I started playing Marvel Contest of Champions a few months ago for the Marvel Insider points, and kept playing since (although the game is even more boring than MPQ and requires 10x the time commitment for PvP, but at least you don't need to play at specific times quite as much). The game also has the same tiered character structure, although leveling up characters is 10x longer and worse than in MPQ (in addition to needing iso to level up, in addition to needing to get "dupes" (essentially more than 1 cover of a character) to unlock their special powers, you also need catalysts that take forever to acquire (imagine needing to spend 10 CP on a character every 20 levels to keep leveling them up). Their five stars are even harder to get than in MPQ, perhaps because you don't get them randomly like in MPQ, but by saving up for a long time and competing at a really high level.
Anyhow, they just announced that 6 stars will be coming out soon. Which made me shudder to think that MPQ could be reaching the same saturation point. We have a bunch more 4 stars than 3 stars had now, and 5 stars are starting to get higher up in numbers. I know we have discussed this in the past, but does anyone think we are starting to reach the saturation point where we will potentially be making 5 stars the new 4 stars like happened in the past with 3 and 4 star characters? And if so, how long before we get 6 stars?
The problem with the tiered character model, is that once you have fully reached the next tier, especially in the case of 5 stars and the extreme dilution in 4 stars, you no longer need 4 stars to compete. I would guess even the whales stopped bothering to max out new characters if they are 4 stars lately, since they are useless. Obviously, 5 stars bring in more money for the devs due to the increased cost in "buying" them with CP than 4 stars, so shifting to having mainly only 5 star releases going forward could up the cash coming in. It will also allow them to introduce the even crazier 6 star tier. I hope they don't introduce 6 stars without making them only a bit stronger than 5 stars.
Anyhow, I am just rambling now, but do people think that it is only a matter of time before the devs shift to primarly new 5 stars, and/or add 6 stars, or do you think they are happy with the current equilibrium of mixing in 4 and 5 star releases?
mpqr7 said: I will be super sad if they announce 6-start characters here. But we'll see.I am definitely one of those people who doesn't bother to champion new 4*s. I'm hoarding in hopes of championing a new 5* some day! I only need to hoard for another 6 or so months to get a fighting chance! So each new 4* only gets to around 5 or so covers. I already have over 40 4*s championed, so I don't really need more at this point. I'll do it when I pull 13 covers on them.
broll said: FYI Found the announcement:http://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/16101/six-star-champions-are-coming-to-the-contestLooks like they are giving a big advanced heads up, not actually coming out to early 2018.
notamutant said: I would imagine they make the announcement one hour before roll-out and delete everyone's CP beforehand to make sure hoarding won't help.
Captain_Carlman said: If they ever do make 6-star characters, there should only be one: Stan Lee.