I'm new and I have a kind of complicated question...

[kingslender]

Is this a "farming" game?

I randomly stumbled upon this game and I like it a lot. I used to be a HUGE Magic: The Gathering player in the late 90's and it's similar but different enough to be likable.

The point of the game seems like it's to farm rare's from the Fake Gods, or something like that. The PvP portion seems incredibly random and too chaotic to be worth it. Every thing seems to point you to build a better deck, upgrade the cards and farm the FG's.

Only problem seems to be the task of upgrading cards. It's incredibly expensive to do so. I've tried going up against the L5's and while I do have some success, the coin drop is minute and the spin-thing rarely drops anything worth while. So unless I spin a rare, and sell it for coin, there really isn't a way to afford to upgrade cards, which basically means really isn't a way to beat the FG's.

I understand if I donate money I'll get a rare card and I can sell it for coin, but that seems like an expensive way to go about it.

Am I missing something? I'm certainly not trying to suggest the game change, since I just arrived and all of you have been playing for however long you have been playing. I like the game, but farming in video games is so mind-numbingly boring that if it's truly the only way to progress I'll probably stop playing.

[TheCrazyMango]

ok farming ai5 isnt really a good way to get rares or electrum. if you want electrum, farm ai3. if you want rares, farm t50.
and donating will get you an unupped shard or a chimera with different art, but not other rares.

[Scaredgirl]

Well, Elements is definitely more more difficult to advance in compared to most other games. To get to the top, you really need to put some time and effort to it.

There is farming in the game, yes. You can take a deck a just farm until the cows come home. But if that's not your thing, you should try alternative methods like using many different decks and developing your own deck. It's this kind of fine tuning of your deck that makes it interesting as opposed to just farming which is doing the same thing over and over again.

If you are looking for an easy way to get a fully upped deck, there isn't any. Like I said, it requires tons of work. Some people have a problem with that, but others like myself enjoy the challenge.

As for PvP, I recommend you join some of the PvP events held by the community. I really think that they take the whole Elements experience to a whole new level.

[coinich]

To tack onto that, check out the War tournament at the moment.  Almost completely unupgraded for accessability.

[kingslender]

To tack onto that, check out the War tournament at the moment.  Almost completely unupgraded for accessability.

The War tourny seems like it already started and 6 rounds have gone by.

[kingslender]

Well, i just beat the guy ranked 20, so I guess I'll stick with it awhile and see how it goes...

[Ekki]

Well, the game is actually subject to many changes, and (as I see it) is going to fine-tune AI5's to make them worth farming in order to make easier making a FG killer deck... From there on you can do as you please, but I personally chose participating in PvP Events/Tourneys or even forum games, just to give the game a twist
You may also help developing the game from your simple place commenting in stuff, helping others, so good luck and I hope you stay and take part on the community

[Antiderivative]

Yes, there is a grind to this game.  However, there is also plenty of depth to the game, especially for the given amount of levels.

I am fairly new, but I will share some of my experiences, opinions and insights.  At first, I loved trying out new decks and playing them against the AI3.  I started with a mono life deck and then tried various other mono decks.  I also farmed AI5 (and T50 i think ???) with Essence's mono Aether Deck.

Then I started to build SG's rainbow for FG's. I had terrible luck and quickly became frustrated. Plus, I didn't understand the significance of the sundial nerf at the time.  Its a great deck, but outdated.  I got frustrated over this.  In fact, my first post on this forum was a suggestion that pillar upgrades should cost a 1k.  I was upset since I spent so much and didn't see a return.  However, some people still have great success with that deck.

Nonetheless, it is a great deck. It taught me the depth of rainbow decks.  Then I started farming AI3, T50, and AI5 with my own rainbows.

When I was sick of farming, I built this deck and followed its guide to the tee....well almost.
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,6546.0.html

It is a very efficient FG farmer. Now, I have more than 120 upgraded cards.  However, I am getting bored of farming the same FG's with the same strategy.  I might start experimenting with my own rush's and rainbows.

I have also neglected PvP to the large part, which I might start getting into.  So, I still have plenty to explore.

Yes, this is a farming game.  It is frustrating at times.  It is also an in-depth game with much to explore.

[nerd1]

i agree with antiderivitive, but if you are going to use that deck, then ad at least one SoG, so you can get masteries.

[Antiderivative]

i agree with antiderivitive, but if you are going to use that deck, then ad at least one SoG, so you can get masteries.

Shards are useless in that deck, unless you add about 3 or 4 and a miracle. Then the strategy slightly differs due to loss of drawing power.

Sure, you get more EM's, but you cut back on your efficiency.

[Ryli]

Upgrades are not necessary to play, if you don't like a ton of farming. I've been with the game just over a year and have only 27 upgrades. I prefer to switch my decks constantly and play alot in pvp, than play hundreds of games in a row against one level of opponent.

[coinich]

To tack onto that, check out the War tournament at the moment.  Almost completely unupgraded for accessability.

The War tourny seems like it already started and 6 rounds have gone by.

Yeah, but a new one occurs every couple of months.  We're already in planning for War #3.