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Marvel Strike Force
... is about to (officially) release on Android and iOS.
It'll be nice to have a new Marvel tactical squad fighting game.
I loved Avengers Alliance, but it had a rough time transitioning to mobile and because the X-characters and FF-characters were grandfathered in, Disney/Marvel didn't show it any support and decided instead to pull the plug.
Hopefully, with the X-Men and FF embargoes behind us, we' ll see better support from Disney/Marvel this time.
And I understand that you can have teams of five, so no stressing over which three members of a favorite team to use.
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Right on time, I say. I've been growing tired of Netmarble's BS with Future Fight, so I'm certainly looking to give this a shot. I already preregistered months ago.
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[QUOTE=Lee Stone;3546652]... is about to (officially) release on Android and iOS.
It'll be nice to have a new Marvel tactical squad fighting game.
I loved Avengers Alliance, but it had a rough time transitioning to mobile and because the X-characters and FF-characters were grandfathered in, Disney/Marvel didn't show it any support and decided instead to pull the plug.
Hopefully, with the X-Men and FF embargoes behind us, we' ll see better support from Disney/Marvel this time.
And I understand that you can have teams of five, so no stressing over which three members of a favorite team to use.[/QUOTE]
It's Marvels version of DC Legends. Same basic game.
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[QUOTE=Howard Allan;3548906]It's Marvels version of DC Legends. Same basic game.[/QUOTE]
Actually, it looks to me to be more Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, with some qualities of Legends, and better balancing of characters than GOH.
And it'll be nice to have a game that's more varied than Legends, which has only just recently started to feel more like a DCU game and less of a Batman game guest-starring the DCU.
I also hope it doesn't end up with Captain America- Red, Captain America-Blue, Iron Man Snow Outfit, Iron Man Desert Outfit, Iron Man Space Outfit, like DC Legends has done. I'd much rather have the rest of the Titans than multiple versions of Batman, Joker and Harley Quinn.
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Game is out on Android, installing it now. I saw wolverine in one of the preview images in the play store. Does that mean the xmen are in the game right off the bat?
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[QUOTE=Sub-Zero MKA;3557606]Game is out on Android, installing it now. I saw wolverine in one of the preview images in the play store. Does that mean the xmen are in the game right off the bat?[/QUOTE]
Just Wolverine at the moment, but his presence gives hope that there's no embargo going on this time.
Looks like they're starting with characters mostly seen in the MCU, which makes sense, but there's already characters lined up to be added.
I know Dr. Strange and Starlord will be released, likely as event rewards.
And Wolverine is a reward for completing daily challenges.
And I was reading Thor's powers [URL="https://msf.gg/characters"]over here[/URL] and one gives a boost for number of Asgardians in your team, but at the moment he's the only Asgardian that's playable.
Warning: if you're just starting the game, do set aside time to play. The first several levels go by fast and you're getting showered with energy.
I didn't run out until I hit level 13.
My line-up after my first session (in order of power):
SHIELD Medic (2 stars/lvl 13)
Spider-Man (2 stars/lvl 13)
Luke Cage (2 stars/lvl 13)
Daredevil (3 stars/lvl 13)
Punisher (2 stars/lvl 13)
Elektra (1 star/lvl 13)
Crossbones (2 stars/lvl 13)
Hand Sorceress (1 star/lvl 13)
Mercenary Soldier (1 star/lvl 13)
SHIELD Operative (1 star/lvl 13)
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Getting pretty tired of endless mobile greed before gameplay cash grabbng 'games' from Marvel now. Real games on console with PS4 Spidey and Avengers Project (even if it does end up being a crappy Overwatch ripoff) cn't come soon enough.
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So they brought in Ultimus
And instead of keeping his distinctive design
Made him look like a cross between Cable and Thanos
Lame
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At least they didn't go with Thanos as the Big Bad Guy.
Marvel tends to use Thanos, DC tends to use Darkseid.
It's always refreshing when they break out a different main villain.
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Started playing it and yea it just feels like a game ive played a million times with a different skin.
