Roster progress report, and plans for your roster

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  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 11,487 Chairperson of the Boards

    So...I have one cover left for Heimdall and then all Classics are done! Mayday is done! So moving forward it will only be next 3 latest which I seem to have been able to cover OK.

    So I am wondering what to do next CP wise. Even though the Classics are done a fair few need champing - Iso is a big issue. Do I just hoard or spend to add champ levels?

  • Scofie
    Scofie GLOBAL_MODERATORS Posts: 1,638 Chairperson of the Boards

    @DAZ0273 said:
    So...I have one cover left for Heimdall and then all Classics are done! Mayday is done! So moving forward it will only be next 3 latest which I seem to have been able to cover OK.

    So I am wondering what to do next CP wise. Even though the Classics are done a fair few need champing - Iso is a big issue. Do I just hoard or spend to add champ levels?

    Before the increased odds of the chosen few in Classics came along, I used to pull as I went along, but had a stockpile to use to make sure I could champ the new 5* when it entered tokens. Now I can do that with LL only, I hoard CP and spend all but 300 CP when the rotation of the Classics happens at the start of the new Season.

    At the same time I set a target level for the next one out of LL and pull until they get that level before stopping and hoarding. This means my LLs should all be in the higher levels of my roster before going into the diluted Classics pool.

    What is interesting is the difference in rewards between seasons. Last season was around 90 LTs and 1400CP, compared to 160LT and 1800 CP the season before work a similar level of effort. I'm around 1m ISO down from the previous season but this has been a steady reduction for the last 5 seasons. This may be the compound effects of Ascension as I'm ascending fewer characters at natural 3☆ and below and the reward flows are slower. I'm also more particular about who I ascend from the 4☆ tier now too, as I'm only ascending those I want to use whose dupe is over 290.

  • slidecage
    slidecage Posts: 3,611 Chairperson of the Boards

    Am I wasting my tokens. Trying to get enough shares to get 4 star juggie to 13 covers. Then taking him and merging with my 370 4 star juggie to make him 5 star

    Though I doubt be better than my 1 star 540 juggiev

  • Pantera236
    Pantera236 Posts: 603 Critical Contributor

    @slidecage said:
    Am I wasting my tokens. Trying to get enough shares to get 4 star juggie to 13 covers. Then taking him and merging with my 370 4 star juggie to make him 5 star

    Though I doubt be better than my 1 star 540 juggiev

    When the 4 is booted and the 1 isn't you'll be glad you got him ascended.

  • JasonLikesToTravel
    JasonLikesToTravel Posts: 35 Just Dropped In

    @JasonLikesToTravel said:

    I'm getting that little bit closer to having every character rostered.

    Today is day 968 - still F2P.

    Roster slots: 320
    5s: 87/94 - MThor the highest with 13 covers (lvl 350)
    4
    s: All 150 rostered - 79 champed. Wolverine X-Force the highest at 305
    3s: 62/66 (Arcade, Deadpool, Human Torch and Thor missing)
    2
    s: All 15 rostered and farming.
    1*s: 6/8 (Black Widow and Juggernaut missing)

    I'm not sure how quickly I'll get those last few on the roster. I'm still a little way off my three year anniversary of playing so I guess I'd like to be up to date by that point.

    Then the next stage of the roster-strengthening begins and I'll slowly start getting the remaining 4's champed and 5's levelled up. With the exception of a few in the 300's, most of my 5's are low level and don't have many covers either.

    Roughly six months on from the last update: day 1133 today! Still F2P.

    Roster slots: 351
    Everyone is now rostered with the exception of:
    5* Captain America: First Avenger - not sure if he has a feeder?
    2* Headpool - I have 10 covers but don't have the HP to recruit yet.

    I'm almost at parity with roster slots (351) v characters in the game (352) so now it's just about maintaining that parity and building up those 4s and 5s.

    89 of my 4*s have been champed so far so I'd like to surpass 100 in the weeks ahead. Hopefully the current double ISO will speed up the process.

  • skittledaddy
    skittledaddy Posts: 1,013 Chairperson of the Boards

    Hit my ultimate personal stretch goal this anniversary - getting 100 Saved covers on three meta 5s.
    Current total Saved Covers/Shards on my top soft-capped 5s:
    Okoye - 100
    MThor - 106
    Shang Chi - 100
    My next highest is BRB at only 65 Saved Covers.

    Running out of reasonable goals to keep me motivated, to be honest.

  • BriMan2222
    BriMan2222 Posts: 1,686 Chairperson of the Boards

    @skittledaddy said:
    Hit my ultimate personal stretch goal this anniversary - getting 100 Saved covers on three meta 5s.
    Current total Saved Covers/Shards on my top soft-capped 5s:
    Okoye - 100
    MThor - 106
    Shang Chi - 100
    My next highest is BRB at only 65 Saved Covers.

    Running out of reasonable goals to keep me motivated, to be honest.

    So then is the goal to champ those 5's and get them instantly to 550?

  • skittledaddy
    skittledaddy Posts: 1,013 Chairperson of the Boards

    @BriMan2222 said:

    So then is the goal to champ those 5's and get them instantly to 550?

