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Sea Lily
Aug 5, 2007

Everything changes, Pit.
Even gods.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz_NnHtyqyc



Iceman is now available for preorder!



Game Features

Since reading paragraphs is hard, here's a list of cool things about this game.

- Every Hero (and Villain!) is their own unique 'class', complete with three skill trees.
- Team-Ups, which allow you to have AI-controlled heroes fight alongside you or buff you passively.
- Tons of costumes from across every era of Marvel's comics, movies, and cartoons.
- Co-op gameplay for teams of up to 5 players, and Raids for teams of 10.
- Fantastic voice acting from established Marvel voice actors.
- New characters and content added monthly, and sometimes even more frequently than that! (We get new costumes almost weekly!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENc8NgACZqg

This game is available on Steam! The non-steam version of the game is exactly the same and there's no server split or anything, but it doesn't update automatically.

If you prefer the non-steam downloader, you can get it here.


Okay, I'm interested, what is Marvel Heroes?


Marvel Heroes is a Free To Play Action-RPG set in the Marvel universe, designed by David Brevik (who you might know better as the lead designer on Diablo 1 and 2). It blends traditional ARPG gameplay with a superheroic flair, and has an in-game shop reminiscent of something like League of Legends. The key difference between this and other ARPGs like Diablo or Torchlight is it takes place in an MMO style, massively multiplayer environment. You're going to see dozens of players helping you clean the streets of New York, fight dinosaurs in the Savage Lands, face down the forces of AIM and Hydra, and venture to Asgard as you make your way through the Marvel universe to stop the likes of Doctor Doom, Loki, and more. And the story's growing all the time!


So How Do I Get Started?



Choosing a starter Hero:

You can try out all of the starter heroes up through level 10. To get any further you have to pick one to unlock permanently- for free! Try them all out and make an informed decision.

200 Splinter Starter Heroes:

- Black Widow: A mix of guns, explosives, martial arts, and knifing dudes in the face.
- Hawkeye: Ranged single target and AoE damage and with an assortment crowd control powers in the form of trick arrows.
- Storm: Ranged and AoE damage with a lot of different stuns and slows, by way of lightning, wind, and weather.

400 Splinter Starter Heroes:

- Rocket Raccoon: A pet-based hero, Rocket is capable of dealing out good damage on his own and better damage alongside his turrets. And Groot, your permanent buddy.
- Colossus: A hefty melee tank with high defensive capabilities and incredible damage. Can summon both Wolverine (via Fastball Special, natch) and his sister Magik to fight alongside him.
- Cyclops: A ranged fighter with tons of lasers. Wide lasers, focused lasers, huge explosions, you name it. Also has 'Strike Team' powers that call in Iceman, Beast, Jean Grey, or Angel for a single attack (they're not summons, just attacks).
- Human Torch: Do you want everything to be on fire? All the time? Of course you do. He's fast, he's AoE-based, and he's flashy as hell.
- Black Panther: High single-target melee damage and lots of stealth gameplay.
- Captain America: Oh, I just love America. Don't you? :patriot: Strong defenses, solid melee attacks, and some super fun shield-throwing powers.
- Luke Cage: A tanky melee bruiser with a cadre of Heroes For Hire fighting alongside you. Also, throwing cars at an enemy over and over until they die.
- Punisher: Toting tons of guns, Punisher is a ranged combat specialist, but he's not quite as durable as some other heroes. One of his Uniques lets him shoot a nuclear bomb at his enemies.


Starter Heroes come in 2 tiers: 200 Eternity Splinters and 400 Eternity Splinters. It might be a good idea to unlock a 400 Splinter starter, just because they would cost more to earn later on.

Eternity Splinters are a currency primarily used to buy new heroes, which drops from everything in the game. You get it at a pretty good rate, which should let you unlock new characters every 1-3 weeks, depending on who you want to buy.

When you log in on your second day of play, you get 400 Splinters. Heroes are divided into three pricing tiers of 200 Splinters, 400 Splinters, or 600 Splinters. There's also a 'Random Hero Box' available for 175 Splinters- which can give you anyone, but has a chance to give you a duplicate of someone you have. They're all weighted randomly so it's a good idea to buy early on, but as you unlock more heroes the Random Box becomes a worse and worse proposition. Spend your free Splinters wisely.

From there, just go fight bad guys. Stop Doctor Doom's plan, team up with your friends. Have fun.


Ok, I finished the Story Mode. Now What?


Here's more stuff you can do:

Story Mode: Heroic and Superheroic difficulties unlock as you level up your hero. Harder with better XP and better rewards.

