Bowgentle said: Because it's WAY too hard to change feeders every time a new 4* enters the game.This can only be done every 4 months.Ancient rituals have to be invoked, the ghost of God Emperor Will has to be summoned and give his consent, and even then things might be broken.Yeah, I don't know.You'd THINK it wouldn't be a problem to change feeders every season, but apparently this would take time away from important stuff they're developing.Like, at least 5 minutes per character.
bluewolf said: One thought is this: How many 3’s fed Latest 4*s while they were in Latest? Gambit feeds Rogue, but of course, all other 3’s feed a “Vintage” 4*. So maybe it gets updated when Gamora leaves next season (assuming a second 4* is coming in two weeks; otherwise the season following). Since the updates are so infrequent, I can’t recall if there has ever been a 3* that rewards a Latest 4 from champ rewards. Actually, that’s highly unlikely, since the last update was last April, around the time Vaulting became a thing.Another thought is that awarding less exciting characters from 3* rewards puts more “Roster the all” pressure on players, which is probably the biggest single purchase driver among the standard player base. If you know you’re getting XFW covers (from two different 3*s), you are more likely to roster him, even though he doesn’t help much in terms of actual play.Anyway, maybe they’ll change it next month.
JHawkInc said: Counterpoint:Why does it need to change at all? What is inherently better about an even distribution of 3*'s feeding 4*s, and what is the benefit of linking the characters together?If anything, a 3* Gamora giving you 4* Gamora covers is helping you cover a character you can't use at the same time, making those 4* covers less useful until your 4* Gamora eclipses the 3*. If anything, it would make more sense for 3* Star Lord to feed into 4* Gamora so that problem doesn't exist.An argument could even be made that increasing roster diversity would suggest that the 3* Guardians should give anyone BUT the 4* Guardians for their champ levels....The reality is that with new 4*s coming out all the time, and new 3*s coming out occasionally, trying to line them up based on characters is going to remain sloppy for the lifetime of the game. So why stick to such a pattern at all?
ThaRoadWarrior said: I'm actually planning to exploit this before it gets changed; I missed out on 4* Lord due to vaulting, but I have a champion G4mora already. So I'm trying to hastily bonus-hero my way to a few more 4* Lords before they "fix" it. He's currently at 2/2/1, so any help i can get in that regard is nice. I'm wondering if the holdup is that 3* Rocket gives you Drax rather than 4ocket, and there is no obvious feeder 3* to backfill Drax? Maybe they're unrelated, but it seems like those two changes would be batched together.
DarthDeVo said: Although I don't think I'll ever understand the decision to have 3* Thanos reward Spider-Woman covers. Is there some comics history there I'm unaware of?
Of course, I think they've all since rotated out and that Rogue is indeed the only current Latest who is being fed by a 3*. I really feel like they dropped the ball by having Angel feed Teen Jean, since we already get her covers from Beast. The last thing we need is to be doubling up on characters when there are so many without a feeder at all. Angel should have rewarded Nightcrawler. Now, I can understand the connection, as Angel and Teen Jean are both the All New X-Men versions. And I understand why they chose Beast to reward Teen Jean, as they're both OG X-Men. Maybe they'll adjust Beast to give Nightcrawler at some point. They are both blue and fuzzy, at least.