I don’t know why I thought Loki and Kingpin were going to be in at the same time. Forgot Fisk is replacing Loki. That makes sense. While its nice to have a new 5 rostered and not have to worry about it, I more often than not just wait for them to rotate, except for the rare instances where the new release store is of interest, which is super rare. This just happened to be one of those times as Thanos is probably the only truly meta classic character I’m missing (which really- that’s not a long list… Thor, Okoye, Thanos, maybe Jessica, soon Kitty?). While I may be one of the first to have gotten a Fisk, it does nothing for me when there are whales out there who champ him day one.
I totally get the itchy trigger finger though. Restraint in this game is hard! I get to open again New Years Eve and then if all goes according to plan and I finish Kitty, I may be looking at a months long hiatus from opening tokens. Will need to create some new goals to work toward during that drought.
It’s more peace of mind than anything. Get the new 5* rostered then I don’t have to worry about it anymore. It’s not like I’m champing a 5* anytime soon, if ever. Maybe if they drastically change the game up but I doubt it. And yeah for me it was either unload my hoard when Fisk’s store went up or wait until Prowler and Bishop went into tokens. Couldn’t go another week of waiting.
And here I am in the transition to 4* land, I pulled 15 tokens last night and received 3 5* characters. In most games, that would be considered a win to pull top tier characters, but for the marathon that MPQ is considered…not so much help for me.
The reality of the game is that you have to be lucky 13 times before getting that “top tier” character. But it’s actually worse than that. It’s more like you have to get lucky 45 times pulling Latest before you fully cover those “top tier” characters. And then, those newly covered 5*s may not be that great and actually not help your progression in the game.
I have a new theory, Demiurge is purposely releasing top tier 5s every 3rd time. So, when one leaves, another one replaces them in Latest. So, if our assumptions that 5 Marvel will be great, she will replace Kitty, another top tier character. I know this pattern hasn’t always been true in the past though.
It would be awesome if a 5* Marvel passively created fortified specials. How about something like this:
5* Marvel at level 450
0 Red Passive: when your team makes a red match, create a strength 400 fortified red strike tile and deal 5,000 damage to the target if you now have 3 or more red strike tiles.
0 Yellow Passive: when your team makes a yellow match, create a strength 400 fortified yellow protect tile and give your team a burst of 4,000 health if you now have 3 or more yellow protect tiles.
0 Black Passive: when your team makes a black match, create a strength 500 fortified black attack tile and deal 2,000 damage to the enemy team if you now have 3 or more black attack tiles.
This would be awesome and combo with many characters from all tiers.
Kitty is the next one up to leave Latest Legends. The Captain Marvel Movie opens in March, so that’s when it is most likely we will get a fivestar version (if we get one at all, but let’s face it… we probably will). There’s one more fivestar release Before then (late January if they stick to the Schedule) that will replace Kitty, then the March release will replace Cable.
It will probably be a while until we get a Latest Legends like 5trange/Thanos/Panther or Daredevil/Gambit/Thor though. But since then Jessica Jones/Captain America/Okoye was a pretty decent setup. If two of the fivestars are good enough you can probably overlook a dud in there, particularly if it is possible to avoid. Going to be interesting to see if people bust hoards early for Captain Marvel or wait until Kingpin rotates out…
I spent 200 to get a Kingpin cover.
And then, just like when you open a can of Pringles, I spent my remaining 500 CP on Classic tokens, and didn’t get a Green Thor cover.
Disappointed
