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DrManiac posted:Is there anyone in particular I should use to dissuade people from attacking me? As far as offense goes I can get by with my wolverine and thor but for some reason I get attacked a bunch. None of those dudes are high enough level that I would think twice about attacking you. You might just have to put up with getting attacked for a while. There's always another tournament around the bend.
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I found myself a whale for Reinforcements.  Poor bastard is always ~200 points above me so I get 30-40 points for beating him, and he keeps attacking back. I guess because he has an 11k Captain and 9k IM40 he thinks it's taking a lot for me to beat him, but it's actually only 100 ISO of AP boosts to nuke down his non-maxed Thor and then I barely get scratched because I just deny him the only two colours he can mount attacks with. ImperialGuard posted:I just got into my first Classic Storm duel, hillarious poo poo. Got enough red AP that my Thor could nuke down their Thor and IM40. Good thing medkits replenish as quickly as they do these days.
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SchwarzKreuz posted:What types of team comps are people using for the reinforcement tournament? I'm thinking of trying IM40, Widow (Classic) and Storm Classic when I start it tomorrow. Myself I'm using: 65 Wolverine (5/5/2) 41 Captain America (3/5/5) Boosted 37 Black Widow Classic (2/4) Boosted Widow's purple 7AP theft move is locking down the enemy team all the live long day. I play exclusively on the forest map and when I see the enemy about to gain 5AP of every color I use my Aggressive Recon and zap most of their profit for myself. Not to mention I get my own 5AP of every color too (if I start a board and see that attainable I go for that first). Widow's heal is pretty easy to throw out at least twice most fights keeping all the scrapes and bruises at bay. Wolverine's strike tiles are the bread and butter for ripping through all the IM40s and Caps with over 10k health, I laugh at these and feast on the fat points hiding behind them. I'm finding myself attacking teams I would otherwise avoid because my strike tiles are just getting to that point. Seriously, level wolverine.
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Nov 29, 2013 02:40
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I'm running: Level 85 Thor Level 85 wolverine Level 63 iron man model 40 I get about 1-3 attacks on me a day if any. It has been a very simple tournament for me so far. I'm aiming for the black widow prizes so I am just chilling at 600 points right now.
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Nov 29, 2013 02:47
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I've updated the OP with build and character recommendations, mainly focussing on 1 and 2-star characters, since by the time you get a 3 star dude you should have a decent idea how you'd like to play and what makes a good character. Take a look and yell at me for any mistakes!
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I've actually gotten very few attacks on me in the Reinforcements tournament and I'm wondering if it's to do with waiting a couple days to get into a slacker bracket. I know you can attack across brackets, but maybe just having a lower score as a result of being in a less competitive group is enough to make people ignore me.
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SynthOrange posted:I've updated the OP with build and character recommendations, mainly focussing on 1 and 2-star characters, since by the time you get a 3 star dude you should have a decent idea how you'd like to play and what makes a good character. Take a look and yell at me for any mistakes! Looks pretty good! I'll throw in a little feedback: Modern Storm - Personally I'm a fan of 5/5/3 instead of 5/4/4. If I'm running Modern Storm it's primarily as a board shuffler generating AP and resetting unfriendly boards with the Green and Red abilities. Hailstorm isn't high on my priority list for use and is kind of weakened by using the other two abilities to clear portions of the board either via the ability itself or cascaded color matches after using Mistress. I certainly don't think it's the one true build or anything, but merits inclusion. Classic Storm probably deserves a little more of a detailed description considering behind Thor she's probably the single most important character in the current metagame. Maybe a little something warning about how the passive interacts with other Classic Storms? Magneto's listing with Daken needs to differentiate between Magneto Now/Magneto Classic. Might be worth tossing a nod to Magneto Classic into the three star section, although you're right by the time you get enough covers to use him they probably know what they're doing. Good job on the revised OP. Not a lot to criticize there, the three points above are pretty nitpicky.
