How many hours to unlock all cards?

[SledgePainter]

Just a question. Been stuck not getting any supply points in Veteran so feel forced to go back to recruit though it's easy mode, to work on unlocking more cards. If all you did was play recruit mode and you have mainly all successful runs, aprox. how long of a time invest would that be? So far I think I'm at 25 hours? Haven't succeeded any veteran acts. I only have maybe 3 character and weapon skins unlocked and about 60 cards?

[**DeiRowtag]

Depend how you farm from 20h to 40h I'd say

[♋Phenex]

I did in around 40 hours with a bit of farming.

[Der Rattenkonig]

Depends on difficulty. Best way is probably Veteran runs since Nightmare is more trouble than its worth currently. I'd say complete the game on Veteran then Speedrun Act1 on Veteran back to back and you could farm fairly quick. I can complete Act1 on Veteran in 36:39 currently. But it took practice. My Act1 Veteran speedrun was around 47:00 and I've chipped the time down significantly.

[saurce]

I unlocked all cards in about 8 hours

[SledgePainter]

Originally posted by Mr Self Destruct:

Depends on difficulty. Best way is probably Veteran runs since Nightmare is more trouble than its worth currently. I'd say complete the game on Veteran then Speedrun Act1 on Veteran back to back and you could farm fairly quick. I can complete Act1 on Veteran in 36:39 currently. But it took practice. My Act1 Veteran speedrun was around 47:00 and I've chipped the time down significantly.

I wish I could. My team is more advanced in the game than I am and they can manage to beat the first 2 whole Veterans Acts. When I'm with the team though we MIGHT beat a map or two tops after multiple tries, but that's it. Most of the time we just fail due to map 1 bosses and so get zero supply points and quit after 1-2 hours in Veterans. Then the team will go back to Recruits on my behalf to help me get points for cards since I have the fewest cards and only just unlocked speed/mobility cards...but I know they don't like Recruits, and I find it boring and demoralizing too. I wish I could just play solo and get supply points. Some randoms I get alert everything and make even recruits seem like veterans difficulty. I play just fine with bots until actual humans join in.

Does Vetarans award more points then, I assume? The highest points I've gotten was 45 and lowest was like 10.

[Gonger02]

6 hours :)

[Bongo]

Playing normally, I would guess around 50- 60 hours. Speed running the same level over and over again is not my idea of fun.

[SledgePainter]

Originally posted by Gonger02:

6 hours :)

Somehow this seems impossible unless it's all Veterans and they award a ton of points, and you always won.

Originally posted by Bongo:

Playing normally, I would guess around 50- 60 hours. Speed running the same level over and over again is not my idea of fun.

Yeah, but here I am. Just farming Act 1 Recruits again and again. All totaled the Act grants roughly 500 points over 2 hours time invest (not speed running). With any luck maybe I can get it done if I grind hard over the weekend. I'm up around 90 cards right now.

[Bongo]

Originally posted by Sledge:

Originally posted by Gonger02:

6 hours :)

Somehow this seems impossible unless it's all Veterans and they award a ton of points, and you always won.

Originally posted by Bongo:

Playing normally, I would guess around 50- 60 hours. Speed running the same level over and over again is not my idea of fun.

Yeah, but here I am. Just farming Act 1 Recruits again and again. All totaled the Act grants roughly 500 points over 2 hours time invest (not speed running). With any luck maybe I can get it done if I grind hard over the weekend. I'm up around 90 cards right now.

It costs around 20k i think to unlock all the cards. The last supply lines are the expensive appocalypse cosmetic cards too. so maybe 15k to get all gameplay cards. I was also basing my estimate of 500 points per hour on veteran with some failures to unlock every card.

[drawls]

I've played 151 hours, mostly swarm mode, and still haven't unlocked all the cards lol... not that I need them for swarm mode anyway, but the supply line points you get from swarm games its pitiful, and the amount of times you play basically a full game only to have the other team rage at the end and get zero points is wayyy too high.

[Benjamin]

Worry less about grinding cards and just enjoy the game.

[Ashyne]

I unlocked everything by 70 hours (now I have 183 hours played), without any HOTW farming. I played only Campaign Veteran difficulty in all that time, except for the first 6 hours where I started on Recruit difficulty during Early Access and after completing it, never went back to Recruit again.

