I started playing this game a few days ago and I have a few questions. I have played as Captain America and levelled him to 60, played through the game on all difficulties, bar some of Chapter 9 on Superheroic. I tend to tank/dps with him, throwing shield and Vibranium Smashing while I wail on a guy. These are my stats, bank etc for reference.
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1. I've tried playing Cosmic MODOK and I get my ass handed to me by the regular mobs, let alone getting to a boss. Why do I suck? xD
Cosmic terminals are the hardest content in the game right now. It seems normal that a new 60 - especially your first - won't immediately have the power to crush them.
If you want to improve his gear, I would suggest running Red terminals. They used to be the hardest stuff in the game and people farmed them for gear before Cosmics appeared.
2. I'll soon have 600 Eternity shards, I like Spider-Man in general, but I have a feeling Deadpool is a better charter in this game, or maybe I should get other heroes? Any advice?
I personally am still buying random heroes. But that's only because I didn't have any heroes I especially wanted to play. That said, I've had some awesome luck with the random boxes - Iron Man was my first one, for example. And I have only gotten 2 duplicates out of maybe 14 or so purchases.
But if you have a specific hero you want to play, there's nothing wrong with saving up splinters to get them. I have heard good things about Deadpool (though I haven't played him). Cable is strong. I have leveled Emma and Rocket Raccoon to 60 and they are both awesome heroes (but I'm partial to pet based heroes tbh).
3. In this Endgame state, what do I do? What are the goals? I don't like PVP, Midtown Madness has bad drops, I play X-Defence atm trying to get better gear.
Your endgame is whatever you want to do. If you want to get better gear for Cap, run terminals, XDef, MM. If that sounds boring, get another hero and fiddle with him.
I see you don't have a legendary yet - they cost 300 Odin Marks. So maybe you want to get a Legendary for Cap? Once you get one, you'll have to level it, which involves killing stuff.
Or, if you really really like Cap, you could prestige him - that involves getting an item from the Cube Shard vendor which resets him to level 1, so you can level him to 60 again (you can do this... maybe 5 more times?). Why do this? Because each time you do it, you get a costume, a pet (I think) and best of all.... your name color changes in chat! Yeah, it's awesome!
But seriously, some people just like prestiging their favorite heroes, because that's how much they like playing them.
You can also work on leveling your crafters by donating unwanted drops to them - leveling the main crafter to 20 unlocks lots of recipes you can use to craft stuff.
4. Just how rare are costume drops? I'm going round with high Special% and I've not encountered one yet. I know I need to focus on bosses which increases the chances, but as per question 1, i get beat up badly xD
Super rare. So rare that I wouldn't ever count on getting one. So when it does happen, you're happy.
Your crafter will have a recipe to craft a costume at level 20 I think. But it takes 3 costumes as input, and gives you a randome one back. So that's a way to turn unwanted costumes into (potentially) better ones.
5. How often do sales on things you pay for with 'G' happen? I'm putting off putting any money in until there is possibly a sale on bank space or something (I would one day like to have Spidey Noir costume, thats actually why i tried this game, but I now know that will take a lot of $$$ on Mark II Fortune cards =/)
They definitely have sales during special events - a recent one was a "buy one get one free" sale on heroes and costumes. And there was a big sale last Christmas. So I'd say sale events happen frequently, though the good deals vary.
6. Any other useful tips? I only started a few days ago so I'm very new, I like the game so far, just at a bit of a loss what to do other than play X-Defence, get Cube Shards, Eternity Splinters, credits and Odin Marks (Spend them) and level other heroes.
Hope you can help me, thanks =]
As above, I say do what you want. Lots of people hit 60 on a hero and immediately start over with a new guy. If there is a hero that appeals, save up splinters to get them. If not, get a random box. If that doesn't sound fun, run terminals or XDef or MM for drops. Just because you hit 60 doesn't mean you can't run around smashing stuff for fun!