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My current line-up after my latest session (in order of power):
Spider-Man (2 stars/lvl 29)
Crossbones (3 stars/lvl 29)
Hand Sorceress (1 star/lvl 29)
Bullseye (1 star/lvl 29)
Luke Cage (2 stars/lvl 29)
Punisher (2 stars/lvl 29)
Daredevil (3 stars/lvl 29)
SHIELD Medic (2 stars/lvl 29)
Mercenary Soldier (1 star/lvl 29)
Elektra (2 stars/lvl 29)
Captain America (3 stars/lvl 29)
SHIELD Operative (1 star/lvl 29)
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So, I just got to L30. I am having good luck with the Arena so far.
My stats at this moment:
Strongest Team Power----------10167
Total Collection Power----------16083
Blitz Wins------------------------23
Roster:
Spidey-------------------------L30 / 2446 **
Daredevil----------------------L30 / 1943***
Punisher-----------------------L30 / 1847 **
Luke Cage---------------------L30 / 1618 **
SHIELD Medic-----------------L30 / 1232 **
SHIELD Operative-------------L30 / 438 *
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Crossbones--------------------L30 / 2314 ***
Elektra-------------------------L30 / 1358 **
Hand Sorceress---------------L30 / 1130 *
Mercenary Soldier ------------L30 / 764 *
Hydra Scientist----------------L29 / 584 *
Hydra Armored Guard--------L29 / 469 *
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Nice line-up there, hulahulk.
And congrats on lvl. 30!
The only issue we've had is making sure raids are done fairly.
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My current line-up after my latest session (in order of power):
Crossbones (3 stars/lvl 33)
Captain America (3 stars/lvl 33)
Daredevil (3 stars/lvl 33)
Spider-Man (2 stars/lvl 33)
Punisher (2 stars/lvl 33)
Elektra (2 stars/lvl 33)
Bullseye (1 star/lvl 32)
Luke Cage (2 stars/lvl 33)
SHIELD Medic (2 stars/lvl 33)
Hand Sorceress (1 star/lvl 32)
Mercenary Soldier (1 star/lvl 32)
SHIELD Operative (1 star/lvl 32)
SHIELD Assault (1 star/lvl 32)
Jessica Jones (1 star/lvl 33)
Lvl 33
Strongest team power: 11233
Total collection power: 25748
Blitz wins: 41
Note: I previously listed Spider-Man at 3 stars. He's currently 2 stars. Corrected.
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I'm at lvl 28 since I don't have much time to play as much as I like. My relevant lineup is as follows
[B]Captain America ***
Daredevil ***
Luke Cage **
Spider-Man **
Elektra **
Crossbones **[/B] (though, he'll be at *** once I get to lvl 30)
[B]Punisher **
Medic **
Nebula *[/B]
Hand Assassin *
Mercenary *
Hand Sorceress *
Ravager Bruiser *
Ravager Stitcher *
All the bolded ones are at max level. I should have Bullseye tomorrow, I only need four more shards for him.
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Nice!
Crossbones is very useful in Blitz and Arena. Not so much in Raids, though.
Btw, I like the Hand Sorceress over the Medic. When you start raising her abilities, she also applies Defense Up.
And I always hate fighting Nebula, so she's got that going for her.
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[QUOTE=Lee Stone;3566302]Nice line-up there, hulahulk.
And congrats on lvl. 30!
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Thanks! You, too.
Just got to 32 and acquired Bullseye.
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[QUOTE=hulahulk;3568329]Thanks! You, too.
Just got to 32 and acquired Bullseye.[/QUOTE]
I like Bullseye.
I've seen people rate him pretty low, but I'd probably rate him just a bit lower than Elektra.
He does have a special that can be a one shot kill, similar to Elektra's but he doesn't have her stealth.
I just hit lvl 36, myself, and acquired a couple more minions, which will be useful in Blitz.
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We'll have Wolvie tomorrow. I'm close to getting JJ and Nebula.
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Finally hit 30 yesterday. I'll have Wolvie tomorrow. So far, so good. Working on getting Hawkeye now.
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By the way, has anyone ever gotten more than 2 character shards when they autowin a mission? I could run through all five attempts and only get two shards.
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I have. Most often just 2, but I have gotten 4 or 6. It's just not very common.
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[QUOTE=Lee Stone;3570954]I have. Most often just 2, but I have gotten 4 or 6. It's just not very common.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I actually got 4 of SHIELD Operator about an hour after posting that lol
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In addition to getting Wolverine, I did get JJ and Nebula. Plus, the Ravager Bruiser.
