I dunno. I've had good success with my War guys in the black market. My rage guy is doing fine too. Meric (My only theatrics until he had an...accident) got his ass kicked repeatedly which worked out well on the losers day. ;)
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I dunno. I've had good success with my War guys in the black market. My rage guy is doing fine too. Meric (My only theatrics until he had an...accident) got his ass kicked repeatedly which worked out well on the losers day. ;)
Big Weapons my friends...big weapons....it's a trend
I'm not going to say big weapons don't deal some massive hits, but after reading your previous posts I started paying more attention to that, and at least for my gladiators, they don't give me any more or less of a problem than other weapon types. As a matter of fact my theatrics gladiator eats 2H gladiators for lunch on a regular basis. I think it has a lot more to do with finding the right weapon for the build you've got. I'll tell you what I have been noticing though is people with a good amount of trains in shield and fighting defensively have been giving me trouble. I think after the total parry change everyone abandoned defense but a few managers have been flying under the radar and tweaking and it's starting to pay dividends. I think my next slave will be a a defensive war build and see how things go.Quote:
Originally Posted by Team Kaos
The Black Market so far has been a big weapon stomping ground. A very high percentage of gladiators with extremely high win/loss records have been single handed weapon wielding gladiators, and most of those being Rage.Quote:
I'm not going to say big weapons don't deal some massive hits, but after reading your previous posts I started paying more attention to that, and at least for my gladiators, they don't give me any more or less of a problem than other weapon types. As a matter of fact my theatrics gladiator eats 2H gladiators for lunch on a regular basis. I think it has a lot more to do with finding the right weapon for the build you've got
I'm not saying all the winners but when you check through the high win % gladiators on the lists in the BM they more then likely single handed wielding gladiators.
And another thing that goes against the blade wielding defensive gladiators in the BM is weapon choice. At times it becomes difficult to do enough damage to a single handed heavy armored War when slashing with a dirk or dagger before he gets 2 or 3 big 100+ hits or the blade gladiator tires out while chipping away with 20 hits at 5 and 10 points.
Might be interesting tonight to see if/how the market handles a tie for third.
Also, having a crazy-easy time getting high in the rankings with a level 2 gladiator. I imagine the prize may be less than spectacular, though.
So I took first in the Black Market with a young warrior. Lets assume I fought 3 warriors, at around 1000 gold a piece for the 50 fight entry.
First place took home a ~200 gold blue. Granted that was a 'Young' warrior (my latest), but doesn't he deserve better?
On that broken arena day (there were 2 rotations), I took 3rd and received a nice purple leg. Probably a 20-30 trophier.
So what is the game? The reward system seems a bit off.
indeed. Spent 100 gold getting second and it gave a 34 gold leg.
well, 34 is what the smith would pay for it. imagine the regular value is higher. still, only marginally better than a tavern drop.
i have noticed somthing as well in the black market, i kno the items are generated randomly, but ive notice i seem 2 be generated lower armor most of the time compared 2 my opponent, like most of my armor would be generated with only 2 defense, and they have armor with 9, is it because maybe regularly i have more purple items, so 4 some reason its generating me lower armors than my opponent has, if he doesnt have as many rare items as me?
Are you wearing light and the opponent medium, or are you wearing medium and your opponent heavy? Also check the rank, a higher ranked gladiator will have stronger armor even if it is the same type.
ohh thank u sir, that explains it the higher rank i generally still win when that happens but i was just curious as 2 why it didQuote:
Originally Posted by Team Kaos
I don't think you should try and equate the gold buyback price of an item with the amount you spent in the black market to get it. I've never won yet, but from what I've read here on the boards the winners are given an item that they can use which makes sense as they were the one who won it. From the news page I've seen purple, blue and greens awarded and if you win a purple or a blue you really got a Chamber of Power item with your effort and only gold which means you got it for free. The gold expenditures you and MostlyDifferent are talking about are negligible and easily gotten in a few days or less depending on how many gladiators you run and their levels so from where I'm sitting it looks like a pretty good deal, even better if you win! :)Quote:
So I took first in the Black Market with a young warrior. Lets assume I fought 3 warriors, at around 1000 gold a piece for the 50 fight entry.
First place took home a ~200 gold blue. Granted that was a 'Young' warrior (my latest), but doesn't he deserve better?
On that broken arena day (there were 2 rotations), I took 3rd and received a nice purple leg. Probably a 20-30 trophier.
So what is the game? The reward system seems a bit off.
Massive shot to HARK's abdomen...The grounds keepers are going to have to work hard to clean up this mess! (+984 Damage)
...and he lives?! What does it take to kill someone!?
just noticed the changes to the black market layout.
I quite like how points are now displayed (saves the hassle of running an excel sheet) and the way the rulings are displayed are very nice and comprehensive.
Keep up the awesome work Nate :)
on a side note, i'm kinda annoyed that i was 14-1-4 with rarg (lvl12) and then got paired against a lvl 16 three fights in a row and got smashed :( wish that i hadnt spent tokens on energy now....
actually, i gotta stop using tokens on a whim and save up for gear :P
sad panda. was 1st till ~10 mins to go. ended up 2nd and got a blue. i was of the impression that all 3 got purples. if not, oh well...
I'm probably gonna win today as a level 9 glad. Hope I get something cool!
Worst blue item I've ever seen.
2 minutes for my first black market win. quite excited i am :) (maybe becouse i didn't sleep much tonight)
if anybody is interested what kind reward waits behind black market fights: i got blue item.
It can vary. I got a purple one day last week, but that is a rarity for me.
answer me this, why is the scoring system: win: 1 loss: 3 kill: 7 shouldnt you get more points for a win?????
The scoring in the black Market changes everyday and is totally random, so sometimes you have strange scoring system like this one... Of course, it had to happen the day my Larshamir did a 35-0-4 !!!
I know how you feel Narol...
Lillith: 35-0-4
Ela: 34-1-5
the first time I saw the "losers" format I was a bit confused but then thought about it. If I can make my gladiators lose then I now know what NOT to do when trying to win. Not sure if Nate meant it to be a sort of learning format or not, but it actually works fairly well when trying to lose in different ways.Quote:
Originally Posted by XBEASTMODEX
Heh, I haven't found a way to consistently lose yet... ;)
is the black market a good place to try new strategies?
Yes, it's a very good place to try strategies since you will be on a relatively even field. You'll fight people within a few levels of you, and everyone will have the same level of equipment. Though other enhancements to gladiators are still there such as trained stats/skills and achievements.