No. I’m quitting because this is the last straw. I’m quitting because they’re disrespecting the hell out of one of the most powerful mutants ever. I’m quitting because the people that run this game don’t give a crap about improving it. I’m quitting for a lot of reasons.
I wouldn’t consider Legion to be a major character in comics (a powerful one, yes), but there has been a 3 season television show starring Haller. I’d think of him as a character to add in MPQ before Wrecking Crew. But that’s the thing; everyone has characters they like and don’t like and they don’t all line up.
At first I agreed with this, initially it seemed crazy that legion would only be a 4 star, but then I read the description on the official legion post that was just shared.
“David Haller’s mind is home to over 200 different personas, each with their own incredible mutant power. As the son of Professor Charles Xavier, David has the POTENTIAL to be the most powerful mutant the world has ever seen. To do so, he must LEARN to conquer his inner demons, quell the chaos within his mind, and finally embrace his father’s legacy.”
I highlighted potential and learn because from this description it sounds like this version of legion is a younger version who is still learning to control his powers and has not reached his full potential. So it makes sense from a canon stand point why a legion that can’t control his powers is a 4 star, and perhaps an older version of legion that has reached his full potential will still be a 5 star.
Just like how ice man younger version is a 4 star but his older more powerful version is a 5, same as teen Jean and Phoenix.
That may be true. But the advantage of releasing him as a 4* instead of a 5* is that WAY more players will be able to cover and use him. It makes sense to release popular known characters as 4* rather than 5* because it’s frustrating for newer rosters to see characters they like and know they are years from being able to cover/use them.
Then they can release a 5* version in another year or so who can be meta.
Legion might have the potential to be a 5* power wise but his legacy from the comic books is pretty small. But, I hear you say, he had a TV show! This is true but you know what - Blade had 3 movies and a TV show and that wasn’t enough to get him 5* status.
Hot take: seeing as how we are scraping the bottom of the barrel with some of these releases, if Blade wasn’t already in the game and was released today, I think there’s a good shot he’d be a 5. Just like if Havok was released back when Blade debuted, he’d probably be a 4.
I think the star level of a character has way more to do with popularity than power (thank you Netflix for making DD more mainstream!)
I agree 100%. There is every chance we might get a 5* Black Knight. As a fan of the Roger Stern Avengers run, I would be super happy with this (5* Hercules and Monica Rambeau too!) but these guys are nobodies in modern context and only worth as much as the movie or TV show they might appear in.
took me a while but I only today realised that trying to keep up with the 4 star releases is pointless, once you have R&G, juggs, gamora and bishop, Everyone else doesn’t get used. I’m gonna keep these 4 and maybe vulture and capt marvel and jump to 5 star land. The “gotta catch em all” sort of attitude has completely gone.
Coulson, karnak, worthy, and 2099 are also in the meta mix.
Medusa, Peggy, carol, blade, vulture and maybe a few others are worth having too, as they are extremely strong and might vault to meta status if the right 5* partner emerges.
I never believed in catch them all , my total roster caps at 100. All 5’s is a given , 25 4*, 20 3*. I’d swap out Coulson for Chavez. All the others not mentioned are useless you never see them used in PvAI, with shards now you can keep them in reserve forever and use them when they make their once a year appearance as a PvE essential. Or with high enough placement you’ll get a free cover for the next PvE anyway . Most people don’t care who the the 3rd wheel is when they’re only using duos like Gritty, Hulkoye, BRBishop or Hammerhawk
Even if your don’t want to catch 'em all, calling at 100 seems arbitrary. The cost of slots plateaus up too 300. And if you have a 100 character roster, you likely play enough to buy one roster slot every two weeks just from regular play (still barely possible even with the nerfed hp flow).
Your 100 strat seems ok for now I guess, but it will only be less efficient as more characters release.
Also, don’t dismiss third wheels so quickly. many of the best teams in the game are threesomes. Thorkoye is great for pick 2 play. But thorkoye + 2099 is sublime. Or gritty + bishop. And hawkeye/coulson/gamora is arguably the single best challenge node team in the game for those without 550s.
