Heroic is too easy, Cosmic is too hard. What to do?
I played the open beta, then played for a few weeks after the game went public. My first hero was Hawkeye, and at some point I also got Storm, but never played her. Only played for a bit, and then stopped.
I got back into the game about 2 weeks ago, and got Hawkeye up to level 60. I bought a few more characters (and got some free in the BOGO), so now I have 10 heroes total: Hawkeye, Daredevil, Scarlet Witch, Storm, X-23, Captain Marvel, Green Goblin, Magik, Silver Surfer and Squirrel Girl. Probably won't buy anyone else until there's a sale, or I get a good coupon. Didn't know about the lucky draw coupons until after I spent $20 on G, but I don't mind because the BOGO was pretty good. I bought a second STASH too, because my first one was full (Mostly Relics, which I should probably just trash).
I've almost finished the story with Hawkeye (a little left in Chapter 10) and I've gotten Scarlet Witch up to about level 25 (so her first Synergy is active). The other characters are around 10, because I tested the ones I bought, and just fiddled around with the BOGO ones. Nobody besides Hawkeye is at 60. I've earned about 40 Infinity points with Hawkeye too.
Hawkeye is now at the point where red (heroic) is pretty darn easy, but Cosmic is still way too tough, so I'm not sure what to do with him. I can **** tons of regular enemies in one or two shots, and can beat the terminal and one-shot bosses pretty easily (ok, well, I die a couple times to bosses if I'm not paying attention to what I'm doing, but they still go down pretty quickly).
He's got pretty good gear for Heroic (I think). Slot 1 is cosmic, and slots 2-5 are uniques. I have some decent artifacts, I've got an Uru Forged item. No Legendary yet. I've been trying to earn Odin Marks for my Legendary. I have about 80 right now, and earn about 20 per day doing 1 or 2 shared quests and my Legendary quest. (I don't usually have time to do the shared patrol - it takes a while to **** 1000 guys).
I've got the crafter leveled up to 10 and then Enchanter at 9. I don't have any runewords, blessings or enchantments yet.
I have 2 team-ups total. The Shield guy and Pirate Deadpool. Neither one is maxed. Been using Deadpool and he's at about level 35. I also have 2 Groot pets. One is maxed for Cosmic and Unique.
I feel like I need to get that Legendary, but I still need quite a few Odin marks. Not sure what else I should be doing.
Should I start leveling up the other guys to get the synergies and Infinity points? I don't mind leveling everyone else up to 60 now if that's the best option.
Should I just keep grinding Odin Marks? How can I get Hawkeye to a level where he can survive Cosmic difficulty?
I've done the Danger Room tutorial, and one mission, but that's it. Haven't done X-Defense or Holo-Sim, but my understanding is that these are group events, and not a lot of people are playing them. Is that correct?
I'm still having a lot of fun, but I feel like I need a concrete goal. A lot of the Post 60 guides seem out of date, so it's kind of hard to figure out what's accurate. Costume cores aren't a thing any more are they? They were replaced with Catalysts, right?