Terminals: Small instanced dungeons with a boss at the end. Available in three difficulties, Green, Red, and Cosmic. Higher difficulties have better rewards. Cosmic is locked until you're lv60.

Group Challenges: X-Defense pits a team of five against hordes of enemies, each stronger than the last, defending students at the Xavier Institute. Holosim has two players team up to fight off waves of objective-based SHIELD simulations. Midtown Patrol and Industry City Patrol set you loose in open-world zones with continual waves of bosses, events, and other stuff to do.

Raids: At the level cap, groups of 10 players can tackle the hardest content in the game. Raids have Green and Red difficulties, just like terminals. Greens are easy as long as you have lv60 gear, but Reds require some optimization.

Legendary Quests: Starting at level 20, you'll start getting assigned Legendary Quests. These can be anything, but give some of the best XP in the game. Most people focus on these when leveling after they hit 20.

Fire VS Ice PvP: Don't play PvP it's bad. Single-lane moba inspired map, powers behave entirely different than they do in normal play.




Ok, this all sounds good, but F2P with micro-transactions sounds like a cash sink.


The game's free. ZERO content is paywalled. ZERO mechanics or gameplay items are paywalled.


Here's what spending money will get you:

Costumes: Cosmetic only. Also, while extremely rare, almost all costumes are available as drops.

Heroes: All heroes are also available with in-game currency (Eternity Splinters).

Team-Ups: All Team-Ups are also available with in-game currency, just like heroes, and can be earned at roughly the same rate as a new hero.

Cybernetic Pets: While you can buy them for cash, they also have a rare chance to drop in the world, can be obtained with Eternity Splinters, and are frequently given out during special events.

S.T.A.S.H. Space: While your inventory isn't terribly small, the base amount of 'bank' space is pretty limited. This is, unsurprisingly, where the developers make a lot of their money. They have to get a profit somewhere. There is no way to unlock this with in-game currency but they have rarely given out free ones during events.

Temporary XP/Credit/Item Find boosts: These also show up as drops in-game(via Fortune Cards) and are frequently given out for free.


You cannot buy character strength, you cannot buy gear, and all new gameplay content is always free to players.



FAQ



Q: There's so many classes, won't it be hard to get gear for the one I'm playing?

A: Loot drops are weighted to your currently played character. You'll find loot for other heroes, but 90% of what you find is going to be for who you're playing as. This goes for special items, too! Sometimes you'll find something very rare for another character, like a Unique or a Costume. That's... just bad luck, unfortunately. But maybe you'll end up interested in getting the character that item belongs to. Maybe they're someone really good! You never know.

Q: Where are the builds? I see no builds in the OP.

A: There are so many characters in this game and they change so often I don't personally keep builds updated in the OP. However, another goon does keep builds organized and updated here, so check it out.

Q: How often does this game update?

A: Frequently. It's rare to go more than a week without at least some sort of minor patch, and we're seeing new heroes get added to the game at a rate of about one a month. The developers have told us to expect this pace to stay constant throughout the life of the game, which is kind of exciting.


Q: What's the conversion rate for cash into Gs?

A: $1 = 100G. Pretty simple. If buying through Steam, you can even use your Steam Wallet funds. And this game has Steam Cards, too, if you like to resell those and use the money to buy stuff. Gift Cards you can purchase with cash and redeem online should be available at your local Gamestop or Target, if you need those.


Q: It's annoying to run around so much, especially since my inventory is so small! How can I sell things and get back to where I left off faster?

A: Your B key is for 'Bodyslide', or basically the town portal button. It's a two-way thing, not only taking you back to the level-appropriate hub area, but also letting you teleport back to exactly where you left off, if used a second time. You can do this from anywhere, in the middle of Midtown or dungeons or terminals or even the Classified Bovine Sector. Sell your loot and sell it often. This does have a cooldown on it, but it's a short enough one that you shouldn't be too worried about conserving it or anything like that.


Q: Is there any sort of Auction House, secure trading, or player economy functionality in the game?

A: Trading is in at long last, and there's a thriving trade economy in the game and on it's official boards. There is not, and never will be an auction house. Especially not a real money one. Don't be silly.




What playable characters do we know are coming?

These characters have been confirmed as in the works:

- Iceman (February?)
- She-Hulk (March/April)
- Vision (April/May)
- Doctor Doom (May/June)
- Kitty Pryde and Lockheed (2015)
- War Machine (2015)
- Black Cat (2015)
- Blade (October? 2015)
- Iron Fist (2015)
- Nick Fury
- Havok
- Jubilee
- Angel
- Beast
- Obviously more


How do I play with other goons?




In-game, our supergroup is named Groot Force.

To get in the group, either contact us in the Mumble channel(text is fine, you don't need a mic!), or send a message in-game to one of our officers.


