I really like the secret unlock/puzzle aspect of it, even though I ended up not having the patience to avoid spoilers. I accidentally unlocked Tachyon, then I needed to have the others ASAP. I thoroughly enjoyed figuring out ways to unlock the two villains without dying and I agree with Heian above that sometimes I enjoy doing weird games where I don't just try to beat the villain as quickly as possible. Now that I know the kinds of actions that are needed to unlock the promos, I'll probably try harder to unlock them on my own next time, especially if it's a character I really enjoy playing.
For what it's worth, I unlocked Cosmitron a few minutes ago in Insula Primalis. I was using Legacy, SS Tachyon, Haka, Visionary, and AZ. Voss had no cards out other than the the Conqueror, but I knew that the Stalwart was his top card. Sub-Zero Atmosphere caused the Conqueror to attack at the start of turn and I destroyed it using Isothermic Transducer on Voss' turn. Then he played the Stalwart, which I killed on AZ's turn later in the same round. Hope that helps.
I've taken down both ships five different times in Megaopolis (which can be really difficult getting on the board). I had Tachyon with Research Grant and without. Also had her with HUDs and without. Sometimes it was just Voss and the ships, other times there were minons. Destroyed the ships with Taychon, with Wraith, and with Ra, but still did not unlock.
This is one reason I would like for Handlabra to add card tracking and sharing. It would allow for better collaboration.
Should have had the unlock last night, no idea what I did differently that mattered but it worked this time.
Megalopolis
Legacy / Super Science Tachyon / Wraith / Absolute Zero / Haka
No cards out other than the ships. Absolute Zero scored both kills.
Also, 27 points thermal shockwave to kill Voss. If I'd put any more mustard in it, it would have absolutely zeroed Absolute Zero :) Not as silly as the time I took down a full-strength Voss with a single mighty Haka belch.
Looks like the Haka savage mana trick will work for unlocking both cosmic and mad bomber. Just get blood, sweat and tears or the two ships under savage mana and you can dump them which is way easier than trying to get them in play at the same time.
I understand people having preferences on how new content is aquired. However, there will be opportunities to buy new content shortly. There will not be a way to unlock any of Rook City by playing the game, and there isn't a way to purchase the promo cards. I think that works pretty well.
Savage Mana actually worked for me for both. Blood, sweat and tears on accident then the ships on purpose. I actually didn't get the unlock until I dumped them. However if order of destruction matters then I may just have gotten lucky.
I also tried to get them with End of Days (with and without minions) and it didn't unlock.
On a side note, how are you guys getting the killing blows with Haka? Both ships are immune to Melee. If you finished the first one off with Savage Mana, the other would come out... Twist the Ether? Imbued Fire?
Also, Cramped Quarters Combat also makes this significantly less easy.
There is a bug in version 1.1 (iOS) where putting a card under Savage Mana doesn't count for the unlock. It's fixed in version 1.1.1, already available on Android and awaiting review on iOS. There are no other glitches we are aware of =)
Any chance on Handelabra releasing the trigger for unlocking Cosmic Omnitron? I've unlocked it myself along with others but there seems to be some inconsistency on what has to be in place other than the ships
Yeah, still not sure what the extra condition is---I've now also killed both ships in a round in Megalopolis with Tachyon still alive and in play. That time I used End of Days for it, mostly just for fun. Pretty sure I had SST Tachyon's Research Grant and HUD Goggles out that time, though I can't swear to it. If it's the order of the two ships, that might explain it, as I didn't pay attention to that. Though that would seem like a bit of a nit-picky condition to require, so I hope it's not that. I don't even remember which of them is which most of the time.
I did this same setup. Wraith killed both ships same turn with boosted throwing knives. No unlock. Not sure what I might have done wrong. I did have one hero incapacited by that point but not sure what else I might have done wrong
I've destroyed both ships in the same turn, in the same round, with minions out, with no minions out, in different orders, with different heroes in both Megalopolis and Insula Primalis and still nothing. With Tachyon, with SST Tachyon, without Tachyon at all. Starting to get a little frustrated. Also since this update I've gone from crashing to the desktop once maybe every ten games to once every other. Mostly at the new comic style loading screen.
Yeah the comic load screen seems to give my ipad issues. It doesn't crash but the animation is very slow and the start button takes a while to respond.
Can you please send a feedback email from the credits screen about that? It will help us diagnose the issue. In the meantime you can turn off the game intro in the options.
It's only been 2 days since the update, we're not going to publish anything about the conditions that quickly. I will say that the part you're missing has been mentioned in this thread
