If you hold back 1 “top” champ from each class (ex. Herc, Kitty, Doom, Fury, Ghost, Scorpion) I think everyone would be fine. Hold 2 champs (ex. CGR, Apoc, Tigra, Kingpin, Nimrod, Quicksilver) and I think you’re pushing and a small percentage of people are angry and start to hoard. Once you get to 3 champs in each missing (ex. Hulkling, Bishop, Rintrah, Shang Chi, Warlock, iBom) I think that’s the tipping point for many, where the hoarding happens, anger hits, forum posts begin, etc…and the numbers only rise from there.
I cant imagine why the 7* basic pool wouldnt be the same as a 6* any balancing they have needed to do for 6* champs should follow through to 7*
But yeah ill keep them if that is the case. But i dont have any reason to think it will be
When Kabam rolled out 5*'s the pool was extremely limited and wasn't updated for nearly a year. 6*'s were kind of the same. A very limited pool of 24 bad to average champions
Here's the list of initial champions released when 5 and 6*'s were released:
I don’t really think they’ll add broken champs like herc, aa, kitty, hulkling, galan, etc… but I do think we will have really good champs, maybe masacre, Angela, KG, moleman.
An important thing to note here is that most of these champs have either been buffed since their 6* debut or have been given good synergies through newer champs.
The original 6* pool, as it was, was mostly garbage … I’d expect the same from the first 7* pool.
Green goblin and pre-buff Angela were the only two champs people hunted in the initial pool. Drax wasn't too bad either.
I am going to open no matter what. It took so long to start awakening 6 stars. There are simply too many good champs these days for Kabam to put out a limited pool.
They say they learned their lessons from how they did the six star release. Maybe that is simply talking about the close proximity to the five star release. Maybe that is including how they slowly introduced champs that should have been in the crystal day 1. Time will tell but regardless of what happens, I want to open it.
An important thing to note here is that most of these champs have either been buffed since their 6* debut or have been given good synergies through newer champs.
The original 6* pool, as it was, was mostly garbage … I’d expect the same from the first 7* pool.
Yeah, the only champions that were buffed from those initial 6*'s were Rulk, LC, and WS via KM synergy. Those buffs were rolled out with (or around the time of) the release of those initial 6*'s. The other 12 were buffed in the last couple years or so.
I only have 1k 7* shards so far. By the time I open my first one the pool probably have expanded once or twice. I'll open it anyways though. Can't build a 7* roster if you don't open them. That includes trash to go along with the good stuff.
I just hope most in the pool don’t need awakening. My nightmare is a 7* Namor as my first.
Lmao. Namor was my 2nd 6*. Now with 100+ 6*s and paragon, he still sits unduped at rank 1.
I’m in a very similar boat my friend, my very first 6* champ was Aegon, I still don’t even have the 5* version. Still at rank 1 Unduped even tho I’m paragon.
Imo, the pool will be 4/5ths garbage with a few upper tier champs (like Namor, Mojo, Colossus, CapIW, Thing, Guardian, Mysterio, Falcon, Medusa—along those lines). Anything less would be a huge lost opportunity for Kabam. This will be the time when 7-star shards are the most rare they ever will be. Meaning, they can charge a premium for them. If there are no champs worth going for; that is lost revenue.
For the game’s sake, I hope there are a couple chase champs so the whales can go ham on the crystals.
For the game’s sake, I hope there are a couple chase champs so the whales can go ham on the crystals.
They won’t have to pay for any, unless Kabam does some special crystals with premium champs that you can only get with units.
There are quite a few accounts out there there already have several hundreds of thousands 7* shards acquired.
Magus has close to 9 million 6* shards, if you include his unopposed fully formed crystals … if he popped all of them as basics, he’d have close to 250K 7* shards.
If 7* champs will follow the 10K basic rule, he could open 25 crystals on day one without even making a dent in his current 7* stash which is probably already in the 1M range.
He’s a major outlier tho lol. His account situation is nothing like 99.99% of people playing. But for the people who are able to pop 10+ and climbing (assuming 10k opening) there has to be some chase champs, like a decent number of them, to even pop the crystals imo.
The funny thing tho, if they go mainly trash champs, some mid champs, but also put Herc in it, every one would pop all their crystals and buy more lol.
