NevarMaor

You do absolutely stellar work @birksg A big thank you for this.

Every time I hear this song I have to remind myself it's not Spinal Tap

I am now getting that in the Unread Content posts. Note: using firefox on desktop, Win 10. It looks like the preview window is displaying unrendered text.

Yeah, dragons are a tertiary concern at best. I have three 5* at 3/70, and two 4* at 3/60, with no chance of maxing in the foreseeable future. I have managed to max 6-7 4*, and some even have their hero assist at 10/10. But OMG collecting Dragonstone is like panning for gold in the gutter. 4 days to level a building and then a further week or more to collect enough stone to start another.

Using Greg did make the 4* tiers a lot easier for me. Did not make them much quicker though ... Goldie with her reflect also helps.

Melendor is certainly "easier" to max (less so with each released costume) than Chloris, but other than the dispel he does not offer any great advantages. His health and defence are lower, making him less durable, and he doesn't boost health. I don't think you can definitively say Melendor is the better hero. They both have their place, and I have two maxed Mels (and a third at 4/70) I use since my only other green healer is LotL (and Belith). But if I had Chloris and maxed her she and Mel would likely get equal use depending on the opponent.

I haven't done the tier 1 quests in years (Gather Food / Mine Iron / Gain Experience / Scavenge Resources). I don't consider them worth the time and effort (although I could just autoplay them, it's more rewarding to autoplay S1:8/7). I also don't bother with Tier 2 Battle Items or Crafting Materials for the same reason. I always need gems and ETT's so I do the other two.

I tend to struggle in the 4* sections since most of my maxed L2 4* are healers. Tends to be a laugh when I forget to change the default defence for 4* Bloody Battle tournaments. I have L2 Greg and Li Xiu as my main non-healers One of these days I have to get some better 4* done. Colen isn't even L1 ...

This I agree with. I never have enough gems to spend on Outfitter and on roster expansion and occasional 10-pulls (usually in costume chamber) and on 1-1 coaching.

My goal for hero coach is 3/70. I have been chronically short of Tomes for the entire time I've played the game so saving on having to use one of them is of great importance. I usually have 2-3x as many Blades, and enough of each AM for 3-5 heroes of each colour. But never enough Tomes. Thus Tomes are saved for the newest heroes I have not eligible for coaching. And I am always working on heroes that are eligible. Being a very cheap player I can't be all that picky -- although poor old Isrod has been sitting at 1/1 for 4 years now. At this point I have him as a collectible.

Ones I've wished I had over the years ... Hel Gravemaker Telluria (in her heyday of course) Roughian & Nurgib (wow, I did spell it right!) Eliane Chloris I would still gladly take any of them except probably Telly, who was nerfed to oblivion.

I would say it depends on what you are struggling against. If it's Bearnadette then Daemon is a contender with the v.fast talent block. Dispel is also handy. If it's mega minions then C.Jett neuters them pretty effectively. If it's boosted healers or regular minions then C.Xiaotu (also a good all-rounder who hits pretty hard). Keep in mind the costumes need to be levelled independent of Hero Coach.

Power is not a great measure of a hero's value. It is based only on the hero stats whereas a hero's value is more dependent on the synergies you can get with other heroes with their specials and secondary effects. Power will often indicate how sturdy a hero is for absorbing damage, but not so much for dealing damage.

They keep pushing the S1 costumes because everybody has S1 heroes and feel the need for the costumes. Thus, income. My issue with costumes in general is I have lots of costumed heroes sitting at 1/1. Especially the rares and epics.

Is elioty here? Or around?

Maybe it's I'm still using Ludwig on my defence. I pair him with Lady of the Lake. If the opponent lets Ludwig fire they probably struggle to get specials charged.

These days I find myself battling in the top 100 ... 000. My cup level seems to have stagnated over the last couple years while everyone else is surging past me. Weird thing is I have a less powerful defence set and I still wake up with more cups than the night before. Frustrating to be constantly matched with teams 8500+ though when my absolute best (rainbow) team is 7800.

My very first HOTM, in fact my very first 5*, was Aeron. I was so stoked when I got him! I used him as my primary healer (even at 3/70) for a good year until I had Ariel. Actually, when I got him I thought the game had glitched because it gave me two heroes from the same draw. It wasn't until after that I figured out what HOTM were. And, as I said a few times on the old forums, my next HOTM was Gregorion. Oh to have got the two HOTM between those two instead.

Seven is the new six

@ChadmoOne forumite I have missed

I now have two Gildas. Go figure. Did way more pulls in February. Also no Dvalin.

Aah, HOTM. I have quite a few now (thanks HA10), and use some pretty regularly. Even Malosi still gets some usage I think a lot of the constant disappointment in HOTM's comes from higher end players who are used to getting the better event heroes. We saw with Telluria what happens when a HOTM is one of the best. SG aren't likely to repeat that again. I am currently working on Aurox, and have both Nerasis and Liora on hold, although I have used Nerasis at 4/57 in wars. With both Vernon and Relius now in front of her it may be a while to get back to Liora. Next war I will probably be using Aurox (replacing May). I still use Viselus and Glenda, and only recently stopped using Gregorion. I have Claeg at 1/1 but I have better (to me) blue healing options. Maybe I need to re-look at him for the resistance to silence. Been facing lots of silencers lately, which can be very frustrating. The one HOTM I would have loved having earlier in the game was Gravemaker. And I remember the disdain that he got when first released on the old forums. "Ok, very fast but he hits like a deflated balloon!" Or words to that effect ...

I am amazed at the lack of "boards are ri&&ed" (don't know if certain words are banned here) threads so far Quite refreshing!

I missed that first time through

The no tiles issue is a problem for me against all defences. Especially annoying in wars. Last Skyfire war it took me 5 flags to get two kills. Sixth flag I faced Regin as the only team left alive -- goose egg.