Question for all the 40 pack purchasers

[moogles85]

@mango_sentinel

@stlramz

So I know from way back in the day, the general rule of thumb is to buy covers for specific characters instead of leaving it to chance in cover packs.

This has been true ever since they removed the guaranteed character from packs, but how “worth it” is a 40 cover pack purchase?

I currently have enough HP that a small purchase will get me to 11k and enough for the 40 heroic that includes a legendary. Can anyone give an opinion on whether going with the 40 is any more lucrative than the 3-4 covers I could purchase out right? I only have one 4* at 13 covers total and am missing some key covers (3/0/2 Jean Grey for instance). Any information would be helpful.

I was a big 40 pack purchaser when still early in the 3 star realm. I’ve had remarkable 4 star luck in my 40 packs, but now that my 3 star roster is completely full, I only get 40 packs when a new 4 star is released and their PVP event comes AND its a character I actually want. Only other time is a DDQ 40 pack for some health packs/iso with a 4 star/leg token chance.

If you want to cover a specific character, especially a 4 star absolutely buy the covers outright. It’s less fun but it makes sense if 95% of what you will pull from a 40pack is garbage.

I would agree here. Push to 1k and get the 4* covers, once your 4* is closer to being complete, then buy the covers. Generally the 5th cover in any colour is required for the character to be more useful.

If your luck is really bad, you could buy the rest of the covers for JG (5/0/5) and then pull a purple/green after you maxed it while you still need 3 blue covers.

[danae]

@stlramz

I have 31 fully covered 3* characters currently. Including many of the top tier (Fist, Cage, Thor, S Witch, Cyc, etc etc). I feel as though I’m knee deep in the 4* transition. I have a 222 fully covered X-Force Wolverine already.

Targeting characters is probably the smartest thing to do, I suppose.

I currently have:
4/1/4 X-Force DP
2/1/3 Professor
3/4/3 Fury
2/2/2 Carnage

If I was in your situation, I’d fully cover X-Force DP 5/3/5 given that you have X-Force Wolverine already fully covered. They partner well together and should allow you to consistently get the 1000 progression reward in PVP even if you don’t have any of the buffed characters at a decent level. However, this is with the assumption that you have the ISO to max level these 4*s. If you don’t, I’d wait to spend your HP until you can make effective use of whoever you’re leveling up.

[PeterGibbons316]

It’s rarely worth it. A couple times I have bought 40 packs that I think might be considered worth it…

• When Mystique was released I immediately realized the Winfinite combo with Magneto and bought 40-packs until I got all 3 of her covers, then maxed out her blue.
• When XPool was released I bought a 40-pack and pulled 3/4 of the covers from his vauilt.

Having Mystique/Magneto pre-nerf really jump-started my 3* transition. I was destroying PvE events and DDQ before I really should have been. It was expensive, but I think that was money well spent. The XPool maybe not as much, I’m still not sure yet. I’ve got him (5/1/5) and XFW (5/5/3) both at 220 and use them together all the time, but they really aren’t paying off for me like Mystique did

I wouldn’t buy a 40-pack for the legendary token. That’s over 11k HP. You could spend that on shields in PvP and earn 10x as many 4* covers, and potentially legendary tokens as well depending on your roster strength.