    Nope. I'm a soft-capper to the end.

  • BriMan2222
    BriMan2222 Posts: 1,686 Chairperson of the Boards

    @skittledaddy said:

    Nope. I'm a soft-capper to the end.

    Then what is the purpose of the goal to get all those saved covers if you don't do anything with them?

  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 11,487 Chairperson of the Boards

    @BriMan2222 said:

    Then what is the purpose of the goal to get all those saved covers if you don't do anything with them?

    I find this baffling also. Why would you not want to try out champed 5s if you have spent all this effort getting covers? Sorry Skittle, no offence meant this just bamboozled me. It's like never hitting top gear driving a car.

  • skittledaddy
    skittledaddy Posts: 1,013 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited November 2024

    BriMan2222 said:

    Then what is the purpose of the goal to get all those saved covers if you don't do anything with them?

    Like many goals, I did it just to see if I could. To see if it was even possible to obtain such a threshold without the benefit of 5* champs.
    I won't pretend that it makes sense. Very little about my playstyle does. I'm just here to share with the few other soft-cappers left that it is possible, even if it is insane.
    I have zero interest in learning a "new" game by entering 5* Land. None whatsoever. I'm closer to retirement than I am to ever taking that step. My "car" runs just fine without hitting top gear.

    I went from never expecting I could champ all the 4s, to never expecting I could fully-cover all the 5s, to never expect I could get 100 saved covers on a single 5 (let alone on three). Short of simply adding more 5s to the 100 saved covers list, there is effectively nothing else for me to play for and still uphold my desired identity of a F2P soft-capper.

  • BriMan2222
    BriMan2222 Posts: 1,686 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited November 2024

    @skittledaddy said:

    Like many goals, I did it just to see if I could. To see if it was even possible to obtain such a threshold without the benefit of 5* champs.
    I won't pretend that it doesn't make sense. Very little about my playstyle does. I'm just here to share with the few other soft-cappers left that it is possible, even if it is insane.
    I have zero interest in learning a "new" game by entering 5* Land. None whatsoever. I'm closer to retirement than I am to ever taking that step. My "car" runs just fine without hitting top gear.

    I went from never expecting I could champ all the 4s, to never expecting I could fully-cover all the 5s, to never expect I could get 100 saved covers on a single 5 (let alone on three). Short of simply adding more 5s to the 100 saved covers list, there is effectively nothing else for me to play for and still uphold my desired identity of a F2P soft-capper.

    I find this part confusing as well. If you're thinking about quiting then why not champ those 5's and see if jumping into the top tier of play revitalizes your interest. If not, you were gonna quit anyway so nothing lost. If so, you found a new way to play and have fun. To each their own, that's just my view.

  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 11,487 Chairperson of the Boards

    @BriMan2222 said:

    I find this part confusing as well. If you're thinking about quiting then why not champ those 5's and see if jumping into the top tier of play revitalizes your interest. If not, you were gonna quit anyway so nothing lost. If so, you found a new way to play and have fun. To each their own, that's just my view.

    It also opens up the "bonus" of ascension - the joy of 4a5 Juggs and R4G5 for example in PvE clears is very satisfying. Might as well try it and if you hate it and are gonna quit anyway nothing lost.

    But indeed each to their own.

  • fractalvisions
    fractalvisions Posts: 340 Mover and Shaker

    @fractalvisions said:

    Post anniversary update.

    Day: 1815
    SR: 181

    5*
    All rostered and all except Peggy has at least 1 cover in each colour.
    46 @ lvl 330 including
    13 covers: Apocalypse, Colossus, Cyclops, Deadpool, Dr. Strange, Dr. Thor, Electro, Kang, Knull, Prof. X, Scarlet Witch, Shang-Chi
    12 covers: BRB, Kitty Pryde, Riri
    11 covers: Abigail Brand, Big Wheel, Carnage, Crystal, Kamala Khan, Magik, Okoye, Venomosaurus Rex, Wong, Yellowjacket
    10 covers: Emma Frost

    4*
    122/145 champions

    Plans
    ...or lack thereof. Not sure I can be bothered with ascension. I started collecting 1*s just to try it out, but the extra work on roster management is just sapping the fun out of it. I got a few ascended 1*s so I guess I'll max champ those before selling them. Otherwise, maybe I'll try it out with 4*s once I have some of those max champed, so in about a decade.

    Time for another post anniversary update.

    Day: 2116
    SR: 199

    5*
    America Chavez overtook my 5s, so I started levelling the ~35 I like the most to 345. I'll probably start levelling them further as ISO resources permit.
    20 of them are now at 13 covers.

    4*
    167/179 champions
    I'm becoming less motivated to champ the rest, so will probably only do so when one is a feeder or looks particularly fun. This'll allow me to use my ISO on the 5s.

    Ascension
    I've picked up a bunch of ascended characters from vaults so I'm obviously going to work on those but otherwise don't feel I have the ISO to spare to go all in on ascension.

  • cooperbigdaddy
    cooperbigdaddy Posts: 418 Mover and Shaker

    Day: 2002
    SR: 190
    In game name: Willy Coops (not cooperbigdaddy, which is my forum name, it was complicated, I'm sorry!)

