Post by: RavingRabbid on September 25, 2012, 07:43:57 pm
Phase has ended
Please post Phase 1 submissions in this thread. Please make edits to your original post as your submission progresses rather than creating new posts within this thread, which would be difficult to follow.
Post by: Calindu on September 25, 2012, 07:51:24 pm
TASK II - Deckbuilding
Group Halfbloods: :light :life :time
Group Ai3: :entropy :air :aether
Group FG: :water :fire :gravity
Group Fat Deck: :darkness :death :earth
Group Ai3: :entropy :air :aether
Group FG: :water :fire :gravity
Group Fat Deck: :darkness :death :earth
During 10 games it won all 10, 1 EM and it got a ttw of 5.4(1: 7 ttw, 2: 6 ttw's and 7: 5 ttw's).
Wins by decking out others, Dimensional Shields+Lightnings is a killer against anything w/o Permanent Control or Poison, Sundials to let you stall some more turns.
TASK III - Building the Game
New cards:
Vine Beast
Byakko
Aqualink
Touch of Midas
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New features:
Daily quest.
The Trial.
Can change stats of creatures in trainer.
Special PvP: Can change starting HP, quanta, mark and can double your deck.
Balance:
Shard of Focus text changed to: Accretion: Destroy a permanent and gain +1|+2. Turn into a Black Hole if sum of stats exceeds 9.
Shard of Sacrifice can't heal for more than 50 HP now.
Antimatter cost increased to 9 :entropy - 7 :entropy if upgraded.
Butterfly Effect skill cost reduced to 2 :entropy.
Graviton Mercenary cost decreased to 3.
Colossal Dragon cost reduced to 9 - 10 if upgraded.
Shrieker stats reduced to 6/3 - 8/4 if upgraded.
Shrieker cost reduced to 6.
Thunderstorms is also lobotomizing skills for 1 turn.
Dimensional Shield cost reduced to 4 - 3 if upgraded.
Dimensional Shield now lasts 2 turns.
Reverse Time can't be played more than once per turn.
Bug fix:
PvP1 fixed.
Various Ai bugs are fixed.
Ai can't explode Unstable Gases without quanta anymore.
Graphical bugs fixed.
Bugs around Phoenix and Aflatoxin fixed.
PvP server will no longer desynchronize that much.
Vine Beast
Byakko
Aqualink
Touch of Midas
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(http://i.imgur.com/X0GaD.png)
New features:
Daily quest.
The Trial.
Can change stats of creatures in trainer.
Special PvP: Can change starting HP, quanta, mark and can double your deck.
Balance:
Shard of Focus text changed to: Accretion: Destroy a permanent and gain +1|+2. Turn into a Black Hole if sum of stats exceeds 9.
Shard of Sacrifice can't heal for more than 50 HP now.
Antimatter cost increased to 9 :entropy - 7 :entropy if upgraded.
Butterfly Effect skill cost reduced to 2 :entropy.
Graviton Mercenary cost decreased to 3.
Colossal Dragon cost reduced to 9 - 10 if upgraded.
Shrieker stats reduced to 6/3 - 8/4 if upgraded.
Shrieker cost reduced to 6.
Thunderstorms is also lobotomizing skills for 1 turn.
Dimensional Shield cost reduced to 4 - 3 if upgraded.
Dimensional Shield now lasts 2 turns.
Reverse Time can't be played more than once per turn.
Bug fix:
PvP1 fixed.
Various Ai bugs are fixed.
Ai can't explode Unstable Gases without quanta anymore.
Graphical bugs fixed.
Bugs around Phoenix and Aflatoxin fixed.
PvP server will no longer desynchronize that much.
Post by: PlayerOa on September 25, 2012, 07:53:11 pm
TASK II - Deckbuilding
:darkness :entropy :gravity
:light :air :fire
:time :earth :aether
:death :life :water
:light :air :fire
:time :earth :aether
:death :life :water
Chaotic and Growing Vampires
This deck utilizes the great power of Shard of Freedom, as well as using Shard of Void as a big part of the deck. The strategy is quite simple: Get your towers out, play Shards of Void to reduce the amount of HP. Pump Vampires, and give them the Freedom they need. Get the Eclipse out and the Vampires gives you 12 unstoppable damage and 12 healing in most cases. Suddenly the match is over. Hopefully you are the winner :P
TASK III - Building the Game
New Cards:
Balancing:
New Features:
Daily Quests:
Apocalypse Mode:
I choose Level 5, and beat Decay. I get 60 electrum saved, and I get to spin 3 times. I get all electrum won after finishing. Then I play against AI5 again, this time I meet Ferox. Ferox is hard countered with my deck, so I barely win. Reward bank becomes 180, and I can spin 4 times. I meet Octane in my 3rd match, and lose. I get my 180 electrum, and the cards I won on my 7 spins.
Misc:
- Advanced Spells [Series] (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,5696.0.html)
- Touch of Midas | Touch of Midas (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,21604.0.html)
- Elemental Book | Book of Elements (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,26887.0.html)
- Ghost | Spectre (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,27776.0.html)
- Vines | Vines (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,18812)
- Slow | Stop (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,14124.0.html)
Balancing:
- Shard of Focus cost increased to 8 :rainbow | 7 :rainbow, turns into a Singularity if HP is more than 45
- Shard of Wisdom can target all creatures, non immortal gains spell damage while immortal creatures also gets +3 | +0
- Upgraded Hope cost reduced to 7 :light
- Sapphire Charger stats becomes 4 | 7, Elite Charger stats becomes 7|7
- Fog Shield cost changed to 2 :air | 2 :air, unupped blocks 30% while upped blocks 40%
- Vulture|Condor cost reduced to 2 :death|2 :death
- Discord damage is reduced to 3 | 5
- Cockatrice gets the skill: Peck ( :air): Deal one damage to target creature
- Colossal Dragon and Massive Dragon now starts with Momentum
- Thunderstorm becomes a pump spell: Deal 1 damage to every enemy creature for each 10 :air you have in your possession
- Procrastination Shield now delays enemy weapon
- Immortal cost reduced to 5 :aether | 6 :aether
- Plague (unupraded) cost reduced to 3 :death
- Guardian Angel cost reduced to 2 :light, heal (both versions) increased to 8
- Plate Armor and Heavy Armor both adds 6 HP, Heavy Armor cost becomes 1 :rainbow
- Trident damage increased to 5
- Sky Blitz cost reduced to 8 :air|7 :air
- Parasite stats becomes 1 | 4, Bloodsucker stats becomes 3 | 4
New Features:
Daily Quests:
- A new one will be available every day, and it should not take too long to finish it.
- Daily Quests gives you 400 electrum if you complete it on your first try, and 250 electrum if you complete it on your second or later try.
- An example of a Daily Quest:
- You are given 2000 electrum to buy 30-60 cards, which is your deck. You are going to beat this [insert deck here] deck three times in a row.
- Quest 8: Defeat a Halfblood. Reward: A Shard of your choice.
- Quest 9: Upgrade a Card. Reward: 750 electrum.
- Quest 10: Make an Arena Deck. Reward: 250 electrum.
- Quest 11: Get a special spin on either of the Arena levels. Reward: Another rare Weapon of your choice.
- Quest 12: Acquire 2000 score. Reward: 500 electrum.
- Quest 13: Win 5 PvP 1 matches. Reward: 500 electrum.
- Quest 14: Acquire 4160 score, and submit a deck to the Silver League. Reward: Another Shard of your choice.
- Quest 15: Manage to beat a False God. Reward: A rare Weapon of your choice, a Shard of your Choice and Apocalypse Mode.
Apocalypse Mode:
- You can fight whatever AI level you want (0-5), and you face one of the decks there.
- You meet another deck of the same AI level, with the same HP as you ended with.
- You can not change deck between the duels.
- This is repeating until you lose.
- Rewards are same as the normal for that AI level, with reward tripling for each win. Reward is always the same as if you ended with full HP. You also get another spin added for each win.
- Cards that increase your Max HP are banned.
I choose Level 5, and beat Decay. I get 60 electrum saved, and I get to spin 3 times. I get all electrum won after finishing. Then I play against AI5 again, this time I meet Ferox. Ferox is hard countered with my deck, so I barely win. Reward bank becomes 180, and I can spin 4 times. I meet Octane in my 3rd match, and lose. I get my 180 electrum, and the cards I won on my 7 spins.
Misc:
- Database becomes bigger, you can now store up to 5000 cards! *waves hi to collectors*
- Unupgraded Pillars will get their old art back. The upgraded towers, however, keeps their artwork.
- Time Tower gets new art.
- Thumbs up counter added to Arena!
- Arena also records the peak rank and rating for your deck.
- You can now thumb up Arena decks you beat. These will only lose half of their rating.
- The old AI3 decks are now added along with all the current ones.
- The same goes with the AI2 decks.
- When spinning after winning versus a Half Blood, if the spin has two of the same upgraded card and an unupped version of it, you earn the card upgraded. If there are one upped and two unupped, you earn the card unupped.
Post by: justaburd on September 25, 2012, 07:55:17 pm
Task I
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Post by: Cheesy111 on September 25, 2012, 08:16:32 pm
TASK II - Deckbuilding
Stats:
G1: 12TTW, 146sec, EM, unupped titan win, 90elec
G2: Loss, NSR
G3: 12TTW, 140sec, 34elec
G4: 9TTW, 103sec, 35elec
G5: 16TTW, 281sec, 34elec
G6: 11TTW, 132sec, 40elec
G7: 12TTW, 133sec, 39elec, unupped devourer win
G8: 10TTW, 145sec, 37elec
G9: 12TTW, 240sec, 43elec, unupped Procrast win
G10: 19TTW, 317sec, 48elec
Total: 380 electrum gained, 305 score gained, unupped devourer+Procrast+Titan gained, approx. 30 ½ minutes played, approx. 3 minutes/game with a 10% EM rate, 90% winrate, 12.5 TTW.
