@Brigby is there any way to earn a balance the universe vault token or is this just a hero Point only vault?
Sad thing is that I have earned 3 vault tokens for the 80 item Heart of Darkness vault just on the first day and the 300 item Balance The Universe vault gave me none or let me earn none. Shows you the priority of this vault is to spend money.
The under the radar worst part about this announcement is that the Black Order characters are supports.
I take this to mean than once a character is locked in as a support, there's ZERO chance they will ever get released as an actual playable character.
They can use this as an excuse to claim a given character is "in the game" and they technically aren't lying. But with how limited Supports are (both in the current small scale roll out and eventually when they are high level), they are more or less an afterthought not nearly the same caliber as a playable character. Not such a thing for Sharon Carter, the Pizza Dog, and Wong to be Supports, but imagine how pissed will people be if/when they do this to characters that are very high on the community's want list.
How terrible would this be: An Emma Frost Support? A Red Skull Support?? A Dazzler Support??? etc.
This sets a really bad precedent that instead getting actually new characters into the game instead of endless variants, they'll cop out and just add them as a Support instead.
And in this particular case they are villains too, which this game has a severe lack of playable ones at high Star Tiers (most notably in the 5 Star Tier). So now we'll probably never get any of them as playable characters. Think what will of their "worthiness" to be a new release, but now even the idea of it is gone.
Oh well, guess the glut of Spider-Man & Captain America variants will have to do...
Agreed. They could have created a new 4-day PVE called 'Infinity War' with each sub ending with a Boss node from the Black Order. They could have even created a new Boss Rush type of event with The Black Order and Thanos.
The annoying part about the Black Order supports is none of them give Thanos (or any villain) a Special Equipment ability. Thanos is one of the few villains most players use (outside of Vulture).
the Black Order ability designs seem so unexciting and interchangeable; but moreso, my #1 complaint is that none of them have a synergy bonus with Thanos. Would that be so game-breaking?
Fun ability-designs on the infinity stones, though!
Don't have a whole lot more to add than what's already been said. However, I'd like to add another vote to the "300 item vault with > 70% not very exciting items (and that's probably generous) not even remotely tempting" tally. These red ISO amounts in the vault aren't really enticing either. In the end they can add a few levels to any given support which translates to a 0.01% increase in the chance something will happen or some other equally small incremental advantage. I'm really surprised they don't have at least one "big money" red iso item akin to the 1K HP or 10K ISO prize to appeal to our inner gambler (I guess a duplicate support would somewhat qualify).
All of the other issues aside, I'm actually perfectly content with the Black Order being supports versus playable characters. There are countless minor characters I'd love to see in the game but who aren't quite worthy of being playable characters, and I'd consider the Black Order among them. Now, if they were to take a major character (i.e. Emma Frost, Kitty Pryde, etc.) and made them a support then yes, that would in fact be a big problem to me, but we have no evidence that they plan to do that. Also, I don't see why a character being a support restricts them from being a boss, mini-boss, or enemy (at the level of Gorgon, for example) in the future.
I hope the Deadpool Daily will run a weekly Support Cup! mission for an Advanced Token. Masters is a bit much to ask for from that. On the other hand, a month-long Gauntlet culminating in a Master Token would be welcome. To me. Just each month, run the Gauntlet, with each leg holding one tier of Support Token at the end of it. All missions should be one-and-done. No need for boosted characters, unless required characters are part of it, then boost just the required ones.
I hope the Deadpool Daily will run a weekly Support Cup! mission for an Advanced Token. Masters is a bit much to ask for from that. On the other hand, a month-long Gauntlet culminating in a Master Token would be welcome. To me. Just each month, run the Gauntlet, with each leg holding one tier of Support Token at the end of it. All missions should be one-and-done. No need for boosted characters, unless required characters are part of it, then boost just the required ones.
I'd like this, and I think I discussed the addition of a Deadpool Daily node elsewhere. Once we have more available supports I could see this being a thing. I understand why they aren't making them too readily available yet, but what they're currently offering (combined with the lack of communication about their intent) is just ludicrous.
