Why are so many players trying to rush into ranked 6*s?
Worknprogress
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I'm legitimately curious to the thought process of some of you. I keep seeing more and more posts from people asking about ranking up mediocre unduped 6*s when they have 1-5 R5 5*s.
Why would you skip over far more beneficial R5 options that you can get sig levels into far easier that legitimately help you clear content just to say you have R2s?
The whole "preparing for the future" arguement doesn't even make sense in that case as by the time that player can actually dupe and sig up that 6*, what are the chances the champ will still be desirable/useful? How many champs that are 2 years old are you dying to sig up and rank? That's the situation you could be in with that 6*.
5*s are by no means useless and I'm not sure why some newer players are acting like they are now. I've currently got 18 R5s and 6 R2s. I took my 1st 6* to R2 when I had I think maybe 13 R5s. I still rank up 5*s if they're useful currently and don't understand why people feel the need to rush into ranking mediocre champs just bc they have an extra star.
Why would you skip over far more beneficial R5 options that you can get sig levels into far easier that legitimately help you clear content just to say you have R2s?
The whole "preparing for the future" arguement doesn't even make sense in that case as by the time that player can actually dupe and sig up that 6*, what are the chances the champ will still be desirable/useful? How many champs that are 2 years old are you dying to sig up and rank? That's the situation you could be in with that 6*.
5*s are by no means useless and I'm not sure why some newer players are acting like they are now. I've currently got 18 R5s and 6 R2s. I took my 1st 6* to R2 when I had I think maybe 13 R5s. I still rank up 5*s if they're useful currently and don't understand why people feel the need to rush into ranking mediocre champs just bc they have an extra star.
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For example, champions like Symbiote Supreme, Gladiator Hulk, Thing, Emma Frost, Venom the Duck, Venom, Sunspot, Warlock, Claire Voyant, Ghost, Corvus Glaive will do a lot more for your roster as 6* champions.
This is mainly due to slightly higher base stats and the adrenaline mechanic.
At what time should you start focusing on 6’s do you think?
Is it purely when you pull a worthy candidate for R2 or 3?
Or is it once you’re 5 star roster is diverse enough to get you through most of the content on Offer?
Things like that and future game content anticipation.
I remember when I explored act 4 I got the 4 t2a and thinking “well they’ll just sit in my inventory and collect dust, since I can barely get the t4cc to take a 4* to rank 5.” I wasn’t thinking of taking any of my 5*’s to rank 3. Cause I barely had any, and the ones I had were not as usefull as my 4*’s who were at rank 3 or 4.
It seems 5* and 6* champs are much easier to acquire as well as the resources needed to take a 5* or 6* to a higher rank have become much more available. With that I mean t4cc, t2a and even t5b is getting more common to gather, which results in that I keep seeing more and more players with multiple rank 5 5* champs who aren’t even Elder’s Bane. The planning ahead, the need to take your time to make rank-up decisions is less apparant/has diminished a fair bit.
Prestige also matters, as it gives more t5b in long run. 6* unduped do nothing for it
I currently only have two 5/65s - Corvus (sig 20) and Omega (sig 200). This doesn’t necessarily mean I’m not ‘ready’ to R2 a 6*, just on the basis that I don’t have an extensive 5/65 roster.
My next planned rankup is a 6* Captain Marvel (Movie) to R2, for two main reasons:
1. She’s currently my best option for the 6.2 Sinister, and will likely save me from having to dip into my unit stash to take him out.
2. I’d much rather use the 5* 4-5 rankup gems from the Variants to R5 my 5* champs, unless a specific need arises and I don’t have the relevant gem at hand. This way, I can continue saving T5B and T2A for appropriate 6* rankups when necessary.
Personally I believe this is the most resource-efficient approach moving forwards into 2020, especially with the 4th Variant just round the corner (and more in the works). Whilst I’m very certain that 5/65s will remain a highly relevant part of the game for a long time, I’d much rather use other available means to R5 my 5* champs and divert most of my T5B towards select 6*s.
Feeling pretty good about my 5* options, really only 3 I own currently I want to R5 are ghost, quake and sparkles. SS I have a gem for so looking at him as if he’s already there
Crossed my mind today to focus on 6* now but really not willing to rank any of the current crop, would do proxima or void if I duped but no way I’ll do it before then.
Not a big fan of just sitting on cats but I want to be ready if I pull someone worthy.
Think I should sit on cats or keep ranking as I go?
You mean EQ/quest team?
But yes having a team ranked that you can quest with while champs are locked in alliance events is something you should have
Got plenty of dumpster fire 6* my alliance can use for diversity
I have 2 5/65 5*, I'm cavalier and 6* champs don't even enter my thought process when choosing my quest team.
Unless there's a freezer burn path then I'll take HT