Marvel Puzzle Quest Discussion Thread

Gah, I really want the Daken rewards though.

I was planning to not even play Season 2 stuff for at least 4 days but I may play the last few hours of the Psylocke one to try and snag a Daken.

 
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BrolyB593 said:
Seeing as I waited to start Season 1 for a couple days and my bracket's top scorer had less than 10k, I think I will wait it out a bit again to hopefully get into another easy bracket.
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I'm going to do the same. Probably try and get a couple hours in at the end of Psylocke (Gold Daken covers!) and hope that no one else gives a sh*t about the season rewards (I don't either, but 10 packs are cool). I have no desire for another IM40 cover, so I'm not pushing for 3000 as fast as I can.

 
Yeah, immediately in to season 2.  Not sure if I want to wait, are you entered in a bracket when you first enter in a match?  I didn't even click to see the rewards in case that triggered it.

 
gravel said:
Yeah, immediately in to season 2. Not sure if I want to wait, are you entered in a bracket when you first enter in a match? I didn't even click to see the rewards in case that triggered it.
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First time you play a match locks you into that tournament's bracket, and a season bracket. The simulator locks you into a season bracket as well, even though it's not bracketed on its own.

 
I couldn't seem to move forward in that Ragnarok tournament at all. Think my measly 5 or 6 hundred points puts me in the 60s somewhere. Really wanted another psylocke, but oh well.

I'm probably too far behind in the Sentry event to even have a chance to catch up and get him.

 
gravel said:
Yeah, immediately in to season 2. Not sure if I want to wait, are you entered in a bracket when you first enter in a match? I didn't even click to see the rewards in case that triggered it.
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I think you don't get assigned a bracket until you get to a screen with gems on them. If you get as far as the final FIGHT button, then back all the way up, the leaderboard will still be unavailable.

EDIT: Nevermind, took too long to post.

And I got out of Krakadoom relatively unscathed. I was focusing on the story last night, so this morning I played all the way up to the last minute and got to 28. My discovery is that if you are paired with a high health mandatory and put out Hulk and Ares as your defensive team, you don't get attacked all that often because it's a grudge match. I was hit maybe four times in the entire tournament, only once in the last two hours. The down side is your fights are longer, as you're only using two or three colors. I was putting Punisher out instead of Ares, but he's my highest level and was taking all the gems - no option to move Hulk in front when I know a power is incoming.

I am dangerously close to spending real money on getting more black covers for Hulk - I think he's the primary reason people skip me.
 
Kojubat said:
I think you don't get assigned a bracket until you get to a screen with gems on them. If you get as far as the final FIGHT button, then back all the way up, the leaderboard will still be unavailable.

EDIT: Nevermind, took too long to post.

And I got out of Krakadoom relatively unscathed. I was focusing on the story last night, so this morning I played all the way up to the last minute and got to 28. My discovery is that if you are paired with a high health mandatory and put out Hulk and Ares as your defensive team, you don't get attacked all that often because it's a grudge match. I was hit maybe four times in the entire tournament, only once in the last two hours. The down side is your fights are longer, as you're only using two or three colors. I was putting Punisher out instead of Ares, but he's my highest level and was taking all the gems - no option to move Hulk in front when I know a power is incoming.

I am dangerously close to spending real money on getting more black covers for Hulk - I think he's the primary reason people skip me.
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I was just mentioning that above. I really want more Black for Hulk. Thor 3* and Hulk both leveled well into the 100s? I know I pass those teams all the time and I would assume most everyone else would as well.

 
ltrain23 said:
I think I could take this team...
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Ha, now thats funny. Did you win? I saw I was attacked twice & only won 1 of the matches. DIdnt pay attention to who since it was a positive gain. However I am glad that my defensive team was up, since that was the last team I used for a match. But Rags was the center character, so it looks like the highest level character is in center while lower characters are placed right & left in respective order from high to low.

