I have seen a lot of new players asking for a help, a lot of new players that don't know how to start, what should they do and so on. I will explain my point of view for that how should you start with this game step by step. Also I will write down the advantages and disadvantages, or better said "to do or not to do". To all beginners, let's start with the game review first.
1. GAME REVIEW
First thing you need to do is to pass the training academy. In the academy lessons you will learn the most basic and important things about the cards and battle proceeding. If you do not understand something from those lessons, no worries, there is an option to choose and study the lesson you want again.
After completing this task, you can learn more about advanced features in the "Library" that is positioned in the right top corner on the main menu. There are many tabs on the right side: upgrade logs, account, player, card - basics and advanced, battle, links, VIP, card list and hints. If you want to be good and informed in the game, you need to read all of that.
Despite the Library, there are three more buttons on the top of the screen. First of them is the Shop. In the shop, there are 7 tabs. First one is about buying diamonds with real money. The second and the third are about buying cards. Items tab is about buying coins or rubies. We will say a word about them later. Upgrades tab is about upgrading the features that make you stronger. Portrait tab is about the portrait picture, and the VIP tab is about buying cards using your VIP level feature.
Next button is Leaderboard. It shows the statistics of players and their scores in many categories. Settings tab is the place where you can modify your account.
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Now, let's get back on the main menu. There are five buttons on the left side. First one is profile - that button brings you to the main menu. Matches button brings you to your match statistics. Ranking is the place where you can see your points received by victories, upgrading cards, buying cards and so on. Friends tab is a place where you can add friends. It is limited to 10, what means you can not have more than 10 friends. You can send and receive energy from them. There is also a Friend Requests that shows the number of request that are waiting for your approval. The last button is Academy, the feature that you have already passed.
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Now, let's go to the bottom of the screen. There are again 5 buttons. First one is the Campaign. There you can play campaigns that will help you to find your way of playing and to build your own and unique deck. Campaigns are updated once per new version.
My cards is a place where you can see all of your cards, to mark and filter them. There is another option called "Craft Mode". We will talk about it later.
Rewards are next. You can pick your basic income reward in the general tab. Daily Missions tab shows the missions and rewards for completing them. Completing them makes you stronger. Rewards Inbox is a place where you can pick up your special rewards, like ladder reward.
Next button is called Matches. First tab is PRACTICE. There you don't receive too much experience points but you don't lose anything. This is a place where all new players should be. This is a place where they can become stronger and face the stronger players later. There are three modes. First one is Quick Mode. There, you put six cards as a deck, and fight against the random opponent. The next mode is Pro Mode. There you pick cards for three times, two cards each time. The last mode is Hardcore. Here you pick cards three times, as before, just you don't pick two cards each time but whole deck that contains six cards. So, you have 18 cards in this mode. After you spend some time here, you can go to the COINS BET.
COINS BET part has two modes, quick and pro mode. About the quick mode, your bet is 100 coins. If you win - you take 100 coins from your opponent, if you lose - you give 100 coins to your opponent. Also if you win, you will spend 20 energy. Defeat doesn't cost energy. About the pro mode, the bet here is 200 coins. The win here costs 35 energy instead of 20. Defeat doesn't cost energy.
CARDS LOOT is a risky place for every player. Here you can win but also you can lose cards. Epic cards are forbidden here. Win here costs 100 energy. Defeat doesn't cost energy. If you don't pick cards in the planned time, you will lose 1000 coins. Pro mode is the only available here.
LADDER is a tournament that lasts two weeks. The best rewards are here. The value of the reward is based on the ladder position. Pro mode and hardcore are available here. About pro mode, the bet is 100 coins and DP (points won by defeating your opponent). Pro mode match costs 20 energy per win and 40 per hardcore win. There is an additional option called Energy Boost. Using this feature you will receive more DP. It costs 40 energy in pro and 80 energy in hardcore mode.
There are also two smaller buttons "Ladder Info" and "Battle History". Ladder info shows the rewards, the time, and the history of the previous tournaments. Battle history shows your latest seven matches you have played.
The fifth button is called Enhance. There you can enhance or evolve your cards. That means you can upgrade the stats of your cards here. Also, you can sacrifice your unused cards for rubies.