Screenshot of trainer after testing. http://imgur.com/0i02B
Stats:
G1: 11TTW, 100sec, 19elec
G2: 8TTW, 61sec, 45elec EM, Deflag won
G3: 8TTW, 82seconds, 50elec EM
G4: 9TTW, 87sec, 22elec win, Ice Shield won
G5: 9TTW, 84seconds, 23elec
G6: 14TTW, 137sec, 16elec
G7: 8TTW, 90sec, 19elec
G8: 11TTL, 118sec
G9: 8TTW, 68sec, 45elec EM
G10: 8TTW, 65sec, 45elec EM, PU won
G11: 9TTW, 82sec, 40elec EM
G12: 7TTW, 64seconds, 45elec EM
G13: 12TTW, 118secs, 19elec
G14: 9TTW, 82secs, 45elec, EM Pheonix won
G15: 8TTW, 73secs, 45elec EM
G16: 12TTW, 106secs, 45elec EM Quicksand won
G17: Loss, NSR
G18: 11TTW, 113secs, 22elec Blessing won
G19: 8TTW, 74secs, 27elec
G20: 10TTW, 84secs, 19elec
Total: 771 elec gained (Trainer), 571 elec gained (Calculated), 441 score gained, unupped Deflag+Ice Shield + PU + Pheonix + Quicksand + Blessing won.Total of 29.6 minutes played, 89 seconds average per game, 9.39 TTW, 90% winrate, 50% EMrate (of wins).
Screenshot of Trainer after testing: http://imgur.com/7L2aF
Dragon Alchemist has been experimenting with Obsidian Dragons, mutating them, firebolting them, ice bolting them, dissecting them, trying to figure out just how to provoke them into a deadly rage. Finally, he has found the perfect combination to make his dragons grow dangerous and insane - a combination of a holy blessing and the distilled essence of a Ruby Dragon - and he plans to unleash them upon the world of Elements.
Antimatter and Octopi slow down the opponent's start. Once Inundation comes out, the opponent is, if all works out, limited to 5 spaces which can be antimattered or frozen at your leisure. Physalia, Deadly Poison and Arsenic give you the eventual kill, as well as the ability to take out similar stalls.
As the most efficient attack buff, it was only a matter of time before SoW was paired with Deja Vu. Deja Vus are Quinted and then SoW'd, giving them triple their normal damage. Immortals soak up extra aether quanta and are also targets for SoW in case of a terrible draw.
TASK III - Building the Game
New cards:
Quantum Pendulum: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,14083.0.html (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,14083.0.html)
Enchanted Sea: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,35338.0.html (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,35338.0.html)
Byakko: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,33535.0.html (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,33535.0.html)
Rejuvenation: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,34369.0.html (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,34369.0.html)
Quantum Locket: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,25665.0.html (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,25665.0.html)
Vines: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,18812.0.html (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,18812.0.html)
Slow: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,14124.0.html (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,14124.0.html)
New features:
Cards can now be downgraded for a refund of 1000 electrum.
PvP1 has been fixed.
Two more quests have been added - to defeat a False God, and to defeat every False God at least once.
After finishing the final quest, an in-game link appears above Redeem Code that links to the Tournament Rules topic. The button is named "Community Tournaments".
After reaching level 80, players are given one nymph of their choice.
Marks are now put into their elemental categories.
AI will now properly Immolate/Cremate Pheonixes and Minor Pheonixes.
Balance Changes:
Shard of Divinity now increases maximum HP by 14, 20 if mark is :light.
Shard of Void now decreases maximum HP by 3HP per turn, 4 if mark is :darkness.
Shard of Freedom now grants a 20% chance to deal +50% damage, ignore shields and evade targeting if :air per stack.
Shard of Wisdom now gives a +3 attack bonus, down from +4.
Shard of Patience no longer affects immaterial or burrowed creatures.
Unupgraded Shard of Serendipity now costs 1 :rainbow.
Unupgraded Shard of Sacrifice now costs 44 life, down from 48.
Shard of Focus has been overhauled, and is now a spell that costs 7|6. Targeted creature gains the ability Accretion: Destroy target permanent. This creature loses 10HP, and can no longer be healed.
Discord scrambles 8 quanta, down from 9.
Butterfly Effect's activated cost has been reduced to 2 :entropy.
Schrodinger's Cat has been buffed to 1|2 unupped.
Skeleton is no longer affected strangely by Reverse Time. Instead, it can be sacrificed to provide two instant death effects.
Plague can now target either side, and inflicts two poison counters instead of one.
Improved Plague now costs 3 :death, up from 2 :death.
Upgraded Arsenic now deals 3 physical damage, down from 4.
Boneyard and Elite Boneyard now generate two skeletons for every death instead of one.
Aflatoxin now costs 5 :death|4 :death.
Black Hole has been removed from the game.
Colossal Dragon is now an 8 | 15 with Momentum, and Massive Dragon is now a 9 | 30 with Momentum.
Graviton Mercenary is now a 3|6 and Graviton Guard is now a 3|6.
Otyugh is now a 0|4.
Iridium Warden | Vanadium Warden now affects airborne creatures.
Graboid is now a 1|2.
Shrieker now costs 7 :earth for 7|4.
Elite Shrieker now costs 7 :earth for 9|4.
Plate Armor and Heavy Armor now cost 1 :rainbow.
Rustler is now a 1|2, up from 1|1.
Brimstone Eater is now free.
Fire Bolt now costs 4 :fire, up from 3 :fire.
Fire Lance now costs 3 :fire, up from 1 :fire.
Fire Shield now costs 5 :fire, down from 6 :fire.
Flooding | Inundation no longer requires an upkeep.
Pegasus is now a 3|3, up from 3|2.
Guardian Angel is now a 4|6 for 4 :light, up from a 1|6 for 3 :light.
Fog Shield now costs 3 :air|2 :air, up from 2 :air|1 :air.
Fate Egg | Fate Egg now costs 1 :time to play and 2 :time to hatch.
Procrastination | Turtle Shield now affects weapons.
Anubis is now a 4|4 with the ability Age: :death: Add one poison counter to each player.
Elite Anubis is now a 5|5 with the ability Age: :death: Add one poison counter to each player.
Black Nymph is now a 4|6, up from 3|5.
Dark Nymph is now a 6|5, up from 5|5.
Turquiose Nymph's Immortality ability now costs :aether :aether, down from :aether :aether :aether.
Aether Nymph's Immortality ability now costs :aether :aether, down from :aether :aether :aether.
Quantum Pendulum: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,14083.0.html (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,14083.0.html)
Enchanted Sea: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,35338.0.html (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,35338.0.html)
Byakko: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,33535.0.html (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,33535.0.html)
Rejuvenation: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,34369.0.html (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,34369.0.html)
Quantum Locket: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,25665.0.html (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,25665.0.html)
Vines: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,18812.0.html (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,18812.0.html)
Slow: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,14124.0.html (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,14124.0.html)
New features:
Cards can now be downgraded for a refund of 1000 electrum.
PvP1 has been fixed.
Two more quests have been added - to defeat a False God, and to defeat every False God at least once.
After finishing the final quest, an in-game link appears above Redeem Code that links to the Tournament Rules topic. The button is named "Community Tournaments".
After reaching level 80, players are given one nymph of their choice.
Marks are now put into their elemental categories.
AI will now properly Immolate/Cremate Pheonixes and Minor Pheonixes.
Balance Changes:
Shard of Divinity now increases maximum HP by 14, 20 if mark is :light.
Shard of Void now decreases maximum HP by 3HP per turn, 4 if mark is :darkness.
Shard of Freedom now grants a 20% chance to deal +50% damage, ignore shields and evade targeting if :air per stack.
Shard of Wisdom now gives a +3 attack bonus, down from +4.
Shard of Patience no longer affects immaterial or burrowed creatures.
Unupgraded Shard of Serendipity now costs 1 :rainbow.
Unupgraded Shard of Sacrifice now costs 44 life, down from 48.
Shard of Focus has been overhauled, and is now a spell that costs 7|6. Targeted creature gains the ability Accretion: Destroy target permanent. This creature loses 10HP, and can no longer be healed.
Discord scrambles 8 quanta, down from 9.
Butterfly Effect's activated cost has been reduced to 2 :entropy.
Schrodinger's Cat has been buffed to 1|2 unupped.
Skeleton is no longer affected strangely by Reverse Time. Instead, it can be sacrificed to provide two instant death effects.
Plague can now target either side, and inflicts two poison counters instead of one.
Improved Plague now costs 3 :death, up from 2 :death.
Upgraded Arsenic now deals 3 physical damage, down from 4.
Boneyard and Elite Boneyard now generate two skeletons for every death instead of one.
Aflatoxin now costs 5 :death|4 :death.
Black Hole has been removed from the game.
Colossal Dragon is now an 8 | 15 with Momentum, and Massive Dragon is now a 9 | 30 with Momentum.
Graviton Mercenary is now a 3|6 and Graviton Guard is now a 3|6.
Otyugh is now a 0|4.
Iridium Warden | Vanadium Warden now affects airborne creatures.
Graboid is now a 1|2.
Shrieker now costs 7 :earth for 7|4.
Elite Shrieker now costs 7 :earth for 9|4.
Plate Armor and Heavy Armor now cost 1 :rainbow.
Rustler is now a 1|2, up from 1|1.
Brimstone Eater is now free.
Fire Bolt now costs 4 :fire, up from 3 :fire.
Fire Lance now costs 3 :fire, up from 1 :fire.
Fire Shield now costs 5 :fire, down from 6 :fire.
Flooding | Inundation no longer requires an upkeep.
Pegasus is now a 3|3, up from 3|2.
Guardian Angel is now a 4|6 for 4 :light, up from a 1|6 for 3 :light.
Fog Shield now costs 3 :air|2 :air, up from 2 :air|1 :air.
Fate Egg | Fate Egg now costs 1 :time to play and 2 :time to hatch.
Procrastination | Turtle Shield now affects weapons.
Anubis is now a 4|4 with the ability Age: :death: Add one poison counter to each player.
Elite Anubis is now a 5|5 with the ability Age: :death: Add one poison counter to each player.
Black Nymph is now a 4|6, up from 3|5.
Dark Nymph is now a 6|5, up from 5|5.
Turquiose Nymph's Immortality ability now costs :aether :aether, down from :aether :aether :aether.
Aether Nymph's Immortality ability now costs :aether :aether, down from :aether :aether :aether.
NSR means no stats recorded - I either accidentally canceled out or ragequit or just clicked OK without remembering to take down stats first. I averaged out the times of the rest of the games to get an average time and used that for the NSR games to get a fairly accurate total time spent and average time per game.
Something was wonky with the Trainer when testing my AI3 deck, so I went ahead and kept track of both what the trainer said my money was and how much I was winning each game. No, I don't know why there are two different numbers.
After searching around with the codes of SoW, Vu and Quint I found other decks focusing on the same combo here: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,39415.0.html
However I decided to keep my deck as is, because it differed in several major ways from the other decks (Immortals, 6xDV, no novae, no alternate buffs/fog/etc, towers instead of pends).
Something was wonky with the Trainer when testing my AI3 deck, so I went ahead and kept track of both what the trainer said my money was and how much I was winning each game. No, I don't know why there are two different numbers.
