Frostinferno
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Looks like Crystal's uni gives her a new 5th skill. Hopefully it still CCs like Rock Tomb did.
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Marvel Future Fight |OT| To Me, My X-Men
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Shocker is a legitimately better character than 90% of the X-Men cast, so totally.
Frostinferno
Member
6600 crystals for the Magneto pack.
Ben Morales
Member
I was like, oh okay if I'm short of crystals I'll just grab a Stark Stash! NM was like Nope. lmao
Hey man, for the low low price of 100 fucking dollars you can get the X-Men advancement pack which comes with 6000 crystals. Yes that's right, the new X-Men pack which is 100 fucking dollars doesn't give you enough crystals to buy the magneto shit.
What a shitshow.
Ben Morales
Member
At least it's crystals you can slowly earn for free and not a hard paywall like Carnage and co.
It's a big number, but it's much, MUCH better than it being money only. And thankfully, the deluxe rewards are retro-active, so you still get them, even if you've completed the quest already. I'd be much more annoyed if this were not true.
There are 5 other "free" characters that all need to be upgraded too, in this update. While I know others have mountains of stuff saved up, I actually kinda like that I'll be able to skip a bunch of mission running and Bio-Farming on him once he's purchased. Now if only he came with all his equips auto-upgraded to 15 or so...
There are 5 other "free" characters that all need to be upgraded too, in this update. While I know others have mountains of stuff saved up, I actually kinda like that I'll be able to skip a bunch of mission running and Bio-Farming on him once he's purchased. Now if only he came with all his equips auto-upgraded to 15 or so...
AdawgDaFAB
Member
Hmmm, Tracking Missions are treated more like Story Missions than Memory Missions. No entry limit, 10 bios x-genes per day.
Also, Rank Up tickets do indeed work on the Tracking Quartet.
Also, Rank Up tickets do indeed work on the Tracking Quartet.
Ben Morales
Member
I really like that they are like story missions. I was hoping each difficulty had 10 x-genes but they are shared.
Palette Swap
Member
Taking a step back, it's a lot of crystals and disappointing when you have 4K crystals on hand, but the rewards seem decent if you clear the whole epic quest. Like Frost said earlier, this content isn't meant to be rushed through in a week.
I figure I'll do the epic quest, and by the time I'm done I'll have saved more than enough crystals to buy it. Getting the 4 other characters to T2 is going to take a looooooong time anyway.
I'm more annoyed by the new materials tbqh, taking up inventory slots and making sure you can't use the means already at your disposal. 10 x-genes a day per character means 90-100 days to make a character 6* with level 20 gears.
I figure I'll do the epic quest, and by the time I'm done I'll have saved more than enough crystals to buy it. Getting the 4 other characters to T2 is going to take a looooooong time anyway.
I'm more annoyed by the new materials tbqh, taking up inventory slots and making sure you can't use the means already at your disposal. 10 x-genes a day per character means 90-100 days to make a character 6* with level 20 gears.
AdawgDaFAB
Member
Datamined Epic Quest info
Research Requirements:
Quest 2 - 100x Dimension Debris
Quest 5 - 100x Red Norn Stones
Quest 11 - 1000x Dimension Debris
Quest 14 - 1000x Red Norn Stones
Quest 24 - 800x Chaos Norn Stones
Quest 31 - 5x Rank 4 Black Anti-Mater
Quest 41 - 1,000x M'kraan Shards
Quest 46 - 3x Rank 6 Black Anti-Mater
Quest 50 - 1,000x M'kraan Crystals
Quest 52 - 1,000x M'kraan Phoenix Feathers
- Rogue, Beast, Storm and Cyke all need to be 5* by the end of the questline.
Sidenote: Storm and Rouge need to be 5* and Beast 3* before Cyke's stage is unlocked.
Research Requirements:
Quest 2 - 100x Dimension Debris
Quest 5 - 100x Red Norn Stones
Quest 11 - 1000x Dimension Debris
Quest 14 - 1000x Red Norn Stones
Quest 24 - 800x Chaos Norn Stones
Quest 31 - 5x Rank 4 Black Anti-Mater
Quest 41 - 1,000x M'kraan Shards
Quest 46 - 3x Rank 6 Black Anti-Mater
Quest 50 - 1,000x M'kraan Crystals
Quest 52 - 1,000x M'kraan Phoenix Feathers
- Rogue, Beast, Storm and Cyke all need to be 5* by the end of the questline.
Sidenote: Storm and Rouge need to be 5* and Beast 3* before Cyke's stage is unlocked.
I would 3* rogue and 3* beast each if you can, for the epic quest. I spent them all on rogue before realizing I needed beast 3*.
Palette Swap
Member
That research is going to be a motherfucker. Again.
