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Thanks for the responses!
I was also thinking the minions you play could be on the 'back' of minions, so to speak, and they'd switch after attacking, but that seems too complex to me. If this seems too unrealistic I might have to come up with something else.
Either way, I'll be coming with another iteration shortly.
More importantly, onto other classes! I'm just going to go backwards to page 8. Keep posting stuff so I can look it over!
This all feels really solid to me; everything fits together well. I will say the trade-off with that is there doesn't seem to be a lot of variation. I've noticed almost every card has 'damage' somewhere in it. Granted, they all make different uses of it. It could be fine to be very focused in one area, as everything does feel like it works and is the central theme. It is really nice overall.
For the keyword, I would personally say the second version of Fresh Blood is the one. I do like Death's Door and think it's fine being simple and not totally brand new since it's very cohesive with the class, the second Fresh Blood seems like a condition that isn't really in the game and feels more in line with things like Combo.
I like the sample cards; I'm particularly partial to anything with Hero Power synergy. I will say the Death's Door Swamp Healer feels better to me than the Fresh Blood one. I'm not sure if there's some in between that can be found; it's up to you either way. I feel like Bloodflame Bolt takes a little bit of thinking for balance, but the balance is good. And I really like Fiery Blood, awesome card. I will say the legendary feels a little unimpressive in line with the other cards, it just feels a little predictable or redundant with the other cards you're showing although the card itself is totally fine.
I like the theme of this class. It seems nice aesthetically. The Hero Power feels solid, and I like the keyword. It adds another dimension to already existing tribal synergies as well as just the plays you can make with other cards. New Innovation feels a little bit too close to the most recent direction of Warlock to me, however. I realize there's nothing quite like it, but you might want to be cautious of not getting to close to other classes. Replicable Results feels like it could enable a combo that might be too strong but there isn't really anything that comes to mind right now, just watch out for that. I like Labratory Guard's synergy with the Hero Power, but I don't feel like attacking again is suggested to be something that works so well with the fantasy or overall gameplay of the class. I'm a little unsure. The rest of the sample cards feel solid to me; simple enough but the give a good idea of what the class is supposed to be.
I like the idea of making a tinker-sapper combination. I do have a slight problem with the Hero Power in that I feel like it's a little weak in its current state, but buffing it any would probably make it too strong. It's probably fine as it is, and I do like that there a specific outcomes (the description makes it a lot easier to understand) but it doesn't feel like the smoothest thing to me. I realize you've included cards like Fireworks and Kaboom! to give a good idea of the class, and they do, but I wouldn't go for them as sample cards. I do like that they do have slight differences from existing cards though. Parcel Bomb I absolutely love and think is a perfect card to show multiple aspects of the class. Homing Missile is a really good direction for controlled RNG; there are obviously multiple ways to go, and I like what you've done for this class particularly. I like the effect of Salvage, though I think the flavor could be used for a different card, and although it should technically be balanced, I'd suggest making it closer to Holy Fire since it is a swing of 10 Health effectively. Shockwave is really cool, but it's currently a weaker Powershot I think 2 mana would be fine. Short Fuse is beautiful, but I wish it had a different condition. Of course it's weaker if it only goes of later in the turn, I'm just not really a fan of it not really being a Secret, like Competitive Spirit. And finally, I like Jani, I think the description is super important, but more than that, I feel like this is a kind of effect -- any form of mana usage -- that you could consider just being an overall theme for the class. I feel like that fits the kind of salvaging fantasy that really makes sense to me.
I think this class is really pretty, lol. Kind of a weird descriptor but it's something I value. The class really does just feel solid to me. It's a good interpretation of what a Lich class would look like. And I do feel like Lich is the best description; Necromancer doesn't feel mage-y enough to me, though technically that is what it is I guess. All the cards here seem good to me. I like the Baroness and Dark Resurgence. Freezing Blast may feel like it could be a little more, but really it is balanced.
