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Welcome to Shadow Wars https://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/shadow-wars-summon-battle/id1092263081?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pikpok.mm.play&hl=en Shadow War is another free-to-play puzzle game with collectible and leveling elements. However, this one I like. The theme is urban supernatural. The player chooses membership in one of five street mage clans including police wizards; and summons everything from a street-hockey King Tut Kid-mummy to the Abercrombie wearing angel of war who looks like she moonlights as a drummer (actually a Valkyrie). Hoodies abound. Naturally you can also find artifacts to boost your monster units. I’m particularly amused by the baseball cap that makes you slightly more invisible. The gameplay seems familiar but I can’t recall the name of a puzzle game they are basing their work on. To begin the player chooses three units and one unit belonging to a friend (mercenary) to enter the combat node. There are three enemy units to destroy in up to three combat waves.  There is a crystal grid (roughly 7x7 or smaller) with the up to five colored crystals: red, blue, green, yellow (light) and purple (dark). An aside about the colors of the units in game: the rock-paper-scissors and light-hates-dark-which-hates-light mechanics that are found in Puzzles And Dragons are found here. Back to the crystal grid; every combat round, you pick your attacker from among your four units. You have three turns to charge up your attacker’s power by pressing on a colored crystal that has the most contiguous colors for maximum damage. The tactical element is the player placement of gems and the traps on the board. When you press and release on the gem board, if the chain you are selecting has enough contiguous members of the same color, you may have the opportunity to leave a Power Gem of the color of the attacking unit you have selected. So for example: I have the Red unit Wajdi. I press on a 16 purple (dark) gem chain. I can leave a RED Power Gem anywhere along that chain. Effectively you can use these Power Gems to build your own chain connectors over time. Also the Power Gems will absorb (delete) surrounding gems in a particular orientation and magnitude if activated individually or as part of a color chain (ie a “cross” power gem will shoot out horizontal and vertical beams to absorb gems; a “square” power gem will absorb gems surrounding it in the shape of a square). Traps on the board can include: gems that are chained and can only be removed by hitting the chains with Power Gem powers, ice that sequesters gems away from chains and spreads if you don’t do anything about it, thorns that will damage the hp of your attacking unit if they are present in your color chain, etc.. Now, that’s all the tactics of the board. The “Strategic” game is did you start the mission with units of the right colors that are strong against the upcoming opponent’s colors (remember rock-paper-scissors) and do you have a balance of unit class types like tank, mage, healer, specialist, attacker, assassin, etc.. In this respect, the game reminds me a great deal of picking the right team in Marvel Puzzle Quest. Will you stay interested? Well that depends on how compelling you find the base gem matching game. It’s only PvE at the moment (next on the docket is adding Guild Raids), but for a challenge I can attest that some of the Weekly Event gem matching boards and enemy unit waves require both planning in terms of unit choice, timing of unit special abilities, and smart gem board management. Leveling could turn into a grind for some. Ah the elephant-man in the room. IAP. Shadow War follows in the recent tradition of throw so much stuff at the player the premium currency is devalued. The in game currency is “obsidian”. I get 1 random roll every 30 minutes that may produce up to +10 obsidian. Every three hours if you put your phone down while a 30 second video plays, you get two pulls which usually (>66% estimated) at least 10 obsidian. Every 3 days you get a free unit (worth 300 obsidian). Obsidian can be farmed on the Weekend, and so on. To be frank, I wouldn’t even buy obsidian or the starter package unless you want to tip the devs. TL;DR Tiny Chalupa posted:Great game. Gacha pull that isn't a gimmick is quite nice so far Helical Nightmares fucked around with this message at 14:24 on Oct 16, 2016 |
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Guild Info Current status: Swarmed by dirty pubbies Goonamancers guild created. We are a Water guild (also the supernatural police according to the lore so  )Blue Lives Matter. Get out and shine your nightstick. Please -) Indicate you are SA when joining so I can kick bots/pubbies -) Contribute offensive police jokes -) Click on the purple up arrow on the main Syndicate page to reach the Perks section. DO contribute coins. DO NOT contribute Obsidian or Arc (Tablets). Keep those and grow strong young Goonamancer.  For those who don't know guilds do the following things: -) Choice of guild's color allows you to get perks for units of that color. For example, reduced cooldown on injured Blue units (faster healing) if you belong to and unlock the appropriate perk in the ESD syndicate. Another perk is a bonus to experience/faster leveling. -) Level 11 players and above can join guilds -) Guild levels go up to 5.  -) Guild turn Raw -) Guild raids coming soon EzEight posted:For perk donations, new players should donate until it hits 1k coins and get a free supply box. ------------Goonamancers is full. Undergoing Verification & Purge------------ boy are my arms tired posted:Overflow guild is Lowtaxed, part of the Archeron Pact (Fire Team). Same rules apply as Goonamancers: post here or include SA in your name, and donate silver and do not donate arc or obsidian. Helical Nightmares fucked around with this message at 19:03 on Oct 19, 2016 |
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Oct 16, 2016 14:18
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Sure why the hell not. Reserved.
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Oct 16, 2016 14:19
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Any Vets doing the weekly gear event? Pearl necklace, Reapers Scythe, Book of Toth The Reapers Scythe looks like the best item out of the bunch. Max HP 30% recovery.
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Oct 16, 2016 15:54
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Yo joined up as Exmond, please dont kick me
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Oct 16, 2016 17:34
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I'm in as Soonmot. GLad to hear about the water bonus. Jenny Greenteeth is my goto healer and, if she's not taken out before she gets a couple heals out, can slowly solo entire non-green enemy lineups! I usually run Jenny (blue), Ramses II (green) as my tank (he auto tanks when no selected which I love), and Eustace (light) blood frenzy when he isn't selected starts his damage off in the 500s and if I have enough light gems to activate his aoe, holy poo poo!
