Marvel Rivals Timeline/Reading Order

[BabyBomber]

Watching the new Dev Vision and they're adding new teams ups and adjusting/removing old ones



We've seen a glimpse at this with Fastball Special changing and getting a new description, which I let supplant the OG description since it directly added things instead of removing them, but how should we go about treating new descriptions?

There's a possibility that the new descriptions acknowledge people leaving (Psylocke, Bucky, Namor) but if it's not acknowledged and the descriptions are different should that have any bearing on the timeline? Something like the Dimensional Shortcut one's placement is based on the Psylocke aspect of it.

I'm currently thinking about including both versions of each team-up if it's acknowledged as changing/has a notably different story and if it's the same but without the other character then I'll treat it as still being the same entry.

With that being said I'm going to re-add the Pre-Thing Fastball Special and put it just before the new one

 

[Frizzy]

We've seen a glimpse at this with Fastball Special changing and getting a new description, which I let supplant the OG description since it directly added things instead of removing them, but how should we go about treating new descriptions?

There's a possibility that the new descriptions acknowledge people leaving (Psylocke, Bucky, Namor) but if it's not acknowledged and the descriptions are different should that have any bearing on the timeline? Something like the Dimensional Shortcut one's placement is based on the Psylocke aspect of it.

I'm currently thinking about including both versions of each team-up if it's acknowledged as changing/has a notably different story and if it's the same but without the other character then I'll treat it as still being the same entry.

With that being said I'm going to re-add the Pre-Thing Fastball Special and put it just before the new one

Personally I think that if their descriptions change and add/remove the characters/lore then it could be good to place it as a part 2. (e.g. fastball special part 1 and with the thing fastball special part 2) or something like that, but tbh if it changes the description but only adds to it (no characters change then keep it is the new and improved one). I think for the namor added to gamma charge, they might change it to link with the new season, so would need a part 2, whereas the thing fastball special just adds to the pre-existing description without adding any events and just new dialogue, so could just be kept the same as the updated version. We will have to see what they add and delete from these descriptions.

Yea I was hoping for Blade but on the other hand I didn't want another Duelist

Fair enough, it does make sense but I feel like it will be harder to incorporate him in the lore when he is added later on, but then again they managed to have ultron and hellfire gala in the same season so we will see

 

[Dragaron01!]

I would put the MU comic early in the timeline as they are still figuring out the combos. The spider-verse arc just might be one of the first ones solved.

 

[BabyBomber]

Fair enough, it does make sense but I feel like it will be harder to incorporate him in the lore when he is added later on, but then again they managed to have ultron and hellfire gala in the same season so we will see

Now that they're switching to monthly heroes and 2 month seasons I can see Blade being added in October as a Halloween character.

On top of that I'm positive that they'll have a Halloween event like they did for Christmas. I'm thinking skins like Thing-Frankenstein, Swamp Witch-Wanda, Grim Reaper-Hela, Banshee-Invisible Woman, and Werewolf-Cap

 

[Frizzy]

On top of that I'm positive that they'll have a Halloween event like they did for Christmas. I'm thinking skins like Thing-Frankenstein, Swamp Witch-Wanda, Grim Reaper-Hela, Banshee-Invisible Woman, and Werewolf-Cap

Now that would be epic, I personally think hulk would work better as a Frankenstein skin but those ideas are still great

Now that they're switching to monthly heroes and 2 month seasons I can see Blade being added in October as a Halloween character.

good idea. whenever they add him, I hope one of his lore pages covers the eternal night events or adds more to that storyline.

 

[BabyBomber]

It seems that we're getting new Hero Stories for Magneto and Squirrel Girl for the first half of Season 2, as well as Ultron-ized Magneto/Iron Fist skins at some point and a beach Squirrel Girl skin






Oddly enough I think that Squirrel Girl's skin is based on Sabrina Carpenter in her Espresso music video (don't ask why I keep screenshots of Sabrina Carpenter)

 

[BabyBomber]

Bros the Rivals Infinity Comic is dropping new issues with the start of the Season https://www.marvel.com/articles/com...unlimited-exclusive-thing-skin-infinity-comic

Since it's getting more I'm hoping that at some point there's a way to reconcile the discrepancies between the Infinity Comic and the Game's lore so that I can put it on the timeline.

