Help test something

[Theo R Cwithin]

Not all cards have an elemental association. If it does, it will have an elemental symbol clearly in the top right of the card. I've attached an example below.

That's just the name of the arena; nothing important.

Got it. Thanks for the info.

 

[jonesy]

Maybe it's just me, but I'm detecting a certain annoying pattern here.

I have a couple of level 4-5 cards, and a small bunch of each of the level 2-3 cards.

Playing against Bored Guardsman and Wandering Trickster doesn't really seem to alter this spread.

Playing against Drunken Cardsharp feels like I have more to lose than to gain, because he can whip out one of those level 10 specials that can't be defeated which then ends up blocking the field, and apparently gives bonuses to the rest of his moves, or something like that (I have no idea what's going on there, but sometimes it's like having one of those leprechaun cards on the table is an instant loss). I can only win engagements against him by playing for cards. In other words, aim not to win, but to flip the best cards I can, so that I'll lose most of mine, and maybe gain one or two of his. And that feels really random, and fatalistic (if that's a word I can use for a card game).

Edit: and when I say here 'win engagements' I mean: have better cards after winning, instead of having worse cards after winning.

Playing against anyone above that feels like a steep uphill battle when most of the cards they field are higher level than me.

In other words, there doesn't seem to be a mid-level opponent there. It's either low level, random blasts of undefeatable cards, or too high level.


(Also, I really hate not being able to pick my initial hand in the higher level matches. I wish there was a way to allow that without it breaking the card collection system.)

I've only played 146 matches (which I'd argue is really low for the game), so I don't yet know how accurate this is.

 

[jonesy]

Want to know what I'd really like? The same game with a bigger playing field.

I don't really know if that's doable. Probably not.

 

[Morrus]

Maybe it's just me, but I'm detecting a certain annoying pattern here.

I have a couple of level 4-5 cards, and a small bunch of each of the level 2-3 cards.

Playing against Bored Guardsman and Wandering Trickster doesn't really seem to alter this spread.

Playing against Drunken Cardsharp feels like I have more to lose than to gain, because he can whip out one of those level 10 specials that can't be defeated which then ends up blocking the field, and apparently gives bonuses to the rest of his moves, or something like that (I have no idea what's going on there, but sometimes it's like having one of those leprechaun cards on the table is an instant loss). I can only win engagements against him by playing for cards. In other words, aim not to win, but to flip the best cards I can, so that I'll lose most of mine, and maybe gain one or two of his. And that feels really random, and fatalistic (if that's a word I can use for a card game).

Edit: and when I say here 'win engagements' I mean: have better cards after winning, instead of having worse cards after winning.

Playing against anyone above that feels like a steep uphill battle when most of the cards they field are higher level than me.

In other words, there doesn't seem to be a mid-level opponent there. It's either low level, random blasts of undefeatable cards, or too high level.


(Also, I really hate not being able to pick my initial hand in the higher level matches. I wish there was a way to allow that without it breaking the card collection system.)

I've only played 146 matches (which I'd argue is really low for the game), so I don't yet know how accurate this is.

Well, bear in mind that I'm learning what the appropriate settings are as we go along. I'm going to constantly tweak them until everything feels right.

My latest job was assigning elements and rarities to cards in the Forest deck, and editing all their names so you could see easily what level, element, and rarity a card is. That took bloody ages!

 

[jonesy]

My latest job was assigning elements and rarities to cards in the Forest deck, and editing all their names so you could see easily what level, element, and rarity a card is. That took bloody ages!

Looks good.

 

[jonesy]

Well, bear in mind that I'm learning what the appropriate settings are as we go along. I'm going to constantly tweak them until everything feels right.

re: the leprechaun card

I just beat and won myself one of them:
http://www.enworld.org/forum/tripletriad.php?do=arena&act=replay&id=1145
I have no idea how or why. It says I invoked the Plus rule? Is the leprechaun considered a 7/7/7/7 card then? Or is it, being a leprechaun, random, and I just got stupendously lucky? In any case, weird card.

 

[Morrus]

The Leprechaun is 7999.

Well done! They're set to very rare, so the chances of you finding a leprechaun in a booster pack of five cards is only 5/1000. On average you'd have to buy 200 booster packs to find one.

 

[jonesy]

Incidentally, if anyone with too much time on their hands wants to design a deck, I'd be happy to include it. Needs about 100 cards per full set.

Just the values, or the art as well? I are not an artiste, but I do have ideas for the former.

 

[Morrus]

Just the values, or the art as well? I are not an artiste, but I do have ideas for the former.

Well, yeah, it needs are.

I'm considering War of the Burning Sky and ZEITGEIST decks, but I don't think we've 100+ colour NPC/monster images for either.

 

[TarionzCousin]

I was disqualified from the first tournament due to time. I signed in but had to wait for my opponent. When he/she signed in, I was out playing D&D!

So I signed up for the second tournament so I can lose fair and square.