X-Assault

[Nocturne]

X-Assault, incase you missed my post on the subject the first time, is an incredibly addictive internet game featuring the X-Men.
play it here: http://darkelf.brinkster.net/nixonvision.asp

they have added a lot of cool stuff, it's not just battles based on stats anymore. There are a lot of special matchups based on character, some good, some bad. (i hope i don't have to mention, Nightcrawler vs. Mystique is a bad idea... he still wins, but just barely. Nighty says something like "Mystique, tell me about my past! I'm your son!" it's a bit longer than that, but i can't rememebr what else he says. Mystique says "Hrumph..." in return and attacks him, when it's his turn to attack back, he can't bring himself to do it the first time, tho he hits her in the end, and i think harder than he would normally) I will not spoil it for you too much tho, the ones i reveal are just scratching the surface, trust me, there are tons of these events, the game creatos have FAR too much time on their hands. some of the special events are quite obvious, (guess what happens with Wolverine vs Magneto...) others not...

Now, the real reason for this post. As of today, X-Assault now has an Excalibur team!(other new teams include X-Men Home Team, X-Factor, Xtreme and Assault Team X, but that one requires a sacrafice of the highest order to achieve, but it's worth it just to have it happen once, so you get the special hidden character. i will say no more on the subject. also the old teams of X-Men, Uncanny X-Men, and X-Force, actually i think Xtreme has been an old one too, but i never played with it and i think there is one more) anyway, for Excalibur, if you get the 4 members Nightcrawler, Shadowcat, Colossus and Captain Britain, the fifth can be ANYONE YOU WANT! it is a total dream team, they kick complete ass! go try it out and lets see some Excalibur teams on the high scoreboard! you can play without getting a team, (and it turns out, win with a pretty high score!) butland a real team and get defense and attack bonuses, as well as a score bonus! before today i always played with the Uncanny team, and did fairly well with Nightcrawler, Iceman, Chamber, Wolverine and Archangel, but the Excalibur team just has SO much going for it. brute strength, high inteligence, 2 members that do well against fighting opponents, Nightcrawler for defeating toughies such as Magneto or Cassandra Nova, all it is missing is a strong energy wielding member, but since you get the pick of the last member... this is very easily remedied (may i suggest Bishop or Polaris, Psylocke or perhaps Gambit, maybe Professor X, maybe even Iceman... either one of those would fill out the team nicely)

Speaking of the high scoreboard, lookie who is perched comfortably atop the high scoreboard right now
http://darkelf.brinkster.net/xstuff/winners.asp


Grand Champion: Nocturne
with Nightcrawler's X-Men2
Score: 107

note from nixon: how in God's name did she do that?


look, i even got a special note! AND it was with Nightcrawler as leader

After a few false starts with the new version, on my third game, I got what I fully admit was one LUCKY lineup!

My team:

Nightcrawler (leader)
Colossus
Shadowcat
Archangel
Doop

first up, Colossus vs. Toad.... yeah, as if Toad stood a chance. Toad had his ass handed to him on a plate. Nightcrawler vs. Sabretooth. Thankfully, Nightcrawler missed instead of getting hit with a counterassault! I put Colossus in. next up Kitty vs. the Blob; the fight is over in about 2 seconds, I love that fight, it's hilarous, (i can't rememer word for word, but basically - Blob sez "You in for a world of hurt little girl!" Kitty - "the dumb ones, I love the dumb ones. hey Blob, guess what i can do!"... Blob is dead then for some reason, Gambit pops in even if he is not on your team and says "all to easy") almost as funny as Iceman vs. Sauron ("hey, remember what happened to the dinosaurs during the Iceage?" Sauron dies promptly "mmmmm... Dinocicles!" ). Next, Archangel vs. Apocalypse, Warren creams Apocalypse after sprouting nice shiny metal wings. (Archangel had 90% health afterwards, he was the only team member to get hit at all) back to Colossus and Sabretooth, good ol Peter absolutely destroys Sabretooth! Doop sat around doing nothing the whole time, tho i suppose i could have put him up agianst Sabretooth, and had another chuckle at that fight/special event, that one is too long to relate here, but it's funny. Nightcrawler didn't do a whole lot except use his handy teleporting abilities as a placeholder till Colossus came along to finish the job. he coulda taken Toad easily enough, (Toad - something to the effect of "your agility is no match for my own!" Kurt - "you have got to be kidding, Morty" and Nighty kicks his ass.) I mean even as leader, 'cause everyone ended up against their ideal opponent, even the ones where I was going in not having a clue what was there, and didn't really need any help for defense... oh well, he'll still get his handsome blue face up on the board I wish the Juggernaut had been the last one tho, or I coulda sailed thru there without taking a hit!

