Unlocked Galactus…

@killercool said:

@bluewolf said:
Let’s just say some people have found ways to get 13 covers worth of shards and the iso to 700 was about 950k.

Well I only have enough ISO to level the first 38 six star releases then, now just need to gather enough shards...

Wow... But don't forget the ISO needed to champ a 6*.

@kuntilanak said:

@killercool said:

@bluewolf said:
Let’s just say some people have found ways to get 13 covers worth of shards and the iso to 700 was about 950k.

Well I only have enough ISO to level the first 38 six star releases then, now just need to gather enough shards...

Wow... But don't forget the ISO needed to champ a 6*.

Not to worry, it appears they aren’t going to be champ-able. Per data manipulators.

No word from devs on this nor on whether they’ll allow respec-ing if not. (Or really, anything.) Because if you screw up and want to respec and need another 600-1200 shards….oh man, that would really suck.

@entrailbucket said:
I can see that level 501 costs 1,812 iso, if that helps!

Super cheap. Is good deal.

It must climb rather quickly.

@entrailbucket said:

@ThaRoadWarrior said:
I think it would be nice if they set up a Galactus pvp with a loaner. I’m really curious what a non-boss match looks like and to get a sense of how his powers work together.

I can't believe they haven't done this. It's malpractice -- if you want us to buy the guy, show us he's worth it!

The biggest deterrent to sales is the giveaway .... yeah, it's a dripfeed, but it's guaranteed.

Maybe they're going to monetize skins for 6s. shrug

@entrailbucket said:

@JoeHandle said:

@entrailbucket said:

@ThaRoadWarrior said:
I think it would be nice if they set up a Galactus pvp with a loaner. I’m really curious what a non-boss match looks like and to get a sense of how his powers work together.

I can't believe they haven't done this. It's malpractice -- if you want us to buy the guy, show us he's worth it!

The biggest deterrent to sales is the giveaway .... yeah, it's a dripfeed, but it's guaranteed.

Maybe they're going to monetize skins for 6s. shrug

Some players are always willing to wait, and that's fine. I don't see an issue with giving everybody a small amount of guaranteed shards.

The problem is two things, and they're related -- nobody knows how good he is because there's no lvl700 out there, and they're not letting players whale him for any amount of money.

There's no sense of urgency, even at the very top of the game, because nobody is actually behind. These players will spend if they have to, to keep pace, but so far they're only selling very small amounts of shards and they're limited. And since nobody knows how good he even is, it's impossible to decide whether it's worth spending all that money to speed up progression a tiny bit.

They should probably deploy some fake players with Galactus maxed out and have them start dominating PvP or PvE for awhile (they absolutely don't know how to do this, don't worry!).

We all played him, dozens of times, and he did not impress.

Not saying that was a fair demonstration.

But I am saying that, as a sales pitch, it suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucked.

I can't extrapolate any basis to be excited over, based on that experience.

Maybe something will come to light later.

If you want to test drive Galactus and have a cover or two, use Odin and fortify a bunch of tiles and he’ll put out tiles that boost his allies’ powers so you can at least try a “13 cover” version.

@DAZ0273 said:
Assuming Black Bolt's power works too to temp boost levels and use locked powers?

Probably, but then you're using Bolt. Filling another spot with a dead hole to activate the first dead hole.

@JoeHandle said:

@DAZ0273 said:
Assuming Black Bolt's power works too to temp boost levels and use locked powers?

Probably, but then you're using Bolt. Filling another spot with a dead hole to activate the first dead hole.

You can get that power as a team-up.

@Gymp28 said:

@JoeHandle said:

@DAZ0273 said:
Assuming Black Bolt's power works too to temp boost levels and use locked powers?

Probably, but then you're using Bolt. Filling another spot with a dead hole to activate the first dead hole.

Have done just this with a combo of black bolt and Odin against one of the 4th clear SCL10 nodes.
It’s not exactly great, because odin is constantly trying to tank and get himself killed (and my Odin is severely under-covered at 5/0/1, so is only barely functional in this role).

I was kinda underwhelmed… I achieved victory (or would have, had I not quit out to preserve points), albeit slowly and with both Odin and black bolt dying.

To make him truly terrifying he should be gaining AP when cosmic tiles are matched by either team, as it stands he was an acceptable blue/purple/black battery.
I’m sure he’d perform better with better teammates (but that’s not really the point).
It’s also occurred to me that any healing supports on him (I.e. Lucky) are going to greatly increase his survivability, particularly if you’re going to boost his max life with IronMay. Could get pretty oppressive and herald (no pun intended) a new defensive meta?

He really needs levels. He's going to have like 600,000 HP and giant match damage. I think the actual powers (besides the passives) are just extra with him.