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Nov 29, 2013 03:16
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There's not much point worrying about defence. It's all so stacked in favour of the player. The AI just can't keep up with boosts and five matches and using the same skill repeatedly on the same turn. The three attempts thing is just icing on the cake. If someone's determined enough to beat you, they'll manage it somehow. Just try to beat more people than beat you I guess. Although one thing that always keeps me away is a high level Ragnarok on a Lightning Round, or a Spider-Man I even suspect has the 2 AP stun. On the other side of things, X-Force Wolverine is something I'll pretty much always fight because nobody ever has a levelled one. Regular Black Widows and Hawkeyes and Juggernauts are easy enough. Modern Storm is simple but can be really frustrating. Regular Iron Man is more a hindrance in the hands of the AI because it loves to throw the Yellow AP into that skill.
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Is Loki still kind of a joke? It looks like I got chunked down a good bit and my bracket woke up some more so I am sitting at 5. I already have an X-Force Wolverine with a red and a yellow, so another red might be nice, but X-Force Wolverine doesn't seem that great either? I'd probably rather have Widow but 10th place is at 550 and I am at 770 in #5, so I am not really expecting to drop to 26th.
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^^^ X-Force Wolverine's strength is basically that he has the highest level cap in the game (until Invisible Woman) and therefore should basically beast all over everyone else. It's balanced by the fact that it's hard to get more than a single cover for him, and like most characters his base special abilities are fairly middling with only 1/2 points in them.SchwarzKreuz posted:What types of team comps are people using for the reinforcement tournament? I'm thinking of trying IM40, Widow (Classic) and Storm Classic when I start it tomorrow. They run pretty well together considering the lack of Blue/Purple/Black attack stats - Wolverine pumps out strike tiles and eats what special attacks he can (since he only gets to match greens he gets good mileage out of regen), Cap plays with the reds and blues while waiting for Iron Man to finish a Recharge, at which point the team dumps something in the range of 8-14k damage worth of special attacks. Ghostlight fucked around with this message at 03:31 on Nov 29, 2013 |
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Nov 29, 2013 03:27
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rabidsquid posted:Is Loki still kind of a joke? Loki isn't very good normally, but he takes off in Lightning Rounds in the High-Tech area. I guess any of those boosted villains with good crit ability would be similarly powerful, but it's Loki who's my highest level of those at the moment. His skills are pretty situational, but in the right situations they're wonderful.
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McDragon posted:Although one thing that always keeps me away is a high level Ragnarok on a Lightning Round, or a Spider-Man I even suspect has the 2 AP stun. Spidey isn't so bad even with the 2ap stun as long as he's not paired with something like a Classic Storm or maybe Bullseye that needs to be focused down quick. Most of the Spideys I come across have around 3k HP so I just need to deny him blue matches long enough to get my first Thor cycle online. Denying the AI two sets of blue matches for a couple turns to burn down a low HP target is pretty easy, and completely trivial if you use boosts. I'd put Spidey in the same category as Classic Storm, a soft target but dangerous enough to be worth being cautious with.
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Okay, fixed up those bits of the OP. I really do like having a lot of strike tiles though, and Storm Modern's red ability doesnt need to be fired off that often. Set it off too fast and you're wasting points for the return you get. Having lots of attack tiles combined with someone that can throw down strike tiles is a horrifying nightmare though.  
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SynthOrange posted:Okay, fixed up those bits of the OP. I really do like having a lot of strike tiles though, and Storm Modern's red ability doesnt need to be fired off that often. Set it off too fast and you're wasting points for the return you get. Having lots of attack tiles combined with someone that can throw down strike tiles is a horrifying nightmare though. Yeah it's a fun ability, just felt like it was borderline enough to be worth a mention. Changes look perfect, good stuff. They really seem to have driven the number of health pack friend bonuses through the roof. I haven't recieved hardly any ISOs, but I'm up to 21 health packs.
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Been playing for about a week. What's the best way to move past my intro one star characters? I have Iron Man 35, Storm and Black Widow at high 30, low 40s. I've found a few Moonstones and have Cap to nearly 30. Do I just keep doing events or is the something to focus on?
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Nov 29, 2013 04:21
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Chuds McGreedy posted:Myself I'm using: I generally stay far away from the forest map because I've had my entire team wiped from the environmental tiles before. Do you guys only match environmental tiles and ignore everything else until you can unleash the forest fire move?