I've mentioned it before but the biggest hurdle atm for the Comic is the Web-Warriors Gallery Card. Peter and Peni have met in the Gallery Card and are both on Spider-Zero's side opposing Master Weaver, but in the comic they meet for the first time and are on opposing sides.

There's the possibility of the versions featured in the comic being variants (Peni/Peter game interaction with Peni knowing Peter but Peter not knowing her) to explain not knowing each other despite the Card, but that falls apart when you consider that the Comic resolves the Web of Life and Destiny plot.

Which means it can't go before the Web-Warriors Gallery Card, and the only way to make sense of it coming after is if at some point Spider-Zero sent every Spider-Hero home without solving the issue, assembled a new team with a completely different Peni, and Master Weaver followed suit with another Peter.

The latter isn't impossible but at the same time it's the textbook definition of making things up since we lack the context, so I'm holding off on placing it right now. I have no idea how the game will address the F4 confronting the Dooms in the first arc's ending, and I'm willing to bet dollars to donuts that the comic's depiction of the Hellfire Gala won't fit with the game's lore surrounding it

 

[myusernameyes]

Emma Frostttttt nnggghhfggngghggg.........
Uh I mean hey nice of them to drop the new event amirite

 

[BabyBomber]

Emma Frostttttt nnggghhfggngghggg.........
Uh I mean hey nice of them to drop the new event amirite

Too kind of them

 

[Frizzy]

Bros the Rivals Infinity Comic is dropping new issues with the start of the Season https://www.marvel.com/articles/com...unlimited-exclusive-thing-skin-infinity-comic

Cant wait, and this time it looks like it vaguely links to the game's current events

Since it's getting more I'm hoping that at some point there's a way to reconcile the discrepancies between the Infinity Comic and the Game's lore so that I can put it on the timeline.

I've mentioned it before but the biggest hurdle atm for the Comic is the Web-Warriors Gallery Card. Peter and Peni have met in the Gallery Card and are both on Spider-Zero's side opposing Master Weaver, but in the comic they meet for the first time and are on opposing sides.

There's the possibility of the versions featured in the comic being variants (Peni/Peter game interaction with Peni knowing Peter but Peter not knowing her) to explain not knowing each other despite the Card, but that falls apart when you consider that the Comic resolves the Web of Life and Destiny plot.

Which means it can't go before the Web-Warriors Gallery Card, and the only way to make sense of it coming after is if at some point Spider-Zero sent every Spider-Hero home without solving the issue, assembled a new team with a completely different Peni, and Master Weaver followed suit with another Peter.

The latter isn't impossible but at the same time it's the textbook definition of making things up since we lack the context, so I'm holding off on placing it right now.

Fair enough, I think they must have been creating the story of the comic based off of the early game story (season 0) and gallery cards, so they had little to work with but more creative freedom. I tried earlier on in this thread to explain it (you can go have a look if you want and I would like to hear your opinion), but it was a rather unlikely solution. I hope they slowly add to the web of life and destiny storyline as a sort of side story, like how they mentioned peter go off to the web warriors during the eternal night storyline. So I hope they continue that so we have a better idea of that storyline (I doubt it but I hope the game links to the comic somehow by using small connections like the spidey to web warriors one).

I have no idea how the game will address the F4 confronting the Dooms in the first arc's ending, and I'm willing to bet dollars to donuts that the comic's depiction of the Hellfire Gala won't fit with the game's lore surrounding it

There might be a chance that it does link to the game's story because unlike the first comics, the writers probably have a better understanding of the story and where it is going. Or they will just make another story, set on Krakoa, that confuses everything even more.

 

[BabyBomber]

Face front, True Believers. Time to lock in

 

[Frizzy]

Face front, True Believers. Time to lock in

My game has updated and I can't wait to try the new heroes and the new map.