Groot Force Officers include:

- KelpPlankton
- NotALizardman
- PyronicEX
- Aarontagg
- AfraidofAudio
- Ajjax
- clgibcount
- davebo
- Gwalidir
- ICR
- Jubelio
- khrits
- Lvxx
- moderndayknight
- Phyresis
- And possibly more?

Tell whoever you're talking to your SA username. We don't have a crazy auth requirement or anything but we just want to make sure you at least know what Something Awful is before inviting you to the guild.

We can't invite you unless you're online and we're online, so try to catch one of those folks in-game. Don't ask for an invite in the thread.



There's a Steam group and you should join it!

We use it to announce a lot of stuff like hero preorders/releases, major patches, server downtime/uptime stuff, and lots of cool Groot Force specific player-run events. Join it and be cool.


Groot Force uses the Camping The Stairs Mumble Server, and details on joining us are here:

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3521554

The Mumble channel is typically pretty active during the evenings (US time) and all day on the weekends. We've got a few European, Australian, and other international-type players too, who are on at their own appropriate prime times.


There's also an IRC channel, #marvelheroes on synIRC. I don't personally use it but it could be pretty good too!


In summary,


Sea Lily fucked around with this message at 15:39 on Feb 26, 2015

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Sea Lily
Aug 5, 2007

Everything changes, Pit.
Even gods.

The Roster




Black Panther (900G or 400 Splinters): Melee hero, both energy and physical damage. Uses his claws, daggers, and traps. Has a stealth power.

Black Widow (450G or 200 Splinters): Melee and Ranged options, a mixture of energy and physical damage. Spy gadgets, stealth tech, and calls in a SHIELD squad for her Ultimate.

Cable (900G or 400 Splinters) : Fully ranged. Energy damage for weapons, mental damage for psionics.

Captain America (900G or 400 Splinters) : Melee with ranged shield throw attacks. Physical damage. Has a resource that builds when you block damage and is when using a cooldown power, reducing it's cooldown. Combo move with the Avengers for his Ultimate power.

Colossus (900G or 400 Splinters): Melee hero with physical damage. Very sturdy, has some summons but people don't use them, hits really hard. Has the yell from the X-Men arcade game.

Cyclops (900G or 400 Splinters): Ranged hero, primarily Energy damage. Also has some physical damage melee attacks. Has really cool 'assist' moves that call in other X-Men to do an attack for you, but is really all about the lasers.

Daredevil (450G or 200 Splinters): Melee hero, physical damage. Has a 'Combo System' mechanic which works pretty well. Kind of bland, but a good hero.

Deadpool (1350G or 600 Splinters): Melee/Ranged hybrid hero, deals physical damage. Guns, swords, explosives, and regeneration.

Doctor Strange (1350G or 600 Splinters): Ranged hero, Mental damage. Super flashy, some of the coolest looking powers in the game. #1 pick for visual spectacle.

Emma Frost (900G or 400 Splinters): Ranged/Melee hybrid hero. Ranged attacks are Mental, Melee attacks are Physical. Shifts in and out of Diamond Form depending on what attacks you use. Can 'Enslave' a single enemy at a time to fight alongside her, then detonate them whenever she's done with them.

Gambit (900G or 400 Splinters): Ranged/Melee hybrid hero. Bo staff is physical, kinetic cards are energy.

Ghost Rider (1350G or 600 Splinters): Ranged/Melee hybrid hero. Hellfire is Mental damage, Chains are Physical. Slow rides, takes it easy.

Hawkeye (450G or 200 Splinters): Ranged hero. Physical damage. Kind of boring, but he does good damage both single target and AoE.

Hulk (900G or 400 Splinters): Melee hero. Physical damage. HULK SMASH! Uses Anger instead of Spirit, Anger builds quickly in combat and decays when not fighting, but is not spent on powers. Instead it makes them stronger when at high levels. Has his meteor super from Marvel VS Capcom.

Human Torch (900G or 400 Splinters): Ranged hero. Energy damage. Lights everything on fire, lots of DoTs and AoE.

Invisible Woman (900G or 400 Splinters): Ranged hero. Energy damage. Tons of AoEs, lots of defensive team support, and a passive that suffocates enemies. Oh and invisibility.

Iron Man (1350G or 600 Splinters): Ranged hero. Energy damage for his beams and some missiles, some Physical on other missiles and melee attacks. Can be built a lot of ways.

Jean Grey / Phoenix (900G or 400 Splinters): Ranged hero. Mental damage as Jean, Energy damage as Phoenix. AoE and DoT heavy. Form-based hero.

