I've used Dhartha's retreat effectively before. Play it with 3 apprentices and a militia, and skip that very turn to draw 7 next turn. Also, one sure way to lose.. Pick Druids of the Stone Circle early in the game. Kitkeat lost two games in a row because of it
Interesting. I feel tecwrtr isn't a hard opponent for me. Two for two so far, and I see him make choices which I see as mistakes. Maybe there are certain types of players who are good against others. I know I struggle to play you and win, whereas I find most other players fairly beatable. Yet, some of those players like tecwrtr are the ones beating you...
Yeah, I think I've won one game out of the 5 or more that Camzy and I have played. She (based on avatar) really has my number, and I know that so I try out different things which just make it worse. Btw, congrats, Camzy.
This is exactly what I was saying a couple of pages ago: A beats B regularly; B has no problems with C; yet C dominates A. WTF? On the surface, it makes no sense. But it doesn't take an advanced degree to spot the two main factors: 1. Play styles. We all tend to use default strategies or go after "favorite" cards, even if we try not to. It's human nature. And we'll stick with things that worked in the past, even if they might not be working so well currently (especially with the expansion). 2. Luck. Ascension has more of it than many of us would be comfortable admitting. Good players, of course, will do everything they can to minimize the luck factor, but any game that relies on a shuffling mechanic and a blind draw into the center row is going to have a certain luck factor. There's players posting here who I beat with great regularity, and there's others with whom I have a sub-.500 record, but I'm not quite ready to say I'm definitely better than the first group and/or definitely worse than the second. I'd probably win more if I stopped grabbing my favorite cards 90 percent of the time, but I'd probably also win more if I wore a shirt woven with four-leaf clovers.
Actually if you go to game centre, you'll see that you're the only girl here Jennifer haha. Camzeee, griffin611, kitkeat and myself are Chinese. Oh camzeee, gonna take a break now, it is very stressful playing against you!
I don't know about that. It's interesting though, because I have a dreadful record against celeric. Something like 5-20. But our games are very different. Some are construct heavy, some are banish rushes, some are just plain chaos.
Haha as if being Chinese means you can't be a girl xD Yeah, take a break. I can't have you kicking my ass so easily all the time
This is PRECISELY my my problem hahahaha. I rarely venture out into the open seas with newer strategies in Online play. I do all the time in AI play, but in Online I think "Well this will work, it has before!" and I end up getting smashed 15 Honour+. hahahaaha
Yeah, the AI is fine for what it is (and it helps with learning the game), but online play is where you get better. I was beating the orange-level AI by my fifth or sixth game and generally pounding on it by about my 15th game. And I'd guess that every competent player here could say the same.
I agree with this wholeheartedly. Unfortunately, I don't have WiFi at my house atm, and the only time I can play is at work. I play Online as often as I can, but when I am at home fiending, is when I play the AI.
@Emos OMG Dude that last game we played was f*cking intense!!!! hahaahahah can't believe I won by 1 f*cking point hahahahaa. The game before that was a brutal raping on your part though. >.>
I count <= 5 as lose, so I lose 4 out of 6 games against orange AI. I must have a problem but heck, I feel like improved after reading the recent posts. One more thing: living in HK does not automatically mean one is Chinese -- anyway, I prefer remain race anonymous.
uuuhh... it's tempting.. but anyway, good games... its frustrating to loose at numerous 1 point games haha. But, winning is not everything. I had fun with u guys... nice games
that's some crazy load of games u've played... @_@ mine 2P: 123 - 163 (40 lost games, contribution from fellow Camzee, Celeric and some other random guys I played) multiplayer games I have yet won any.... but there's 1 currently up so.. keeping fingers crossed.