After briefly exploring the menu, here are the things to be added:
-Emma frost's first hero story (I haven't read it yet)
-The ranked human torch skin if we are adding those descriptions (I think it copies a line from the gallery card where he goes supernova)
-Arcane order team up description (could go anywhere after season 1 events) as it is dr strange teaching Wanda to control chaos magic and references what khonshu and Dracula did to the sanctum
-Stars aligned team up description takes place anytime after the stars aligned trailer because cap has been training since then
-Mental projection team up description takes place during or just before going against ultron bots in krakoa and talking about how to defeat them together
-Hellfire gala: krakoa map which I haven't played yet but as the season goes on, a place for it should make sense
-the new event which will slowly unlock 4 gallery cards (the first one is already available)
-battle pass gallery cards which will take a while to unlock

There might be more stuff that I have missed but I'm not too sure atm.

 

[BabyBomber]

Team Up Profile: "Gamma Charge" (S2)
• Iron Man comments on Stephen being absent so it should be some time after the original Gamma Charge Profile

Team Up Profile: "Chilling Charisma" (S2)
• It comments on Luna Snow and Jeff bonding and doesn't mention Namor so I think I'll place it just before the original (fitting between Luna's confrontation with Namor and eventual team up)

Team Up Profile: "Stars Aligned"
• Cap has been training in Wakanda in secret and he's bonding with Bucky more, so I think I'll place this after "Allied Agents" since Cap has spent more time in Wakanda and it keeps it close to their Reveal Trailer of the same name and still fits with the Chronoverse Avengers storyline

Team Up Profile: "Ammo Overload" (S2)
• Fortunately as I predicted, it's basically the same but omits Bucky's portion (Punisher's Journal even stays unchanged) so I'll put it right by the original

Team Up Profile: "Dimension Shortcut" (S2)
• By this point the 2 have already met, but it doesn't seem like T'Challa knew the extent of Illy's portal range. Since the original had Magik stumbling on Panther/Psylocke and this one is T'Challa calling Magik for a meeting, I think this one goes after

Team Up Profile: "Arcane Order"
• Initially thought it was Pre-Entanglement with Strange training Wanda but the latter half gave great timeline hints. It closes with Strange commenting on how Khonshu and Dracula left the Sanctum Sanctorum which would mean it goes after Season 1's events so I'll place it after the last Midnight Feature

Team Up Profile: "Mental Projection"
• I'm currently placing it a bit before the Hellfire Gala trailer because Emma is there, Sai has made her way to Krakoa, and it feels like a safe assumption

Emma Frost: "Forged in Hellfire"
• It's mainly Emma Frost convincing Storm and Magneto to allow her to throw another Hellfire Gala. Rather than placing it right before the trailer, I think it can fit just before the Plans Within Plans Gallery Card. Here Emma secretly plans to invite a "special Doctor" to heal Krakoa (Dr. Doom 2099 naturally) and in the Gallery Card, Doom 2099 says he has a Gala to attend meaning that invitations have already gone out for the Gala

Squirrel Girl: "BFFFS"
• Picks up a few days after Season 1 is resolved, and Logan (the wolf) tracked Psylocke's scent to Krakoa meaning that she's been there for some time already (aligns with the Mental Projection team-up being before the Gala). Since it leaves off right before the party really starts and Ultron arrives I think it can be placed just before the trailer

Magneto: "The Battle Within"
• I haven't finished it yet but it clearly picks up after the reveal trailer in the heat of the fight against Ultron

 

[BabyBomber]

When I'm done reading I'll knock out the first set of Cerebro File missions and peep the new Gallery Card

 

[BabyBomber]

Just finished Magneto's and it was raw as hell. Ultron's body is forged from Mysterium and to stop the Ultron Virus he controlled the iron in the hemoglobin of his blood since he couldn't affect the nanites

It also includes Ultron making a break for Cerebro so I think this ties into the Krakoa Map (I'm more inclined to say the one with Wolverine is the "canon" one since Magneto/Emma team-up should have Magneto looking like cyborg)

 

[BabyBomber]

Cerebro Files contain stories/lore like the Midnight Features so I'll be adding them too (I unlocked the first one btw)

 

[BabyBomber]

Thankfully I recently got funds to frivolously spend as well as plenty of leftovers from last season so I was able to clear the Battlepass and get all 3 Gallery Cards currently available