After searching around with the codes of SoW, Vu and Quint I found other decks focusing on the same combo here: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,39415.0.html
However I decided to keep my deck as is, because it differed in several major ways from the other decks (Immortals, 6xDV, no novae, no alternate buffs/fog/etc, towers instead of pends).
Task 3 complete. Task 2 redone.
Post by: deuce22 on September 25, 2012, 08:19:12 pm
deck 1 - :earth :fire :air
deck 2 - :aether :gravity :time
deck 3 - :death :entropy :water
deck 4 - :darkness :life :light
deck 2 - :aether :gravity :time
deck 3 - :death :entropy :water
deck 4 - :darkness :life :light
pure rush. TTW typically range from 5-9 depending on draws and opponent (mostly 6-7 TTW). Went 9-1 in my testing.
dims own most half bloods. Since AI is stupid and always plays creatures, eternity can usually lock opponent making for easy dim chain. Went 8-2 in my testing.
No real specific inspiration here. Just tried to come up with a semi-unique trio involving cats. BW + cat + squid makes for an unstoppable shield. Instosis and EE are probably the only hard counters.
45-card decks should stall, so why not heal, heal, and heal some more?
I never really use SoB, so I wanted to try and use it in a way that maybe some haven't considered yet. I wanted to use it in an OTK, and dials seem to combo nicely with the extra draw power. There are tons of variations I considered, but this seemed the simplest and most consistent.
TASK III - Building the Game (completed)
New Features:
The Trial is added as a new quest line
New pet system allows you to train and level pets to aid against FGs and arena opponents.
Able to thumb up arena decks
New cards available in Trainer:
Byakko (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,33535.msg423031.html#msg423031)
Magpie (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,35704.msg449266.html#msg449266)
Corrosion (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,33486)
Natural Selection/Evolution (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,34415)
Balance:
The Oracle always shows the mark and card of your next arena opponent
Removed "New Games" list from spectate
Shards cannot be used in Arena decks
Shard of focus turns into a black hole when HP>30
Discord cost increased to 4 :entropy
Butterfly Effect skill cost reduced to 2/1 :entropy
Aflatoxin cost is reduced to 4/3 :death
Graviton mercernary attack increased to 4 :gravity (unupgraded)
Emerald Shield cost reduced to 4/3 :life
Fire Bolt/Lance cost increased to 4/3 :fire
Trident attack increased to 5 (both unupgraded and upgraded)
Pegasus cost decreased to 3 :light
Thunderstorm randomly deals 4 damage to 40% of opponents creatures (cost increased to 4/3 :air)
Wyrm dive cost decreased to 1 :air
Fog cost increased to 3/2 :air
Anubis cost decreased to 7/7 :time
Golden Nymph HP decreased to 5/5
Parasite cost decreased to 1 :darkness
Immortal cost is now 5/6 :aether
Bug fix:
- pvp1 fixed
- pvp desync issue fixed (finally!)
- purify + reflective shield desync bug fixed
- PA + (UG or SoP) bug fixed
- Nightfall + Eclipse stacking bug fixed
- Burrow + Quintessance bug fixed
- Singularity + SoSac bug fixed
- Dissipation Shield + Sanctuary bug fixed
- Fate Egg + SoR bug fixed
- Virus + Aflatoxin bug fixed
- Vampire + LS bug fixed
UI:
New phase spider, dune scorpion, and vampire (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,38357.msg478285.html#msg478285) art (by vrt)
New fracta (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42954.msg541969.html#msg541969)l art (by ZBlader)
New chaos seed (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42878.msg534796.html#msg534796) art (by Ajit)
Post by: willng3 on September 25, 2012, 08:21:39 pm
:light :life :time
:water :darkness :fire
:entropy :gravity :earth
:air :death :aether
:water :darkness :fire
:entropy :gravity :earth
:air :death :aether
The whole Jade Staff + Crusaders combination has been used quite a bit in decks posted on the forums, so I decided to go for something a little bit different here by not using Animate Weapons and making it more defensive than normal. This deck can be pretty slow versus Half-Bloods, but it really doesn't have too many problems beating most of them thanks to the ridiculous amounts of stalling it's capable of. Ideal starting hands will allow you to play a RoL on the first turn and a Leaf Dragon on the second. However, there are cases where auto-mulligan screws things up a bit. Sundials can be used in these situations to stall the opponent for a bit or free up your hand until a RoL appears. The entire combo should work quite smoothly after that.
Crusaders serve several different functions as the main attack force. They can either Endow your Staves or an opposing weapon. Endowing a weapon also makes the Crusader more resilient, which then causes it to become a better target for Mitosis/Epinephrine. There have been quite a few cases where I've decided to Endow an opposing Owl's Eye to grant my Crusaders Ranged and bypass Wings, as an example of using the opponent's weapons to your advantage. Epinephrine will give you 15 healing per turn when a Crusader has Endowed a Staff, and Mitosis will allow you to flood the field with 7 attack creatures that heal you for 5HP each turn. At a certain point it's just near impossible to stop. 4 Jade Staves for extra draw chance and to help reduce the strength of PC.
Hope helps add a bit of stall power to the deck in cases where you're just not getting the Crusader combo set up fast enough. Even just two RoL on the field with Hope in play can help reduce the damage you take significantly each turn. Mitosis can then be used to reduce damage completely.
Sundial serves a lot of purposes in this deck, surprisingly. Its draw power helps speed the deck along a lot, and assuming PC isn't flying around all over the place, they can pretty much turn this deck from 32 cards to 28 cards if needed. Stasis combos extremely well with Crusaders by preventing damage intake for one turn as you heal for a large amount during that time. Against decks with Wings and Dim Shields this is an invaluable strategy. Stasis also helps prevent RoL from killing themselves against Fire Shield or Thorn Carapace as well.
One of the biggest problems for this deck is definitely CC. Fortunately, however, HBs are pretty inconsistent with both the CC that they carry and how they use it. For instance, although Unstable Gas is able to destroy just about every source of your :light production in one play, the amount of time it would normally take for the AI to be able to use the card as well as the amount of healing you should have on your side of the field will make your loss nowhere near as significant as you might expect. Renewable CC such as OE can be "distracted" using a Mito-RoL combination while Hope is on the field. The AI will prioritize the RoL with light over the RoL with Mitosis, therefore you can put the AI into a continuous cycle of targeting newly generated RoL as opposed to the "mother".
Fire decks are probably this deck's biggest weakness, along with bad draws of course.
Note: I would like to point out that I did notice that I had unintentionally designed a deck fairly similar to the same one used by Calindu for this part of the task after I had finished both my AI3 and HB grinders. However, I believe that the decks may be considered different on the grounds that Calindu's deck focuses on a more OTK aspect while mine focuses on the synergy associated with Crusaders and Staves.
I was actually worried that the ban on Immolation/Cremation might mean that I couldn't create this deck, but this variant actually works far better than I had expected when I first put it together. Basic strategy is to play Steam Machines, make their attack become colossal, and then use Nymph's Tears for added utility. NT can be used to either create Water Nymphs if you're sitting on a lot of quanta, or Dark Nymphs if you're trying to go for a higher electrum gain at the end of the match/keep yourself alive if you got a slow start. Dark Nymphs can also act as CC against Pharaohs, Phoenixes, Maxwell's Demons, etc. Some might argue that Steals would function just as well as Explosions, but in truth they do not. The aim of the Explosions is to simply knock down the cards which are impeding your progress such as Dim Shields, Lobo, Sundials, etc. You might be able to Steal a Dim Shield with no problem but you might not want to Steal a Lobo if a Dagger is already in play, and you definitely don't want to Steal a Sundial since Stasis won't go away. Furthermore, drawing a :darkness Pend isn't all that reliable sometimes, and you may want to save the majority of your :darkness for Nymphs/Daggers. Games don't usually last longer than 7-8 turns and result in losses very, very rarely.
Somewhat of a metaphorical reference to the name, it basically alludes to both the presence of chaos and either the Wardens or Otys becoming extremely large and unstoppable creatures. It's basically a trollish deck, though I tried not to make it worse by adding Quicksands and Shard of Focus. Counters Instosis with BHs, checks RoL/Hope using Otys assuming Lobo is not out yet (Discord helps prevent it from coming out too), puts a damper on most Timebows/CCYB variants, and probably causes some problems for both SPlat and Poisondials with Discord and BH. Damage output can be a bit slow in the beginning unless Overdrive is pulled early. Probably isn't easy to counter.
Well, with the elements I was given a Recluse/Wings stall seemed way too obvious so I decided to do something a little bit different. This deck completely trolls anything creature-based and trolls Dim Shields as an added bonus, but doesn't serve much of a purpose otherwise. It is fun finishing a duel with Blitz'd Psions though.
With this deck two of Life's biggest weaknesses are dealt with: Dim Shields and CC. This deck is a purebred stall breaker which is capable of spawning damage very, very quickly using the power of Mitosis + SoR Dragons. SoFr is then used to circumvent annoying shields such as Dims and Gravity Shield while the Dragons themselves are fairly resilient to most forms of CC.
Task III - Building the Game (completed)
:life
Rejuvenation | Rejuvenation:
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,34369
Foliage | Foliage:
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,33562.0.html
:water
Enchanted Sea | Enchanted Sea:
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,35338.0.html
:light
Byakko | Byakko:
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,33535
:gravity
Null Field | Null Field:
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42105.0.html
Rejuvenation | Rejuvenation:
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,34369
Foliage | Foliage:
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,33562.0.html
:water
Enchanted Sea | Enchanted Sea:
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,35338.0.html
:light
Byakko | Byakko:
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,33535
:gravity
Null Field | Null Field:
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42105.0.html
Procrastination cost reduced to 5 :time
Thunderstorm | Lightningstorm now deals 2 damage to Airborne creatures
Forest Scorpion cost increased to 4 :life, attack increased to 2
Otyugh HP increased to 4, Devour activation cost increased to :gravity :gravity
Jade Staff now heals 7HP instead of 5
Cockatrice | Elite Cockatrice are now Airborne. Card Art updated to reflect this change.
Virus | Retrovirus now activate their abilities upon being Devoured towards the creature that Devoured them.
Aflatoxin can now target players. Aflatoxin damage on players acts as normal Poison damage. Cost of spell reduced to 5 | 4. Grey Nymph | Death Nymph ability cost increased to :death :death :death
Thorn Carapace | Spine Carapace cost decreased to 6 | 6
Emerald Shield | Jade Shield cost decreased to 4 | 6
Pufferfish cost decreased to 4 :water
Reflective Shields now reflect damage inflicted by Nightmare (the hand fill effect still occurs as normal). Also reflect Aflatoxin.
