The random rule is not okay

[Kharhaz]

sigh...

Kharkaz I've read through this entire thread and I'm almost positive that no one here asked for any kind of strategy. How do you not realize why you were being met with hostility? Did you read the OP, or just begin firing off comments to posters?

Of course nobody asked for a strategy, that would make no sense when the majority of people here claim that there is no strategy you can use. I can assure you this is false, and if you sit down and consider that Landenel's cards never change, and assume he will always have his best cards, it makes it significantly easier to develop a strategy or plan for his next possible moves.

Nowhere in the OP does it ask for strategies. Nowhere does it say that the OP could not beat him if they got a favorable set-up. This entire thread was created because of the multi-RNG dip that we get when playing "Random" opponents. RNG whether or not we get a good hand, RNG where you can play a card with A's on it if you happen to get one, RNG to win period....

I see where you're coming from, but as I mentioned, there is a big difference between a thread where someone is complaining and a thread where someone is asking for help. The reason I chose a thread where people are complaining is because these claims are just not true. I probably came off as a jerk, but I don't like seeing all of this outrage over the matter.

A lot of these claims are really the opposite of what the facts are. A big example of this is that people are claiming getting more cards will not help when one star cards only make up 20, and its unlikely that someone who is having trouble here even has all 20. For comparison there are 17 two star cards, so with all the other cards thrown in, even with a rank two deck these claims are still wrong.

In your instances above you have Draw: Terrible, but both of those cards have at least one 3* card in it. I would wildly beg to differ that those hands are "terrible". Very consistently I will get dealt a full 1 star deck. I'm not sure what that deck classifies as if a deck with a 3* in it is "terrible". You can outline 18,000 different strategies, and bait as best as possible but there is no consistent, viable way to win when you actually get a "terrible" deck. I will reiterate, both of the decks you list as "terrible" are MALMS better than what I usually get.

You would have to list your card collection for me to see what the problem is, I have not been able to draw all one star cards yet, so I can not comment on this problem. However, I am fairly confident I can at least go for a draw depending on the cards.

You are just completely missing the entire point of this thread and are "contributing" things that I don't believe anyone ever asked for, and then telling us we refuse to listen to help. You are also categorizing every single person in this thread as "complainers" when there was quite literally 1 or 2 people who may have copped an internet attitude with you.

Those were my observations, and I feel that I am entitled to express my frustration with constant complaints in this game. I should have taken a different approach, but it's upsetting when people willing to consider the alternative. However, I've realized that I was too harsh at first, and it should be pretty clear that I've changed my attitude in order to better help with this issue.

If you can tell me how in the flying f$%# you can end up with at least 1 3* card in your deck every single match, that will be advice I will listen to! As it is, I can take your "terrible" decks and get wins also.

I don't know why, and that's why I was mistaken earlier, I honestly thought that was how it worked. It feels get a three star or higher like 9/10 and I think that's even true in my assorted matches. It's probably because I have a large number of legendary and epic cards.

What is your strategy when your deck consists of: Bomb, Mandragora, Moogle, Sahagin and Coeurl? Because my strat for that deck is "finish this shit as quickly as possible because I can't win"

I don't know, but if I was given that deck I would be able to tell you how to best play it out, and it does have 5's and 7's that come in handy here, and you only need to be able to beat a 1 to capture pretty much everything but Bahamut (and another point is that you're supposed to be putting things in a safe spot or forcing him to expose a side).

And then I get variants of that same crap hand 10 times in a row. It is frustrating, not difficult.

This suggest that you might need to collect more cards, but it's kind of odd that I get very similar hands and the same face cards more than not. Random is random however.

THAT is what people are "complaining" about. And you don't have to agree with the rest of the people, that is totally fine. But if you don't agree, you also don't need to derail this thread any further than it already has been. If you can't understand the simplicity of the qualm, then your "advice and help" is actually the exact opposite of that, because I'm fairly sure that anyone who takes the time to come into a sub-forum to discuss a game is pretty serious about it, and are more than capable of formulating a strategy on a game based off concepts you learn in kindergarten (i.e. which number is larger??????)

I believe I covered this, but nothing I'm doing in this thread really benefits me. However, to make up for my attitude earlier I am taking the time and effort to show proof, or as close to proof as I can find that Random NPCs are not as bad as they are being described.

For the record, I have beaten Landenel several times and got Odin from him (I got Titan from Trachtoum). I enjoy going from NPC to NPC (as opposed to mindlessly farming the Imperial all day) every once in a while just to switch it up. I play Swift regularly. Chaos sucks, but at least I have control of the deck I use.

I find Swift to be the hardest NPC, I actually only beat him maybe once or twice if I'm lucky before the time runs out. His cards are extremely good, and I personally will not farm him until I hit 60+. On the other hand, I really do beat Landenel alot, and thats why I feel I can still contribute to the thread, its not just RNG and a solid strategy can definitely be defined to help people that have trouble.

Nothing about the current way "Random" is set-up, is fun. I will not be going back to play Landenel because any win you get is still completely reliant on your luck of the draw.

I enjoy the challenge of winning with a disadvantage, while not many people are, I don't see why one of the few difficult TT matches should be toned down. This NPC seems to have a rather generous drop rate (not confirmed) and you don't need to farm him for his card anyway. This is my opinion, however as you can see someone is going to be upset if something is changed or not either way, this is why I feel it's better to help people adjust to what is already there instead of also supporting that it be changed. Is that not the logical solution?

I'm not a complete asshole, I just did not want to take the time to prove some of my claims because it requires I spend a lot my time and effort to try and alleviate the stress of people who didn't ask for help in the first place.

PS: I am however completely against Random regional rules, that's just stupid.