when i was playing with a few characters (negasonic, scorpion, rescue, to name a few) it felt like their animation speed was increased, was it because of the update?
edit: so it hasn’t been announced, but yeah the animations are DEFINITLY faster than before, especially 4-star carnage’s black animation.
Couldn’t tell you, have seen them in years! 
I turned them back on briefly to witness Legion’s, then back off they went.
I realized after all of this time that most competitive players turn the animations off. When you’re fighting for position, animations can add precious seconds to each game causing you to lose points on battles before you can shield yourself.
Occasionally, I get curious about an animation, but never turn them back on. Maybe one day.
Moonstone’s tile steal is finally fast too
I bet even players who don’t really play competitively still turn animations off to save time. (I do, at least).
I leave mine on - having the IP attached is why I like MPQ over other match 3s, so if I turn off that, it’s kind of like What’s the Point in a lot of ways (for me).
Same. I’m a fan of Marvel, not match-3s. The animations are what help showcase that more than just looking at some blocks onscreen with a few static pictures of Marvel characters up top. Still, I get why people do it, so I’m not going to say the way other people play is “wrong”.
To keep on topic though, I did notice 3* Blade’s red flashes through a lot quicker as well when adding strike tiles to the board.