Marvel Rivals Gets NEW Heroes EVERY 6 WEEKS?! Huge Dev Interview!

[@jslaughter95]

interviewer: "Jeff is hard to play against!" Devs: "I see your point, but allow me to offer a counter argument; Have you considered, getting good?""

[@h3rpad3rpacifilis]

Seriously, we have so many AOE shields and invulns at this point in time, as well as flight and dashes. The only time Jeff catches you is if you have your pants fully down - this is why I shower with my clothes on.

[@Pulstar232]

Nah, interviewer is right. Jeff's old ult hitbox was a 10 meter sphere (you can easily escape vertically at the edge, but near impossible in the center) with a 9 meter indicator (which is why you get caught even when out of range). Now it's a 5 meter high, 10 meter wide cylinder (which means that vertical escape is now equally difficult) with the correct indicator.

[@kiwicai9101]

I play C&D a lot. Jeff, who?

[@__________o____________]

Jeff is absolutely useless in GM now they should fr stop crying

[@BeckyRoth99]

The devs are right, the way to counter Jeff's ult is to run away as soon as you hear his sound, DO NOT wait until the circle shows up, it will be too late by then.

[@Tetsuo_88]

Marvel Rivals PVE would be the final nail in the coffin for that other game that has "2" in its name...

[@akosiboy3174]

Helldiver 2?

[@Tetsuo_88]

@@akosiboy3174 Love HD2 but i dont think you can call it a hero shooter. I was refering to OW2

[@R.T.12]

Yup… Gg in that case

[@expoltergeist9358]

a "raid" has been datamined involving hydra so it might happen

[@R.T.12]

@@expoltergeist9358 really??? I’ve been saying to myself how awesome that would be…. jeez man, sorry but RIP OW lmao

[@joshuawoodard6998]

It's crazy how this game was perceived as a game that would come and go during beta to releasing and proceeding to put ow in the dirt.

[@batofkrypton9765]

Cough Cough** Stylosa himself

[@prismatic9890]

​@@batofkrypton9765tbf, most people thought that

[@lilwintery6434]

@@batofkrypton9765 i don't blame him because on my initial first days of the game during the beta i felt the same way, on the surface the game just feels like a less polished version of overwatch but once you learn the characters and see the depth it becomes fun

[@XklusiveTelevison]

Fr. I haven't played OW since release of Rivals. It's kinda sad but it'll be Oki 😅

[@GhengisJohn]

I never assumed such a thing and I was following the game thinking it looked great before it came out. But it's possible I was conditioned to be open minded by the number of people talking smack about Marvel games when I loved Midnight Suns.

[@Synthpopper]

It helps that they already have hundreds of pre-established characters to choose from. Which to be fair is about half the work off a difficult task

[@noclue5637]

Everything I've seen from the devs seem really positive and passionate about the project so hopefully it is just a great team who love their work. Although that could just be 5% of the devs and the rest are locked up to their desk forced to slave away.

[@EmpReb]

@@noclue5637it’s probably both.

[@SoulKingBK]

No, that’s bull yes, the narrative creation is a bunch of the work but overwatch chose to skimp and save on that aspect of the characters how long has it been since they’ve created something like the Hanzo Genji video? Do you know why… blizzard chose to fire that team. Y’all don’t get to use a established IP, as an excuse why overwatch can’t produce to the same degree when blizzard chose to fire their team that produces the narrative.

[@legendaryshadow6428]

@@SoulKingBK exactly, idk why people are defending awful service for these games.

[@d_skrilla6479]

Half the work is wild ideas take exactly zero work to come up with

[@DNYLNY]

No role queue has taken me out of my comfort zone. I now pick which hero is needed from any class and it’s great. Every game feels different.

[@Raytheman581]

Yep, i'll always fight in defense of it not being there, especially after OW2 where it doesn't even really help.

[@JarlAmbition]

People complaining about role locks are the same overwatch people who first attacked rivals for being an overwatch ripoff. They don’t know what they want and they are unbearable.

[@DauthEldrvaria]

@@JarlAmbition I really hope those people stay away from Marvel Rivals because they are going to ruin this game with how they perceive it should be like Overwatch

[@LegendaryBlueBeast]

It's why I enjoyed OG overwatch. I played because I liked Reinhart, but when he would get picked or the team needed something else, I had the freedom to change and try something that might work. People who complain about wanting role qeue are people who refuse to be flexible and just want to be whoever they want AND win.