Juggernaut (900G or 400 Splinters): Melee hero, physical damage. Tons of movement powers, high defenses and CC resist, hits like a truck. :itjb:

Loki (900G or 400 Splinters): Ranged hero. Mental damage. Can summon illusionary Loki pets, lots of AoE, and has a teleport that makes him invisible and breaks CC.

Luke Cage (900G or 400 Splinters): Melee hero. Physical damage. Has some useful summons, but most people favor Iron Fist because he heals you. Throws an infinite number of cars.

Magneto (900G or 400 Splinters): Ranged hero. Energy damage. Lots of AoE, DoT, and crowd control. Has a 'Debris' secondary resource you generate with some powers and spend with others. Also throws an infinite number of cars.

Moon Knight (900G or 400 Splinters): Melee/Ranged hybrid hero. Physical damage. Good damage and good survivability, powerful signature power. Khonshu talks to you a lot and he's rad.

Mr. Fantastic (900G or 400 Splinters): Melee hero that pretends he's ranged because he punches really far. Physical damage. Tons of AoEs and great animations.

Ms. Marvel (900G or 400 Splinters): Ranged/Melee hybrid hero. Punches are physical damage, beams are energy damage.

Nightcrawler (900G or 400 Splinters): Melee hero. Physical damage. Lots of AoEs, tons of teleporting, very quick hero.

Nova (900G or 400 Splinters): Ranged/Melee hybrid hero. Energy damage. Can place Pulsars on the ground and detonate them with other powers. Big on movement abilities.

Psylocke (900G or 400 Splinters): Melee/Ranged hybrid hero. Mostly mental damage, but does some physical ninja stuff. Has a toggle that replaces her normal katana with a psi-katana and changes it's damage type accordingly.

Punisher (900G or 400 Splinters) Ranged hero (surprise?). Physical damage. Chance to 'Fear' enemies on kill.

Rocket Raccoon (and Groot) (900G or 400 Splinters): Ranged hero. Energy damage. Summons Groot to fight alongside him. Can specialize in either space guns or placing turrets.

Rogue (1350G or 600 Splinters): Whatever you want. Ranged, melee, energy, physical, mental. All of it at once if you'd like. Rogue is extremely unique because while she has one tree of 'normal' powers, her other two trees are 'Steal From Friends' and 'Steal from Foes', meaning you get to steal abilities from other players, bosses, and team-ups to build Rogue into whatever you want her to be. She's unique, not just amongst this game's roster, but for the ARPG genre itself.

Scarlet Witch (450G or 200 Splinters) : Ranged hero. Mental damage. Lots of AoEs and DoTs, tons of abilities that weaken or slow enemies.

Silver Surfer (900G or 400 Splinters): Ranged hero. Energy damage. Uses 'Power Cosmic' instead of Spirit, which has much larger values but works the same way. Powers look very cool too.

Spider-Man (1350G or 600 Splinters): Melee/Ranged hybrid hero. Physical damage. Using ranged attacks buffs his melee attacks.

Star-Lord (900G or 400 Splinters): Ranged hero. Energy damage. Has an elemental ammo mechanic that changes what his attacks do on the fly. Cool ship-related powers too.

Storm (450G or 200 Splinters): Ranged hero. Energy damage. Lots of AoEs and DoTs. More control ability than many heroes.

Squirrel Girl (900G or 400 Splinters): Melee/Ranged hybrid hero. But that's a lie, she's actually pet-based. Physical damage. Dozens of squirrels murder everything for you while giant acorns rain from the sky.

Taskmaster (450G or 200 Splinters): Melee/Ranged hybrid hero. Physical damage. A mixture of powers from Captain America, Hawkeye, Daredevil, and Spider-Man but a few of his own as well.

Thing (450G or 200 Splinters): Melee hero. Physical damage. Insane amounts of HP and defense. Has a power called 'Clobbering Time' that makes him yell "It's Clobbering Time!" and boosts your clobbering abilities for a certain amount of time.

Thor (900G or 400 Splinters): Melee/Ranged hybrid hero. Hammer is Physical damage, Lightning is Energy. Builds 'Odin Force' with some powers and spends it with others.

Venom (900G or 400 Splinters): Melee/Ranged hybrid hero. Physical damage. A mixture of brawling, webbing, and symbiote tendril stuff. Uses 'Ichor' instead of spirit, which you build with some powers and spend with others.

Winter Soldier (900G or 400 Splinters): Melee/Ranged hybrid hero. Physical damage. Uses a variety of weapons, including guns, knives, and his bionic arm. Has the mine launcher from the movie.