Cerebro File: "Subject: Emma Frost"
• Comments on the dilemma of Cerebro storing memories of multiple variants of people and talks about Sai's arrival so this goes before their team-up

Hellfire Gala Gallery Card: "Hellfire Gala"
• Emma recounting the Council's decision to host the Gala, talks about Krakoa suffering, and ends with her getting dressed for the Gala so I'm putting it before Squirrel Girl's 2nd story

Hellfire Gala Gallery Card: "Ages of Ultron"
• Ultron talking about his history, getting sent to space, developing the Ultron Virus, sensing someone (Doom 2099) trying to erase him from the timeline and heading for Earth. I think this should fall after Emma's story for a few reasons. I doubt Doom 2099 went straight to trying to erase Ultron during the Gala and Ultron stops on Mars first (following an interstellar journey) so that leaves plenty of time for the Gala to be organized and kick off before he arrives (a few days according to Squirrel Girl's story), and leads pretty cleanly into him crashing the party

Hellfire Gala Gallery Card: "Impending Doom"
• Supports my last placement. Shortly after Emma invites Doom 2099, Doom catches a glimpse of the Dark Ultron future and when he tries erasing him from time it fails bc of the Entanglement and Ultron is alerted. I'm placing it before Ages of Ultron

Collectible: "Flowers of Krakoa"
• Only talking about Krakoa's currency so I think it can go Pre-Entanglement

Collectible: "Krakoa Seedlings"
• Little Pokemon or whatever spawned form the Timestream confusing Krakoa's cells so it can go basically anywhere post Entanglement

 

[JudgeDreddpool]

Thankfully I recently got funds to frivolously spend as well as plenty of leftovers from last season so I was able to clear the Battlepass and get all 3 Gallery Cards currently available

Cerebro File: "Subject: Emma Frost"
• Comments on the dilemma of Cerebro storing memories of multiple variants of people and talks about Sai's arrival so this goes before their team-up

Hellfire Gala Gallery Card: "Hellfire Gala"
• Emma recounting the Council's decision to host the Gala, talks about Krakoa suffering, and ends with her getting dressed for the Gala so I'm putting it before Squirrel Girl's 2nd story

Hellfire Gala Gallery Card: "Ages of Ultron"
• Ultron talking about his history, getting sent to space, developing the Ultron Virus, sensing someone (Doom 2099) trying to erase him from the timeline and heading for Earth. I think this should fall after Emma's story for a few reasons. I doubt Doom 2099 went straight to trying to erase Ultron during the Gala and Ultron stops on Mars first (following an interstellar journey) so that leaves plenty of time for the Gala to be organized and kick off before he arrives (a few days according to Squirrel Girl's story), and leads pretty cleanly into him crashing the party

Hellfire Gala Gallery Card: "Impending Doom"
• Supports my last placement. Shortly after Emma invites Doom 2099, Doom catches a glimpse of the Dark Ultron future and when he tries erasing him from time it fails bc of the Entanglement and Ultron is alerted. I'm placing it before Ages of Ultron

Collectible: "Flowers of Krakoa"
• Only talking about Krakoa's currency so I think it can go Pre-Entanglement

Collectible: "Krakoa Seedlings"
• Little Pokemon or whatever spawned form the Timestream confusing Krakoa's cells so it can go basically anywhere post Entanglement

Remind me, but if I brought the Battle Pass for the previous Season, if I haven't gotten everything from that Battle Pass, I can still do it across multiple Seasons, right?

 

[BabyBomber]

Remind me, but if I brought the Battle Pass for the previous Season, if I haven't gotten everything from that Battle Pass, I can still do it across multiple Seasons, right?

I think it only applies if you purchase the Luxury Battle Pass

 

[JudgeDreddpool]

I think it only applies if you purchase the Luxury Battle Pass

Noted.