[@just_archan]

I am glad that I got "lord" on cloak and dagger, as when people see that icon often free cd for me.

[@LemonParty69]

It's not insane. Overwatch just conditioned us to drastically lower our expectations

[@damianvaldez9390]

1 hero every 6 weeks? I get your main goal is trying to shit on OW but take a step back. That is genuinely amazing. Don’t downplay their effort because you want to be spiteful to the other guys

[@katalyst_]

You say that but it's still way fkn easier to pull heros from marvels catalog where as ow needs to make completely new heros designs and lore for integration.

[@RespectTheGanja]

EXACTLY

[@sixsam6766]

This is so true I mean paladins a Hi-rez(more like low-rez) game that also a hero shooter there first year they released 20 characters then 15 the next year before slowly down to and average 6 a year before coming to a stop

[@transientanus]

​@@damianvaldez9390It's a live service game that already has a massive gallery of characters to incorporate into the game. It isnt amazing. It's the bare minimum. ESPECIALLY considering how much money they are leeching off of people with their predatory monetization scheme.

[@Pellbort]

Article: "Do you not think it matters?" Stylosa, an undiagnosed dyslexic: "Do YoU tHiNk It NoT mAtTeRs?--- Wow, these people write funny!"

[@happyjog1743]

I read a comment somewhere that I agree with talking about implementing a "find a group" feature like what used to be in overwatch. This way, people who really want to rank up in a specific role can find a team and communicate with them while playing a hero they are good at. For players who want to win but not compete in tournaments.

[@JT_Unk]

They tried to cover that with the Factions (Clan) system, but the LFG style system is definitely better so you can hop online at any time and get a competent group of players without having to schedule times with the same people. Allows you to still be competitive while not being super committed. Hopefully they add it in eventually. 👍

[@ArthurMorgan123-r6y]

it's so weird to me how Overwatch 2 REMOVED that feature.

[@DauthEldrvaria]

@@ArthurMorgan123-r6y Well OW2 removed a lot of shit and that’s why I uninstalled that garbage. The devs lied and over promised then under delivered.

[@Calladim]

You can see the previous players youve played with in the social/friend menu. Just send out a mass group invite. I've joined them for many games like helldivers, avengers, etc. You can invite 100 players

[@punkypony5165]

I think Mr.Fantastic shows what the devs have in mind when they mean character freedom. Reed Richards is basically an offtank despite being labeled a duelist I expect a lot more hybrid roles like this from the Duelist role in the future.

[@DauthEldrvaria]

I hope they can pull this off with other roles though offtank supports and off support tanks would be awesome. Tanks that could heal but not deal a lot of damage or supports that can tank but are more utility and than heal based.

[@Kv0sol]

There are sub categories yes. League has this where you can be a tank sudo dps called a bruiser which mister fantastic feels like.

[@unr34L-]

@@Kv0solleague is for pea doughs

[@johndrippergaming]

Need more support & tank heroes

[@transientanus]

Need a bigger pool of people who actually play those roles.

[@Shupedoop]

^ more variety increases interest from more people

[@sergiok6660]

​@Shupedoop THIS. Also a greater width of playstyles. Complex kits and simple kits alike.

[@localcomicnerd]

Give me emma frost

[@joemorgan9801]

Doc oc, sandman and The lizard would all be great tanks

[@fortunawolf8852]

I don't understand people who say, I'm afraid there will be too many heroes! But in what way are these bad ones? I mean. League of Legends has more than 169 playable characters and no one talks about it or makes any controversy about it.

[@otheraccount312]

As someone who started playing league ~10 years post release it did feel very very overwhelming. Probably took 150 hours to really learn everyone I would kinda like if after a few years they started removing the consistently least played heroes, across seasons. Obviously thats going to piss off the mains of those characters but if thats a small enough group its fine Or after a few years instead of adding new characters you do redesigns on low played characters half the time instead of a new release

[@roychen5235]

​@otheraccount312 It will help if they keep the heroes all unlocked, and also that it is Marvel IP. A new 12 year old player 4 years down the line can just pick Spiderman or Iron Man first and know roughly what the hero will do in game.