Wolverine (900G or 400 Splinters): Melee hero. Physical damage. Uses 'Fury' instead of Spirit, which he builds by dealing or taking damage. High Critical chance and Brutal chance, lots of bleeds, and the ability to bypass the damage speed cap to double your attack rate.

X-23 (450G or 200 Splinters): Melee hero. Physical damage. Uses 'Wrath' instead of Spirit, which she builds by dealing damage. Lots of bleeds, lots of movement powers.


That's a lot of characters! Who's the best? Who should I play?

When in doubt, play whoever you like from comics/cartoons/movies. You'll enjoy characters more if you already like them. That said, if you want to know who's the most effective right at this very moment, ask the thread. This changes constantly, sometimes without the game even patching, as people discover new gear setups and new builds for characters. With over 20 different classes in the game, 'the best character' is changing all the time.

WHERE ARE THE BUILDS? I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO MAKE MY CHARACTER BE GOOD

:siren:GO HERE, THE BUILDS ARE OVER HERE:siren:

If a build seems to be excessively outdated on that spreadsheet, ask the thread. Someone can make a new one for you, or let you know that it's old but still current.

What costumes are there? I NEED 20 DIFFERENT IRON MAN ARMORS

Click here to go check out a site that lists and has pictures of all the costumes. And you're in luck, because Iron Man has more than 20.

What about Kate Bishop, Superior Spider-Man, Beta Ray Bill, Mar-Vell, and these other characters I see people playing as? They're not on the list.

Those are ENHANCED COSTUMES, special outfits for a character that change them into someone else with roughly the same abilities. They have unique voice-work, emotes, and sometimes totally different animations or power icons. There's also some of these that change your hero into a different version of that hero, like Gambit's 4 Horsemen outfit or Thing's Fear Itself.



Team-Ups



Team-Ups supplement your hero. You can use any team-up on any character, but some are better suited to heroes that either match their damage type or benefit more from their passive boosts. These are added to the game at roughly the same rate as new heroes.

Currently Available:

- Spider-Man
- The Falcon (Captain America: The Winter Soldier version)
- Firestar
- Magik
- Black Suit Spider-Man (Fortune Card reward)
- Domino
- Gamora
- Drax The Destroyer
- I AM GROOT
- She-Hulk
- Beta Ray Bill
- Old Man Thor (Fortune Card reward)
- Future Foundation Doctor Doom (Mac bundle or Fortune Card reward)
- Brood Infested Wolverine (Halloween mystery box reward)
- Wasp
- Agent Coulson (Omega Event reward, voiced by the movie actor)
- Havok
- Spider-Woman
- Clea
- Holiday Groot (Groot covered in christmas lights, Christmas 2014 event reward)
- Arachne
- Deadpool 'The Kid' (he is a cowboy)
- X-Force Wolverine (200 day login reward)

Future confirmed team-ups:

- Agent Venom
- Angel (Classic)
- Captain America (Sam Wilson)
- Carnage (Axis)
- Quicksilver
- Rescue
- Spider-Gwen
- Sunspot
- Archangel (X-Force)

A character being playable or being a team-up makes it more likely we'll see them added as the other thing, not less, so don't freak out if your favorite character is added as one of these before they're made into someone playable later on.



So this is a loot game right? Tell me about the loot!

At the start of the game, your Hero has 5 Gear slots (Traditionally: Weapon, Armor, Belt, Boots, Head. But they vary by Hero), a Medal slot, and 2 Artifact slots.

Gear: Your Gear 1-5 slots will fill with slot-appropriate Hero-specific items ranging from White->Green->Blue(Rare)->Purple(Epic)->Cosmic(Yellow)->Unique(Brown). Cosmics provide +1 to all Powers in addition to having affixes like Epic Gear. Uniques are untradeable, many can be used by multiple characters, and they tend to be stronger than many other items.

Rings: Rings unlock at level 25 and serve as an effective 6th Gear slot. They follow the same progression as any other gear, including Uniques.

Insignias: Insignias unlock at level 35 and drop in green, blue, and purple rarities. You can upgrade an Insignia to Cosmic using some event currency. The primary affix on an Insignia is applied as an aura to all nearby players, but they don't stack, so it can be worth your while to pick an uncommon affix in raid content.

Medallions: Dropped from bosses, these come in 3 versions: Medal (below level 24), Medallion (level 24+, +1 to all powers), and Cosmic(any level, additional +1 to all powers).

Artifacts: You start the game with 2 artifact slots and acquire a 3rd and 4th at level 45 and 55 respectively. Artifacts are fixed level gear, each kind only dropping in a specific level range. They are usable by any Hero and are tradable. Artifacts can be 'Blessed' for the cost of 100 Odin Marks, gaining additional special affixes that can add a lot of oomph to your character.

