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A few Questions https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=29013.msg370360#msg370360
« on: July 23, 2011, 06:52:54 pm »
What is the point of EM? Why would you bother? And how would this be achieved, by using cards like Silence, or by healing back to 100 hp?


What are "bow" decks? I was reading a tutorial, and it had a lot of decks that had "bow" in them.

What's T50?

What's A13?

What are farms, and how do you use them?

Are there any other acronyms?

What are False Gods?

What are "Flying Weapons"?

I'm currently reading the "Which Rare Weapon Should I Pick" tutorial, and am kind of confused.... :/ Most weapons seem to need gravity, so should I use Gravity?
Also, for the "Morning Glory", it says: "You can get the upgraded version from Divine Glory... That is, if you're able to win.." Umm...what does that mean?

Pulverizer vs Eternity?

What do most people think is better, a duo deck or rainbow? Or even triplet?

Can you tell me specs on each card type? Like Life heals, Aether makes the opponent miss, Gravity is defense.....etc

I'm going to make a new account, and it will start with fire. From there, where should I go? Gravity?

Sorry about the many questions, but this game is quite complicated..

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Re: A few Questions https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=29013.msg370375#msg370375
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2011, 07:22:45 pm »
Hi there.
What is the point of EM? Why would you bother? And how would this be achieved, by using cards like Silence, or by healing back to 100 hp?
An EM pretty much doubles the amount of Electrum you gain after a match and it also increases the score you gain by quite a bit as well.  If your deck possesses a good balance of both speed and healing then this is quite the reward.  Silence is a possibility, but you can also EM the opponent just by overwhelming them with damage before they can counterattack in time.  Cards like Discord which deny the opponent of quanta to play counter cards are also useful.  Otherwise you'll need to heal yourself back to full HP.
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What are "bow" decks? I was reading a tutorial, and it had a lot of decks that had "bow" in them.
Almost anything that ends with "bow" is likely a Rainbow.  A Rainbow by forum definition is any deck which possesses cards from 5 or more elements.
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What's T50?
T50 used to be an area which paired you against the 50 players with the highest score in the game and had submitted their scores to be played against that week.  It no longer exists and has been replaced by the Arena.
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What's A13?
AI3 is the level 3 opponent, or the Elders.
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What are farms, and how do you use them?
Farms are decks which give little or no resistance to the person facing it.  In other words, they're usually designed to lose.  The reason they exist is because by defeating them, the opponent has a higher rate of winning rares and other cards from them.  Because T50 no longer exists, it is very, very difficult to reliably find a farm now.  You can sometimes find them in the Arena or in random PvP, but don't set your sights on that.
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Are there any other acronyms?
Oh yes.  There's a very, very long list of acronyms.  This thread has a good list of them:  http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,14781.0.html
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What are False Gods?
False Gods are the Level 5 opponents which may be faced once all the quests have been completed.  They are extremely powerful with fully upgraded decks, double the deck size, 3 times the mark power, and can draw 2 cards per turn if their hand will allow it.  You can read about them a bit more here:  http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/board,15.0.html and also here:  http://elementscommunity.org/wiki/pve/false-gods/
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What are "Flying Weapons"?
A flying weapon is any weapon that has been turned into a creature by the spell card Flying/Animate Weapon:  http://elementscommunity.org/wiki/cards-air/flying-weapon-animate-weapon/
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I'm currently reading the "Which Rare Weapon Should I Pick" tutorial, and am kind of confused.... :/ Most weapons seem to need gravity, so should I use Gravity?
Also, for the "Morning Glory", it says: "You can get the upgraded version from Divine Glory... That is, if you're able to win.." Umm...what does that mean?
I'd read a bit more about False Gods and which decks can be used against them before deciding on which weapon you want to pick.  Divine Glory is a False God which uses Morning Glory and thus those may be won if you defeat her.  However her deck is very powerful and so it might be hard to earn them from her.
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Pulverizer vs Eternity?
I'd personally pick Eternity since it's probably one of the hardest rares to win from spins, but again, I'd look more into what you plan to do in the future before making up your mind yet.
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What do most people think is better, a duo deck or rainbow? Or even triplet?
I personally prefer Rainbows because they give you lots of options to play with.  But each deck type has its advantages and disadvantages over the others.
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Can you tell me specs on each card type? Like Life heals, Aether makes the opponent miss, Gravity is defense.....etc
It's a bit difficult to categorize each card type like that.  You can check out each of the individual elements and their descriptions here though:  http://elementscommunity.org/wiki/elements/
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I'm going to make a new account, and it will start with fire. From there, where should I go? Gravity?
You can stick with Fire, build a rush such as this:  http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,6960.0.html and then use it to defeat Arena opponents as quickly as possible.  You can use the rewards from the Arena to build any deck that you want.  People will almost always have different opinions about where to go from there.
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Sorry about the many questions, but this game is quite complicated..
It is, but once you're off to a good start you'll start understanding things much more quickly.  I hope you have fun regardless :)
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Re: A few Questions https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=29013.msg370376#msg370376
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2011, 07:23:09 pm »
0 What is the point of EM? Why would you bother? And how would this be achieved, by using cards like Silence, or by healing back to 100 hp?