[@brodrickbaker]

Yeah I’m gonna say that’s probably part of the reason I don’t play League though. Barrier to entry is too high

[@jamesvoss8766]

League has TONS of controversy. Its pretty much impossible to have that many heros, abd have them all be fun, unique, and balanced. Heros start feeling samey, heros get forgotten, and heros get realeased in op states to sell more.

[@haitang6062]

to be fair, league have so many characters and you have to learn to build item, rune, laning phase, counter, winning condition while MR just pick the character and roll with it

[@dragonsmoke2835]

This dude is always astonished 😂 his mind is blown 24/7.

[@gambeano]

That's that overwatch trauma. Bros standards are in the dirt

[@Ron742_]

"This is LIT-erally insane, mind blown!!"

[@frigidwolf]

@@Ron742_ that LIT-erally is spot on 😂

[@XklusiveTelevison]

Cocaines a hellava drug😂

[@relltherealone]

Stys always been my guy. He just seems like a chipper fellow 😂

[@lanos6853]

My biggest argument against role lock/queue is that me and my friends won 3 games in a row with 6 tanks

[@jgomo3877]

Another good argument is that role queue started OW's slide into oblivion.

[@BetarayBillLover]

I was hyping this game up crazy before it dropped to my friends and they were all really sceptical and thought it would be hype for a week then die, makes me so happy that so far it’s looking extremely promising

[@Vrip5824]

I think a big difference between this game and overwatch is that this game doesn’t have to create new characters so almost all the work just goes into how the character plays and how their “Rivals version” will look.

[@blaynegreiner9365]

Bingo. It's ridiculous to compare the hero creation timeline between the two games. There are plenty of legitimate things to compare but this is definitely not one of them. I get it, "Blizzard bad, NetEase good(lol)" but we should keep comparisons fair.

[@Nellie-g3r]

Love this game, so much fun and truly competitive.

[@otrsn5553]

Vanguard : Colossus, Juggernaut, Sandman, the lizard, kingpin, Thanos Support : Doc Ock, mysterio, rogue, quicksilver (can have ability that grabs health packs around map to heal teammates)

[@batofkrypton9765]

Its essentially 2 heroes a season because season is 3 months long which is fine. I assume 2 maps too which is great 2 is the sweet spot of heroes per season

[@SinBad3000]

4 would be better every season. Other game standards don’t matter. There are way too many marvel characters not to use

[@DauthEldrvaria]

@@SinBad3000 Agreed I wish they’d have just blown us out the water and dropped the entire 4 then come out with Doom and out OW2 in the dirt. But we can slowly poor cement on it also. 😂

[@XiLock_Alotx]

@@SinBad3000naw. 2 is good. Especially when we rarely see 2 a year from the competition

[@SinBad3000]

@ you can’t compare this game to the competition 😂people think like 2 is good it’s just a low number for MR but for OW it’s insane. OW players got treated like shi

[@dinocharlie1]

I think the thing with role lock is it forces heroes into boxes. At the moment there's freedom for heroes like Mr Fantastic to have 350 HP and another 450 every 10 seconds or so if you're really in there. Overwatch couldn't get away with a DPS with more HP than most of the tanks (350+450 is 800 tied for the thickest tanks and more than Cap, Thor and Strange just to name a few). This is one area League does well in with design, often to the detriment of fun sometimes since pros will find the strongest ways of doing things and abuse it. They have a role queue, but no role lock. And by that I mean if you queue bot, you're usually supposed to pick an adc (for non moba players, that's usually the sustained dps class that relies on auto attacks/primary fire as opposed to burst or on cooldowns) but you can pick a mage if you want and mages actually have the top 5 highest win rates bot last I saw. And it lets them design tankier characters that sacrifice mobility for damage, or in some cases (Ksante) sacrifice tankiness for damage. Imagine if Rammatra's punchy form made him go to 275 hp, he'd be a horrible tank. TLDR: Role lock also locks the designers into roles and I think that's something they don't want to do

[@sugarhiIl]

I rather they focus on other issues in the game than worry about releasing heroes at this rate. The roster is already huge

[@pyryvirtanen6081]

It's a rate they most likely cannot sustain forever. They must have a decent backlog of characters currently who are ready like Ultron or at least nearly ready.