Let's get back to the main menu. There are two small buttons in the left bottom corner. One of them is green and another is red. The green button contains the notices. There are the latest notices written by the game admin. The red button is Chat. There you can chat with the others. Also there is one button called Gallery. There you can buy your cards picture in higher resolution. It is nothing useful but you can collect them if you want to.
2. GUIDE
After you learn the basic things you need to know about this game, you should start playing practice matches. First of all try the quick mode, then pro mode and hardcore as a last. There you will meet a lot of players and a lot of decks. You will also see many stronger players than you. You shouldn't be disappointed. That's a part of the game, that's how you will learn the strategies. In one word - you will get experience. In the meantime you shall play campaigns. There you can get rewards and win some new cards. At the moment you feel you are ready to go further, you can start playing coins mode. Choose your best deck and try to get more coins by defeating the opponents. Playing coins mode you will get new cards faster. In the meantime you shall play ladder. Try to reach some better position, let we say in the begin it would be good if you finish in top 500. Every reward is worth of playing.
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This was about where should you play in the beginning. Now let's see about what packs you should buy.
At the start you should buy "Light of Hope" pack that costs 998 coins. Why this pack? You need to collect all silver cards. It is good to have all the cards because every card has a unique ability that you will need. In the meantime you will win many golden and diamond cards. After you get enough silver cards, you can start buying "Lucky Stars" pack. There, you have one golden card guaranteed. Even the chance for getting a diamond card are big. Later, you can try Coins Draw pack also if you think you are lucky enough. Also, you can draw one free card every day. About the diamonds, there are two ways to spend them. One is buying higher - rarity cards, and another is to upgrade your profile in the upgrade tab in shop. Both are necessary. It would be good to buy some higher-rarity cards first and upgrade the VIP level to VIP 3 at least. You will need VIP 3 to unlock the "reset card level" feature.
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Now, let's see what to do with the cards you don't need or you don't like.
I have my own rule about this. It says: Have every card three times in your "storage". Why? First of all, every card has a unique ability. Maybe that card is not that good in the current version but maybe it will be better and stronger in the next version. If you have more than 3 same cards, you should think about what to do. There are three options. First one is to use Craft feature. The second one is to use Evolving feature and third one is to sell the card for rubies, to sacrifice it. About crafting, you have to use 5 cards of same faction and same rarity to craft a higher rarity card of the same faction. Warning, you can fail here but you will receive coins as a compensation. Evolving is not for beginners. Maybe if you are interested in it, you can do it later. It is so expensive for a beginner. Selling card for rubies is the best option after u get all necessary cards.
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Now, there is a question, what card should you enhance?
There are many good lower-rarity cards that you can enhance. Having those cards enhanced, you can easily face the stronger players with higher-rarity cards. Some of those cards are:
- Silver: Apprentice Swordsman, Ice Elemental, Bear, Succubus, Slaughter, Hero, Panda Man, buffs (slashing strike, overpower, shadow assault, amplifier) etc...
- Golden: Priest, Tauren Axe, Hellhounds, Gargoyle, Troll, Maid, Path to graveyard, Poison Rain, Pit trap, Blade Shield etc...
3. ADVICE
Many players left the game because they didn't try enough. Some of the reasons were: the prices are high, there are so many stronger opponents, meeting the same player more than once per ladder session and so on...
Don't worry about that! You don't need to have the strongest cards to beat the stronger players. Because of that, me and my friend Bookie made a video tutorials in which we illustrated defeating the strongest high-leveled cards using the lower - rarity cards. Here are the links to those posts:
http://www.momostorm.com/Website/ecb_fo ... 3304669075
http://www.momostorm.com/Website/ecb_fo ... =22&t=2194
http://www.momostorm.com/Website/ecb_fo ... =22&t=2193
http://www.momostorm.com/Website/ecb_fo ... =22&t=2192
http://www.momostorm.com/Website/ecb_fo ... =22&t=2191
About the "meeting the same player several times per one ladder session" problem, its up to us. What should we do? We need to advertise the game. We need to post on the other forums, facebook groups and other groups to invite more players, to increase their interest about this beautiful game. So, please, do this more often as some of us already did. You can also leave your referral code so you can get free cards.
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That is all you need to know to be a successful player in Epic Cards Battle. I hope this guide will help to raise your new account into a stronger account. Just NEVER GIVE UP ! Who knows, maybe you are our next champion
Best regards
Goce