 

[BabyBomber]

I was just messing around and came across it by accident but if you click the Krakoan words along the right side of the Cerebro File page there's lore

 

[BabyBomber]

Cerebro File: "Quiet Council"
• Just talking about genera Krakoan lore and when they settled on Krakoa so I'll place it before the Flower collectible

Cerebro File: "Flower Power"
• Talking about the Krakoan Flower so it can go right before the collectible

Cerebro File: "Hellfire Club"
• Talks about the Club rebranding into the Trading Company when they settled on Krakoa so I'll place it after those 3

Now I'm gonna be on high alert for any other secret lore, they've made me paranoid lmfao

 

[BabyBomber]

Erm what the ham hunking P-Funk is going on…Wolverine's second hero story dropped along with the new event missions and Gallery Card???

 

[BabyBomber]

Cerebro File: "Subject: Wolverine"
• Logan recounting him helping to rescue Steve and what he got up to a little afterwards so I'll place it after his first story

Cerebro File: "Resistance"
• Talking about Logan helping in the Resistance against Doom and cities Widow and Punisher as running mates so I'll place it after Punisher's story since it means the Marvel Knights have assembled

Cerebro File: "X Lives"
• Touches on him looking for clues about Mariko so I'll place it just before his Cerebro File

Cerebro File: "X-Force"
• Talks about Logan leading X-Force (Krakoa security) so I'll place it before the Resistance one which also mentions the group. I see it as Punisher joining Natasha, Logan leading X-Force, then Logan teaming up with the Knights

Hellfire Gala Gallery Card: "Uncanny X-Men"
• Explains Namor's and the other's X-Uniforms and dawg there's this Sextant misunderstanding with Namor and it's hilarious. This does largely imply that Magik/Psylocke were in Hellfire Gala attire rather than their uniform seen in the trailer (Infinity Comic onto something??). I'm placing it after Magneto's second story since it's just them in the heat of fighting Ultron

Wolverine: "Rising Pulse"
• Wolverine mentions the matching costumes they just put on so it slots in after the new Gallery Card

 

[BabyBomber]

The end of Wolverine's new story is a fairly clean match for the Krakoa victory animation with him slicing Ultron so I can add the stage

Highkey satisfying when your hunches pan out

 

[Frizzy]

Erm what the ham hunking P-Funk is going on…Wolverine's second hero story dropped along with the new event missions and Gallery Card???

With the new event, I feel like for the characters featured (Emma Frost, Wolverine, Black Panther and Namor, based off silhouettes) they will each get a Hero Story or fact file. Emma got her first one naturally as she came out and got lore about Krakoa and her role there. Wolverine got a story and touched on what he has been doing and his involvement this season. Black Panther probably wont get a Lore page as he already has 2, but it might touch on his involvement with the story/going to Krakoa for the gala, or talks about being a vampire (might have already been brought up in his 2nd story) or talks about Shuri's investigations or Blade in wakanda. I'm doing lots of speculation lol. And Namor might get a story talking about the gala/Krakoa or Atlantis or something like that.

 

[BabyBomber]

Another day another set of challenges completed

Cerebro File: "Subject: Storm"
• Storm talking about meeting an alternate T'Challa during the Gala so Ultron hasn't attacked yet. I'll place it right before Squirrel Girl's second story

Cerebro File: "Krakoa Seedlings"
• Not to be confused with the collectible. It just talks about Shuri studying them, so I'll place it right after the Collectible Entry

Cerebro File: "Mars Habitat"
• Talks about Arakko and Krakoa being separated by the Entanglement and Wakanda struggling to locate it with their stellar atlas. I think this takes place before Storm's Cerebro File and her file is actually T'Challa/Ororo following up on this. I'll place it after the Krakoa Seedlings File since I imagine it coinciding with Krakoa establishing contact with the Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda

Cerebro File: "Limbo Gate"
• Talks about Magik placing Krakoan Gateways that take him from Wakanda to Limbo. I'd place it immediately after this season's Dimensional Shortcut, but it also mentions Magik using Limbo's…magic to heal T'Challa of the Blood Chronovium in his body. I'll place it before Emma Frost's story since it's after Dimensional Shortcut establishing their regular visits, after T'Challa being Thrice-Cursed, and after the Eternal Night

Hellfire Gala Gallery Card: "Regenesis"
• Half of it is lifted directly from Magneto's second story so I'll place it right around that because the story focuses on Magneto and the Card talks about Cerebro's potential to resurrect non-Mutants (it could go either before or after)

 