[@FazeParticles]

Blade is ready to go. and so are the other two fantastic 4 members.

[@exilibus]

adding War Machine and Ghost Rider as Vanguards with Ultron and Silver Surfer as Strategists would actually save so many team comps

[@TheDanteBoots]

oof imagine if we get Jean Grey and the Goblin Queen as a skin. And a Cyclops Bishop team up ability would be nuts.

[@idontneedtoexplainmyself6346]

A friend sent this video in our Rivals chat & Hearing Stylosa’s voice after being off Overwatch since 2017 had me actually shocked

[@myshitez]

6:38 lol the penny trying to tank a punisher ult and then spamming "I need healing" after they die

[@YodazorFN]

13:17 what was that laugh 😂

[@Ron742_]

They're never beating the sweatshop allegations.

[@PewPewShootEmUp]

We don't need em to 😅

[@DauthEldrvaria]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@quisshy]

Better than the devs on overwatch being overworked and sually a salted (have to word that way so yt hopefully don’t delete)

[@XiLock_Alotx]

@@quisshyI don’t think either is good. Not one “beats” the other. They don’t need to. They are both shady af practices

[@loplop019]

i mean its china so they dont need to

[@Ramxenoc]

love the destruction. Helps with character balance in a way. Some maps are eh for some characters, but you break a couple of walls and now Peni doesn't have to worry about nest being destroyed from 5 different angles for example

[@angellopez7308]

I won more than a few games as solo healer during ranked. Honestly it's more how you and your team work together

[@TheZombieOG]

I like that some roles overlap. Mr fantastic is damn near a tank, venom moves like dps, storm finishes with atleast 20 assists every game, cloak and dagger survivability feels like 1/2 tank 1/2 support. They are designing the game thay way on purpose.

[@gbp3616]

Love the Rivals content Sty, keep it up 💪🫰

[@astralaffair4360]

So excited for the future seasons

[@bambi_gunz]

I'm happy with the constant flow of heroes and content. It'll definitely keep Rivals player base high. I'm starting to get concerned about the working conditions the employees are put under. Hopefully they're treating their employees decently!

[@youraveragelatino1089]

its another country. You don't have to worry about their work conditions as its under a communist control. Just enjoy the game.

[@jeremyhorner9531]

I hope that too. I hope they are getting paid well and taken care of for how much work they are doing.

[@bambi_gunz]

Just did a quick google search and NetEase rates below average in job ratings with a common problem being the lack of work-life balance. :(

[@ArthurMorgan123-r6y]

they knew what they were signing up for

[@TiagoCrafter]

bruh

[@justinl1352]

It is a little easier to release characters for a Marvel game as opposed to a Original IP. Marvel has been around for decades and have hundreds of Characters they can transition from Comics, Movies, and TV shows into the game universe while for a game like Overwatch they have to completely create a new character from the ground up. I am excited, hopefully we can get some more X-Men in the game soon. I want to play as Colossus and IceMan.

[@DauthEldrvaria]

Doesn’t matter. When you have a creative team that gets paid to create characters and narratives around them it shouldn’t take them longer than 2 weeks to hammer that shit out as a group and pass it on to the Dev Team to implement. This is a made up fallacy that makes it seem like creating original characters is HARD. Sure it’s hard but it’s especially hard when you’re lazy and you fire the people in charge of creating your characters and lore.

[@iN_O_O_B_Y]

I have an idea. They should add role queue. But they match into the same game as people who search for open queue. But 3 of the 6 people on each team will have queued up in role queue. Filling one of each role. Then the remaining 3 will fill. This is the best possible way to run this system.

[@Rigboi420]

Sty hitting Mr.Fantastic and charging his shift just like how he used to shoot Zaryas bubbles 🤣

[@totalpackage2107]

2 every 6 weeks!! You gotta keep feeding the beast!! Love this game, so much fun and truly competitive!

