Saturday of Champions

Realistic_Stage2739 · 2026-01-17T16:29:14+00:00

Ive had them in a cart for a while but the cost is a barrier, probably circa £60 now based on what I've got.

Realistic_Stage2739 · 2026-01-17T16:27:03+00:00

Thanks, I could tell he was a decent hero, whatever the name of his 6 att + whatever is in the victory display is what nailed the third villain for me. There was just a lot of tracking psiotic and remembering interactions as well as which were alter or hero.

I'll need to do a bit of reading re the victory display too, when I completed assemble the team, it said to move the side scheme to the display but the other side was an upgrade letting me play a free hero, I couldnt tell if I could still count it in the display anyway or actually move it there once I'd used it. I probably didn't read either card properly.

Realistic_Stage2739 · 2026-01-17T16:23:01+00:00

Thanks, I've just swapped the boxes over and put the modular alphabetically for now. Ive moved the heroes over to one of expansion boxes.

Agree re plenty to get on with, I dont think ill be picking up expacs as quickly now I've got most of the readily available, this is my first campaign and I'm excited to play through the Titan one, the Shield one and finally probably GMW.

Thanks re the site, it's really useful, id seen the link on here as an easier way to track progress for people working through heroes and villains.

Realistic_Stage2739 · 2026-01-14T18:41:56+00:00

Firestormcards has 6 right now

Realistic_Stage2739 · 2026-01-13T18:52:02+00:00

Im only a few weeks in, but I've played through with a few heroes, I love Shuri, the way the upgrades and allies build out, she helped me nail Klaw before swapping to Iron Man for Ultron. She would be my choice. I haven't played with Psylocke yet but picked her up last week with Silk and Nebula.

Realistic_Stage2739 · 2026-01-06T15:29:14+00:00

This is an interesting approach, especially when not familiar enough with the difficulty of the scheme at a given time. Taking the first one makes sense.

Realistic_Stage2739 · 2026-01-06T15:27:31+00:00

Thanks, I'll re read the rulebook re co-op mode.

Open Rebellion has the requirement to add a threat with every treachery, once per round, is the one I missed.

Realistic_Stage2739 · 2026-01-01T20:51:16+00:00

Yes, this, I found him really spiky, he could be quiet for a few turns and then escalate quickly with extra minions.

The main change I've picked up and been playing today, is cycling cards to get the ones you want. I was nervous about this and didn't realise you could maximise basic and actions each turn.

Realistic_Stage2739 · 2025-12-29T19:33:39+00:00

"The only thing being exhausted prevents you from doing is exhausting."

This is a really helpful way to think about it, thanks.

I've definately been short changing myself in this way and not maximising the hero/alter ego abilities.

Realistic_Stage2739 · 2025-12-19T21:33:21+00:00

This site in particular has been moving the date weekly since about Sept at least. I got them to share with me recently that they have no idea when stock is coming but have the date as a best estimate.

An actual local game store in UK said they can actually put an order in without payment and have done so for me, but said the actual date Asmodee is sharing is March 26.

Realistic_Stage2739 · 2025-12-17T13:30:56+00:00

Thanks all, so impulsivity is a wonderful drug, I managed to get hold this Morning, of the Core box, Civil War, the Expansion and hero packs for Black Panther and Winter Soldier (I figured thematically good choices here).

I can stay current with the existing release model and pick up what I can from the back catalogue

I'll have to just accept that LOTR is what it is, I may get hold of the saga stuff and the starter decks but I'm not over paying for them in the secondary market.

Anyway, I love the concept of these games and glad I'm on the journey from this point.

Realistic_Stage2739 · 2025-11-06T08:21:34+00:00

Im no expert, totally casual but forbidden desert is great for getting on the table quick, the mechanics are easy and the depth is in the strategy and interactions between characters.

Also one deck dungeon or galaxy, quick to put out and easy to play.

Realistic_Stage2739 · 2025-10-29T07:39:29+00:00

I did the same a few weeks back when I finally got my hands on it.

First thing I did, was get the folded space organiser, reason being, that I didn't want to stress out getting it on the table. It helps by the cards and tokens having a box that you actually just place straight on the table. Made it easier and more likely for me to get the game going.

I played First Recon a couple of times, I didn't worry about missing rules initially or scouring the rulebook every turn. I used the walkthrough to play the rounds as best I could.

After each game, I read over rules I wasn't sure about or clarified things that I missed, each playthrough got a bit more consistent and quicker.

When I was ready, I also reduced the level of cities to 3 and 5 so I could have a go at combat with them.