[BabyBomber]

Final set of challenges completed

Cerebro File: "Subject: Namor"
• Namor talks about his original interaction with Magneto and Emma convincing him and inviting him to the Gala and it doesn't sound like Ultron's attacked yet. I'll place it after the Impending Doom card

Cerebro File: "Strategic Alliance"
• Talks about Namor and Emma's agreement so I'll place it right after Namor's file

Cerebro File: "Security System"
• Talks about Namor's ability to create blindspot in Krakoa's natural defenses and mentions the previous file's agreement

Cerebro File: "Secret Seas"
• Talks about the various undersea kingdoms under Namor's rule like Talokan and Atlantis. I think it can go Pre-Entanglement just about anywhere. I'll put it before Voltaic Union

Hellfire Gala Gallery Card: "A Lesser Evil"
• Stark explaining his plan to reboot Ultron so it slots in pretty cleanly after Wolverine's new story and Krakoa map

 

[RA30990]

I haven't kept up with the board as much this season as I had last season but I want to give my streamlined season 2 reading order @BabyBomber Let me know if there are any bits of lore that I haven't included you think needs to be there. Reminder, this is only stuff that directly connects to Krakoa.

• Cerebro File: Secret Seas
• Cerebro File: Quiet Council
• Cerebro File: Flower Power
• Collectible: Flowers of Krakoa
• Cerebro File: Hellfire Club
• Storm: Dreamy Dew
• Collectible: Krakoa Seedling
• Wolverine: Accompanied Envoy
• Cerebro File: X Lives
• Cerebro File: Subject Wolverine
• Cerebro File: X-Force
• Cerebro File: Resistance
• Magik: Limbo Border
• Magneto: Trial of Magneto
• Namor: Atlantis Strikes Out
• Psylocke: Acanti Tales
• Emma Frost: Forged in Hellfire
• Gallery Card: Impending Doom
• Cerebro File: Subject Namor
• Cerebro File: Strategic Alliances
• Cerebro File: Security System
• Gallery Card: Ages of Ultron
• Cerebro File: Subject Emma Frost
• Team-Up: Mental Projection
• Gallery Card: Hellfire Gala
• Cerebro File: Subject Storm
• Squirrel Girl: BFFFS
• Season 2: Hellfire Gala trailer
• Magneto: The Battle Within
• Gallery Card: Regenesis
• Gallery Card: Uncanny X-Men
• Wolverine: Rising Pulse
• Hellfire Gala Map: Krakoa
• Gallery Card: A Lesser Evil

 

[BabyBomber]

I haven't kept up with the board as much this season as I had last season but I want to give my streamlined season 2 reading order @BabyBomber Let me know if there are any bits of lore that I haven't included you think needs to be there. Reminder, this is only stuff that directly connects to Krakoa.

• Cerebro File: Secret Seas
• Cerebro File: Quiet Council
• Cerebro File: Flower Power
• Collectible: Flowers of Krakoa
• Cerebro File: Hellfire Club
• Storm: Dreamy Dew
• Collectible: Krakoa Seedling
• Wolverine: Accompanied Envoy
• Cerebro File: X Lives
• Cerebro File: Subject Wolverine
• Cerebro File: X-Force
• Cerebro File: Resistance
• Magik: Limbo Border
• Magneto: Trial of Magneto
• Namor: Atlantis Strikes Out
• Psylocke: Acanti Tales
• Emma Frost: Forged in Hellfire
• Gallery Card: Impending Doom
• Cerebro File: Subject Namor
• Cerebro File: Strategic Alliances
• Cerebro File: Security System
• Gallery Card: Ages of Ultron
• Cerebro File: Subject Emma Frost
• Team-Up: Mental Projection
• Gallery Card: Hellfire Gala
• Cerebro File: Subject Storm
• Squirrel Girl: BFFFS
• Season 2: Hellfire Gala trailer
• Magneto: The Battle Within
• Gallery Card: Regenesis
• Gallery Card: Uncanny X-Men
• Wolverine: Rising Pulse
• Hellfire Gala Map: Krakoa
• Gallery Card: A Lesser Evil

Stellar timing and much appreciated. I'll get right to it Boss