Thank you @zephyr1,
It is time (for me) to really look at the S3 heroes and decide if $$$ goes there for a shiny new hero or into Events for miniscule odds of a shiny new hero.
Probably S3 since all S3 heroes are new to the game and Iâd be happy with 3*, 4* and 5* whereas the event it is really just the 5* these days.
Panther will never join and Iâd do bad things to my phone if I got Kong so S3 it isâŠhave a tank so Guin doesnât get the juices flowing this month, Frida kinda makes the search for King Arthur less urgent (not at all urgent).
The issue isnât the Atlantis Portal not returning (since it is), itâs just that the pattern of returning HOTM weâve seen the last several months would never circle back to Alby and Hel.
In all likelihood, though, the pattern will change, or theyâll be added somewhere else eventually.
The percentage of rare S2 is way higher than rare S1 but still majority of the time we get rare S1 compared to rare S2 . So I guess that same trend will follow for S3
I mean there two featured past HotM each month with one new HotM added to the rotation each month⊠unless Iâm missing something they should come back eventually (albeit with perpetually increasing time between features) no?
Iâm embarrassed by how long I had to stare at that to understand how they could be gone forever. But I think I get it⊠just to confirm is this how it works?
You basically get three opportunities to get each HotM. Opportunity one is in itâs initial release month, opportunity two occurs 11 months later on âtrack 1â at Atlantis and opportunity three occurs 12 months after that on âtrack 2â at Atlantis. After which the hero is gone forever (barring any changes of course ala Valhalla summons adding featured past HotM starting at Hel, or slowing or stopping the release of new HotM etc. etc.).
The thing is, it didnât use to be like that â they jumped around based on the whims of the game designers.
But then they eventually settled into this pattern, which, as you noted, doesnât repeat after the second track passes a HOTM again â which weâve already done for Alby and Hel in particular, as brought up above.
I personally suspect thatâs just an indication that theyâll show up somewhere else at some point.
The game designers have seemed to be very fond of finding ways to bring every Hero back repeatedly. I suspect no Hero will ever become unavailable forever â itâs just a matter of when theyâll eventually return somehow.
Though it could be infrequent â like Seasonal Event Heroes only returning once per year.
Some different Summon Event is always possible, as is (perhaps) Hero Academy â or some other new mechanism.
Speaking of Dawa, I LOVE that picture above that shows many Dawas as in the Matrix. In my Alliance, if someone pulls crap, we say âI got Dawaâdâ. Perfect!
Crazy idea, but can there NOT be S1 heroes included in the S2 or S3 portals?