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Good game, but if the game loses connection during PVP you lose.
This happened to me 4 times...pretty annoying and frustrating.
For this it gets 3/5
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@rice2555 When you are out of cards, and the the enemy has better or more cards out, (or still has cards on the hand) he wins... sorry, I am too lazy to read through the manuals... I also learn "on the fly" , but I lost like this three or four times... I had regeneration and enemy had poison and enemy would lose...but he had out more creatures and still had cards on the hand in each time I lost like this :D that's why I abandonned "regeneration" tactics and moved towards more aggressive one (Fire?)
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Today marks the 2nd birthday for elements so if you would like to write something nice about the game you can at (http://www.kongregate.com/forums/22-elements/topics/166927-happy-2nd-birthday-elements). @rice2555, If your losing when you have 100hp it means your decking out outself which is a lost when there are no more cards in your deck.
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I love how you can save this game. So many other minigames don't have save and you have to start over every time you play. All minigames need saves.
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OK, so on the forums are really good decks, but here is mine (in general, not specific in cards): Gravity (I first tried to combine with fire or earth, but the quickest win path was pure gravity only) ... but this works only on NORMAL, on HARD (level 3) I will need to use one of the proven (from elementscommunity forum) ... I feel so stupid not to be able to find out myself...duh
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@WOWEEEEEE1, To add to that you can counter a pharaoh deck with immortal type creatures, creatures that has growth, Using a rush deck that can do damage fast before the ai3 pharaoh deck can set up it's cards and using a deck with Creature controll cards. @Gatts13, Here is a topic based on decks made and tested for Ai3 with stats for version 1.27 (http://elementscommunity.com/forum/index.php/topic,21865.12.html) the only problem is that it isn't completed which you will need to view all it's pages. The old study is (http://elementscommunity.com/forum/index.php/topic,17903.0.html) which was for version 1.26.
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Any ideas/hints on good deck? I just can't figure it out... and losing nearly each level 3 battle is making me crazy!
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@WOWEEEEEE1 i once ate an ARMAGIO with scarabs. It's not impossible to eat a gold dragon. Although, phase dragons would be a better counter for pharaoh decks. OR just add a quintessence to anything.
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in response to sgrlaway: just beat a pharaoh deck with the apparently underpowered darkness deck. He got out 3 pharaohs but without gravity quantum (which he lost via devourers and steals) to work them they are laughable. Then later on used vampire potions so no more scarabs. Secondly I would like to see scarabs try to eat a golden dragon. There are SO many ways to counter a pharaoh deck. Without the quantum or the ability's it is just a bunch of creatures with less than 4 attack power
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@phantasy77, The score system is to keep those who can't handel the ai level from it untill they can. It's like you now started and you want to fight Ai5 (Half Bloods) with a starter deck which doesn't have a good chance to win. @sqrlaway, All elements have their advantages and disadvantages, you just need to utilize on its pros to the fullest. @GameDylan, You said "1/5 for copied game" which game is this a copy of please say so we can tell you what's fact or not.
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Time is unbelievably stacked, life is a bitch, darkness/light tend to be desperately underpowered. Serious balance issues that aren't being addressed here. If you don't believe time is stacked, try bringing your deck against one of the Level 3s that brings a couple pharoahs, twenty scarabs and a bunch of hourglasses. You'll be on my side after that one.
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Alright can someone change this idiotic score system? It's a F@#king card game its all about luck and im really tired of bieng so close and then my score just drops.
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@Gnomeo, About "there should be multi-coloured creatures" well i can tell you that some card ideas have made it to the last card stage at where it's up to zanzarino to add in the cards in the next patch or not. It would be basically the summoning cost is a different element from its ability cost. @Eduelmago & xrennerx50, The upgrading cost is too challenge players to play the game to earn the coins to upgrade, it isn't to be easy for that everyone could upgrade all the cards in the game quickly. @Eduelmago, You can't be mad that most players uses rush decks because it's the smartest thing to do, would you like to win fast or not? @chaoticblade, Both Darkness and Death are good elements it's all about how you use them.
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To give you some insight, chaoticblade, I haven't really used Darkness, but Death has some interesting combos, but by itself and with Gravity. Though, for annoying your opponent, Darkness appears to be better at that with cards like Steal (which lets you take one of their permanents) or Devourer (which limits how much quanta they can use per turn. I found that particularly annoying against AI players). Hope this helps. -DonRosenberger
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I agree that grinding for the upgrades is a tad annoying, and that the upgrades are a bit too expensive. The game is great overall, besides that... 4/5.
