Yeah I just quickly hopped on to get my free ranked skin and see what lore there is. I think it is only Black Panther who got new lore as it ties in with Dracula plot and the other fantastic four members lore I think. So, Black panther part 2 lore, Human Torch lore, the thing lore and the first gallery card of the event (might take a bit to do as it has just released) needs to be added.
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Team Up Profile: "Storming Ignition"
• Mentions a show-off competition with Ben and Logan so this is likely just after the Fastball Special profile
Human Torch: "Fire Exemption Test"
• He counts Blade among the heroes present but the Blood Moon is still up meaning it's not after Blade is freed. Spider-Man is present meaning he hasn't joined the Web Warriors yet. I think it can go before Squirrel Girl's story.
Black Panther: "The Blood of Kings"
• Takes place before Reed's story since it explains why T'Challa never reached the Baxter Building and how he became Blackula
The Thing: "Gangs of Yancy Street"
• T'Challa's become a Rogue Vampire King and Ben's been looking for him meaning that at the very least this is after Mister Fantastic's story. I'm not sure if this goes before or after Midnight Mission. The story suggests that T'Challa has been amassing followers for some time which could be when he faces off against the Blood Hunters. But at the same time this story ends with T'Challa's vampirism returning and agreeing to let Reed help him. Since the Bloodbros and F4 are on opposing sides it'd make since for T'Challa and his loyalists to face off against them. Right now I'm leaning towards the former and placing after the "At Your Service" gallery card since I feel like Black Panther being around would've been mentioned
I think I might also place C&D's story before Reed's just to make it flow better (as well as other minor tweaks like moving Lunar Force Team Up as well)
• Mentions a show-off competition with Ben and Logan so this is likely just after the Fastball Special profile
Human Torch: "Fire Exemption Test"
• He counts Blade among the heroes present but the Blood Moon is still up meaning it's not after Blade is freed. Spider-Man is present meaning he hasn't joined the Web Warriors yet. I think it can go before Squirrel Girl's story.
Black Panther: "The Blood of Kings"
• Takes place before Reed's story since it explains why T'Challa never reached the Baxter Building and how he became Blackula
The Thing: "Gangs of Yancy Street"
• T'Challa's become a Rogue Vampire King and Ben's been looking for him meaning that at the very least this is after Mister Fantastic's story. I'm not sure if this goes before or after Midnight Mission. The story suggests that T'Challa has been amassing followers for some time which could be when he faces off against the Blood Hunters. But at the same time this story ends with T'Challa's vampirism returning and agreeing to let Reed help him. Since the Bloodbros and F4 are on opposing sides it'd make since for T'Challa and his loyalists to face off against them. Right now I'm leaning towards the former and placing after the "At Your Service" gallery card since I feel like Black Panther being around would've been mentioned
I think I might also place C&D's story before Reed's just to make it flow better (as well as other minor tweaks like moving Lunar Force Team Up as well)
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I forgot about the team-ups, I may be wrong but I think 'fastball special' got updated with the Thing in it so idk if it might need moving (maybe nearer to 'storming ignition').
I remember seeing that Black Panther vampire thing in the midnight mission gallery card picture but I thought he was part of the blood hunters squad by how he looked but clearly not, apparently he is against them. I haven't read all of them yet but does the Human Torch lore page take place around the Spider-Man one when they 3v1 Dracula, lose and Blade gets taken?
Does Black Panther still have two more lore pages to come or did they rename one of them cause I don't think it was always called 'the blood of kings'? If so, then it is nice to know that they are willing to add extra lore pages for certain storylines.
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The profile updated but I didn't notice anything that would change its placement
Human Torch just takes place at some nebulous point before Blade is taken in Spidey's story since Johnny listed Blade as an available hero
Yup. Every hero has 3 lore pages in total and they all started off with 1. T'Challa is the first one to get their second story unlocked
Alright, just didn't know if it takes place around the 'storming ignition' in that competition thing.
Oh right, I thought that they added a fourth page for him and that they might do that for others, but instead they have just changed the names of some of them ('The King and the Regent' to 'The Blood of Kings').
