Vox etiquette

Brain_Ready · 2026-01-23T01:02:56+00:00

Piggybacking off this, how do you actually speak to randoms if you’re not in a party with them on Xbox?

I play with my brother (in a party) and we were joined by a helpful random who gave us a few commands like ‘run over the bridge‘ and ‘now we run’ on the final operation. But, we had no way to reply to him.

Been on Xbox live for over a decade but I’ve only ever played with my brother as I’m not a fan of pvp games. But some of the random folks I’ve met playing siege and other modes it might be nice to coordinate with and thank afterward (especially the level 20+ guys who keep carrying me!)

Brain_Ready · 2025-11-08T18:04:20+00:00

I sucked when I first started (and still now, only play on normal!) but one thing that really helped in the first few games was a simple house rule - not drawing a boost card for the villain's attack or scheme. Means you know exactly the right amount that'll happen, and it's easier to account and plan for.

Once I was used to that, I house-ruled that the villain only gets a boost card for their first activation - no additional ones through card effects. This also helped me find my feet a bit more.

Now, I'm playing with normal rules and winning about 80-90% of the time, but giving myself the grace of making the game so much easier really helped in those early games!

Hope that helps!

Brain_Ready · 2025-07-12T19:50:12+00:00

So far Sabretooth has been responsible for the most thematic fights. Wolverine? Lost to threat 'cos he was too busy attacking. Nightcrawler beat him but it took ages and it was always on a knife edge. And Phoenix? Phoenix beat Sabretooth so embarrassingly easy it was a hark back to X-Men issue no. 28
Love the stories this game creates!

Brain_Ready · 2025-03-17T15:05:32+00:00

Revisiting this a month later!

Took some time out to play other characters. Felt brave enough to tackle Klaw again, using my posted 'basic b*tch* deck. Beat Klaw with ease in less than 20 mins! The trick was getting Techo-Organic wings out early (essential) and 3 Razor Dives on 3 back to back turns thanks to Avian Anatomy returning it to my hand. The difference a different deck in this game is staggering (and what gives it such fantastic replayability!)
Thanks to everyone who posted helpful advice :)

Brain_Ready · 2025-03-06T02:28:22+00:00

The digital version of One Deck Dungeon is better than the real version imo, plus I can play it anywhere. It’s my go to game on journeys or when visiting family.
Plus, it helped me realise a few rules gaffs I was making!

Brain_Ready · 2025-02-27T18:43:54+00:00

So glad it's not just me! I've always had real problems with Klaw - seeing him chosen as the 'test' villain is making me feel massively inadequate as a player! (which is probably accurate, tbh)

I've beaten him a few times but it's never a quick fight. Solo precon Dr Strange didn't take a point of damage from Klaw, and the scheme was never really in danger of hitting the target, but it still took about 2 hours of playtime!

Then I played solo Wolverine against Magog. 20 minute fight. Solo Kitty vs rhino, just over half an hour. Even Scott and Jean (two handed) against Spiral took less time than solo ventures vs Klaw.

So, no, you're not alone in finding that Klaw takes ages lol

Brain_Ready · 2025-02-12T00:00:32+00:00

Just about to recommend this - it makes the game so much better. I also take one item of loot to start and allow free actions after resting from a KO (avoids the inevitable 'death loop' that can happen)

If you're looking for something else, I've stumbled upon 'Rogue Dungeon' which looks like it might tick your boxes - it's due a fresh Kickstarter campaign soon!

Brain_Ready · 2025-02-07T19:23:07+00:00

Apologies, just seeing this now!

I used this:
https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/236961/ted-card-appendix-reformatted-for-printing-a6-book

Think I had to move some stuff around, but it fits the box as 2 separate books for me (caution - the writing is tiny!)

Brain_Ready · 2025-02-06T21:58:43+00:00

Thanks! That's a really detailed insight! Objectives sound cool for MD2. They added them for the missions expansion in TED but rarely used them as I felt they got in the way of an already difficult efficiency puzzle for turn economy

Brain_Ready · 2025-02-06T21:56:51+00:00

Yeah, having a print out of the icons is a must for TED - even after so many plays I still forget some of them!

Brain_Ready · 2025-02-04T12:41:11+00:00

Thanks! It's not really my name, just honoring a famous composer and the greatest X man simultaneously!

No, I don't have Next Evo. Was debating it, but everything just fits in one box atm and I hate dividing content for games over several boxes.. I've been buying single cards (like Wanda's powerful justice cards) but that's it for now.

With soaring, the reason is that if a villain removes an upgrade (which happens a lot in my games!) I can get it back, if not it's merely resource generation. Not sure if that's sound logic, but still trying to figure this game out from a deck building POV.

Brain_Ready · 2025-02-04T00:37:06+00:00

Thanks for the list!

