Support Shards System

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  • Drlex
    Drlex Posts: 112 Tile Toppler
    edited December 2023

    @IceIX
    The vaults are messed up after the the update for my Android. I cannot create a ticket because it has been almost two months and no response from my ticket during anniversary.

  • skittledaddy
    skittledaddy Posts: 999 Critical Contributor

    From Discord:

  • akboyce
    akboyce Posts: 285 Mover and Shaker
    edited December 2023

    Maybe I am just blind but I am not seeing how to favorite a support? I see the warning about favoriting one on the odds page for supports after updating but can not figure out how to favorite one.

    EDIT:
    Found it. Clicking the shard icon on the bar favorites it. But now I have to figure out which of my supports I accidently favorited since there is no favorited filter like in heroes.

  • S0kun
    S0kun ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 676 Critical Contributor

    @akboyce said:
    Maybe I am just blind but I am not seeing how to favorite a support? I see the warning about favoriting one on the odds page for supports after updating but can not figure out how to favorite one.

    EDIT:
    Found it. Clicking the shard icon on the bar favorites it. But now I have to figure out which of my supports I accidently favorited since there is no favorited filter like in heroes.

    That's really valid feedback. We'll be making adjustments as the feature starts to get more eyes on it so thanks for sharing.

  • Xception81
    Xception81 Posts: 426 Mover and Shaker

    If you’re looking at your entire group of supports (not just one specific support details), then the ones you’ve favorited have a red heart in the shield… so you can just scroll left and right to see them quickly (except the 5s which can’t be favorited).

  • Ruinate
    Ruinate Posts: 528 Critical Contributor

    Blindfolded by hat here. Where is the shard icon?

  • akboyce
    akboyce Posts: 285 Mover and Shaker

    @Ruinate said:
    Blindfolded by hat here. Where is the shard icon?

    The progress bar below the level up, Swap Support, Rank Up, and Unequip Button. Click the shard icon on that bar and a heart will appear.

  • Ruinate
    Ruinate Posts: 528 Critical Contributor

    Ah I needed to update.

  • Pantera236
    Pantera236 Posts: 521 Critical Contributor
    edited December 2023

    Bought that $10 deal and had 7 beginner tokens... I'd say not bad. Also didn't get shards for a couple of the pulls as I got 1 that I didn't have yet at all and leveled up my proxima midnight from 3 to 4, which was awesome.

  • Borstock
    Borstock Posts: 2,733 Chairperson of the Boards

    @meadowsweet said:

    @Borstock said:
    Only been hoarding support tokens a little while, but I have 87-21-8. I hope that amounts to something shiny.

    Not to depress you, but I did the simplistic math and if you were to open those 116 tokens (which seemed like a lot to me!) your average return would be:

    47.6 Supports at 1★
    40.7 Supports at 2★
    20.6 Supports at 3★
    6.5 Supports at 4★
    0.6 Supports at 5★

    (spread across 20 different Supports...)

    Pulling my hoard, I brought a 3* support all the way to 5* just through shards. I'm happy enough.

  • Daredevil217
    Daredevil217 Posts: 3,966 Chairperson of the Boards

    @Borstock said:

    @meadowsweet said:

    @Borstock said:
    Only been hoarding support tokens a little while, but I have 87-21-8. I hope that amounts to something shiny.

    Not to depress you, but I did the simplistic math and if you were to open those 116 tokens (which seemed like a lot to me!) your average return would be:

    47.6 Supports at 1★
    40.7 Supports at 2★
    20.6 Supports at 3★
    6.5 Supports at 4★
    0.6 Supports at 5★

    (spread across 20 different Supports...)

    Pulling my hoard, I brought a 3* support all the way to 5* just through shards. I'm happy enough.

    What’s the support did you go with?

    I’m trying to decide what to favorite
    /level up given how infrequently I earn these tokens. I thought about creating a ranking guide for supports, but I’m not as savvy with these others are.

  • meadowsweet
    meadowsweet Posts: 257 Mover and Shaker

    @Borstock said:

    @meadowsweet said:

    @Borstock said:
    Only been hoarding support tokens a little while, but I have 87-21-8. I hope that amounts to something shiny.

    Not to depress you, but I did the simplistic math and if you were to open those 116 tokens (which seemed like a lot to me!) your average return would be:

    47.6 Supports at 1★
    40.7 Supports at 2★
    20.6 Supports at 3★
    6.5 Supports at 4★
    0.6 Supports at 5★

    (spread across 20 different Supports...)

    Pulling my hoard, I brought a 3* support all the way to 5* just through shards. I'm happy enough.

    How long had you been hoarding Support tokens?

