I was playing against Kaargra, and by the time the battle was over, we had 44 favor to the Bloodsworn's 11. This was mostly produced by Expatriette holding onto Mindbreaker, Seeker, and Indiscriminate all at once. (Admittedly, getting this victory took 3 tries. The first two had Kaargra getting ridiculous numbers of titles. (In the first game, she got Chaos Lord, and then we got Lost in the Past, and the second game had Kaargra getting the Seeker/Mindbreaker/Indiscriminate combo)
This got me wondering how much favor we could aquire before the match was declared over. So I thought I'd start a challenge in the manner of MarioFanatic's Raw Damage Challenge. (The difference being that favor is harder to accumulate at absurd levels than damage is.) The rules are the same: submit a screenshot and get added to the leaderboard. Ranking is determined by how much favor the heroes accumulated, with no regard for how well the Bloodsworn did (although you must have achieved victory in order to be counted), but there is a bonus category for getting an exact multiple of the Bloodsworn's score.
Leaderboard:
120 favor - Nepycros
68 favor - UXM266
62 favor - deddragon
62 favor - BlueHairedMeerkat
58 favor - padcurtain
56 favor - Nepycros
56 favor - Estelindis
56 favor - riff.freelance
54 favor - LewdDolphin
52 favor - UXM266
50 favor - McBehrer
49 favor - MarioFanaticXV
49 favor - emcg575797
48 favor - jorgenp
44 favor - Arcanist Lupus
Bonus category
15! 15 times their score! Ah, Ah, Ah (Nepycros)
14! 14 times their score! Ah, Ah, Ah (Nepycros)
12! 12 times their score! Ah, Ah, Ah (jorgenp)
8! 8 times their score! Ah, Ah, Ah (riff.freelance)
4! 4 times their score! Ah, Ah, Ah (Arcanist Lupus)
Extra Special Bonus Category
0 favor - I don't remember who, but it was in a Weekly One-shot
2 favor - Deddragon
9 favor - LewdDolphin
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
- Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
Oh man. I had the closest game ever on the plane to Edinburgh, and I did capture a screenshot because dang. It doesn't beat your score (and I lost) but take a look at Kaargra's HP.
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Ok I don't have proof because my kindle crashed but I hit 58 once
Sapienta potentia est
So, I didn't realize that they showed the pool on the winning screen then accidentally skipped the victory screen, so hopefully my final screen will suffice along with Nightmists's titles. The next damage to hit Nightmist would have destroyed everyone there.
I did it all thanks to Nightmist.
EDIT: @MigrantP - Is it possible to get to see the titles on the victory screen as well? That would be pretty gnarly.
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Ow. That's brutal Migrant. Had a match like that recently. Forgot I needed to flip Kaargra... >_>
Aaah, Kaargra has a thumbs down when you lose - it should be the other way around...well, I mean, I'm not really sure how an alien manages to use the same method as the Romans for determining life or death in the arena, but for their part, thumbs down meant "No, don't kill him" (addressing the victor and concerning whomever they'd just beaten) while thumbs up meant "Yes, finish him". It's just that nowadays a thumbs up is considered a good thing, and I suppose we're more likely to treat the survival of both combatants as a more positive outcome than one of them being splattered all over the floor ;).
I am the Wordweaver...
Basically, I like writing stuff ;)
Yeah, but if Kaargra is drawing from Earth traditions in order to mock the heroes she's sentencing to death, it makes more sense for her to use the gesture more commonly thought of as negative, rather than what the Romans actually used, because that's what's most easily picked up from our culture :P
“You gotta have blue hair."
-Reckless
Not quite 50, but Tachyon was a beast as she kept on hitting the gladiators for 4 damage.
56 hero favour vs. 19 bloodsworn favour! It was close. :) I like to think of Legacy, Sky-Scraper, Mr. Fixer, and Haka as Team Punching. :D
Sixty-two! Chaos Lord Tachyon is best Tachyon.
“You gotta have blue hair."
-Reckless
Leaderboard updated!
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
- Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
...Are you sure?
“You gotta have blue hair."
-Reckless
I'm not sure it's right, but I'm sure that it's been updated.
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
- Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
I could certainly have gone for more, but I decided to submit this for the Bonus Category:
Bloodsworn 4
Heroes 48 (revised from the 49 in the screenshot, see below)
Factor: 12x
Edit: Oh wait, did I have to get an exact multiple? Dang, I could easily have gotten 48, but went for the extra one anyway :/
Edit 2: Just to say what that was... Haka used Tai'aha to damage himself to collect "Reckless" before finishing off Kaargra. If the exact multiple rule remains in place, can we pretend I didn't do that? It's exactly 48 then.
The rules for the bonus category do require an exact multiple, but I accept your revision.
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
- Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
Am I supposed to be reading that in my head as though the Count from Sesame Street is saying it?
EDIT: Okay, I did it myself and got 50. Says 49, but it should be one more because the final hit did 7 damage.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=671553103
Making a change like that would mean a lot of the scores may be wron. I assume that the Title Pool is just set to trigger after the defeat of Kaargra is resolved, but she causes the game to end before that increase occurs.
Also, it seems the OP has had several edits automatically undone for some reason. It's not the first time we've seen that happen on a heavily edited post. Weird...
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
- Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
I don't see the updates for my score in the list. Does it display correctly for you?
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
- Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
Well that's odd. I see:
I have seen the one with me in there before, though... weird...
It's still there, looks like you need to clearr your browser cache/do things more complex that I can't even think of!
