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A better solution would be to update the game frequently enough that the metagame didn't stagnate and you saw a wider variety of characters for viable ladder play. But yeah, you can only see ValkAnex so many times before your head explodes.
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The real win rate for cards is about 20-25%, not the oft-mentioned 40%, which means you need to grind out more like 40-50 wins, not 20, before you get your 10 cards. A new player is unlikely to be able to beat the metadeck with an all random deck, and about everyone SR20 or higher plays some variation of the metadeck.
In other words, in trying for those 40-50 wins, you're going to end up losing as many or even more games than you win. All of a sudden you're looking at a 100-150 game investment @ 5-10 min a game just to get your 10 cards.
If they want to grow the community, either bring back 3 challenges a week or seriously bump up the win rate. The status quo is just too crushingly against new players to attract that many to stay.
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25 wins = 10 cards, then you do the current challenge for another, then you pick 3 starters after that. 25 wins playing Random All for 14 cards is not exactly that tough nor does it take that long. (This is assuming you don't pick starters at first, which unfortunately most new players do.)
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Yeah, I know, but you can't get cards from Practice, and it's very hard when you start the game with 3 cards only...
And after several losses, finaly a win, but no cards rewarded.. Kinda frustrating... It requires lots and lots and lots of wins to get some cards, and start building a decent deck.
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phabyos: Skill is drastically more important than the cards used - just play Random All to start. The game is balanced enough overall that you can win with anything if you're better than your opponent. (That's not to say there aren't imbalances, like how awful Helene is, but the big picture is decent!)
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Crusader32: Taf starts are usually a bad idea actually. Basically you might get lucky and catch a Rumiko, but otherwise you're at a disadvantage in most matchups.
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Covaxe: So basically you want an advantage over the other players? Hell, you can still have that to some extent - multiple copies of the same item are all useful!
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So, Iwent to play some ranked, waited 30 secs, decided to leave because noone was coming. Right as I hit cancel, an opponent showed up, I picked my deck, it counted down then it said "you lose." I thought to myself, that sucks, went to play again and suddenly the game started. I made my first move, waited for my opponent for 60 seconds while he did nothing, then declared victory. I really wish I knew why that all happened.
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the new cards are coming along. there is a forum topic in the kongregate section about naming one of the cards. apparently it has all attack names and is based off of a hitchiker's guide to the galaxy reference.
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She's not just good versus vamps, she's good versus anything with high dark resist. Which is a lot more than just vamps. And she's hardly equivalently weak against most non-dark-resist chars.
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Karkadinn: VV may be tough at melee, but she's also really fragile. Most close range based character can take her out easily. She's *supposed* to be good against the vampires, that's what her character is about.
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dude this games fun but they need like etra rare cards like one time event and thats it kinda thing but stiil fun 5/5
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@retsuna. Actually power toss with enchant is still a physical attack, plus yoshis reflect has a cooldown. what do you suggest for the recharge time? he cant use chi blast every time.
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andromeda is my least favourite card so cheap ugh however the achievments are odd only randomly updated atleast i got them though :D
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i started crying when i saw Anex as a challenge card. . . no matter how hard i try she always cleans up at least one guy if not all 3
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I was pretty good at this game, number one player when this came out or something but they were releasing old cards so I stopped...I want rare one time only cards to collect >.<
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very good game i just have one problem.... when im battling someone i cant talk to the person. i hit enter to send the message but it doesnt show
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Yes, let's make VV, one of the best melee characters in the game, capable of oneshotting characters for 30 energy, as good as Anex at range. That would be totally awesome.
/eyeroll
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Vanessa Voss needs either a better ray of light, or a different attack. It has low speed and does only 45 damage for 70 energy, and it has no side affects.
Power toss is only 60 energy, a little slower, does more damage and removes the opponent from combat.
Signature slice costs 50 and does 55 and is the same speed.
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Random: If they are actually afk and passing both phases, I would propose that they auto-forfeit after 4 rounds of that. If they're playing and just playing slowly, eh - the timers aren't that long anyway, and some people think out their options slower than others.