Plague | Improved Plague changed to inflict two poison damage instead of one. Death's creatures take 1 damage instead.
Parasite | Bloodsucker cost decreased to 1 :darkness
Ulitharid cost decreased to 2 :water
Rustler HP increased to 2, Leaf Dragon HP increased to 4
Graboid activation cost increased to :time :time
Unupped Pandemonium cost increased to 4 :entropy
Dimensional Shield | Phase Shield cost increased to 7 | 6
Nova generates Singularity when used twice in a row (changed from thrice)
Discord cost increased to 4 :entropy. Damage increased to 5 | 7
Fog Shield | Improved Fog cost increased to 3 | 2
Flesh Recluse HP decreased to 2
Shard of Focus changed to the suggestion posted here: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,38644.msg538100.html#msg538100
Shard of Void changed to reduce max HP by 3 as normal or 4 with :darkness mark.
Shard of Gratitude cost decreased by 1 on both versions
Shard of Wisdom increases attack by 3 instead of 4
Shard of Patience no longer affects untargetable creatures
Thunderstorm | Lightningstorm now deals 2 damage to Airborne creatures
Forest Scorpion cost increased to 4 :life, attack increased to 2
Otyugh HP increased to 4, Devour activation cost increased to :gravity :gravity
Jade Staff now heals 7HP instead of 5
Cockatrice | Elite Cockatrice are now Airborne. Card Art updated to reflect this change.
Virus | Retrovirus now activate their abilities upon being Devoured towards the creature that Devoured them.
Aflatoxin can now target players. Aflatoxin damage on players acts as normal Poison damage. Cost of spell reduced to 5 | 4. Grey Nymph | Death Nymph ability cost increased to :death :death :death
Thorn Carapace | Spine Carapace cost decreased to 6 | 6
Emerald Shield | Jade Shield cost decreased to 4 | 6
Pufferfish cost decreased to 4 :water
Reflective Shields now reflect damage inflicted by Nightmare (the hand fill effect still occurs as normal). Also reflect Aflatoxin.
Plague | Improved Plague changed to inflict two poison damage instead of one. Death's creatures take 1 damage instead.
Parasite | Bloodsucker cost decreased to 1 :darkness
Ulitharid cost decreased to 2 :water
Rustler HP increased to 2, Leaf Dragon HP increased to 4
Graboid activation cost increased to :time :time
Unupped Pandemonium cost increased to 4 :entropy
Dimensional Shield | Phase Shield cost increased to 7 | 6
Nova generates Singularity when used twice in a row (changed from thrice)
Discord cost increased to 4 :entropy. Damage increased to 5 | 7
Fog Shield | Improved Fog cost increased to 3 | 2
Flesh Recluse HP decreased to 2
Shard of Focus changed to the suggestion posted here: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,38644.msg538100.html#msg538100
Shard of Void changed to reduce max HP by 3 as normal or 4 with :darkness mark.
Shard of Gratitude cost decreased by 1 on both versions
Shard of Wisdom increases attack by 3 instead of 4
Shard of Patience no longer affects untargetable creatures
PvP 1 bug fixed (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,43558.0.html)
Dissipation Shield and Sanctuary weapon bug fixed (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,43741.0.html)
Eclipse + Nightfall bug fixed (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,43737.0.html)
Burrow + Quint bug fixed (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,1931.12.html)
Fate Egg bugs fixed (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,41747.0.html)
Blessing not affecting opponent max stats bug fixed (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42255.0.html)
Password box now accepts stressed letters
Various animation and graphical bugs fixed
Reflective Shields + Purify no longer causes desyncs (Purify reflects for both sides)
Phoenix + CC bugs fixed
Supernova + Singularity bugs/inconsistencies fixed
Inconsistencies involving Antimatter + Dim Shield fixed
Protected UG creating a Protected Permanent slot after detonation bug fixed
Virus + Aflatoxin bug fixed (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,40168.msg498298.html#msg498298)
Vampire + LS bug fixed (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,36710.0.html)
Bugs involving Shard of Bravery fixed
Dissipation Shield and Sanctuary weapon bug fixed (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,43741.0.html)
Eclipse + Nightfall bug fixed (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,43737.0.html)
Burrow + Quint bug fixed (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,1931.12.html)
Fate Egg bugs fixed (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,41747.0.html)
Blessing not affecting opponent max stats bug fixed (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42255.0.html)
Password box now accepts stressed letters
Various animation and graphical bugs fixed
Reflective Shields + Purify no longer causes desyncs (Purify reflects for both sides)
Phoenix + CC bugs fixed
Supernova + Singularity bugs/inconsistencies fixed
Inconsistencies involving Antimatter + Dim Shield fixed
Protected UG creating a Protected Permanent slot after detonation bug fixed
Virus + Aflatoxin bug fixed (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,40168.msg498298.html#msg498298)
Vampire + LS bug fixed (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,36710.0.html)
Bugs involving Shard of Bravery fixed
-New AI level (Demigods) added. Demigods will possess decks with preset starting cards, added restrictions for the player, enhanced drawing/quanta production, etc. Defeating them gives a high chance of winning upgraded cards in addition to a special spin featuring only Shards. This mode becomes unlocked once a player's deck level reaches level 40 (~19k score) or higher and they have completed Quest 8. Going below level 40 after this has been unlocked does not prevent it from being accessed again. Unless the Arena is currently considered AI6, this will be AI6. Credit goes to plastiqe for most of this idea.
-All rares now become Relics in normal spins to prevent PvP1/2 exploiting. Special spins are unaffected.
-New quests added:
-Booster packs now available in the bazaar - pack types will have varying rewards:
-Randomized PvP now features additional filters to allow players to decide what kind of PvP matches they would like to play. For instance, players can decide if they want to face a player who has played around the same games as them, they can decide to face only players with higher score, and they can also ban Shards from being used in each match. Because the game has lost a bit of popularity with both a lack of updates and a forum move, this feature can be expected to result in less games being found until the game becomes more popular again. Until that time the filters can be disabled to allow more matches to be found.
-Arena now keeps track of how many wins/losses your deck accumulates each day as well as how many people thumb up your deck.
-Password recovery system added using your e-mail address.
-Errors involving donation codes resolved.
-New animation option which reduces quality to below that of Low. In other words, no animations will appear in this mode at all.
-Lore text added to go along with each Quest.
-Missing Oracle card text added.
-Various grammatical/spelling errors fixed.
-Trainer now features a mode which enables the player to see what cards the opponent is holding in hand.
-Cards missing from the "All Cards" button have been added.
-All rares now become Relics in normal spins to prevent PvP1/2 exploiting. Special spins are unaffected.
-New quests added:
- Quest 8: Defeat 3 False Gods during the same day - Shard reward - becomes unlocked after completing Quest 7 (rare weapon quest)
- Quest 9: Defeat a Demigod - Nymph reward - becomes unlocked after completing Quest 8 and reaching level 40
- Quest 10: Reach level 81+ - Nymph or Mark reward - becomes unlocked after completing Quest 9; reappears each time that a player gains a level past level 80.
-Booster packs now available in the bazaar - pack types will have varying rewards:
- Beginner packs - Priced at 250 :electrum - 7 cards consisting of 2 very common cards (Pillars/Pends), 4 common cards (non-pillar/Dragon/rare/ultrarare), and 1 random Dragon. The higher a common card sells for in the bazaar, the more uncommon the card is.
- Intermediate packs - Priced at 750 :electrum - 9 cards consisting of 2 very common cards (Pillars/Pends), 6 common cards (non-pillar/rare/ultrarare), and 1 random rare weapon. Selling price does not affect rarity.
- Expert packs - Priced at 2000 :electrum - 11 cards consisting of 2 very common cards (Pillars/Pends), 8 common cards (non-pillar/rare/ultrarares), and 1 rare card. Rare cards in this case place rare weapons as being the most common with upgraded cards being more uncommon and a chance of winning a Shard as very rare.
-Randomized PvP now features additional filters to allow players to decide what kind of PvP matches they would like to play. For instance, players can decide if they want to face a player who has played around the same games as them, they can decide to face only players with higher score, and they can also ban Shards from being used in each match. Because the game has lost a bit of popularity with both a lack of updates and a forum move, this feature can be expected to result in less games being found until the game becomes more popular again. Until that time the filters can be disabled to allow more matches to be found.
-Arena now keeps track of how many wins/losses your deck accumulates each day as well as how many people thumb up your deck.
-Password recovery system added using your e-mail address.
-Errors involving donation codes resolved.
-New animation option which reduces quality to below that of Low. In other words, no animations will appear in this mode at all.
-Lore text added to go along with each Quest.
-Missing Oracle card text added.
-Various grammatical/spelling errors fixed.
-Trainer now features a mode which enables the player to see what cards the opponent is holding in hand.
-Cards missing from the "All Cards" button have been added.
Post by: thatnewguy on September 25, 2012, 08:26:01 pm
Task 2 Deckbuilding (completed)
Ai3 :entropy :fire :time
Ai4 :death :darkness :air
FG :light :gravity :water
FATTY :aether :earth :life
Ai4 :death :darkness :air
FG :light :gravity :water
FATTY :aether :earth :life
Fun little deck here, kinda different from the usual rush the hell out of the AI. A little control, little rush, little stall, little bit of everything :o
I had something different at first, but decided it was already done and went with this instead, it's just a spin-off deck. Randomizer makes it too hard to be original when these 2 elements are used for HBs so often anyway :>
I doubt the AI would be smart enough to play this deck correctly, but surprises happen, right? I seem to have a problem putting PC into my FG decks :> (serket doesn't have any either) But this one has CC!
Fractal psion too damn hard, mitosis psion much strong and mitosis scorpions ofc ;)
What kind of man would I be if I ignored my precious death stalker/dun scorpion :( So I put in some stalling and a way to quickly rack up poison on your opponent and you have 3 shards so you can use them multiple times to get early/late poison :D
Task 3 Making the game! (complete)
- Bone mage
- Necrosis
- Stolas
- Desert worm
- Aflaxation now adds 3 poison counters to target creature instead of 2.
- Virus l Retrovirus is now poisonous.
- Graviton Mercenary attack increased by 5l5.
- Plate armor hp gain increased to 4.
- Shrieker attack decreased to 7l3
- Forest scorpion attack increased to 2l2
- Rustler HP increased to 1l2
- Rage potion cost increased to 4 :fire
- Nymph tears cost adjusted to 6l5
- Reflective shield now reflects nightmare damage.
- Procrastination cost decreased to 5.
- Nightmare cost increased to 3/2.
- Psion HP decreased to 3 (unupped) 4 Upped.