    During the anniversary, I opened over 200 tokens I had been saving and did a lot of spending of CP on Legendary stores to raise some of my meta/most wanted 5*s. Here's an update and I'm feeling good!

    Champed 5*s:
    Okoye, Doctor Strange, Shang-Chi, BRB, Agatha, Colossus, MThor

    13 cover 5*s (whether 13 covers or covers+shards>=13):
    Chasm, Deadpool, Electro, Kitty, Kang, OML, Golden May, Hotpool, Jubilee, Kaine Parker, May Parker, Nova, Phyla-Vell, and Silver Surfer.

    All 4*s rostered and almost all 13 covers or champed. No 4->5 ascensions yet, but my first aims will be Juggs, Polaris, Grocket.

    OmegaRed is 143 shards away from 13
    5Hawkeye is at 12 and I currently have Ronin and 3Hawkguy favorited to get 5HE to 13.
    And then the 5*s I plan on working on soon are Riri, SW (both at 1 cover, Riri with 2400 shards)

    I'm definitely on the LL train of opening for max covers on each of the oldest ones before they leave the LL store.
    Also, I only level up my unchamped 4s if they have a Crash or if they feed a 5 I'm currently chasing with shards or they help with a meta I just learned about.
    Also also, I'm finally feeling like I can do both PVE to progression and beyond easily and PVP to 25 and SHIELD Simulator a decent amount against harder teams now.

    Current alliance is NJLEarthPVE, in case anyone has any other advice, haha!

  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 11,487 Chairperson of the Boards

    I am working on getting through my remaining unchamped 5's and managed to tick off Black Suit Spidey in time for his boost list. The most surprising thing is that OK, he is sorely in need of help but he was actually usable boosted which was a very nice surprise! I actually used him more than Jesus Cap who was also boosted! Now rebalance the hell outta him!

    I also yesterday added Nova to my champs. I have heard mixed things but I had plenty of saved covers so I figured why not?

    So let's see, who does that leave?

    Fully covered need iso:

    Big Wheel
    Ronan
    Black Widow
    Spider-Man: Peter Parker
    Doctor Octopus
    Knull
    Miles Morales (Monster Face)
    Sersi
    Daken (Old Man Samurai guy)
    Captain America (First Avenger)
    Iron Man
    Kaine
    Loki
    Odin
    Gamora
    Wasp
    Green Goblin

    Not fully covered

    Mephisto
    Namor

    So getting there slowly but being under 20 makes it start to feel that I might get to a point where I am sort of post-iso in so much as I can pick and choose ascension! Of course I still have the short measure of some 10 - 11 million iso for this lot! The 4's are not an issue as I think I only have 2 not champed not counting today's release.

  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 11,487 Chairperson of the Boards

    I champed Green Goblin so I had a Dark Avenger 5* and also champed Iron Man and Mephisto, so it is coming down. I also now have three 500+ characters in Shang, Jane and Kitty with Okoye knocking on the door. That has put me in 550 territory but it isn't too bad so far. After I cover and champ Namor I might go after First Cap next now he has a couple of saved covers. 4* wise on Annihilus is fully covered with 3000+ shards plus covers but he is terrible so will be a purely champ level investment. I also ascended Car4l and champed Purple Man.

  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 11,487 Chairperson of the Boards

    A few months on and it is starting to get real.

    In terms of 5* only Hobgoblin and now Juggerduck are not fully covered.

    In terms of unchamped 5* only the following left:

    Loki, First Captain, Doc Ok, Sersi, Kaine, Odin, Gamora and as of today Gorgon. Sure it's mostly a festering pool of mediocrity but I am nearly there so can't stop now. Just. Need. Iso.

    4* wise I am continuing to ignore Luna Snow and as I was very certain that Sidewinder couldn't stay as he was I didn't chase him at all so those two plus Lackoffistdevil are all that is left there.

    So all of this means I now need a proper plan for ascension.

  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 11,487 Chairperson of the Boards

    @DAZ0273 said:
    A few months on and it is starting to get real.

    In terms of 5* only Hobgoblin and now Juggerduck are not fully covered.

    In terms of unchamped 5* only the following left:

    Loki, First Captain, Doc Ok, Sersi, Kaine, Odin, Gamora and as of today Gorgon. Sure it's mostly a festering pool of mediocrity but I am nearly there so can't stop now. Just. Need. Iso.

    4* wise I am continuing to ignore Luna Snow and as I was very certain that Sidewinder couldn't stay as he was I didn't chase him at all so those two plus Lackoffistdevil are all that is left there.

    So all of this means I now need a proper plan for ascension.

    Whelp, about a month later and we are getting there.

    Down to Loki, Sersi, Odin, Gamora and Gorgon. I finished Hobgoblin and decided I would champ him next as he isn't bad and he also bags me the 100 Champ 5* milestone and a tasty 100CP. It could'a been Pete but alas not to be.

    If I can continue a pace of 3 per month I should be done with the 5's apart from latest pretty soon which is a bit bonkers considering I took forever to get to 5* land.

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