An Archaelogist doesn't seem like the easiest premise to base a class around based on what previous HS expansions have shown us, so I think you've done a particularly good job of making something so unique. Playing with Armor and Durability is something so simple yet we haven't seen a whole lot done with it at all, so that's all really clever. I wasn't honestly expecting a whole lot but the design of these cards are really just super impressive to me. Divvy Digger stacking deathrattles is super cool. Decay could have been something so uninteresting or clunky even but Timesnipper provides something that's just so mechanically sound. I really can't say a whole lot for the sample cards you have, they kind of cover everything you'd want. Maybe you'd want to look toward expanding on the basic areas of the class like general design strengths and weaknesses, since these are all more of the cool or flashy things you'd be able to do that all are kind of focused in one area.
I like you've got some good ideas here. I think the Hero Power fits well. I'm not really sure how Puzzle would fit with the rules, if you were to incorporate it into a keyword or something, but I don't see any cards here that generate it anyway. I really like Interrogation. It does something unique and is a cool way to gain information on your opponent, although it is significantly weaker against zoo type decks. I would dare say it might be able to be 4-5 mana even. And I don't think you need to show off the Sword if you are showing this card. Inquiring Explorer is simple and straightforward and that's not a bad thing; it's really what the class is about. I think Jackpot Machine is brilliant but I think the balance is off. Giving your opponent a bunch of coins is a way bigger downside for you than burning a card is for them, in my opinion. I would recommend either upping the damage or decreasing the mana by a lot. Cards like Naturalizehave a tendency to value giving your opponent resource much higher. For the newer cards, I really like Flying Machine and Lurking Presence. I would recommend having those are part of your 5, but still it's your choice. I also think Flying Machine might be a little too strong as it can give you a lot of value. It could probably afford just being a 1/3 in my opinion.
You have a lot of ideas here. I think others have said the same of being careful of attacking and armor being the focuses where Druid already has those, but the direction you're taking seems to be unique enough in having direct armor gain, and in bursts with manipulation, etc. Just be sure to keep that going to really make it feel like its own unique class. I think balance should be a concern because I see you have a few cards like Parry being stronger than Moonfire, or Training being card draw for 1 mana with no condition. I would say the 4/7 Ice Crawler is probably better since Freezing your hero in general shouldn't be a huge drawback, though for this class it would be more than in others. Either way it requires you to plan out your turn, which is always nice design. Overall you have nice designs, it's mostly just balance that could be tweaked.
I really love the theme of astronomy in general so of course I'm pretty drawn to this class. I like the strategy of having RNG that's controlled by gaze, I think that's really smart. I think gaze might be stronger if you made it so that all random effects targeted the minion rather than the next, but this would mostly be for Sera, where this now is the case (I do like the first the best) and you seem to be pretty far in the set design, doing nice things with it like Endless Curiosity, so you're making it work. I do feel like there is more that we could be seeing from the class; good to see the planning ahead cards, secrets, random buffs, and the random attacks are also a smart direction.
My personal choices for example cards would be:
I like the direction of this class a lot. I think it really fulfills the fantasy you're going for and honestly maybe just seeing more cards would give a better set of 5, though you can definitely pick anything from what you've got so far.
You definitely have a cool-feeling class here. I'dd say it's important to keep positioning as a theme rather than a gimmick. I think cards like Char do this well for example. The combination of fiery and icy spells feel solid to me as well. I'm sure it's been asked, but does Split the Ground remove the middle position from the battlefield? Otherwise is one side with 3 minions and the other with 4? Also I would agree Purge of Flames should be a classic card. There's certainly a wealth of options here, it looks like you have a lot figured out, and it does feel like a Battlemage to me, with weapons and spells being so prominent.
For the discard ideas, I think there's an advantage to going in favor of either spell or minion since that would promote both spell-heavy decks, minion-heavy decks or either with a discard theme. You might want to consider having two different effects depending on if the discarded card was a spell or minion, although that might get a little wordy. I feel like either case would still promote these three different kinds of decks. Really simple way to give a lot of deck diversity, I think it's something you could easily expand upon. Other than that I think you could show off more card generation, or just showing off a card that draws (possibly from the top/bottom of your deck since that's something pretty neat you have going on) to show more synergy with Script
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Whew, so many posts already! I'm gonna try to go over everyone else's posts/bumps in a bit, I just want to make sure I get down what I have at the moment so I can build upon my own stuff.
