Discussion: Final Patch of 2015

Still insanely good at that price if it functions.

Damn it Sok, you need to remember that worms don't get jack in the way of DMZ!

 

Also, reducing HP on Crypt opens it up to Seism one-shots. 21 is a really important breakpoint.

 

If it is going to cost 80 nora, how about you get rid of some of its random thematic restrictions? No fly or amphibious so much, as champions are paying for that, but racial aspects that are not part of a unit's cost.

 

That's well good and all but what is your basis for these criticisms

 

Except for undead. Its imperative to the games balance drown continues to not affect undead

 

Digging the reskin. IS Minister reskin is 5 nora more expensive than the original.

 

Yeah, I like flavor as much as the next person but I would really prefer not to have flavor restrictions on an 80 nora spell.

Besides most FW champions are so cheap that drowning them is stupid, particularly now. And the ones that aren't tend to hang out in anti-magic areas anyway.

 

I have to say that my two fundamental problem with this is that since you did not apply a blanket nerf to "used frequently in meta deck spells" so it ends up hurting some factions more than others. It feels like this has hit FS harder than other factions, but that may simply be because I play FS more than other factions. The other part of this is simply that some spells are not going to be worth playing no matter what their cost is. Instead it will result in a shift towards using relics or equipment or whatever. It almost feels like you are encouraging that for FS because of the simultaneous nora pearls buff.

Like you recently decreased the cost of the "All Champions get +2 spell reach" spell to 10. That is all fine and good for a correct cost perspective but it does not change the fact that in a slot-restricted game I am not going to waste one of my valuable slots on a sspell that does that. This extends to a lot of the other spells you buffed too. Like a 5 temporary hp spell for a particular theme is mostly just not something that is ever going to be worth running as it is. If you really want to change the spell mix you are going to have to go back and redesign and recode some spells that have effects that are just not that very useful or release new ones that have a comparable power level.

 

Why would you do that? I mean i read your answer "to obfuscate rating for most players" but why? What purpose serves this?
I wanna see my rank even if im 247th..

And while im on it: New rank icons look much worse than the old ones. The rank icons was one thing i really loved about this game BRING BACK THE SKULLS!

But on the other hand i really like what you have done to the game in general. I feel it is much more balanced and it plays better then when i left. That was in 2013..
I like your take on rebalancing stuff, although you killed boost skele 3 I loved my skeles.. now its less exciting.

But anyway im off topic. Just felt that i write something in my first post in years. Just continue your good work. And bring the old rank icons back... and rechange the ranking page..

 

I hate not seeing my rank

 

Sure the ranking page needed some work. I never really got what those singled out ranks for each league, or whatever you call it, should do. Just plain top to bottom. Place 1 to xxxx whatever.
What people disliked about the old icons was that the difference between the "leagues" where pretty minor. "You just get one more blue dot in the upper right" or something was what i heard mostly.
There have been soo many nice icons over the years that you could easily have a completly new/different for each league if you would just get rid of most of them. BUT i dont think this is something i will ever get the way i would do it, so i shouldnt waste your and my time.. Pox still has much larger problems that need your attention.

edit: New icons just look so... i dont really know.. childish? Maybe thats not 100% accurate but i think this game is mostly played by a rather mature audience

 

One thing about that racial is that it is pretty darn cheap for what it does. It gives Amphibious (1 Nora) and Carnivore (6 Nora) no matter what deck it is in and then gives a rank of Multiattack whenever another Snapthooth is within 4 spaces. Let's assume just one rank of Multiattack is given (8 Nora). Murkwater Frenzy is, I believe, 5 Nora. Regardless of your view on the racial, I do think it is undercost for what it does.

 

Eh, snaptooth need their racial to be reworked - no way around it.

Not now necessarily, but before they become more developed.