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There are obvious champs that we may never see as 7* (Quake, Herc) and some that may only be released as 7* in monetized events or as special prizes (Magik, Kitty, Wolverine, e.g.) while still others may be on hold because they could be too effective with 7* stats (Hulkling, Scorpion, Valk, e.g.).

But there’s a large-ish group of good to very good champs who aren’t game breaking but can still be effective in their current state as 7*.

For example:

Tech: Nimrod, Silver Centurion, Star-Lord
Mutant: Toad, Jubilee, Cable
Science: Cassie, Miles, Wasp, YJ
Skill: Agent Venom, Stealth Spidey
Cosmic: Champion, Thor, Ikaris
Mystic: Mephisto, Morningstar, Claire Voyant

What’s holding back releasing champs like this in a special crystal or generally?

Dr. Zola

If possible can someone help in creating a spreadsheet for this?

@simula67 is already cooking one.

I explored Act 8 earlier this year. It was pretty easy.
I can't even imagine doing it with my current roster.
Just dive in and pick the worst counter you have for each fight and move on to the next, it will work itself out.
No need to plan for this if you've 100% Necro, EoP, WoF, etc.

Same. I came back from a 2 year hiatus (2023-February 2025).

I only explored 8.1 back then, so going back to the game earlier this year, I was presented with a ton lot of Act content to explore (8.2-8.4 exploration).
I only had 1 6*R5 champion, less than 10 6*R4, and 6 7*R1 champs (I quit a few weeks after 7*s were introduced) and I still managed to explore the whole thing up to 9.1 in a few weeks.

It's easy, yes, but having a planner really helps alleviate some menial thinking... and most of us playing this game are Planner Junkies.

Amazed they haven’t acknowledged this and have said nothing. Her main design was around the SP3 rotation while having some other nice utility. Without the SP3 working as originally intended, she is just so bad to use now. Surely they can think of a fix and get it done. If not, then we should receive rank down tickets.

Think we can safely say they don’t care. The fixed a pro player ability quickly once it was made widely known (silk-lock) and broke something else that doesn’t help players and trivializes the players’ rank up… so now we are on a completely different timeline - because this type of problems isn’t even a blip on their radar.

Every champion we rank up runs the risk of being Titania’d… really makes you want to invest real-life resources into the game huh?

I don't entirely understand the question here.
We consistently release new Champions to the 7 Star pool in various ways.

There are 8 new 7 Star Champions coming in August -

Are you wanting us to just mass drop every 7 Star into the pool all at once?

Quote a simple question really. What’s stopping you from increasing the release cadence of champions not available as 7*’s?

We’re already at the rank 4 progression of 7* and there’s a lot of champions not released in the highest rarity. At the pace we’re on we’ll be moving towards 8* before the full champion pool has been released as 7*’s.

That's exactly how it was with 6* though. We had a ton of 5* left behind for a long time.

It was obviously a few years ago now, but I don’t recall the release cadence being anywhere near as slow as it is for 7*’s currently.

There's a reason for it that Mike already stated. If they give us all champs in-game as 7* right now, what exactly would there be to look forward to? Also, how would you rank any of them up? There's a reason the game drip feeds you champs and rank up resources. You'd play for a month tops, get bored and delete the game. That's basically a console version of mortal kombat.

This thread isn’t asking for all champs to be released in one go. It’s questioning why certain champs who don’t particularly need a tune up or buff aren’t being released.

Incoming counter point before it gets used against everyone "you guys just got torch, red guardian, nick fury, fam, galan, and dark phoenix"

Like all but 1 of those was paywalled

That’s exactly what I was coming here to say — I definitely don’t want to speak for Zola, as the OP. But since we were asked to make the question more clear, that’s my question/concern:

To be clear, I absolutely want Kabam to make money. Because I want the game to exist. I spend as part of my entertainment budget, always have/will.

Yes, 7-stars are released in various ways. Which is great.

But are we really saying that 7-star Human Torch is “released”? Is that really the best phrase to describe what that is?

If a character is in a one of the Key events — which, again, is totally fine, because the game needs to generate revenue, and scarcity has value — is it really accurate to say Nick Fury is “released”?

Again, the reason I care is that at some point, the older characters that aren’t getting any kinds of buffs or reworks/what-not — like Human Torch — should they really be getting paywalled by rarity?

To be clear, I am not saying that about, for example…Dark Phoenix. New character/kit, make money on the release. Go for it. I get it. I want it to happen.

Same with the Eidols and Deathless. Whatever else. Sell it and make money. Keep the game going.

But the old kits — the Thors and Yellowjackets of the world — it’s kinda awkward when those aren’t released by now. Because we hear it and understand: There is no more capacity for extensive reworks. So…those wouldn’t be paywalled. Right?

It feels uncomfortable to me, just thinking about it.

So, yeah, to answer the question, I absolutely do think there should be a dump of a chunk of characters into the 7-star Basic.

I absolutely there should be 7-star Class Crystals. I don’t understand why those don’t exist.

Because we are in 7r4, and while I totally understand a complete rework like Blue Cyclops being placed on the Platinum track and then the Titan crystal — because again, I do want Kabam to make money! I do! — it felt a little bit uncomfortable when Captain Britain’s relatively minor changes were placed on the track. People can certainly disagree with me there, but that felt like a straight-to-basic kit.

That’s where I am. That’s why I agree with the OP — if there’s not a ton of capacity for reworks, and some of those kits are just “fine,” and the two new releases a month are still going…IDK. The Key system, the 7-star Human Torch…IDK, man.

It’s starting to make even me, someone who spends and wants Kabam to make money, a little uncomfortable.