FTH Beyond: Marvel Strike Force

Another Fine Podcast on the Giant Size Team Up Network

Hosts: McFall * Klotz * Kurtstable

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Gameplay this week

We start edging into the +60 levels...  getting up to 65 is going to be a chore.  -  Spideyman returning to the top level teams?  -   Wasp event underway... Charles is loving her abilities  -  Should you climb through "easy" and "medium"  before "Hard"?  Which way gets more character shards?  -   We like the Ant-man/Wasp team up mechanic a lot  -  Kurt takes a few characters to Tier 11 and is having fun with the results  -  Klotz now has a phone that will play the game and comments on how badly it sucked to play Strike Force on Desktop!  -  Charles says, "Hulk!  Hulk, dammit. HULK!!!!!"  -   Quake, nerfed?  Say it isn't so!

Tip of the week

Work on team strength instead of climbing levels.

Video of this Weeks Show #15

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End Credits

* Hosts: Charles McFall, Paul Klotz, Kurtstable

* Publisher/Post Producer/Editor at Large: Mike Woodard

* Publisher In Absentia:  Chris Wisdom

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Another Fine Podcast on the Giant Size Team Up Network

Hosts: McFall * Klotz

Klotz and McFall jump in for some news about level 65, rocket changing things up, blitz changes both good and bad, plus some great interaction from the live audience. Is the new Thanos raid worth it? Then we dig into the data mine and see a possible bright new future.

Gameplay this week

Level 65!  -  Blitz cools down sooner (2 hrs!)  -  There's Gold in then Blitz Orbs   -   Quake Event underway  -  Campaign am Goot!  -  Raid!  - Rocket Event pisses a few players off  -   Who's still playing with their Hulk?   -   Data mining news! (everything is subject to change)  -   Hawkeye Bug!   -   Salty about that Thanos Raid   -

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End Credits

* Hosts: Charles McFall, Paul Klotz,

* Publisher/Post Producer/Editor at Large: Mike Woodard

* Publisher In Absentia:  Chris Wisdom

FTH: Beyond is brought to you by the Giant-Size Team-Up Network

Another Fine Podcast on the Giant Size Team Up Network

Hosts: McFall * Klotz

Klotz and McFall jump in for some news about level 65, rocket changing things up, blitz changes both good and bad, plus some great interaction from the live audience. Is the new Thanos raid worth it? Then we dig into the data mine and see a possible bright new future.

Gameplay this week

Level 65!  -  Blitz cools down sooner (2 hrs!)  -  There's Gold in then Blitz Orbs   -   Quake Event underway  -  Campaign am Goot!  -  Raid!  - Rocket Event pisses a few players off  -   Who's still playing with their Hulk?   -   Data mining news! (everything is subject to change)  -   Hawkeye Bug!   -   Salty about that Thanos Raid   -

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We love this game and community so we promise to always be honest about what we think and to be reasonable in our analysis. Catch us every week on Thursday for the recording of the podcast.

You can Watch the recording of FTH Beyond live every week on Thursday at Twitch   (Watch Charles play the game live each Sunday eve and Kurtstable plays live on Monday nights)

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End Credits

* Hosts: Charles McFall, Paul Klotz,

* Publisher/Post Producer/Editor at Large: Mike Woodard

* Publisher In Absentia:  Chris Wisdom

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Another Fine Podcast on the Giant Size Team Up Network

Hosts: McFall * Klotz * Kurtstable * Ibbott

Charles, Kurt, Paul, and Brian come together to discuss the new Antman patch, the changes in gameplay, and the quality of life updates.

Gameplay this week

Ibbott makes good progress in Blitz and is closer to grabbing some Ultimus shards.  We spend some time bragging on the size of our raid credits... Charles loves seeing three zeroes behind all his numbers.  Charles notes a change to Hawkeye's abilities and hates it.  Nerfed?  Kurt and Charles stream gameplay on Twitch each week.  It's a great time to connect with lots of different GSTU Hosts and ask questions/get tips on the game.  There was an update/patch this week!   There is some progress on "Alliance Matchmaking/Balancing" for those new to the game.  We talk about a few bugs (that were helpful to us players) that have been fixed.   We got a new Tier 9 Challenge.   The Ant Man Campaign hit this week.   Kurt loves the structure of the campaign but agrees with many players that the drop rate sucks (estimated at 40%)  Ibbott makes a recommendation on the best way to proceed.  Snorri, in chat, notes that the game would be so much better if we could get everything we want with little to no effort.   Various players in chat say that even though they've been spending money in the game are considering leaving due to the difficulty in advancing characters in the game.

Tip:

"If Antman is stuck as Giant Man for more than 4 hours consult a physician."

