More ways to earn 6 star shards in 2026 please

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  • Gymp28
    Gymp28 Posts: 305 Mover and Shaker

    I think Galactus solo is going to be the least powerful out of the 3 6s, so possibly isn’t a good yardstick either.
    I can confirm that with 3 covers (1/1/1) he broadly isn’t worth running in preference to decent (or even middling) 5 stars.
    I’ve got a team where he works fairly well (as a pick 3), but it’s ‘fun’ level rather than ‘meta’, if that’s what you’re after.

    I suppose he might work quite well with viper, as he burst heals so much, but she obviously has more synergistic partners…

  • bluewolf
    bluewolf Posts: 6,793 Chairperson of the Boards

    One theorycrafting person who is good at crunching dmg numbers believes a pair of covered Galactus and CGR would be the meta full stop, at least currently.

    I find it hard to believe they will release any 4s or 5s from now on that will touch 6s at 13 covers and every single character depends on teammates. So I believe the main thing is having a decent team. And 6s will dominate eventually.

    As far as when it’s worth using a partially covered 6 over other options it really depends on your roster, your goals, who’s boosted. Like a 10 cover 6 with May might be worth using in a week where slower options are boosted.

    Anyone who has a legit decently covered 6 probably has gobs of 550s so I would take that into account when asking their opinion on them.

    All that said G is the worst of the 3 and maybe an 8 cover Spidey with a web partner for example will be better than 13 cover G without CGR.

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 7,983 Chairperson of the Boards

    @Grantosium said:
    @entrailbucket said:

    @Grantosium said:
    I assume the point at which a 6 becomes useful is well before they're fully covered. Has anyone worked out how many covers will be needed to make them worth playing? 6 covers? 10? Only 4?

    I think it depends what else you've got.

    I will rephrase the question because I wasn't really asking about whether they're worth running for me personally.

    Has anyone worked out how many covers required for a 6 star to be preferable to the current meta, assuming all meta teams at 550?

    Bonus easier question: how many covers required to 550 a 6 star?

    (FWIW I have just over 1200 shards of Galactus but I'm a few months off bothering to roster him.)

    Yeah, like..."worth playing" is wildly subjective player to player, even among broadly similar rosters.

    It looks to me like lvl700s will outclass 672s, so if the scaling holds, then you'd need to get your 6* over 550 if you're comparing to 550s. But we don't know, and even that doesn't really matter, because the metagame isn't some random 550 who's good paired with anybody at all-- it's Sam/Juggernaut (or whatever the "meta" team happens to be in a year or two. It could be anything!).

    I suspect that Galactus/Ghost Rider will be strong together so they might be usable at lower levels together.

    If someone tells you something definitive about target levels at this point, they're wrong. It's way too complicated to figure out right now.

  • JoeHandle
    JoeHandle Posts: 895 Critical Contributor

    @DAZ0273 said:
    My belief was that 6* were supposed to release with the Fantastic Four movie. We know the Galactus Boss Event was scrapped and I think that was supposed to be the one we got at Anniversary. So 6, if my theory is true, were already 3 months behind schedule and that might explain this bizarre release cadence we got landed with and the fact they seemingly have only "complete shambles" as a roll out plan. If their plan had gone as expected I think players would have been further along with Galactus than they are and a wider 2026 plan for 6* would have been in place.

    All conjecture of course.

    They did release with the F4 First Steps movie. The release of the movie on physical media.

  • JoeHandle
    JoeHandle Posts: 895 Critical Contributor

    @Grantosium said:
    @entrailbucket said:

    @Grantosium said:
    I assume the point at which a 6 becomes useful is well before they're fully covered. Has anyone worked out how many covers will be needed to make them worth playing? 6 covers? 10? Only 4?

    I think it depends what else you've got.

    I will rephrase the question because I wasn't really asking about whether they're worth running for me personally.

    Has anyone worked out how many covers required for a 6 star to be preferable to the current meta, assuming all meta teams at 550?

    Bonus easier question: how many covers required to 550 a 6 star?

    (FWIW I have just over 1200 shards of Galactus but I'm a few months off bothering to roster him.)

