Why can't I play as characters I like
I feel like this game is flawed because it was built upon a flawed base. The game is built around bringing in stronger champions as time progressed, but this is where the inherent issues lie. If you are making a Marvel game, you bring in the most popular characters first. Because of this, most characters that were used to draw players into the game (and still do) are some of the worst characters in it. Iron Fist, for example, was one of the core characters added to the game around launch. He's basically been untouched for years and still has the cookie cutter animations, abilities, and special attacks that were present at launch. He even has OG Black Panther's idle animation for god's sake. He's one of my favorite Marvel characters and is left in the dust. I feel like Kabam has no interest in rebooting these original characters from a business standpoint - it wouldn't be profitable and it shows in that only two characters are being buffed each month. It could be years before he even gets looked at. As a player who has had this game since practically launch, it pains me to see characters like Iron Fist be left to dry when you compare him to the newer characters with awesome abilities and animations. I hate playing him and seeing Black Panther's animations, Vision and Black Widow's special attacks, and abilities that are one sentence long or less. It is a shame. Players shouldn't be forced into hoping for a Dr. Doom or Quake to play any content besides Arena, but when you combine super specific nodes and fun and interactive damage, characters that were in the base game get absolutely obliterated and thus become objects of dread once you pull them. You shouldn't be disappointed to see your favorite character pop out of a crystal, but Kabam manages to invoke that feeling of disappointment anyways - because in the grand scale of things, the champion will likely be useless for years to come. I have a dream that one day I can play with characters that I like not because they are broken OP but because I like them for who they are. But until that day comes I will cheese all the content in this game with Ghost and Quake. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
