Woe Alpha - Crafting Feedback

[majofa]

There's not too many changes. (sorry for not having images, it would have been huge lol)

(All the starter decks come with a weapon that is used to craft their element's weapon.)
Weaponsmith
 Lobotomizer = Short Sword + Quintessence + Mind Flayer
 Owl's Eye = Short Bow + Unstable Gas + Flying Weapon
 Vampire Stiletto = Dagger + Liquid Shadow + Drain Life
 Arsenic = Dagger + Aflatoxin + Poison
 Pulverizer = Hammer + Basilisk Blood + Acceleration
 Discord = Short Sword + Antimatter + Nova
 Fahrenheit = Short Sword + Rage Potion + Fire Bolt
 Titan = Hammer + Black Hole + Momentum
 Druidic Staff = Hammer + Adrenaline + Heal
 Morning Star = Short Sword + Luciferin + Quintessence (could be Anubis)
 Eternity = Hammer + Precognition + Reverse Time
 Trident = Hammer + Nymph's Tears + Earthquake

(I made it so all the shields are crafted, each starter deck starts with a generic shield.)
Armorsmith
 Dimensional Shield = Shield + Silence + Lightning
 Fog Shield = Shield + Thunderstorm + Shockwave
 Wings = Shield + Flying Weapon + Sky Blitz
 Dusk Mantle = Shield + Nightfall +Cloak
 Bone Wall = Shield + Boneyard + Plague
 Skull Shield = Shield + Bone Dragon + Skeleton
 Titanium Shield = Shield + Plate Armor + Stone Skin
 Dissipation Shield = Shield + Nova + Mutation
 Fire Shield = Shield + Immolation + Rain of Fire
 Gravity Shield = Shield + Gravity Pull + Acceleration
 Emerald Shield = Shield + Emerald Dragon + Emerald Pillar
 Thorn Carapace = Shield + Forest Scorpion + Heal
 Hope = Shield + Photon + Blessing
 Reflective Shield = Shield + Holy Light + Guardian Angel
 Solar Shield = Shield + Sanctuary + Photon
 Procrastination = Shield + Sundial + Reverse Time
 Ice Shield = Shield + Freeze + Flooding

(Yes, fractal as a breeding.. it's they don't play by the rules of this world. Plus, Aether is limited in its number of creatures.)
Breeding
 Fractal = Spark + Lightning
 Firefly Queen = Firefly + Rustler
 Devourer = Parasite + Antlion
 Deathstalker = Virus + Scorpion
 Graboid = Shrieker + Fate Egg
 Maxwell's Demon = Abomination + Fallen Elf
 Lava Golem = Fire Spirit + Hematite Golem
 Graviton Fire Eater = Graviton Mercenary + Ash Eater
 Forest Spirit = Cockatrice + Blue Crawler
 Pegasus = Guardian Angel + Wyrm
 Dune Scorpion = Deja Vu + Scorpion
 Steam Machine = Blue Crawler + Fire Spirit

(Not much change here from the originals, just added some of the new cards.)
Alchemy
 Quintessence = Empty Vial + Spark + Enchant Artifact
 Unstable Gas = Empty Vial + Shockwave + Firestorm
 Liquid Shadow = Empty Vial + Drain Life + Poison
 Aflatoxin = Empty Vial + Poison + Parallel Universe
 Basilisk Blood = Empty Vial + Stone Skin + Freeze
 Antimatter = Empty Vial + Chaos Seed + Heal
 Rage Potion = Empty Vial + Fire Bolt + Blessing
 Black Hole = Empty Vial + Gravity Pull + Nova
 Adrenaline = Empty Vial + Mitosis + Acceleration
 Luciferin = Empty Vial + Holy Light + Thunderstorm
 Precognition = Empty Vial + Sundial + Cloak
 Nymph's Tears = Empty Vial + Purify + Mutation

[Kael Hate]

I don't see any Rare loops. Looks ok to me.

[~Napalm]

I personally think the breeding is the only crafting section that could be improved. My view on rares is that they should all be a very useful creature (in most cases) from their respective element. If this means it doesn't have a Duo Ability, so be it. But, I do still think they should all have an ability which can require a duo element card to create. I think I'd look for something like this

Aether: Fractal would make sense here, Aether has so few creatures to start off with. I could see this being acceptable. Spark + Mitosis
Air: Definitely FFQ. Firefly + Rustler
Darkness: While Gargoyle would fit here, Devourer is a good choice. Parisite + Antlion
Death: I think Mummy would be good here. It's a basic card, yet it's useful enough to be Rare. Anubis + Flesh Spider
Earth: Definitly Graboid. Shrieker + Fate Egg
Entropy: I think I like Maxwells here. Abomination + Scarab (I guess this sortof makes sense...)
Fire: While Phoenix would make the most sense I think, Lava Golem is just fine. Fire Spirit + Hematite Golem
Gravity: Otyugh would probably be the most useful Gravity Creature, but keeping it Graviton Firemaster works for now. Graviton Mercenary + Ash Eater
Life: Well this one is hard. All you really got is Spirit or Scorpion. Let's stick with Forest Spirit. Cockatrice + Blue Crawler
Light: While Pegasus would work, I think Crusader is a better choice. Pegasus + Iridium Warden (Noble steed ftw?)
Time: I really thing Ghost of the Past is the best choice here. Deja Vu + Gargoyle
Water: While Toadfish would be another choice, Steam Machine is good here: Blue Crawler + Fire Spirit

[Scaredgirl]

Thanks, majofa. But could you do me a favor and bold the ones you that have changed from the original? Makes it 10 times easier to see and make changes.

I personally think the breeding is the only crafting section that could be improved. My view on rares is that they should all be a very useful creature (in most cases) from their respective element. If this means it doesn't have a Duo Ability, so be it. But, I do still think they should all have an ability which can require a duo element card to create. I think I'd look for something like this

The problem is that "useful creature" might change if Zanz decides to buff/nerf something. Sundial was very useful at some point. Currently, not so much.

When we use duo ability, so that combining and , creates a new creature that basically consists of and , that's a much more permanent (probably won't get buffed/nerfed) solution than going with "usefulness" alone. Plus it makes more sense theme wise.

This is one of those situations where there is no perfect solution.