Now, after unlocking all cards/outfits (except ZWAT and Battle-Hardened) and completing all Acts except Nightmare (can't find serious team), I am just playing Veteran difficulty while trying out challenges I made for myself. They help me learn to play better and test myself in various conditions and circumstances. I find that they make me better at the game.

Challenges such as:

Knife-only (melee) build

Use card that turns bash into knife, and drop all weapons and ammo. Survive with only knife, and make a deck that focuses on melee cards.

This challenge will teach you to rely on attacking weakspots up close, not relying on stumble and to learn how to kite enemies since enemies don't stumble from knife attacks unlike with bats.

Pistol/Tec-9/Beigian-only (damage) build

Use card with infinite Secondary weapon ammo, drop primary weapon and all ammo, survive with only Pistol/Tec-9/Belgian. I use a high-damage, high-accuracy, fast-reload, high-bullet penetration deck for this.

For different pistols, I use different dedicated decks, since, for example, a Glock 23 Auto plays different from a Glock 23, so I use different builds and attachments for each.

This challenge teaches you how to fight without using high-power ammo, learn how to position yourself for range and to focus on weakspots to do most damage.

Fist-only (no weapons) build

Drop all weapons and ammo, do not equip Knife card. Use only fists to survive by bashing your way out of hordes. Able to use Stun Gun and Breakout to break free of grasps. For this build, I go for move-speed, high-stamina and high-health cards.

This challenge teaches you how to move fast, avoid enemies and be an efficient as possible in surviving and reaching the end ASAP.

Survivor (no healing) build

Do not accept heals, do not heal yourself, survive with only the health you already have. For this build, the only health allowed from others is the temporary health gained when others kill enemies. Or if you want, you can get allies to not equip any card that grants temporary health to teammates.

This challenge teaches you how to position and defend yourself to avoid taking damage, be careful around corners and learn how to evade enemies when surrounded.

Low Ammo (no restocking/buying ammo) build

Do not restock ammo, do not buy or pick up ammo. Survive with only the ammo you have at the start of the mission.

This challenge teaches you how to better and more efficiently use your ammo, aiming properly and targeting weakspots to conserve ammo.

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For all these Challenges, try to complete Acts 1-3 on Veteran difficulty.

They are fun to try and can make the game more challenging and interesting than Nightmare difficulty.

[identity]

They increased the amount of reward, so honestly I don't think there's any reason to play anything but recruit if you want to farm. The games are easy and will finish more often than not. Veteran is more often miss than hit, in my experience - it's where the game really starts to punish players for simple mistakes. Nightmare, good luck with that.

[Reeva!]

Originally posted by Sledge:

Originally posted by Gonger02:

6 hours :)

Somehow this seems impossible unless it's all Veterans and they award a ton of points, and you always won.

Originally posted by Bongo:

Playing normally, I would guess around 50- 60 hours. Speed running the same level over and over again is not my idea of fun.

Yeah, but here I am. Just farming Act 1 Recruits again and again. All totaled the Act grants roughly 500 points over 2 hours time invest (not speed running). With any luck maybe I can get it done if I grind hard over the weekend. I'm up around 90 cards right now.

Do Herald of the Worm 1 and 2 in Act 2, repeat those 2 levels constantly. Just run it and exit, repeat.

[SledgePainter]

Originally posted by Bongo:

Originally posted by Sledge:

Somehow this seems impossible unless it's all Veterans and they award a ton of points, and you always won.


Yeah, but here I am. Just farming Act 1 Recruits again and again. All totaled the Act grants roughly 500 points over 2 hours time invest (not speed running). With any luck maybe I can get it done if I grind hard over the weekend. I'm up around 90 cards right now.

It costs around 20k i think to unlock all the cards. The last supply lines are the expensive appocalypse cosmetic cards too. so maybe 15k to get all gameplay cards. I was also basing my estimate of 500 points per hour on veteran with some failures to unlock every card.

Yes that sounds about right...Veterans time invest is halved makes more sense. I'll be working on it over the weekend. Did try veterans again, this time with randoms, beat one map but damn just can't get much farther. XD