Finding the Right Alliance for You

Finding the Right Alliance for You

All mmo type games include groups of players that join together as a team.  In Marvel War of Heroes they are called Alliances.  Please don't confuse your "team members" with your Alliance. Team members in WoH are just for trading.  You do nothing else as a group like you do with your Alliance mates.  Finding an Alliance is easy.  However finding the right Alliance can be difficult and will take a little extra effort on your part.  In this post I will tell you how to go about finding an Alliance that is the right fit for you. 

I will break the post up into three player categories; beginners, intermediates, and advanced players.

Beginning Players:

If you are new and just started playing Marvel WoH you should join an Alliance, any Alliance, as soon as possible.  Go about this by simply starting your own, the search for Alliance feature, or just accept a random invite.  The random invite is the easiest way to join an Alliance.  Once you hit level 10 or so you will start getting multiple random invites every hour.  Don't worry about the Alliance's member count or level at this point.  Just get yourself in an Alliance.  The reason that you want to be in an Alliance at this point is that both Raid and Shield Training events give not only individual rewards, but also give Alliance rewards.  These rewards will be a valuable stepping stone to increase your silver, strengthen your decks, and you will learn how the group events work so that you know what you are doing during the next similar event.  Stay in your beginners Alliance until you are comfortable with the game mechanics and know that you want to make a small commitment and continue playing the game.

Intermediate Players:

If you are at the point that you feel that you want to increase the value of the cards in your decks and you have at least one or two group event experiences in, then you are an Intermediate Player. Now is the right time to leave your beginners Alliance and find one that is more organized.  The benefits of being in an organized Alliance are huge.  Your alliance mates should help teach you some of the games more advanced mechanics, may help by giving (or trading) you the right cards to finish your decks, and will help you earn more in-game experience at group events.  All of these items are valuable if you want to make the jump from an intermediate player to an advanced player.

Finding a good Alliance at the intermediate level is probably the most difficult of the three.  You may have lucked out and found the right Alliance when you were a beginner (like I did) and then you don't even have to worry about changing Alliances.  But more likely than not, you will want to leave your beginners Alliance and find a new one.  The way that I suggest you go about this is has two parts:

1. Install an Instant Messaging Application to your Mobile Device:  You will want to install an instant messaging application to your mobile device if you want to get into a good intermediate Alliance.  The Marvel WoH Alliance interface is very bad for communication and good communication is the key to be successful at this game.  I recommend that install "Line" by Line Corporation.  Line is the most popular application used by Alliances in Marvel WoH and will open you up to the entire community.  To install Line just go into the Google Play Store or Apple Store, search "Line", and download it.  Set up a user account after you download and you are ready for the second part.
2. Search Online Gaming Forums for Open Alliance Spots:  Like I said above, communication is the key to be successful at this game, and reading through gaming forums is one way that players communicate with the community.  Alliances primarily do all of their recruiting announcements on these forums.  I recommend that you use Neoseeker as your forum of choice.  It is the most widely used forum in Marvel WoH.  So what you want to do is search through all of the forum postings and find one that is relevant to your alliance search.  More likely than not you will be asked to contact an Alliance officer via Line app. Make sure you like the guy(s) you talk to and then join their Alliance.

You will want to stay in your intermediate Alliance for a while.  At least until you master all the elements of the game and have some experience communicating (and trading) on an instant message application.

Advanced Players:

When you have mastered all in-game elements, have acquired at least a UR+ Attack Deck, learned how to communicate with the community with an instant message application, and you are ready to start competing in events to earn SSR and UR base rewards, then you have become an Advanced Player.  You will also probably feel that the guys in your current Alliance just don't compete at the same level as yourself.  Now is the time to get yourself into an advanced Alliance.

People will probably argue with me about the definition of an Advanced Alliance is, but I feel it's any alliance that has some expectations of their members performance in group events.  There are plenty of Advanced Alliances in Marvel WoH and it shouldn't be hard to find yourself one if you are ready and have the decks and game knowledge to back yourself up. The process you want to use to find one is the same as the Intermediate level.  Search through gaming forums and find yourself an alliance that is competitive.  Expect to have a short interview with Alliance Leaders as well.   Also, at this point you have probably been playing for several months and you may be recruited by a friend or former Alliance mate.  You may also have gotten to know other players in other Alliances through trading networks.  Trading network contacts are a great source to get help get you into an advanced Alliance.

Also remember that this is a game, and games are meant to be fun.  If you're having a blast playing with the guys in your alliance you may just want to stay with them even if they are not up to your level.  Many advanced Alliances (specifically the Top 150 Alliances) have strict rules and require their members to achieve certain milestones in group events.  This may not be fun for everybody. Ultimately, you have to decide which Alliance is right for you.