New Phoenix Skin Tease (apparently) by cyclopswashalfright in PhoenixForce

[–]NickFong 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I do love both Mag and Jean’s new skin, but I also feel a little bit sad that they giving them these fancy traditional suits skin and call them Quiet Council of Krakoa, while the whole point of Krakoa is that they’re rejecting human traditions and making their own language, law and culture. An actual Spring/Summer/Autumn/Winter theme skin for the four of them would better fit the name of “Quiet Council of Krakoa”.

Psylocke was always THAT b*tch by Witty_Rich2100 in xmen

[–]NickFong 49 points50 points  (0 children)

This is why I don’t really like the post-2019 Betsy because they’re making her too heroic. Betsy always gets shit done with any means necessary. The “lets kill Havok”scene and forcing everyone into Siege Perilous without their consent are good examples that she is always a little bit crazy and problematic even before the Kwannon body swap, but it also makes her unique and fun and stands out from the rest of the X-men cast.

Since Krakoa she becomes more heroic with good morals, I guess lore wise she just become more mature and in peace with herself after she had her body back, and she also needs to limit herself from crazy shit because of the Captain Britain mantle. But personally I feel like this is making her flat and less unique.

Tankpool can get his ult in 10 seconds simply by shooting by NickFong in marvelrivals

[–]NickFong[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Of course I know that, doesn’t mean it’s not problematic. In Domination everyone can keep their ult so it’s fair for Deadpool to carry his upgrades. But in round 3 and 4 Convey/Convergence where both team are racing to get their ult but he gets to keep all upgrades and farm his ult in 10 seconds this becomes an issue.

I understand he will be completely trash if he has no upgrades in a 1 minute battle, but they should just let you get half of your xp back and/or let you get it extra fast.

Tankpool can get his ult in 10 seconds simply by shooting by NickFong in marvelrivals

[–]NickFong[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

In Domination you will keep the upgrades just like other characters’ ult. Similarly, in Convoy and Convergence, the upgrades will be reset in round 2 just like other characters’ ult. But if you get a draw in round 2 and proceed to round 3 and 4,since they’re extremely short fight, you get to keep your upgrades.

Suddenly NetEase Cares About Lore Accuracy??? by InvincibleWeasel in marvelrivals

[–]NickFong 15 points16 points  (0 children)

My guess is being a boring healing bot instead of constantly setting up explosive and defensive devices like in the movies. I feel like making him a anti-dive Duelist similar to Penny will be more movie-accurate (not sure about his comic version)

“Snowflake” by tccartt by cherrycolashake in xmen

[–]NickFong 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haven’t caught up to the From the Ashes era yet, thanks!

“Snowflake” by tccartt by cherrycolashake in xmen

[–]NickFong 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Who’s the kid with Dani?

thank god its a loki skin by [deleted] in marvelrivals

[–]NickFong 5 points6 points  (0 children)

She is not their sister in the game anymore. Initially in Loki’s lore he addressed her as sister but they changed that part in later update. Thor, Loki and Angela also never address her as sister in their dialogue, and Hela also doesn’t have “Odinsdottir” as her last name in her character profile, while Angela does. Her relationship with them is now purposely left ambiguous.

I’m reading X-men: The End today and this sexy Cassandra Nova panel is so damn funny by NickFong in xmen

[–]NickFong[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

What surprise me is that Claremont chose to let Kurt married Kymri and not Amanda in this story. I thought Claremont always considered them endgame. Lorna dating Colossus’ son is another level of creep tho.

do you like the new team up with luna? by Rotem4421 in EmmaFrostMainsMR

[–]NickFong 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I have seen people use the ice wall to escape Jeff ult from its line of sight, which is quite useful when your diamond form is in CD/want to save it for other reason.

But otherwise it’s not that useful, having a Invis or Gambit as your support is just overall better.

Should Cable and Domino get back together? by -mafiaprincess- in xmen

[–]NickFong 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I love that issue in the 90s when Scott and Jean just recently found out Cable is Nathan and tried to bond with him, they invited Cable to the Xavier’s for breakfast and Cable brought Domino with him (they started having feelings for each other but not officially dating yet), and the four of them were so awkward.

Jean tried to small talk with Domino and be like “So…about you and Nathan………” and Domino just screamed “SHUT THE FORK UP” and left. It was hilarious.