The Sage
This class is a sort of assassin that focuses on weaker spells for damage (cheap spells overall), playing a lot of minions, and modifying Attack and Health values to manipulate the battlefield. Some of the ideas I'm considering for this phase are older, and some are newer; I came up with the keyword (which I'm sure has been done, but it fits the synergy of the class) last night, and only finalized the hero power just now.
Anyway, the keyword:
A strong theme is combat, and you can take advantage of this with changing Attack values.
Or alternatively
And the basic cards I'm considering:
(ignore the fact I forgot the border on the taunt minion)
So, I don't know. I'd like to hear some opinions, dunno if this is a good selection of basic cards, or how the class seems overall. Thanks.
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I like the idea but I don't think the theme really holds up in its current state. Small thing as well, I think a better phrasing for the reward would but "costs (2) but (1) less for..." Mechanically it is really interesting. The way the reward enters your hand seems kinda clunky but I don't think there's a much better workaround than the current iteration.
Out of these I think Shadow Codex is the most interesting, with the interaction of the original card and copy.
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Just something I quickly came up with:
Any thoughts?
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Er... was the Hall of Fame part necessary? Because I just realized I forgot to include it in my submission.
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Hello, and welcome to
The Year of the Salamander
The salamander is an amphibious beast of the forest, known in olden days for appearing from fires, as they would live in rotting wood, from which they would escape when used as firewood. This year touches on all that, the fire, the water, the hearth, the woods, as we journey to the different places and events Azeroth has to offer us!
Moving to the Hall of Fame:
Questing Adventurer Gadgetzan Auctioneer Divine Favor
Although I actually think Gadgetzan Auctioneer could create unique decks for other classes, I plan on adding a lot of coins and that sort, which makes this card a large design constraint. The same goes for Questing Adventurer. Divine Favor is a huge source of card draw that holds back a lot of Paladin's potential because of how easy it allows them to 'reload'
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The Firelord's Call
THE FIRST EXPANSION
To start of the year, Ragnaros once again returns, scouring Black Rock mountain, since the original adventure left us with only so much, and there is much more to Hearthstone now! Featuring all new sorts of Elemental support, as well as full-on and focussed Dragon synergy, the likes of which have never been so prevalent since their introduction. With the power of the dragonflights and perhaps some of Nefarion's chromatic experimentation, the expansion features all new mechanics, like syngery based on class-specific cards.
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Summer in Booty Bay
The Second Expansion
Every summer, Azeroth observes the Midsummer Fire Festival, with great bonfires, torch tossing, and plenty of fun summer activities, to end it all with a fireworks display most prominently on Booty Bay. And where else better to enjoy the summer weather? This expansion features two new keywords: Resurgent and Bounty !
With so much by the water, a whole lot floats around, sinks down and bounces about. Resurgent cards have gotten a bit too waterlogged, they need to be played twice to stick on the board. This can be a good thing though, as it can let you pay some mana upfront and get the card cheaper later, or if it has a battlecry , you can activate that battlecry twice, maybe with different targets in mind the second time around. And of course, Booty Bay is notorious for its Bounties . During the Fire Festival, there there are so many treasures to be found. Some cards will allow you to uncover these goods if you can put the pieces together — simply play two cards that Cost the same in a row, and you'll unlock these Bounties ! It can be chained further too, any other cards of the same Cost counts as well, as long as it's one after the other. The two keywords happen to work particularly well together, indeed!