AdawgDaFAB
Member
I still think I'll stick to getting Dorm asap (1k r1BAM research set me back already from my just enough 8820 of yesterday), but I would be lying if I didn't say I was second guessing it. Heck, Cyclops' stage isn't even unlocked until a few quests past the 5x r4 BAM quest.
I'm not above spending crystals to bypass those.
Palette Swap
Member
Yeah, the way I see it, the critical path right now is opening up all the tracking quests to grind all the X-genes ASAP.
Looking at the list, and assuming you use all your tokens to get Beast and Rogue to 3*, and have all the materials, you can unlock Storm's stage on day one.
Afterwards, from Storm to Cyclops, you'll need to :
- rank up Storm to 5*. They give you 30 Storm genes, so that's 12 days to 4*, and you can use the 5* ticket we just got.
- rank up Rogue to 5*. Including the 10 genes they give you and the ones we got from the prerelease event, you'll need another 220 genes, so that's 22 days.
The good news, I guess, is that in the meantime, you'll probably get like 4k or 5k BAM1.
MRU tickets could help, but I'd rather focus my crystals on getting Mags.
(The real joke about Dorm is that you need to feed him 6,000 bios to get him to level 60, which is by far worse than the BAM requirements tbh)
AdawgDaFAB
Member
Day 2 for most people.
Quest 4: Royal Consent
[SPECIAL MISSION] Clear Homecoming Once.
Quest 16: Noises of the Jungle
[SPECIAL MISSION] Clear Jungle Boogie once.
Quest 18: Raging Storm
[TRACKING] Clear Weathering the Storm once. Wolverine must be used.
I suppose someone could blaze through 4-16 in <20 minutes, but I think this is the Day 1 stopping point.
Palette Swap
Member
Yeah, that was assuming you played optimally. It doesn't matter too much though, as in my scenario, Storm would reach 5* quicker than Rogue anyway
I haven't done this yet, because I knew I wouldn't have the time to play between the update and the daily refresh, so I'll trying doing this later today when the daily refresh hits.
I haven't done this yet, because I knew I wouldn't have the time to play between the update and the daily refresh, so I'll trying doing this later today when the daily refresh hits.
AdawgDaFAB
Member
Bu-Bu-Bu-But I have three 5* RU tickets and a MRU ticket (for Cyke).
Palette Swap
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Well, I'll see you guys with your fancy level 60 Wolverines and Phoenixes while I struggle with my 3* Cyclops!Bu-Bu-Bu-But I have three 5* RU tickets and a MRU ticket (for Cyke).
Unspeakable Evil
Member
Bah. Can't get into alliance to do alliance battle. No tokens for me :/
-Deadpool-
Member
Mate, if you can't get into Tights let me know and I'll boot a couple of the idles from Capes. We have a few that haven't logged in for like two weeks plus now that don't really need a spot.
Unspeakable Evil
Member
Guess I'll for Capes, thanks.
Id:Unspeakable Ed
-Deadpool-
Member
Just opened up a spot in Capes.
Send through an application and I'll add you.
Fright Zone
Member
Quest is going well so far, sure i'll hit a wall soon though.
Bummer about Mags. It'd only take 264 days to save for him with the daily crystals :-/
Bummer about Mags. It'd only take 264 days to save for him with the daily crystals :-/
Palette Swap
Member
More like 134 if you factor in 100 TL crystals a week and 300 sign in bonus crystals a month.
They might also do character ranking events like the past few weeks, which were essentially free crystals.
Unspeakable Evil
Member
Sent. Thanks again
Fright Zone
Member
Oh yeah I know we get loads of other crystals, but it's a long time either way.
I promised myself I wouldn't spend any more cash on this game but it's hard to resist sometimes.
Hit a wall on the quest, 1000 red norns, jeez. Only 200 away though so hopefully won't hold me up too long.
Palette Swap
Member
Going by my previous planning, I'll keep it for Scott, as by the time I get him, the others should be well on their way to 6*.
AdawgDaFAB
Member
Nice! I guess I'll use this for Storm and my current MRU for Scott.
Can someone confirm if the 15-20 gear situation is the same for the mutties (I'd imagine so). I usually average ~400 bios per character. Even after rank ups, it's gonna take a long time to T2 them at 10 x-genes a day.
I am so, so glad I saved up crystals. Still have some left for both new costumes. Had a bunch of rank up tickets saved up as well, and 4 t2 tickets, so I can bypass the early grind to 6 star and focus on gearing them up.
6600 crystals was kinda bullshit though, I have to say.
6600 crystals was kinda bullshit though, I have to say.
