Okay, so I look at the cards, and theres erm...
Alot.
SOOOO..
Lets more than triple the amount of unupped cards! Yeah!
I think maybe we should add a third upgrade system.
Heres an example (Pic coming soon):
4-Fallen Elf. 3|2, mutation.
5-Fallen Druid. 3|3, improved mutation.
7-Fallen Beast(Or whatever). 4|5, Ultra mutation(or whatever again)
Heres what I mean
The layout above is:
Cost-Card name. Atk|Def, Skill.
So for the third one, the card design could be black name text, description text, and gold frame.
As for the skill above, lets just say it is a guarantee to be mutated into a stronger beast (like chaos seed in a way)
As for the ones where you just added Elite to the title:
4-Otyugh. 0|3, Devour
5-Elite Otyugh. 0|5, Devour
7-Lord Otyugh. 0|10, Dinner
Now again, same layout. For the ones that just add the word elite to the front on first upgrade would become Lord Or Mistriss whatever. As for the "Dinner" Skill I used above, maybe can make otyugh use that skill 2 times per turn?
Hey, I can dream, cant I?
Anyways, lets talk Cost, AI, and Quests.
Cost:
I would suggest the third upgrade being 5k-10k, seeing as they are so powerful. Selling them would give back 2.5k or 5k, depending on how much it costs to upgrade. Selling a rare third grade card would be 3/4 of the upgrade cost, so 3.25k or 7.5k.
AI:
I would reccomend making a new AI for this card, maybe to be accessed by a new quest?
The AI would have to have half 1st upgrade and half 2nd upgrade. And maybe make a harder one to follow that which has all third grade cards, and this may also help make Hero Cards more of an accessibility, seeing how the hardest ai with all third-grade cards would have a hero card, so making the addition of hero cards a bit more graceful and smooth. Also, these cards should be hard to get, and the chances for winning spins would be:
Half 2nd-grade and half 3rd-grade card Ai (Ill call them Lord AI, 250hp):
7% chance to win upped card
2% chance to win third-grade cards.
All 3rd-grade card(And maybe hero card if your still planning that) Ai (Ill call him God AI 300hp):
10% to win 3rd grade card
(6% to win hero)
(4% to win upped hero)
Also, you would only get ONE spin, due to the hightened chances.
Sorry about the length of that XD
Quests: (Oh god will he ever shut up?! XD)
As for quests, you can make a multi-page quest screen, like You can be doing the Lord AI quest or the God AI quest but be able the change pages (Like have a next page prev. page button setup) Where you can do a quest or go back to do FGs/Up cards/Up cards again. Heres what I would figure you would do:
Page 1:
Upgrade Card, False God Challenge (Ai6)
Page 2 (Locked until 500 score quest is done):
Quest for the Lord of Elements
(After quest) Challenge the Lord again
Ultra-grade (or something catchy to mean another upgrade (CANT SKIP FIRST UPGRADE))
Page 3 (Locked untill Lord quest complete):
Quest for the GOD of Elements!
(After Quest) Challenge the God again?!
Un-Upgraded Rare Item shop (Maybe?)
So thats all I got to offer, and I think it would be a great and extensive release to Elements, and keep you on your feet, Zanz!
Yours truly,
Zac333
Zachary Shaffer