The game needs an injection of fun features that aren’t tied to competition. There should be double iso weeks more often. I’m not saying monthly, but more often than now. There should be a monthly pve (open for most of the month) similar to am and chulk.
I’m not saying do anything meta shattering, just little touches like dpdq that give players reasons to get excited that doesn’t involve spending 1000 hp on a roster slot.
I was expecting something new and fun, a bit like the Ant Man release but with a way to get 1 of each colour cover seeing as Howard The Duck will be around for a very limited time and tokens that will have a very high percentage of actually dropping him too.
Instead the usual 4 day grind in a story mode, granted we can get 1 cover but I wont be able to play for 2 days so will most likely miss that. Another cover for reaching 1,000 points in versus will rule out most getting that cover so we will be at the mercy of a less than poor chance at drawing from a Deadpool Vault unless we have hundreds of tokens stored.
To say I am disappointed would be wrong as I should have expected no fun maximum profit.
He will not be available from CP tokens, is that correct?
I’ve been away for a couple months, and maybe I am misreading this, but does this not feel very similar in distribution to a normal 4* release as far as availability? I see only two additional places where an extra cover could be earned beyond the norm.
• The Hunt: Story event starts 7:00 AM EDT on April 7th. Howard the Duck will be available at 4-Star odds in the cover store as well as top 100 Individual and Alliance placement rewards.
So the availability is normal for a 4* release PvE and availability in the covers is normal during their release PvE. No change from normal.
• Webbed Wonder: Story event starts 7:00 AM EDT on April 11th. Howard the Duck will be available as a reward in a vault as well as a one-time mission reward.
The ability to potentially win his cover in the vault is normal for vaulted PvE tokens, but the one-time mission reward is awesome.
• First Avenger: Versus event starts 8:00 PM EDT on April 12th. Howard the Duck will be available as the top placement reward.
This is normal in the PvP event prior to a 4*'s new individual event.
• Deadpool’s Daily: Starts 6:00 AM EDT on April 13th. Howard the Duck will be available in the vault and will be the required character in the Clash of the Titans mission on the last day.
During the week before the 4* Deadpool daily matchup, their cover is always available in the vault, so no different from normal here.
• Fowl Play: Versus event starts 8:00 PM EDT on April 14th. Howard the Duck will be available at increased odds in the cover store as well as the 1,000 progression reward.
During a PvP event for the character, they are always available at increased odds, and as the 1000 progression reward, so not seeing how this is different either.
Other than the guaranteed cover during his PvE launch (which we had for both Antman and The Totally Awesome Hulk), it is pretty much a standard 4* launch, with the caveat that he is likely not going to be available again in normal rotation like other 4*s.
So how is this better again?
So I was REALLY excited about the start of Duck Season. I thought there was going to be a mini event special token with increased odds for my beloved Howard. Then I logged on today and saw that it was business as usual. To say that I am disappointed is beyond an understatement.
I had never bought covers outright with HP for characters and have always said that the only character I would do that for would be for Howard, but then they took that away (there’s no way I’m spending 120 CP per cover…). And now the best chance I’ll have at getting extra covers will be during his PvP when I get 1 40-pack. So at the end of the day, it doesn’t look like I’ll be able to fully cover my dear Howard the Duck, and this deeply, deeply saddens me.
I do think that his PVP will have the special token and award progression like PVP Matchmaking did.
Even with increased odds there will be those who still won’t pull him from just the earnable free tokens. Some will get loads, others will get none and you can be sure those tokens won’t be giving great odds. As one of those who have been burned on 5* Legendary Token odds I can be sure it will be me that get burned again. For a fun, limited availability character the majority of the player base should be able to comfortably get at least 8 or 9 covers during this so called event without having to defer a weeks rent payment.
You made Ducky sad!
The way you should feel:
The way you prob do feel:
It does seem that if it’s a limited time character, they should make it easy for us to get all three colors without tearing our our limit supply of hair on our heads! Are we asking for too much? Waugh!!!
getting all 3 colors mattered more when you could fill the rest with hp. now, if most of us can’t get him mostly covered, not much reason to hold on to him if he gets the dino treatment (no essentials).
I’m not sure it’s worth the effort just to get the clone of thus beloved character 
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That was actually interesting, thanks for the link.
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For a low level player like myself… I REALLY wish the new PvE event changes (from the last couple of test events) would have been active in this event.
As it is, I seriously doubt I can even reach that 2* bonus, let alone come anywhere near Howard. 
Honestly, if you are a low-level player, a few HtD covers won’t help much anyway. Depending on how low-level, of course, but if he is a novelty character similar to Dino, he won’t be boosted often, and he likely won’t be available to finish without buying covers with CP.
You get one guaranteed cover before he goes away indefinitely!
One! Guaranteed! Cover!
I kind of expected some improved tokens and the more generous model for special tokens in event progression, like Anniversary. I’m not really sure why they decided to call it a “season” at all, especially running the same time as the standard PvP season.
I feel like in the past, a special event meant:
“Play the way you normally play, but win tons of fabulous prizes!!!”
Now, a special event means:
“Play twice as hard as you normally play (and spend lots of $$) for a fractional chance to win some tiny, useless prizes!!!”
If you get one of each cover, you can max him out for the super low price of 1,200 CP 
Apparently, it is actually wabbit season.
#yolo #noregerts