Legendary: Your legendary slot is available at level 1, but you'll need to collect 300 Odin Marks to buy one. They are incredibly strong items and many have unique procs. They're usable by any Hero and aren't tradable- but you can turn them back into Odin Marks if you made a bad choice or want to gear up another hero.

Relic: Relic slot unlocks at 20. Relics are items with small individual stat bonuses that stack in your Relic slot up to 1000 Relics. The more you stack, the stronger the bonus.

Uru-Forged: Uru Forged items come in 2 tiers: Level 25 and 50. Each gives a small fixed stat bonus. Their value lies in their ability to be enchanted by powerful runewords. The runewords scale to the level of the item.

Costume: Costumes have stats that you give them, never predetermined and never pay-to-win. The crafter will let you add a Core to your costume, as well as a number of affixes to buff it further. This is why you want to level up your crafter.

Cybernetic Pets: Equippable on any hero and don't bind to them. You feed your pets loot to make them grant stats, either by pressing J to vaccume the loot up, dragging it onto them from your inventory, or setting up automatic loot vaporization in your game options.

Team-Ups: While not technically gear, Team-Ups are AI-controlled characters that you can unlock via Eternity Splinters or by purchasing them with Gs (real money) in the in-game store. They have their own gear slots, their own gear types, their own skills, and their own inventory space.

Team-Ups can function in three modes: Active, in which they follow you around to help fight crime. Passive, in which you gain passive benefits based on the character but they never actually appear. And Assist, in which characters are only present for 30 seconds but deal double their normal damage. If you want to know more about Team-Ups(including pricing), check out the FAQ that a developer posted on the official forums.



How about this Crafting thing?


You've got 2 basic categories of crafting: Your Enchanter and Crafter.

Your Enchanter crafts Runes, Runewords, and Blessings:
Runes: Adds a rune to one of your Gears in slots 1-5. Gives a small stat buff. Scales to item level.

Runewords: Powerful combinations of stats that can be added to your Uru-Forged item, requiring specific runes to make. Some are very strong. Scales to Uru-Forged level.

Blessings: Attach to Artifacts and provide some very useful buffs. Used as a trade currency, and cost Odin Marks (100 each)


Your Crafter has a large amount of items and effects available to craft. Some highlights:

Unique Exchange: Trade in multiple of the same Unique for something else. You can turn them into other Uniques, into credits, into Relics, all sorts of stuff. The only cost is the Uniques themselves, so it's really nice for avoiding clutter in your stash.

Add Affixes To Costume: Each costume has 4 Affix slots that you can roll on. This is the main credit sink in the game(other than rerolling rare items). These affixes scale up to the level of Core added to the costume.

Costume Blender: Destroy 3 Costumes to get a new random costume. Used largely with duplicate costumes received from Prestiging, or defaults replaced after buying one from the store.


USEFUL LINKS!

Feel free to suggest more useful links for me.

How to add more hotkeys than are available on your hotbar. Useful for a number of heroes.

The Build Spreadsheet is over here.




all hail weed galactus

Sea Lily fucked around with this message at 18:00 on Feb 5, 2015

Tsurupettan
Mar 26, 2011

My many CoX, always poised, always ready, always willing to thrust.

Kelp Plankton posted:

Future confirmed team-ups:

- Beta Ray Bill

Minor correction to make, Kelp.

Platypus Farm
Jul 12, 2003

Francis is my name, and breeding is my game. All bow before the fertile smut-god!
I really love that Juggernaut's avatar portrait looks like he's got a Chocolate Donette on his head.

Sea Lily
Aug 5, 2007

Everything changes, Pit.
Even gods.

Tsurupettan posted:

Minor correction to make, Kelp.

Something always slips through. There's too much stuff to keep track of these days. Thanks.

davebo
Nov 15, 2006

Parallel lines do meet, but they do it incognito
College Slice
I'm sad my Jubelio/Wolverine pic wasn't deemed important enough for the OP.

Also new people you should play this game, it's totally free.

Edit: I'm just gonna exploit this first page post to extoll the virtues of Wolverine as the best 'rine there is:
Tangerine: no claws
Nectarine: another fruit but still no claws
Submarine: lots of metal but still no claws
Chlorine: stings eyes but not nearly as deadly as claws
Saccharine: very sweet, not surly and brooding at all
Tambourine: it's noisy but won't incite a fracas

davebo fucked around with this message at 21:13 on Oct 17, 2014

snergle
Aug 3, 2013

A kind little mouse!
They need to add a random team up box for 200 splinters. Since you can craft the extras into uniques.

Sea Lily
Aug 5, 2007

Everything changes, Pit.
Even gods.

snergle posted:

They need to add a random team up box for 200 splinters. Since you can craft the extras into uniques.