*whew* love this game, way too addictive. fun for people who don't even know the X-men once they get past the trivia (hey, a few lucky guesses and you can memorize the answers for your favorite players even if you don't know the answers, there are only 4 questions for each).

------------------

bronzepig.com - my homepage

Elfwood Gallery


[This message has been edited by Nocturne (edited December 08, 2001).]

[Fasheem]

*blinks* And I thought Tetris was addictive...


------------------
"Let's just file it under U for uncanny and move on."

[Nocturne]

just play it, you'll be completely hooked.

------------------
<A HREF="http://www.bronzepig.com" TARGET=_blank>
http://www.bronzepig.com</A>
<A HREF="http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/loth/j/i/jill/jill.html" TARGET=_blank>
http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/loth/j/i/jill/jill.html</A>

[Nocturne]

hehehehehe




I only got a score of 81 tho, because I accidentaly put Wolverine up agianst Apocalypse (don't do that!) oh well, next time!

Nighty took out Magneto wiht 70 health, the battle was unusually easy on him because there were the team bonuses, and he was fighting in Wundagore, which gives him a battle advantage. Colossus took out Sauron with 100 left, Kitty and Captain Britain took out the Blob both of them had 100 health afterwards. then Wolverine vs. Apocalypse, Logan was killed instantly, I put Kitty in, she took out Apocalyps with 50 health left.

------------------
<A HREF="http://www.bronzepig.com" TARGET=_blank>
My Homepage - art and animation gallery mostly</A>
<A HREF="http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/loth/j/i/jill/jill.html" TARGET=_blank>
My Elfwood Fantasy Art Gallery- from here access my Fan Art and Sci-Fi galleries</A>

[Lasombra]

Well, I guess the internet has struck again. I am addicted too.

------------------
No matter where you go, no matter what you do, no matter what troubles you may encounter in life --- there are nine hundred million people in China who really couldn?t care less. So you might as well have a good time.
===={::??@m??::}====

[Nocturne]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Sugah:
I am so addicted to this game, and Nightcrawler kicks total ass. He used to be my big Nova killer, but he was tuned down Luckily, Rogue, Captain Britain or the secret character beat her like a redheaded step-child:lol

I wish the recruiting thing wasn't so fast, I never get who I want

My favs:

Nightcrawler: fighting and leadership, as well as being able to teleport out of harms way the first round.

Cyclops: Great leader.

Shadowcat: She kicks SO much ass against the strong people.

Colossus: Gotta love him!

Now, thanks to Nocturne here, I'm going to play the game again...

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


hey i havent seen you around here before, tho you ahve obviously been here a while, tho i saw you at X-Fan, and on the high scoreboard! cool.

Captain Britain does well against Nova? excelent! never even thought of that, but you're right, she has like zip strength and he has high energy! woo! Nighty can still beat her with the one remaining teleport, but look at the FAQ lol! he may be getting it back, write them about it so i'm not the only one they think wants the teleport back for our little fuzzy secret weapon. the strategy here i think, if you are playing with Excalibur, is to send in Nightcrawler first to hit her once with fighting, pull him and put in Britain to finish her off. that'd probably have you win with the fewest losses points wise, you amy even end up with both of them at 100 health! I think Britain (tho i didn't do this last time, parhaps i should have) is your wisest choice to hold in reserve, because thanks to his force pield, and high strength and energy levels, he can hold his own against almost anything till you can get the right opponent in there. Gambit also does fairly well against Nova.

I have been so incredibly lucky so far, that i havent faced her with the new version yet, the only real tough opponents i've faced have been Sabretooth ( who Colossus creamed) Magneto (Nighty clobbered him) and Apocalypse (Warren then Kitty took care of him) you all are going to hate me, but i've only played 4 or 5 games since the new version went up, one was the 107 score, one was the Excalibur game with 81, one was with like 60 somethin, and one was an escaped by the skin on my teeth kinda game with a win of only 20 or so points.... i think there was one more, i havent lost yet, so i won, but the score probably was pathetic, or maybe i quit before it was over...


------------------
<A HREF="http://www.bronzepig.com" TARGET=_blank>
My Homepage - art and animation gallery mostly</A>
<A HREF="http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/loth/j/i/jill/jill.html" TARGET=_blank>
My Elfwood Fantasy Art Gallery- from here access my Fan Art and Sci-Fi galleries</A>

[This message has been edited by Nocturne (edited December 09, 2001).]

[Sugah]

I never get a good team

My fast connection means the selection goes like mad, I can't get the ones I want, and always end up with crappy teams.

I'm not that sure about Brian against Nova, but I beat her with ONLY Emma (though that was at the Hellfire Club). Strength gets to Nova, and Rogue, Emma and Brian are tough to hurt with energy. So, if you play with one of those against Nova on their home-turf (Savage Land and Australia for Rogue I think), you'll get her, though it'll cost you about 80% of your health.