    4 covers for a 6 to reach around lvl 550. If that's what you're asking. Each cover part the first unlocks 16 or 17 lvls, regardless of color added to.

    So far.

    In my very meager experience.

  • JoeHandle
    JoeHandle Posts: 895 Critical Contributor

    @entrailbucket said:

    @Hellblazer666 said:
    We are up to 3 6 stars now and barely any way to earn shards. Can we at least favorite 6 stars eventually so when we open token packs we get some shards for them.

    Based on how they introduced every other tier, this will happen, but probably not in 2026.

    I hope they give us a way to buy 6* shards or covers in 2026, though.

    You can already buy shards. In teensy dollops as the lord gives leave.

    Price of a cover .... extrapolating from offers thus far .... would be in the low- to mid-three figure range. Nutters.

  • JoeHandle
    JoeHandle Posts: 895 Critical Contributor

    @Grantosium said:
    I assume the point at which a 6 becomes useful is well before they're fully covered. Has anyone worked out how many covers will be needed to make them worth playing? 6 covers? 10? Only 4?

    Define worth playing? If a brand new player managed to roster one, which would have to be by spending some they couldn't pay in a high enough SCL, they would be awesome at 1 cover, much better than a 1-cover 5★.

    I'm a 550 player, for me it will depend on who's boosted when. Might see use when half-covered if it's a lame boost week. But to "complete" for use vs best 672s? Maybe not even when fully covered. We shall see.

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 7,983 Chairperson of the Boards

    @JoeHandle said:

    @entrailbucket said:

    @Hellblazer666 said:
    We are up to 3 6 stars now and barely any way to earn shards. Can we at least favorite 6 stars eventually so when we open token packs we get some shards for them.

    Based on how they introduced every other tier, this will happen, but probably not in 2026.

    I hope they give us a way to buy 6* shards or covers in 2026, though.

    You can already buy shards. In teensy dollops as the lord gives leave.

    Price of a cover .... extrapolating from offers thus far .... would be in the low- to mid-three figure range. Nutters.

    As far as these things go it's reasonable. MPQ players have paid significantly more than that in the past, and probably would again if they had to. The problem is that they've only offered about one cover total.

  • Grantosium
    Grantosium Posts: 134 Tile Toppler

    @JoeHandle said:

    4 covers for a 6 to reach around lvl 550. If that's what you're asking. Each cover part the first unlocks 16 or 17 lvls, regardless of color added to.

    So far.

    In my very meager experience.

    Thank you. Yes, that's good to know

  • JoeHandle
    JoeHandle Posts: 895 Critical Contributor

    @entrailbucket said:

    @JoeHandle said:

    @entrailbucket said:

    @Hellblazer666 said:
    We are up to 3 6 stars now and barely any way to earn shards. Can we at least favorite 6 stars eventually so when we open token packs we get some shards for them.

    Based on how they introduced every other tier, this will happen, but probably not in 2026.

    I hope they give us a way to buy 6* shards or covers in 2026, though.

    You can already buy shards. In teensy dollops as the lord gives leave.

    Price of a cover .... extrapolating from offers thus far .... would be in the low- to mid-three figure range. Nutters.

    As far as these things go it's reasonable. MPQ players have paid significantly more than that in the past, and probably would again if they had to. The problem is that they've only offered about one cover total.

    $250 - $500 / cover, "reasonable"
    $3250 - $6500 / character, "reasonable"

    "Reasonable" is relative, subjective, sure .... and that's relatively far, far from me!

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 7,983 Chairperson of the Boards

    @JoeHandle said:

    @entrailbucket said:

    @JoeHandle said:

    @entrailbucket said:

    @Hellblazer666 said:
    We are up to 3 6 stars now and barely any way to earn shards. Can we at least favorite 6 stars eventually so when we open token packs we get some shards for them.

    Based on how they introduced every other tier, this will happen, but probably not in 2026.

    I hope they give us a way to buy 6* shards or covers in 2026, though.

    You can already buy shards. In teensy dollops as the lord gives leave.

    Price of a cover .... extrapolating from offers thus far .... would be in the low- to mid-three figure range. Nutters.

    As far as these things go it's reasonable. MPQ players have paid significantly more than that in the past, and probably would again if they had to. The problem is that they've only offered about one cover total.

