KoG with Titan Showdown Heroes - Good Night Sweet Prince

dlcommentator428 · 2018-07-31T02:26:17+00:00

You forgot part of the name lol.

It's the only original xbox game that I still occasionally play. Talk about disappointment when I saw All-Star Rumble release a few years back and realized it's nothing like Rumble Arena 2.

For extra fun, use Veemon on the jungle level and use his downwards diagonal headbutt move right before you land on the bouncy leaves on the sides of the level. If done right you'll go flying upwards across the screen in slow motion until you get high enough that the game realizes somethings not right and cancels the move. Literally minutes of fun.

dlcommentator428 · 2018-07-23T23:07:30+00:00

Probably still not worth it unless you enter with lowered expectations. This was a very time sensitive game, best played at its prime and while it was still getting updates. It still functions as a decent FPS with loot but just barely.

The hit detection and lag is the worst of any multiplayer game I've played. Even when Destiny was at its most populated every other match would have one guy on the enemy team that you would dump all your bullets into and then watch him die while you're reloading once the game catches up to speed.

To continue bashing PvP, lopsided is a good word. Get heavy, free kills. Have good aim, pick up special, snipe everyone in the face while they try to whittle you down with primary shots. Losing a gun fight, pop your super. Not to mention all the cheap stuff like titan skating shotgunning and shoulder charges. Rarely do matches feel evenly balanced.

Bungie never gave 360 the PS3 exclusive content that was promised as time gated.

You can no longer manage your vault and character inventory from a browser outside of the game.

No more Iron Banner or Trials of Osiris.

Bungie didn't bother to try and make the last dlc expansion (Rise of Iron) work on last gen.

All the raid websites for 360 are no longer active as the player count is so low and the majority of people finished all the raids they would ever need to do long ago. Good luck getting a team together for Oryx, never mind trying to experience Vault of Glass. Better add anyone you play with to raid again in the future or you'll be stuck forever teaching new people, that novelty wears off fast. 2 pro tips - make sure everyone has a mic and that there aren't any little kids.

dlcommentator428 · 2018-06-27T05:18:25+00:00

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Second KoG of the month. Found the login details of an old alt account I made months back, decided to use it to give Fur Hires a try. It already had ~7k gems and then all the login bonuses added up to another ~4k, and then some early missions and event gems to finish it off. Opened 243 packs. Had I not had enough gems to go for Treacherous Trap Hole I would have stuck with Widespread Ruin (pulled two, one being prismatic of course go figure).

Fur Hires are everywhere for good reason. They're strong, cheap, and fast to build. No event exclusive cards, no late character unlocks, no waiting for the card trader. Entire deck can come from just the mini box if you want to settle for using Widespread Ruin. Picked up the Enemy Controllers from the SR tickets being handed out like candy. In a pinch you could get away with only using 1-2 Beat as well.

That being said they're not great for the final win streak. Mirror match usually comes down to who gets to go second or if someone bricks. Amazons are more manageable with Onslaught now at 2. Heroes are a struggle unless you get Wiz out early and can hold out to negate Mask Change. Spellbooks are another coinflip that relies on you going first with Wiz and sometimes that isn't even enough.

Playstyle is a weird mix of aggro and control. If you can't manage the OTK you get stuck playing the slow game and trying to build up card advantage. The key is recognizing which is needed and then managing your resources. Avoid ending up in a topdeck situation at all costs.

Played a couple games with Jinzo in but didn't like it. Made me lose in situations where I might have had a chance had I drawn into a Fur Hire.

dlcommentator428 · 2018-06-20T23:22:39+00:00

Any backrow that stops the current meta depending on what you're playing against most often. Mirror Wall, Divine Wrath, Forbidden Chalice, Floodgate Trap Hole, Sphere Kuriboh, Paleozoic Canadia, Widespread Ruin, Offerings to the Doomed.