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Just unlocked the "Turning the Pages" Gallery Card (Thing and Torch are fun) and it has Iron Man confronting Reed/Strange over trying to use the TRD without the Montesi Formula/Vampiric Verses. Atm I'm placing it after Midnight Features
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Just unlocked the Star Turn Gallery Card and while half of it is about Johnny first becoming Human Torch, the latter half is about him and Sue taking the fight directly to Dracula (this may tie into Sue's Blood Shield skin) and comments on the heroes fighting each other so I'm placing it after "Turning the Pages"
I'm tempted to add the Blood Shield skin but I probably won't add any skins to the timeline until I have a solid spot for all the Rivals Original ones
I'm tempted to add the Blood Shield skin but I probably won't add any skins to the timeline until I have a solid spot for all the Rivals Original ones
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Looking through some of the Original Skin descriptions and I think most of them can fit Pre-Entanglement, but a couple like C&D's Growth and Decay are tougher bc it seems like but can go anywhere since they seem to be variants. I did realize that the Immortal Dragon skins don't actually seem like the same characters they're skins for funnily enough, so I don't think they're variants
It kinda got me thinking about the possibility of there being Rivals original novels or comics taking place before the Entanglement/side stories based on AU's affected by the Entanglement that kind of tie into the game's skins (Immortal Dragons characters in an Iron Fist one, Frost Giant Loki in a Thor one, etc.)
Does the game have any more lore tucked away that we haven't touched on/discussed yet?
It kinda got me thinking about the possibility of there being Rivals original novels or comics taking place before the Entanglement/side stories based on AU's affected by the Entanglement that kind of tie into the game's skins (Immortal Dragons characters in an Iron Fist one, Frost Giant Loki in a Thor one, etc.)
Does the game have any more lore tucked away that we haven't touched on/discussed yet?
I think their is lore from the collectibles which give us more information about Galacta's point of view in the story. The loading screens for the maps also have one or two lines of lore along with the victory and loose screens, the comics also deal with the Web-Warriors arc in 2099
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Just unlocked the final gallery card for the Season "Plans Within Plans" and it's Doom 2099 narrating Doom ultimately turning on Dracula and orchestrating his defeat from the shadows. I'm placing it after everything else vampire related so far since it covers Dracula's defeat (at least until we get all the details surrounding the maps and the definitive account of events).
It also ends with Doom 2099 saying he has a gala to attend, which seemingly confirms the rumors of next season being Hellfire Gala themed and Emma Frost appearing in Season 2.5 since Krakoa was isekai'd into 2099
It also ends with Doom 2099 saying he has a gala to attend, which seemingly confirms the rumors of next season being Hellfire Gala themed and Emma Frost appearing in Season 2.5 since Krakoa was isekai'd into 2099
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Just realized that Adam Warlock's Team Up profile mentions Quill being Master of the Sun at some point which suggest that other non-original skins could be placed on the timeline…
I may leave this skin business to the professionals ngl (unless I get bored one day)
I may leave this skin business to the professionals ngl (unless I get bored one day)
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Speaking of skins we got official looks at the Punk Revolution skins coming this Friday 
Yeah I saw leaks of those, which was cool but kinda sad that it gets leaked before they even announced them, but still quite cool skins.
Some of the skin variants (especially the themed ones) seem like characters from alternate universes mixed in with the timestream entanglement but aren't important figures in the story. I see some of them as different universes and others as events from the more important universes, for example, the immortal dragon theme seems like an ancient Chinese universe where those characters lived and do superhero stuff in ancient times (like the what if episodes in medieval times or during the wild western period). Whereas something like Punk Revolution and 60th anniversary take place in the 2099 universe and the present day New York universe respectively, where the Hulk of that universe is Punk Hulk. BTW its up to you if you want to add the skins but I doubt they will bring in these small themes (immortal dragon etc.) into the lore. But skins related to the story (like the blood shield skin) and the original skins, I personally think connect to the story/lore even though the descriptions are quite vague.
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I agree for the most part. I think small things like Logan's jacket or C&D's Lemon/Lime skin can fit before the Entanglement and the Blood Skins can get placed among the Eternal Night Gallery Cards. My biggest issue (besides laziness) is wanting to avoid a slippery slope of what does/doesn't get included
