Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-4651179-20151114011017/@comment-4651179-20151121011434

By the looks of it, the Iso-8 from Marvel: Avengers Alliance is different from that in Contest of Champions (the comic). They even have different full names, Isotope-8 and Isometry-8 (the latter which is simply a form of another element).

And, yes, it's possible to play M:AA without spending a single cent. That's what I've been doing so far. I've gotten all the Spec Ops heroes (the only ones I had to buy with Command Points when they were released were Mockingbird and Emma Frost, because I was in an extremely low level during Spec Ops 1, and because I didn't prevent the need of using 20 gold to skip the final task in Spec Ops 2, but ever since I learned not to waste gold in PvP items, though I have to admit I did waste a bunch of gold in obtaining Loki when his lockboxes were in discount).

However, I have to admit that ever since I started playing Marvel Heroes 2015 last December and Playdom made their P2W tendencies more and more obvious, my interest for M:AA was decreased. So I got a little bit behind farming CPs for Spec Ops or playing story chapters. I was really lucky I already had all of the heroes needed for the most recent Spec Ops, otherwise, I would have needed to farm a lot, or spend gold on skipping the final task. At least now I have enough not to worry I have to get new heroes for the Spec Ops 31, and I'm in the middle of finishing the latest story chapter.