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Rainbow Decks / Re: The JMZ Classic [rainbow][Silver League][Gold League]

« on: July 07, 2011, 12:44:55 pm »

hmmm at the moment in gold im failing cant win a special spin only once been at 3/4 any ideas on what i might be doing wrong?

Nothing. There are some nasty gold decks out there- you can get killed in 4-5 turns and have absolutely no response for it, you can get quanta locked with quicksand/ black holes, poison/ firelance stall, mass creature and/ or permanent control can all absolutely crush you too.

I've played a lot of games with this deck and small variants recently, gained a lot of score and had some upgraded spins but not that many- farming FGs is much more efficient in terms of winning upgraded cards but the state of the gold rewards means the straight up electrum gains have been pretty good and being able to take a break from FG farming and try out all the other player- made decks is just fun.
The deck is competitive- occasionally you can get the upgraded spin, sometimes you'll get to beat decks with absolutely sick win/ loss records but often you'll win 3 games then lose the fourth and miss out on an upgraded spin.

I think that the crusader/ pulverizer combo over archangel/ second grabboid/ morning glory has worked best for me.

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Rainbow Decks / Re: TADAbow - AI3 Domination, Rainbow style

« on: June 19, 2011, 07:27:24 pm »

"Wow this deck is fun better read through the thread to see what else can happen"
"Wait did that guy just EM Hermes? I hate Hermes he's so hard maybe I can beat him too!"

Thanks for inspiring me - literally the first time I ran into Hermes. I almost beat Divine Glory but he drew two early miracles.

I have +1 Vampire -1 Gargoyle (To use Darkness, I don't have an upgraded Gargoyle), +1 Fate Egg -1 Black Hole (Don't have any upgraded black holes) +1 Ulitharid -1 Abyss Crawler (Again I only have one upgraded Abyss Crawler and Lobotomise rules).

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Rainbow Decks / Re: (1.26) Flay 'Em!

« on: June 16, 2011, 06:17:24 pm »

I'm new to the game and was recommended this deck. It is brilliant and has allowed me to farm pretty efficiently and get upgrades.

I mostly stuck to the recommended fights list at the top of the previous page but I also fought matches against Morte and Scorpio and skipped Rainbow and Seism but I was also a lot more inclined to skip gods with Explosions if I had a bad first few turns.
That still leaves a lot of gods this deck had a great chance to win against.

One thing I added that others talked about already was an improved purify- I won it early and thought "Oh hey let's use that" and I thought it was a nice addition.
it a) Gave me a chance for a lot more EM victories. b) is inexpensive and can be played early and may help delay the need to start your shield chain for a turn or two c) is immensely useful vs Serket, Scorpio and Morte.
Unimproved purify might be able to do a similar job with regards to points a) and c).
Yes, the water quanta might also be better used on an early flayer but overall I found that Purify earned it's place in the deck.

I think the deck also forces you to make choices- when to start a shield chain, whether to have a break in your chain, what and when to fractal. It is also stressful constantly checking those shields- I lost a few 'Won' games by letting the shield slip after enduring all sorts of stuff then just making one litte mistake .

I think the rares are enough- 1x Miracle, 2x Pulverizer.
The upgraded Hourglasses and Miracle are definitely worth it but the deck doesn't fall apart without them.

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Deck Help / Re: New player, looking for some help.

« on: June 12, 2011, 02:04:57 pm »

Thanks very much for the advice.
The Grabbix deck is fast but doesn't get EMs, I'll stick with that for now and maybe try something different in a little bit.

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Deck Help / New player, looking for some help.

« on: June 12, 2011, 01:20:02 pm »

Hi all.

I am new to the game and I've been trying out some different things but now I want to get an idea where I'm headed/ whether I should be doing something different.

I started with a basic Graboid Rush deck. It works well enough.

Next step was to try Grabbix (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,16828.0.html). I earned my first 1500 and my first upgrade went into upgrading one Immolate to Cremation. This deck is very fast against AI3 but poor against AI5.

Next I tried CC Why Bother? unupgraded. (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,23978.0.html)  I have all the parts to this except Miracle.
It is fun and competitive against level 5 enemies but my results against FGs were poor.
My main problem is that it's a crapshoot whether the deck would ever have a chance against some gods, then it seems like you need to pass that check, and also hope to pass the (Draw enough early quantum towers) check, then you need to be lucky enough to get a few sanctuaries, shield, weapon, antimatter and mind gate up before dying. Finally I have deckedout a few times too- when my damage dealers or Quint come too late or when I have enchanted my shield and weapon but not Mind Gate (Seems to be one error I have tried to correct though).
Should I persevere and hope to see better results or just grind some upgrades against AI3? (This deck seems to need a lot of upgrades before you make transitions out of the starting arrangement though).
I have had limited but good results against T50 but that server seems to be problematic at the moment- you can only play one game per login which is annoying since I've had a lot of success getting cards out of few game there.

So that's where I am.
In terms of weapons, upgrades and rares I have Cremation,  2x Pulverizer, 2x Owl's Eye, Pharaoh, 1x Titan, 1x Farenheit, 1x Arctic Squid, 1x Trident, 1x Silurian Dragon.

What should I do? I assume play a lot of t50 when it is working correctly but other than that- focus on beating up AI3s? Try AI5s with the Why Bother deck?

Thanks for reading my post.

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In-game Troubleshooting / Re: Top50 never finding an opponent.

« on: June 11, 2011, 11:54:08 pm »

I'm having this problem too, using chrome, I haven't got cookies disabled or anything. I can play one T50 game immediately after loading the flash file. Afterwards it doesn't work.

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Introduce Yourself / Hi Elements Forum

« on: June 11, 2011, 11:51:53 pm »

Hi!
I have just started playing this game and have been reading the forums trying to work out how the game works, thanks to all the contributors over the years on the forums and the wiki