DAZ0273 said: I hadn't even noticed the Shield Training announcement. Of course I concentrated on my Black Cat so it's Mysterio. Oh well, she is a better character in my opinion so I don't feel too badly cheated. Now to chase Juggernaut when he is in packs which will be this week, right?
bluewolf said: DAZ0273 said: I hadn't even noticed the Shield Training announcement. Of course I concentrated on my Black Cat so it's Mysterio. Oh well, she is a better character in my opinion so I don't feel too badly cheated. Now to chase Juggernaut when he is in packs which will be this week, right? New 4's enter packs at the beginning of the following season, assuming all their events are finished by season end (AKA their PVP). This happens in the AM (EDT) so approximately 48 hours from now, Juggernaut will be in tokens. I have been saving Heroics all season, up to 123 now, on the off chance I can pull him from there.
bluewolf said: We've been around and around on the whole "how many times does a character need to be essential before they can be in ST?". The answer is "There's no set number".So far Black Cat has been essential 3X. Mysterio is getting his 3rd go round as an essential starting Thursday. Basically they are equal, the only problem being if you tried to predict who you'd need for ST and leveled Black Cat and/or had favorited her first to get to 10 covers. (You do have the chance through today to get a cover for Mysterio from Shield Simulator if that helps).Now...the devs have established by practice (and one subtle statement I ran across on Discord)that the person who is rewarded just before Shield Training, and essential in PVE during it, is one of the 3 essential people there.I'm sure the devs won't respond with any form of answer that clarifies their pattern....if there is one, and it's not just random to some degree.If you wanted to try to make sense of a pattern, here is the list of essentials back to 6/3 through the new release this Thursday 8/29, in spoilers:Talos(L)KingpinRocket&GrootThanos (L)Magik (L)Ronin (L)Black Cat - newInvisible WomanSpider-man (IW) (FFH)Peggy Carter Mysterio - newMiles (FFH)Sabretooth (L)Ronin (L)Black Cat (L)GamoraKate BishopSabretooth (L)Juggernaut - newRonin (L)Mysterio (L)GwenpoolWar MachineBlack Cat (L)Sabretooth (L)Mysterio (L)I guess the last two rounds have followed a Black Cat, Sabretooth, Mysterio pattern (just looking at those 3) so that might be why we have what we have. Sometimes we get weird things like a Ronin thrown in later than expected though.
I guess the last two rounds have followed a Black Cat, Sabretooth, Mysterio pattern (just looking at those 3) so that might be why we have what we have. Sometimes we get weird things like a Ronin thrown in later than expected though.