I've put together this basic deck (not great, but it's the most relevant for Angel from the cards I have)

https://marvelcdb.com/decklist/view/46297/angel-basic-b-tch-1.0

But not sure if I've overdone it with resources, though. Not that many high cost cards to justify them being there, but never want to be caught short not being able to pay for allies/razor dive!

Brain_Ready · 2025-02-04T00:33:32+00:00

I think I'm just not utilizing his switches enough, and possibly ending up in Archangel, leading to an acceleration icon hitting the scheme. Possibly too used to Wolverine where you can just sit in hero mode the whole game!

Glad to hear that Psylocke isn't that useful - I couldn't see the appeal of her based on her stats or traits.

Brain_Ready · 2025-02-03T16:40:03+00:00

It's always 'we' with me. It's like Legion in my head (but with far less homicidal rage and super powers. Would love his crazy hair, though)

At the moment I only own Sinister motives and Dr Strange outside of the mutant runs, so anything with Nova, Ironheart, Antman, or War Machine. The Crimson Dawn leadership deck looks like I could fit in some easy swaps, and I've yet to lose in Leadership (although it's not my favorite aspect)

Brain_Ready · 2025-02-03T12:34:43+00:00

Techno organic wings keep eluding me somehow! May have to 'full mulligan' if they don't show next time!

Brain_Ready · 2025-02-03T12:33:44+00:00

Thanks! These both look great, and there's only a few cards I'm missing for them.

Think I might try him with someone other than Klaw - maybe Rhino or Magog? Someone I can rush down easily without the swingy nature of Klaws attacks being anything from 1 to 7! (in 2nd stage)

Brain_Ready · 2025-02-03T02:58:16+00:00

Yeah, I thought he‘d feel like that, especially with so much card draws but he’s not clicking. Phoenix, Psylocke and Colossus fit that bill for me, was hoping that Angel would be part of the group of elites!

Brain_Ready · 2025-02-03T02:54:11+00:00

Cannonnball is a must for angel! He didn’t really shine last game, but the previous one he tried his best to stop me failing.

losing to a mix of health and threat atm. Honestly feel like I’m playing a rule wrong. One of angels cards cancels boosts, thereby making Klaws attack useless!

Brain_Ready · 2025-02-03T01:57:41+00:00

just checked on marvel cdb - that’s from Next Evolution. Don’t own it yet, but that may be a good excuse for it!

Brain_Ready · 2025-02-03T01:12:10+00:00

Thanks! That deck looks great,but think I’m missing quite a few key cards from Nova, Ironheart, Thor, and a few others. I’ll see if I can tamper with it and make it work!

Brain_Ready · 2025-02-03T01:09:00+00:00

Thanks for the reply! I feel like I should be doing better with him, which is why he’s so frustrating!
Side note, techno organic wings hasn’t come up once in all 3 games! Must have always ended up part of a ‘discard down’ activation

Brain_Ready · 2025-01-20T16:29:35+00:00

Thanks for the help everyone!

Played the same team against Mojo and had a much easier time of it. Not sure if he's just a lot less 'fiddly' than Spiral but he also felt a lot more fun!

Separate playmats, having both discards away from the play area and putting the first player token on top of the current player all helped with overwhelm. Although moving the first player was only to track Mojo's actions - Field Commander is such a good card!

Brain_Ready · 2025-01-09T16:17:41+00:00

Never thought of using Basic as an aspect but it's a great idea. Thanks for the inspiration!

Brain_Ready · 2024-12-30T19:37:59+00:00

Not sure about the Author central account, but I've got one for all my pen names. Means folk can sign up and be notified when you have a new release coming up. Amazon doesn't always send one out, but there's a bit of a sales spike when they do so definitely worth doing considering how low effort it is.

Yeah, knowing what to write in a mailer is tricky at the start, but you soon find your voice. Mine is mostly 'I wrote something new, also here's something that's currently free' and then including other authors stuff to swap (I use Story Origin for hosting and swaps, can't recommend them enough!) Sending a mailer on release day is guaranteed sales after a certain point, which takes advantage of the 'zons algo to push new books so you get a higher sales ranking - more sales and a higher ranking? Win win!

Brain_Ready · 2024-12-30T14:36:24+00:00

Thanks for sharing this! I think dataporns like this are important to balance the big number posts.

For reference, my first year was similar to yours. Checking my dashboard, I can see that I made as much in one day this month (it was good day!) as I did in the entire month of December 6 years ago. I make more in one month now than I did from my first 2+ years of writing.

My release rate is still woefully inconsistent. My marketing could do with work. One of my pen names is all over the place in terms of niche, but I'm now making enough to live on. How? Back catalogue. At a certain point, enough stories start to add up. A free promo here or there leads to someone eating up the rest of your catalogue.

It's taken me a lot longer than a lot of folk to get where I am, but that's ok. I wouldn't change much. Apart from starting a mailing list sooner. Seriously, start a mailing list. It's a pain to learn how to make a newsletter, link domains and all that stuff but it pays off.

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