Cactuar Crate - Path of De'lim Edition

Is Aurora Inspector supposed to have RNG 1? The artwork and the sprite prominently display a bow.

 

Is the name of the expansion Path to De'lim or Path of De'lim? The artwork on the homepage says "to" whereas other places it mentions "of."

 

Ok, constructive criticism:

I think the introduction of new abilities every expansion/mini release is slowly pushing people away from this game, new players and old vets alike.
Don't get me wrong, for the whole 25 people still playing actively, introducing new abilities is not a problem at all because they are so familiar with the other ones that were released recently.
However, for a new player or a person like me, its just impossible to keep up. A lot of the runes from this expansion have some kind of unique ability tacked on them, and while I do appreciate Soks innovative and creative side, I think a more "cleaner" approach on the runes would be the way to go.
So, for example, new/original abilities could be restricted to named runes/legendary/heroes or something.

I am an experienced player, and yet the amount of new abilities being released just made me not want to check the runes, at all. I was "disencouraged" for what I felt was too much for a guy that was just checking things out.

Just my 2 cents, overall good expansion though, good directions being taken towards the game.

 

I like detonate relic.

All the rest of the new abilities seem only stat boost to me. i should re-read with more time tho.
Everyone got new equips and UD got a spell, thats racist.

Impressed by the Arts., may i ask for Wallpapers of the new loading screens?

 

Aurora Inspector seems like pretty much just the best rune ever.
Mobility, pseudo-tankiness, Support, Debuff, AoE damage, Decent base damage, Wizard/warrior..

Verdict of Almara seems like it's going to be crazy strong.

Just my two cents.

 

good job Owls!

 

I do actually agree with this, you can still make interesting champs with old abilities.

 

Just a reminder @Sokolov that this thread exists. http://forums.poxnora.com/index.php?threads/lets-rework-a-classic-smite-enemy.12420/

 

Its true for you and the majority of the people here in the forums. But its better to be safe than sorry. We do not really know whether or not these assumptions of 'New Keywords = Scare New Players' are a wide-spread ideology in new players, or just a biased assumption. It would be hard to measure how 'confusing' or 'scary' these numerous new keywords are for new players. Unless ofc you want to spend time with surveys and stuff, which I think would be a waste of time.

I think you can consolidate 'similar' keywords such as Dragonbark and Tombdrop into a single name, something like "Relic-born". Similar to how you deal with Provision and Empowered.

Relic-born: Dragonbark
Relic-born: Tomb

With each ability explanation different to the others depending on the relic's stats, duration of being a relic etc2.

Just to make it less 'scary' to new players, having a 'Non-Unique' name such as Relic-born would be a boon to newer players who have to familiarize themselves with the many keywords/abilities that are currently in circulation. New players would disregard the 'Dragonbark' and 'Tomb', and would focus on the primary function that is Relic-born = being deployed as a relic first before it turns into a champion.

This can be said to be the same as "Bombs" = fire bomb, acid bomb, etc2. With several abilities being different than the other = Lightning Storm (it would be easier for new players to digest it as Lightning Bomb).

TLDR:
I think dumbingdown the game is an option that should be considered if newer expansions proves inefficient to attract new players.

At least changing keywords/abilities only reduces the flavor of the game, and do not alter the gameplay whatsoever.

 

blinking, flashing "global chat" is distracting while in-game.

 

If the changes to Seal of the Vasahl broke Poisonquill Trap it is then highly likely that Woodland Portal was also broken.

 

Yep, I agree. I was going to edit my post with a qualifier to something of that effect but I got distracted.

That said, I wouldn't have minded a few champions that were made purely with old abilities.

 

Well, then its a matter of how you perceive "a lot". I think that if you are introducing 8 new abilities into the game its already a lot.
I'm honestly saying that on some of these abilities I had to read 2, 3 times to even start grasping how they work. That karmatic thing for example, what the heck.
Point stands that if I, a veteran player, have troubles grasping these new mechanics being released, imagine a guy getting into the game now. Just seem too overwhelming. But since you already acknowledge that, its all good.
Also:
Lol @ that Drain Vitality spell. "Balanced".

 

I am no sure why Arcblade needed a new ability. A lot of special abilities are keyed off the unit's basic attack damage and it seems like you could have done the same thing here.

Also arcblade seems like it might be bugged, but I can't reproduce it. Hrm.. Actually it may be bodyguard related? I am going to do some more testing.


Yeah, Drain Vitality is ridiculous. Both on its own and compared to Devolve which high ranked KF players run in their meta-bgs. I mean seriously? What is up with that?

 

Change frostbite to only affect ememy champs and reduce cost