I saw it, and I’m pretty sure I know which character it’s supposed to reference, but then I spent a few minutes trying to double check and the clue disappeared.
I think it’s just early, and if it’s for the character two weeks from Thursday, we normally wouldn’t see the clue until next week anyways, right? Regardless, it wasn’t a clue for Ronin, so I assume it was removed so we can focus on one new character at a time.
The clue timing has been off lately. Usually the clue appears on a Monday with Release notes, and you get the character reveal the following Mon/Tue and released Thursday, so about 10 days later.
Then the Thanos clue showed up on R175 notes on 4/1, but Thanos didn’t get revealed for 2 weeks until 4/15 and released 4/18. 17 days later.
4/15 also saw the R176 release and notes, and the Ronin clue (despite him being thoroughly revealed via D3go email). And Ronin is revealed today, released 5/2/19. Again 17 days later.
So if there is going to be a character in 2 weeks, would they post a clue with the release notes for R178 in 2 weeks? The day they are (presumably) revealed? Time will tell.
My theory is they had to delay Thanos and Ronin to be closer to Endgame, which may have thrown off their release pattern by a week. And they wanted to maintain the clue idea and had to go with the extra long leadtime.
Hmm… @Brigby are you saying that prior to R177, you DIDN’T hope that we were enjoying the Avengers: Endgame Celebration? – but, that hope was patched-in just now?
Every update at least has some kind of push for the planned events and your access to them. There are probably some tweaks that aren’t visible to players that impact the game’s performance etc as well.
With Thanos and Ronin the past 2 releases, the next character will likely be a 5*. The typical release pattern to date is 4/4/5, but sometimes they “skip” a 4 and just release one 4 between 5’s. There are also a couple times when 3 4’s were released In a row.
Which is sad because newer players really are getting screwed in general. When I first started a new 4 or 5 star just meant one more character I couldn’t afford to roster.
Already got Thanos (Never needed the gauntlet to beat you) and Hawkeye (can we start respecting him now?)
Still hoping for that 5* Iron Man (Nanotech). Other options?:
Hulk (the trailers didn’t spoil it?)
Thor (the trailers didn’t spoil that either!?)
Scarlet Witch (held off Thanos with 5 stones, why is she a 3*?)
Ant Man (well maybe we can skip Ant Man)
War Machine (have to upgrade the suit eventually, right?)
Other (Disney left a surprising amount of stuff out of the trailers)
Mew Two (well, that was spoiled already, learn a thing or two from Disney)