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I thought he’s a pure defender, rarely see him used on offense

Hopefully it is a consistent form of new content, but we can make a guess based on how other game modes and similar content has run in the past, like EoP or the winter of woe, spring of sorrow, etc. I’m also basing this assumption on the timing for new seasons of AW and BGs, or the time between alliance coliseum bosses.

There is usually a small to large break between these pieces of content, so we can probably assume it’ll be the same for solo coliseum. If I had to guess I would say that they’re planning to run another round, but it may not start up again until a month after the current one ends. That way it can be on a 3 month cycle, 2 on and 1 off, and 4 rounds can take place in a year.

However, it would also technically work to have a new one start up immediately and give us 6 rounds in a year. I hope that’s what the case is, but I think the former option is a lot more likely.

Also the fact that JJJ is metal, has instainstant shocks and relies on miss for damage. Not going to help much in countering Cap Britain or Onslaught

I’d be willing to bet we can name them all too, right off the dome.

Appreciate the small shoutout, and yeah it is very frustrating.

Just to explain sort of what I'm talking about in case some people didn't fully get it. J J Jameson has a decent kit, which on paper is designed to tackle the main challenges modern meta mutant defenders pose, however what he lacks is damage and this kills a lot of that value because champs like Jack Bastion Maker Solvarch are faster and therefore capable of achieving better results against the same exact defenders with maybe one or two exceptions. I'm not saying he should've been a nuke, not at all what I'm saying, but why not just give him some extra indefinite armor ups at the start of a BGs match to give him more damage as a result? Giving him more damage so he can actually be interchangeable with the other techs I mentioned isn't going to kill the game mode or break the balance, it's how you prevent the game mode from feeling stale and hollow because everyone continues to use the same 4-5 techs every single match.

A 40 deck change isn't just going to magically shake up the meta when the usual suspects are still the usual suspects. If I was running Maker Jack Bastion Solvarch before I'm not going to stop running Maker Jack Bastion Solvarch just because they added ten more spots to the deck. I might choose to add J J to my deck because I have to but 9 times out of 10 you won't catch me picking him over any of the other four I mentioned purely because of the damage and speed situation. In other words, if champ design doesn't change and they don't start making it so the usual suspects are interchangeable with other champs then a 40 deck change is going to have zero effect on the meta whatsoever IF you play competitively at least. Why on Earth would I handicap myself using J J when there are better options who can get me better results in a game mode when I'm trying to stay competitive? And sure you could make the argument that "not everyone is competitive" but is there any harm being done to casual BGs players by designing more champs that are interchangeable with the usual suspects? Absolutely not, no harm is being done to that demographic because the niche champ they like to use is now actually effective and more likely to get them wins.

Dr. Strange and Pav are perfect examples of what I'm talking about. Strange can replace your Kushala against Serpent and achieve same or better results. Similarly, Pav can replace your Nico against someone like Dark Phoenix and also get a score just as good as hers + he can handle Serpent too. This is what we need more of, we don't need more champs like J J and Lizard who were almost really good but a couple of things in their kits just prevented them almost completely from getting up there fully. They're obviously fully capable because they have been doing it to a certain extent, they just choose not to do it as often aw I think they , God knows why.

I need a PhD to understand how 7* ascension works and how my existing 7* champions are being excluded from ascension which makes them unviable in a year's time

Luckily I pulled my 7* Goldpool in the first round of squad builder. Now I don't have to continue grinding this underwhelming mode.

That's not how things work. People spend to lease access to whatever aspect of their game they are leasing. Whether that's items or content. It's impossible to cater to the likes of everyone who spends on the game, and we're not shareholders.

As for the Event, we're free to pass on it if we don't like it. I enjoy it overall, so playing it keeps me busy. I've been trying for a 6 or 7 star Goldpool, but nothing yet. Lots of Gold, a few Units, but nothing worth noting. The game is built around RNG. It's part of playing. If I only played for the good pulls I'd be miserable.