My Wolverine is at power level 2278, 2 stars, and Tier 4. His attacks are entertaining and useful, to say the least.
My Raids alliance is active. I'm seeing 25, 30, and 35 level raids. Some are quite easy, others are pretty tough. The prizes are worth the grind.
I have 115 Hulk shards. I'm soooooooooo looking forward to getting him.
We need Ghost Rider in this game so we can create a team of the New Fantastic Four. Just add Wolvie, Spidey, and Hulk. And a healer.
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Just hit 41, myself.
Working on Yondu as I just him, Nebula and a few others since last time I posted (and, of course, Wolverine).
We started doing lvl 40 raids today, also. Fun, but very challenging.
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My current line-up after my latest session (in order of power):
Daredevil (4 stars/lvl 40)
Captain America (3 stars/lvl 40)
Crossbones (3 stars/lvl 40)
Yondu (2 stars/lvl 40)
Wolverine (2 stars/lvl 38)
Punisher (2 stars/lvl 36)
Hand Sorceress (1 star/lvl 40)
Luke Cage (2 stars/lvl 35)
Spider-Man (2 stars/lvl 39)
Elektra (2 stars/lvl 38)
SHIELD Medic (2 stars/lvl 39)
Bullseye (1 star/lvl 35)
Nebula (1 star/lvl 30)
Jessica Jones (1 star/lvl 35)
SHIELD Assault (1 star/lvl 35)
SHIELD Operative (1 star/lvl 35)
Mercenary Soldier (1 star/lvl 35)
Hand Blademaster (1 star/lvl 30)
Hand Archer (1 star/lvl 30)
SHIELD Trooper (1 star/lvl 30)
Hydra Rifle Trooper (1 star/lvl 18)
Ravager Boomer (1 star/lvl 18)
Lvl 41
Strongest team power: 19029
Total collection power: 51339
Blitz wins: 103
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That Black Widow Blitz event sucked. What a complete waste of resources.
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[QUOTE=Bl00dwerK;3576259]That Black Widow Blitz event sucked. What a complete waste of resources.[/QUOTE]
It's the most popular blitz right now.
You'd be better off going for whatever blitz follows right after, as everyone is tapped out from spending on hers.
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Nice job, Lee Stone.
I agree, the BW blitz sucked. Fortunately, I did not spend a crazy amount of resources, but I spent enough. I think I can do better with Yondu.
I hit 38 today. Trying to figure out how to get the most out of my riff-raff.
More than doubled JJ's power level, went from T2 to T4. All 4 moves unlocked...she has some good abilities....not convinced she's worthy of the A-Team.
The Level 30 raids are easy now; I welcome the challenge of the 35's.
I work a lot during the week so much of my grinding will be done on weekends.
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Speaking of raids, the fact that members of one's own alliance can block other members' paths is kinda silly. We are all on the same team....why is this feature designed in such a way?
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[QUOTE=hulahulk;3577726]Nice job, Lee Stone.
I agree, the BW blitz sucked. Fortunately, I did not spend a crazy amount of resources, but I spent enough. I think I can do better with Yondu.
I hit 38 today. Trying to figure out how to get the most out of my riff-raff.
More than doubled JJ's power level, went from T2 to T4. All 4 moves unlocked...she has some good abilities....not convinced she's worthy of the A-Team.
The Level 30 raids are easy now; I welcome the challenge of the 35's.
I work a lot during the week so much of my grinding will be done on weekends.[/QUOTE]
Thanks. I'm at about 53k in Yondu right now. It gets a lot easier to rise up the milestones the more characters you have.
Jessica can be useful if you hold off on her special to get rid of a taunt.
And here's a tip about Blitz:
The threat level of each fight raises the higher you get in a tier, as does the potential points reward.
The threat level determines the opponent teams to be generated based on power level of the team you are using.
I've found it best to throw the lower spectrum of your forces out when the threat level is blue. These opponents will generally be less powerful than your team.
And I save my A-Team for red threats, as they're more advanced and I have more experience with them and tactics I've developed. These opponents will generally be more powerful than your team.
Also, cycle through the three opposing teams offered and look for one that you know you can easily remove one member quickly, such as a healer or what is referred to as a 'glass cannon' (units that have a long charge for a major attack, that if taken out before they can pull it off leaves the team underpowered).