    $250 - $500 / cover, "reasonable"
    $3250 - $6500 / character, "reasonable"

    "Reasonable" is relative, subjective, sure .... and that's relatively far, far from me!

    That's in the range of what max 5* cost when they were released, and people paid it.

  • Borstock
    Borstock Posts: 3,202 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited 26 December 2025, 20:30

    @entrailbucket said:

    @JoeHandle said:

    @entrailbucket said:

    @JoeHandle said:

    @entrailbucket said:

    @Hellblazer666 said:
    We are up to 3 6 stars now and barely any way to earn shards. Can we at least favorite 6 stars eventually so when we open token packs we get some shards for them.

    Based on how they introduced every other tier, this will happen, but probably not in 2026.

    I hope they give us a way to buy 6* shards or covers in 2026, though.

    You can already buy shards. In teensy dollops as the lord gives leave.

    Price of a cover .... extrapolating from offers thus far .... would be in the low- to mid-three figure range. Nutters.

    As far as these things go it's reasonable. MPQ players have paid significantly more than that in the past, and probably would again if they had to. The problem is that they've only offered about one cover total.

    $250 - $500 / cover, "reasonable"
    $3250 - $6500 / character, "reasonable"

    "Reasonable" is relative, subjective, sure .... and that's relatively far, far from me!

    That's in the range of what max 5* cost when they were released, and people paid it.

    God bless them.

    I wonder if the 6* tier can justify that if you can beat them with 5's, though. Correct me if I'm wrong (because I could be) but the initial 5s were untouchable by lower tier characters. There was no way to punch up.

  • DAZ0273
    DAZ0273 Posts: 12,147 Chairperson of the Boards

    @JoeHandle said:

    @DAZ0273 said:
    My belief was that 6* were supposed to release with the Fantastic Four movie. We know the Galactus Boss Event was scrapped and I think that was supposed to be the one we got at Anniversary. So 6, if my theory is true, were already 3 months behind schedule and that might explain this bizarre release cadence we got landed with and the fact they seemingly have only "complete shambles" as a roll out plan. If their plan had gone as expected I think players would have been further along with Galactus than they are and a wider 2026 plan for 6* would have been in place.

    All conjecture of course.

    They did release with the F4 First Steps movie. The release of the movie on physical media.

    But that was months after I suspect they intended to release. So we are both agreeing that 6* were supposed to be linked to the FF movie release. Maybe.

  • JoeHandle
    JoeHandle Posts: 895 Critical Contributor

    @DAZ0273 said:

    @JoeHandle said:

    @DAZ0273 said:
    My belief was that 6* were supposed to release with the Fantastic Four movie. We know the Galactus Boss Event was scrapped and I think that was supposed to be the one we got at Anniversary. So 6, if my theory is true, were already 3 months behind schedule and that might explain this bizarre release cadence we got landed with and the fact they seemingly have only "complete shambles" as a roll out plan. If their plan had gone as expected I think players would have been further along with Galactus than they are and a wider 2026 plan for 6* would have been in place.

    All conjecture of course.

    They did release with the F4 First Steps movie. The release of the movie on physical media.

    But that was months after I suspect they intended to release. So we are both agreeing that 6* were supposed to be linked to the FF movie release. Maybe.

    It was an available coincidence :D

  • JoeHandle
    JoeHandle Posts: 895 Critical Contributor

    @entrailbucket said:

    @JoeHandle said:

    @entrailbucket said:

    @JoeHandle said:

    @entrailbucket said:

    @Hellblazer666 said:
    We are up to 3 6 stars now and barely any way to earn shards. Can we at least favorite 6 stars eventually so when we open token packs we get some shards for them.

    Based on how they introduced every other tier, this will happen, but probably not in 2026.

    I hope they give us a way to buy 6* shards or covers in 2026, though.

    You can already buy shards. In teensy dollops as the lord gives leave.

    Price of a cover .... extrapolating from offers thus far .... would be in the low- to mid-three figure range. Nutters.

    As far as these things go it's reasonable. MPQ players have paid significantly more than that in the past, and probably would again if they had to. The problem is that they've only offered about one cover total.