I think they're planning on doing this once there's something like 20 team-ups to choose from. They don't want to do it with the current limited pool because then people will either A: get all the team-ups 'too quickly' or B: get duplicates way too often when they only own one or two team-ups.

Lux Aeterna
Feb 19, 2005

Hi potentially new people playing this game. You should play it.

SilverSupernova
Feb 1, 2013

Is the nameless mutant in Xavior's mansion whose power is to always get heads on a coin-flip playable yet?

Megaman's Jockstrap
Jul 16, 2000

What a horrible thread to have a post.
Lux can you please post that lvl 60 Ghost Rider Chains/Fire/Motorcycle build that you were talking about earlier? Sorry to pester you but I really want to see your skill choices.

Victis
Mar 26, 2008

I don't think Cease to Hope plays anymore (he was kicked as inactive) and while his effortposts are still pretty good they're also at least a few months out-of-date (none of the hybrid stuff etc).

Lux Aeterna
Feb 19, 2005

Megaman's Jockstrap posted:

Lux can you please post that lvl 60 Ghost Rider Chains/Fire/Motorcycle build that you were talking about earlier? Sorry to pester you but I really want to see your skill choices.

I'll be 100% honest with you it's not done yet since I was just goofing on TC with it. It's going to be judgment, crashdown, hellfire, snare (probably), and then steroids and passives. It's going to get pretty goofy with a grenade/hybrid gear in a really fun way. My goal is 1 mil brutals on judgment.

I actually picked up GR because the review was shaping up so well. I also really want 4% mental crit for cable.

KoldPT
Oct 9, 2012
What hard evidence is there that ICR doesn't want ebola in cosmic prestiges?

davebo
Nov 15, 2006

Parallel lines do meet, but they do it incognito
College Slice

SilverSupernova posted:

Is the nameless mutant in Xavior's mansion whose power is to always get heads on a coin-flip playable yet?

I don't know but every time I see those two dickwards beating up the other student I wonder what kind of oversight they have at this school. I just want to stab those assholes. They should just make the school bullies and X-Defense wave because I'd like to impale them.

StashAugustine
Mar 24, 2013

Do not trust in hope- it will betray you! Only faith and hatred sustain.

groundfloor on this

e: Also would it be possible to toss links to the old threads in the OP?

davebo posted:

I don't know but every time I see those two dickwards beating up the other student I wonder what kind of oversight they have at this school. I just want to stab those assholes. They should just make the school bullies and X-Defense wave because I'd like to impale them.

Same but the "try not to think of them as people" scientists in the MGH factory.


Victis posted:

I don't think Cease to Hope plays anymore (he was kicked as inactive) and while his effortposts are still pretty good they're also at least a few months out-of-date (none of the hybrid stuff etc).

I kinda want to update these myself but I don't think I know enough about the game to.

Leper Residue
Sep 28, 2003

To where no dog has gone before.
When is IW getting her QOL update? I think remember someone talking about them for this patch or the next?

Kheldarn
Feb 17, 2011



Time for some spoilers!

The Great Ultron vanity pet:



Some Luke Cage Achievements:


Some Silver Surfer Achievements:


Some Feat Achievements for Titles:


Cosmic Today!

Lozareth
Jun 11, 2006

Posting to get a spot on this page since I'm thinking of starting new tracking of goon TTK's. Looking to be a bit more in depth than before with screenshots of builds and gear.

Chernobyl Peace Prize
May 7, 2007

Or later, later's fine.
But now would be good.

The Amalgamated One...?

SilverSupernova
Feb 1, 2013

Kheldarn posted:

Time for some spoilers!

The Great Ultron vanity pet:



Some Luke Cage Achievements:


Some Silver Surfer Achievements:


Some Feat Achievements for Titles:


Cosmic Today!

I sat here staring at "Where's my money, honey" and it's description for a few minutes in complete silence. There are no words that can describe that achievement.

Soothing Vapors
Mar 26, 2006

Associate Justice Lena "Kegels" Dunham: An uncool thought to have: 'is that guy walking in the dark behind me a rapist? Never mind, he's Asian.
As Invisible Woman, enter a red raid and then endure the derision and scorn of your teammates and former friends as you struggle desperately not to cry.

Chernobyl Peace Prize
May 7, 2007

Or later, later's fine.
But now would be good.

Soothing Vapors posted:

As Invisible Woman, enter a red raid and then endure the derision and scorn of your teammates and former friends as you struggle desperately not to cry.
Expend your Focus 20 times to turn Invisible and hide your shame.

Hogama
Sep 3, 2011

Chernobyl Peace Prize posted:

The Amalgamated One...?