As far as hulk goes, yes if you have a hulk with black at 5, def put him in a team and focus on him. Having punisher at level 141 isnt really scaring people off let me tell you. If you go that route make sure that Hulk is at the higher level so his anger power will be triggered. As Koju mentioned, if you have a higher level character who uses the same colors as hulk then they will have more tiles and no options for hulk to defend and activate them. Which is why I do enjoy my Hulk/BP/Classic mags team. Hulk is the tank & most powerful so he takes front. Ive tried to have a major power team Hulk/Punisher/Ares or Thor, but too much green usage in there it gets lost in translation.

Oh and psylocke tourney, I wonder how boosted mines gonna be. Maybe with the prodigal sun event there wont be all the crazies out. Although I do think people went stupid. Last 30 minutes of season 1 where did I lose my points? the simulator! I lost 91 points, do people not realize you could play the tournament and the simulator for season points? Just looked like everyone thought it was simulator only. New progression rewards for simulator/season 2 are meh. Still I do need another blue IM40 so thats nice.

 
downsouthtigger said:
As far as hulk goes, yes if you have a hulk with black at 5, def put him in a team and focus on him. Having punisher at level 141 isnt really scaring people off let me tell you. If you go that route make sure that Hulk is at the higher level so his anger power will be triggered. As Koju mentioned, if you have a higher level character who uses the same colors as hulk then they will have more tiles and no options for hulk to defend and activate them. Which is why I do enjoy my Hulk/BP/Classic mags team. Hulk is the tank & most powerful so he takes front. Ive tried to have a major power team Hulk/Punisher/Ares or Thor, but too much green usage in there it gets lost in translation.
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Now to just somehow get two more Black Hulk moves....

Did you mean you tried all three power characters like that using green?

I think a 3/5/5 Hulk would go well with my 3/5/5 Thor and OBW

 
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BrolyB593 said:
Did you mean you tried all three power characters like that using green?

I think a 3/5/5 Hulk would go well with my 3/5/5 Thor and OBW
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I prefer hulks green over his red for 3 reasons. 1) I loathe anything with self damage, I tolerate Ares because the countdown tile does replenish some health 2) I prefer the greens board clearing properties. It helps to shuffle the board sometimes. 3) I have so many other characters that have a better red; Punisher: 1 shot= death so yeah.

What I mean about the greens is too many powers you get overwhelmed & the computer AI will only go for the lowest power. So if you have Hulk/Ares/Punisher the computer is thowing of Ares green at 6 & feeding the enemy team green. You take a team like Punisher/Hulk/Thor and where do you go? Green puniser will make pretty good stike tiles, but Hulk can clear the board, and Thor will do team damage. Its like going to the ice cream store and having too many flavors to choose. Thats why having all 3 of them isnt a good idea and you need more of a rainbow team. At least punisher has the useable black for enemy team damage.

Thats also the reason I had the psylocke/hulk team up. I am trying desperately to get away from OBW/Ares or Thor combos. I want someone to fight me & say, oh thats new. Anyways Hulk & psylocke arent the best combo, but he uses green, she doesnt. She has a useable black & I prefer her making strke tiles with red than his self damage. Well Hell I guess they do make an OK pair after all, Maybe if I had a decent hood Id throw him in with them for a useable yellow & some AP stealing.

 
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Ha, now thats funny. Did you win? I saw I was attacked twice & only won 1 of the matches. DIdnt pay attention to who since it was a positive gain. However I am glad that my defensive team was up, since that was the last team I used for a match. But Rags was the center character, so it looks like the highest level character is in center while lower characters are placed right & left in respective order from high to low.
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Skipped it. Wasn't about to try and make you lose points, even if that's a battle I could win.

When looking at opponents, the featured character is always on the left hand side.

 
Hmmmm.

I only would want 3/5/5 with Hulk with the intent to pair him with Thor. My Thor's Green completely destroys teams. I then could at least, if the situation were right, use Hulk's red if there arent that many green left on the board.

With a team like Thor and Hulk, I feel like most people would skip that. Not only for strength but because of how much health you have to deal with so I feel the AI giving Hulk's green priority would not be that terrible of a thing.

 
ltrain23 said:
When looking at opponents, the featured character is always on the left hand side.
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On my game, the featured character is only on the left once in a blue moon, its always front and center. So thats weird to me, It was even weirder for me to see it since I knew he was center when I was playing.