Crossbones, while not technically a glass cannon, is one target I look for, because the ai will have him taunt which is fine with me, as I'll already be focused on him. And if another hero taunts, I'll still be able to target him until his taunt wears off. Which means I can usually take him out before he goes boom and that can make a big difference.
And since I use a healer in almost all my blitz groupings, if I take out their healer first, I already have an advantage.
Something else to keep in mind is formation. You may already know this, but because how the game plays out in a three dimensional view it can sometimes be missed.
Your team is shaped in an M formation, and 'adjacent' characters are considered the ones that connect with a line from each point of the M. Imagine if you took the bottom two ends of the M and stretched it into a straight line.
With this in mind, put your taunt heroes on the bottom ends of the M. That way when they are taunting, only one other hero is affected by grenades and such. This gives the best protection to the middle point of the M, as that character is not adjacent to either tanters. This middle point is the best place for healers and support, or characters with low health.
[QUOTE=hulahulk;3578753]Speaking of raids, the fact that members of one's own alliance can block other members' paths is kinda silly. We are all on the same team....why is this feature designed in such a way?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, the raids are a learning experience.
We've had to adopt discord (which I never used before this game, and will likely be my replacement for facebook as it's just that good) to have better communication among members.
After several days of only 15 or so members doing raids and only about ten of them communicating, I (with the council of my captains) purged eight members that weren't communicating or participating, and today we had our first full lvl 40 raid with all 24 members participating.
I've assigned five captains, which were the ones that communicated the most, and the six of us pair off as leaders of each strike team.
We've also started to assign members to specific teams, so each member has a team and two immediate supervisors over them.
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Interesting stuff, especially about discord. This is the second mention I've seen today about it....the other being in the FB group I joined. I'll look into it.
Yes, I almost always go for Crossbones first, since I don't want him to get to use his area attack. It's a bit tougher to do if the team also has Luke or Cap.
For blitzes, I've started that method of using three different tier teams. My C Team actually does pretty well.
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Also, I've tried using Bluestacks to play the game on my laptop. But when I installed the game, I had to start from the beginning. I did not see an option to sync with my phone app progress. There might be an issue with my Google Play settings, but I don't even know what to look for to fix the darned thing.
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If you linked it previously with Facebook, try linking the one on bluestacks to the same facebook account and see if that works.
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Well, I got it to work via the FB link, but it takes forever to load anything. I adjusted my Avast AV settings but that had no effect. I might just use Bluestacks periodically when I need to take a break from my phone
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My stats at this moment:
Strongest Team Power----------21151
Total Collection Power----------57418
Blitz Wins------------------------114
[B]I need more heroes![/B]
Roster:
Spidey-------------------------L41 / 5402 ***
Daredevil----------------------L41 / 4157 ***
Wolverine----------------------L41 / 3418 **
Punisher-----------------------L41 / 3191 **
Luke Cage---------------------L42/ 3145 **
SHIELD Medic-----------------L41 / 3108 **
Jessica Jones------------------L39 / 2652 *
SHIELD Operative-------------L31 / 1068 *
Quake--------------------------L28 / 897 *
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Crossbones--------------------L41 / 3700 ***
Hand Sorceress---------------L41 / 4476 **
Elektra-------------------------L39 / 3106 ***
Bullseye-----------------------L38 / 2540 **
Yondu--------------------------L30 / 2336 ***
Hydra Scientist----------------L35 / 1887 **
Hydra Sniper------------------L33 / 1730 *
Nebula-------------------------L35 / 1708 *
Hydra Armored Guard--------L32 / 1636 *
Hand Blademaster------------L30 / 1605 *
Mercenary Soldier ------------L30 / 764 *
Ravager Bruiser---------------L29 / 1501 *
Hydra Grenadier--------------L28 / 1166 *
Ravager Boomer--------------L25 / 730 *
Hydra Rifle Trooper-----------L25 / 723 *
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Very nice.
Level up Quake, she's popular pick for arena and raids.