Human Trashcan
Banned
God only knows why but I started playing this again. I still had 2k crystals on my account, I bought Sharon and Silk's outfits (they're my only T2s). Somehow this game got even grindier and layered even more progression systems on top, jesus christ. I probably won't stick with it for very long because this is the grindiest game I've probably ever seen in my life but Sharon's animations in her new outfit are sick as hell. She even gets a Zarya graviton surge.
Palette Swap
Member
Hey, there's a Beast and Rogue character ranking event. I hope I manage to get a few crystals out of it.
Fright Zone
Member
Does a 6* MRU ticket take a character to 6* from zero?
From 1 star. You have to have unlocked the character.
Frostinferno
Member
You need them unlocked.
Palette Swap
Member
So yeah, just to confirm, it's entirely possible to unlock Storm's tracking mission works on day one if you already have the materials for research. The time between the 2 "clear a special mission" epic quests is short enough. The barrier comes from that second daily epic quest.
Frostinferno
Member
Seems like they've figured out Jean's costs. 6000 bios, 40.5mil gold, 4400 Feathers, 1350 M'kaan Crystals. Strictly factoring her costs only (and not all the pre-reqs to unlock her), she takes less time to max out than the 8800 guys (ThODorm).
Also some nice model upgrades happened in this update. Cap and Nebula look like their icon art now. Cap in particular had one of the ugliest models in the game with his default, so that's a nice update.
Also some nice model upgrades happened in this update. Cap and Nebula look like their icon art now. Cap in particular had one of the ugliest models in the game with his default, so that's a nice update.
I blame this on facetious statements of "pay anything to get to play as the X-Men"
On comic day too, no less.
Also, the Gwen headshot is terrible. I really hate it.
Why is Silk's bandages in the games instead of the Silkworm outfit?
Palette Swap
Member
Yeah, I really don't care for the Silk uni they chose. I eventually got it because functionally it's good and I like the character, but I don't like this look.
At least, after that ridiculous Amazon digital sale, I wasn't even tempted to spend real money for the X-stuff. I'm glad they didn't think of adding Kitty Pryde and paywalling her, though.
At least, after that ridiculous Amazon digital sale, I wasn't even tempted to spend real money for the X-stuff. I'm glad they didn't think of adding Kitty Pryde and paywalling her, though.
AdawgDaFAB
Member
I'm kinda surprised we didn't get any X-Unis yet. I assume we'll get bombarded with them eventually. Especially with how much this update wants to bleed everyone's crystal stashes dry.
Maybe they wanted to give people a chance to unlock the characters first? *Shrug* ¯\_(ツ_/¯
I'd love to get Young X-Men's white outfits and Mag's black outfit. However, if we get Young X unis it will probably be the current X-Men Blue suits.
Maybe they wanted to give people a chance to unlock the characters first? *Shrug* ¯\_(ツ
_/¯ I'd love to get Young X-Men's white outfits and Mag's black outfit. However, if we get Young X unis it will probably be the current X-Men Blue suits.
Frostinferno
Member
Quick and dirty observations on some of the new X-Men:
Wolverine - Roughly on par with the 4400 cost BO characters in terms of damage. Not as bursty as Proxima or Supergiant, but way better defense than any of them. Like I mentioned before, will be unkillable with an invincibility obelisk. Pretty much guaranteed to be the best combat character in the game. Poor Agent Venom barely had time to enjoy that title.
Magneto - Really good damage (without even factoring his T2 bonus to humans) and his i-frames and CC make him great for TL (though I wouldn't gear him for that). Definitely the character to invest your materials into first from the T1 portion of the mutant roster.
Jean - Lmao! It's Marvel vs. Capcom 3 all over again. She can beat Odin, Strange, Dormammu in TL on auto. And apparently 12-8 on auto as well.
Wolverine - Roughly on par with the 4400 cost BO characters in terms of damage. Not as bursty as Proxima or Supergiant, but way better defense than any of them. Like I mentioned before, will be unkillable with an invincibility obelisk. Pretty much guaranteed to be the best combat character in the game. Poor Agent Venom barely had time to enjoy that title.
Magneto - Really good damage (without even factoring his T2 bonus to humans) and his i-frames and CC make him great for TL (though I wouldn't gear him for that). Definitely the character to invest your materials into first from the T1 portion of the mutant roster.
Jean - Lmao! It's Marvel vs. Capcom 3 all over again. She can beat Odin, Strange, Dormammu in TL on auto. And apparently 12-8 on auto as well.
I'm kinda surprised we didn't get any X-Unis yet. I assume we'll get bombarded with them eventually. Especially with how much this update wants to bleed everyone's crystal stashes dry.
Maybe they wanted to give people a chance to unlock the characters first? *Shrug* ¯\_(ツ
Nothing surprising about it. They can pop a couple of uniforms out and call it a monthly update during dry periods.