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Still 2 open slots, I can get the next one if we need it.

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no need to open up more slots until there are people who want to join. also, we need to link facebook accounts if you are on there. me and fumanstan have been linked a while. it gives you a chance to gift iso and recruit coins. every bit helps, especially if everyone is linked and is constantly gifting.

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No Facebook link on Steam version. :(

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yeah, i figured someone has that version, but for those that have the mobile, linking up accounts is a no-brainer.

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Some nice alliance rewards over the weekend. I really wish the majority of the events didn't end at midnight though. I was first in my group for round 1 when I went to bed at 10 pm last night. Woke up this morning to a message that I'd placed in the top 200. Also, I had one of the cheapest losses ever last night. Was in an easy-difficulty match against a team with Thor and only got to take one move. On the computer's second turn, he just kept unleashing special attacks that racked up absurd combos and took out my entire team.

Also, it's amazing what a pain in the ass Facebook has made it for two people with their privacy settings turned on to actually connect.

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Wow, one move? I actually have had matches in PvE against the computer where he has Ragnarock and two minions who automatically generate green, and he just starts destroying everything after a round or two. Still not as bad as the sucktacular combo of Daken, Bullseye, and random minion with high damage attacks.

Where do you even connect to Facebook? The only time I've seen a link is after I get a reward that is shareable, I don't see anything in settings. Also, how do we connect, just post the name on the in-game alliance board?

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So we've still got an opened but unfilled spot if anyone else here wants to join. The Alliance rewards they've implemented are nice, but it looks like to get the really good stuff, you need to max out your members (20) and then have everyone playing on the same specific events.

Just had a ridiculous round in the Venom event where I only had 4 or 5 turns. He basically would stun my whole team, get a whole lot of purple AP while they were out, then use it to stun them again and so on. It does seem like you occasionally get an unwinnable game, though I still enjoy it and it usually seems pretty fair.

For Facebook, you have to have your account already on your phone/tablet via the Facebook app and be friends with the people you want to share with. When you get an option with the link to share, you click it and then select the people you want to share with. I think I've sent around 300 ISO and some boosts to Deftones this morning, though I don't know if those come through automatically or if he has to do something to accept them. Send me a PM with a link to your Facebook account if you want to link up there.

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yeah, i got them max. i've sent you a few things as well.

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i am going to have to give this game a try. I saw it was free to play so I kind of ignored it. Most of these phone f2p games are aggravating to play.

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The F2P/micro-transactions aspect of this game is not too aggravating. I've spend a few bucks to be sure, but only to grow my roster (I like a big roster). A lot of that can be offset if you join a good alliance (ahem).

My biggest gripe is that there's no way to link your Steam game with your tablet game, so you have to start with one or the other and stick with it.

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I'd be up for joining if the extra spot is still available. This stupid little game is just SO fun and addictive. I haven't felt the need to spend any money yet, but I could be talked into it soon.

ETA: I found the group and see the spot is open. Just want to make sure it's cool that I join before doing so.

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As long as you continue to participate, I'm OK with you joining.

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Cool. Thanks, just joined. I'd be up for springing to open up another slot once I'm in, too.

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I let Dexter in an opened up a new slot.

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Well that sucks. I was #8 on the regular Venom challenge with 4 minutes left. I picked the level with the highest point reward and beat it right as the event ended. And only ended up in the top 50. Anyone know if the points count towards your total as long as you start a round before the time is up? And it looks like our Alliance only ended up top 1750, even though we'd been hovering between 600 & 700 for the past day. I've played most of the events for the past month and the only time I got top 10 was when I was #1 a couple minutes before it ended and closed out with a round.

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Yeah, the whole rubberband effect means the last hour and especially the last few minutes are a free for all. This event was a bit of a pain: the roster was limited, which was good for me since Astonishing Wolvie is one of my leveled up characters, but unless you got a bunch of Psylocke and/or Panther, you're stuck with a 1 star or Hawkeye. And then you have Daken, Bullseye, and massive damage dealing thugs.

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fyi, if you finish a round after the event has ended, it doesn't count toward your score.

that venom event sucked. too limited roster. these pve ones are usually pretty good for me, as i have a pretty built up roster. my hulk isn't great, but should be enough for me to get top 50.