    $250 - $500 / cover, "reasonable"
    $3250 - $6500 / character, "reasonable"

    "Reasonable" is relative, subjective, sure .... and that's relatively far, far from me!

    That's in the range of what max 5* cost when they were released, and people paid it.

    Good for them, hard to imagine much of that action now.

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 7,983 Chairperson of the Boards

    @JoeHandle said:

    @entrailbucket said:

    @JoeHandle said:

    @entrailbucket said:

    @JoeHandle said:

    @entrailbucket said:

    @Hellblazer666 said:
    We are up to 3 6 stars now and barely any way to earn shards. Can we at least favorite 6 stars eventually so when we open token packs we get some shards for them.

    Based on how they introduced every other tier, this will happen, but probably not in 2026.

    I hope they give us a way to buy 6* shards or covers in 2026, though.

    You can already buy shards. In teensy dollops as the lord gives leave.

    Price of a cover .... extrapolating from offers thus far .... would be in the low- to mid-three figure range. Nutters.

    As far as these things go it's reasonable. MPQ players have paid significantly more than that in the past, and probably would again if they had to. The problem is that they've only offered about one cover total.

    $250 - $500 / cover, "reasonable"
    $3250 - $6500 / character, "reasonable"

    "Reasonable" is relative, subjective, sure .... and that's relatively far, far from me!

    That's in the range of what max 5* cost when they were released, and people paid it.

    Good for them, hard to imagine much of that action now.

    Could you have imagined it back then? I couldn't/didn't, and it happened anyway.

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 7,983 Chairperson of the Boards

    @Borstock said:

    @entrailbucket said:

    @JoeHandle said:

    @entrailbucket said:

    @JoeHandle said:

    @entrailbucket said:

    @Hellblazer666 said:
    We are up to 3 6 stars now and barely any way to earn shards. Can we at least favorite 6 stars eventually so when we open token packs we get some shards for them.

    Based on how they introduced every other tier, this will happen, but probably not in 2026.

    I hope they give us a way to buy 6* shards or covers in 2026, though.

    You can already buy shards. In teensy dollops as the lord gives leave.

    Price of a cover .... extrapolating from offers thus far .... would be in the low- to mid-three figure range. Nutters.

    As far as these things go it's reasonable. MPQ players have paid significantly more than that in the past, and probably would again if they had to. The problem is that they've only offered about one cover total.

    $250 - $500 / cover, "reasonable"
    $3250 - $6500 / character, "reasonable"

    "Reasonable" is relative, subjective, sure .... and that's relatively far, far from me!

    That's in the range of what max 5* cost when they were released, and people paid it.

    God bless them.

    I wonder if the 6* tier can justify that if you can beat them with 5's, though. Correct me if I'm wrong (because I could be) but the initial 5s were untouchable by lower tier characters. There was no way to punch up.

    There were ways to punch up. It was sort of tricky, but my alliance worked it out eventually. I don't know if those teams escaped s2.

    Anyway do we know that 6* are beatable with 5*? Remember Galactus has that damage reduction power and can't be stunned. Sure, you can do the Kang thing, but that's a really bad defensive team to leave out, and I'm not sure everyone will want to.

  • JoeHandle
    JoeHandle Posts: 895 Critical Contributor

    @entrailbucket said:

    @JoeHandle said:

    @entrailbucket said:

    @JoeHandle said:

    @entrailbucket said:

    @JoeHandle said:

    @entrailbucket said:

    @Hellblazer666 said:
    We are up to 3 6 stars now and barely any way to earn shards. Can we at least favorite 6 stars eventually so when we open token packs we get some shards for them.

    Based on how they introduced every other tier, this will happen, but probably not in 2026.

    I hope they give us a way to buy 6* shards or covers in 2026, though.

    You can already buy shards. In teensy dollops as the lord gives leave.

    Price of a cover .... extrapolating from offers thus far .... would be in the low- to mid-three figure range. Nutters.

    As far as these things go it's reasonable. MPQ players have paid significantly more than that in the past, and probably would again if they had to. The problem is that they've only offered about one cover total.

    $250 - $500 / cover, "reasonable"
    $3250 - $6500 / character, "reasonable"

    "Reasonable" is relative, subjective, sure .... and that's relatively far, far from me!

