Just realized we have done 15 4* DDQ battles, so it might be a good time to check the completion rate - particularly since the last 5 battles have included 3 considered extremely difficult (Starlord, Thing and now Captain America), 1 considered very easy (Professor X) and one somewhere inbetween (Kingpin).
The 15 battles so far, taken from the Tips and Guides forum:
:wolverine: X-Force vs.
Sexy Cyclops
Fury vs.
3 star Magneto
IW vs.
Quacksilver
HB vs.
Incredible Bulk
X-Pool vs.
X-Force
4hor vs.
rags
The Land Before Time vs.
Squirrels
Electra vs.
Blade
A Bug’s Life vs.
Teen Jean
Star-Lord vs.
The Deadliest Woman in the Universe
Prof The Bald & the Beautiful vs.
Minimum Carnage
Kingpin vs.
Luck Cage
Maximum Carnage vs.
Dr. Octopus
Clobberin’ Time vs.
Flame On!
Captain Falcon vs :captmarvel: Captain Marvel
And for fun, we can always speculate a bit about how we’ll do with the upcoming battles:
:jeangrey: Future Phoenix from the Past
Mr. Fantastic
Iceman from the Past
Sexier Cyclops
Rulk
Girlverine
Ghost Rider
Totally Awesome Chulk
Personally, I am 15/15 so far, and should have little issue with Jean Grey (11 covers), Mr Fantastic (9 covers, 5 blue) or Iceman (9 covers, 3 in each). Cyclops (5/2/0 soon) should also be doable with a little luck. Rulk and X-23… well, it depends on how many covers I can get before they are up, they have 3 and 4 covers right now.
I missed on fury, xpool, dino, and now flaptain. fury and xpool will have chances by their next run. not keeping dino with roster slot costs and by the time flaptain runs again, i’ll probably have him better covered. jean should not be a problem and after that MFer at 2/3/4 (gonna be rough) and rulk at 1/4/1 are my only chances left. ice at -/1/2 (finished 21st and alliance 102nd for him - will always remember that night), cyke at 1/2/1 and x23 at -/1/2. GR will have a weak start unless I perfectly snipe a late bracket and same with TAH (not playing 7 day pves).
Beat every one through today, and should be able to beat JG.
Today was first failure, 2/2/0 and I won’t even try (team-mates having trouble with 4/5/2 and 5/4/3). Got a bit lucky with 1/2/5 thing. More failures to come soon with low covered Iceman, X23, MrF, RHulk, and Cyc.
REALLY WISH the 4* DDQ was set up like 3* DDQ. Have the 4* be essential (you must have it to earn it), and be a relatively easy battle that uses it - follwed by a harder node in which you can use any character to earn the -specific cover- rather than LT!
Also trying to calculate now…looks like 22 4* when GR is here. There were 34 3* when DDQ started running allowing you a daily shot at getting another 3* cover…daily 4* DDQ should be well on it’s way…
I was also perfect up until today. I’ve tried FalCap twice and failed miserably with a level 172 551. I know I need red but this matchup is ridiculous. My second match gave me a wonderful cascade allowing me to cast yellow and fill red. Unfortunately, it also led to her passive kicking in and firing her red wiping away all my shields. I don’t see any scenario where I can win with my Falcon, but I was probably supposed to fail.
I agree it should be more than it is. every other day or 2 per 5-day cycle would really help. its understandable that 4* should be slower than 3*, but feels like after a good stretch of progress, I’ve slowed to a crawl here.
The list of upcoming battles is a depressing reminder that, unless they cycle back to the start soon, I will be sitting on the sidelines until after Christmas
Yep, count me in as another one who just blew his perfect record thanks to Faptain. My 3/2/0 Faptain doesn’t stand a chance, even fully levelled to the maximum the covers allowed. Special thanks to RNGsus for giving me 20 repeat 4-star covers from Legendary Tokens and not even one Red Faptain.
I have been successful 8 times, today was most decidedly not one of them though it should have been as I have 8 covers and have dumped plenty of iso into him. I wish I had known that the devs intended to stab us in the back with match selection this time, I’d have used it elsewhere.
I managed to win with a level 172, 4/3/1 FalCap. Requires a lot of damage boosts and even more luck. It’s definitely possible although about as much fun as smacking your head against a brick wall.
I had to re-vote, after initially voting 6-8. I went back and counted, and I really only didn’t complete 4 battles.
with a 2/0/0 DP, I didn’t even bother. I think I tried once or twice with no boosts.
my fairly well covered and well leveled SL didn’t even stand a chance. After much frustration, I gave up.
more or less the same story as with DP. 0/2/1 KP wasn’t going to cut it.
to be honest, I expected more from FalCap, but unfortunately, the opponent is really meant to beat him.
That said, there were a number of other battles I truly struggled on, and I am sure most have. I don’t want to get into the unfairness of it, but I am certainly glad that TUs have been removed from here on in. I expect a bit of an easier time, even with all 270s from here on in, unless we are discussing new characters. I won’t bother trying to beat it with new characters, as it gives the devs the idea that I am “engaged,” which I am NOT when it comes to battles I can’t win.
3/2/2 level 131 StarLord. No chance against super Gamora.
0/1/2 level 90 Thing. Didn’t even try.
3/3/2 level 168 FalCap. Don’t see how I even have a chance. Marvel is way too strong.
Had a perfect run in 4* DDQ until this tinykitty one. 10 tries and the closest I got before dying was getting her down to about 4k health. Covered 5/3/2, and dumped some ISO into him, which I would now like back to put into someone else who is not the most useless character in the game. I’d give ISO to Rags before giving any more to this guy.
After 12 tries I finally managed to beat it with my 4/3/2 soft-capped at 188. I boosted +2 r/y and +50% r/y damage. Didn’t want to boost +all damage cause it starts costing hp, but also I did it a couple times and match 4’s and 5’s were setting off her passive sometimes, which is obviously no bueno. Once I realized I COULD do it if I could just amass 9 yellow and 28 red, I just set myself to that goal and kept trying. It’s really frustrating, but at least at that level you can eat a couple reds, or a red and a black and still survive.
As for the thread topic, pulling this one out keeps me 15/15. I will win JG as I’ve got her covered, but after that it’s downhill…Really hoping they go back to xf and give us some extra time to cover the newer ones.
Not a high vote total at the moment, but the survey was pretty much what I expected. Those who were already were strong in the 4* transition are benefitting the most from the 4* DDQ. I only have 2 4*'s with enough covers to win with. Of those two (XFW and IW), only IW was strong enough to win. I’ve picked up some more 4*'s since the beginning, but still are in 1 to 2 cover land for the majority. No 4* DDQ attempts for me anytime in the future.
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Upcoming Fights
1/4/2 @ 147, I actually got very lucky for cover drops during his release PVE and PVP, went 3/3 on his PVP tokens. He’s probably still worthless in a 1 on 1.
0/2/1 @ 90, 2 covers from his release PVE, 1 from a heroic token since then. I guess it’s nearly impossible to get covers for him.
I’ve only beaten the Carnage fight and that was a slog because mine is 1/3/5. I may have a shot when things roll over again because most of my LTs have been netting me old school covers like Fury, IW, Wolvie and 4thor.
