I did pick up the zarana that dives in front of everyone and deals return damage. 2 Star. Wondering if maybe I should trade the bat for another star on her, but don't know. Don't need to rush it.

Put her on my team to see if she's any good. If sputnik says she's good, she earns a place on the team.

- R

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I'm not Sputnik, but you definitely need to keep that Zarana and upgrade her if possible. She's great because she can counterattack from any position, whereas all other characters that counterattack/defend could only do it for the characters one position to the left or to the right.

(At least, Spy Troops/Cold Slither Zarana was the only character who could do that as of the time I quit playing - it's possible that other such characters have been added since that time who have a similar ability.)

Yep, even though she doesn't match the color scheme I think I'll keep her and do an optimal upgrade path for her. She's a long term develop-able resource. Where as I picked up a 4 star rare brawler for my front line for comedy value.

Though frankly I have a problem with her having that ability. Does that sound like Zarana to you? If Quick Kick had it it would be an awesome nod to his sacrifice. Also, Lady Jaye has a healing ability, but not Doc? Sci Fi has carpet bombing?

I don't like how a lot of the cards and abilities just seem mashed together randomly without any thought.

But not enough to not be obsessed with the game. FOr my 5 gold tokens today I picked up another 4 star Roadblock and Flint to level my existing ones, and a (2 of) 4 star rare jinx that everyone seems to want to trade for? Anyone know her deal?

- R

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So I burnt through most of my reloads yesterday seeing how far I can get, and am sitting at about 80,000. Which is about 10% of what I need to get to the Iron Grenadier.

This is going to be damned near impossible. I have a solid joe team now - 2 Star Epic Beachead for Sabotage, 3 Star epic Roadblock for damage, and A 2 start evolved spirit to take point. But while I am successful most times about the 9th group, I end up with choices between all Epic 4 stars, 3 legends or a pack of rabid Zaranas.

So I am thinking that this sort of thing is not for me. At least not yet anyway.

- R

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Yeah, the length of global warfare events make it really tough to be remotely successful without spending on reloads.

And because the groupings you're put in correspond to how well you did the previous day, and your groupmates can and will attack you to steal points, the challenge is progressive.

I'm to the point now where i essentially skip the first day and only use the automatic reloads to PVP on day 2 (so only fighting every 45 minutes or so). Then I start day 3 with a pretty good stockpile of ammo and up against relative slackers in my grouping. I've ranked in the 300-400 range most times using that method, but never acquired the Battlemaster title.

Oh now you tell me...

Ok, well I am done with this one. I'm going to do regular leveling and just bail on the points. The people in my grouping are hopelessly overpowered, and I haven't a chance. I'll try again next time with the Spin method, and just save up my reloads until then.

Live and learn.

Or, retreat and learn as it may be.

On Zaranas, I have 3 2 star versions. Do I need all 3 to get the 4 star epic or just 2? If I just need 2, I need to trade for another so I can have 2 of them and level them up. They're lethal.

- R

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(in Cobra Commander voice) I ... ONCE ... WASSS ... A .... BATTLE ... MASTER ....

Urgh...I *hate* the global warfare events. Easily the least interesting events. Just playing through the same levels again and again for the hopes of PVPing. And then some 'rival battle' will steal like a third of your points.

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Countdown capture event is up and running.

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I don't have a smart device (seriously), so even if I wanted to play this, I couldn't.

I do, however, love the artwork. Do you know anyone/place that is archiving the artwork for this game?

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Is that BAAT worth bothering with capturing?

Ok, I am having trouble with this one. My line up is:

Spirit 4 star epic on point
Grunt 4 star rare
Debuffing Black Beach head 2 star rare
2 3 star epic roadblocks (trying to level the second to unlock the vehicle attack.

I have lady jay 4 star epic fully upgraded in the back for healing, and Leader Duke, EP 4 star Beachhead, EP 4 star Flint and another grunt rare in the back to fill them out.

Thing is that I get wiped out after 3 or four squads in level 2. What am I doing wrong?

Also, should I level up my EP roadblock or just keep 2 3 stars. Onslaught deals a lot of damage, how is his vehicle attack?

- R

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Level up the 3-star epic Roadblocks and then promote one using the other. Just make sure the one you use to promote (the secondary) is level 99 before you dom that'll max out the stat bonus on the new four-star that results.

In these events, rare cards -- even fully promoted -- won't help you much. If you can, swap in 3-star or higher epics (unless you have some 2-star max epics). The lethal level especially, whereall the real points are, will chew you up unless you're epic or legendary across the board.

About the only things rares are good for is promoting to epic or maxing out their levels and using them to upgrade special attacks for epic or legendary cards. Some rares are very valuable for a short time, but only if they're designated "elites" during a takedown event. And after those events, they're like any other rare.

You should pm me a list of what all you've got. I've got a bunch of 1-and-2-star rares I'm not going to use (as I've already got fully promoted epic versions) and I might be able to help you build up your deck through some trades.

Not really although, Robert Atkins was doing a good chuck of the original line art for them. I don't know if he still is. He also told me at one of the shows that the gaem versions are heavily altered.

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Chad:

http://gijoebattleground.wikia.com/wiki ... round_Wiki

Has most of it. Click on the card names, and usually there's a pic covering the art.

- R

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