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This has happened most of the time I VP. It is the main reason i am still a CC1. What I mean is when you get past the cog round and then everyone teleports out before the cog round! I hate it!
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I sympathize with you. I'm now a Mingler level 11, trying to become a Mr. Hollywood, and I've been through so many losing or abandoned VP battles, I cannot even remember. Over the weekend, I probably went to fight the VP 10 times, and I only won 1 or 2 of them. The others, either I went sad, left between rounds, or alt-f4'd as the last toon standing during the final VP battle.
I think you have to realize that sometimes running is the best option. I've gone sad repeatedly in the VP fight because I stuck around after the first round to try the skelecogs when I KNEW we were in trouble. Usually, the lower-laff toons want to try it, and then they start dropping like flies, especially if they all end up on one side, or if there are only one or two "strong" toons.
Maybe the CCG has some secrets of staying alive that I don't know, but I need a decent mix of toons to win that battle. I feel bad leaving when others want to stay, but I have gotten tired of losing my level 7 gags during these fights.
I feel like a sucker for staying. There's a lot I don't know, but I know what it takes to win a fight with cogs (THANK YOU, toontowncentral.com!). I can do the math, and I know a lot of the strategies that work, and the ones that don't. When you're a 50-something toon, and a 100+ toon tells you to run, I think you ought to listen. That's what I did (of course, if you've already got a high-laff toon, and you're running a new, lower-laff toon, that's different).
Having said that, I DO think that sometimes toons are too eager to run. There have been times when people started leaving, and I thought we had a good chance.
We also shuffle on the gosh-darn elevator WAY too much. The last VP fight I did over the weekend, I was the biggest "suit" on board - normally, not a good sign. I thought, "what the heck, I don't have any level 7 gags left, what have I got to lose?" So I got on and stayed on. No "big suits," but we had a couple 90+ laffers, a couple 100+ laffers (including me), and an assortment of 45-80 laffers.
And we won. Easily. With 3-4 CC's, a telemarketer or two, a glad hander, maybe a mover and shaker, and me, the mingler. To the two Mr. Hollywoods who wouldn't board with us, "Ha Ha!"
Who knew? ;-)
One final thought: I've come to the conclusion that the time of day is important. My last, winning fight was close to 11PM, after all the weekend warriors and kids went to bed, I guess. Or maybe it was just coincidence.