Ah you couldve played me, Id be surprised how the computer controlled me. I have a feeling Id lose but I wonder how badly. I mean out of the 2 battles that the computer fought, I won 1, so thats a 50% win rate. Thats pretty successful defensive team if you ask me!

Plus trying different combos to see whats the most successful defensive team. The past couple days Ive had a Rags/Punisher/Black Panther defensive team up. That had a fairly high win rate as well. Not in the positive but only a loss of 8 points. I think people look at black panther and say wow he sucks. Playing on offense when you put up that BP blue & he makes protect tiles, I laugh as the opponent is hitting me with everything they got & it only takes 1 hit point away.

 
I've been using Magneto and Hulk. Mag has like three major cascade moves between his purple feeder for blue, and his blue and red destruction.

Couple that with Hulk's green destruction cascade and his black feeder and I can usually take out most people with one or two power activations.

Sometimes one power activations starts off a cascade that just feeds another power.

 
eldergamer said:
I've been using Magneto and Hulk. Mag has like three major cascade moves between his purple feeder for blue, and his blue and red destruction.

Couple that with Hulk's green destruction cascade and his black feeder and I can usually take out most people with one or two power activations.

Sometimes one power activations starts off a cascade that just feeds another power.
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Don't use that team the last time you play, though. Magneto's purple requires you to pick the right tiles to make it work properly. The computer NEVER picks the right tiles. EVER. When you're playing as Magneto as well, the computer doesn't focus on destroying his countdowns. Against another player, they will. MN Magneto is a solid offensive weapon, but a horrible liability on defense.

 
BrolyB593 said:
if the situation were right, use Hulk's red if there arent that many green left on the board.

With a team like Thor and Hulk, I feel like most people would skip that. Not only for strength but because of how much health you have to deal with so I feel the AI giving Hulk's green priority would not be that terrible of a thing.
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Yeah theyd look at that health pool and be like NAH, but ONLY if you have a hulk in the 100+ range. I tried using my hulk as a scare tactic, but being currently capped at 89, people figure he's worth a shot at.

Ugh I completely forgot Hulks red consumes green AP as well, thats another reason I dont use it. I use it so little that I forgot that fact. Anyways Im lazy I always try & count up the board to see how many green tiles there are before I use hulks red. After a while it gets annoying to have to do that. Nope there are 10, let me match this ok *cascade* FFFFUUUUUUUU!!!!!! Damn cascade brought in more green tiles......DAMMIT!!!! hmm repressed memory of why I dont use hulks red resurfacing. Its like Punisher red, I always look at enemy current health, look at enemy total health, figure out 40%, then decide how much more damage they need for a one shot kill. Its a game I shouldnt need to do so much math!

Stay in School kids, math is fundamental and you will use it. Im proof of that and so is this game.

 
downsouthtigger said:
Yeah theyd look at that health pool and be like NAH, but ONLY if you have a hulk in the 100+ range. I tried using my hulk as a scare tactic, but being currently capped at 89, people figure he's worth a shot at.

Ugh I completely forgot Hulks red consumes green AP as well, thats another reason I dont use it. I use it so little that I forgot that fact. Anyways Im lazy I always try & count up the board to see how many green tiles there are before I use hulks red. After a while it gets annoying to have to do that. Nope there are 10, let me match this ok *cascade* FFFFUUUUUUUU!!!!!! Damn cascade brought in more green tiles......DAMMIT!!!! hmm repressed memory of why I dont use hulks red resurfacing. Its like Punisher red, I always look at enemy current health, look at enemy total health, figure out 40%, then decide how much more damage they need for a one shot kill. Its a game I shouldnt need to do so much math!

Stay in School kids, math is fundamental and you will use it. Im proof of that and so is this game.
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I forgot his red consumes green as well... Lame.

