"Flying" ability?

[ElementalGod]

I think flying would be neat and would make the game more interesting, but implementation seems unlikely and very hard to do. If there were more people working on elements or if it were semi open-source then I would strongly support the motion to implement it. Another interesting concept would be racial bonuses, say something like "Dragon Scales: All damage to dragons is reduced by 1". Or "Golem Plate: For every 4 damage golem suffers the source is dealt 1" or whatever. Again this would probably fail due to lack of creatures to even be divided into races, but the concepts look entertaining.

[ElementalGod]

Too much effort for very little gain because there are not that many creature vs creature abilities (sure devour is one) and thus I do not think it warrants the hours required to make the changes. I can see the merits of the idea but at this stage I think it is premature because we still lack a large number of cards/creatures to make this viable. It would probably have to affect items like Eagle Eye to justify such a change (those few skills are not a large part of the game) but that would mean even more work. The mechanic is well suited to Magic because of the blocking aspect that is central to the game, however I do not think that this can easily be transcribed to Elements.

[Scaredgirl]

What if this game had a "Flying" ability.

In MtG creatures with this ability cannot be blocked. In elements "Flying" could mean that creatures with this ability cannot be targeted by LAND CREATURES. They could still be targeted by other "Flying" creatures and spells. It would make sense because how can an Otyugh eat a dragon flying it the sky?

Some characters would have this ability always, while others could gain it with special cards like "Wings" for example.

This would of course mean a lot of rebalancing of cards, especially ones in Air.

What do you think?

[Scaredgirl]

Yeah, I know what you mean. It would a big task to change it and there are many more urgent things that need fixing.

I just think this "Flying" ability would make Air element more efficient because right now Air is the most boring element imo, with maybe the exception of Firefly Queen, who unfortunately also needs Life quantum.

Also I think it would be cool if all Dragons had this "Flying" ability. It would make them not so easy to kill, which would make mono-decks more competitive against rainbows.

[Cisco]

I think it is a good idea but would take a lot of work for zan wich prob won´t be high on his to do list

[Gamerr]

I'd think the part about mutation might screw the cards up a bit.

For example, let's say you get a firefly with devour. That'd be pretty strong then, and bugs would probably occur with the skills?

[Scaredgirl]

I'd think the part about mutation might screw the cards up a bit.

For example, let's say you get a firefly with devour. That'd be pretty strong then, and bugs would probably occur with the skills?

How would a Firefly with Devour be strong? It has only 2 HP so it wouldn't be doing much devouring. Something like Colossal Dragon with Devourer would be much stronger because it could eat anybody, although that's what it can do if you get it right now in the game.

Creatures that would have this "Flying" ability would be in the minority so I don't see mutation as a big problem.

[Scaredgirl]

Adding Flying would making pretty much every Air creature untargetable by Oty. Just imagine not being able to devour those Fireflies, or the Queen. Then, most likely, Scarabs would become Flying, or the spell that flies a creature would be used on the Oty, if it was made. Otherwise, Scarabs would probably become the main source of devour is most decks. =/

Yes, I can imagine that.. and I would love it, because Otyughs could use some kind of nerf as they are way too powerful the way they are.

[Uncle Jellyfish]

Adding Flying would making pretty much every Air creature untargetable by Oty. Just imagine not being able to devour those Fireflies, or the Queen. Then, most likely, Scarabs would become Flying, or the spell that flies a creature would be used on the Oty, if it was made. Otherwise, Scarabs would probably become the main source of devour is most decks. =/

[Uncle Jellyfish]

Well, yes, Oty is powerful, but by giving Fireflies and the Queen flying means that they would then become too powerful...though I guess you can't devour your own fireflies, but still...ouch. >.<"