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Oct 16, 2016 19:05
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In as ghost face
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Oct 16, 2016 20:14
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In as GauklerSA.
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Oct 16, 2016 21:35
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Im in as Pell
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Oct 16, 2016 21:42
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How many stars do monsters max out at?
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Oct 16, 2016 22:13
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Joined as Candyleader. This is a good monster colours game.
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Oct 16, 2016 22:21
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Yea I never play these f2p flavor of the month games but this one isn't trying to enforce any energy or timer based bs to scam for money so I'm pretty pleased with it. Cool aesthetic and theme as well. Want more ghosts and skeletons tho
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Oct 16, 2016 22:30
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Looks like the guild is already full, that was quick.
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Oct 17, 2016 00:14
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Mind kicking some pubbies?
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Oct 17, 2016 01:22
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im in as willus, if you dont mind posting here when you free up some space?
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Oct 17, 2016 01:31
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Maybe I'm retarded, but I can't see how to set my user name, or how to link the game to Google play. Do you have to play through a bunch of levels first?
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Oct 17, 2016 01:36
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Space open. Post IGNs.
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Oct 17, 2016 01:55
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Vulpes posted:Maybe I'm retarded, but I can't see how to set my user name, or how to link the game to Google play. Do you have to play through a bunch of levels first? yeah you play through a few levels before old mate asks your name
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Oct 17, 2016 01:58
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This is a good monsters game. I am getting through the tutorial now. Can I change my dumb android gaming name or am I stuck with PikPok456482 edit: oh OK ^ edit #2: In as Stoats, just getting through the tutorial tote up a bags fucked around with this message at 02:13 on Oct 17, 2016 |
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Oct 17, 2016 02:01
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In as WedgieSA. I like that the 'timer' is your monster's HP, so as long as you do well you can keep going.
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Oct 17, 2016 02:38
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In as ArednaSoonmot posted:How many stars do monsters max out at? Looks like it is 7 stars. Assuming the early trends I've seen continue - every star doubles in how many shards it needs (1,2,4,8,16,32,64), but getting a monster for a 2nd time will give you one full star.
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Oct 17, 2016 02:40
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Joined as Xianxia
EzEight fucked around with this message at 04:56 on Oct 17, 2016 |
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Oct 17, 2016 03:19
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Joined as emormu.
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Oct 17, 2016 05:11
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I take that back - it's there, but there really isn't anything past the surface level summary. Not contained there - Is there any benefit to 3*-ing all of the Daily Heist levels? Aredna fucked around with this message at 07:44 on Oct 17, 2016 |
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Oct 17, 2016 07:37
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Aredna posted:
Aside from getting all the star rewards, 3*-ing bosses give you the chance to capture them. Normal stages give a chance for equipment.
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Oct 17, 2016 07:54
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Joined as Detective. Quick question though. Is there any way to level up your character level? It's impossible to repeat quests that you've already 3* right?
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Oct 17, 2016 08:22
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In as poonflap Edit: guild full again. work the balls Sally fucked around with this message at 08:28 on Oct 17, 2016 |
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Oct 17, 2016 08:26
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EzEight posted:Aside from getting all the star rewards, 3*-ing bosses give you the chance to capture them. Does that apply to the Daily Heist as well? I've got a 3* on several levels on the 2 days I did it and didn't have any boss capture chances pop up. Kegslayer posted:Joined as Detective. If you've unlocked the Daily Heist you can level up in it as well.
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Oct 17, 2016 08:27
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Aredna posted:Does that apply to the Daily Heist as well? I've got a 3* on several levels on the 2 days I did it and didn't have any boss capture chances pop up. It does yesterdays daily heist stage 5 gave the chance to capture The Fates.
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Oct 17, 2016 08:30
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In as Drian to throw monsters at other monsters
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Oct 17, 2016 08:32
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Oh my god, you can click anywhere on the grid instead of just the bottom row. I thought I was just terrible at the game.
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Oct 17, 2016 08:37
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having fun so far but i sure wish it would give me a second tank already so i have some options on that front, instead of just throwing attacker after attacker at me
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Oct 17, 2016 08:41
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EzEight posted:It does yesterdays daily heist stage 5 gave the chance to capture The Fates. Oh! You just reminded me I read somewherethat if the level shows a Skull icon instead of a Diamond then you have a chance to capture the monster. I went back to check the one I have today and levels 5 and 10 show a skull so guess I'll try and 3* them in the next 18 hours. Other question - is there any way to see any chat history? Never seen anyone talk in a guild and my messages seem to disappear within a few minutes.
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Oct 17, 2016 08:46
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Trying to join the guild but it's full. Are there still pubbies to be kicked?
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Oct 17, 2016 16:38
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Kicked a few pubbies whose names aren't on the thread.
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Oct 17, 2016 17:57
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Just joined as mikey putp bc i'm a moron who cant type.
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Oct 17, 2016 18:40
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Joined the guild as "robits".
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Oct 17, 2016 19:53
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In as Coffeeamin, but the guild looks full.
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Oct 17, 2016 20:14
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In as Phanatic, but yeah, looks full. Is Goonswarm an alternate? There's also Goon Sqaud [sic] but I'm thinking gently caress those guys.
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Oct 17, 2016 21:44
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Right now there isn't an alternative, we may need to create an alt guild since Guild size is only 25.
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