Better Tips:

Kurtstable notes that J-Bow in Chat says it's better to buy the Orbs in Blitz-store than buy the individual characters. (from a pure cost perspective)    Klotz recommends if you're buying characters in the raid as well it's better to get the Raid-Orbs as well.  They explain more in the episode.

Watch the Show on Twitch each week!

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We love this game and community so we promise to always be honest about what we think and to be reasonable in our analysis. Catch us every week on Thursday for the recording of the podcast.

You can Watch the recording of FTH Beyond live every week on Thursday at Twitch   (Watch Charles play the game live each Sunday eve and Kurtstable plays live on Monday nights)

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End Credits

* Hosts: Charles McFall, Paul Klotz, Kurtstable

* Special Guest: Brian Ibbot

* Publisher/Post Producer/Editor at Large: Mike Woodard

* Publisher In Absentia:  Chris Wisdom

FTH: Beyond is brought to you by the Giant-Size Team-Up Network

Another Fine Podcast on the Giant Size Team Up Network

Hosts: McFall * Klotz * Kurtstable * Ibbott

Charles, Kurt, Paul, and Brian come together to discuss the new Antman patch, the changes in gameplay, and the quality of life updates.

Gameplay this week

Ibbott makes good progress in Blitz and is closer to grabbing some Ultimus shards.  We spend some time bragging on the size of our raid credits... Charles loves seeing three zeroes behind all his numbers.  Charles notes a change to Hawkeye's abilities and hates it.  Nerfed?  Kurt and Charles stream gameplay on Twitch each week.  It's a great time to connect with lots of different GSTU Hosts and ask questions/get tips on the game.  There was an update/patch this week!   There is some progress on "Alliance Matchmaking/Balancing" for those new to the game.  We talk about a few bugs (that were helpful to us players) that have been fixed.   We got a new Tier 9 Challenge.   The Ant Man Campaign hit this week.   Kurt loves the structure of the campaign but agrees with many players that the drop rate sucks (estimated at 40%)  Ibbott makes a recommendation on the best way to proceed.  Snorri, in chat, notes that the game would be so much better if we could get everything we want with little to no effort.   Various players in chat say that even though they've been spending money in the game are considering leaving due to the difficulty in advancing characters in the game.

Tip:

"If Antman is stuck as Giant Man for more than 4 hours consult a physician."

Better Tips:

Kurtstable notes that J-Bow in Chat says it's better to buy the Orbs in Blitz-store than buy the individual characters. (from a pure cost perspective)    Klotz recommends if you're buying characters in the raid as well it's better to get the Raid-Orbs as well.  They explain more in the episode.

Watch the Show on Twitch each week!

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We love this game and community so we promise to always be honest about what we think and to be reasonable in our analysis. Catch us every week on Thursday for the recording of the podcast.

You can Watch the recording of FTH Beyond live every week on Thursday at Twitch   (Watch Charles play the game live each Sunday eve and Kurtstable plays live on Monday nights)

Get in Touch

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End Credits

* Hosts: Charles McFall, Paul Klotz, Kurtstable

* Special Guest: Brian Ibbot

* Publisher/Post Producer/Editor at Large: Mike Woodard

* Publisher In Absentia:  Chris Wisdom

FTH: Beyond is brought to you by the Giant-Size Team-Up Network

Another Fine Podcast on the Giant Size Team Up Network

Hosts: McFall * Klotz * Kurtstable

Gameplay This Week

This Week Charles & Klotz return to the show along with Kurtstable (who never left).  Shield and Mercenary events are underway and the consensus is, there will be no Iron Man this week.  Charles says that the team Kurt recommended (Hawkeye, Yondu, Night Nurse, Drax, and Quake) has been "Wrecking Face". Klotz pulls out his "I told you so" stick and smacks Charles with it repeatedly.  Kurt points out that the only way he could convince Charles to make that change was to catch him while he's liquored up..

Discussion

Klotz says he's losing some enthusiasm and "feeling a lot of fatigue" in the game. But, he thinks it may be because of a combo of frustration with having to play on desktop and frustration with bad "Drop Rates" in the game.  It takes a player too long and too much time to farm nodes and earn shards for characters.  He speculates drop rates are an average of 20%. We talk about grinding in the game and comparing to other games like Avengers Alliance and Future Fight.  Charles has been farming Korath and got 4-8 shards. Then refreshed twice for 20 more shards. But, hasn't found a single Bullseye shard in days. Drop rates are weird. Klotz points out that if it were easier to raise up more characters there could be more diversity in the teams' combos you can use. Right now, in order to progress, you often find yourself using the same teams in the different areas of the game. Kurt says he often uses Blitz to try out new team combos. Klotz agrees but says that Blitz doesn't give you an accurate look at a character's potential.  Charles says he agrees and getting characters to Max out is hard.  Maybe harder than it should be.  Kurt brings up "The Gold Controversy" (newer players get more Gold than beta players)  We talk about the difference between Beta Players, Global Launch Players, and New Players. Is each category of a player playing different versions of the game? If so, is it a necessary part of gameplay? And, is there a fix for that?