[@dolescent3703]

That’s so long

[@LoganH0076]

Here’s why I like role lock; first of all, the different roles require different skill sets. There’s overlap for sure, but if I play support at a diamond level, it doesn’t mean I can play dps at that level. That makes me feel discouraged from playing dps because if I go into games with the intention of playing dps, I still get put up against people who match my skill level as a healer. I’m then basically throwing the game. Second is the obvious issue in comp where you end up with terrible comps because you have 6 dps mains or 3 or 4 support mains, etc. Imo role queue just makes the game more enjoyable because it lets you have separate MMR’s for each role and you get to play the role you want from game to game without feeling like you’re throwing

[@MordecaiSPM]

I don't know how the balancing works but I 100% they won't run out of characters for a long time. Marvel has 70,000 characters combined, including heroes, villains, and even their alt. universe, each with a unique story, abilities,, and appearance.

[@SkiesTurnedGrey]

Let me make something clear. Just because you CAN win with crazy comps doesn't mean that it should be encouraged, because regardless of it being POSSIBLE, you're still automatically putting yourself at a disadvantage, an uphill battle, against an enemy team that has a balanced composition.

[@omgHeYa]

people keep complaining that everyone instalocks dps, yet i've had very few matches where this happens, either on quickplay or competitive, there's pretty much always 2 supps and at least 1 tank

[@Raytheman581]

This, and I check a lot of peoples profiles in ranked and I might see it once out of every 20 or so matches. People really will at least play what's needed so long as they can play. Aside from instalock spidermans, they are hopeless.

[@eknick]

but thats ok by adding more hybrid heroes like mr.fantastic, he can fill the tank role, more heroes like that will make the team composition more varied and flexible

[@Father_Dwarf]

It also helps they've actually made fun healers and tanks.

[@Kildain717]

Time of day seems to matter to me. During the day, which I assume might be more of an all ages time, it’s lots of DPS, most games are at least 3-4 DPS. Later at night, people will hard lock supports or tanks cause that’s who they want to play I suppose? I tend to focus on one character at a time as I’m progressing through the roster so sometimes, I’m not helping. I just wanted to level up my Widow or whatever.

[@25Jake]

​@Kildain717 what no it's the opposite. During day during non degenerate hours is when you'll find the best teams and ppl will tank/heal frequently and even communicate. but as soon as it starts getting later at night I SWEAR everyone stops giving F and will start insta locking whatever they want. Night time is the ONLY time I actually get 4 or 5 dps insta locks in one game that refuse to swap. I also only play comp during the day because of this. As soon as it starts getting late everything goes out the window and no1 cares 😂

[@NOhomo543]

While I think it’s cool, 1 hero every 6 weeks is insane. There would be too much heroes in the pool and it’d eventually catch up to LoL. I love this game and want longevity.

[@ExoticZah]

I’m so excited for Cyclops coming to Marvel Rivals!

[@coreysarmiento5175]

Needs more mutants.Cyclops would be a cool ranged DPS with different types of optic blasts( regular optic blast, long range, wide range blast that hits multiple enemies, ult blast that has a huge blast radius). Gambit is another obvious ranged DPS with his projectiles. Some melee abilities with his Bo staff would be cool. He could even charge it with kinetic energy and do a cool charged pole vault traversal move. Also Nightcrawler as a strategist that teleports to enemies and heals them as he teleports them somewhere safer. He could also grab two enemies and another with his tail and separate them from their group or teleport them off the map. We need more vanguards, an obvious pick is Juggernaut and Colossus. Also Dani Moonstar or Canonball. They could have teamup abilities with Magic. Quicksilver would be cool. He could have the best mobility in the game and hit multiple targets bunched up in an area in quick succession.

[@HELLISHHANDZ]

Give me Nightcrawler or give me death.

[@ryanperrault8174]

** Heroes of the Storm ( Blizzard MOBA) starting in 2015 with the Paid Beta had new characters every 6 weeks for like 2-3 years and it was amazing and a part of the reason I stayed engaged with the game for 3 years. Marvel has such a huge list of potential characters that they easily have 5 years worth of characters. Anyone saying it can't work needs to look at SMITE which has 120 characters and works fine.

[@aaronolson6736]

If the Vanguard Anchor bonus were cooldown resuction or damage reduction instead raw health it would line up with the Duelist and Strategist Anchor bonuses and open the door to Anchor bonuses being reactive like the abilities.

[@Noobish_Camper55]

Ever since launch I haven't gone back to OW and I don't miss it for the first time in 8 years.

