Nellyson wrote: Beast looks like he's just supposed to be fun. He's not really going to help you win, he's not going to help you from dying, he's not going to really help you attack anyone since the tiles that convert also turn to blue (let alone right next to each other!), and he's not all that strong. So really all the Devs did was say, "Hey, these players want Beast. Should we make him powerful or fun? Let's go with fun. Sentry already has all the power for the game anyways." So IMO, he is just that. He's fun to play with. The gimmick is fun. I like seeing the blue tiles out there and how his other powers change with the blue tiles. He's cheap for the most part so I can get them out a lot. They don't really help all that much, but he's still fun. Nowhere close to being competitive tho.
Phantron wrote: Characters shouldn't be compared to Thor in the first place. Compared to Sniper Rifle, Animal Inside is pretty good after factoring in that higher match abilities tend to have a massive damage boost for their difficulty. However all of Beast's moves are awfully hard to setup due to its dependence on blue tiles. If his blue always generated 4 special tiles if possible that'd make him a lot better. Currently it seems to pick 4 random tiles and if they're ineligible (or not even on the screen) then too bad and you get possibly nothing. Yes that'd mean a lot of the times you'll just make a match 3 blue immediately but that's still better than getting nothing instead.
Colognoisseur wrote: Phantron wrote: Characters shouldn't be compared to Thor in the first place. Compared to Sniper Rifle, Animal Inside is pretty good after factoring in that higher match abilities tend to have a massive damage boost for their difficulty. However all of Beast's moves are awfully hard to setup due to its dependence on blue tiles. If his blue always generated 4 special tiles if possible that'd make him a lot better. Currently it seems to pick 4 random tiles and if they're ineligible (or not even on the screen) then too bad and you get possibly nothing. Yes that'd mean a lot of the times you'll just make a match 3 blue immediately but that's still better than getting nothing instead. When choosing who to make my team up with in PvP the green can't be so massively less than Thor's to make it a no-brainer not to use him. Beast's green is massively less for pretty close to the same difficulty to set up. Four yellow matches and the other team is likely finished. I do agree that for a direct comparison GSBW is the one to compare to but after four purple matches she is often ready to roll with deceptive tactics into sniper rifle and the other team is done. Beast requires 3 blue and 3 green matches to get something that most likely will still leave the other team standing. It is that which makes the green all the more disappointing. Even after working to trigger two abilities you run the risk of having done little to improve your position. Not to mention outside of MMN there is no blue tile generator. Hulk can tank for GSBW and move you that much closer to a game finishing Sniper Rifle. The dependence on having to have a blue special tile on the board for the green to be the mini-Sniper Rifle makes it unusable. So while it isn't a no-brainer GSBW is another green user who is much better with the same need on the part of the player to set up the move. At least if i set up the move it is almost always a win.
Madfox wrote: So I was playing with beast and Magneto. I found out the special tiles don't have to be beasts. You just need a blue special tile on the board (in my case magneto's). This may not make a big difference in how the hero performs but it definitely means that he has better advantages with specific team mates and you may not need to level blue up to 5.
Colognoisseur wrote: Here are the green 3* powers and where I would rank them: Sentry World Rupture Thor Call the Storm Punisher Judgement HT Flame Jet Patch Berserker Rage GSBW Sniper Rifle Hulk Thunderous Clap Rag Godlike Ability Mohawk Storm Lightning Strike Beast Animal Inside She-Hulk Reprieve Animal Inside is only better than Reprieve in my opinion. When you look at that list it should be firmly in that middle tier from Punisher to Sniper Rifle and it isn't even close. Everyone of those abilities from Hulk upward I consider using to fill the green gap especially when I am occupying red and yellow with something else. Either I am looking for synergy or filling out the rainbow Thor isn't always the answer and neither is Sentry even as overpowered as they are.
SirPhobos wrote: Would enjoy Beast a lot more with 1) the ability to place the blue CD tile, or 2) it can actually reliably create 4 special tiles (not pick the 4 to try and see if they work, resulting in 2 usually), or 3) not turn the special tiles blue causing them to match themselves away too often. Or... all those.