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Re: Ancient Energy Shield | Forgotten Energy Shield https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=51125.msg1104075#msg1104075
« Reply #12 on: October 17, 2013, 11:00:16 pm »
So basically, this is a shield that prevents up to 25 physical damage and ALSO gives you up to 25 :time over a maximum span of 3 turns.

Its like someone took a dim shield, and armagio, and an inverted dispersion shield...

thats gonna be a tough nut to balance.

The good thing is, players can break through it faster than 3 turns. But sucking down 25 damage AND gaining 25 quanta in the process is a pretty powerful effect.

Even with the implicit absorb cap and turn limit, I think its still a bit too much. Even for 8 :time quanta.

One odd idea: what if it only reduces a percentage of total incoming physical damage each turn and the percentage scales down as your :time quanta increases.
E.g. "Shield: Converts a fraction of total damage to :time . More efficient quanta is low. Discard  after 3 turns or 25 :time ."
You could adjust scaling accordingly. (maybe have it 100% with 0 :time down to somewhere around 25 to 50% with 25 :time )
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Re: Ancient Energy Shield | Forgotten Energy Shield https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=51125.msg1104747#msg1104747
« Reply #13 on: October 21, 2013, 04:19:45 am »
The difficulty I see with this card is that you need quite a bit of damage to punch through it. Otherwise, I can spend the quanta between turns and get another potential 25 quanta.
It would need some sort of penalty like the SoSa to balance it.

Here's my thought: fist turn: damage absorbed is converted into time quanta. Second turn: damage absorbed by draining time quanta. Then the shield breaks.
How to succinctly word that, however...

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Re: Ancient Energy Shield | Forgotten Energy Shield https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=51125.msg1109654#msg1109654
« Reply #14 on: November 15, 2013, 07:14:07 pm »
Added art. If you have anything you would like to see on the card, please post it here. Otherwise please participate in the poll.
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Re: Ancient Energy Shield | Forgotten Energy Shield https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=51125.msg1109660#msg1109660
« Reply #15 on: November 15, 2013, 07:42:37 pm »
could cost less as it has too many limiters, 6 :time could do the trick

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Re: Ancient Energy Shield | Forgotten Energy Shield https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=51125.msg1111385#msg1111385
« Reply #16 on: November 23, 2013, 07:31:49 pm »
Added selection in poll. Any more ideas are welcome. Sorry for bumping my card ideas so much.
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Re: Ancient Energy Shield | Forgotten Energy Shield https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=51125.msg1111402#msg1111402
« Reply #17 on: November 23, 2013, 08:59:45 pm »
LOVE that art. Nicely done!
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Re: Ancient Energy Shield | Forgotten Energy Shield https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=51125.msg1111470#msg1111470
« Reply #18 on: November 24, 2013, 01:37:00 am »
Thanks! I did it on Sumopaint a few days ago. It's gonna be my profile pic once I'm a full member (and is already my prof pic for many things).  ;D
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Re: Ancient Energy Shield | Forgotten Energy Shield https://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=51125.msg1111478#msg1111478
« Reply #19 on: November 24, 2013, 02:05:26 am »
I have to admit, the art is impressive.

 

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