- Shard of Wisdom now removes immortality.
- Shard of Focus now costs 1 :gravity to destroy a permanant.
- Shard of Sacrifice is no longer stackable
- PvP1 bug fixed
- Dissipation Shield and Sanctuary weapon bug fixed
- Eclipse + Nightfall bug fixed
- Burrow + Quint bug fixed
- Fate Egg bugs fixed
- Blessing not affecting opponent max stats bug fixed
- Card animations updated.
- Reflective Shields + Purify no longer causes desyncs
- Supernova + Singularity bugs fixed
- Inconsistencies involving Antimatter + Dim Shield fixed
- Protected UG creating a Protected Permanent slot after detonation bug fixed
- Virus + Aflatoxin bug fixed
- Vampire + LS bug fixed
- Bugs involving Shard of Bravery fixed
- Graboids no longer turn into burrowed skeletons when killed by skull shield
- Chat autoscroll no longer breaks when typing a elongated word or name.
- Abomination, Flesh spider, Antilion, Rustler, Pegasus, Anubis, and Vampire arts updated.
- Oracle now provides daily quests for score and electurm.
- Demigods (Ai6) added to Ai list
- Arena now lets you rate a deck regardless if you win or lose.
- Elements radio stations added to the log-in screen.
- Special Holiday arts have been added to the game features so the screen/oracles change appearances based on the seasons.
- Password recovery system added via e-mail address.
Post by: Tiko on September 25, 2012, 08:32:04 pm
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I guess they would probably work nicely together.
► Task II - Deckbuilding
:gravity :life :time
:entropy :death :aether
:earth :water :darkness
:fire :light :air
:entropy :death :aether
:earth :water :darkness
:fire :light :air
I will avoid commenting, as I figured the decks and their strategies/synergies are self-explanatory and straightforward. I tried and went for the most effective, while still-stable synergy chains between the grouped elements.
Average ttw seemed like ~6turns (25W/1L/1EM).
Average ttw seemed like ~11-13turns (25W/3L/3EM).
Grotesque
Average ttpwn seemed like ~6-7turns (25games total).
Average ttpwn seemed like ~6-7turns (25games total).
Average ttw seemed like ~8-9 turns (25W/5L/0EM vs Elders).
From the time when Soap was a spell. Average ttw seemed like ~8turns (25W/6L/1EM vs Elders).
► Task III - Building the Game
I would prefer to leave this to Zanz.
Post by: Jenkar on September 25, 2012, 08:33:47 pm
I can't let Jenkar switch elements at will, can I.. ?Yay! Competition~:D
Task II (complete)
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Task II (complete)
Air-Death-Light
Gravity-Earth-Fire
Entropy-Life-Time
Aether-Darkness-Water
Gravity-Earth-Fire
Entropy-Life-Time
Aether-Darkness-Water
Post by: Onizuka on September 25, 2012, 09:58:15 pm
TASK II - Deckbuilding
TASK III - Building the Game
Post by: regen2k9 on September 25, 2012, 10:47:26 pm
Task I
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Post by: n00b on September 26, 2012, 12:29:25 am
Remade Card #1: Pandemic | Epidemic
Card #2: Degrade | Degrade
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Task II - Complete
:aether :air :gravity
:darkness :death :life
:earth :fire :time
:entropy :light :water
:darkness :death :life
:earth :fire :time
:entropy :light :water
I call it... Catadimensional Titans... or something. Went 18/25, losing both to the few decks I played with lots of hard PC and decks with much heals.
Went 22/25, which, imo, is pretty good for a trio.
Not much to say about this one, except that it is a stall. So yeah...
Chaotic Endeavors Name courtesy of Poof
He endows his Saders, he Maxwells your Graboids, and, on top of it all, he freezes you.
He endows his Saders, he Maxwells your Graboids, and, on top of it all, he freezes you.
Fractal Ulitharids, use SoP, ???, Profit.
Post by: furballdn on September 26, 2012, 01:17:06 am
:gravity :entropy :aether
:death :air :earth
:water :light :time
:life :fire :darkness
:death :air :earth
:water :light :time
:life :fire :darkness
:gravity :entropy :aether
Honey charger don't care!Honey charger don't care!Honey charger don't care!
In fast grinding of AI3, what is the most irritating thing? Shields and CC that slow down one's speed. Shields? Honey chargers laugh at that! Packing 7|5 stats and momentum, these are great creatures for packing on the beat upon the opponent. Their 5hp puts them out of nearly all CC range besides lightning, and even then, chaos power has got it covered. With an average of a +3/+3 buff, a 10|8 momentum creature is nearly unstoppable. What's that? You're worried about other types of control? Worry not, for I have that covered as well! Twin Universe! A brilliant way to double the buffs and double the pain!
Average TTW: 7.4
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6 EM
Conclusions: RNG is too troll D: Either way, this deck was designed as a counter to all those pesky shields and rush stoppers in AI3, but it seems I got paired up with the annoying RT/sundials one twice, and the earth/gravy one that BB'd everything too. It's not the fastest AI3 grinder out there, but I can say that it's very fun and reliable.
Honey charger don't care!Honey charger don't care!Honey charger don't care!
In fast grinding of AI3, what is the most irritating thing? Shields and CC that slow down one's speed. Shields? Honey chargers laugh at that! Packing 7|5 stats and momentum, these are great creatures for packing on the beat upon the opponent. Their 5hp puts them out of nearly all CC range besides lightning, and even then, chaos power has got it covered. With an average of a +3/+3 buff, a 10|8 momentum creature is nearly unstoppable. What's that? You're worried about other types of control? Worry not, for I have that covered as well! Twin Universe! A brilliant way to double the buffs and double the pain!
Average TTW: 7.4
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Conclusions: RNG is too troll D: Either way, this deck was designed as a counter to all those pesky shields and rush stoppers in AI3, but it seems I got paired up with the annoying RT/sundials one twice, and the earth/gravy one that BB'd everything too. It's not the fastest AI3 grinder out there, but I can say that it's very fun and reliable.
:death :air :earth
When you die, do you go up or down?
I originally planned to make a PA+wings+recluse deck, but found that too awkward. That's when I realized i could approach it from another angle. Death is a very powerful element for rushing, with perhaps the most efficient rusher (Flesh Recluse), and the ability to add poison to bypass shields. What better way to combine those two aspects of death? Flying arsenics and recluses! Of course, just like that, the deck might not be able to catch up to the accelerated quanta of HBs, so that's where BB comes in. BB is able to shut down a pesky enemy for 6 turns, long enough that you'll probably never see a creature get out of it. This deck is pretty fast, getting 7-8 TTW vs HBs. It's also quite thematic! Will you use the power of air to fly your arsenic or the power of earth to drag down your opponent to a halt?
Average TTW: 8.2
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When you die, do you go up or down?
I originally planned to make a PA+wings+recluse deck, but found that too awkward. That's when I realized i could approach it from another angle. Death is a very powerful element for rushing, with perhaps the most efficient rusher (Flesh Recluse), and the ability to add poison to bypass shields. What better way to combine those two aspects of death? Flying arsenics and recluses! Of course, just like that, the deck might not be able to catch up to the accelerated quanta of HBs, so that's where BB comes in. BB is able to shut down a pesky enemy for 6 turns, long enough that you'll probably never see a creature get out of it. This deck is pretty fast, getting 7-8 TTW vs HBs. It's also quite thematic! Will you use the power of air to fly your arsenic or the power of earth to drag down your opponent to a halt?
Average TTW: 8.2
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:life :fire :darkness
Legion
The one that is many. A writhing pack of demons twisting and turning in the depths of the night. Individually, each demon is weak, but together, they form an incomprehensible strength. Hellfire seems to breathe from it as its destructive prowess seem to multiply over time...
We have fractal devourers, why not a slower but safer way to go? Mitosis and bonds allows for more stability and defense. Devourers and bloodsuckers are immensely cheap creatures that deal massive damage under eclipse. The triple fire mark is enough to fuel the control in the deck. Rains of fire keep creatures at bay while explosions keep pesky permanents away.
Legion
The one that is many. A writhing pack of demons twisting and turning in the depths of the night. Individually, each demon is weak, but together, they form an incomprehensible strength. Hellfire seems to breathe from it as its destructive prowess seem to multiply over time...
We have fractal devourers, why not a slower but safer way to go? Mitosis and bonds allows for more stability and defense. Devourers and bloodsuckers are immensely cheap creatures that deal massive damage under eclipse. The triple fire mark is enough to fuel the control in the deck. Rains of fire keep creatures at bay while explosions keep pesky permanents away.
:water :light :time
Time to Elucidate Floding!
Flooding can be useful! Use flooding and squids to lock down opponent. Sancts and miracles to heal up. Sundials are there if you need a one turn stall, and eternity is for deckout. Who said water had no synergy with light and time besides tears?
Time to Elucidate Floding!
Flooding can be useful! Use flooding and squids to lock down opponent. Sancts and miracles to heal up. Sundials are there if you need a one turn stall, and eternity is for deckout. Who said water had no synergy with light and time besides tears?
Mirrored Purpose
SoW is the biggest buff in the game. What works great with attack buffs? Peggy does! Quint protects fragile Peggy and allows it to receive SoW buffs and dive for much more damage. Alternatively, Quint+SoW can be used upon enemy creatures if the user has a mirror shield up, letting SoW have both an offensive and defensive purpose in this deck.
Shards are way too specialized. Hard to make a unique deck with shards.
SoW is the biggest buff in the game. What works great with attack buffs? Peggy does! Quint protects fragile Peggy and allows it to receive SoW buffs and dive for much more damage. Alternatively, Quint+SoW can be used upon enemy creatures if the user has a mirror shield up, letting SoW have both an offensive and defensive purpose in this deck.
Shards are way too specialized. Hard to make a unique deck with shards.
Task 3 Completed!
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It seems that a general consensus agrees that :air, :water, :gravity, and :life are the weaker elements. Why are they the weaker elements? They lack solid PC. In a game where shields are powerful and control is rampant, not having half of the control greatly cripples your element.
Tumult (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=42839.0): Tumult is an air card that allows the user to steal a permanent in exchange for one of the user's own. This is softer PC than explosion, but fits into :air's theme of flowing freely. This also allows for :earth + :air synergies with Enchant Artifact, and even permanentless rushes that need some cheap PC.
Wave (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=36910.0): Water is soft and calm, but unchecked, it can even weather away mountains. This PC card fits that theme exactly. The opponent can choose to save their permanent for a quanta cost, or let it get destroyed. This simple yet effective card brings along a whole new level of strategy into the game.