It would be nice if they didn't place any champions in the pool who haven't been through the rebalancing/buff programs. Or reviewed and assessed as 'adequate'
I mean that still leaves Nova, Psycho-man and Guillotine in there, but still...
Personally I’m going to wait at least until after the 4th of July sale to pop any 7* crystals idc who is in the pool. Currently at 25k shards hoping to get to 100k before I pop. I do wonder if 7* will be added to cavalier crystals or if/when Kabam will introduce a paragon hero crystal with a chance for 4-7 star champs
Personally I’m going to wait at least until after the 4th of July sale to pop any 7* crystals idc who is in the pool. Currently at 25k shards hoping to get to 100k before I pop. I do wonder if 7* will be added to cavalier crystals or if/when Kabam will introduce a paragon hero crystal with a chance for 4-7 star champs
Actually that (4-7* paragon crystals) makes A LOT of sense. Probably needs to be it’s own post.
I was playing back when 5* dropped and immediately spent my shards and got a 5* rhino.
Hahahaha. I know a guy who had sold all his 4* just to pull a 5 * rhino he rage quit after that lol. My first 2 was classic spider-man smh. If history says anything the first pool of 7* will be trash.
Typically that has been how it has been done, champs put in the crystals in batches. Some that have been in game since the first year where withheld as "Too OP!" Thor, SW, DS, a few others, (only recently added to crystals) and those that are broken and too difficult to fix short term. There will be mostly garbage, a handful of champs calculated to cause spending to gamble for them...the patterns have not changed in 7 years, don't expect they will now. We don't want too many added at once anyway! Makes it far less likely you will dupe them, even if you pulled a solid champ from one early on.
I was playing back when 5* dropped and immediately spent my shards and got a 5* rhino.
Hahahaha. I know a guy who had sold all his 4* just to pull a 5 * rhino he rage quit after that lol. My first 2 was classic spider-man smh. If history says anything the first pool of 7* will be trash.
I was playing back when 5* dropped and immediately spent my shards and got a 5* rhino.
Hahahaha. I know a guy who had sold all his 4* just to pull a 5 * rhino he rage quit after that lol. My first 2 was classic spider-man smh. If history says anything the first pool of 7* will be trash.
I sold my 4* Joe Fixit in order to fill out my first 5* crystal. I pulled a 5* Star Lord. Sold Joe Fixit every time I pulled him after that until Kabam removed the option. Now my 4* Fixit is max sig lol. I'd still sell him if I could.
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Meanwhile, where’s 6* Magik?
6*'s were kind of the same. A very limited pool of 24 bad to average champions
Here's the list of initial champions released when 5 and 6*'s were released:
So Magik was in the FIRST 5* pool in 2015 … and in 2023 we’re STILL waiting on the 6* … wow! C’mon Kabam
They say they learned their lessons from how they did the six star release. Maybe that is simply talking about the close proximity to the five star release. Maybe that is including how they slowly introduced champs that should have been in the crystal day 1. Time will tell but regardless of what happens, I want to open it.
Imo, the pool will be 4/5ths garbage with a few upper tier champs (like Namor, Mojo, Colossus, CapIW, Thing, Guardian, Mysterio, Falcon, Medusa—along those lines). Anything less would be a huge lost opportunity for Kabam. This will be the time when 7-star shards are the most rare they ever will be. Meaning, they can charge a premium for them. If there are no champs worth going for; that is lost revenue.
For the game’s sake, I hope there are a couple chase champs so the whales can go ham on the crystals.
He’s a major outlier tho lol. His account situation is nothing like 99.99% of people playing. But for the people who are able to pop 10+ and climbing (assuming 10k opening) there has to be some chase champs, like a decent number of them, to even pop the crystals imo.
The funny thing tho, if they go mainly trash champs, some mid champs, but also put Herc in it, every one would pop all their crystals and buy more lol.
Someone said maybe spring cleaning. When is that?
But im also a degenerate so ill likely open soon as i can 🤣
I mean that still leaves Nova, Psycho-man and Guillotine in there, but still...
There will be mostly garbage, a handful of champs calculated to cause spending to gamble for them...the patterns have not changed in 7 years, don't expect they will now.
We don't want too many added at once anyway! Makes it far less likely you will dupe them, even if you pulled a solid champ from one early on.