Exploit for an easy 100%

[fastflowdaman]

I'll admit I had trouble with this game in the later levels. Seems this is not my type of game.

If you are encountering similar issues with FFF, I'll show you an exploit I found (that I couldn't find anywhere else in the web) that will get you your 100% as well.

 

Edit 24/04/19: Edits and additions are in red color or made visible using strikethrough.

 

 

Step 0

* You should have maxed out all your cards using Uncharted: Golden Abyss, as this is of great help in any case. See any trophy guide.

 

Step 1

* Start any level you want to beat.

 

Step 2

* You'll want to have at least one (preferably low-cost) faction card in your deck that gives you extra faction points each round, preferably an All Player Factions +1 card (Sir Francis Drake [Hero], Esteban the Moor [Mercenary]), but any other Faction +x card (King Solomon [Hero], Queen Elizabeth [Hero], Genghis Khan [Villain], Tamerlane [Villain], Friar Marcos [Mercenary], Marco Polo [Mercenary], T. E. Lawrence [Mercenary]) can be good as well, depending on the rest of the deck you were dealt. This is optional though and not directly related to the exploit.

 

* You'll NEED to have at least one (preferably low-cost) faction card in your deck that lets you deal instant damage to any enemy card of your choice (not to a random target though).

 

These cards are (costs in parentheses):

Eddy Raja (2) [Villain]

Mercenaries (3) [Mercenary]

Blaine (4) [Mercenary]

Mac (5) [Mercenary]

Rameses' Pirates (5) [Mercenary]

Charlie Cutter (6) [Hero]

 

Should you not have any of these guys in your deck, restart the level.

 

Step 3

* Play a card that nets you faction points every round [see spoiler below beforehand]. Place it in a corner and protect it with a defense-up resource card or, if you received a high fortune, but no defense, play an instant banking resource card.

OR

* Strategically place any card you like anywhere (but usually not in the middle where it is likely to be instantly attacked. That depends on the used tactic though). "Strategically" meaning you can enhance the card by placing another card next to it.

As the next card you will be playing in the upcoming round will be the instant damage card mentioned in step 2, it's a good idea to choose a card now that will be enhanced by (or will enhance) the instant damage card later.

* Also a good choice is to pick a card that lets you bank a fortune card every round (Young Drake, Vincent Perez, Gabriel Roman, Archaeologist, Bedouine Horsemen, [Katherine Marlowe]).

 

IN ANY CASE

* Pick a card in such a way that leaves you with enough points to play the instant damage card in the next round (usually round 2 or 3 [see spoiler]). So if it'll be Eddy Raja for instance, you'll need to have at least 2 Villain faction points in round 2. Remember that all your faction points are increased by 1 anyway after each round.

 

When you start a new game, there will already be zero to five enemy cards waiting for you on the playing field. This is of relevance to the exploit, as there need to be at least 2 enemy cards on the field before the exploit can be realized. There are three possibilites:

1) Zero enemy cards on the field. The exploit will be available in round 3.
2) One enemy card on the field. The exploit will be available in round 2.
3) Two or more cards on the field. The exploit is available right from the start of the match. The instant damage card should be played immediately before any other card.

 

Step 4 - Exploit

* Play your instant damage card as soon as there are at least 2 enemy cards on the playing field.

(This depends on the character you are going against and also on the difficulty. During the easier levels in the beginning there won't be any enemy cards present on the field from the very start, so you'll need to wait until round 3 to be able to make use of the exploit. As long as there are less than two enemy cards on the field and it is your turn, repeat step 3. As by now there should be two enemy cards on the playing field,)

The game wants you to pick which of the enemy cards you'll want to attack.

 

* Exit the screen by tapping anywhere on the screen (excluding the command fields that let you attack one of the enemy cards, duh). The game will zoom out again and show the whole overview including your deck.

 

* Tap either your own icon (the one below the playing field) or the enemy's icon (the one above the played cards) to display your or their stats. Tap 'back' (the curved golden arrow in the lower left corner) to leave the stats screen.

Alternatively press the 'pause' button left to the 'help' button, then unpause (lower left corner). [The 'help' button itself (a question mark between the pause button and your stats icon) won't work.]

This is the crucial step enabling the exploit.

 

* The available cards from your hand are now unlocked again. Pick a new card from them of your deck and place it strategically reasonable.