I miss the Gauntlet. This would be a great reason to bring it back.
Yeah I have really just ignored supports once I saw how difficult it is to get one to a point it is meaningful and I am just hoarding red iso. My best support is a level 4 Korg, which isn't saying much.
I really hate to be that guy on the forums but. The new supports are awesome! yeah we heard about rice and spicey heinz 57% vault. I get it. their misers. but the supports guys, the supports! Right off I need to contradict though: Proxima Midnight. major letdown. brigadier general letdown. xtra carnage? But the rest are color fixing buffs: Reality Stone ramp so hard, Space Stone turns any character into The Bridgekeeper from holy grail. Time? straight- whoopsie! your nuke didn't actually kill me. Cull Midnight on Loki just for the scrambled eggs! Ebony Maw with Vulture. Go ahead and add another 4 to his AP gain. Steals it actually! thas jus nassssy Power Stone. for free. MEH's warm up could drop a gamma bomb. Imagine the worst AI cascade you've ever seen; have fun with that in PvP!
Once they figure out the currency valuation and back compensate everyone like they did with SCL people will be much happier and appreciate the ways Supports can really flush out some fun, different playstyles.
Real talk for a sec: These tinykitty vaults and bundles gotta go. They are awful. Ya'll in those meetings that didn't speak up; it's on you too. It's like: "hey would you like to try a new flavor of your favorite soda,? -sure I'm interested, I do like cherry and vanilla coke..*#AGHGDG you just spit vinegar in my eye! Tinykitty you! wait!, that wasn't actually the new flavor.... I just had to do that because of the publisher......" Moral of the story: New Coke and Crystal Pepsi Sucked!! Supports are that flavor of Mountain Dew that gave kids seizures.
I really hate to be that guy on the forums but. The new supports are awesome! yeah we heard about rice and spicey heinz 57% vault. I get it. their misers. but the supports guys, the supports! Right off I need to contradict though: Proxima Midnight. major letdown. brigadier general letdown. xtra carnage? But the rest are color fixing buffs: Reality Stone ramp so hard, Space Stone turns any character into The Bridgekeeper from holy grail. Time? straight- whoopsie! your nuke didn't actually kill me. Cull Midnight on Loki just for the scrambled eggs! Ebony Maw with Vulture. Go ahead and add another 4 to his AP gain. Steals it actually! thas jus nassssy Power Stone. for free. MEH's warm up could drop a gamma bomb. Imagine the worst AI cascade you've ever seen; have fun with that in PvP!
Once they figure out the currency valuation and back compensate everyone like they did with SCL people will be much happier and appreciate the ways Supports can really flush out some fun, different playstyles.
Real talk for a sec: These tinykitty vaults and bundles gotta go. They are awful. Ya'll in those meetings that didn't speak up; it's on you too. It's like: "hey would you like to try a new flavor of your favorite soda,? -sure I'm interested, I do like cherry and vanilla coke..*#AGHGDG you just spit vinegar in my eye! Tinykitty you! wait!, that wasn't actually the new flavor.... I just had to do that because of the publisher......" Moral of the story: New Coke and Crystal Pepsi Sucked!! Supports are that flavor of Mountain Dew that gave kids seizures.
I agree with you that the Infinity Stone Supports are awesome, but the best ability they have is at the 5* perk. That is the one that makes them so unique and useful. To get a 5* Infinity Stone Support would take a very long time if ever the way they are limiting our access to higher leveled Support Tokens.
I really hate to be that guy on the forums but. The new supports are awesome! yeah we heard about rice and spicey heinz 57% vault. I get it. their misers. but the supports guys, the supports! Right off I need to contradict though: Proxima Midnight. major letdown. brigadier general letdown. xtra carnage? But the rest are color fixing buffs: Reality Stone ramp so hard, Space Stone turns any character into The Bridgekeeper from holy grail. Time? straight- whoopsie! your nuke didn't actually kill me. Cull Midnight on Loki just for the scrambled eggs! Ebony Maw with Vulture. Go ahead and add another 4 to his AP gain. Steals it actually! thas jus nassssy Power Stone. for free. MEH's warm up could drop a gamma bomb. Imagine the worst AI cascade you've ever seen; have fun with that in PvP!