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If anyone else skipped over it, the S.H.I.E.L.D. training under prologue is a fairly easy way to pick up some ISO, Hero Points and low-level covers that can be used or sold. I was poking around and found it after getting my ass handed to me in the Hulk event. Unfortunately, it looks like the really good rewards (3-star covers) are only for hitting milestones that are pretty much unobtainable. I'd really like to get up to 2,600 for the 3-star Spider-Mans, but I just hit 1,000 and almost all my matches at this point return less than 10.

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I'll join up if you guys are still taking members. I've only been playing for about a week, so I haven't progressed too far. But I'll pitch-in the cost of opening another slot.

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I say we let him in, and he's gotta buy the next spot. That's the best way to do this from now on, since we'll have to keep buying a new spot.

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Seems like there's an Alliance resupply bonus now... neat, more ISO.

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Yep, agree, the more the merrier, especially since alliance ranking is based on aggregate and not average score. I'd also say for now, it's fair that the person who takes the currently open spot springs for the new one. Not sure if we'll want to revisit that if we end up with a lot of people, as it'll start to get more expensive at the higher numbered spots.

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Damn, i wish i would have seen this thread sooner when there were open spots. I've been playing the crap out of this game. I have a few 50s. I was doing great in the venom event with human torch (event boosted to 105), astonishing wolverine and modern hawkeye

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If a DVDTalker is really active in the game, I don't mind pitching in for the next slot as it becomes prohibitively expensive for a single new member to pay for it all, especially if it means we can creep up in the rankings and get more Hero Points anyway. Of course, I have no idea if that's even possible, I think only one person can buy a slot at a time.

Just picked up a Hulk cover off a random draw, but ran out of purple stuff to level him... :(

Also, I'm about to get attacked and killed by the level 140+ people as I get up in ranking in the last few hours, but I'll try to keep up.

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I just joined (TBDave) and it's currently Pending. Once it goes though, I'll buy another open spot.

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I approved. I still need to pitch in for a slot, but I don't have much resources right now.

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Thanks.

I don't see how to open a spot. How do I do that?

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Tap the gears on the details page. Looks like we already have one slot open, if DaveNinja still wants to join...

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I think TheBigDave got promoted to commander and opened up that slot. I think DaveNinja just has to search for us and apply. Wait how many Daves are there?

Yeah, that Spiderman cover in the Shield battle tempted me (it would be my first), but I gave up long ago. Now I just field a weak team and hope people hit me there, since there's some kind of ranking effect it helps with.

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I wish they'd add the ability for people in alliances to trade covers. I've gotten quite a few 2-stars and 3-stars that I feel guilty selling, but can't use due to either already being maxed out on the attribute or not having enough hero points to open another slot.

I just opened up my Facebook profile privacy settings to allow friend requests from anyone. I think I've sent Deftones ~1000 ISO and some boosts and probably gotten close to the same back from him, so it definitely pays to connect with others. If anyone wants to send me a request on Facebook, my profile is at

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The alliance thing is relatively new, but I agree that trading would be a logical next step.

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Yep. I guess I didn't have access at first. But once I got promoted to Commander, I was able to buy a new spot for the next member. I think it was 1000 points, so the next spot will probably be 1100.

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I don't think they'll implement trading because of abuse and because of $$$. Abuse because you can probably start selling covers and/or creating dummy accounts to use the extras, and $$$ because then people have to buy/win their own covers. I've had to "sell" countless 2 star covers that I really really could've used when I was starting out... the Original Black Widow ones alone are awesome for those just starting out.

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Yeah, I think the current set up also helps them control the economy a bit forcing people to dump covers and characters.

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Rewards for this new event are unexciting, but so far the levels are low enough that I think that as long as you have some of the buffed characters, even lower levels can progress, so that's cool.

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This is much better than the venom event. I have storm, black widow near max. Plus I have med level cap and Thor, so i can cruise through this event.

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Yeah, Storm kicks ass in this event. Wish I had modern Thor. Except for the stage requiring him, I've beat everything in the Alaska base to where they're just 1 point each and am only ranked 24.

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I really like Classic Storm, her "blue" power is pretty awesome. I need to level her up on my team.

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yeah, classic storm is my favorite character. if you can get the blue to 5, you can stun for 3 and it takes major damage from everyone. my favorite combo is with her, the marvel now magneto and anyone else. magneto has the purple skill that'll turn any 4 tiles blue. if you can get that up, you chain a bunch of blues together and it fills her blue stun. i love that one.

my other favorite team is marvel now thor, OBW and anyone else. OBW steals all the colors, which helps you build up thor. then you chain thor's skills together and crush it.

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We got some random wanting in. I don't think he is part of dvdtalk. What do we do?