Hello everybody! This topic is for discussion of Week #38 of our Weekly Card Design Competition. One of the awesome things about this competition is that it gets us all talking about what makes a card balanced, fun, realistic, interesting, unique, innovative, exciting, and more. However, to make sure that everything runs smoothly, we need to reserve the Submission Topic for submissions only. Everything else goes here. What is everything else, you might ask?
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Is it odd enough? Also, it's not a battlecry, so his stats will keep changing.
I like the idea, but my goodness is it hard to understand. I imagine if you submitted it you might lose out on a lot of votes just due to the card being confusing, and unfun to play against.
Is it odd enough? Also, it's not a battlecry, so his stats will keep changing.
I like the idea, but my goodness is it hard to understand. I imagine if you submitted it you might lose out on a lot of votes just due to the card being confusing, and unfun to play against.
And to think I was going to throw in some multiplication. I've also thought of the implications, and with the -1 on the health, he will end up killing himself very quickly, because his health will go down every turn and every other time a minion is played, and it won't go back up. So, maybe I'll take out the -1 on the health and make it +4. Also, the entire point is that it's confusing.
Is it odd enough? Also, it's not a battlecry, so his stats will keep changing.
I like the idea, but my goodness is it hard to understand. I imagine if you submitted it you might lose out on a lot of votes just due to the card being confusing, and unfun to play against.
And to think I was going to throw in some multiplication. I've also thought of the implications, and with the -1 on the health, he will end up killing himself very quickly, because his health will go down every turn and every other time a minion is played, and it won't go back up. So, maybe I'll take out the -1 on the health and make it +4. Also, the entire point is that it's confusing.
I don't think you need the little extra bit about "+ the current turn" in there, the first two are wierd enough :P
Is it odd enough? Also, it's not a battlecry, so his stats will keep changing.
I like the idea, but my goodness is it hard to understand. I imagine if you submitted it you might lose out on a lot of votes just due to the card being confusing, and unfun to play against.
And to think I was going to throw in some multiplication. I've also thought of the implications, and with the -1 on the health, he will end up killing himself very quickly, because his health will go down every turn and every other time a minion is played, and it won't go back up. So, maybe I'll take out the -1 on the health and make it +4. Also, the entire point is that it's confusing.
I don't think you need the little extra bit about "+ the current turn" in there, the first two are wierd enough :P
But there is symmetry in threes! You're probably right, though. The text would look cleaner, too.
Instead of number of charges of your weapon, you should just say your weapon's durability, since that is the actual term.
You should also make sure to specify what's actually going into your hand. As of right now, I'm not 100% sure whether your talking about the weapon, the card drawn, or the card itself.
Instead of number of charges of your weapon, you should just say your weapon's durability, since that is the actual term.
You should also make sure to specify what's actually going into your hand. As of right now, I'm not 100% sure whether your talking about the weapon, the card drawn, or the card itself.
I didn't understand this challenge, I don't understand the "even" and "odd", I know what they mean but I don't understand how it works, I'm confused (english is not my first language).
Here's mine. Anyone have a really elegant way to re-word this so it's less verbose and not lose the word "odd"? I thought about simply writing "At the end of each turn, if the battlefield contains an odd number of minions, even it" or something like that but it'd require too much explanation I think. The problem here is this isn't even really the full impact of what I wanted. It's not "evening" the field as if I have 5 minions and you have 1 it's not odd and nothing happens, and if I have 6 and you have 1 it'll still be 5 to 1 after. I kind of wanted it to just set the battlefield to having minions equal to the lowest number pre-effect (i.e. if I have 7 and you had 4, I sacrifice 3 random minions), but that isn't the "Even" this contest wanted.
In any event it makes cards like Dr. Boom worse as it's likely pushing you into sac range.
Thoughts? I probably should start posting here BEFORE I post but oh well.
What do you think about this one? if your opponent plays "spell - minion - spell - minion -..." he would avoid the effect but thats part of it, also you can play it before his turn 7 if he has odd nomber of cards and he coudlt play flamestrike, because he would need to play a minion before
Here's mine. Anyone have a really elegant way to re-word this so it's less verbose and not lose the word "odd"? I thought about simply writing "At the end of each turn, if the battlefield contains an odd number of minions, even it" or something like that but it'd require too much explanation I think. The problem here is this isn't even really the full impact of what I wanted. It's not "evening" the field as if I have 5 minions and you have 1 it's not odd and nothing happens, and if I have 6 and you have 1 it'll still be 5 to 1 after. I kind of wanted it to just set the battlefield to having minions equal to the lowest number pre-effect (i.e. if I have 7 and you had 4, I sacrifice 3 random minions), but that isn't the "Even" this contest wanted.
In any event it makes cards like Dr. Boom worse as it's likely pushing you into sac range.
Thoughts? I probably should start posting here BEFORE I post but oh well.
I doubt there is a way to tidy this text up. The ability is so specific that it's hard not to lose something important. I would personally rework this card entirely, if you want to keep it at 4 lines.
