Oldtrees, I think we should go with Kuraitou's idea of discussing the idea on the actual card thread, because apparently 3 PMs to all of CCC makes me exceed the PM limit.
I will list the reviews already given. When a new review/ overall comment for pros and cons is listed, it will be added to this list. If somebody would PM the comment I made on this card to me, it'd be greatly appreciated. Only reviews that are suffienctly important/long enough will be added.
Oldtrees Review
Strengths that might have caused its entry to the Forge:
Consistent strong well explained thematical resonance.
Beautiful free use art.
Well known and respected Author.
Good listening and communication and improvement of the idea within the thread.
Good and well communicated reasons for balancing opinions.
Problems that might have cause its failure to get to Armory:
First problem was redundancy with RoF. Redundancy would/will be a common problem for many expansions on old mechanics. The problem with redundancy originates from the necessity to either cause indecision in the players between the options available or to cause each card to occupy a different niche. Thunderstorm still has problems like this but made its niche as a cheap splashable mass CC. However the redundancy was later reduced, to the point of being fixed in my opinion but maybe not everyone felt this way, so this is not the primary cause.
Zbladers Addition: Weaknesses
All the strengths have already been listed.
All the weaknesses seem to have been listed, but I find that another problem is the whole Debate with HP. *Pulls up an infinite immaterial Phase Shield for safety* I think that even though that the card was approved, there was still an ongoing debate on HP was and thus some people (I don't mean to offend anyone, but remeber, I have a Phase Shield) decided that it might have been troublesome to find a perfect medium for HP and thus it got dumped. Otherwise, this card should be in the Armory.
Zbladers Comment : Recommednation on Remake.
For a similar card, I'd advise the creator to try to balance the threat level of the ability with the cost.
seems to have not been a popular duo at the time this card was made, as well as thematically fit, so this card was acceptable.
is also another good choice for such a card, since a pot is made out of metal, and other creatures of elements could possibly interpret this as a "mini-volcano."
Comment from Original Author (Scaredgirl)
I chose
because of the "ticking time bomb" effect and the fact that it goes to a time bubble. I chose
because it ignites the "fuse". I really don't know any other elements would fit without making some drastic changes to both the theme and mechanics.
My main beef with this idea is that having a pot with 10 HP makes very little sense. Less HP would have made the theme better, but it would also have been quite a big nerf, so I don't know.
It's a shame that I didn't push this idea more and kind of let it die alone. I do think that Elements needs a "time bomb". Cards that have that kind of delayed effect are really cool because they are great at building suspense. !Omg, it's going to explode soon!".
