Weird... So he will basically be a redeco of the Scrap Iron card I guess.

No sword? Wtf? I thought these guys did their homework.

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I've been getting some cool results from investigations lately, including a Tracker common card that has no image or bio. I noticed the other day when looking through the Achievements that I had 65 of 73 Common units, and I thought that was strange since I have definitely gotten every available Common unit.

Other than that, I've three times gotten a full stamina refill, one rare Hector Ramirez, two uncommon Hector's, and a couple of other random recruits. I also had three occasions where I supposedly got an item, but the game locks up every time that happened, so I have no idea what item I received or even if I got an item at all. I knew that the description of the latest app update mentioned that there were new Investigation results, but I believe yesterday was the first time I actually saw any of them.

PvP has become a total joke for my Joe squad. Once I get six wins, the game just keeps throwing the top players at me with squads usually made up of some combination of Nemesis Enforcers, Cold Slither Zaranas, and Resolute Cobra Commanders. If I have my Cobra squad active, I don't get nearly the same level of opposition. I'll still occasionally get blitzed by some Joe squad with a relatively low rank, but I at least have a shot against almost any Joe squad. Thanks to the double XP weekend, I almost have my Roadblock, Scarlett, and comic pack Falcon fully promoted. Still, those cards won't help that much. I did at least get one of the new Spirit cards yesterday, not that I can promote it yet to any useful level.

Speaking of Falcon, Mobage support was nice enough to restore my lost Falcon card, so I give them major thanks for that!!

You know, I never even thought to contact support when I accidentally fed my three-star event metal head to my last remaining event metal head instead of fully promoting him.

I wonder if they'd restore that?

It's worth a try.

About the Congo Clash Event

On a routine flight patrol, the Joe's Tiger Force has discovered a Cobra power base in the depths of the Congo. Tiger Force immediately engages in a heated firefight to destroy Cobra's energy source in the region. In response to this threat, Cobra sends out Python Patrol to turn the tide of the battle in Cobra's favor. Will Tiger Force or Python Patrol prevail and prove they're the kings of the jungle? And more importantly, why is Cobra operating a power base out in the middle of nowhere? Find out when you play this week’s Congo Clash event!





New Trade Feature

Trading is now available in G.I. JOE: BATTLEGROUND! Players can now trade their favorite Joe and Cobra characters with each other. Trade and build the most powerful squads or trade to complete your collection of units. It’s time to look through all of your units to see which ones you need and what you're willing to offer other players.

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If that trade feature had been implemented from the get go, I would probably still be playing. I really only wanted to collect the cards for the neat art.

That said, is that red haired Brawler or is that going to be Outback?

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"Trading is here! It took us so long to implement that everyone a ready has what they want, as well as anything you're going to try and get rid of!"

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Cool, another Cobra Legendary card to help out those struggling Cobra squads to take on the near-invincible Joe squads!

If this is supposed to be a Battle Simulator event, the format sounds weird. Maybe it's Big Brawler, Bazooka, and Roadblock as the bosses, with Lamprey as the regular event reward and Serpentor as the super event reward?

I agree with you there, it'd also help if I had any equipment that would run it.

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Based on the card Darko got through an Investigation, it looks like it will be Big Brawler, as the composite image uses the same art as his card.

Since these cards likely each have two separate pieces of art, it would be sweet if Brawler's alternate art is for the Funskool character so he can have the proper sword.

It doesn't look like the Trade feature is actually available yet, or at least I can't find anywhere to access it. There is a Trade tab on the Surplus screen, but I assume that is only for the cards you receive in trade - there's no buttons or other controls on that tab.

Trades are live. In fact I just did a trade that completed my epic Jinx, so...

It's accessed from the More menu...

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It also had Mace and Cesspool listed under the trade menu as Rare, but Thoth no artwork

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Finally a trade feature. Got to dump some useless rares and upgrade some of my favorites.

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I got to make some good trades too, though only by posting my own. Most of the existing trades are LOLWHATEVER, like somebody wanting a four-star Golobulus and a Nemesis Enforcer for a one-star Resolute Destro. I have at least gotten some event reward cards that I can at least use to get four-star entries in my Gallery and have enough Spy Troops Zaranas to get my Cold Slither one up to max promotion once I get them leveled up. Oddly enough, apparently the signup bonus Outback card is not available for trade, as I couldn't find it even listed when searching by units I own (and I do have a one-star and two-star Outback).

I had a good day yesterday, capturing three Roadblocks with a flashbang. It looks like I'm getting far more points for capturing Roadblock than I got for capturing Pythona - it's been like 35-43 thousand for Roadblock, while I don't think it ever got more than 20,000 for Pythona.

Sadly, Big Brawler's alternate art is from the 2004 TRU VAMP set, not the Funskool version, and there's no sword. I also haven't been able to capture either Battle Corps Bazooka or Big Brawler, despite supposedly having better odds of capturing them via flashbang (not that 15% is much better than 10%).