Marvel’s rival Sharknado team abilities solidify the fun direction of the game
In Marvel Competitors Season 2.5, the team’s capabilities are on the entire camp. Keep your head down, as Sharknado is about to devour you – resistance is futile.
Season 2 Balance Patch is the first sticker to make extensive changes to the game’s iconic team features, while similar changes are coming soon for the mid-season patch. Gone are the days of Punisher’s Infinite Ammunition and Spider-Man’s symbiotic combination.
Now, Jeff Shark can combine his ultimate ability with Storm’s Tornado in a tribute to the worst movie I’ve ever seen – Little Land Shark can also work with Venom to heal nearby teammates through symbiotic tendrils. Yes, that evil shark gained two new teamwork abilities in one patch. It was an unbalanced preference that made me wake up at night.
These teamwork is interesting ideas, but based on the foundations of the team composition I have seen in Diamonds and above, I dare guess that they won’t get much time in competitive games – even if these collaborations improve, Jeff isn’t competing with more effective strategists. Instead, I think these heads are here, because it seems that the true priority of publisher Netease seems to provide players with different media to relax their favorite superheroes.
Wolverine has a solo leap that he can show up in the cooldown, but a Marvel game with ensemble actors would be incomplete without the Fastball Special.
Keep miracle power fantasy
Marvel Competitors begins with a game about entering the shoes of some of the world’s most popular superheroes. Comic books are an excellent medium for storytelling – but they are also a visual sight, often relying on “cool domination.”
If you can’t get into the iconic Fastball Special, it won’t play Wolverine like Wolverine. Giving your autonomy to another player rarely performs well, and this ability isn’t that useful – unless you’re one of the best players in the world with Rocket Boots with Rocket Raccoon – but it’s an integral part of the Wolverine fighting style.
The same principle applies to Captain America and Winter Soldiers. These characters have known each other for nearly a century. They grew up in Brooklyn. They will combine fighting styles.
Is the echo between Bucky’s metal arm and Steve’s Vibranium Shield so good? Not so, because Bucky may have to use it to use it. However, the use is very cool and makes the player feel like they embody these characters more fully.
This makes us sure to be the most notorious combination of the game. Jeff-Nado started out as a community joke for a miracle competitor, and now it will be a real team. How long will Storm and Jeff actually combine their ultimate abilities? I can’t imagine seeing it in many games, but for Jeff players who want to ride lightning, this interaction exists, which is cool.
NetEase designed a game that should not be expected to reshape the entire metadata from every team, which I think is a great thing. It is important for developers to experience gameplay for Marvel heroes that are not copied elsewhere.
For developers, the competitiveness of the game is not that important, letting you stick it to the bad guys of Yancy Street Beatdown.
Each update makes it clear about the competitive model of Marvel competitors
If the power of imagination fantasy is NetEase’s number one priority, it means that the competitive balance of Marvel competitors can be reversed. That’s OK – Some people think that changing changes, nerfs and reworks to “Overwatch characters) make them less fun over the years, especially odd balls like Sombra and Mercy, which are very different from their original avatars.
What the sweatiest players with the gaming community might say is that when the game is unbalanced, the game is good. It’s fun to have abilities that are not as useful as others, but super exaggerated and flashy. There can be a role that won’t lay off staff in higher-level competitions. There have long been signs that Marvel competitors have not been designed as a competitive game – it seems that working here does not seem to have Overwatch’s league-level ambitions.
Since its launch, Marvel competitors’ competitive system has been criticized, with many players receiving less than 50% higher championship rates. Compared to other games such as Overwatch, the ranking allocation is very generous, and many players actively compete in competitive matches will attract the highest level.
The recently introduced Chrono Shield card makes it easier to escape lower skill brackets, and games in the middle rankings can sometimes feel like coin flips depending on the skills of the players in the queue. The skill gap between players in each level is too large, and this seems to be how the system is intended to operate.
However, the relaxed vision for the game may not last as it seems Netease wants to eat the cake and eat it too. Marvel rival IGNITE 2025 Championship has a smooth prize of $3 million. A stylish team combination and a more casual ranking ladder are one thing, but it’s a huge sum of money, and it shows that Netease wants players to take winning seriously.
Marvel competitors immediately moved in two different directions. The actual patch makes me believe the developers want the game to be fun first and balanced in unique hero abilities interactions and lower ranking casual matches, as assumed most players will experience. Tournament money and player culture are something heavier, and there are many people who want to compete to be the best person for Marvel competitors.
Trying to split the difference will lead the game to the end of the identity crisis. It happens to be Overwatch, and Marvel competitors can’t fall into the same trap. If Jeff-Nado has any signs of what’s going to happen, I hope Devs atnease sticks to their guns and continues to balance in Marvel’s power fantasy rather than prioritizing competitive balance for senior tournament players and outperforming the full rankings.