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Hello everybody! This topic is for discussion of Week #38 of our Weekly Card Design Competition. One of the awesome things about this competition is that it gets us all talking about what makes a card balanced, fun, realistic, interesting, unique, innovative, exciting, and more. However, to make sure that everything runs smoothly, we need to reserve the Submission Topic for submissions only. Everything else goes here. What is everything else, you might ask?
Rules or Process. Do you have a question about the competition's process? Do you need clarification about one of this week's entry requirements? Are you not sure whether your entry adhered to the rules? Ask here!
Feedback or Ideas. Do you have some ideas you'd like to run by others before settling on one? Do you need help balancing or wording your card? Do you need help finding art that will fit your card? Or do you just want feedback from the community on your entry? You're in the right place! Remember, although you are allowed to make minor tweaks to your entry after you've submitted it, you're only allowed one submission per week, so make sure that you've settled on your card for sure beforehand.
Discussion! Do you have thoughts on other people's cards? Are there directions you don't like that you're seeing too many people take? Or directions you'd like to see more people take? Would you like to help others and contribute to a greater community understanding of Hearthstone card design and balance? This is where you want to be!
WARNING:
Please refrain from the following...
Advertising Your Card. This is a new rule during Season 2. Please don't pop in here just to advertise your card only to never be heard from again. This includes only asking short, generic, or insincere questions like "Thoughts?" or "Do you think this is balanced?". Yes, getting feedback on your card is one of the purposes of this topic, but we're not just here for other people to help you. We're here for you all to help each other.
12 hours after this competition begins, there should be plenty of other posts here for you to give specific feedback or for you to comment on a trend. If you post your card for feedback after this time and do not also offer some form of substantial commentary, critique, or praise of others' work, you may find your post deleted.
Plagiarism. Many people post their ideas here before finalizing them in the submission topic. Directly plagiarizing those ideas to post in the submission topic yourself is absolutely not acceptable.
So, without further ado, have fun and get creating!
Okay, here's my idea:
Is it odd enough? Also, it's not a battlecry, so his stats will keep changing.
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I like the idea, but my goodness is it hard to understand. I imagine if you submitted it you might lose out on a lot of votes just due to the card being confusing, and unfun to play against.
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Here is my submission for this week's contest. I'd like to hear what you guys think about this one. :)
Here's my idea! It's kind of a mix between Thaurissan and Mistcaller(and math, i guess). It's also pretty good at EVENING the ODDS...hehe...sorry...
I wasn't sure how to balance it stat-wise so i just gave it Mistcaller stats. Opinions?
And to think I was going to throw in some multiplication. I've also thought of the implications, and with the -1 on the health, he will end up killing himself very quickly, because his health will go down every turn and every other time a minion is played, and it won't go back up. So, maybe I'll take out the -1 on the health and make it +4. Also, the entire point is that it's confusing.
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I would say it is just a worse Deadly Shot. I would reccomend reducing it to 2 mana.
@carefree_bg: Honestly, it should cost 2. It's like a more restrictive Deadly Shot.
@StormKeyblader: Make all odd cards even, I like it. I think you balanced it correctly, good work
I don't think you need the little extra bit about "+ the current turn" in there, the first two are wierd enough :P
But there is symmetry in threes! You're probably right, though. The text would look cleaner, too.
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Costed correctly?
Instead of number of charges of your weapon, you should just say your weapon's durability, since that is the actual term.
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You should also make sure to specify what's actually going into your hand. As of right now, I'm not 100% sure whether your talking about the weapon, the card drawn, or the card itself.
Gah. Thank you.
I was worried about that. Thank you.
I didn't understand this challenge, I don't understand the "even" and "odd", I know what they mean but I don't understand how it works, I'm confused (english is not my first language).
Maybe... nah nah nah nah
This time I had trouble coming up with something that was simple enough to fit in the text, while also being interesting.
Which of these three concepts should I go for?
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Here's mine. Anyone have a really elegant way to re-word this so it's less verbose and not lose the word "odd"? I thought about simply writing "At the end of each turn, if the battlefield contains an odd number of minions, even it" or something like that but it'd require too much explanation I think. The problem here is this isn't even really the full impact of what I wanted. It's not "evening" the field as if I have 5 minions and you have 1 it's not odd and nothing happens, and if I have 6 and you have 1 it'll still be 5 to 1 after. I kind of wanted it to just set the battlefield to having minions equal to the lowest number pre-effect (i.e. if I have 7 and you had 4, I sacrifice 3 random minions), but that isn't the "Even" this contest wanted.
In any event it makes cards like Dr. Boom worse as it's likely pushing you into sac range.
Thoughts? I probably should start posting here BEFORE I post but oh well.
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What do you think about this one? if your opponent plays "spell - minion - spell - minion -..." he would avoid the effect but thats part of it, also you can play it before his turn 7 if he has odd nomber of cards and he coudlt play flamestrike, because he would need to play a minion before
I doubt there is a way to tidy this text up. The ability is so specific that it's hard not to lose something important. I would personally rework this card entirely, if you want to keep it at 4 lines.
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