[@ronniegarza3298]

Overlapping abilities (the way moba games have) is what allows you to find characters that are EXACTLY what you want. And Rivals has picks n bans. Theres a limit to how many characters on 1 team. Nothing wrong with a large hero rosters. This allows for MULTIPLE viable comps. This is why OW never hit it stride fully, lack of countless VIABLE team comps. Ow succeeded in cash grabbing not in becoming a fully realized hero shooter.

[@RoaringTide]

If they can keep that pace while maintaining the quality, I'm completely fine with it. Marvel has an effectively infinite number of characters, and we're still missing many A-listers, let alone anything else. It'd be a shame for many of them to never see the light of day. Also I think concerns about imbalance are overblown. Some amount of imbalance will happen regardless, and we don't just have patch balancing, but also hero bans. And at the end of the day, I'd rather get loads of cool characters than fewer just because some of them might need patches down the road.

[@Khastrx]

As it should be. Waiting 3 months or longer for a new hero to breathe life in to a game just doesn't work anymore. OW relies on new maps and new modes to keep players entertained but they get old real fast, the real content is the character(s). Maybe they'll slow down eventually which is fine...

[@gbp3616]

Trying to balance away from role Q is like blizzard buffing tanks into raid bosses to convince people to play

[@adriankheyon]

Dude. If you playing with your friends you can definitely made a 1 tank boss raid 3support 1tank/2dps 1 always on guard of flankers with the those 3 supports.

[@Not_Ciel]

5:58 It really does remind me of when OW1 came out. I love it tbh.

[@SkiesTurnedGrey]

I hate that they use win rates as the primary indicator of whether a hero is balanced or not. Yes, that's important, but there's so much more that goes into it. An op hero may not have high win rates if teammates are bad. An underpowered hero might have high winrates just because they play really well or synergize well with their teammates. There's so much more than just win rate.

[@youngdolph8867]

The answer is yes: There's Gonna be a lot of character design overlay. There already is, when you think about it. How many heroes throw a dagger like projectile already? It's not a big deal.

[@SerOtter]

Amazing what a game can do with sufficient resources and competent leadership

[@vicjctanuki7344]

Im still hesitant about newtease but this is great to hear. I would love more maps

[@FutureTrunks1337]

I prefer no role cue because it creates some fun scenarios like when we won a game with 4 healers

[@synopsix9729]

The big thing is with Rivals making heroes ahead of time is the 2 biggest time sinks in my opinion (idk if other things may be longer or not) are the art/model itself because it has to go through a load of greenlights before the finalized version comes through and the coding for that hero's kit now the thing is they can make the model and rig it so far ahead weather or not they even plan to release these characters at all in the near future we know about ones like blade or ultron already due to datamining but that doesn't guarantee that we'll even see them within the first 6 months ultron sooner than blade in my opinion because his kit was found but blade for all I know its just his model they could have no idea how he's gonna play and just made the model because a group on the team really wants to get him in the game and this is one of the big legs now they just have to figure that out apply it to the model and now you got blade.

[@kemsatofficial]

I think adding a new hero is almost the same, if not better, as rebalancing the meta. Except it’s way more fun, and since it’s a Marvel IP, there’s room to add so many characters, which will each redefine the meta.

[@herestoustx6123]

Guarantee its gonna be nearly in this order tank,dps,strat,tank,dps just logically

[@jscott2482]

I think the role queue stance is awesome, 3 healer comps have been strong in my games for example but a good bp or iron fist can counter that on his own. Or double tank could get countered by wolv which leads to more dps comps. Pretty interesting

[@Sabertheflavorr]

What rank are u that 3 healers are losing to an iron fist

[@jscott2482]

@ gm bro iron fist goes crazy

[@vegitohaze2081]

Other than needing more, I actually disagree with you about the maps. I think the lowest quality maps in MR are as good as some of the better maps from OW. Payload feels WAY better imo, the koth maps are fine, and hybrid is decent.

[@KingJiden]

That laugh at 13:17 😂

[@MateusDrake]

I have a feeling each season will slternate between one vanguard + one duelist and one strategist + one duelist. Unless we get some big names, as much as I'd personally like to see a season with a tank and a support, I think the community at large wouldn't get as hyped for that. So unless we're getting Thanos, Doom, an A-lister Spider-Man villain or something like that and a strategist, I'm prepered to see a continuous stream of new duelists... I'd love to see a season with Giant-Man (Vanguard) and Wasp (Strategist) though.

