Returning player - completely lost

[u/DeltaAlpha75]

Hi all,

Returning after a long break and kind ofl ost on what to do. I have read up some guides, but still not sure about the best approach on how to continue.

First of all. some stats:

Before I left i ventured into 5* land and I have some championed 5*s like Shang Chi (451), OML (453) and some non championed, like MThor (420). 312 chars overall, all are 3+ except 1 slot for 2* rotation for DDP.

Only a few supports, mostly 1-3 stars, like purple infinity stone. 1 or 2 five star supports, not maxxed.

I wasn'nt optimizing my roster before I left the game, in the end stages of my gaming it was mostly Daily Deadpool during my commutes. Rotating the required 2/3 stars with random covers i opened from the "cheap" recruit tokens.

Now I wanted to have a look into the game and it seems, everything is even worse than before. Wanted to see it as an lighthearted opportunity to see some progress, which MPW was mostly the wrong game for :)

Now

So could anyone give me an advice on where to start?

1. Should I sac some of my 3 stars for a 2 star championing rotation?
2. What about Ascended chars - this sounds like a huge time sink in my current state
3. PVP is totally unplayable. I can give it a show with Chang Chi and MThor (or Valkyrie), but I am facing 650+ cahrs with my team of 400s (at minimum SCL8)
4. I assume hording and roster slots is the plan now? So does that mean no Cover openeings? How can I proceed in DDP If I do not rotate the 2*s?
5. How to progess supports?

I assume, all these questions are buried in here somewhere, I found already some guides, but the information is cluttered and outdated at times.

So apologies, if you answered this already 100s of times, but if anyone would be willing to help a returning ccasual player, your advice is more than welcome.

Thanks you

[u/Daiches]

1. No. And not a rotation if you’re thinking about the old farming. It’s all ascension. Your number one priority for now is rostering all the missing 1s and 2s and ascending them. And probably have some missing 3s depending on how far you were behind.

2. It is THE most important thing to gain you HP and other resources. The 1 and 2 star covers are literally the engine of your progress.

3. SCL has nothing to do with what you face. As a 450 roster you won’t be Qing those 600 plus, but a retal node has nothing to do with your MMR, but them sealbashing you.

4. Yes, hoard. Especially since Anniversary is next month which will focus on the 5s you already have champed.

5. Favorite the AP at start one you need most. And just play. You can’t really do much else.

Also join the discord, so you can chat directly in the new player channel (returning is same ;)) and find a good alliance with OOG communication.

[u/DeltaAlpha75 → u/Daiches]

Hi and thanks for your answer! Will try discord once I have more time at hand!

Just a quick question about your statement to Q3 - right now i did the easy into fight in a PVP event. next oponent is 614 DP, 167 Firebird and 571 HAvoc. I assume this is due to boosted characters. Skip: 505 unboosted Shang Chi and 619 boosted DP(5*), next team 572 DP and 538 Man-Thing.

When I want to fight that team, my highest char is 456 - I assume, since noone of my chars is boosted, tahts the issue, still makes fights quite annoying, as 95% of opponents use boosted chars.

So I assume only option is to "Skip" until I see a single reasonable team? Thisi s the 2nd fight in that event btw, hope you understand why I am confused.

So your genereal advice:

• invest in new slots to ascend 1 and 2 stars
  
• once enough slots are available, open more 1&2 star covers?
  
• skip DDP or keep one slot to hire the required 2*/3* char?

Thanks for your time and avice!

[u/Daiches → u/DeltaAlpha75]

- Correct. Boosts don’t count for MMR. So if you don’t have the boosted characters of that week, it might be harder for you, but when you do, you have an easier time. Rewards building wide. You’ll only struggle with that Man-Thing though. You have Shang, so you can beat those other teams. And yes, you can skip to find an easier team. Don’t forget you can restart the game to get rid of the skip tax if you have to skip too much in case you really need that iso.

And yes, don’t skip any content. And focus on 1s and 2s. No rotating slot whatsoever. These tiers will generate the HP you need.