Junk Wall (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,34806.0.html): Gravity's weight shield is awkward at best, and useless at worst. Such a defensive element doesn't boast much defenses for the user. Junk Wall is like a permanent version of Bone Wall, and it allows for new synergies with gravity duos because of the new PC introduced.
Essence of Nature (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42165.0.html): Life's soft PC card allows for one extra damage of the strongest creature in spell damage form. This card allows :life to bypass shields like wings and dimensional shield that might have once shut down life decks completely. This essentially fits into the mid-range hitter value for life, letting life take a stronger stand instead of its cheap creature spams. More spell damage will also help contribute to reflective shields being a part of the meta.
Tumult (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=42839.0): Tumult is an air card that allows the user to steal a permanent in exchange for one of the user's own. This is softer PC than explosion, but fits into :air's theme of flowing freely. This also allows for :earth + :air synergies with Enchant Artifact, and even permanentless rushes that need some cheap PC.
Wave (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php?topic=36910.0): Water is soft and calm, but unchecked, it can even weather away mountains. This PC card fits that theme exactly. The opponent can choose to save their permanent for a quanta cost, or let it get destroyed. This simple yet effective card brings along a whole new level of strategy into the game.
Junk Wall (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,34806.0.html): Gravity's weight shield is awkward at best, and useless at worst. Such a defensive element doesn't boast much defenses for the user. Junk Wall is like a permanent version of Bone Wall, and it allows for new synergies with gravity duos because of the new PC introduced.
Essence of Nature (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42165.0.html): Life's soft PC card allows for one extra damage of the strongest creature in spell damage form. This card allows :life to bypass shields like wings and dimensional shield that might have once shut down life decks completely. This essentially fits into the mid-range hitter value for life, letting life take a stronger stand instead of its cheap creature spams. More spell damage will also help contribute to reflective shields being a part of the meta.
New cards:
http://www.elementsthegame.com/development.html
New features:
Daily quest from the oracle, the oracle wants a certain half-blood hunted down? Can the player find and defeat that half-blood before the day is over?
Small amount of customization allowed for Arena AI, as in which cards to play in which order and other strategies that the player can decide
For the first 10 games that the player plays per day, they will get extra electrum if they use their oracle card of the day
Able to thumb up arena decks as well
Achievements added. Completing these achievements will reward players with electrum, score, and certain upgraded cards
Balance:
Pegasus stats changed to 3|3
Upgraded hope changed to 7 :light
Crusader's endow changed to :light :light
Parasite stats changed to 2|1
Vampire Stiletto cost changed to 2 :darkness
Fog shield changed to 3|2 :air
Thunderstorm now occasionally does 2 damage instead of 1
Plate armor gives +0/+4
Graviton mercenary cost changed to 3 :gravity
Colossal dragon stats changed to 8|15, 9|30 if upgraded
Rage Potion can no longer kill creatures. It now takes up to 5|6 hp away from target creature and adds it to the creature's attack
Pufferfish cost changed to 4 :water
Ulitharid cost changed to 2 :water
Elite Cockatrice stats changed to 5|6
Jade Shield cost changed to 6 :life
Flesh spider stats changed to 4|3
Elite mummy stats changed to 5|5
Dimensional shield now phases user out of play for 2 turns. Cost changed to 4|3 :aether
Anubis and Elite Anubis stats changed to 6|8
Shard of Focus cost lowered to 5|3 :rainbow, starts at 0|1 hp. Accrete: Destroy target permanent and gain 15hp. Disappears if hp>15, 30 if mark is :gravity
Shard of Sacrifice makes user take 24|20 and replace damage with healing for one turn. Trigger a death effect
Bug fix:
- PvP1 no longer broken
- Purify and reflective shield glitch fixed
- AI no longer chains supernova without singularities
- Unburrow no longer removes invincibility
- Fate eggs no longer cause funny things to happen in PvP
- Nightfall and Eclipse no longer stack
- A protected UG that explodes no longer makes the previous spot protected
UI:
Thumbs up counter added to arena
Graph of arena position versus time added
New art for cards
AI balance:
H-Bs mark changed to 2x
AI smarter now
http://www.elementsthegame.com/development.html
New features:
Daily quest from the oracle, the oracle wants a certain half-blood hunted down? Can the player find and defeat that half-blood before the day is over?
Small amount of customization allowed for Arena AI, as in which cards to play in which order and other strategies that the player can decide
For the first 10 games that the player plays per day, they will get extra electrum if they use their oracle card of the day
Able to thumb up arena decks as well
Achievements added. Completing these achievements will reward players with electrum, score, and certain upgraded cards
Balance:
Pegasus stats changed to 3|3
Upgraded hope changed to 7 :light
Crusader's endow changed to :light :light
Parasite stats changed to 2|1
Vampire Stiletto cost changed to 2 :darkness
Fog shield changed to 3|2 :air
Thunderstorm now occasionally does 2 damage instead of 1
Plate armor gives +0/+4
Graviton mercenary cost changed to 3 :gravity
Colossal dragon stats changed to 8|15, 9|30 if upgraded
Rage Potion can no longer kill creatures. It now takes up to 5|6 hp away from target creature and adds it to the creature's attack
Pufferfish cost changed to 4 :water
Ulitharid cost changed to 2 :water
Elite Cockatrice stats changed to 5|6
Jade Shield cost changed to 6 :life
Flesh spider stats changed to 4|3
Elite mummy stats changed to 5|5
Dimensional shield now phases user out of play for 2 turns. Cost changed to 4|3 :aether
Anubis and Elite Anubis stats changed to 6|8
Shard of Focus cost lowered to 5|3 :rainbow, starts at 0|1 hp. Accrete: Destroy target permanent and gain 15hp. Disappears if hp>15, 30 if mark is :gravity
Shard of Sacrifice makes user take 24|20 and replace damage with healing for one turn. Trigger a death effect
Bug fix:
- PvP1 no longer broken
- Purify and reflective shield glitch fixed
- AI no longer chains supernova without singularities
- Unburrow no longer removes invincibility
- Fate eggs no longer cause funny things to happen in PvP
- Nightfall and Eclipse no longer stack
- A protected UG that explodes no longer makes the previous spot protected
UI:
Thumbs up counter added to arena
Graph of arena position versus time added
New art for cards
AI balance:
H-Bs mark changed to 2x
AI smarter now
Post by: bogtro on September 26, 2012, 02:24:34 am
Task II - Deckbuilding
First off, my groups will be :gravity :time :earth/ :life :light :air/ :aether :darkness :death/ :water :entropy :fire (randomized). This is because I believe that a decent deckbuilder should be able to take any elements and make a suitable deck out of them. I'm also trying to stay away from simply splashing in cards off of the mark, and particularly trying to avoid Animate Weapon, Sundial, etc. because those defeat the purpose of having a trio.
The deck is deceptively strong. A 10-game test against Half-Bloods went 8-2, for a preliminary 80% winrate. This should fall well within "reliable" for farming purposes.
The strategy is simple. Play a scarab along with a Heavy Armor, which should then take care of most opposing creatures. Gravity Shield, a very underused and underrated card, provides nice support for this, taking care of any creatures that your scarabs can't handle. Finally, the graboids provide some much-needed offense to the deck. The deck can set up quite quickly, with a buffed scarab coming out by turn 2 the norm. The deck will work semi-unupped, but the heavy armors really need to remain upped or the scarabs won't have enough nomming power.
Scarabs are quicker to get out than Otyugh, and the additional HP of otyugh becomes largely irrelevant due to Gravity Shield.
As far as I know, this deck is the first of its kind. FFQ/Hope is too mainstream, so I went with this. The strategy is simple - Play a crusader, epi it, and endow the Owl's Eye.
Endowed crusader hits the sweet spot of 8, which when paired with adrenaline attacks for a total of 17 damage. Additionally, it gains the snipe skill, which takes care of most opposing creature threats. A 15-game sample went 14-1, with the 1 loss being due to drawing 0 crusaders in half the deck, and barely losing anyway due to a sundial at the end.
3 Owl's Eyes should be sufficient, since they aren't 100% necessary for the deck to run. Even if you happen to not draw them early, an adrenalined sader still does 12 damage, which is usually fast enough to defeat most AI3 decks, or at least do enough damage to remain competitive until your OE shows up. Obviously, your toughest opponent should be the Aether elder, if it ever learns that a dimensional shield should take priority over an Immortal, with the Time/Light elder also being annoying due to RT (though that deck is really too slow to consistantly beat this).
This deck looks a little crazy, but keep in mind that FGs have 3x mark and double draw. The strategy is to first fractal a Pest if possible, otherwise fractalling a Deathstalker. The deck should take apart Instosis due to quanta control and poison, stand a good chance against poisondials due to the Vampires and early Pests, and do well against most other FG farmers by virtue of its adaptability. Poison is really very strong against most FG farmers, and quanta control helps a lot against those that can't be outdamaged by poison.
10-0 against AI3. Strategy is relatively simple. Normally you want to play your first NT on a water pillar/pend, spawning a Water Nymph that can eventually turn all of your pillars into nymphs. Diss shield provides time to get set up. By the time you are running at all low on Entropy quanta, you should have killed most of the opponent's creatures with a Fire Nymph. Any other big threats can be AMed or raged.
The 2 explosions usually are sufficient, considering the lack of troublesome permanents against this deck (which is mostly limited to lobo). Since the deck has plenty of time due to being able to clear the field, you have time to wait for that explosion to take out a shield or such.
A fun situation that I encountered was buffing two opposing colossal dragons to 19|2 then AMing them for EM :P
Strategy is simple:
1. Play quanta
2. Wait, playing SoBs along the way
3. When about to die, play shield+Silence
4. Continue Silence chain
5. Boltkill
6. Profit!
The deck is deceptively strong. A 10-game test against Half-Bloods went 8-2, for a preliminary 80% winrate. This should fall well within "reliable" for farming purposes.
The strategy is simple. Play a scarab along with a Heavy Armor, which should then take care of most opposing creatures. Gravity Shield, a very underused and underrated card, provides nice support for this, taking care of any creatures that your scarabs can't handle. Finally, the graboids provide some much-needed offense to the deck. The deck can set up quite quickly, with a buffed scarab coming out by turn 2 the norm. The deck will work semi-unupped, but the heavy armors really need to remain upped or the scarabs won't have enough nomming power.
Scarabs are quicker to get out than Otyugh, and the additional HP of otyugh becomes largely irrelevant due to Gravity Shield.
As far as I know, this deck is the first of its kind. FFQ/Hope is too mainstream, so I went with this. The strategy is simple - Play a crusader, epi it, and endow the Owl's Eye.