Should you get into the new Marvel Insider initiative? Kurtstable tries it out and isn't impressed. It's a lot of work for a small result.

Tips

Stay away from Rocket if he's surrounded by a purple ring. He'll take out your whole team singlehandedly!

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We love this game and community so we promise to always be honest about what we think and to be reasonable in our analysis. Catch us every week on Thursday for the recording of the podcast.

You can Watch the recording of FTH Beyond live every week on Thursday at Twitch   (Watch Charles play the game live each Sunday eve and Kurtstable plays live on Monday nights)

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End Credits

* Hosts: Charles McFall, Paul Klotz

* Guest Host: Kurtstable

* Publisher/Post Producer/Editor at Large: Mike Woodard

* Publisher In Absentia:  Chris Wisdom

FTH: Beyond is brought to you by the Giant-Size Team-Up Network

Another Fine Podcast on the Giant Size Team Up Network

Hosts: McFall * Klotz * Kurtstable

Gameplay This Week

This Week Charles & Klotz return to the show along with Kurtstable (who never left).  Shield and Mercenary events are underway and the consensus is, there will be no Iron Man this week.  Charles says that the team Kurt recommended (Hawkeye, Yondu, Night Nurse, Drax, and Quake) has been "Wrecking Face". Klotz pulls out his "I told you so" stick and smacks Charles with it repeatedly.  Kurt points out that the only way he could convince Charles to make that change was to catch him while he's liquored up..

Discussion

Klotz says he's losing some enthusiasm and "feeling a lot of fatigue" in the game. But, he thinks it may be because of a combo of frustration with having to play on desktop and frustration with bad "Drop Rates" in the game.  It takes a player too long and too much time to farm nodes and earn shards for characters.  He speculates drop rates are an average of 20%. We talk about grinding in the game and comparing to other games like Avengers Alliance and Future Fight.  Charles has been farming Korath and got 4-8 shards. Then refreshed twice for 20 more shards. But, hasn't found a single Bullseye shard in days. Drop rates are weird. Klotz points out that if it were easier to raise up more characters there could be more diversity in the teams' combos you can use. Right now, in order to progress, you often find yourself using the same teams in the different areas of the game. Kurt says he often uses Blitz to try out new team combos. Klotz agrees but says that Blitz doesn't give you an accurate look at a character's potential.  Charles says he agrees and getting characters to Max out is hard.  Maybe harder than it should be.  Kurt brings up "The Gold Controversy" (newer players get more Gold than beta players)  We talk about the difference between Beta Players, Global Launch Players, and New Players. Is each category of a player playing different versions of the game? If so, is it a necessary part of gameplay? And, is there a fix for that?

Should you get into the new Marvel Insider initiative? Kurtstable tries it out and isn't impressed. It's a lot of work for a small result.

Tips

Stay away from Rocket if he's surrounded by a purple ring. He'll take out your whole team singlehandedly!

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Are you joining the show LIVE in Twitch? Typing "!s 'space'" in Chat lets you suggest show titles and ask questions (and get answers) DURING the show.

We love this game and community so we promise to always be honest about what we think and to be reasonable in our analysis. Catch us every week on Thursday for the recording of the podcast.

You can Watch the recording of FTH Beyond live every week on Thursday at Twitch   (Watch Charles play the game live each Sunday eve and Kurtstable plays live on Monday nights)

Get in Touch

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End Credits

* Hosts: Charles McFall, Paul Klotz

* Guest Host: Kurtstable

* Publisher/Post Producer/Editor at Large: Mike Woodard

* Publisher In Absentia:  Chris Wisdom

FTH: Beyond is brought to you by the Giant-Size Team-Up Network

Here is the News

This Week Brian Ibbott(son) and Kurtstable take the show and run with it...  Charles & Klotz will return next week!

There's not much breaking news this week...

Kurt pushed hard chasing Doctor Strange shards and feels like he might come up a little short...  At Milestone 11, his opponents were pretty brutal!

Brian mentions a tip on how to deal with that. Use all your low teams to get those tier levels up and get those multipliers up then bring in your A-Team! And B-Team, and C-teams. (there's more to that approach but best to hear Brian explain it!)

With the Doctor Strange Blitz ending, there's speculation on the next Blitz

The Iron Man Event is just around the corner. We were warned... are you ready? The guys decide that some of these short Character Events HAVE to come around again. So if you couldn't grab that character you really wanted, hang in there!

There's some "Offer" discussion on what's available right now. Gold anyone? Is it worth it? Are the Character shard offers worth it?

Our Alliance has ranked up a bit!  #128!

No Alliance War yet.