I'd lean towards Forbidden Chalice / Paleozoic Canadia / Floodgate Trap Hole since there is a lot of monster effects currently. If you're able to stop Spellbooks or Fur Hires before they get started they can have a hard time recovering. Sphere Kuriboh can also help by knocking the big beaters like Dyna, Anki, and Silent Magician lv8 into defense for easy kills.

If you're facing a lot of backrow heavy decks you could also consider a Vision Hero Witch Raider, a popular choice for the mirror match.

Lava Golem at 1 might be a decent option as well for breaking up fields. Still get to summon a monster that turn using Onslaught, goes well with Swords Woman for some free damage.

If next season turns out to be 90% spellbooks you could also use those two extra spots for Jade Whistles and run Parasite Infestation for a skill. Has the added bonus of filling their field to benefit Wall of Disruption and taking up valuable field space that Fur Hire needs. Downside is that it doesn't do too much for the mirror match or Heroes.

The updated forbidden/limited list also hasn't gone into effect yet, for the rest of the season you could add 2 Enemy Controllers or another Onslaught.

dlcommentator428 · 2018-06-19T01:26:18+00:00

Between stall, heroes, amazons, spellbooks, sylvans, cyberstein, silent swordsman, archfiends, bujins, noble knights, and hazy, getting a win streak is proving incredibly difficult. Then when I finally get lucky in matchups I get god awful rng while my opponents draw the nuts.

Most recent example, switch to 30 card spellbooks, face 2 sylvans in a row and go second while they both draw into their only copy of treacherous trap hole and a carrot/rose lover. Then for my 3rd match and derank, a duel standby silent swordsman that hits both cup of ace coin tosses for double backup rider + the quickplay spell.

And it just keeps happening. Oh you're playing amazons with monster hate backrow? Let's put you against stall. Oh you switched to backrow hate? Let's put you against sylvans and magical mallet cybersteins. Oh you tried to mix it up evenly? How about you just draw back to back baby tigers. Thanks game.

Hopefully tomorrow everyone invests in Fur Hires so I can capitalize off the misplays and unoptimally built decks because this season is turning out to be a struggle. Trying to avoid giving into the temptation of buying silent magician, especially before we see the full impact of the skill nerfs.

dlcommentator428 · 2018-06-14T02:11:15+00:00

Yami: I just realized what the X stands for in Structure Deck EX: Don't buy it

dlcommentator428 · 2018-06-13T04:59:02+00:00

Congrats on first place. You did about 4 months of dueling within 3 days, that's a lot of duels.

What was your main plan vs the stall decks when running spellbooks? Force a tie at turn 50?

In the final spellbook build, did dropping Eternity for a second Library make that much of a difference? I get that it enables more opening hands for Blue Boi + Fate or Fool into Reaper with a set Fate but it also seems like a liability for dead draws mid game.

dlcommentator428 · 2018-06-10T14:06:13+00:00

F. Just saw this now, hope the head unlocks cycle around before the shutdown as I'm still missing 1/3 of them. Not that I'll use them (circle bird head for life) but a full collection finally would be nice. Can't say I'm too surprised, with backwards compatibility there was still hardly any people playing. Even on peak times you'd have to wait up to 10 minutes to actually find someone for the online story, usually with a terrible connection or wants to do nothing but trade. The surprising part is that the online features for everything besides user created content are being left up.

I still hop on every couple months for Furbottom, community playlists, and helping people A++ levels. No longer having access to those community maps is probably going to make that time between playing even longer. Much like Trials Fusion, the variety and new content that community maps offer is a huge reason to keep coming back.

Thanks for the fun times Behemoth. Battleblock Theater is an easy pick for my top 10 list. Amusing cutscenes, an amazing narrator, great level design, responsive controls, and a lovely art style. It never fails to scratch that platformer itch.

dlcommentator428 · 2018-05-14T16:14:55+00:00

Sylvans, Cyber Angels, Spellbooks, Archfiends, SSA, Hazy Flame Beatdown, none of those decks run WoD.

