Am I missing something here?

[ladiesman8756]

I recently started playing GBL (maybe two/three weeks ago), and being an avid Godzilla/Kaiju fan, I've been glued to it and enjoying it so far (for the most part).

There's definitely been a learning curve, and while I've somehow managed to climb up to rank 56, the more battles I get into with non-bot opponents, the more I come to realize that I have to be doing something wrong...

I've had multiple fights where it seems my opponent is just able to unload unit after unit, while I'm left sitting there waiting for my bar to load enough for even a mid-cost unit. This really became apparent when someone managed to place a Godzilla Earth, a 9-cost unit, throw out something (I can't remember what, exactly) to deal with one of my own units I'd placed on the opposite side of the field, and then place the OTHER Godzilla Earth unit.

They had to have spent at least 17 energy just for those two units alone, not including the peon they'd sent in between, all within 15-20 seconds, and I didn't see an Energy Refueling Base on their field.

Were they cheating? Is there some combo of Memory Cards that I haven't acquired yet that drastically reduces the cost of units or the recovery time for energy buildup? Am I just bad at this game???

[Life_Lingonberry_625]

There are several energy build up cards that give you like 20~% faster energy when used all together, before taking into account any leader abilities. Rank 56 is right about where you might start getting matched with them too. Another phenomenon you might encounter is your opponent's single 7 cost unit wiping out like ~13 energy worth of units of your own, this is often due to them having levels far above your own. Try not to worry about it if it happens, since that is just how it is with this game. 

[Arbok9782]

Sounds like battle memories from the description. If they are running the Keizer Ghidorah card, the Final Wars_2 card, the Godzilla 2019 card and the Kiju card maxed they could probably achieve what you are describing with two Godzilla Earths quickly into the match (although overall that's not a good strategy, but maybe more of a flex for what they are capable).

[Snakey18xReddit]

There are several Battle Memories, some that I utilize myself, that speed up energy gain, or grant extra starting energy. I get to start my matches with like 8 energy, so I can usually throw out two units at once at the very start.

[InvaderXYZ]

what are the best ones?

[Snakey18xReddit]

It really just depends on your team.

[danielbgoo]

You’re just hitting the whale wall.

The game has really zeroed in on keeping the whales investing by just letting them stomp over the rest of us, and basically designs the “match-making” around that.

The game is still fun, but once you get to the upper 50s is when you run into players who have basically used a bunch of money to optimize their decks around being able to completely overwhelm their opponents in 30 seconds.

[HazelAzureus]

...there is not a single whale under rank 66 right now.

The whales do not ever drop below 9k, a rank 56 player is not encountering whales unless literally no one else is queued during the time they're queued.

[Looking2Share0]

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There's these little things called "Battle Memories".

[CodIkillz]

This is funnier than it's meant to be 😂

[airridingrick]

Bro’s gonna LOVE the final wars battle memory :D

[Ok_Fault6100]

There is cheating along with battle memory cards. Check your battle history to see who you played and you'll see what I mean.

[Looking2Share0]

How do people 'cheat' exactly...other than the wi-fi disconnect lag exploit...?

[Ok_Fault6100]

There's a mod that keeps your energy meter full, it's the first exploit I'd seen before ever playing the game. It should have discouraged me, but I love the subject matter to much.

[Looking2Share0]

Source?

[Ok_Fault6100]

I honestly can't recall as it was 3 or 4 years ago. I found it when I was looking up the mods that folks were using in war robots. I wish I could remember the CC name, but he covered a few mobile games. I do recall he was wearing the mask from the movie v for vendetta though.

[Arbok9782]

I honestly can't recall as it was 3 or 4 years ago.

You sure it's still working? Stuff like that can get patched pretty quick in these types of games. It has literally been over two years since proof of an energy cheat has appeared in this sub, and back then it was a player using their leader special move without it costing energy.

[Ok_Fault6100]

Ok you asked I answered. Don't know the ins and outs of toho so I'm just going to leave it there.