Endowed crusader hits the sweet spot of 8, which when paired with adrenaline attacks for a total of 17 damage. Additionally, it gains the snipe skill, which takes care of most opposing creature threats. A 15-game sample went 14-1, with the 1 loss being due to drawing 0 crusaders in half the deck, and barely losing anyway due to a sundial at the end.
3 Owl's Eyes should be sufficient, since they aren't 100% necessary for the deck to run. Even if you happen to not draw them early, an adrenalined sader still does 12 damage, which is usually fast enough to defeat most AI3 decks, or at least do enough damage to remain competitive until your OE shows up. Obviously, your toughest opponent should be the Aether elder, if it ever learns that a dimensional shield should take priority over an Immortal, with the Time/Light elder also being annoying due to RT (though that deck is really too slow to consistantly beat this).
This deck looks a little crazy, but keep in mind that FGs have 3x mark and double draw. The strategy is to first fractal a Pest if possible, otherwise fractalling a Deathstalker. The deck should take apart Instosis due to quanta control and poison, stand a good chance against poisondials due to the Vampires and early Pests, and do well against most other FG farmers by virtue of its adaptability. Poison is really very strong against most FG farmers, and quanta control helps a lot against those that can't be outdamaged by poison.
10-0 against AI3. Strategy is relatively simple. Normally you want to play your first NT on a water pillar/pend, spawning a Water Nymph that can eventually turn all of your pillars into nymphs. Diss shield provides time to get set up. By the time you are running at all low on Entropy quanta, you should have killed most of the opponent's creatures with a Fire Nymph. Any other big threats can be AMed or raged.
The 2 explosions usually are sufficient, considering the lack of troublesome permanents against this deck (which is mostly limited to lobo). Since the deck has plenty of time due to being able to clear the field, you have time to wait for that explosion to take out a shield or such.
A fun situation that I encountered was buffing two opposing colossal dragons to 19|2 then AMing them for EM :P
Strategy is simple:
1. Play quanta
2. Wait, playing SoBs along the way
3. When about to die, play shield+Silence
4. Continue Silence chain
5. Boltkill
6. Profit!
Task III - Building the Game
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New Cards:
http://elementsthegame.com/development(notrly).html (http://i.minus.com/ibsWCXcJ9amJgf.png)
http://elementsthegame.com/development(notrly).html (http://i.minus.com/ibsWCXcJ9amJgf.png)
Post by: nilsieboy on September 26, 2012, 05:17:57 am
Post by: mrpaper on September 26, 2012, 11:42:35 am
TASK 1
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TASK 3
New cards
Dwarf Star: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,29865.0.html
Death adder: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,32896
Whirlpool: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42194.0.html
Rock solid and Small sacred island (see above)
Balance changes:
Shard of sacrifice now cost 8 (7 upgraded)
Shard of focus gives BOTH players a black hole if hp> 45, your's will be on top of you're deck
Aflatoxin cost is reduced to 4 :death (3 :death upgraded)
Graviton mercernary cost is reduced to 3 :gravity (2 :gravity upgraded)
Graviton fire eater starts with 1 attack instead of 0 (upgraded too)
Thorn and spine carapace now have 80% of chance to infect
Blue crawler defense is now set at 5 (stays at 6 upgraded)
Trident now deals 5 damage instead of 4 (upgraded too)
Ice bolt cost is now 1 :water (1 :rainbow upgraded)
Guardian angel attack is increased at 2 unnuped
Thunderstorm now also have 35% to stun for a turn (upgraded too)
Parasite cost in now 1 :darkness (upgraded too)
Immortal cost is now 5 :aether (6 :aether upgraded)
New features
-Quest of the day that will give a random shard when completed
-The Trial.
-Some PvP server desynchronize bugs fix
-purify vs reflective shield desync bug fix
Post by: justaburd on September 26, 2012, 03:29:26 pm
Task III
(Not) Currently in trainer.
New cards:
Final Breath|Final Breath (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,28214.0.html)
Squid|Octopus (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,35160)
Byakko|Byakko (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,33535)
Balance:
Half-Blood draw speed reduced to (an average of) 1.5
Aflatoxin now does 2 damage instantly when cast on a target in addition to the 2 poison counters.
Thorn carapace cost reduced by 1 for the unupgraded and upgraded versions
Emerald and Jade shields' cost reduced by 1
Bug fix:
- PVP 1 is fixed (wouldn't that be nice?)
- Reflective shields now work properly with purify
- Casting multiple pieces of cc on a phoenix (and the resulting ash to kill it) now properly destroys the card.
- Fixed some bugs that were causing desyncs in general
- Supernova will now properly generate singularities when the player is under Shard of Sacrifice; AI updated to prevent the AI from recklessly generating singularities however.
UI:
- More art from community contributors (that would be nice too)
AI changes:
- The AI will now no longer spam shields unless its hand is clogged.
- The AI may now play multiple copies of the same shield if its hand is getting clogged.
- Improved AI targetting regarding creatures with more dangerous abilities
- Improved AI targetting with regards to buffs, such as adrenaline
- The AI will now use free abilities whenever possible, unless its field is cluttered
- The AI will now always doublecheck for abilities that can end the game against players
- Miracle's deck updated with Shard of Divinity
- Ferox's deck updated with shard of Gratitude
The Trials
- Hard mode will feature restrictions on what can be used to complete the trial.
- Restrictions will change between each test of the trial.
- An example restriction would be: no more than half upgraded cards.
- Pillars, Pendulums, and their upgraded versions cannot be targetted.
- nova, immolation, and other quanta generators are fair game.
- The decks you face in these tests may change if you decide to rechallenge.
Reverse mode
- There will be an unupgraded mode available for Reverse mode, where you can choose to have all your cards unupgraded.
- False god decks become unupgraded, 1x mark, 50 hp
- Half blood decks become 25% upgraded, 2x mark, 100 hp
- AI 3 decks become 50% upgraded, 1.5 draw,(see half-blood changes) 2x mark, 150 hp
- AI 2 decks become 75% upgraded, double draw, 3x mark, 200 hp, 2 time use of a random piece of CC as a special ability for free
- The random cards in AI 2 decks will be randomized with bias toward the elements which have pillars, with Quantum pillars replacing some of the random cards for reliability
- AI 1 decks become 100% upgraded, double draw, 4x mark, 200 hp, 3 time use of a random piece of CC or PC as a special ability for free (special logic for usage)
- The random cards in AI 1 decks will be randomized with greater bias toward the elements which have pillars, with Quantum pillars replacing some of the random cards for reliability.
- Discards can be double that of normal if the hand is full.
- The randomized cards will guarantee at least some spells and creatures.
- AI 0 decks become 100% upgraded, triple draw, 5x mark, 250 hp, 5 time use of a random card as a special ability for free (special logic for usage)
- AI 0 start with +7 quanta of all elements. This quanta cannot be black holed, but will be used up first by the AI.
- The random cards in AI 0 decks will be randomized with almost complete bias toward the elements which have pillars, with the elements/pillars being generated first. Quantum pillars will be included for greater reliability.
- Discarding capacity will be double that of normal if the hand is full, maximum hand size will be 10
- Creatures and spells will be randomized at at minimum and maximum set rate to make sure there is damage and utility
- AI 0 will be resistant to deckout; when their decks are exhausted, the empty deck is refilled with a second copy of their deck.
- When the second copy of the deck is loaded, AI 0 max hp starts decaying at a rate of 4 per turn to make it easier to defeat.
New cards:
Final Breath|Final Breath (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,28214.0.html)
Squid|Octopus (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,35160)
Byakko|Byakko (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,33535)
Balance:
Half-Blood draw speed reduced to (an average of) 1.5
- Half bloods will now alternately draw 2 cards and then 1 card.
- The doubled cards in their decks will be randomly selected.
- Half-bloods will now have 2x mark.
- The stats buff has been decreased to 1|1
- The stat buff when the target is immaterial is 4|0
- Shard of Wisdom still grants spell damage
- Mirror shield changed from a permanent to a spell
- If Mirror shield is used on an existing shield, the target shield becomes reflective and immaterial
- Cost is 3 :light | 2 :light
- Emerald Shield | Jade Shield retain their existing effects (see below)
| Number of Floodings | Unflooded Slots | Upkeep Cost(total) |
| 1 | 5 | 1 :water |
| 2 | 4 | 3 :water |
| 3 | 3 | 5 :water |
| 4 | 2 | 7 :water |
| 5 | 1 | 9 :water |
| 6+ | 0 | 2 more :water for each extra flooding |
- Airborne creatures are no longer killed by flooding; however, they will still die if they lose airborne.
- Shard of Patience buff to water creatures in flooded areas decreased to 3|3 per turn.
- hp cap to turn into a black hole has been reduced to 15.
- hp gain per accretion reduced to 10.
- quanta cost reduced to 6 :rainbow | 5 rainbow:
- Shard of Patience buff to water creatures in flooded areas decreased to 3|3 per turn.
- Shard of Patience no longer affects immaterial or burrowed creatures.
- Shard of Void may reduce current hp below 1 only if max hp is more than 1.
- In other words, you need to do some damage for Shard of Void to kill.
- Creatures hit by thunderstorm once are now shocked for 4 turns.
- Creatures hit by a thunderstorm are also unable to use skills for the next 2 turns.
- Shocked creatures that are hit by thunderstorm a second time take 2 extra damage on the second hit. (3 on second hit, 4 total)
Aflatoxin now does 2 damage instantly when cast on a target in addition to the 2 poison counters.
Thorn carapace cost reduced by 1 for the unupgraded and upgraded versions
Emerald and Jade shields' cost reduced by 1
Bug fix:
- PVP 1 is fixed (wouldn't that be nice?)
- Reflective shields now work properly with purify
- Casting multiple pieces of cc on a phoenix (and the resulting ash to kill it) now properly destroys the card.
- Fixed some bugs that were causing desyncs in general
- Supernova will now properly generate singularities when the player is under Shard of Sacrifice; AI updated to prevent the AI from recklessly generating singularities however.
UI:
- More art from community contributors (that would be nice too)
AI changes:
- The AI will now no longer spam shields unless its hand is clogged.
- The AI may now play multiple copies of the same shield if its hand is getting clogged.
- Improved AI targetting regarding creatures with more dangerous abilities
- Improved AI targetting with regards to buffs, such as adrenaline
- The AI will now use free abilities whenever possible, unless its field is cluttered
- The AI will now always doublecheck for abilities that can end the game against players
- Miracle's deck updated with Shard of Divinity
- Ferox's deck updated with shard of Gratitude
The Trials
- A new feature involving a series of tests
- The tests can be repeated if needed
- The trial will contain fixed decks
- The trial will be available in normal and hard mode.
