These could be what Golden Buffs/Debuffs started off as, but they would actually not be removable (barring the RARE exception) and they themselves would be very rare. Golden effects are everywhere now and they are removed pretty easily as well.
An example would be if these super rare “Iron buffs” were given as skills to only the weaker natural 3 star Eddies. Then a very select few of the beloved yet pathetically weak (even when maxed and sharded) original 3 star characters could have the ability to remove these iron buffs or inflict Iron Debuffs. Something like that. This would make them more appealing—especially situationally in a gauntlet match for example. If you didn’t have the needed character to remove the buffs then the buffs would stay the entire battle, making it much harder to win as a special buff should. If you used one of the few toons that can remove an Iron buff already in a non refresh grade, then too bad for you— you’d have to try overcome it some other way.
Just a thought since again, golden effects are EVERYWHERE as are the abilities to remove them. They’re almost the same as normal effects since a lot of abilities that remove them use the word “including” golden effects. If more abilities ONLY removed golden effects (as a few do) it would be better, but this isn’t the case.
Anyone else think a “level 3” effect would work in This game?