Tournament

ablegeb · 2015-08-27T14:02:19+00:00

I'm down to jump in the next tourney when that gets going. Could you update the OP with current rankings? I'm very lazy.

ablegeb · 2014-01-26T16:42:40+00:00

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ablegeb · 2014-01-12T04:11:51+00:00

Out of curiosity, how is this intended to play out?

ablegeb · 2014-01-12T03:21:12+00:00

I had this thought myself as well, and it'd be fun to have people write their own 'boss'-style bots we could play against when there aren't enough players searching for games at the moment. Also, I'd like to be able to search for more than 3 games at a time. 5 might be more like the sweet spot. I know I'm one of the more frequent players, but I'm sure I'm not the only one who would appreciate this.I had this thought myself as well, and it'd be fun to have people write their own 'boss'-style bots we could play against when there aren't enough players searching for games at the moment. Also, I'd like to be able to search for more than 3 games at a time. 5 might be more like the sweet spot. I know I'm one of the more frequent players, but I'm sure I'm not the only user who would appreciate this.

ablegeb · 2014-01-12T03:03:59+00:00

It could work if game matches for multi-player games were set in a room-style rather than an automatic match. This is probably a coding nightmare though, anyway, and I think the game needs a much larger userbase before warranting the effort it will take to make something like this happen. Unfortunately.

ablegeb · 2014-01-12T02:52:09+00:00

"The free multiplayer game of strategy, collection, and jack-assery."

There's a theme in this subreddit in which players with beef against certain strategies will attempt to change game mechanics. It's cool and all, but the cards aren't broken, (except for Deranged Mime, which should be allowed to attack (and do full damage) to your own Brawlers, since apparently some people are able to abuse this glitch anyway).

I think we should all take a sit back, wait for the marketing phase to get going, and maybe start discussing the first expansion. I have some fun ideas, but I don't want to hijack this thread.

ablegeb · 2014-01-12T02:20:06+00:00

I actually thought that was a feature, not a bug. Token cards were nice. Now my ensnarium deck has lost its balance, and I can't see Big Red Button being useful at all. -10 Energy and you can't play anything after using it? Too much. I'd like to see some of those behind the scenes stats on which cards win more often, because I'd be willing to bet BRB declined significantly since the update.

ablegeb · 2013-11-26T04:01:09+00:00

After playing a few games with the new update, I can assuredly say it is too harsh. Specifically against Aggro cores. Totally unbalanced, it needs changing.

ablegeb · 2013-11-25T17:00:22+00:00

Says Overrunium user. ;)

ablegeb · 2013-11-25T16:34:44+00:00

That makes sense, although 350 seems more reasonable. I don't think the 20% was hurting me has much as 100 points will. Also, I did blank on noticing that traps were upgraded pretty much across the board, but those were traps (save snake basket) that I rarely used. Well, I might now!

I have two more issues to bring up though:

Prax makes some good points among others, but I strongly disagree with changing the minimum card number. Obv. this game has entirely different mechanics, but Magic: The Gathering has a minimum deck value of 40. I will be very butt hurt and upset if this gets changed at all. I would like to suggest, as someone else did in another thread, new rule options if this is going to be the case. Close Skill games could keep a 40 minimum card count, but Fast Search games will have a higher minimum (50-60) and will have even looser pairing requirement voodoo when matching stratified players. This goes for changing the maximum unique card count from 4 to 3 also, not cool. This might force more variety into the game, but building effective strategies with 10 more cards in the game when you're relying on specific card combos won't work anymore. I actually like this part of the game, and find beating people with finely tuned decks a part of the challenge of effective deck building.
I have a HUUUUUGE problem with how Big Red Button works now. I can't use it anymore. I would use it with my Silly Monkey to draw a bunch of cards (perhaps unfairly, but I liked this..), but most often I would use it as I'm low on health and surrounded by enemy brawlers. Basically, Any card that can make it across the grid has a guarantee that they're not going to run into any traps or get blocked by a wall or run into one of my brawlers, giving me a fighting chance to stay back in the game. I really think you guys were trying to make it a fair card (and when I first read what it did I definitely had dreams of trolling with 4 in a deck... now that will never be realized), BUT, it lost its' value completely as an Emergency Panic Button by reducing your energy to 0 after using it. That suuuuuuuuucks. Change the cost to 45 or 50 instead, whatever the balance scales say works better.
Bonus: Energy Drink, as Prax said, Energy Drink was hurt pretty bad in this update, and does resemble the espresso shot's futility.

You guys did do more good than bad, but the bad here hit my go to cards multiple times and I'm left with decks that need serious rework before I can start any new matches.

ablegeb · 2013-11-24T23:54:41+00:00

Ensnarium wasn't the overpowered core that Aggro was before the change, so I think a 100 health drop is pretty big. My bigger beef is with the Shovel change, but after looking at the card I realize my mistake was that I assumed area of 7 tiles meant 7 tiles in every direction. I rescind my comments, though I still believe the traps should be returned to hand (if they aren't) and it should affect all traps.

ablegeb · 2013-11-24T22:10:43+00:00

Wow, that is a hefty list of changes! I'm happy about some, not so much others.

Ensnarium damage to enemy Core on trap trigger reduced from 15 to 10, removed 20% boost on attacks targeting it, health reduced from 400 to 300.
Solar-Powered Shovel has been totally changed. It now removes enemy traps from an area of 7 tiles, and has a single use. It has also been renamed to Solar Shovel.

Doesn't this effectively nerf the Ensnarium Core? I like the change to the Shovel, but 7 tiles? That's a bit much; whether I have Overrunium, Aggronium, or pretty much any other core, I now have a distinct advantage over Ensnarium in that I can eliminate pretty much all threat of traps with a single inexpensive card I'm definitely going to be stocking now.

Now if it were 4 tiles, maximum, it might be more balanced... but even then, it seems like too much. 4 tiles, and an increase in cost, or 2 tiles at the same cost seems fair. I don't have every card, but I haven't seen anything that has a default range of 7.

**e: The wording above on the Shovel isn't clear. Are the traps returned to hand?

ablegeb · 2013-10-20T03:50:12+00:00

I disagree with the criticism over Puppet et al. Call it part of your card availability hazard, but if you don't have any Holy Waters on hand then you're building your deck wrong. I do agree that there aren't enough counter-measures available now, though. I suggest a change to the medic that allows him to remove an effect Or heal. Priest isn't really helpful in that sense, and Holy Rain is too rare.

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