Talk:Captain America VS Red Skull/@comment-67.10.171.185-20130322002744/@comment-6764841-20130322004836

There are probably several things contributing to your concerns.

1.  If you are new to the game, you probably don't have many (or any) of the raid event cards. The "Raider Cards" section above shows how much extra damage they do. Since the amount of raid rating you acquire during each encounter is determined by the damage you do to the boss, you are at a disadvantage for this particular event. *Don't stress though, whatever rewards you receive from this and later events may help in future events*

2.  I kind of hit on this above, but since damage determines how much rating you get, attacking with 1 RDS gives a minimal amount of rating. The "Raid Deployment Strength" section shows that attacking with 1 RDS deals 3x your deck's damage, using 3 RDS deals 12x (as opposed to 9x from three separate 1RDS attacks), and using 6 RDS deals 30x (as opposed to 18x from six separate 1RDS attacks).

3.  Since you don't have a bunch of raid strength, you are probably not killing off many bosses. Each boss you personally kill yields you 2 RDS bars to recharge your RDS gauge and attack more often.

4.  Lastly, if you are not claiming your rewards, the raid ratings that you have earned from attacking those unclaimed bosses is not being counted towards your total. Claim all available rewards and your current tally will be more accurate.

...So what can you do? You might try changing your strategy a bit. See if you can kill off some bosses to get more rating, some RDS bars, and more shards (you get a small bonus reward for dealing a final strike).

Since you won't likely get too high in the rankings in this event (no worries...you can't really expect to be number 1 your first outing), you could try attacking high level bosses (if they are available to you from others) with 1 RDS if they already have their body parts broken. You will automatically receive a shard bonus for hitting a defenseless boss, and you get more shards from doing this to higher level bosses. This particular reward does not increase with more damage, so don't ping a large boss with a 6RDS attack if you have no hope of killing it.

I'm sure I'm missing some good pointers here, but hopefully this gives you a better understanding of what is going on and what you can hope for in this event. My first event I focused on shard gathering because collecting a bunch of rally points and silver from them was what I really needed just starting out. Silver is easier to come by during raid events than at any other time.