Thanks to widz for pointing this out to me. Unless OD is essential in the early game then save it for those messy endgames where youre all up in each others bonuses.

Order Delay. Damn elites and their acronyms grumble grumble...

*That said* I'd say if you have an opportunity then just use it and secure the win early. Obviously it depends on the situation.

i usually use OD as soon as i have it, if i am close to fight opponent.

I usually don't use cards unless i have to many to commit my order. then i discard those which look ugly. I like looking at my hand seeing a single card of every kind or the whole hand of the same cards. But playing them? that's lame cheating. NC games FTW

I like looking at my hand

boy , you are not the only one

I preferred my hand with Parov's album cover though..

@Fridge I second that.

I tend to save OD cards but I admit I've never put much thought into them. I just use them when an important move where they would be useful comes along.
Does anyone regularly use two OD cards on the same turn?

Yes, I use 2 cards, when the turn is crucial, and after the turn the match is won or lost.

The clever thing to do is to anticipate when your opponent plays the card - and adjust your moves in that particular turn to that. Often it is best to sit out a delay battle on turn 6 or 11 and then use the card when your opponent doesn't have any means to counter it. Especially useful when you want to kill off that one single territory your opponent is still having near you. Use your op one turn later (or generally when not expected) and that's a check. Using two delay or priority cards at the same time is another common strategy in crucial situations.

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Think one of my recent games vs. Summer is one of the few games I've ever had an opponent drop 3 OD cards on the same turn. I used 2 that turn, and was rather disappointed to see even that wasn't enough to do anything.

that might have been two cards +luck

Nah, it was three cards.

Luck wouldn't factor in, if we both played two it acts as if no one OD'ed.

ie. Who has more delays delays more, rather than it flipping a coin to see whose attacks are delayed.

don't teach me basic mechanics please, captain obvious - if it's the same number of delay moves, then it's first order luck <- that's basically what i meant

Right. So you try and "teach basic mechanics" and that's fine, someone comments on the same thing and you get defensive.

I think I found out noobschool's secret alt, it's the only other player having their period right now.

Lol.

coRektional facility for the criminally insane

like, wow good kid, that was just... damn... Two players in one even...

tried to troll, and got rektified :/

I discard the ones that have +5 on them, no idea what they do since there is only +1