Inertia | Inertia

[EmeraldTiger]

NAME: Inertia ELEMENT: Ascendance COST: 4 (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=32706.0;attach=3193;image) TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Shield: Reduce damage by 1. Free Energy:  All damage that is blocked by Inertia generates random quanta.	NAME: Inertia ELEMENT: Ascendance COST: 6 (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=32706.0;attach=3193;image) TYPE: Permanent ATK|HP: TEXT: Shield: Reduce damage by 2. Free Energy:  All damage that is blocked by Inertia generates random quanta.

ART: EmeraldTiger IDEA: EmeraldTiger NOTES: SERIES:

[moomoose]

i dont really see what this has to do with the whole 'an object at rest tends to stay at rest- an object in linear motion tends to stay in linear motion'? in other words, why inertia for this?

[Rutarete]

How many random quanta per damage? What's the ratio?

[Anarook]

Isn't the upgraded version in a sense worse?
Less damage comming through means less production, strange w/ an added cost.

[EmeraldTiger]

http://keelynet.com/davidson/npap1.htm

[Elite arbiter]

Isn't the upgraded version in a sense worse?
Less damage comming through means less production, strange w/ an added cost.

From what I read the card is saying that all of the blocked damage coming in gets turned into random quanta. So if an Arctic Squid attacked either version 1 would be generated, but if a Giant Frog attacked the upped version 2 damage would be blocked, and 2 quanta would be generated. But unupped 1 damage would be blocked, and 1 quanta would be generated.

[EmeraldTiger]

I had changed it from:

Shield: Reduce damage by 1. Free Energy: All damage that passes through Inertia generates random quanta._UN |
Shield: Reduce damage by 2. Free Energy: All damage that passes through Inertia generates random quanta.^U

What would I look at to determine for myself if Inertia | Inertia (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,34769.0.html) is balanced?

Find a standard: Solar Shield has DR 1 and converts DR 1 worth of blocked damage into  .
Note differences: The quanta generated is  in your case.
Note differences: DR increases when upgraded in your case.
Find more standards: Titanium Shield | Diamond Shield and Shield | Tower Shield are good examples of DR increasing when upgraded.
Note more differences: The quanta gained will also increase in your case.
Note more differences: Hybrid quanta falls between Elemental and Random quanta in terms of cost.
Assemble the pieces.

[Bleys295]

Interesting to say the least, do you intend to do an ascendance series, or is this a stand-alone?

[ralouf]

This type of cost need to be implemented in the game..
I like this one but it looks only good in a rainbow deck

[EmeraldTiger]

What would I look at to determine for myself if Inertia | Inertia (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,34769.0.html) is balanced?

Find a standard: Solar Shield has DR 1 and converts DR 1 worth of blocked damage into  . which cost 3 | 2
Note differences: The quanta generated is  in your case.
Note differences: DR increases when upgraded in your case.
Find more standards: Titanium Shield | Diamond Shield and Shield | Tower Shield are good examples of DR increasing when upgraded. which cost 4 | 6
Note more differences: The quanta gained will also increase in your case. 1 quanta appears to be free, 2 seems to cost 1.
Note more differences: Hybrid quanta falls between Elemental and Random quanta in terms of cost. is this a +1 or +2
Assemble the pieces.

1 DR appears to cost 2 on average.
_UN(So 1 DR = +2 + 1 quanta gain = +0 +Hybrid =+1 or +2)= 3-4
^U(And 2 DR = +4 + 2 quanta gain = +1 +Hybrid =+1 or +2)+upped = -1= 5-6

[Ikerpeta]

This can be so great for a rainbow deck! Nice card! I vote for it

[Dart]

Great Idea! Though I think the cost should be lowered so the generated quanta can accelerate your quanta generation.
 
I think the cost should be reduced to something comparable to the solar shield.
 
Solar Shield/Buckler: cost 3 /2 - absorbs 1 per creature.