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Tales from the Wildhammers
The Third Expansion
Finally, we return to the calm of the woods. Here are the quaint Wildhammer Clan, the stormy dwarves who live for the highlands and the open air. Sit by their hearth, as they tell you of the legends and folklore of heroic battles years ago. Perhaps you yourself may be a bit inspired too. With this expansion, you can modify your Hero Power to give it additional effects. Alone they may not do much, but as you build up your tale, you can be a mighty powerful hero who can change the tide of battle with your unique ability. But the highlands are vast, filled with adventurers, and your party will need to slow down at parts. Take the time to Rest , a new keyword that will end your turn when you play it, so like your hero power, your timing and order is critical.
Any minions you control who could have attacked will instead Rest as well, by going dormant for one turn. This is the same state seen from other cards, and while it is strong, you must forego attacking, and you won't be able to interact with your dormant minions since your turn will end. With the struggle of factions from Alterac Valley to the Arathi Basin, your plan of attack must be strategized to gain the edge of battle.
And that concludes my year! I hope you enjoy.
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Quick update of what I'm thinking of for reworking my Rest keyword:
So for instance
This should make it more immediate and actually feel like it does something. It's way more powerful, like a strong Conceal but there is a trade off. Unsure if the power is reasonable though.
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Barren Wildlands has a really good sense regarding flavor, and the example cards show it. One thing to look out for is that it doesn't give as great a notion as to what is in store for the expansion as the other two do. Independently the cards are interesting, they just feel like there isn't so much context supporting them mechanically speaking. I don't think anything about the cards need to change though. Without thinking too hard about it, Echeyakee seems strong, but on a 6-drop legendary kind of level. Also worth noting is it promotes Recruit in general more than the 'big' kind of recruit hunter has right now. If there's anything terribly broken from 3- beasts, there's always HoF too. Duelist is a really inspired design, I feel. Potentially very strong but Gargoyle is reasonable. It does a good job of being simplistic enough yet in the combination of the two mechanics, pretty unique. Gnomish Gunner seems a little to strong to me, looking at Primordial Drake. The Ignores Taunt part, however feels new enough for it to be an interesting example. Lastly, I'm for the idea of switching up class keywords for an expansion, I think in places it actually adds flavor especially concerning Heroes whose class isn't entirely what they're repping (Tyrande, Maeiv). Other classes of course also have ample opportunities to make use of these, like the Zalandari Bishop shows. I could see this putting some people off, as it does kind of break rules, but I mean, that's kind of what's happened in every Year of the Mammoth xpac. I don't know if it was part of the wording issue you mentioned, but I think it's fine to not start a new line for Combo. As well I feel like you could show something else off rather than two cards with switched up keywords, just an idea. The cards themselves are all pretty interesting I just feel like we could do with seeing a little more.
I think Crewman is a solid idea that works elegantly with the vessel idea. However, it is a keyword that depends on you having a specific legendary in your deck, and I haven't seen it mentioned, so I think it would be important if as part of the set players would be given a vessel, like with Death Knights or more equivocally C'Thun. The Rogue card is good for an example, but I don't think it's particularly strong enough for the condition. It might be a consideration to lower the swing as well, i.e. more base Attack and less bonus Attack, unless of course Crewman is supposed to be that level of a bonus in which case maybe just a slight buff. Up to you. The Vessel idea is coming along really nicely, all the information you've put down on it does it well.
I really like the idea of Assemble, but I'm not as convinced on the available choices. Since you only pick three, a pool of four to choose from seems kinda strange; it would be rather unlucky if you're looking for a specific one and it's the only one that doesn't show up. In general I think you could have a slightly larger selection, like adapt, though not necessarily as many choices. The available effects are similar enough that the RNG should still feel fair in the current case, so that's well done. There's a lot of good thematic stuff going on with all the mechanics and I think you have a lot of balanced and interesting examples. I think the wording for the mage spell could simply be "Deal 1 damage for each spell..." it does the same thing: if you've cast none, it deals 0 damage. Overall I think everything looks pretty solid, maybe just make sure the first two expansions are feel different enough from each other to justify their own set -- it looks like that's on track as is.
I think the tooltip for Iterate is a clear and consistent with the rest as it can be. I think your legendary gives a good sense as to the build up and power of the mechanic, without having to show other ones. For what it's worth, I didn't even see the short description in the spoiler the first time over. For the spells, personally I feel like druid has the most unique one right now. It's pretty interesting to me, and it makes you think.
