Bad RNG

Its happened to me numerous times that. The latest being Bullseye where I had 5 purples sat in my queue. It took one of the purples down to just over 1 day left before I finally got one of the other covers so I didn't have to waste any of the purples. 

Yeah, that's what I do. It usually doesn't take that long. 2* characters aren't worth excessive roster slots, nor fretting about expiring covers.

I start the new 2* when the initial champ hits 131. This gives me a lot of room for duplicate covers, as those go to the champ. I can have 13 extra covers before the champ hits 144. I have never had to sell a 2* cover since I started this. I saw the advice in another thread, and it has worked out brilliantly for me.

ejm04 said:

I start the new 2* when the initial champ hits 131. This gives me a lot of room for duplicate covers, as those go to the champ. I can have 13 extra covers before the champ hits 144. I have never had to sell a 2* cover since I started this. I saw the advice in another thread, and it has worked out brilliantly for me.

I never thought of this before. I'll sell mine as soon as I have a max champ and then 1 cover to start over with. I think I'll give this a try. Thanks!

JackTenrec said:

bbigler said:

Instead of rostering another Magneto, just champ the 11 cover one and use the extras covers for champ rewards.  That's the way I would do it.  It shouldn't take long to get those other 2 covers.

Um, the point was that I had nine non-purple covers and that it was taking sufficiently long that almost half of them were expiring (i.e. they would have been gone as I'm typing this post).  I'm not sure how I'm supposed to champ a character at 11 covers when I can't get the itty-bitty feline last two color covers to subatomic pussycat drop.

I've never had that problem.  I can always fully cover the 2* before dup covers expire.  I've had some close calls in the past, but it always worked out in the end.  I suppose this mechanic works better the more covers you get per day, thus increasing your odds of fully covering before a dup expires.

Calnexin said:

This is a good object lesson for 3* planning.  If you have to sell 5 2* covers or temporarily roster one, no big deal.  You'll be back on track in a month.  3*s in that position might take 6 months to a year to turn around.

I'm 25 levels away from my first max-champ.  I've started scaling back on shielding for events where I don't have a burning need for the 4* to save up HP, because I'm probably going to have a good half dozen within the next couple months that I should start before getting close to max.  I think 10 levels away is a good point to start the dupe, but some of the nightmare 2* scenarios makes me think I should pull that trigger sooner.

Wise words IMO...

I have been starting my 3* champ clones when the first get to 247 (the 8 cp prize), which is way too early, I know. But it's fine. I have my latest here:

For my 2* farm, once a character hits 144, I let their covers line up in my queue until I get a proper combo of 13 or the oldest cover is about to expire.

For whatever reason on this flip, I cannot seem to get the right combo of 13 for anyone. I need either one black or yellow cover for Ms. Marvel, and have at least three or four red in my queue. I've already had to sell one Johnny Storm red, with another expiring in a few days, and like three or four beyond that; still need a green and black or two blacks. Plenty of Thor red, light on green and yellow. Wolverine covers are piling up in my queue, and I could flip him right now if I could just get three red covers. I've got (at least) five yellow and green. But I remember the last time I flipped him, I couldn't get a yellow cover to save my life. Just how it goes some times.

TPF Alexis said:

Almost half my queue right now is 2* Storm blue covers. I did just get another yellow, but she's still at 2/5/3. Got 9 days til the first one expires, so it should be OK.

It's happened three times with Thor, too, twice at 2* and once at 3*.

The really frustrating one was having to sell off two Peggy red covers, since she ended up at 5/2/0, and I'm not even remotely close to being able to champ any 4*.

Can I have some of those blues? My Storm sits at 5/1/5, with at least one or two yellow covers expiring. Of course, last time I was flush with blue covers for her. 

mpqr7 said:

I have been starting my 3* champ clones when the first get to 247 (the 8 cp prize), which is way too early, I know. But it's fine. I have my latest here:

Name	Covers	Champ Level
Patch	13	261
LCap	13	257
SW	13	253
R&G	13	251
Mags	13	249
GSBW	11	248
MoStorm	11	245
KK	8	247
DD	6	247
IM40	4	247
LThor	2	247
The Hulk	1	247

I've been doing the exact same thing, and I've got almost exactly the same characters. (I messed up a couple of times. Started a 3rd IM40 (sold him), and started the dupe Loki way too soon.)