    That's in the range of what max 5* cost when they were released, and people paid it.

    Good for them, hard to imagine much of that action now.

    Could you have imagined it back then? I couldn't/didn't, and it happened anyway.

    Then yes, the involved community was larger and raucous, and money was flowing. Constantly came across people pouring cash into this thing.

    Much quieter now. I am sure it still happens ... and we never know what random, unconnected people do in isolation ... or players in other language bubbles.

  • JoeHandle
    JoeHandle Posts: 895 Critical Contributor

    @Borstock said:

    @entrailbucket said:

    @JoeHandle said:

    @entrailbucket said:

    @JoeHandle said:

    @entrailbucket said:

    @Hellblazer666 said:
    We are up to 3 6 stars now and barely any way to earn shards. Can we at least favorite 6 stars eventually so when we open token packs we get some shards for them.

    Based on how they introduced every other tier, this will happen, but probably not in 2026.

    I hope they give us a way to buy 6* shards or covers in 2026, though.

    You can already buy shards. In teensy dollops as the lord gives leave.

    Price of a cover .... extrapolating from offers thus far .... would be in the low- to mid-three figure range. Nutters.

    As far as these things go it's reasonable. MPQ players have paid significantly more than that in the past, and probably would again if they had to. The problem is that they've only offered about one cover total.

    $250 - $500 / cover, "reasonable"
    $3250 - $6500 / character, "reasonable"

    "Reasonable" is relative, subjective, sure .... and that's relatively far, far from me!

    That's in the range of what max 5* cost when they were released, and people paid it.

    God bless them.

    I wonder if the 6* tier can justify that if you can beat them with 5's, though. Correct me if I'm wrong (because I could be) but the initial 5s were untouchable by lower tier characters. There was no way to punch up.

    Until 2023, so for 10yrs, my entire "career" was spent always being a tier behind, always a meta behind. Beating 3s with 2s, then 4s with 3s, then 5s with 4s. Then 550s with 470s. Yes, it was possible to beat 5s with 4s.

    Now the ascension it's all blendered up.

    So far the only 6s I have seen out there had only 1-2 covers, and not part of any synergy, so were no challenge at all. I trust their showing will improve!

  • entrailbucket
    entrailbucket Posts: 7,983 Chairperson of the Boards

    @JoeHandle said:

    @entrailbucket said:

    @JoeHandle said:

    @entrailbucket said:

    @JoeHandle said:

    @entrailbucket said:

    @JoeHandle said:

    @entrailbucket said:

    @Hellblazer666 said:
    We are up to 3 6 stars now and barely any way to earn shards. Can we at least favorite 6 stars eventually so when we open token packs we get some shards for them.

    Based on how they introduced every other tier, this will happen, but probably not in 2026.

    I hope they give us a way to buy 6* shards or covers in 2026, though.

    You can already buy shards. In teensy dollops as the lord gives leave.

    Price of a cover .... extrapolating from offers thus far .... would be in the low- to mid-three figure range. Nutters.

    As far as these things go it's reasonable. MPQ players have paid significantly more than that in the past, and probably would again if they had to. The problem is that they've only offered about one cover total.

    $250 - $500 / cover, "reasonable"
    $3250 - $6500 / character, "reasonable"

    "Reasonable" is relative, subjective, sure .... and that's relatively far, far from me!

    That's in the range of what max 5* cost when they were released, and people paid it.

    Good for them, hard to imagine much of that action now.

    Could you have imagined it back then? I couldn't/didn't, and it happened anyway.

    Then yes, the involved community was larger and raucous, and money was flowing. Constantly came across people pouring cash into this thing.

    Much quieter now. I am sure it still happens ... and we never know what random, unconnected people do in isolation ... or players in other language bubbles.

    Money wasn't flowing at all back then! Before 5*, the biggest whales had spent, like, hundreds of dollars, and we thought THOSE people were insane! The 5* whales showed up and shocked everyone (probably including the devs).

    The biggest whales during the early 5* era often had no connection to the community at all. They tended to be new players who didn't know what they were doing. We'd have to search them out, join their small alliances, and convince them to get Line.

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