Waiting for better heroes?

[Gryphonknight]

Waiting for Godot, er, Gravemaker

@Aunty

Thoth and Anzgoh will get matts and I’ll stop playing with heroes I don’t have. I’m done waiting

I agree.

Right now I have both at 5* 3.70 and they are fun. Especially farming.

Luck, roster and emblems

My advice is usually 2x rainbow 3* 3.50 team
then
3x to 4x rainbow 4* 3.60 team
then
2x to 3x rainbow 4* 4.70 team
then
2x rainbow 5* 3.70 teams
then
using 4* ascension items.

But it depends on your luck, roster, and emblems,

@Gryphonknight

Normally I advice 2x rainbow 5* 3.70 teams before spending any 4* ascension items, but with your 3* / 4* roster you do not have to wait. Good mix of defense 5* and attack 5* only handicapped by the solo hero nature of Classic 5* Heroes and the lack of Classic 5* Healers.

@Noble_Weasel

Using that same principle, though, gives me justification to take Poseidon to 2^60 before leveling Kailani and Gan Ju. I’m in about equally bad shape for fighters, monks, and clerics (maybe worse on clerics, but Mneusses is my next green project). So if a 5-star 2^60 is better than a 3-star 3^50, Poseidon at 2^60 would be my second-best fighter class hero, only behind Valen because he is heavily emblemed. Plus, he’d be my third best available yellow unless I leveled a second Danzaburo, so he also builds war depth, even at 2^60.

No hoarding, no remorse

I try to practice no hoarding, no remorse.

If I get Ariel tomorrow, I can level Ariel.

But I will not sit on a bunch of good blue 5* heroes after I have 4x blue 4* 3.60 and 2x or 3x blue 4* 4.70 .

4* 4.70 heroes are 48% of a 5* 4.80 Hero XP and 50% of the 3* ascension items.

But.

They are no 5* hero. So I try to save enough ascension items for one of each color 5* hero, but use the rest.

@Gryphonknight

No Remorse and Hoarding==

Some heroes are good, some suck, but most are okay.

With “No remorse 4*/ 5* leveling” if you have twice the 3*/ 4* ascension items you need to level a 5* Hero, and you have enough extra 3* ascension items to level a good 4* 4.70 hero, level another good 4* hero.

Example:

If I get 20 sturdy shields ( enough for two 5* green heroes and a 4* green hero ), and I have a good 4* Hero, I will level the good 4* Hero rather than hanging on to extra Sturdy shields for five years.

If you have twice the 3*/ 4* ascension items you need, and you have enough extra 3*/ 4* ascension items to level a good 5* 4.80 hero, level another good 5* hero.

Perfect is the enemy of the Good

Armed forces are taught to fight with the forces they have, not the ones they want.

Gravemaker may be better than Khagan, but Khagan is a perfectly usable hero.

Do not get me started on Prisca.

“Forum itus”

I find an interesting disconnect between the vocal people on the forum, and the non forum users.

I am always surprised with how much the non forum users love Thoth-Amon, Margaret, Khagan, etc.

It seems like the people who love these “lesser” 5* heroes enjoy playing with them because they do get to play with them. It becomes a toy they enjoy.

It seems like the people who most vocally complain want another hero. Every time they see Gravemaker mentioned, or on defense, they realize their Khagan is not as useful as Gravemaker.

While counterproductive for a forum user/ Beta tester, ignorance seems to lead to happiness for more players.

Especially with the scarcity of 4* ascension items, and 5* heroes, for the average account ( that is a totally different rant ).

It seems like the equivalent of pre med students who see diseases everywhere compared to the bar worker who first asks if you are hung over from drinking the night before.

Costumes

I am holding on to 12 of each 4* ascension item due to costumes.

I needed 16 Trap tools when classes came out ( Rigard, Proteus, Tiburtus, Sabina) and I expect a lopsided need for 4* ascension items when costumes come out.

Knowing my luck, I will need 12 telescopes and 12 Tabards when costumes are introduced.

Hopefully if costumes need 4* ascension items, the Devs will add more ways to get 4* ascension items and 5* heroes.

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