Well I can get mine up to I think 128 right now because I am at 12/13 powers. BUT right now he is only like 65 I believe so I have a long ways away before he is truly 'scary' haha

I think I will just keep pumping my ISO into him for now then though because I know I skip over level 100+ Hulks all the time and after being attacked so much last time, I really want to give some sort of deterrent haha

 
Any opinions on properly specing modern Magneto? I've got him maxed at 5/4/4, and I've got a red cover to sell or use. I looked through some of our roster and Matt is the only person I could find who uses 5 red.

 
Too Damn High said:
Any opinions on properly specing modern Magneto? I've got him maxed at 5/4/4, and I've got a red cover to sell or use. I looked through some of our roster and Matt is the only person I could find who uses 5 red.
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Not sure which on you are referring to as 'modern' the 2 or 3 star?

Either way I would be no help hahah

I just sold my 2* Magneto and I only have like 3 points into powers with the 3*

 
Too Damn High said:
Any opinions on properly specing modern Magneto? I've got him maxed at 5/4/4, and I've got a red cover to sell or use. I looked through some of our roster and Matt is the only person I could find who uses 5 red.
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You have to weigh what you're actually using him for.

Are you using him as a damage dealer, a blue generator, or a board clearer?

Personally, I use him as support for another character with a kickin' blue power, so I'm trying to get him to 4/5/4.

Here's my thought:

At 5 blue, he clears the entire board. Useful in PvE to clear counters, not as much in PvP. Also costs 4 more AP

Since I don't use that power very often because he's paired with another character that has a strong blue (OBW, CStorm), I'm okay with keeping this power's cost lower and only destroying 29 tiles.

5 purple is mandatory for me as a blue generator, because it lets you add 5 blue where you want for 9 purple. Done.

With red at 4, he's dealing almost 2000 damage at max level for a 1 countdown tile, for 11 AP. Move this to level 5, and it costs 14, with the only damage increase being that it clears a 5x5 instead of a 3x3 around the CD tile.

So it all really boils down to how you plan on using him.

 
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Too Damn High said:
Any opinions on properly specing modern Magneto? I've got him maxed at 5/4/4, and I've got a red cover to sell or use. I looked through some of our roster and Matt is the only person I could find who uses 5 red.
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3/5/5 according to the wiki. Mine is 4/5/4 currently, but I am aiming for 3/5/5 when I get another red. I had 5 in blue, but it makes it a 4 turn countdown before it wipes the entire board. I also only really use him to heal with OBW in between matches, but I could see it being handy in simulator matches too.

I'm up to 5 Bullseyes now. Is it a complete waste to open a slot and keep him?

 
ltrain23 said:
Apparently the red power generates AP, which I was not aware of. That would make the most viable build 3/5/5. Then your blue only destroys 21 tiles, but is only a 2 countdown.
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The 5x5 block the Red move at 5 makes actually generates all that AP?!

Shit I did not know that, I assumed like all the others it didn't. If that is the case yeah 3/5/5 for sure haha

 
Well Im late to the party but before I sold him, I played around before coming to the 3/5/5 conclusion as well.

As ltrain said, 5 in purple, Mandatory! To be able to generate all that blue, is just a must, not just for his own blue but anyone elses. This is why he's paired with classic storm constantly.

I did the 5 in blue at first, to try it out.  Yes its total badass to be able to clear the board in 1 shot. I mean complete board gone, but the damage and countdown arent worth it.  Plus AP cost gets too high at that level.  Keep it at 3, low countdown, low ap cost, low damage.  

5 in red is a must too.  Large are board destruction, generates AP (which I did know, stay in school kids, reading is fundamental too!) high damage, and decent cost (?)

The reason why I, and possible Broly, sold him off is that he's a weird character.  He's ok on offense and support, not the best, not the worst.  I actually dont use him as much as I should & his power set doesnt hold a candle to classic mags.  Plus in a OBW/Ares or Thor team he does not mesh well, as him & OBW compete for tiles.  He's like Modern Hawkeye, which I do like, but not in my main team. Which is why my level 85 M Hawk guy got sold off too.

 
I enjoyed playing MN Magneto with IM40 in the PvE event a little while ago with the limited roster. Having IM40 boosted, his high health, and feeding him blue meant Ballistic Salvo was doing crazy damage in multiple matches in a row.