They haven't shown it off yet, but apparently it's a new boss for Industry City Patrol.
Taking its name and the upcoming Rogue power icon spoilers (one of them is a Mindless One Beam), I feel like it's going to be some kind of super Mindless One.
Could be totally off-base, though.

StashAugustine
Mar 24, 2013

Do not trust in hope- it will betray you! Only faith and hatred sustain.

Use Black Widow's signature 20 times

reward: nothing

Too Shy Guy
Jun 14, 2003


I have destroyed more of your kind than I can count.



Kheldarn posted:

Some Feat Achievements for Titles:


Cosmic Today!

gently caress these worldstones IM OUT BITCHES

Brother Entropy
Dec 27, 2009

Zombie Samurai posted:

gently caress these worldstones IM OUT BITCHES

Reread it and prepare to feel ultimate disappointment. :smith:

Leper Residue
Sep 28, 2003

To where no dog has gone before.

Kheldarn posted:



Cosmic Today!

Ugh I have such a weakness for titles. I spent way too much time in WoW just trying to get titles. If they add cheevo pets I'm done for.

Soothing Vapors
Mar 26, 2006

Associate Justice Lena "Kegels" Dunham: An uncool thought to have: 'is that guy walking in the dark behind me a rapist? Never mind, he's Asian.

Chernobyl Peace Prize posted:

Expend your Focus 20 times to turn Invisible and hide your shame.

hahaha

Leper Residue posted:

Ugh I have such a weakness for titles. I spent way too much time in WoW just trying to get titles. If they add cheevo pets I'm done for.

If they add pet battling I might as well just have my paychecks sent directly to Doomie's house

Too Shy Guy
Jun 14, 2003


I have destroyed more of your kind than I can count.



Brother Entropy posted:

Reread it and prepare to feel ultimate disappointment. :smith:

Fine. They said I could be anything, I'll BE the Power Cosmic.

PurplieNurplie
Jan 14, 2009
Are the achievements going to be retroactive?

I imagine for stuff like items it'll just be a binary 'do you have this' check, but for stuff like killing enemies it seems less plausible, unless they've been tracking all those stats all this time.

ChaosReaper
Feb 19, 2005
When a man lies he murders some part of the world. These are the pale deaths which men miscall their lives. All this I cannot bear to witness any longer. Cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home?

Has Psylocke changed enough that one of the builds in the op won't be good enough? I plan on getting the character because everyone keeps talking her up.

Hogama
Sep 3, 2011

PurplieNurplie posted:

Are the achievements going to be retroactive?

I imagine for stuff like items it'll just be a binary 'do you have this' check, but for stuff like killing enemies it seems less plausible, unless they've been tracking all those stats all this time.

I'd imagine they track those kills like they track unique drops. Hope you saved all those cow portals if you want the title!

Patch notes will be interesting for months.

Chernobyl Peace Prize
May 7, 2007

Or later, later's fine.
But now would be good.

Hogama posted:

I'd imagine they track those kills like they track unique drops. Hope you saved all those cow portals if you want the title!

Patch notes will be interesting for months.
I'm just thinking about how intermittently they'll break the Midtown SQ so the civilians saved objective resets if you zone out, and screaming internally.

Harlock
Jan 15, 2006

Tap "A" to drink!!!

I'm more excited about achievements and titles than new heroes at this point. I'm the worst.

Too Shy Guy
Jun 14, 2003


I have destroyed more of your kind than I can count.



Harlock posted:

I'm more excited about achievements and titles than new heroes at this point. I'm the worst.

You're not alone. :awesome:

malhavok
Jan 18, 2013
She just went through huge changes and is probably OP once the patch releases, i seriously doubt any of her old builds are valid.

StashAugustine
Mar 24, 2013

Do not trust in hope- it will betray you! Only faith and hatred sustain.

ChaosReaper posted:

Has Psylocke changed enough that one of the builds in the op won't be good enough? I plan on getting the character because everyone keeps talking her up.

She had a major revamp in the patch, ICR should be updating his.

malhavok
Jan 18, 2013

ChaosReaper posted:

Has Psylocke changed enough that one of the builds in the op won't be good enough? I plan on getting the character because everyone keeps talking her up.

She just went through huge changes and is probably OP once the patch releases, i seriously doubt any of her old builds are valid.

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KittyEmpress
Dec 30, 2012

Jam Buddies

I'm thinking about playing this again - I never even got through a normal mode playthrough, let alone max level or anything.

But it appears to be down right now.


Otherwise, I only have Luke Cage and Squirrel Girl - if I max one of them, should I prestige them, or play through on the other one, or farm gear? OR what?

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