1 What are "bow" decks? I was reading a tutorial, and it had a lot of decks that had "bow" in them.

2 What's T50?

3 What's A13?

4 What are farms, and how do you use them?

5 Are there any other acronyms?

6 What are False Gods?

7 What are "Flying Weapons"?

8 I'm currently reading the "Which Rare Weapon Should I Pick" tutorial, and am kind of confused.... :/ Most weapons seem to need gravity, so should I use Gravity?
9 Also, for the "Morning Glory", it says: "You can get the upgraded version from Divine Glory... That is, if you're able to win.." Umm...what does that mean?

10 Pulverizer vs Eternity?

11 What do most people think is better, a duo deck or rainbow? Or even triplet?

12 Can you tell me specs on each card type? Like Life heals, Aether makes the opponent miss, Gravity is defense.....etc

13 I'm going to make a new account, and it will start with fire. From there, where should I go? Gravity?

Sorry about the many questions, but this game is quite complicated..
0: obtaining EMs double the money you get from the win and increases the score you get (idk if it doubles). to get this, one needs to heal back any damage they took before they deliver the killing blow. cards to do this: antimatter, heal, holy light, lucifrin (that i can remember off the top of my head). if you have very low health, you can use miracle first then one of these quick heal cards.

1: bow is a comman term used to lable rainbow decks with themes. the most common one is speedbow. they focus on dealing a lot of damage very fast by summoning a lot creatures from almost all of the elements withing 1-4 turns. these typically have no defense so it can focus more on offense. most effective against the ai3 (level 3 opponent)

2: t50 (players who have the top 50 scores in the world) doesnt exist anymore unfortunately. it was replaced by the arena (look for the arena section on the main page of the forum). the arena is basically the t500...x4. players used to post decks in the t50 that were meant to lose so other players can easily obtain rare cards from them through spins. zanz (zanzarino, developer of the game) didnt like this and i dont blame him.

3: ai3 is the ai opponent that is level 3. ai0 (level 0) is the tutorial opponent, easy peasy. level 1 is slightly harder, level 2 is harder yet, and level 3 is a lot harder (unless you have a good deck [typically a rush] then its easy peasy). after that is the half bloods (miniature false gods), then false gods (hardest opponents in the game and the only way to win upgraded cards from spins). some could argue that the platinum league in the arena is harder than these though.

4: farms were t50 decks posted by players in the t50 that are meant to lose and are packed with rares so people who face them get easy rares from spins. but t50 doesnt exist anymore and obtaining rares has become slightly harder.

5: i think there is an entire topic that answers that question, but i forgot where it was.

6: false gods (FGs) are arguably the most difficult opponents you can face. you can only face false gods when you have obtained a score of 500 or more. their decks are completely filled with upgraded cards and you can win 0-3 cards from their deck (upgraded) through the spins. if you have a good fg killing deck, this is the best way to obtain a lot of money fast (unless you can take down the highest ranked people in the platinum league with ease and face them a lot)

7: flying weapons are weapons that have been affected by the card known as flying/animate weapon. they are treated as creatures and go to the creature zone, opening your weapon slot for yet another weapon. this card can be found in the air card pile.

8: not necessarily. from the top of my head, only 3 weapons use gravity (titan, pulverizer, and gavel[non-rare]). if you like these weapons, sure, if not, you still can. its all about what you want to use, not what you should use. people have their own opinions, so i dont think you'll get a clear answer for this question

9: divine glory is a false god and it has a bunch of morning glories (the light rare weapon)

10: pulverizer if you want to use CCYB (arguably the best fg killer deck out there so far). eternity if you want to use a stall deck (most comonly used in pvp)

11: rainbows are more popular. but again, its all about preferences

12: i believe you can got to the wiki for this, but idk. if you reset your account or make a new one, while you are selecting an element, you can see zanz's opinion on each element.

13: purely opinion. but most will say your best bet is to start working on a fg killer after altering your starter deck a bit.

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Re: A few Questions https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=29013.msg370399#msg370399
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2011, 08:22:53 pm »
Wellcome to the world of elements.. =) You'll understand things as you play the game.. Just be patient.. ;)

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Re: A few Questions https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=29013.msg370412#msg370412
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2011, 08:33:01 pm »
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Re: A few Questions https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=29013.msg370423#msg370423
« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2011, 08:45:12 pm »
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