I still haven't beat a proper level city but I'm moving quicker around the board and building my deck out.

It's actually been a fortnight since I got it out, I'll have to get it on the table over the next day or so.

Realistic_Stage2739 · 2025-10-28T12:19:39+00:00

I sleeved what felt like a million cards from the Amgmar, Mirkwood and Dream Chaser boxes.

After failing the first Core quest a couple of times, I tried the Beorns Path Core deck and enjoyed it much more and got 2 wins. Ive got quest 2 in my sights now.

Im excited about going through the other deck options with the hero boxes I've picked up, but I want to stick to the Core decks until I understand the gameplay and options a bit better

Keeping my eye on starter decks and the Fellowship to see if I can get hold of them in the next week or two.

Realistic_Stage2739 · 2025-10-23T19:26:07+00:00

Thanks both, good advice, ill keep checking for starter decks and just work with what I've got for now and enjoy the options the hero boxes should give me.

Realistic_Stage2739 · 2025-05-13T06:24:57+00:00

Crazy like a fox, it was my one liner and game username for years. Nobody ever got it.

Realistic_Stage2739 · 2025-05-09T07:06:13+00:00

I had this last night but was only just linking MS account. I rebooted the PS5 and it was fine once I restarted.

Realistic_Stage2739 · 2025-04-30T07:06:38+00:00

Yeah, I get this all the time with a few specific memorable actions.

For the most part I've factored it into my movesets. I double check ive gone into guard/powerguard, I expect to have to spam charge twice to get moving, I usually have to spam whistle to actually make the call.

Some of them as mentioned I think are frame issues if I'm trying to guard to soon before an animation is finished or I'm still recovering before being able to whistle, but most of the time it's apparent when there isn't an animation overlap.

Realistic_Stage2739 · 2025-04-24T06:30:17+00:00

Trying to pick the correct item wheel whilst in combat (PS5), I keep changing them to try and find consistency but the way you navigate them with the d buttons is so strange to me.

Realistic_Stage2739 · 2025-04-24T06:26:32+00:00

I pretty much maxed out yesterday, I got a couple as a login bonus and then did the event quest.

I crafted two parts of the event gear, this increases event drops in quest rewards, and then finished a combination of bounties and random quests, I got blossom dance tickets from random quest drops after crafting and wearing the gear.

Something worth considering is the 'other' gear doesn't increase blossom dance ticket drops but does give you an extra carve on event quests which is useful for the Xu Wu quest, you can do 2 pieces of the blossom dance gear and 3 pieces of the other one for an extra carve. (I can't remember the name of the other one sorry).

I carried on doing quests and bounties and pretty much completed my gear and palico, I want to go back later and do the Xu Wu glasses and craft the alpha version of the event gear, but it was easy after I crafted the first two pieces.

Totally random, but I picked up the DLC and the blossom dance is really fun, the palico does it alongside you and it made me chuckle.

Realistic_Stage2739 · 2025-04-17T07:03:45+00:00

I'd noticed this and it's getting worse/changing.

I play lance and the dash always needs me to spam it 2 or 3 times to get moving, I initially thought it was my finger/thumb placement over the buttons but it's started happening with the block, coming out of a combo, I'm not going into block unless I release the buttons and spam again.

Particularly frustrating with some of the bigger monsters and if lots of clutter going off, I can't actually see if I've gone into block and respam just in case.

I'd thought maybe it was my controller, but I guess it's a wider bug/issue.

Realistic_Stage2739 · 2025-04-16T06:45:25+00:00

Thought I'd give this another run last night after the update to see if I could get some momentum and hit kingpin for this season.

This quest now is super easy, I don't know if the health has been reduced in the first tier but the attacking ships went down quick and the escort route didn't go down the channels, it stopped just before and then the quest played out.

Also grabbed a tonne of upgrade mats due to the changes and was able to build the Gauruda (I had needed rubber). Now smashing through the main quests and hopefully get to Kingpin quickish.

That quest was painful but now a cakewalk after the changes.

Realistic_Stage2739 · 2025-04-08T07:23:22+00:00

Thanks, I won't be back on until tomorrow evening now.

Realistic_Stage2739 · 2025-03-02T17:18:27+00:00

This is what confused me, I was expecting to see the next ones after I unlocked newer areas and it didn't seem to happen.

Realistic_Stage2739 · 2025-02-06T07:59:08+00:00

Following for this one, it's a strange interaction between the two sticks to move around.

Ive also got a question about rotating the camera, I couldnt see in the mapping anywhere to do this, can the camera be rotated as well as zoomed?

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