains (Live 12/22)

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  • GrimSkald
    GrimSkald Posts: 2,666 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited December 2022

    @skittledaddy said:

    @GrimSkald said:
    -deadpan- Oh no, no feeder for Chasm, we won't have an influx of new ones out there -/deadpan-

    It is interesting that they're leaving those three out, particularly since two are very obvious -- Doc Ock to himself, Switch one of the many other Spidey Villians to Electro. They could have also made MEH feed iHulk and switch Ikaris to Sersi - if not, though, Black Knight is the perfect feeder for her.
    Still, with all the updates I don't begrudge them a break. And who knows, maybe the perfect Chasm feeder is going to be a brandy new 4 star. Speaking for myself, that doesn't bother me at all.

    They just moved Scorpion to feed Electro. so that part is done.
    I think they just forgot that they didn't finish the 3Ock>4Ock>5Ock chain. It's a slam dunk that was likely overlooked.

    Looking at it again I agree. I think they either overlooked it and didn't develop it just yet, or just left it out of the announcement by accident and we're getting it anyway. We'll find out if IceIX gives us a "oh wait, one more" in the next few days...

  • Bad
    Bad Posts: 3,146 Chairperson of the Boards

    Heimdall and falcon? Both are black?
    Anyway the amount of retro covers and shards is huge.
    They placed the feeding system as logical as possible.
    And a good amount of happy players got crazy amounts of covers and shards meanwhile, so it's a win-win.
    Thanks devs one more time.

  • WilliamK1983
    WilliamK1983 Posts: 1,014 Chairperson of the Boards

    Hopefully they're added as an unannounced addition. In the feeder update on 12-1, 3* Black Panther and 4* Shuri were unannounced updates, so hopefully it's just that.

    The thing I've enjoyed the most about the entire overhaul is the 2s getting a secondary feeder. 5k less iso for 450 3 shards is a tradeoff I'll take all day long.

  • DyingLegend
    DyingLegend Posts: 1,210 Chairperson of the Boards

    I'm officially going to be ISO broke with the next round of feeders, and i ain't sad about it.

  • Sp1d3r
    Sp1d3r Posts: 187 Tile Toppler

    @Punter1 said:
    Another good day to be a hoarder. The long-term strategy of always holding one max 2, 3 & 4 and farming a 2nd has really paid off with all these feeders.

    Of the new 4 feeders, Fist is my best at Max+280 which is great seeing as he feeds the best 5* on the list.

    The stats guy in me wishes that I had saved a snap-shot of my roster before these feeder updates rolled out. Not that it is a big marker of anything, but would have been interesting to see how much my average 5* level bumped up after them all.

    With these feeders the devs are really spoiling us!

    Yep I definitely wish I'd have kept my maxed 3*s and started new 1s to farm instead of selling them.. your going to make a killing this time around lol

  • GrimSkald
    GrimSkald Posts: 2,666 Chairperson of the Boards

    @Sp1d3r said:

    @Punter1 said:
    Another good day to be a hoarder. The long-term strategy of always holding one max 2, 3 & 4 and farming a 2nd has really paid off with all these feeders.

    Of the new 4 feeders, Fist is my best at Max+280 which is great seeing as he feeds the best 5* on the list.

    The stats guy in me wishes that I had saved a snap-shot of my roster before these feeder updates rolled out. Not that it is a big marker of anything, but would have been interesting to see how much my average 5* level bumped up after them all.

    With these feeders the devs are really spoiling us!

    Yep I definitely wish I'd have kept my maxed 3*s and started new 1s to farm instead of selling them.. your going to make a killing this time around lol

    In general I keep my max 3 stars until the dupe is well over 200. It makes less and less impact on PVP as time goes by, but I still like bringing a max champ or near max champ to the table. It's more fun in PVE too when the 3* can contribute.

    This had paid off pretty well for this sort of thing too, though I'll note that it isn't a lot of covers.