[@nurpiet]

i mean they probably went through atleast half of all heroes while making the game, so they got like 200 concepts saved up already

[@Setogayamari]

I don't understand how this is a punch to overwatch... Marvel has LITERALLY decades of characters already built with lore, outfits, etc. This just makes sense

[@Humpdurious]

Heroes of the storm used to add one every month back in the day. I still can't get over what blizzard did to that game.

[@JannAsheSGBC]

Marvel Heroes released a new hero, and costumes each month. Under David Brevik then. It gives new, fresh content every month. Doomsaw the lead dev there, mentioned maps, levels, etc take many months. So they did a new hero every month. Marvel has so many characters, it’s endless for a game like this. Everyone has their favorites, they would love. Myself I want Rogue most, my favorite Marvel character, any comic. Emma Frost, Gambit, Deadpool, Jean Grey, Iceman, Kitty Pryde are who I’d love. Antman and Wasp be cool. Villians I’d love Avalanche or Rictor for some seismic antics. The devs here may very well have had a bunch of heroes already in various stages already at launch, it weren’t ready. FF being the closet to ready. Like Emma, Jean, Deadpool, Ultron, Blade, Cyclops could all be in stages of completion.

[@Mennion3]

Wait until you see the one year anniversary. Chinese live service games usually have huge content updates after a year

[@devonz6034]

As long as the designs are good this is great

[@wolfsaints]

Well, you did show us the first 17 heroes so that should hold them for the first year for the game

[@captainmaza]

same im enjoying all the reels of marvel rivals

[@MMoutoo]

Developing heroes for a marvel game ESPECIALLY with the size of netease makes a new hero every 6 weeks sound fairly reasonable

[@timothyeder6774]

I personally don't mind similar heroes. I can see some issues but if there are a ton of options I don't mind a little overlap on some playstyles. As long as we're not adding a ton of 1 tap headshot kill characters.

[@Trex10100]

As long as MODOK, Juggernaught, Mysterio, Carnage, Abyss, Boom Boom, Suger Man, Domino, and Super Adaptoid are among the new releases.

[@dumorte]

the only real issue with jeff's ult is that it grabs shit past the circle shown.

[@blaynegreiner9365]

It is disingenuous to compare hero creation time between Marvel Rivals and Overwatch. Marvel Rivals has over 80 years of content to draw from for heroes, skins, story beats, etc. The amount of creation time that is cut down compared to Overwatch heroes, which are developed completely from scratch, is tremendous. There are plenty of things you can compare between the games, but hero creation time is not a fair one.

[@djibreezy]

i agree OW devs do a good job making heroes but MR devs still have to give them unique abilities built around their lore that are fun to use in game while also relatively balanced with the rest of the characters. They have an easier time giving characters lore but the hard part is making a useable hero.

[@grimsdol4665]

quantity over quality is definitely a big concern as each badly designed character is a permanent shot in the foot

[@batofkrypton9765]

Which ones

[@SlimeySludge]

thing is, so far, all the heroes are great.

[@eraticfx]

So far they're killing it in QUALITY... and about to beat them in quantity... with far less time in development. Sound like Overwatch stop pumping expensive skins... colab I refuse to buy. At least Marvel found a way they can discount their expensive skins too.

[@Pompeii94]

Are you that gaming journalist that thinks Marvel Rivals has too many characters?

[@outlawthesecond7597]

this game is going to die quickly if this is how they are going to go about it, the visual clutter is insane, its like theres no design philosophy behind the game in terms of how information is conveyed

[@SpacePiez]

They hit the gold mine with this game. So much possibilities

[@stormy001]

Need more maps. Maybe a fight inside Danger Room or SHIELD HQ or Helicarrier for example.

