Let's face it. Apocalypse was one of the BIGGEST events in the game in years. We here at Video Game Fans have been playing MSF for a long time, almost since launch and we can't recall an event that brought the community together to accomplish one goal since Dark Dimension one and two.
However, when you have a mobile game that releases a character so hyped for so long it better be not good, not okay, not great, but SPECTACULAR. Baby Apoc and Daddy Apoc should have been THE best character in the game without question for at a minimum eight months after launch.
Not only that, but Marvel Strike Force hid requirements for Apocalypse for a long time and the decision to make his baby tier unlock (which is arguably not a good character for the investment) hidden behind gear 17 was a terrible idea.
Think about it: the entire community banded together to unlock a character for almost a year and you don't allow the average casual player to unlock it? Even though they have all the teams necessary? Of course the player-base is going to be upset.
So Marvel Strike Force had two choices: make baby Apoc available to everyone and much weaker OR make baby Apoc worth the gear investment.
We have tested the length of time necessary to unlock Apoc and it makes zero sense for a mobile game with close to a million active players annually to put a brick wall before a character that is only as strong as the previous Arena meta. We routinely beat baby Apoc teams in Arena. It should have been a shut-out the way Eternals was.
But we digress. Everyone knows the game is in trouble and many alliances have quit and are not happy. Tadano Mac Japan, one of the biggest MSF whales left and so did countless alliances.
SO WHAT COMES NEXT FOR MARVEL STRIKE FORCE?
We're not going to lie. MSF is in trouble, new players have a gigantic mountain to climb to build teams. The only way MSF is going to dig itself out of this hole is to start giving players a massive amount of free stuff. I'm talking hundreds of millions of gold, free characters galore and they need to start making gear 16 easily obtainable for even the newest of players.
Here's why. If you picked up the game today it would take you a year or more to reach half of my current progress. By then you are even further in the dust. Would you spend $10,000 or more to catch up to me? I doubt it. However, if you give players a carrot on a stick they might just bite.
Marvel Strike Force will die without feeding us all a massive amount of free gold, gear, items and teams. And my suggestion to you devs? Do yourselves a favor and give everyone baby Apoc. A lot of people were disappointed by your choice to lock him behind gear 17.
Out of 200+ characters, maybe the average player has 1-5 g17.
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