We're not caught up on Campaigns yet. (The Cosmic Campaign is rough!)

Anticipating Ant-Man & The Wasp (and Yellowjacket) as playable characters once the film is released. Ghost?

Themed Teams

Brian describes his "Mercenary Team" and talks about how much fun the Deadpool/Cable team-up can be.

Kurt talks about his "Hand Team" and how bad-ass it is.

This week's Player Tip

(see Brian's Tip above)

Here's Video for this episode!

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You can Watch the recording of FTH Beyond live every week on Thursday at Twitch   (Watch Charles play the game live each Sunday eve and Kurtstable plays live on Monday nights)

* Host: Brian Ibbott

* Guest Host:  Kurtstable

* Publisher at Large: Mike Woodard

* Publisher In Absentia:  Chris Wisdom

FTH: Beyond is brought to you by the Giant-Size Team-Up Network

Here is the News

This week, the crew from Breaking the Panel migrates over to FTHB: Strike Force.

The Game gives us a heads-up on the upcoming Iron Man event and will be dropping us Sheild-Shards on log-in in the days leading up to the event.  Klotz wonders if requiring certain characters in order to participate in an event is a good thing. (Details on Iron Man event)  Five 7star Shield Agents are required for Iron Man.    *    There's new Gold offer (which is worth looking into maybe? Gold is in short supply.  Klotz hates the offer)    *    Wolverine's healing Factor is examined and found wanting.    *    Hulk best? Phil and Klotz think otherwise.    *    The guys discuss how the makeup of your #1 Team can be a very personal thing.    *    Phil makes a "Beta Player Joke".    *    Who is the better "Tank"...  Cap or Drax?    *    Charles talks about playing for FUN vs playing to WIN.     *    The guys lay out their winning strategies.    *    How the guys play Yndu.    *    Even though the game is a bit "Grind-y", the guys tell us where they feel "The Magic" is.    *    We're hoping to see Ant-man & The Wasp on the release of the movie.

This Week's Player Tip

Which Character/Opponent should you kill first?

This Week's Video

We love this game and community so we promise to always be honest about what we think and to be reasonable in our analysis. Catch us every week on Thursday for the recording of the podcast.

You can Watch the recording of FTH Beyond live every week on Thursday at Twitch  (Watch Charles play the game live each Sunday eve and Kurtstable plays live on Monday nights)

Are you joining the show LIVE in Twitch? Typing "!s" in Chat lets you suggest show titles and ask questions (and get answers) DURING the show.

 

* Hosts: Charles McFall, Paul Klotz, Phil Keating

* Producer and Publisher at Large: Mike Woodard

* Publisher In Absentia:  Chris Wisdom

* FTH: Beyond is brought to you by the Giant-Size Team-Up Network

Here is the News

This Week Brian Ibbott(son) and Kurtstable take the show and run with it...  Charles & Klotz will return next week!

There's not much breaking news this week...

Kurt pushed hard chasing Doctor Strange shards and feels like he might come up a little short...  At Milestone 11, his opponents were pretty brutal!

Brian mentions a tip on how to deal with that. Use all your low teams to get those tier levels up and get those multipliers up then bring in your A-Team! And B-Team, and C-teams. (there's more to that approach but best to hear Brian explain it!)

With the Doctor Strange Blitz ending, there's speculation on the next Blitz

The Iron Man Event is just around the corner. We were warned... are you ready? The guys decide that some of these short Character Events HAVE to come around again. So if you couldn't grab that character you really wanted, hang in there!

There's some "Offer" discussion on what's available right now. Gold anyone? Is it worth it? Are the Character shard offers worth it?

Our Alliance has ranked up a bit!  #128!

No Alliance War yet.

We're not caught up on Campaigns yet. (The Cosmic Campaign is rough!)

Anticipating Ant-Man & The Wasp (and Yellowjacket) as playable characters once the film is released. Ghost?

Themed Teams

Brian describes his "Mercenary Team" and talks about how much fun the Deadpool/Cable team-up can be.

Kurt talks about his "Hand Team" and how bad-ass it is.

This week's Player Tip

(see Brian's Tip above)

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Are you joining the show LIVE in Twitch? Typing "!s 'space'" in Chat lets you suggest show titles and ask questions (and get answers) DURING the show.

We love this game and community so we promise to always be honest about what we think and to be reasonable in our analysis. Catch us every week on Thursday for the recording of the podcast.

You can Watch the recording of FTH Beyond live every week on Thursday at Twitch   (Watch Charles play the game live each Sunday eve and Kurtstable plays live on Monday nights)

* Host: Brian Ibbott

* Guest Host:  Kurtstable

* Publisher at Large: Mike Woodard

* Publisher In Absentia:  Chris Wisdom

FTH: Beyond is brought to you by the Giant-Size Team-Up Network