Sorry this was all rather brief, I am trying to get everything together myself but I'll still be going over everything as always.
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Here's an update:
Year of the Salamander
The Firelord's Call
(other fancy titles coming... hopefully)
This expansion brings us to the Firelands, back to Blackrock to expand upon the adventure since Hearthstone's got a lot of new stuff since its release. There will be plenty of Dragons, as well as Elemental synergy now that it's been implemented. There are no new Keywords (hey, Old Gods didn't have any...) but new mechanics as a focus on top of the reiterated tribal synergy. Particularly there will be synergy with Class-specific cards, in light of Nefarion's chromatic experimentation, or just simply the different Dragonflights. My examples:
The idea here is the show the new mechanics from Ysera, the Dreamer, and kind of Dragon stuff. The stats have been upped for fringe cases (also supports the theory of Reno Jackson secretly being dragon), but I kept the same wording as several classes will have similar things going, and there are Neutral counters such as The Darkness. As well I want to make it a point across the whole Year to shore up different archetypes for classes that tend to fall off and get forgotten without sturdy support.
Potential alternate to Molten Core:
This shows off Elemental synergy as well as support for Battlecry Shaman decks.
Something Something Booty Bay Summer
Working on the title... a lot of people are going for this location, but the focus here is more on the Summer theme than anything (hence it being the summer expansion, also the previous would be April, like BRM). The expansion brings two(!) new keywords:
Basically, Resurgent cards 'bounce' back to your hand when you first try to play one, and then it will no longer have the Keyword. I'm not sure if I should reword the tooltip. The power of this is that you can bank mana, paying more for it before to get a cheaper card later (like Primordial Glyph) and notably, Battlecries will activate each time they are played, so you get to have the battlecry twice, and in some cases target multiple characters which no card currently allows, yet this would still be consistent with that.
Bounty I haven't introduced before. I have reworked the effect a lot since I came up with it, and as a result I'm not certain that the flavor is still there, but I have yet to come up with a more fitting word. With Bounty you can get potentially significant value if you are able to play two cards with the same Cost consecutively. And this is every two cards, so playing three cards with the same Cost, one after the other, would activate any Bounties twice. This synergizes particularly well with Resurgent, since you can activate any Bounty by playing one Resurgent card twice.
The cards:
Sunken Blade has a lot of different things going on. The point of it exemplifying Resurgent is basically in it having a lot of different uses. I think it's best to just let it sink in (haha). Dancing Flame (where's the purple?) I think provides more of a sense of the Summer-y theme, going of off the Brazier of the Dancing Flame, from WoW's Midsummer Fire Festival — speaking of, this is why it's not an Elemental, but if people feel like it should be, that's a change I can make. Although in this instance, Bounty does not make as much thematic sense.
Other Bounty cards:
Tales from the Wildhammers(/Wildhammer Clan?)
I just want the abbreviation to be TFW, to be honest.Sleep has since been totally just scrapped I wasn't really sure where to go with Rest, but for now I think I'm just going to stick with it.There's a lot I could do about this. I was considering them just not being keywords (i.e. one card having 'Your turn ends' and another having '...every minion that did not attack last turn...') but I think it's mechanically unique enough to justify it. I'm not sure if they could have clearer wording—Rested is simply just a Status effect that doesn't affect anything other than cards that will have effects based on Rested minions. effect. Rest makes it so that the order of your turn must be particular, and as well if you choose not to attack with a minion, you could get a bonus on the following turn.
On top of these I'm thinking on emphasizing Hero Power synergy, outside of Inspire effects (probably), rather building upon your Hero Power. This would hopefully give slower decks a win condition beyond using their Death Knight cards, or really just a reason not to play them—having alternatives is nice. As well I was thinking of adding more Quests just for some mechanical diversity, or just interesting stuff, building upon other things, like Hagatha. I'm not sure if there's much point in bringing this up, however, since I would not be able to showcase one.
