Elements 1.29

[RRQJ]

photons are made of sodium. hmmm....

[mildlyfrightenedboy]

"The explanation is that the flooding covers the entire planet many, many times over.  So it covers everything. And outer space."
except for five 1ft squares

"And all the creatures that aren't are made of sodium. So they explode."
contain sodium, sure.  table salt is sodium chloride, put some of that in the toilet and see if it goes boom.

It's basic science that a compound rarely has the same properties as the components.  You are claiming that sodium can't explode in water (which it does) because table salt (sodium chloride) doesn't.  However, chlorine (the other component of sodium chloride) is a toxic green gas.  Table salt is neither green nor toxic.
Let's use the other compound mentioned (water) as an example too.  Water is made of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.  Hydrogen and oxygen are both gases at room temperature.  Hydrogen is extremely reactive.  Water is a liquid at room temperature and stable.

Conclusion:
Sodium =/= Salt

[BluePriest]

Actually its because all the cards are made up of electrical signals, and the  sign isnt really any element. It just lets us know which signals are waterproof and which arent.

[Troh]

where can we farm shards now?

[Jenkar]

where can we farm shards now?

Arena.

[Troh]

where can we farm shards now?

Arena.

no AI?

[Rember]

where can we farm shards now?

Arena.

no AI?

Arena is AI.

[moomoose]

in the SoC thread, it was brought up that the SoC shard isn't very usable in aether focused decks, and looking around at the shards thus far, they all seem to be less useable than pre-nerf SoG, i have to believe this is intentional.
SoC: useable in denial decks, non-aether focused
SoS: situational use in many decks, limited health/damage to be inflicted window
SoSe: useable in rainbow decks, not reliable means of doing anything, but adds flavor in a fate-egg kinda way
SoR: the bonus is new, but given the current assortment of time creatures with abilities, is more or less the same as before
SoD: not very sexy, not much changed- minor nerf
SoG: nerfed, less appealing
SoP: situational use, the delayed turn hurts its use in scorpion decks, functions best when using multiple shards in one turn to recoup the damage lost
SoV: while interesting, it is perhaps the most restricted situational shard of all- a deck really has to be tailored to its use otherwise it is easy to ignore it altogether.

so it seems to me that shards are along the lines of nymphs in terms of they look cool and interesting, but they are often less practical/effective than the widely available cards.

[russianspy1234]

in the SoC thread, it was brought up that the SoC shard isn't very usable in aether focused decks

most aether cards arent particularly useable in aether focused decks.

[moomoose]

i wouldnt agree with that

[doublecross]

I'm really not sure about the quanta cap. 75 certainly is better than 50, but I really don't feel like one is necessary.

[dragonsdemesne]

most aether cards arent particularly useable in aether focused decks.

To a point, I actually agree with this.  Aether has 5 creatures, and 2 of them are immortal, which makes quintessence, fractal, and turquoise nymph weaker in monoaether.  (though obviously fractal spiders/ball lightning and things like that are still possible)  Mindgate also suffers somewhat in monoaether, though you can get pillars, obviously.  Other than quintessence, though, which I've never used in monoaether, I think all aether cards have a place in at least some monoaether decks.