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Nov 29, 2013 04:25
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Wow, got a purple Spidey from red iso followed by a yellow Spidey from a standard token. Thanks!
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SchwarzKreuz posted:I generally stay far away from the forest map because I've had my entire team wiped from the environmental tiles before. Do you guys only match environmental tiles and ignore everything else until you can unleash the forest fire move? I only ever use the forest fire move if I get a crit environmental tile match, and even then lately I've been shying away from it. Four uses of the +5 AP ability are more than enough to clean up the whole opposing team. It is pretty fun turning most of the board red and watching crits spam everywhere though.
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BDawg posted:Been playing for about a week. What's the best way to move past my intro one star characters? I have Iron Man 35, Storm and Black Widow at high 30, low 40s. I've found a few Moonstones and have Cap to nearly 30. Do I just keep doing events or is the something to focus on? Most of the one-star villains are available in the later Prologue missions, and you'll start getting the two-star heroes from there as well.
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If I see the enemy team crit a forest environment tile, it's time to hit the retreat button because if I dont, it's a guaranteed team wipe.
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Is there anything after Ragnarok or am I done with the single player game when I beat him? How else am I supposed to level up for the multiplier when everyone else destroys me?
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Nov 29, 2013 04:45
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Philosopher King posted:Is there anything after Ragnarok or am I done with the single player game when I beat him? How else am I supposed to level up for the multiplier when everyone else destroys me? Are you redoing the missions for all the rewards? Each mission has up to 4 rewards plus the usual 20 iso 'you tried' token reward given out at random. There's also the low level brackets and Shield Training you can do.
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SchwarzKreuz posted:I generally stay far away from the forest map because I've had my entire team wiped from the environmental tiles before. Do you guys only match environmental tiles and ignore everything else until you can unleash the forest fire move? Yeah, if you're that super unlucky they get a crit tile match, you just retreat. I save more resources (pretty much team health after a fight and medkit usage) on the forest map than the other two maps that it's my default choice. Having that much AP flooding in all at once just keeps a single turn of yours rolling for so long that you barely get scratched while you flatten the enemy. Having a team with low cost high function powers makes the most out of this, like wolverine's feral claws at rank 5 (costs 3 green AP).
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Nov 29, 2013 05:10
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Thor/Wolverine are a great team on a forest fire map. Oh no Wolverine is making strike tiles! Thor has red tiles that turn into yellow tiles that turn into green tiles! Wolverine is making strike tiles! Repeat. 
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SynthOrange posted:Are you redoing the missions for all the rewards? Each mission has up to 4 rewards plus the usual 20 iso 'you tried' token reward given out at random. There's also the low level brackets and Shield Training you can do. Yeah, Does doing that open up more areas outside of the prologue?
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Nov 29, 2013 05:31
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Its pretty much events outside of the prologue. There's PvE events and PvP ones. PvEs generally give you missions with guest heros you can do, but generally you'll complete lower level ones until you get enough rewards to level your heros up. Dont spread your iso out too thin, you'll want to focus on your main team. Captain America is a good character when powered and levelled up, so throw some his way as well.
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SynthOrange posted:Thor/Wolverine are a great team on a forest fire map. Oh no Wolverine is making strike tiles! Thor has red tiles that turn into yellow tiles that turn into green tiles! Wolverine is making strike tiles! Repeat. Circle of life...
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I'm out of space and hero points and I don't want to sell any of my covers, including a maxed out Classic Hawkeye D= I also drew a red Ragnarok out of another 500 ISO lottery. This is kinda dumb. I've gotten 3 three-star covers out of them in as many days.
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SchwarzKreuz posted:What types of team comps are people using for the reinforcement tournament? I'm thinking of trying IM40, Widow (Classic) and Storm Classic when I start it tomorrow. First choice is Wolverine 65, IM40 62 and Cap 50. Switch in Thor 85 and Cstorm 85 for the last two when they need to heal up.