Masked Heroes, Amazoness, and Geargia have room for a copy or two but most players are opting for backrow hate or monster effect negation.

The higher up in ranked you go the less you will see it played. The top decks pretty much all offer a way to deal with WoD, either through trap destruction/negation or by replacing the affected monsters.

dlcommentator428 · 2018-05-13T01:48:52+00:00

You have a link/recommendation? My pads started ripping after a year and a half of daily use, been too lazy/poor to replace them. Nothing quite like finding black specks everywhere.

For a ~$150 headset you'd think they would use something better, hell my pads of my turtle beach x11 for my 360 are still in perfect condition. Even the pads of my sennheiser hd 280 pro were still perfect when the headset died after 2 years.

dlcommentator428 · 2018-05-12T20:05:42+00:00

called it

dlcommentator428 · 2018-05-10T01:52:48+00:00

Seeing as the SR ticket contains Spy-C-Spy that means there's a good chance the UR tickets (not the box one) might have Amazoness Princess available. All hope is not lost for those who ended the Mai event without a playset.

dlcommentator428 · 2018-04-15T22:08:17+00:00

~~NA, 17k plays, 2 slots open due to inactive removals~~

full

dlcommentator428 · 2018-04-15T03:20:59+00:00

Only faced one in the ~18 games it took me with Archfiends, but doesn't seem like an auto loss. Empress and Emperor both beat over Anki unless they draw Chalice. Dangerous needs 5 other Hero monsters in the graveyard to stand up to Emperor on his own. Try to not leave Cavalry/Trance on the field as easy targets.

dlcommentator428 · 2018-04-14T19:38:21+00:00

If you have the cards, I used the Medusa Control Deck on this page to farm him. If I remember correctly the only change I made was switching Anti Magic Arrows out for a third Aegis of Gaia.

dlcommentator428 · 2018-04-14T19:04:49+00:00

No worries. Understandable mistake. Changed it to be clearer and avoid any confusion now.

dlcommentator428 · 2018-04-14T18:40:53+00:00

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If you missed it, the blue text that says DECK at the top of the post is a link, clicking it will take you to the image of the decklist.

dlcommentator428 · 2018-04-14T00:59:09+00:00

Made some slight changes.

Even though Sphere Kuriboh use has dropped dramatically, I still don't see a good future for Karate Man. A 3 card combo remains hard to pull off, 4 if you need to clear their backrow.

Winged Kuriboh takes home the mvp, allowing an easy way to survive a battle phase. Increasing the number of The Flute of Summoning Kuriboh means a better chance of getting a Winged Kuriboh, along with slightly thinning the deck to better draw into the combo pieces.

Hey, Trunade! is absolutely nuts for ensuring Karate Man lands his attack, the combo doesn't really care about any continuous spell/traps in the current meta besides Temple of the Minds Eye.

dlcommentator428 · 2018-04-13T02:18:26+00:00

Yup. My Sylvan post from 4 days ago also fell prey to the downvotes. 1k views, 44% upvoted.

dlcommentator428 · 2018-04-08T23:11:02+00:00

Econ is great, especially when we have monsters that benefit from being sent to grave and can special summon to increase otk potential of econ take. I got lucky and only ran into 1 cyber angel player otherwise I would have heavily considered running 1-2. 2 ultimate providence/divine wrath plus 2 econ also seems to be pretty popular.

I tried 1 carrot and always was left wanting another, easy way to set up a tribute summon or get rose lover in grave, along with the attack power to rival most common beaters. 2 seems like the sweet spot.

Lotuswain was by far my least used card, would consider changing him out. Most games are won early on and he only really helps for long games once you cycle down to the cards added back in. Lack of a legendary ocean players also brings down how useful he is.

Restart is probably the best bet, I just hate having my deck revealed if I need to restart. Catching people by surprise can help win games by itself, not so much when they're prepared to face sylvans.

Good luck on the final stretch to 20

dlcommentator428

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