It makes as much sense as burst heals from Kamala. If you don’t think of a character’s health as literal ability to absorb damage but as the ability to stay in the fight, then I guess there’s an argument to be made that Reed’s intellect lets him take a deteriorating situation (loss of tile assets) and either inspire/engineer a way to keep his teammates in it. (No-Prize, please)
Interesting, I hadn’t put any thought into Bishop to realize the Mr F connection. 7 blue ap to create 2 shields, which Bishop turns into 3 blue ap. Not really winfinite, so I wonder how important that was in their decision to rebalance him.
But still, happy for reworks and feeders! Would like a Silver Surfer buff now that I’ll have him at 4/4/4
Im worried as well, I’d really be surprised if this was a buff because he got one before.
Let’s see how worse they can make him, he’s already not that good so brace yourselves everyone!
Jeez, 100% this. Mr Fantastic, while not meta defining, is a really solid 4* with the right team. His black is really good.
Thing on the other hand is just a big boulder of boring.
Mr F is not a power player in PvP or PvE but I could think of a dozen characters that need reworks before him.
I definitely agree that Thing needed it. He is supposed to feel like a powerhouse but he hits like a marshmallow.
Yeah, I am really worried that they are going to “Kingpin” him. I mean old KP wasn’t OP at all, but they “improved” him and made him suck so much…
Also, to the people hypothesizing that it’s an interaction w/Bishop, if that’s the case, devs please just change Bishop instead. He does seem a bit OP…
As for think, easy fix, just make his powers either cost less or more damage and keep the ap cost. Also, add some damage mitigation to his yellow and he’s all of the sudden mid-tier…
Carnage/Mr. F/Medusa is a great defensive team in simulator if you’ve never gone up against it. So much indidental healing going on, it’s really obnoxious.
Maybe they’re going to give him some 4ocket-esque FF affiliation bonus? That could be pretty cool.
I also agree that Thing could use a refresh - his jump-in-front is pretty cool, but red and green are really expensive and outdated. His Green is identical to Rogue’s red, except it doesn’t gather AP like hers does and might be slightly more expensive? didn’t check
Like other people said I kind of like mr f the way he is now, maybe Black could give better damage. Him medusa and carnage were great for me when I was mainly using 4*
I couldn’t figure out the synergy either until your comment. So, Mr F creates two fortified shield tiles. Then Bishop’s power removes two – which in this case only removes their fortification (I think; am I right?). Thus you still have two shield tiles remaining and the next round you get another 3 blue AP. That’s a lot closer to self-sustaining…
But c’mon, if this was such a dreadfully game-breaking reality – and is such a thing even possible if originating from the 4* tier? – don’t you think it would be common knowledge, hotly debated on the forum already? Of course it would be.
To me, this seems likely to be a buff with the intention of bringing one of the premier, deepest-legacy Marvel properties up to top-tier code. Invisible Woman’s buff made her pretty awesome and maybe they’d like Reed to be her partner rather than just her beard…
Yeah, if this is to break the Bishop and Mr F combo, that’s really really dumb and will likely ruin what is only a mediocre hero. The easiest way to fix the combo is to change Bishops yellow to create 3 defense tiles and require 3 defense tiles to trigger the passive. That way Bishop remains as effective as he ever was and Mr F now needs to fire his blue twice to get the free AP. Spending 14 and getting 3 back is nowhere near as game breaking as spending 7 and getting 3 back.
And add in the healing and I see it also. My Bishop was Def too low level when I tried this for it to make any real impact.
It is hardly OML yellow or Gambatt levels of Over powered though.
Maybe they just have something really cool up their sleeves.
Just not another Kingpin…
Can we work on The Thing next?
GOD EMPEROR DOOM!
FINALLY!
Nah it just removes the shields and leaves a fortified basic tile.
Still, he wasn’t that good, hopefully they make him better even if it removes a synergy that few would have been able to experience.
Unfortunately, now we have to question: Will God Doom be an actual character, or just the next in app purchase for a PNG costume?
Wording implies full characters. Though based on the app icon, it might require an in-app purchase to get a version of Namor who wears clothes…
Emperor God Doom will, in fact, be a playable character.
I actually like Reed 4, he has his uses.
I’d rather a 5 Phoenix change or 4 Bucky/drax change. But hey I’m game for all rebalances long as it isn’t kingpin style
If anyone can buck the villain power-level curse and ‘pull a Thanos’, it surely must be God Emperor Doom. B)
Excited to see what Namor brings too!