Unboosted, I think it ends up being too inefficient to be effective, but I am curious to see a 141 version of IM40 spec'd to use this particular team up.
 
Season 1 rewards are taking a while arent they? Probably messed up when they had that incident for the last event.

Anyways MN mags is great for PVE, I do use him for that.  So I understand his power set & know that he's fun to use. I never tried pairing him with IM40 since I think that BS is well BS. I only have 1 cover for that power, which I call BS on too...

I still say there should be a 2 & 4* Iron man though.  I would love to see some hulkbuster armor as a 4*.   Considering how horrible they made the 3* version, all that AP drain is not made up by recharge, which stuns you.... 1* Iron man would be awesome if he was powered up more as his skill set is actually pretty damn useful.

Oh & After selling 2*s: Cap, Hawkeye, Mags, Moonstone & Wolverine, I Finally got my 1st M Hawkeye cover. Crazy they were giving them away like candy, now its nothing.  Not getting any Caps or Mags either, but Bullseye, damn.  Started another Bullseye & sold off my level 20 for 5k iso. Thankfully I have 5 in Ares Yellow, so I get to use that Yellow Ares cover (I got from MP rewards) to make another from scratch. 

 
side note, switched back to flex T9, from swype. Works better in general and doesnt have any issues in Chat.  Auto Spaces somywordsdontruntogether like that anymore. I know swiftkey was having issues & swype was ok. FlexT9 is no longer available but you should be able to find an APK or if you got it from Amazon it should be in your cloud.

You never really know how much you miss something (like auto space) until its gone. Its amazing how Nuance did so well with FlexT9 but when they took over swype they completely forgot how to make it as good.  

 
downsouthtigger said:
Oh & After selling 2*s: Cap, Hawkeye, Mags, Moonstone & Wolverine, I Finally got my 1st M Hawkeye cover. Crazy they were giving them away like candy, now its nothing. Not getting any Caps or Mags either, but Bullseye, damn. Started another Bullseye & sold off my level 20 for 5k iso. Thankfully I have 5 in Ares Yellow, so I get to use that Yellow Ares cover (I got from MP rewards) to make another from scratch.
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Is there profit to be made leveling up a character, then selling it off? It never seemed like it to me, except way back when they adjusted Wolverine and Thor and let you sell them off at an elevated rate.
 
Kojubat said:
Is there profit to be made leveling up a character, then selling it off? It never seemed like it to me, except way back when they adjusted Wolverine and Thor and let you sell them off at an elevated rate.
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There isnt in terms of leveling their levels, though I wonder if there is a profit then for leveling the powers?

Like 4 Bullseyes by themselves would be 1000 ISO total but I wonder if you trained them all into one if you would get more than the 1000?

That could be exactly what you meant hahah

Either way I wonder this too then! Someone with an open slot should test it out.

 
Kojubat said:
Is there profit to be made leveling up a character, then selling it off? It never seemed like it to me, except way back when they adjusted Wolverine and Thor and let you sell them off at an elevated rate.
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Probably not for what I put into it, but to be able to get $30+ worth of ISO back all at once for a level 85 2* that Im not really using, was worth it. Gave me enough Iso to push my punisher to level 141 in one shot.

I broke it down it would take 50 2* Hawkeye covers @ 250 iso each to equal selling off 1 level 85 2* Hawkeye. Plus my deciding factor was what covers do I usually get & how easy would it be to rebuild a character to the specs I wanted. I kept my OBW, Classic Storm, Ares, and Thor of course, but the other guys covers come so easily. Level 50 1* storm got me 5k iso, but I keep geting her covers so its not an issue when it comes to rebuilding. Also the ones I sell off arent my pvp characters or 3*s, so any iso I gain helps me level up the ones I keep & frees up inventory slots.

 
BrolyB593 said:
There isnt in terms of leveling their levels, though I wonder if there is a profit then for leveling the powers?
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Levels are what counts in their sales, the higher the level the more Iso you get back.