Stop lurking, it makes you look like a villain target
When you do things right, people won’t be sure you’ve done anything at all
Have you tried turning it off and back on again?
So am I the only one seeing the old version of the OP? I even tried Chrome just to see if it's a Firefox or cache thing, but the post looks the same...
Since I can't quote the original post for some reason I'm attaching a screenshot.
Crush your enemies, drive them before you, and laminate their women! - Guise, Prime Wardens #31
I'm not in any running here, but 48 to 17 is the best I've done since this post started.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=677138292
54! And a victory!
I got a good one as well!
Is there a prize for the reverse--winning with the fewest hero favor?
Nice! Took me a minute
No prize, but there is now a brand new shiny leaderboard.
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
- Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
Challenge accepted!
Sorry about the colorless image, it's the only way on my phone to fit the 500k requirement.
Nice!
Thanks! And thanks for pointing out a different strategy I hadn't considered before, that was fun. I love that her picture isn't there on the game end screen :-)
is 68 vs 19 good?
Saved the picture from my phone!
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It puts you at the top of the leaderboard, so I'd say that that's pretty good!
Leaderboard:
68 favor - UXM266
62 favor - deddragon
62 favor - BlueHairedMeerkat
58 favor - padcurtain
56 favor - Estelindis
54 favor - LewdDolphin
52 favor - UXM266
49 favor - MarioFanaticXV
49 favor - emcg575797
48 favor - jorgenp
44 favor - Arcanist Lupus
Bonus category
12! 12 times their score! Ah, Ah, Ah (jorgenp)
4! 4 times their score! Ah, Ah, Ah (Arcanist Lupus)
Extra Special Bonus Category
2 favor - Deddragon
9 favor - LewdDolphin
"Do you not know that a man is not dead while his name is still spoken?"
- Terry Pratchett, Going Postal
Probably won't last long...
But YAY!
I THOUGHT I was the the last Scion but it's actually .....
I wouldn't say that. 62 was up there for quite a while and the best I could do was tie. I think you'll have the lead for a bit.
And well earned, I'd say. Woot woot!
Thanks!
I THOUGHT I was the the last Scion but it's actually .....
I had a 17-0 game go down in defeat. I really thought I was going to pull off 20-0, then bam, everything fell apart horribly. Ended up losing 27-20 when Warfang was destroyed by the Kraken, brought back, and given mind-breaker (or whatever that one is) when I should have had her shut down.
I had no gladiators in the trash, Kaargra a target and Judgement ->Get back in there on top of the deck. Even had cards to burn for the destruction.
Oh man it went bad.
Sure, I'll throw my hat into the ring.
120 Favor, 15 times the Bloodsworn's Favor count.
It's worth mentioning that the only limitation on my strategy is time. This could conceivably go on infinitely, I just felt like stopping when I thought my place in the leaderboards was secure.
Now that the secret's out, I think having a high score isn't so impressive anymore. XD
What would that Strategy be exactly? Not only is your score really high you also have an almost fully healthy team.
Crush your enemies, drive them before you, and laminate their women! - Guise, Prime Wardens #31
Perfect lockdown. Take Down happens to be an Ongoing, which Mental Divergence can infinitely recycle. Not only that, but Argent Adept helps Legacy to draw AND play Take Down out of turn. Legacy becomes immune to Melee damage, Wraith reduces all the damage the environment deals to 0, and then picks them off with some heavy damage powers. So the Villain cannot play cards or deal damage, and the environment cannot deal damage. In the Final Wasteland, with 4 Heroes, the maximum damage they could deal is 3, making 3 Mega Computers comfy.
It's normal to accumulate ~7-9 tokens per round using this strategy, though once the combo is set up, make sure you turn off automatic drawing, and only draw when Legacy needs to get his Take Down; if you draw your whole deck, you can't use the Library's effect to play more Environment targets for Wraith to mow down for Favor.
Brilliant.
And there goes my first place position dying with a whisper.
I THOUGHT I was the the last Scion but it's actually .....
I feel kind of like we need to give Nepycros their own Title now for essentially pwning the Arena.
"If life gives you lemons, make a lemon cannon."
Not always the best at social skills; I apologize in advance. I don't apologize for any corny and morbid jokes, though.
Resident Argent Adept and Biomancer fangirl, be forewarned.
Oh! I have a pretty good one!
McBehrer is the sole winner of this game... And McBehrer, I would step carefully should you find your way down dark alleys. More than one vote said simply, "McBehrer must die."
McBehrer confirmed to be Biomancer!
-- Trajector
So since my strategy turned out so well, I used some free time to see if I could get things to work even better for me.
So I went ahead and gave Wraith all 10 Titles.
Is that worth an award? This is technically also an infinite combo, since the environment cannot deal damage, the villain cannot deal damage, and cannot play cards.
Turns out when you play F6 Wraith, have all 10 Titles, and have all Equipment possible in play along with Grandpa Legacy and Dark Visionary providing buffs, you can knock Kaagra from 40 HP down to 0 in a single turn. Inventory Barrage and Last Stand are actually more than enough to bring her down with all the added buffs.
We got two leaderboards going, I have one with 68 points, in second place.
Can you make sure the first post is accurate? Please see comments 35 and 36
Thanks!
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And #47!
McBehrer is the sole winner of this game... And McBehrer, I would step carefully should you find your way down dark alleys. More than one vote said simply, "McBehrer must die."
McBehrer confirmed to be Biomancer!
-- Trajector
TRUE!
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