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My current line-up after my latest session (in order of power):
Daredevil (4 stars/lvl 48)
Quake (2 stars/lvl 48)
Yondu (3 stars/lvl 48)
Captain America (3 stars/lvl 48)
Crossbones (3 stars/lvl 48)
Hand Sorceress (1 star/lvl 47)
Gamora (3 stars/lvl 39)
Wolverine (2 stars/lvl 38)
Punisher (2 stars/lvl 36)
Spider-Man (2 stars/lvl 39)
SHIELD Medic (2 stars/lvl 40)
Elektra (2 stars/lvl 38)
Luke Cage (2 stars/lvl 35)
Bullseye (1 star/lvl 35)
Jessica Jones (1 star/lvl 35)
SHIELD Assault (1 star/lvl 35)
SHIELD Operative (2 stars/lvl 35)
Mercenary Soldier (2 stars/lvl 35)
Hydra Scientist (1 star/lvl 30)
SHIELD Trooper (1 star/lvl 35)
Nebula (1 star/lvl 30)
Mercenary Riot Guard (1 star/lvl 30)
Hydra Sniper (1 star/lvl 32)
Hand Blademaster (1 star/lvl 32)
Ravager Boomer (1 star/lvl 30)
Hand Archer (1 star/lvl 31)
Hydra Rifle Trooper (1 star/lvl 30)
SHIELD Security (2 stars/lvl 24)
Hydra Grenadier (1 star/lvl 24)
Hand Sentry (1 star/lvl 24)
Hydra Armored Guard (1 star/lvl 24)
Lvl 48
Strongest team power: 30163
Total collection power: 89066
Blitz wins: 210
Oh, and I now have enough shards for Hulk.
Just gotta save up 100k to recruit him.
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I’ve been playing the game for about a week now and it’s very fun so far. What’s considered the best use of Power Cores?
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[QUOTE=spyderbytes;3611848]I’ve been playing the game for about a week now and it’s very fun so far. What’s considered the best use of Power Cores?[/QUOTE]
Only use cores for recharging campaign energy, and then only when it costs 50.
When it goes to 100, just save them.
If you end up with a surplus, you can take advantage of one of the special offers.
Just be sure to save enough for three recharges if you do.
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So, I picked up a few characters since my last update. I'm at L50, a few hundred away from 51.
Total collection power: 101519
Strongest team power: 35198
Blitz wins: 262
All-time arena rank: 1371
1. Spidey-------------------------L50 / 8321 ***
2. Crossbones--------------------L50 / 8115 ****
3. Hand Sorceress---------------L50 / 6958 ***
4. Quake--------------------------L50 / 6116 **
5. Wolverine----------------------L48 / 5692 ***
6. Daredevil----------------------L48 / 5175 ***
7. Hulk----------------------------L42 / 4852 / ****
8. Luke Cage---------------------L48/ 4775 ***
9. Elektra-------------------------L46 / 3611 ***
10. Punisher----------------------L42 / 3591 **
11. SHIELD Medic-----------------L41 / 3438 ***
12. Bullseye-----------------------L40 / 3338 **
13. Nebula-------------------------L40 / 3059 **
14. Jessica Jones------------------L40 / 2971 **
15. Yondu--------------------------L35 / 2968 ***
16. Hydra Sniper------------------L35 / 2352 **
17. Iron Fist-----------------------L30 / 2155 **
18. Hydra Scientist----------------L35 / 2091 **
19. Hand Blademaster------------L38 / 1922 *
20. Kree Reaper-------------------L30 / 1860 **
21. Mercenary Soldier ------------L31 / 1781 *
22. Hydra Armored Guard--------L32 / 1694 *
23. Ravager Bruiser---------------L30 / 1667 *
24. SHIELD Operative-------------L31 / 1629 *
25. Hand Archer-------------------L30 / 1607 / *
26. Gamora------------------------L38 / 1542 / ***
27. Hydra Grenadier--------------L28 / 1519 / *
28. Hand Sentry-------------------L25 / 1440 / *
29. SHIELD Assault----------------L32 / 1296 / *
30. SHIELD Trooper---------------L25 / 1106 / *
31. Ravager Boomer--------------L25 / 1021 / *
32. Hydra Rifle Trooper-----------L25 / 997 / *
33. AIM Researcher---------------L25 / 872 / **
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Very nice, hulahulk!
Gamora and Yondu are really good in Raids.
I see that you're also leveling everyone to level 25. That's what I'm doing, too.
It may handicap me in Arena, but then with the Arena shard issue I won't be getting into the top, anyway.
How are you doing with the Thanos Raids?