What should I do? LvL the chars or not?

Vohnkar

Hi, I'm in the middle of the transition to 3* roster, with the recent changes my life is being quite misserable at PvP and Pve, but With some effort and timing my shields right I can manage to rank 40 or so sometimes. Right now I have 3-4 characters that I can lvl to 100-115, but I'm not sure if I should do it, since the changes D3 did, a friend of mine with 4-5 chars at lvl 100-115 is getting 3x141 every single time and is being unable to play or rank in any PvP event. My brother is on the same situation as me, as soon as he started to get to lvls 90+ he is seeing a ton of 141...

Right now I have 2 95 and a 89, I'm seeing a lot of lvl 100, but with some boosts and skipping the hardest combos I can advance slowly. If I lvl will I be unable to play? I should save enough ISO to lvl 2 characters directly to 141? and play with my 85s until then?

The characters I can lvl are:

IM40 to 128
Spidy to 115
Punisher to 115
hulk to 102

HailMary

I can't speak to the MMR changes that you're describing, but in terms of whether it's worth it, from a pure strength perspective, to level the characters you indicate:

IM40 is meh.
Spidey is meh.
Hulk is a good character, but I find L102 Hulk far less scary than L85 OBW. Don't level him unless you have 5 black and can get him to at least L115.
Punisher at L115 is good, and pairs exceedingly well with OBW, esp. with 5 green.

Vohnkar

Well, I only have 1 Black on hulk right now, thats one of the reason I didn't bothered to get him at high lvl, in defense he is just a lot of hp and is not scary right now. Puni on the other hand seems quite fun to play, every event I can sneak him in I'm having fun, he is a fast character always having things to throw at the oponents. Right now I have him at 89 5/2/3 (102, not 115 to top him). Green seems quite meh, does almost no dmg, although the strike tile is nice.

Thanks for the tips, its what I though, for now I'll wait a litle bit and try to get some more covers. IM will stay at 95 unless another event featuring him pops, and spidy will be the same for the moment. I'm trying to get patchy/thor covers, but its quite dificult for me to place good on events right now, my OBW is not a big threat for any lvl 100+ team

HailMary

Vohnkar wrote:

Right now I have him at 89 5/2/3 (102, not 115 to top him). Green seems quite meh, does almost no dmg, although the strike tile is nice.

The strike tile is the key. The direct damage is not meaningful.

A 5G L141 Punisher creates 3 104-damage strike tiles every time he uses Judgment. OBW's Espionage allows her to trigger those strike tiles twice per blue/purple match, which means that after 2 Judgments, each Espionaged tile match deals about 700-800 damage. Fights tend to end fairly quickly when that gets going.

Tannen

Level punpun. He's the most flexible of all the chars listed...

5 green if you have no other way (eg patch) of getting high level strike tiles. 5 Red for maximum execution range (10% extra in pve can be 1k or more hitpoints) and 3 black because you can't have 5 in all three.

Strike tiles are the key element in Punpun's play, the direct damage is just a small bonus. They will boost the damage of all of your attacks (including Molotov cocktail's initial burst and the subsequent attack tiles) and as HM said, he synergises really well with OBW. Give him a try

Hulk needs 5 black to be truly effective. Level punpun before him.

Unknown

I would absolutely not level the characters if you are doing well in PVP and getting teams you can beat. I have no idea if that's the actual reason, or what it is, but I wouldn't risk it. It makes the game unplayable and completely unenjoyable. I know for those who aren't experiencing it, it sounds like crying. It's not, it's real. For more info:

http://www.d3pforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=8850

http://www.d3pforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=8782

http://www.d3pforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=8574