 

* Repeat the stats screen view or pause the game again, tap the now available back button (it's not available in the first stats screen view when starting the exploit), then strategically pick and place another one of your cards until all your spaces are occupied.

Note that you can pick any card that you could afford BEFORE playing the instant damage card.

So let's say you had 7 Villains faction points and played Eddy Raja as the instant damage card which left you with 5 Villains faction points. You'll still be able to play Rameses for 6 Villains faction points as part of this extremely useful exploit, but not Skelzor for 10. (IF Rameses was part of the deck you were dealt, of course).

 

* When you are done and all spaces are occupied, choose the enemy card you want to attack, then finish the round.

 

* By the time one of your cards "dies", you should be able to replace it instantly, especially if you had placed a card mentioned in step 2 giving you faction points every new round at the beginning of the level.

 

* Should you still lose more than 1 card after making use of the exploit in a level, you can repeat the exploit with another instant damage card.

 

 

Using this exploit I was able to reach 100% easily, and so will you.

 

Enjoy!

Edited April 24, 2019 by fastflowdaman
update

[RachelCharlotte]

Thanks for the tip, I will try it if some level proves too annoying. So far I have been relatively lucky.

[tozana]

I completed this four years ago and frankly most missions are perfectly doable. The ones you'll have trouble with are Dillon and Guerro; for these I developed specific tactics which, sadly, are not always possible, depending on the cards you're dealt.

 

By the way, anybody interested in playing this online?

Edited December 2, 2017 by tozana

[tozana]

The exploit works. Just tried it. Incredible. I wonder whether it worked in the online matches and people knew about it. I didn't know about it.

[drewfd]

No exploit needed. This game was pie

[BinkUncia]

This is amazing, thank you so much! I was having alot of trouble with Guerro .

Edited May 7, 2018 by BinkUncia

[MisterMystro]

Man, I can’t get this exploit to work for me.  I’m on the final stretch and this game is killing me.  Just want to get this over with but this exploit doesn’t appear to be working for me :/

 

Edit:  Ended up figuring it out.  This will be a lifesaver to get this game to 100% finally.

Edited April 23, 2019 by MisterMystro

[fastflowdaman]

On 23.4.2019 at 3:11 AM, MisterMystro said:

Man, I can’t get this exploit to work for me.  I’m on the final stretch and this game is killing me.  Just want to get this over with but this exploit doesn’t appear to be working for me :/

 

Edit:  Ended up figuring it out.  This will be a lifesaver to get this game to 100% finally.

 

Please tell me where you struggled in execution or what part of my instructions were unclear so I can adjust them accordingly.

 

Edit: @MisterMystro It works exactly as I described. I updated my post to hopefully make it clearer. Please try it again. - Nevertheless, your method with the pause button works also. Nice find! I added it to the guide.

Edited April 24, 2019 by fastflowdaman
info about update

[MisterMystro]

On 6/17/2017 at 4:25 PM, fastflowdaman said:

* Tap either your own or the enemy's icon to display your or their stats. Tap back to leave the stats screen. This is the crucial step enabling the exploit.

* Pick a new card of your deck and place it strategically reasonable.

 

Yeah, no problem @fastflowdaman.

It’s in Step 4 - Exploit (specifically the quoted section above) where I had the issue.  

 

After tapping back from either the enemy’s or your own icon stats screen, I wasn’t able to select a new card to place down.  

I attempted several times to tap back into any random card stat display screen and than tap back out to see the playing field.  However, each time the option to select a new card would not present itself.  

 

It wasn’t until I would tap to pause the game and than resumed back in that the game would let me select a new card to place down.  The exploit worked every time for me as long I paused the game first, than resumed playing again before trying to place down a new card.

 

Everything else in the guide was executed great and I very much appreciate you making this thread about it!  It’s gonna save me a lot of headache.

Edited April 23, 2019 by MisterMystro
Arguably better grammar?

[Ellieeeeeaeeeeee]

This method works really well. Thank you for the tip!

[sepheroithisgod]

Is this game still available and 100%able?

[HusKy]

3 minutes ago, sepheroithisgod said:

Is this game still available and 100%able?

 

AFAIK, not possible. One of the trophies requires online multiplayer and the servers have been dead for a while now. 

[sepheroithisgod]

4 hours ago, HusKy said:

 

AFAIK, not possible. One of the trophies requires online multiplayer and the servers have been dead for a while now. 

Yeah, that was my guess. Thanks.