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Eduel, nope, 1500 isn't really all that much, and 500 would be FAR too little. I liked when there were different costs for different cards. After playing to where I am now, though, I don't mind it as much.
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there should be multi-coloured creatures, like 'day walker' a vampire that costs death and light, or an earthern golem which would cost both gravity and Earth.
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@DonRosenberger, In your deck you should use the immortal ability into your advantage as your using a mono aether deck. A great deck would be x15 Aether pillars, x6 Immortals, x5 Dimensional Shields and x4 Phase Dragons also you can change the ratio of cards in this deck if you like. I know most players upgrade their pillars first or high costing cards but it's really up to you also in the upgrading process you need to pay 1500 coins "Per" card to upgrade. If you upgrade 1 pillar into a tower then that 1 pillar will be upgraded not the rest of your pillars. @tigerred4 & burningwings136, Resetting makes no sence because all you could of done was improve your deck from the starter and grind from their also you can change to what elements/deck you want after once you buy the cards in the bazaar for it along with saving your deck codes to import/export.
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battling a false god...
me: 1hp
them: 3hp
me: 1 time quanta an empty hand and a time egg
them: 45dmg worth of creatures
my turn
I get a 'Schroler's cat'
hurray?
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Gazag, I am currently running with a straight Aether-colored deck. I have 10 Aether pillars, 6 lightning, 5 immortals, 2 phase dragons, 3 phase spiders, 3 dimensional shields and 1 parallel universe (30 card un-upgraded deck). The one thing that was a hastle was they kept blowing up my creatures, so I went with a deck with a fair amount of creatures that couldn't be targeted. This has proven fairly effective, but I am wondering what I should upgrade first. Also, for the upgrading process for pillars, can you only upgrade 1 pillar at a time?
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After beating my first FG, probably the achievement that made me most happy was earning my first nymph. Then followed by beating a fully upped deck with my semi-upped one in PvP2, with over 20k score differential. ^_^
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@DonRosenberger, Yes there is a guide on official forums which new players after picking their elements can grind enough to earn coins to improve their deck (http://elementscommunity.com/forum/index.php/topic,1190.0.html) This link is the Deckbuilding 101: From Noob to False God Slayer topic. You can upgrade your cards when you have earned 500 score which you unlock the feature which you will have to pay 1500 coins per card to upgrade. Yes i made a DIC topic (Deck Improvement Center) which players can ask for help for their improve decks but please i beg post a image of your deck.
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Nvm, saw there was a forum about deck construction help that you contributed to. I'll refer to that. Thanks again for the help, Gazzag.
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Thanks for the insight, Gazzag. Since you appear to be a seasoned veteran, do you have any advice for "power leveling", in the sense of earning a lot of coins relatively quickly to level up the cards you have? I am running a mainly death deck and I can't really handle anything above level 1 efficiently (and even then, it's not 100% guaranteed). This leaves me earning 1-5 coins per round. Help?
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@OneShadow, If our creatures could target other creatures with their attacks then what's the point of certain spells/shield/weapons in the game? @DonRosenberger, If a skeleton is targeted with a reverse time ability it will turn into a random creature meaning any creature in the game even itself. You can say it has the random ability like a fate egg which we all know can turn into itself also.
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The unthinkable just happened. I used Reverse Time on a skeleton (1/1), which would generate a creature at random. What I got was another skeleton (1/1). Has this happened to anyone else?
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One of my favorite cards is the mutation card, especially if I have a photon on the board. You can summon a 5/5 entropy, or some other altered creature, for only two entropy quanta. If it kills the creature instead, it doesn't matter much.
My other favorite card is parallel universe. As long as the target isn't immortal, you can make a copy of it. I found that if you copy a mutated creature, you can get a more powerful version of the same creature, with a different skill.
Another useful combo is the schrodinger's cat and the skeleton graveyard. Simply activate the cat's skill, and you can get more skeletons.
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I think that you should be able to tell your creatures to target other creatures with their attacks, instead of relying on spells and skills to kill the opponent's creatures
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@IcemanIsMyName, To upgrade your cards you need to complete the 500 score quest (You get to pick 1 rare weapon out of all the elements rare weapons shown) to unlock the upgrading feature (Plus Ai6 False Gods) which you will need 1500 coins per card to upgrade. Yes you can win upgraded cards from Half Bloods and False Gods when the triangle symbol appare along with all 3 cards maching up.