  • Borstock
    Borstock Posts: 2,733 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited December 2023

    @meadowsweet said:

    @Borstock said:

    @meadowsweet said:

    @Borstock said:
    Only been hoarding support tokens a little while, but I have 87-21-8. I hope that amounts to something shiny.

    Not to depress you, but I did the simplistic math and if you were to open those 116 tokens (which seemed like a lot to me!) your average return would be:

    47.6 Supports at 1★
    40.7 Supports at 2★
    20.6 Supports at 3★
    6.5 Supports at 4★
    0.6 Supports at 5★

    (spread across 20 different Supports...)

    Pulling my hoard, I brought a 3* support all the way to 5* just through shards. I'm happy enough.

    How long had you been hoarding Support tokens?

    Several months. I put the total hoard in a previous post. I started once the thread appeared on these forums titled something like "is anyone hoarding support tokens?". So, whenever that was.

    The one I chose was Cap's WWII vintage shield. I started at 3 and very much wanted the rank 4 perk where you get a chance at 3 yellow AP to start the match. It's 75% when levelled to 250. It'll be useful to quickly cheese PvE nodes with the IM+HE5+Kang team.

    To be fair, I already had some useful 250's. For example, I already had the Royal Talon Fighter fully upgraded.

  • Daredevil217
    Daredevil217 Posts: 3,966 Chairperson of the Boards

    Unless it’s a Stone I’d only use my fave shards on a 4* for that reason.

  • Borstock
    Borstock Posts: 2,733 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited December 2023

    @Daredevil217 said:
    Unless it’s a Stone I’d only use my fave shards on a 4* for that reason.

    The Stones feel overrated to me. For example, Rank 5 of the reality stone:

    When the supported character makes a Team-Up match, there's a % chance to create 2 tiles in your team's strongest color.

    What the heck is that? You don't even get the AP. And some characters have strongest colors with no active power attached. How does that help me?

    I prefer the supports that do something, like give me enough yellow AP to win the match on turn 3 without having to carve through 3x650 health bars.

  • Kahmon
    Kahmon Posts: 625 Critical Contributor
    edited December 2023

    Is this live on all systems? I have an iPhone 12 and don't see an update yet.

    update: nevermind. managed to force an update from the app store.

  • Daredevil217
    Daredevil217 Posts: 3,966 Chairperson of the Boards

    @Borstock said:

    @Daredevil217 said:
    Unless it’s a Stone I’d only use my fave shards on a 4* for that reason.

    The Stones feel overrated to me. For example, Rank 5 of the reality stone:

    When the supported character makes a Team-Up match, there's a % chance to create 2 tiles in your team's strongest color.

    What the heck is that? You don't even get the AP. And some characters have strongest colors with no active power attached. How does that help me?

    I prefer the supports that do something, like give me enough yellow AP to win the match on turn 3 without having to carve through 3x650 health bars.

    Can’t really use one power from one stone and call them overrated.

    1. They can be equipped to anyone and their synergy perk goes to any champion. That’s huge in terms of versatility.

    2. You are talking PVE. They’ll soon be coming to PVP. And in pick 2 against high health enemies you likely aren’t winning in three turns.

    3. If you are a catch ‘em all player they are the only ones you can’t pull from tokens.

    4. All of the stones give 35% chance at +2 AP in a color when you match it. This is not insignificant. They also give a 1.2x crit multiplier which is universally useful. Rank 3/4 are indeed trash.

    5. Some of the rank 5 and synergy perks are crazy good. A 12% chance of firing a power for free whenever you make a match, 25% chance to convert 2 Team Ups to your strongest color, 55% chance to get +2 strongest AP whenever a countdown expires (tell me that’s not exploitable?).

    That said, there are others I’d likely chase/level before the stones, but the stones are definitely useful, and some are very useful.

  • Borstock
    Borstock Posts: 2,733 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited December 2023

    I only picked 1 power from 1 stone to use as an example. I'm not going to list every bad perk.

    We don't know what supports in PvP looks like, yet. I can't waste time worrying about that. But even then, I feel the AP will be more valuable than 1000 health bonus or an extra 800 dmg when I fire a power or 80 points of bonus match DMG in a single color.

    I'm seeing the chance at 1 AP if I make a match in that color, not 2. Unless there's a hidden bump after rank 3. That isn't insignificant, but it's also not 75% to start the match with 3. Heck, RTF gives a 40% chance to gain TWO extra TU when you make a TU match. Sanctum gives a 70% chance at 5 yellow to begin the match.

    I'm not saying the stones are bad. But the only one I even bother with is the power stone for the free firing of a power. I don't even have the time stone assigned to anyone.

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