Current examples:
Counting Sheep is now a hunter card, cause sheep, duh. Really thought, it was mentioned it's a good way to give hunters draw since they lack it, but it doesn't give it out for free. I was going to remove Rest from the card and only have the Rested synergy, but I still think it would be best to have a card with both on it. Hopefully the balance is there. I was also looking at having it be "minions that Rested last turn" but I'm not sure how clear that was, and there is a mechanical difference.
Aerie Mountaineer is what I'm thinking about when I say building upon your Hero Power. Some cards would have kind of an aura effect, adding something passive to your Hero Power, but it is still mechanically different as once you activate your HP any passives wouldn't apply until the next turn, and of course your Hero Power can be replaced.
So this is mostly what I'm thinking of right now, please any thoughts. Thanks for everything that's been said so far, it has really shaped where I am taking this, and of course I'll be still looking at what you guys are posting.
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Resurgent has the battlecry go off both times, I think there's some more explanation I need to do for the mechanic. The expansion watermarks come from Hearthcards.net, next to the box for card text you'll see it has the Classic set Swirl. If you click on that and go all the way to the bottom of the list, there are a bunch of custom watermarks that you can use for your cards.
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You've really done a great job going into the description for everything. I imagine with the images it would be a lot more digestible, and make the story bits stand out more prominently. As of now they flow into the revelation of the cards very well. Something you might want to be careful of is the thematic similarity between the first two expansions. The mechanics are different enough, but it's important to be able to tell one card comes from one expansion vs the other. I don't know if you plan on the Orc tag being retroactively applied, for instance Warsong Commander would have it, when the syngery seems pretty specific and unique to your expansion, as well as Orcs being a pretty big race in general. If it's not the case, I would suggest something like "Chaos Orc" which goes well with the theme of them having drank the blood. I would say all your example cards seem simple enough, and give a good idea of the value of these effects. This may be an instance of there not yet being images, but some of the class cards don't feel particularly connected to their class, except for the mechanics of the card. Sometimes it's enough, but it's something to think about. I like the flavor of the third expansion. It feels like a good direction behind the other two expansions. And finally, on the choice of Orc for the year's 'animal', I don't really have a problem with it, but if you're looking for other suggestions you could have an animal tied closely to orcs, such as kodos or dire wolves. I'd like to see how this turns out with everything finalized.
Nice job connecting everything to your animal. I think the first expansion has a lot going for it thematically, to support its lack of a keyword (which is totally fine, a good thing even imo). I would say make sure the specific mechanics, like positioning, get enough support. Your example cards reflect this. I like both of them and I think they give a good idea of what's coming. You may want to consider talking about them briefly just because I feel like the use of their abilities could be easy to miss. Diving is cool, good examples. And I think the little blurb about the theme of the expansion goes a long way considering both example cards show off the keyword in its two uses. I would say Hammerhead could be a 5/5 because of its condition. Hero cards from a different time — very cool, although Hero cards technically break the no unique tokens rule, with their Hero Power. I think it would be fine to just mention your plan with them and how fate could be used with them as well as minions, since your other example also shows Fate/Future. Also, it was not immediately clear to me that Charge was significant on the Apprentice because Future means they transform. It's clear enough in the description, but maybe a little reiteration here after the cards are shown. Overall some really neat mechanics and a good diversity of plans.
The Dark Portal is pretty iconic, but as mentioned it feels a little to close to what's already in the game. Since the effect is repeated and the thing's permanent I imagine the deck would look different as you'd want more demons, but if you don't have plans for changing it maybe just touch a little on it since I think most people will have that association. That being said, I don't personally feel like the structure you had before was a bad example; it gave a good idea of the power level which I think for something as unique as structures is particularly important to show. Coming out with the big flashier example might not have the same effect, even though it's scaled appropriately.