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Nov 29, 2013 10:35
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I wonder if they'll try the three events running thing again this weekend. I hated and loved that shti.
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Just joined a slacker bracket on the Reinforcements today. It was pretty easy to get to first: Unfortunately, now we're playing the crabbing game. I'm back down to third.
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Nov 29, 2013 15:42
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Joined Reinforcement a few hours ago, and got to #4 with 600 for the Black Widow before being knocked back down to #6. I actually wanna get knocked down to like 26 or something cause I feel like I'd probably get more use out of Black Widow Original than Loki. I'm so glad that Captain America is boosted for both of the current events. Made investing ISO on him incredibly worthwhile. Is Hawkeye (Modern) worth keeping? I got two red covers on him from a Standard and Heroic Token from the Reinforcement Event, and might end up getting another one from the Unstable ISO Ranking, so I'm wondering if I should just build one up while I'm at it.
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ZepiaEltnamOberon posted:Joined Reinforcement a few hours ago, and got to #4 with 600 for the Black Widow before being knocked back down to #6. I actually wanna get knocked down to like 26 or something cause I feel like I'd probably get more use out of Black Widow Original than Loki. Modern Hawkeye isn't totally useless, but he's not great either. The best use I've found for him is as a third to Wolverine and Daken because of his avoid skill.
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ZepiaEltnamOberon posted:Is Hawkeye (Modern) worth keeping? I got two red covers on him from a Standard and Heroic Token from the Reinforcement Event, and might end up getting another one from the Unstable ISO Ranking, so I'm wondering if I should just build one up while I'm at it. He's pretty useless at the beginning, gets better when skilled up significantly, but is hampered by his main colors (blue and red) being bogarted by common teammates. A Skill-5 Electric or Blast Arrow has its uses, and once in a while they buff him for an event and he's pretty nasty then.
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delfin posted:He's pretty useless at the beginning, gets better when skilled up significantly, but is hampered by his main colors (blue and red) being bogarted by common teammates. A Skill-5 Electric or Blast Arrow has its uses, and once in a while they buff him for an event and he's pretty nasty then. Yeah his attacks deals a great damage for not bad ap cost. The 2 turn cooldown is nothing when you get them to level 5. When boosted he is a monster. From the max stat page: Hawkeye (Modern) Electric Arrow - Blue Damage:2456 (Skill Level 5) Blast Arrow - Red Damage:1645 (Skill Level 5) Avoid - Purple Colour Damage: 11/39/45/9/50/10 Remember his red and blue cost 10 ap. His red attacks the whole team. His blue stuns for 4 turns.
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1500 Point Heroic Token reward == Magneto Classic Blue. I bit the bullet and used that Purple I had, so he's 3/1/5 now, going for 5/3/5 instead of 4/5/4 because the blues will be a lot easier to acquire. A full Translocation won't happen that often, but when it does, kablammo. I'm still on the fence about my best Reinforcements team. I got to 1000 with Spidey - RedMag - Wolverine as my primary and it was quite efficient, but I ran into a IM40 - Cap - Thor team just now and went goggle-eyed at the HP. (Still won, but it was close.) My IM40 is only level 47 so I suppose I ought to level him if they're going to keep buffing him through the roof.
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I've mostly been running with Ragnarok, Grey Widow, and IM40. I'm not a big fan of IM40, but I got him up to 65 because they keep buffing him. He's a big pile of hit points at least. Rag and Widow are fun together. Between his red skill and her purple, I can snipe multiple times a match. At level 5 it hits all enemies for a ton, so it pretty much destroys everything.
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Bandire posted:I've mostly been running with Ragnarok, Grey Widow, and IM40. I'm not a big fan of IM40, but I got him up to 65 because they keep buffing him. He's a big pile of hit points at least. I'm the same way with Cap. None of his abilities are terribly exciting, but he's at +200% in both reinforcements and the ISO event, so it's hard not to use him, especially having gotten a couple more covers for him through the events. Now I'm torn on what build I want.
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New tournament, Top Shot. Team up with either Hawkeye (modern) or Dark Hawkeye. Awards are 4* Wolverine, Im40, and Dark Hawkeye.
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