  • froggerjohn
    froggerjohn Posts: 373 Mover and Shaker

    Here's hoping that both the obvious 3-4-5 Ock connection, and Sersi were just accidentally overlooked, and can still be included. (Or at least, updated shortly thereafter).

    That would leave Chasm as the sole unfed 5, and maybe that's ok (or even preferable) until suitable counters are widely available. That could restore a bit of health back to PvP.

  • Daredevil217
    Daredevil217 Posts: 3,999 Chairperson of the Boards

    @Sp1d3r said:

    @Punter1 said:
    Another good day to be a hoarder. The long-term strategy of always holding one max 2, 3 & 4 and farming a 2nd has really paid off with all these feeders.

    Of the new 4 feeders, Fist is my best at Max+280 which is great seeing as he feeds the best 5* on the list.

    The stats guy in me wishes that I had saved a snap-shot of my roster before these feeder updates rolled out. Not that it is a big marker of anything, but would have been interesting to see how much my average 5* level bumped up after them all.

    With these feeders the devs are really spoiling us!

    Yep I definitely wish I'd have kept my maxed 3*s and started new 1s to farm instead of selling them.. your going to make a killing this time around lol

    I’ve kept two max-champ of every 2*, three of every 3* (plus one for farming), and will never sell a 4 or 5* (they just take too long to max). Though I do have dupes of some 4s most are sub-280.

    Suffice to say, being more of a collector. I’ve come up huge this Holishard Season. My CP/LT hoard is as high as it’s ever been. And thanks to the feeders on release it’s going to continue to grow since I’ve champed everyone through Arcade, and Riri (7 covers) and Monkey (5) are half done before even opening a token.

    I feel like a dragon sitting on a pile of gold (and dupe 3*s). So powerful.

  • Punter1
    Punter1 Posts: 729 Critical Contributor

    Once in 5* land, 3* levels are really irrelevant from a gameplay perspective. As a 5* player I rarely use a 3* power except the odd time they have an active power in a color my 5s aren't using.

    I can easily see the argument for only keeping 1x 3* on your roster. Keeping a max copy 3* is nothing more than a hoarding gotta-collect-em-all roster badge of honor type of thing. Selling a max helps with roster clutter, HP and ISO. That being said even as a F2P I've been able to roster and keep dupes. Once I had a dupe of all the original batch 3s there's no further HP need, just income.

    What I don't understand is those that sell off max 4s. In 5 play there is a use for a boosted max 4* and noticeable power difference to a baby 4*. It also takes so long to get to 370, that the extra HP & ISO for that dupe roster slot seems a small price to pay.

  • killahKlown
    killahKlown Posts: 585 Critical Contributor

    They've said they should get MOST 5* feeders done in December and possibly some stragglers into January. So no this isn't an oversight. They know what they're doing.

  • Punter1
    Punter1 Posts: 729 Critical Contributor

    @Daredevil217 said:

    I’ve kept two max-champ of every 2*, three of every 3* (plus one for farming), and will never sell a 4 or 5* (they just take too long to max). Though I do have dupes of some 4s most are sub-280.

    I feel like a dragon sitting on a pile of gold (and dupe 3*s). So powerful.

    I just have 2 of every character that I've been able to dupe. Not sure I could have afforded the 3x 3* as a F2P when roster slots were 2k.

    I feel like a hobbit stealing some of the dragon loot!

  • Sp1d3r
    Sp1d3r Posts: 187 Tile Toppler

    @GrimSkald said:

    @Sp1d3r said:

    @Punter1 said:
    Another good day to be a hoarder. The long-term strategy of always holding one max 2, 3 & 4 and farming a 2nd has really paid off with all these feeders.

    Of the new 4 feeders, Fist is my best at Max+280 which is great seeing as he feeds the best 5* on the list.

    The stats guy in me wishes that I had saved a snap-shot of my roster before these feeder updates rolled out. Not that it is a big marker of anything, but would have been interesting to see how much my average 5* level bumped up after them all.

