I now conclude that the Challenges are rigged. The computer always begins with the same f*cking cards. There's no other way to explain how game after game after game... he always pulls out the 14 + arcane card, or the Hound of Tindalos, or the best 10 atk pet... every f*cking time.
Also, the City of R'lyeh will 75% of the time cause Xenophobia, which is only barely useful. 20% of the time, your enemy gets Schizophrenia, which is only mildly useful as well. You will only once in a blue f*cking moon get the only useful craziness, Megalomania. Which of course can also be your downfall if they stack up a ton of arcane and use a single attack that adds your arcane. But it's also the only craziness that can bring your enemy to 1 hp in 4-5 turns.
................WHENEVER...... You FINALLY f*cking get..... the City of R'lyeh card... takes about 30+ retries to get it........the ONLY thing that allows you to have a 0.01% chance of actually beating any challenge........................... Your enemy will have at LEAST 3 attack cards..... the BEST one (14+Arcane), the 2nd best one (12+arcane), and at least a +5 BYPASS EVERY DEFENSE card.
Every time.
I do not joke. It will take THOUSANDS upon THOUSANDS of tries to beat all of the challenges. The game is rigged to disillusion any of your ideas of 'skill'. You are not good at this game. It's completely based on chance. I mean, might as well just have a big, shiny button in the middle of the screen that you press a few thousand times and eventually, you get a badge.
God, Challenge 15 is insane... 5 health, no Essence of Life or good healing cards... You get 1-shot killed about 1 in 3 times...
*Prays for a full deck of Mi Go cards..*
Self-surgery ftw!! xD
I gotta agree, Kongregate people give the funniest advice xD
Each game is only 2 minutes long. Having troll shamans kill everyone, or greedy mice going for the cheese and screwing everyone else over, is all part of the fun! It's meant to be a fast-paced rat-race!
Ya gotta laugh at it, and appreciate the times when things do work out. The game takes some practice to really get it (like 75-100 games played), and making your own room by typing /room anyroomname really helps you train as a shaman. Most of the stuff you gotta learn just by watching other shamans and other mice.
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