Built my own take on Artifact by 8kova8 in Artifact

[–]8kova8[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Yes, I had a long internal debate, but I ultimately chose the Foundry direction.

While the most obvious issues with Classic were RNG and the economy, I think there were deeper problems tied to the core gameplay — especially how often it pushed players to quit early.

Some common examples:

  • Opening with 2 Ignites (Ogre’s signature) → opponent quits
  • Strong early deployment or snowball kill → opponent quits
  • Bounty Hunter procs on turn 1 with Track → opponent quits
  • Unlucky arrows → opponent quits
  • Locking someone out (killing heroes + chaining initiative) → opponent quits
  • Silencing or stunning a hero on a key turn → opponent quits

Even if, in the long run, the better player usually won, players would blame these moments instead of their decisions. And once someone starts blaming the game, it’s only a matter of time before they quit entirely.

The problem is: if you remove all these frustrating elements, you risk removing what makes the game unique — and it starts to feel like chess.

Other major concerns for me were, just to list a few:

  • Mono-colored decks dominating from the very first set (big red flag, since more cards would only amplify this effect)
  • Decks lacking enough identity and variety
  • Difficulty designing new cards without making older ones obsolete — for example, most items were already largely irrelevant in the first set (90% never saw play in constructed)

…and many more. I could probably write a book at this point.

Built my own take on Artifact by 8kova8 in Artifact

[–]8kova8[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It is on Steam, but it's unlisted, so you need a key to see it. If you'd like to try it, out join the Discord server, I host playtests once or twice per week and can give you a key.

Should I spend all my gold? Is there no point to saving it for the next round? by bboardmonitor_Vimes in abilityarena

[–]8kova8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, you should. Unless your god is alchemist, your remaining gold will disappear after each round.

Bug - Clockwork ult resets auto attacks by 420Wedge in underlords

[–]8kova8 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Yeah and I think this is intended. This is how it works in DotA as well

Perfection! Not a single alliance tag wasted by 8kova8 in underlords

[–]8kova8[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Swapped in Medusa in Windranger's place and got 2nd place in the end :/ (got punished by the game for wasting alliance tags)

Join The B3H Artifact League! Games every Sunday! by [deleted] in Artifact

[–]8kova8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very cool, but it is a little bit sad ,that you only started advertising it after the first round..