A Chimaera's pretty clever, although I'm compelled to point out that chimaeras in WoW are kinda different. Not a huge deal. I think Weathers are a good direction of aura effects, seeing as the implementation could go in any of many ways. I'm not sure if it's mentioned, but does on cancel the other? As for the examples, Hailmaker does a good job showing the value, although it is specific to the three turns as well as Hail. I don't think the power level is something that's critical to display in this case. I like that Weather Wrecker actually has subtle synergy with weather effects. War/Peace is a cool duality effect. I think Border Patrol is actually a really strong example in this case to suggest its use is more "what do I need in this match-up?" vs "I want to play a peace deck," if that makes any sense. Just shores up what could make a big difference in the design of the keyword. Cervidae looks like good value, makes sense thematically as well as mechanically. But not a beast? Goldshire is a fun idea. There are a couple of ways I think you could go about selling it. It might just be me but bringing up the Overwatch connection puts it a little out of place, rather than something like the two movie titles and being able to go "I see what you're doing." Kind of a small thing, totally up to you guys. Script works out well for something that could easily have been too complex. And the example shows it well — it seems really, really strong.
Maybe it even makes Savagery work.Both examples show Worgens! I don't know if that's an issue, but it might make the theme a little unclear. And as pointed out, the first thing I thought of with Sharpshooter was Explosive Trap. If it gets spell damage on play, it might be something to clarify, thought this also kind telecasts what secret you just played, unless non-damaging spells aren't affected. Also, I'm impressed by the use of the Alliance watermark. Looks like a good collaborative effort, the thought behind everything shows.0
Just a few quick things
I think this is a really cool mechanic, the flavor works well with the mechanics and I think the trade-off in power is pretty exciting. Something that is a concern is that these all require you to have other legendary minions -- which Hearthstone has only done in cases where you're guaranteed to have them: C'Thun, and Stalagg and Feugen. It would feel pretty bad to open one of these, and not have the respective legendary or even epic in the priest case. Also, I think it's good that they still do something in case something happens to either of them, but it seems like a bit much right now considering you don't get them if you do have the ritual. I think they could be closer to some combo cards in this respect.
Welcome to the club! You've got some pretty solid concepts for your expansions. Relentless is pretty unique considering how there are effects close to it but nothing quite exactly like it. I think the tooltip box for it could be condensed, for instance maybe something like 'if the enemy minion this attacks survives' and it could end with 'do something' like battlecry or deathrattle. Freya still seems a little weak to me, compared to Darkscale Healer, you pay 1 more for more healing and it to be repeated, but it has protocol. Do whatever with it, I just think it could be just a little stronger. Naj'entus seems good, the wording is clear but it feels like it could still be condensed in someway, maybe closer to Cave Hydra. Really cool effect though, that's pretty clever. I like the theme of Shattrath Preserver, it feels really fitting in pretty much every way. I would also say it could use a slight buff however. It should be relatively easy to play around and it doesn't get that much value until it proc's around twice or more. Overall really cool themes. You're touching on some really interesting mechanics and flavor that I don't see around a whole lot.
And wow, people are posting a lot very quickly. I'm going to try to go over a whole bunch more later so keep it coming.
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Just wanna put down my current ideas with Resurgent, and see if any of these are interesting enough / example material.
(and alternatively)
I'm not entirely sure because I think what makes battlecries particularly interesting with this mechanic is when there's something targeted, since this would allow it to work like some sort of 'multi-targeting' feature.
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Alright, could I get some opinions on a keyword idea?
I'm going for Rest/ed
So the idea is a Rest card immediately ends your turn, so order is important. To be more than "Your turn ends," if you had any minions that could have attacked (green circle) but didn't before you played the Rest card, they gain a status effects, 'Rested,' for the next turn, which could have further card interactions.
So for example:
The idea being, you get to buff a minion for very cheap, because you won't be able to attack with them after you play Roost. As well, you could attack with the minion and then cast Roost on it, and it would still gain Rested since Windfury grants it a second attack.
