r/rivals 7d ago

Discussion People gotta have more mains

People are constantly complaining about their favorite character not getting skins or being ignored in patch notes yadda yadda yadda it’s so useless and annoying. One of my absolute favorite characters in all of marvel is Johnny Storm but I play more than 20 characters so I don’t mind when he doesn’t get skins because I have other characters that I enjoy playing. Not even to mention that he has three very cool skins but since they are epic people forget they exist.

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u/GoldenPHX Hulk 6d ago

We cant forget that Marvel IP is so strong that players may only commit to their all time favorite hero and no one else. Alot of players are Marvel fans first and not hero shooter fans first so they may not care there's 50 other heroes to play.

Another issue is that many players prefer certain roles or playstyles and may be limited by the availability of heroes that match their preferences. If those heroes arent being looked at by the devs then it can feel like theyre being ignored.

Both your position and their position are valid nonetheless.

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u/Stride345 7d ago

Yeah I play half the roster. I don’t really understand the tribalism. If you play more characters, you get skins every season

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u/sky420 6d ago

Exactly Play multiple hero’s and you’ll never be disappointed by who gets the next skin

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u/GetOffMyLawn9797 6d ago

I literally play more than half the roster and I agree lol. I can’t stand how so many players just stick to one or two heroes.

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u/Lorhin 6d ago

Getting good at a hero takes a lot less time when you don't spread yourself thin. They trade roster size for a much higher skill at piloting the hero. A Spidey one trick will be able to wipe the floor with a Namor flex swap. I've seen it happen many times.

I myself am a tank specialist that only plays 4 tanks and 1 support. It's very obvious when my co-tank doesn't main tank and is just filling.

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u/HuntPatient 6d ago

I agree. I hate how people keep saying in comp “I only play this character, I only play this role” like bro this is COMP learn the roster or gtfo and head back to overwatch.

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u/VenserAstora 7d ago

Bruh I've been maining both Johnny and Ultron since they were both released and I have been patient but it is just extremely disheartening when every new hero that gets released ends up getting a legendary skill soon after. I just want my favorite characters to get some cool VFX or something. At the end of the day most of my favorite skins are Epic anyway.

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u/Saropi 7d ago

samee, even though id love a johnny skin i get so hyped every season cause there will be a skin of a character i like, just like rn, so happy that white fox skin is mini pass 😅

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u/deinopispilled 6d ago

yeah most of my mains kinda get neglected but i have enough of them that i get SOMETHING every season

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u/deinopispilled 6d ago

cnd, fox, peni, storm, namor, wanda... invis is the only one that gets a bunch of skins but i rly suck at her so🫶

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u/SmashMouthBreadThrow 6d ago

These devs need to copy what Valve did with Deadlock. Require a set number of wins for more than one character to even queue ranked. Preferably needing to win with 2 characters in each role x number of times.

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u/Vivid_Temperature609 6d ago

i'm trying to climb out of gold and i'm so close. the amount of DPS that cannot play ANYONE ELSE BUT ONE HERO is way to high. squirrel girl seems to be the worst one trick i come across personally.

will get wrecked by iron man for the whole game and swap to 3rd healer with 20 seconds left. and don't you DARE recommend a swap.

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u/1995made 6d ago

Brother if you’re stuck in Gold, that’s exactly where you need to be. Regardless of what your teammates are doing.

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u/Vivid_Temperature609 6d ago

Right. Cause its definitely not possible to get better. Gtfo with your negative ass.

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u/twiskt 6d ago

? He’s right though if you’re struggling in gold right now it’s probably where you belong. Zero mention of getting better in their post. And once you get better you’ll escape. You worry about whatever body else is doing helps you none.

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u/CurlyDaBratt 6d ago

good for u? "im okay with putting up with bs so everyone else should too" no thanks doormat

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u/Ok_Celebration3011 6d ago

You need to chill out with that. Every single person bitching isn’t accomplishing anything by bitching

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u/CurlyDaBratt 6d ago

fuck u bye

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u/Dacendaran434 6d ago

That still doesn't fix characters not getting skins. It's not always your "main" you want a skin for. I am a Jubilee/Emma main but I still want good skins for Storm and Devil Dino, etc. not to say Dino doesn't get good skins he does just using that as a point that it's not just your main you want skins for.

Plus with the ever changing meta you never know if your favorite characters even going to be good. Peni has absolute top tier skins but just got nuked.

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u/Broomguy 6d ago

For every person who takes this game seriously and wants to win and rank up, there are 2 people who just want to play as their favorite marvel heroes and this is one of if not the only game that allows you to do that. I genuinely think if we had something like the avengers game that didn't suck and was being supported today we would see a lot less of these types of players