Trust me, I should know, I face her everytime.

To be helpfull, some instant kills :

Kitty vs Blob
Emma vs Shaw
Brian vs Shaw
Iceman vs Sauron
Wolverine vs Sauron

You probably know of them, but they're pretty usefull. Hope I didn't spoil anything

Oh yeah, Kitty vs Nova is a bad baaad baaad thing....

------------------
Is that a pickle in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
Nightcrawler Monument

[Nocturne]

i knew some of those, but not White Queen, (only ahve played with her on my team a couple times) tho it make sense!

i think most characters have atleast one opponent they do especially well against, but what is Nightcrawlers, i wonder? Toad he doesn't get an instant win or anyting, they jsut duke it out, Mystique is a bad matchup with him, but not incredibly so... i wonder if he even has an instant win or loss situation like those above...

speaking of good and bad bad matchups, here are some more
Good-

the ones you already mentioned, plus

Doop vs. Juggernaut, Blob, Mystique or Sabretooth - instant win, he talks them into leaving out of respect for past friendship... lol!

Archangel vs. Apocalypse - sprouts metal wings and his stats become better than Wolverine

BAD

Wolverine vs, either Apocalypse (makes him a horseman again) or Magneto (magneto to only gets him down to 50 by sucking his adamantium out, still not good!)

Beast vs. Sinister - again down to 50 instantly

Doop vs. Nova - instant loss


mildly good and/or amusing - Cyke or Havok vs. Sinister - they attack him for far more than they should be able to.

Jean vs. Mastermind - he gets lovesick and can't bring himself to attack her.

Xavier vs. Magneto - he attempts to use his telepathy on Magneto and damages Magneto by 10 or so points straight off.

Nightcrawler vs. Toad - he attacks and defends for slightly more than he should (i think)

mildly bad -

Nightcrawler vs. Mystique - he can't attack her the first time

Multiple Man vs. Mastermind - illusions confuse him and he if he's made some multiples alreay he absorbs them backinto himself, and can't make any more

I wonder what happens when you put Polaris against Magneto? hmmm!

------------------
<A HREF="http://www.bronzepig.com" TARGET=_blank>
My Homepage - art and animation gallery mostly</A>
<A HREF="http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/loth/j/i/jill/jill.html" TARGET=_blank>
My Elfwood Fantasy Art Gallery- from here access my Fan Art and Sci-Fi galleries</A>


[This message has been edited by Nocturne (edited December 09, 2001).]

[Darkholme]

I want more special teams, dagnabbit! I'm selecting people who I think should form a "known" roster, and I'm not getting any bonuses.

Last night I assembled:

Giant Size X-Men #1 - Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Wolverine, Colossus, Storm

X-Men (post Excalibur, pre Twelve) - Nightcrawler, Shadowcat, Colossus, Wolverine, Storm

Neither one got me anything...need to get them to add a few more teams...Australia might also be a good one (Wolverine, Rogue, Storm, Psylocke, Havok, Colossus...Dazzler and Longshot later on...)

But yes, horribly horribly addictive. I just wish you could choose what skill Psylocke attacks with (she's got 6 in both Fighting and Energy)...it always seems like she's choosing the wrong one to attack with...like Fighting against Sabretooth or Energy against Cassandra.

I'm hoping to get Excalibur together at some point...having two people completely immune to two types of attacks is just wrong...especially since most of the high Strength people have Fighting or Intellect as their secondary, and most of the high Fighting have Strength as their secondary...Shadowcat and Colossus basically get two attacks a round!

One more game before I go work on some reports...

- Darkholme

------------------
"Nightcrawler will do..." Kurt Darkholme, X-Calibre #1

[Sugah]

I wish Psylocke would use energy against Nova, but since Nova turns Betsy's powers against her...

More special occurances:

Mastermind vs Jean: Mastermind refuses to harm Jean for the first few turns.

Rogue vs Magneto: Well, nothing happens score-wise, he just tells her to stand down, and she tells him she's bringing him even though they might have meant something to each other. (Beat him with her btw).

Rogue vs Mystique: Mystique doesn't hurt Rogue the first turn.

I thought about the Australian team too...it'd make sense. The post excalibur team would work with Gambit and Rogue too. Also, I wonder if you get a double bonus for having the originals, seeing as they were the original X-Factor too

Blue and Gold would be sweet too, though I'm not sure which mutant goes where....

Oh yes, Multiple Man is a great adition to non energy users also, if he's hit enough with any attack that's not an energy attack, he gains points for anything but energy, up to 7 each


------------------
Is that a pickle in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
Nightcrawler Monument