Once they figure out the currency valuation and back compensate everyone like they did with SCL people will be much happier and appreciate the ways Supports can really flush out some fun, different playstyles.
Real talk for a sec: These tinykitty vaults and bundles gotta go. They are awful. Ya'll in those meetings that didn't speak up; it's on you too. It's like: "hey would you like to try a new flavor of your favorite soda,? -sure I'm interested, I do like cherry and vanilla coke..*#AGHGDG you just spit vinegar in my eye! Tinykitty you! wait!, that wasn't actually the new flavor.... I just had to do that because of the publisher......" Moral of the story: New Coke and Crystal Pepsi Sucked!! Supports are that flavor of Mountain Dew that gave kids seizures.
I agree with you that the Infinity Stone Supports are awesome, but the best ability they have is at the 5* perk. That is the one that makes them so unique and useful. To get a 5* Infinity Stone Support would take a very long time if ever the way they are limiting our access to higher leveled Support Tokens.
ONE of the good abilities is Rank 5. Ranks 1-4 are basically the same with some color-coding, Rank 5 is a unique ability that is decently powerful, and the REALLY good one works the instant you equip it to a Champed character.
Firing powers for free, reviving characters once they go down, that can be done with a Rank 1 Stone, so long as you equip it to a Championed character.
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I'm just waiting for this dumpster-fire of a feature to hit pvp so I can be done for good.
Biggest Marvel Movie in History is released and my Marvel game "celebrates" it with this rubbish? Ugh.
I am disappointed.
Agreed. They could have created a new 4-day PVE called 'Infinity War' with each sub ending with a Boss node from the Black Order. They could have even created a new Boss Rush type of event with The Black Order and Thanos.
The annoying part about the Black Order supports is none of them give Thanos (or any villain) a Special Equipment ability. Thanos is one of the few villains most players use (outside of Vulture).
i would have tried for a 10 pack but not for those odds
maybe I can put my HP to better use when widow 4* is released
Fun ability-designs on the infinity stones, though!
On the other hand, a month-long Gauntlet culminating in a Master Token would be welcome. To me. Just each month, run the Gauntlet, with each leg holding one tier of Support Token at the end of it. All missions should be one-and-done. No need for boosted characters, unless required characters are part of it, then boost just the required ones.
I miss the Gauntlet. This would be a great reason to bring it back.
yeah we heard about rice and spicey heinz 57% vault. I get it. their misers. but the supports guys, the supports!
Right off I need to contradict though: Proxima Midnight. major letdown. brigadier general letdown. xtra carnage?
But the rest are color fixing buffs: Reality Stone ramp so hard,
Space Stone turns any character into The Bridgekeeper from holy grail.
Time? straight- whoopsie! your nuke didn't actually kill me.
Cull Midnight on Loki just for the scrambled eggs!
Ebony Maw with Vulture. Go ahead and add another 4 to his AP gain. Steals it actually! thas jus nassssy
Power Stone. for free. MEH's warm up could drop a gamma bomb. Imagine the worst AI cascade you've ever seen; have fun with that in PvP!
Once they figure out the currency valuation and back compensate everyone like they did with SCL people will be much happier and appreciate the ways Supports can really flush out some fun, different playstyles.
Real talk for a sec:
These tinykitty vaults and bundles gotta go. They are awful. Ya'll in those meetings that didn't speak up; it's on you too.
It's like:
"hey would you like to try a new flavor of your favorite soda,?
-sure I'm interested, I do like cherry and vanilla coke..*#AGHGDG you just spit vinegar in my eye! Tinykitty you!
wait!, that wasn't actually the new flavor.... I just had to do that because of the publisher......"
Moral of the story: New Coke and Crystal Pepsi Sucked!! Supports are that flavor of Mountain Dew that gave kids seizures.
Firing powers for free, reviving characters once they go down, that can be done with a Rank 1 Stone, so long as you equip it to a Championed character.