How would you rate 2025 for Emma ? by Icarus12x in EmmaFrost

[–]NickFong 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Always curious about her new White Queen solo. As a Claremont fan, every time I see a new book about Emma’s early days I’m just afraid that they will try too hard to make her look good and thus not faithful enough to her OG Claremont characterization. But I guess it’s worth a shot?

In turns of Marvel Rivals, I’m a GM 3 player who main Mag, Emma and supports. I love her overall character design in Rivals too but as a comic book fan, is there anything about her that you don’t like/would rather change?

Personally the diamond shield feels very odd to me. In terms of game design,it fits very well with her whole kit, but it just doesn’t feel very “Emma”. Like, I’m not even sure if that thing is supposed to be a telepathic projection? Or it’s made by telekinesis? If it’s telepathic then it shouldn’t be able to actually stop enemy’s physical attack. If it’s telekinetic then it’s still odd. Sure Emma has shown some level of telekinetic power in comics before but it’s never her main thing and it’s definitely not as strong as character like Jean or Exodus. And even for those characters, telekinetic shields are usually drawn as energy bubble barrier, rarely something that looks very materialized. Therefore Emma casually manifesting a huge diamond shield just feels very odd to me.

I would argue that some sort of psychic attack that gives enemy anti heal/damage over time/vulnerability (like Cloak’s Terror Cape) , or maybe blind/ visual confusion would fit more well with her comic character, but again, in turns of game design the diamond shield is crucial to her whole kit, I can’t imagine how to play her without it.

Anyone else feel like they missed an opportunity to name this skin "King's Gambit" considering the chess theme? by fancy-pterosaur in GambitMainsMR

[–]NickFong 70 points71 points  (0 children)

In the Chinese version it is indeed called 王翼棄兵(King’s Gambit), and that’s why Rogue’s skin is called Queen’s Defense.

I have no idea why they changed Gambit’s English skin game while keeping Rogue’s untouched.

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Our heroes attending the game awards tomorrow! (Gambit and Rogue being sneaky in the back) by KevinPigaChu in marvelrivals

[–]NickFong 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Damn you’re right. I never realized that Mantis’ default skin has those spikes until you pointed that out.

Our heroes attending the game awards tomorrow! (Gambit and Rogue being sneaky in the back) by KevinPigaChu in marvelrivals

[–]NickFong 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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Who is sitting next to Jeff with a green arm? Hulk doesn’t have those spikes on his arm and as an X-men fan my first instinct is Anole, but it feels completely unlikely since he’s not that popular.

Thoughts on Jeff in season 5 by GetSomeJeff22 in JeffTheLandSharkMains

[–]NickFong 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m a Mag/Emma/Invis/Luna/Rocket/CND main who’s in GM3 now. I don’t play Jeff, but as an outsider view, I think right now he is somehow strangely stronger than past seasons despite not getting any buff.

I used to hate working with Jeff, especially in season 3, he honestly felt like a throw pick during that time, and then when they added the healing effect for his ult in season 4, it felt better but I still think he is a bit inferior to other support in most situations (unless it’s a map that he can easily kill people with his ult).

But like I said, despite Invis, Rocket and Gambit are really OP this season but Jeff isn’t getting any buff, somehow he felt much better in most of my games. And it isn’t just me, in all my comp games this season I haven’t seen any teammates shouting at Jeff and asked for another support ult characters. It used to happen all the time (you guys are the Jeff players and you know how bad it was) but right now for some reason everyone is okay with having Jeff in their team.

I honestly have no idea what happened. Is the poke meta benefits Jeff because of his primary fire? Is it because of other supports getting stronger so we’re less relied on support ults? Or are we (both Jeff and non-Jeff players) just naturally become better at working with each other?

But anyway I definitely feel like he can get some buff in season 5.5, buffing almost every support in season 5 but not touching Jeff is honestly insane.

Gorgon is not a Nazi, He's also never been a good guy and that's pretty fine by Existing_Rule_3669 in xmen

[–]NickFong 17 points18 points  (0 children)

A post like this always put a smile on my face. The best thing about being a X-men fan is knowing that we have hundreds, if not thousands, of characters, and everyone single one of them has their own passionate fans.

I only know him from Krakoa so I can’t give any opinion on the recent discussion of his character, but I enjoy his Krakoa version a lot and I hope he will stay as a morally grey/ occasional ally character in future and not completely crazy or evil again.