Counting Sheep I'm thinking for an example card because it demonstrates both. You get to conditionally draw several cards for very little, but you can't play them that turn because of Rest. I'm not so sure about the balance because it is rather specific rather than something like 4-Mana Draw Three, Rest
Also, for the Resurgent minion, where you play the card twice with a battlecry, I was thinking
I had the idea initially, but kept reconsidering the balance. Particularly, if it were a 1/1, I can't think of a situation where you would play Elven Archer over this minion.
And of course, thanks for all the words I've received on my previous post!
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I'm digging the ideas for these expansions. Alternate Universe stuff is totally something that Hearthstone has plenty of room to explore. I like the concept of the three factions. I would the way it's formatted on the cards seems kind of off to me. I don't know if there's a better way to do it, but it feels a little un-intuitive to me.
The idea of chaining minions is cool, but I think the complexity is definitely a concern. For one thing, I'm wondering how that would be presented in-game. I assume if you put a 2 Health minion next to a 2 Attack minion, there would have to be some visual indicator, however the chain would mean nothing if there's no Linked minion. Among other things, it is something that is pretty simple even though it takes a lengthy explanation. Thematically though it is something I'm interested in. I think the Curse of Flesh is a good place to expand upon mechs without making GvG 2.
Finally, I'm all for the Primal/Breaker idea. It's totally out-there and unique in a good way. I can definitely see this being something that people might not be as on board for, with that in mind. I think I would prefer a different example for a Breaker, just Magnaron being a Neutral Consecration + 1/2 sticks out. The downside of the deckbuilding restrictions, or the fact it might just be deleted from the game, doesn't immediately come to mind. Kind of a minor thing though, you could also just explain the given power level.
I'm sure this is just the start of what you have but I think saying more about the expansions themselves and the kind of themes around them could go a long way.
You have a great set-up here, it really gives a good idea of what you're planning things to look like. I like the idea behind Invoke, but I can't get over one thing: you need to click on a minion to attack with it. I'm just not sure how that's supposed to work out with invoke minions. Hethiss is just such a cool concept. I think it shows off the death syngery well.
Celestial Downfall seems really strong, but I think compared to Kun the power-level should be okay. I'm honestly just not sure what to think of Ethereal Merchant. It's interesting to say the least.
Sunwell expansions seems solid. I think it has a lot of generally liked themes. The important thing is to explore those areas deeper since they have, in some sense, been touched in game -- I think the example cards do a good job of this. Brutallus is just really cool.
Do you have a better name than "Craft of War"? lol. I guess it's actually kind of perfect. I mean for a theme, the RTS throwback stuff is something I'm really into. The resource mechanic looks simple enough yet still interesting. I do question Structures being totally permanent though. Power-wise I think that's fine, it just seems a little off to me. Like mechanically I think them being Immune might make more sense, even though that makes no sense at all flavor-wise.
Shattrath has a whole lot going on, with reason. It isn't too much I don't think, but it's something to keep in mind. I don't know how much there is to say on the examples, as it's been pointed out, the token generation is an issue regarding the rules. A collectible class gem for one would probably be a safe bet. For the rest of the expansions, I like the way you've done the factions. The flavor is certainly very rich here.
And I'm sure you won't have any problem with a cooking themed expansion.
A tribe centered expansion definitely sounds interesting in the way you could make interactions, particularly with the keywords. Thematically though, I question Friendly Recruiter potentially being a Murloc or Beast or whatever, just looking at the guy. Muster is cool and I think it gives you a lot of options as well as diverse gameplay. I just think you should watch out for potentially clunky worded cards with this. Also something to consider might be how Elementals and Dragons, for instance, generally have unique tribe synergy, rather than requiring one to be on board, but I can see how Muster would be different enough.
Blight seems really fun and fitting, theme-wise. Infected Apprentice does seem a little too weak to me, considering you need to play 2 other minions for it to be a Spider Tank. Academy Steward does give a very good idea of how Sacrifice is meant to work, and its power level and all. Scholomance too is a nice idea for an expansion.
I will say I think your Hall of Fame choices are really smart, as they aren't devastatingly OP but they constrain design space, particularly for what you're designing. Although I'm not so sure if Thalnos is so much of an offender in this case.