Frustration

[Zeshin]

Now this is no rant, but I have to get it out.

I can take that the False Gods "cheat", it's supposed to be hard.
I can take that I can have bad draws, it's random after all.
I can take that the quantum pillars tick in everything but the one quanta I need, it's random after all.
I can take that you can have bad luck 30 straight FG games in a row, statistically improbable but it can happen.

Those things are all frustrating, but that's not what really makes me want to just close the browser and do something else. After wasting thousands of gold on skipping/failing on the hard FG, lucking out on the easy FG and then when you finally get a break and beat a FG and you get ~40 gold and NO card. AAARGH! 

[guolin]

Heh, looks like you'll need to take a one-day break and come back the next day calmer.

[JotS3]

Now this is no rant, but I have to get it out.

I can take that the False Gods "cheat", it's supposed to be hard.
I can take that I can have bad draws, it's random after all.
I can take that the quantum pillars tick in everything but the one quanta I need, it's random after all.
I can take that you can have bad luck 30 straight FG games in a row, statistically improbable but it can happen.

Those things are all frustrating, but that's not what really makes me want to just close the browser and do something else. After wasting thousands of gold on skipping/failing on the hard FG, lucking out on the easy FG and then when you finally get a break and beat a FG and you get ~40 gold and NO card. AAARGH! 

I've had those days too. Just wait till you kill a FG by the skin of your teeth and then roll three decent upgrades (it does happen). It almost makes up for those days where you lose game afater game against FG with bad beat after bad beat.

[jmdt]

Now this is no rant, but I have to get it out.

I can take that the False Gods "cheat", it's supposed to be hard.
I can take that I can have bad draws, it's random after all.
I can take that the quantum pillars tick in everything but the one quanta I need, it's random after all.
I can take that you can have bad luck 30 straight FG games in a row, statistically improbable but it can happen.

Those things are all frustrating, but that's not what really makes me want to just close the browser and do something else. After wasting thousands of gold on skipping/failing on the hard FG, lucking out on the easy FG and then when you finally get a break and beat a FG and you get ~40 gold and NO card. AAARGH! 

There's a lot of luck involved in this game.  I have days like that ever once in a while.  I went close to 12 hours one day and won no cards from the fg's.  I laso has a stretch where  I won ~ 40 cards in 60 games.  Keep your cool, you will win card eventually.

What fg deck are you using?  Switching to a better fg deck might help.  I use this (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,9545.0.html) with much success.

[MrBlonde]

Yeah, i was doing really well with that variant as well JMDT until this last playthrough. Losing 10 in a row really drops your win percentage. Getting Divine Glory, Hermes, Dark Matter, and Rainbow 9/10 games really does not help. Fortunately i've played enough FG games that i'm almost numb to these types of runs.

[JotS3]

Yeah, i was doing really well with that variant as well JMDT until this last playthrough. Losing 10 in a row really drops your win percentage. Getting Divine Glory, Hermes, Dark Matter, and Rainbow 9/10 games really does not help. Fortunately i've played enough FG games that i'm almost numb to these types of runs.

I am using that deck aslo, excellent FG killer, but luck of the FG does play a huge factor...

Today I had eternal phoenix 7 times in a row... I thought FG's were "random" Also had Darkmatter and Rainbow a couple of times today. Oddly, Osiris (usually an easy win) beat me twice today. Then again I have had neptune twice, miracle once, and just beat the snot out of FFQ with two upgrades as my prize.

Gotta take the bad with the good.

[CB!]

What's more frustrating than that is getting neptune after a long string of unbeatable false gods, only to have all your damaging creatures at the bottom of the deck... I was fine as far as healing, but ended up decking out...

[jmdt]

What's more frustrating than that is getting neptune after a long string of unbeatable false gods, only to have all your damaging creatures at the bottom of the deck... I was fine as far as healing, but ended up decking out...

You lost to Neptune   Bad draws can do it.

Neptune is the one fg I have never lost to (sadly I got my first Fire queen loss today )

[MrBlonde]

What's more frustrating than that is getting neptune after a long string of unbeatable false gods, only to have all your damaging creatures at the bottom of the deck... I was fine as far as healing, but ended up decking out...

You lost to Neptune   Bad draws can do it.

Neptune is the one fg I have never lost to (sadly I got my first Fire queen loss today )

Yeah bad draws and good draws by the comp can really sink you. I find that if your Perma's are buried typically this deck fails. That's what seems to happen every time i play FFQ and Paradox. I also went 4 games in a row where i had 0 or 1 pillar in the 7 rounds. But like i said, you play enough you pretty much know that's how this game rolls at times.

And i have also lost to Neptune once (that one actually made me mad). 

[Zeshin]

Cheers guys, hearing someone else saying they've been there actually makes it feel a little better.

This is the deck I'm using.

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4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4vm 52n 52r 592 5f8 5oj 5ro 5rp 5rp 5rp 5rp 5rp 5rp 5up 61t 61t 621 621 621 74b 74b 7am 7am 7q5I'm not sure what do upgrade next though, Fallen Druid probably...

[JotS3]

Cheers guys, hearing someone else saying they've been there actually makes it feel a little better.

This is the deck I'm using.

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4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4sa 4vm 52n 52r 592 5f8 5oj 5ro 5rp 5rp 5rp 5rp 5rp 5rp 5up 61t 61t 621 621 621 74b 74b 7am 7am 7q5I'm not sure what do upgrade next though, Fallen Druid probably...

Yeah, upgrade the elf.

[johannhowitzer]

Rain of Fire and Bone Wall are two other great options - they are important cards against numerous false gods and the 2-quanta drop in cost is amazingly helpful.  Yes, you get better mutants with the Druid, but I find I only need mutants to kill the enemy, rarely if ever to establish control.