Marvel's Avengers may be less than a year old, but the game is already doing a lot of growing and attempting to evolve beyond the state of its rocky launch. Events have finally started firing off, there are two additional heroes on the roster, and endgame players will be happy to hear there is now going to be a system designed to offer XP incentives after level 50.
Level 50 is the max hero level (not to be confused with the 150 max power level) and up until now there was no additional impact to earning XP once a hero hit the max. Players have been begging for some kind of additional progress or an increased level cap and it sounds like Marvel's Avengers is finally ready to deliver that with the brand new Champion System.
The Champion System is a brand new feature that allows level 50 players to continue gaining XP and working towards unlocking new skill points that can be traded in for highly valuable new abilities that increase damage, heroic charge rate, and other beneficial conditions or effects.
This change is great news for max level players and adds a new incentive beyond limited nameplates to participate in events and finish objectives and chains. There are obviously a lot of details to uncover about each of the new Champion skills, but here is a breakdown of everything we know about the system so far:
Champion System Features
Once a Hero reaches level 50, earned XP from that point on is changed to Champion XP, which is specific to each Hero.
Earning enough Champion XP will increase your Champion Level, which is marked on your nameplate.
Whenever a Hero levels up their Champion Level, they’ll earn a Champion Skill Point, which is used to unlock a multitude of Champion Skills.
Champion Skills are on their own separate interface and take the form of boosts to your damage, Perk chance activation, Heroic charge rate, etc. These are permanent increases, so every Champion Skill matters!
Players will not be able to re-spec their Champion Skills yet, so please choose how you want to power up your Hero wisely for the time being.
What is the Hero's Catalyst?
Hero’s Catalysts increase the amount of XP a hero earns.
These will occasionally be available for free to retrieve from the Marketplace, but there will eventually be other ways to earn them as well.
Hero’s Catalysts are a great way to catch up to friends or to level up any Heroes that haven’t reached level 50 yet.
That's everything that has been shared about the Champion System so far, but a lot of additional details and spec suggestions should be arriving within days. If anything else pops up before the next rotation, we'll be sure to post an update. Be sure to check back frequently for more Marvel's Avengers news, guides, and updates.
Marvel's Avengers is out now for PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
Source:Â Square Enix
