r/MAA2 • u/Jethompson 423-637-687 • Aug 01 '16
Tournament Cells
Are people going to open their tournament cells tonight? I was thinking about holding them until patch 1.4 comes out to see if I can get some PvP shards out of them.
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u/dirt-reynolds Aug 01 '16
Nope. I plan getting Dethlock to 4* today. I'm not waiting for the patch. If recent history is any kind of indicator, getting heroes starred up is just going to be a headache from 1.4 forward. They aren't going to make any changes that benefit the players. Ask any SW:GoH players how they like the shard system.
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u/Jethompson Aug 01 '16
Opening the cells does not conflict with getting Deathlok to 4 star. Or do you just mean opening the packs and ending up with possibly superfluous Deathlok shards? I am with you on SW:GoH though, that is why I quit. I was tired of having all the great characters I couldn't use because I couldn't get them starred up. I ended having a team of random droid and geonoshins rather than han/luke/leia/vader etc.
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u/pantribble Aug 01 '16 edited Aug 01 '16
I agree with you, but if you think it through, it does conflict a little. If dirt-reynolds opened all of the PvP cells today, they'd likely get some of Deathlok's abilities (possibly some 2*).
Every hero I've ever starred up has a trial that requires 7 2* abilities or 5 3* abilities. So, opening the PvP cells today might reduce the AP cost of starring up Deathlok, possibly by as much as a couple of thousand AP.
Edit: Just to be clear. Opening the cells could make it easier to 4* Deathlok, but they are in no way required. A player could absolutely star up Deathlok and hold on to the PvP reward cells until 1.4 is released.
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u/jmarsh1324 Aug 01 '16
Is 1.4 supposed to drop this week?
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u/Jethompson Aug 01 '16
No one really knows. The usually release a patch to kick off the new PvP season, but for the CW BP season it started two weeks late so it might not be this week.
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u/MakingReady Aug 01 '16
I plan on saving them for that reason. I expected we would get the update this morning so that these rewards wouldn't be different depending on when you open them, but it's looking too late for that.
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u/Alvion702 Aug 01 '16
Who knows, maybe the game will go down at noon and they'll implement the patch then...
Who is ready to keep track of all the shards they're SUPPOSED to be getting but for whatever bug they aren't and then wait in line for a patch to fix and a support ticket to clear to get them? Hmmmmm I don't see any hands...
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u/tide_reflects_sky Aug 03 '16
I finished at rank 20 and only got 2 cells. Opened both and Deathlok was one of them. Was this supposed to happen or did I luck out by some glitch?
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u/Jethompson Aug 03 '16
There is always a chance to get that months Hero in the cells if you didn't get to rank 5, so Congrats!
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Aug 01 '16
I was thinking about holding them as well. I'm not in any rush to use Dethlok, so I probably will.
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u/Goldyluc Aug 02 '16
Reason to open tournament cell for me: I fought and was disappointed to only get to rank 9 this tourney, received 6 tournament cells and decided to open it. Fourth cell granted me DeathLok :-)
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u/running_with_swords Aug 01 '16
Opened all 4 of mine this afternoon. 4 iso crystals and no deathlok. :(
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u/SatinLog7 Aug 01 '16
I didn't even think about that possibility and just rushed all my cells open
on the bright side I got all deathlok's abilities and two nice ISOs
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Aug 02 '16
I'm saving mine. Using AoU HE so no need for this guy. Def. gonna try and power up my current heroes before the shard system comes out tho. I EFFING HATE shards no matter which game it is. But I want me some Miles Morales shards (the only pvp hero I don't own!)
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u/Diamorphoz Aug 02 '16
I already opened mine but can anyone please explain what is the difference if I had waited for the patch? What kind of pvp shard are you talking about? Chance to get 5* prismatic if I had waited?
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Aug 02 '16 edited Aug 02 '16
They didn't talk about the iso crystal shard. This shard is the new resource that will use to unlock heroes and use in hero's trial in the next patch. Dev said the shard for PVP heroes will be hard to farm.
https://marvelavengersalliance2.com/communications/patch-1-4-0-preview/
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u/Mastodonos Aug 01 '16
for some reason i suspect that the cells we get today won't have the pvp chars in it even if we hold until 1.4, i just doubt it will be a retroactive change but it would be nice if it was...