    With these feeders the devs are really spoiling us!

    Yep I definitely wish I'd have kept my maxed 3*s and started new 1s to farm instead of selling them.. your going to make a killing this time around lol

    In general I keep my max 3 stars until the dupe is well over 200. It makes less and less impact on PVP as time goes by, but I still like bringing a max champ or near max champ to the table. It's more fun in PVE too when the 3* can contribute.

    This had paid off pretty well for this sort of thing too, though I'll note that it isn't a lot of covers.

    Thanks I'll keep that in mind going forward

  • Sp1d3r
    Sp1d3r Posts: 187 Tile Toppler

    @Daredevil217 said:

    @Sp1d3r said:

    @Punter1 said:
    Another good day to be a hoarder. The long-term strategy of always holding one max 2, 3 & 4 and farming a 2nd has really paid off with all these feeders.

    Of the new 4 feeders, Fist is my best at Max+280 which is great seeing as he feeds the best 5* on the list.

    The stats guy in me wishes that I had saved a snap-shot of my roster before these feeder updates rolled out. Not that it is a big marker of anything, but would have been interesting to see how much my average 5* level bumped up after them all.

    With these feeders the devs are really spoiling us!

    Yep I definitely wish I'd have kept my maxed 3*s and started new 1s to farm instead of selling them.. your going to make a killing this time around lol

    I’ve kept two max-champ of every 2*, three of every 3* (plus one for farming), and will never sell a 4 or 5* (they just take too long to max). Though I do have dupes of some 4s most are sub-280.

    Suffice to say, being more of a collector. I’ve come up huge this Holishard Season. My CP/LT hoard is as high as it’s ever been. And thanks to the feeders on release it’s going to continue to grow since I’ve champed everyone through Arcade, and Riri (7 covers) and Monkey (5) are half done before even opening a token.

    I feel like a dragon sitting on a pile of gold (and dupe 3*s). So powerful.

    Wow that's ALOT of roster slots.. I'm nowhere near that lol I have 92 4s champed and 3 5s.. a long way to go

  • IceIX
    IceIX ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 4,328 Site Admin

    @rainkingucd said:

    @HoundofShadow said:
    Enjoy the well deserved break!

    Out of curiosity, what's the link between Sam Wilson and Heimdall? I googled for any comic link and I can't find any.

    Echoing this as I am very curious. @IceIX any insights shared would be great. I have a decent knowledge base but I am struggling to find the connection. Is it more a Reptil-->Havok situation, or is there a comic / MCU / game connection somewhere?

    It's a loose fit to be sure, but the angle is that both of them tend to watch from afar and only swoop in (pun half-intended) when necessary. Heimdall due to his duties, Sam because of his actual ability to make surgical strikes from the air after monitoring where Rogers would have to hoof it. Or steal a truck, I guess Rogers does that too.

  • jsmjsmjsm00
    jsmjsmjsm00 Posts: 268 Mover and Shaker

    Once this change goes into effect, I believe we will have the following double-fed 5s.

    Kingpin
    Electro
    Killmonger {primary + secondary}
    Hawkeye
    Havoc
    Hulk, Bruce Banner
    Kitty
    Deadpool
    Jean Grey
    Cable
    Colossus

  • skittledaddy
    skittledaddy Posts: 1,001 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited December 2022

    Update from Discord:

  • justsing
    justsing Posts: 512 Critical Contributor

    Thank you, Devs! This has been an amazing Shardmas!

  • Scofie
    Scofie GLOBAL_MODERATORS Posts: 1,400 Chairperson of the Boards

    @jsmjsmjsm00 said:
    Once this change goes into effect, I believe we will have the following double-fed 5s.

    Kingpin
    Electro
    Killmonger {primary + secondary}
    Hawkeye
    Havoc
    Hulk, Bruce Banner
    Kitty
    Deadpool
    Jean Grey
    Cable
    Colossus

    Sounds like we need another 66 loads of 5* retro rewards in January to me... 😜

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