Jarvind said: I'm not there yet but I think I can answer a couple of these:- Star-Lord is absolutely that bad. His self-acceleration costs a sizable amount of yellow to make charged green, which you may or may not actually be able to collect. Even if you do, his green does unreliable board shake and the damage is pitiful for a 5*. His best ability might actually be his tile steal.- Surfer's AP gen and stun immunity are handy, but seemingly not handy enough to compensate for the fact that he does way less damage than other 5*s. Personally I kinda like him post-rework, but he definitely seems geared towards PVE.- Phoenix is used a lot because she was one of the earliest releases, so lots of people have her - same reason the game is lousy with Logans Who May Or May Not Be Old Men. Also, she's still a strong middle-of-the-road contender; red doesn't do a ton of damage but it makes cheap strikes, and her cascade potential with 5 purple covers is strong. She also has decent health pack saving capability if you can get her to die and resurrect.All that said, I will only just be entering 5* territory soonish with OML and Thanos (good lord the ISO struggle is real), so I wouldn't be confident enough in my overall assessment to make a full-blown ranking.
Jarvind said: Yeah, I'm kinda in the same boat. My issue is that I'd really like to cover Panther before he leaves packs, but I don't have enough pulls stashed (about 75 right now, give or take) to reasonably expect 5 more covers on him, plus Starlord sucks and I'm lukewarm on Hawkeye. I've stopped spending except to renew VIP, and I haven't been playing nearly as hard as I once did. For all of our complaints about ISO, it does flow much more freely than it used to, so I can still clear 30k a day easily while doing my alliance PVP minimums and halfassing PVE. I used to shoot for t10 or t20 on new releases - I barely even play them anymore because covering them is easy with vaulting and I don't feel the need to compete with psycho grinders.Once I finish champing Thanos and OML I plan to start drawing classics and hope to finish off a couple that are close - Banner needs one cover, Phoenix needs two, and Widow needs three. Depending on how frustrating that ends up being I might just call it quits.
Jarvind said: ..... and I'm lukewarm on Hawkeye.