So the last couple (6?) of seasons, there has been a 4* changed so that it feeds a 5*.
That hasn't happened so far, and the season's almost over. Will one be happening next week?
ZeiramMR said: This is purely speculation, but I think we might see such a change for Jubilee next week with her being the placement reward on the next Story event and reward covers coming after the Saved Covers change is live.
Treras said: Feeder for gambit and then announce a character rebalance for him. Make it happen.
fmftint said: I am assuming they delayed a feeder announcement until cover saving goes live
Quebbster said: fmftint said: I am assuming they delayed a feeder announcement until cover saving goes live Cover saving goes live in one week, new covers won't have time to expire Before then.
fmftint said: Quebbster said: fmftint said: I am assuming they delayed a feeder announcement until cover saving goes live Cover saving goes live in one week, new covers won't have time to expire Before then. Cover saving goes live TODAY
Pongie said: Who would Kraven feed?
bluewolf said: They have almost always used the same timing and window for launching the feeders, at least for the last few. It has been announced the Monday after the season started, taking effect on the following Wednesday. It also has been the rewardfor the PVE that is running at that time who became the feeder. That was two weeks ago and that reward was Lockjaw. A dev commented on Discord that they didn’t want to make a double feeder (LJ to Bolt), and there was no further indication about whether that meant no feeder for the season, a delayed feeder, or anything else. We also got BP feeding BP earlier than expected, so maybe that was “on credit” and we are paying for it this month/season.But, it sure would be nice for some OFFICIAL COMMENT.Edit: the predicted 4 reward for HaT was Kraven, but it is Jubilee. That suggests they are saving him for a reward so he can be a feeder, since they rarely change the order. It also suggests Jubilee won’t feed anyone for a long while (think years).
...or it suggests Jubilee is in fact the next feeder. Guess we will see in due time who the next feeder is (no one is a possible option, though an unlikely one).
It's also quite possible they delayed the feeder because they wanted dilution to hit before making a recent character a feeder. If it's harder to get Jubilee/Kraven/other recent fourstar from tokens they won't have to give out as many fivestar covers.
bluewolf said: In general, 4’s have been skipped in the order to reserve for later feeders vs moving up a different one. Well, somewhat presumably. Ghost Rider was skipped, along with Prof X. Ghost Rider obviously will feed GRRR. Kraven is, as pointed out, a very appropriate choice for BSSM.
GrimSkald said: Actually, the feeder announcement tends to come around the 10th, regardless of when it is in the season. BP was "extra." They either missed June 10th, or else it was delayed due to the implementation of the features. I'm hoping it was delayed.
You made me curious, time to dive into the archives and see what the dates were!
https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/68963/updates-to-4-star-champion-rewards-11-17-17
https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/69549/update-to-sandmans-champion-rewards-12-18-17
https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/70028/update-to-kingpins-champion-rewards-1-16-18
https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/70506/update-to-kate-bishops-champion-rewards-2-13-18
https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/71241/update-to-draxs-champion-rewards-3-12-18
https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/71917/update-to-wolverine-x-force-champion-rewards-4-10-18
https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/72231/update-to-black-panther-king-of-wakanda-s-champion-rewards-4-23-18
https://forums.d3go.com/discussion/72585/peggy-carter-in-comics-celebration-updated-5-10-18
Let's just ignore the initial announcement (that had Three updates at once) and the Black Panther one. Sandman got updated on December 20th, the first week of the Soul Gem Season. Kingpin got update on January 17th, four weeks later, the first week of the Mind Gem season. Kate Bishop got updated on February 14th, four weeks later, first week of the Space Gem season. Drax got updated on March 14th, four weeks later, first week of the Power Gem season. X-force Wolverine was updated on April 11th, four weeks later, first week of the Time Stone season (the first one to have a Stone name as opposed to Gem by the way). And then Peggy Carter on May 9th, four weeks later, first week of the Reality Stone season.
It's a four week Schedule that happens to coincide nicely with the seasons. The date is pretty irrelevant, if they stick to the four week pattern there should be 13 updates in a calendar year. But of course, we should already have had a feeder around June 6th.
Predictions for future dates under the four week model: July 4th, August 1st, August 29th, September 27th, October 24th, November 21st and December 19th.
TL;DR - don't get too hung up to the date just because the four week pattern matches up pretty well with the calendar month.