[@artificiallyflavord5588]

To be honest they could do a lot more with the amount of marvel characters there are, but I guess you can't expect a whole lot when we've been given so little for so long

[@lastorderyt1385]

i ain't even surprised considering how huge the marvel ip is. There is a game on phones called marvel contest of champions that has continued to exist for more than 10 years now and they still haven't run out of characters from marvel and every month 2 characters are released. So in the topic that rivals would run out of characters to develop is an absurd concept

[@rukaerika]

Looking forward for the Villains too

[@rizaadon]

They should predominantly release Vanguards and Strategists over Duelists. Releasing with one of the issues that Overwatch also has was not a good idea because it gives less variety to two of the roles and results in the Duelist role being overpopulated. It's not *as bad* insofar as we don't have to deal with Role Queue times but it does still negatively impact matches enough for people to complain or outright be a reason why you lose. More Vanguards and Strategists = more variety = more people interested in playing those roles = better match quality :) Role Queue is NOT something I'd like to see in this game!

[@LegendaryBlueBeast]

I largely play quick play, but because i wanted to learn other characters, me and my friend hopped into a game and everyone picked duelist. We all thought we werent gonna win but stuck with it for the giggles. We won that game lol Its all about having fun at the end of the day, losing does suck, but as long as youre having fun who cares. Maybe be flexible and realize a need to change in comp because winning and ranking up is the goal. But everyone needs to understand when something isnt working, instead of blaming a rando.

[@desires66]

You are speaking about hero similarities in the future but its already here: Mantis ult = Luna ult = Inv Woman ult, Racoon ult is boring too

[@chadafiy]

Hopefully it's well optimized so the file size doesn't get out of hand

[@masashiklan6619]

I wouldn’t be surprised if they already have it made And just refine the hero/villain upon release

[@CadaverJunky8]

I think 6-8 new heroes per year is the sweet spot to aim for. I definitely dont want to deal with 200 heroes to juggle, thats gonna be a nightmare to balance. They should probably focus on new maps so its not the same 4 maps over and over.

[@roychen5235]

Even if season 1 was double the content, I'm pretty sure number of maps from launch will double by a year and a half so that should be fine.

[@R.T.12]

Agreed… after a great deal of hero’s and villains I saw build upon new modes… PVE.. a raid mode maybe…

[@SinBad3000]

6-8 is not the sweet spot. It should be 14-16 per year. Theres thousands of marvel characters and they have nothing to loose everytime they drop someone new. More options the better for this game. I’m glad my cousin who works for Netease said there will be over 200 playable characters in 10 years from now

[@CadaverJunky8]

@@SinBad3000 My dad is the president of Marvel and said you're not getting 200 heroes. Deal with it.

[@SinBad3000]

@ 😂😂nothing to loose getting 200 heroes it would only make the game better

[@spence6195]

I'm more of a quality over quantity kind of guy. I want at least 1 hero per season but they have to be well designed and fun to play

[@GiganticImpact]

Oh boy I can't wait until they put my guy Big Wheel in the game, hell we might get Bucket or even the mighty Stiltman! The possibilities are endless!!!

[@Triforce9426]

No roll Q but they need to put a limit on how many strategists a team can choose cuz triple support has become meta toxic af

[@Kv0sol]

Just taking this interview with a grain of salt. It’s all about what they choose to do rather what they say. Since this is the first season with 3 months and we are getting Fantastic 4 with other heroes that could mean they end season 1 with 6-7 which is pretty nice. The marvel IP has a vast amount of heroes and villains. I’d say just the enjoy the ride and have fun till the wheels burn off. 7 heroes a season sounds like a lot but they might have the right people to continue with it.

[@pockystyx4087]

I don’t mind hero overlap. Like, give me Ms. Marvel and her stretch powers. The Marvel heroes have so many characters that are their own, even with similar powers and abilities.

[@thebrokeblerdpodtv2805]

Due to extensive IP. and having previosly been the team that worked on overwatch. I bet they have the next 2 years planned out, and have most if not all of those characters already in the pocket.

[@Elnegro..]

Just won a game today didn't think I'd win, 3 dps 2 healers and I was solely tank. Was thor, got destroyed twice then switched to groot, ended up getting map and qe won the game, I take ked so good and healers kept me alive while dps attacked. As long as healers primary healers tank you can definitely win with 3dps team

[@mattkeegan1359]

yeh we def do not need role queue, i like the randomness of the teams

[@sheepboy2560]

Vanguards: Shuma-gorath, Sebastian shaw, rogue, Mr. Sinister, the blob, omega red, sentinel, drax, nebula, armor

[@unchartedrocks1]

I don’t want role Q. I want team ability rotations to change metas & secret team tactics found & crafted by the community