I had a venom I kept, because I kept getting covers. I never leveled him & had him at 5/5, when I went to sell him it was 100 iso, because he was at level 1 regardless of how many powers he had. So instead of selling covers individual at 100 each, it saw the level 1 venom as it would a single cover.

 
downsouthtigger said:
Probably not for what I put into it, but to be able to get $30+ worth of ISO back all at once for a level 85 2* that Im not really using, was worth it. Gave me enough Iso to push my punisher to level 141 in one shot.

I broke it down it would take 50 2* Hawkeye covers @ 250 iso each to equal selling off 1 level 85 2* Hawkeye.
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But how much iso did you pump into him to get him to level 85? It's definitely not worth it.

To answer Broly's question above, DO NOT COMBINE THE COVERS if you're going to sell. 4 Bullseye's are worth 1000 iso. Put all 4 into one character and don't touch his levels. Guess how much that character is worth. 250 iso. Yep. It has everything to do with the level, and nothing to do with the number of covers.

Edit: Pounced.

 
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Edit: Pounced.
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Lol the american term is Ninja'd :cool: *wait where the hell is the ninja smiley? Or is that another forum?*

Thats why I said the cost of selling wasnt worth the cost I put into it, but the huge shot of Iso at once is amazing. I can always get more 2* covers, I can always get more iso to level them up. My main concern is getting my 3*s as high as possible, as soon as possible. I can always work on 1&2* characters later. I remember it wasnt that hard to get a 2* up to level 85 as it is getting a 3* up to level 141. Once you get to level 120 on a 3* you do anything to get those last 20 levels. Given the choice Im glad I chose punisher over psylocke, of course now she has that tournament though... :whistle2:k

 
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I was literally just screaming with excitement in my apt. My neighbors already think I am crazy whatever.

I opened up my 10 pack from being #30 in Season 1 and I LITERALLY GOT ALL THREE COVERS I WANTED

I got a Black Punisher so he is now 4/4/5

I got a Black Hulk so he is now 5/4/4 (ideal build is likely 3/5/5 but for now I am stoked to have him maxed and have more black)

I got.... MY BLUE DOOM FINALLY hahahah oh man. Finally. Doom is only 5/1 but whatever he can at least be mildly useful for now

I also got a Purple Daredevil who is now 5/1/2 but really, who gives a shit about him when I got those three above?

Seriously, I am so stoke right now it is ridiculous. That is like, the best luck EVER in this game for me.

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*Edit*

Just saw that Hulk's black move at 5 hurts the team? Hmmm Perhaps a 5/4/4 build isnt that bad after all. Once I get to play with him leveled up I will see if I want him 4/5/4

 
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As Broly has mentioned, the game is now just mocking me. It knows I desire as many Bullseye covers as possible, so instead of giving me what I want, it decided to give me something else. This was a pull from a standard token no less.

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BrolyB593 said:
I also got a Purple Daredevil who is now 5/1/2 but really, who gives a shit about him when I got those three above?
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Lol pretty good luck with the drops, I have 8 from the tournament & seeing where I placed in the lightning round, so hopefully I have 9 after that. Oh Lightning round just came in, I made top 50, so I got 2 heroics! lol wut? I have 10 heroic tokens, it lets me do 10 1-time pulls, not the heroic 10 pack, thats dumb as hell, but answers my question about saving them to redeem them at once.

Oh and that was my daily reward, a purple daredevil, so I give a shit! :shame:

 
BrolyB593 said:
Just saw that Hulk's black move at 5 hurts the team? Hmmm Perhaps a 5/4/4 build isnt that bad after all. Once I get to play with him leveled up I will see if I want him 4/5/4
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What? Man, what is the fascination with powers that hurt your own team? I guess at max it only does 74 to yours and 148 to the opponent, but I'd rather just have the extra green tile instead of the damage to both sides.

Congrats on the pulls. You are crazy lucky with the random aspects of this game. My season rewards got me a bunch of 2*s I had no use for. I swear Moonstone is my version of the Overly Attached Girlfriend.

I get my purple Daredevil daily tomorrow, woo.
 
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