- Hard mode will feature restrictions on what can be used to complete the trial.
- Restrictions will change between each test of the trial.
- An example restriction would be: no more than half upgraded cards.
- Completion of the trial will allow you to gain extra quanta of your mark and 5 hp whenever a target card is played.
- Hard mode will be +1 quanta of your mark (on top of the normal mode amount) and 2 additional hp.
- Pillars, Pendulums, and their upgraded versions cannot be targetted.
- nova, immolation, and other quanta generators are fair game.
- Completing the trials more than once will grant a moderate electrum reward as well as the chance to choose another target card.
- The onus will be on you to figure out the decks of the trials AI.
- Trials tests may have more than 1 possible deck that you will face.
- The decks you face in these tests may change if you decide to rechallenge.
Reverse mode
- Will show up as an option when you have defeated a FG
- This mode will be in quests under Trials
- When activated, any cards that you have upgraded will become unupgraded and any cards that are unupgraded will become upgraded b
- There will be an unupgraded mode available for Reverse mode, where you can choose to have all your cards unupgraded.
- When activated, the AI decks change too
- False god decks become unupgraded, 1x mark, 50 hp
- Half blood decks become 25% upgraded, 2x mark, 100 hp
- AI 3 decks become 50% upgraded, 1.5 draw,(see half-blood changes) 2x mark, 150 hp
- AI 2 decks become 75% upgraded, double draw, 3x mark, 200 hp, 2 time use of a random piece of CC as a special ability for free
- The random cards in AI 2 decks will be randomized with bias toward the elements which have pillars, with Quantum pillars replacing some of the random cards for reliability
- AI 1 decks become 100% upgraded, double draw, 4x mark, 200 hp, 3 time use of a random piece of CC or PC as a special ability for free (special logic for usage)
- The random cards in AI 1 decks will be randomized with greater bias toward the elements which have pillars, with Quantum pillars replacing some of the random cards for reliability.
- Discards can be double that of normal if the hand is full.
- The randomized cards will guarantee at least some spells and creatures.
- AI 0 decks become 100% upgraded, triple draw, 5x mark, 250 hp, 5 time use of a random card as a special ability for free (special logic for usage)
- AI 0 start with +7 quanta of all elements. This quanta cannot be black holed, but will be used up first by the AI.
- The random cards in AI 0 decks will be randomized with almost complete bias toward the elements which have pillars, with the elements/pillars being generated first. Quantum pillars will be included for greater reliability.
- Discarding capacity will be double that of normal if the hand is full, maximum hand size will be 10
- Creatures and spells will be randomized at at minimum and maximum set rate to make sure there is damage and utility
- AI 0 will be resistant to deckout; when their decks are exhausted, the empty deck is refilled with a second copy of their deck.
- When the second copy of the deck is loaded, AI 0 max hp starts decaying at a rate of 4 per turn to make it easier to defeat.
Post by: ZephyrPhantom on September 26, 2012, 03:40:04 pm
Brawl Related Skills
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TASK II - Complete
Deckbuilding
:fire :death :air
:aether :life :water
:entropy :time :light
:darkness :earth :gravity
:aether :life :water
:entropy :time :light
:darkness :earth :gravity
Tainted Rage
Average TTW : 11.25
Win 11 (Aether/Death AI)
Win 13 (MonoWater AI)
Loss 9 (Light/Aether AI)
Win 13 (Gravity/Time AI)
Win 9 (Water/Time AI)
Win 9 (Life/Earth AI)
Win 10 (Time/Entropy AI)
Win 14 (Light/Aether AI)
Win 11 (Death/Entropy AI)
Loss 10 (Fire/Death AI)
Win 13 (MonoWater AI)
Loss 9 (Light/Aether AI)
Win 13 (Gravity/Time AI)
Win 9 (Water/Time AI)
Win 9 (Life/Earth AI)
Win 10 (Time/Entropy AI)
Win 14 (Light/Aether AI)
Win 11 (Death/Entropy AI)
Loss 10 (Fire/Death AI)
Chaotic Legend : Sanctified Spirit
Overdriven Gargoyle's Blood
Controlled Shard Golem
Note : Using 3 or more SoV's in a Shard Golem summon will get you a Shard Golem with the 'Voodoo' ability as a passive. The idea is to stack Rage Pots on Golems that have Vampire + Voodoo and Liquid Shadow on Golems that don't have Vampire. Both Liquid Shadow and Rage Potion double as control if you're facing a rush or creature-heavy deck.
TASK III - Complete
Building the Game
New Cards
New Features
Game, Card, and Balance Changes
:rainbow 13 Desires Cycle :rainbow
A little something for each element (and Other) to add more strategic depth.
:aether Spellstone | Spellstone (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,29994.0.html) - Allows for more variable spell decks, especially in cases where current decks would work more effectively with more copies of a certain spell. (E.g. Bolts.) You can play practically using cards like Lightning/Poison, or you can have some fun trying to replicate 'creative' cards like Shard of Serendipity and Parallel Universe + Mutation.
:air Essence Wyrm | Essence Wyvern (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,39507.0.html) - Mass protection for :air cards that forces your opponent to think twice before he uses PC or CC - is he helping you out by destroying your cards?
:darkness Obscure | Obscurantism (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42531.0.html) - An unorthodox method of control for Darkness that relies entirely on the enemy player. Great for mindgaming and forcing a player to pay attention (and maybe use a little math while he's at it.)
:death Dirty Needle | Dirty Needle (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,5512.0.html) - Shall I help you, or shall I hurt you? An innovative Healing / CC card that can easily shift purpose depending on the situation, from healing an Armagio to rendering HP gain useless with Shard of Void.
:earth Guardian | Protector (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,5516.0.html) - Makes placement of creatures more important in the ETG game - the only 'placement' card in ETG so far is Flooding, and it's really more of a denial card than than one that makes you think "what creature should I play next?" With Guardian, however, the field changes from a passive element on the board to an important factor in being AntiCC for your creatures.
:entropy Yoink! | Yoink! (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,40573.0.html) The 'troll' card of the group that can also participate in milling - sure, you can use this in a Mindgate deck to steal cards faster or speed up deckout in a stall, but the real kicker comes from stealing an enemy Silurian in Instosis. ;)
:fire Searing Pact | Blazing Pact (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,40138.0.html) - Ready to Rush or do a Massive Damage OTK? This card is for you - the double-edge damage of the card really gives the feel of aggression Fire revels in and is great when used with Phoenix or Seraph. Upgraded takes things up a notch and makes your opponent's creature take extra damage if your assault fails.
:gravity Compact Guard | Focus Buckle (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42305.0.html) A handy card that can double as a quick shield or an Anti-Rainbow/Stall PC - order up your damage sources correctly, and your opponent will find himself with a dead card in place of a Dimensional Shield or his Nova's quanta being focused into a useless pool.
:life Vine Beast | Entangling Beast (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,39957.0.html) While the forest can give, it can also take away - Life lacks a serious midhitter in between Cockatrice and Emerald Dragon, as well as any PC that allows it to deal with pesky shields. This beast of a treant not only resolves both problems but can also give players unorthodox ways of manipulating enemy cards to ensure your opponent cannot disrupt your beatdown, such as Quinting an Entangled creature.
:light Halo | Halo (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42971.0.html) - A quick quantum-fixing card that essentially allows any element to synergize with :light , allowing you to access more expensive cards (double Fractal, anyone?) or quickly play a certain copy of a card more to get the most out of a duo 'split' of quantum producers. Timed well, it can turn an unplayable hand into a game changing one.
:time Mending Pocketwatch | Mending Pocketwatch (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,41873.0.html) - Drops a threat onto the field that your opponent should attempt to nullify quickly - if not, he'll find you as healthy as you were a few turns before. If you're not willing to draw cards from your own deck or if your deck's hitting zero, force your opponent to draw with Shard of Bravery instead. A nice buffer to any :time stall that holds its own ground with self-protection.
:water Cymothoa | Cymothoa (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42197.0.html) - A tricky rush-stopper that can quickly lower your opponent's life if he's not paying attention. As an added bonus, Cymothoa can also conspire with Flooding to lockdown the enemy field in mono :water , meaning your opponent should get rid of them before it's too late - for a damage price, of course.
:rainbow Dichromatic Butterfly | Trichromatic Butterfly (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42298.0.html) - A useful quantum producer that can help balance out trios and duos if used correctly. Great for getting the extra quanta needed on a bad pillar draw to support more expensive cards.
A little something for each element (and Other) to add more strategic depth.
:aether Spellstone | Spellstone (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,29994.0.html) - Allows for more variable spell decks, especially in cases where current decks would work more effectively with more copies of a certain spell. (E.g. Bolts.) You can play practically using cards like Lightning/Poison, or you can have some fun trying to replicate 'creative' cards like Shard of Serendipity and Parallel Universe + Mutation.
:air Essence Wyrm | Essence Wyvern (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,39507.0.html) - Mass protection for :air cards that forces your opponent to think twice before he uses PC or CC - is he helping you out by destroying your cards?
:darkness Obscure | Obscurantism (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42531.0.html) - An unorthodox method of control for Darkness that relies entirely on the enemy player. Great for mindgaming and forcing a player to pay attention (and maybe use a little math while he's at it.)
:death Dirty Needle | Dirty Needle (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,5512.0.html) - Shall I help you, or shall I hurt you? An innovative Healing / CC card that can easily shift purpose depending on the situation, from healing an Armagio to rendering HP gain useless with Shard of Void.
:earth Guardian | Protector (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,5516.0.html) - Makes placement of creatures more important in the ETG game - the only 'placement' card in ETG so far is Flooding, and it's really more of a denial card than than one that makes you think "what creature should I play next?" With Guardian, however, the field changes from a passive element on the board to an important factor in being AntiCC for your creatures.
:entropy Yoink! | Yoink! (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,40573.0.html) The 'troll' card of the group that can also participate in milling - sure, you can use this in a Mindgate deck to steal cards faster or speed up deckout in a stall, but the real kicker comes from stealing an enemy Silurian in Instosis. ;)
:fire Searing Pact | Blazing Pact (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,40138.0.html) - Ready to Rush or do a Massive Damage OTK? This card is for you - the double-edge damage of the card really gives the feel of aggression Fire revels in and is great when used with Phoenix or Seraph. Upgraded takes things up a notch and makes your opponent's creature take extra damage if your assault fails.
:gravity Compact Guard | Focus Buckle (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42305.0.html) A handy card that can double as a quick shield or an Anti-Rainbow/Stall PC - order up your damage sources correctly, and your opponent will find himself with a dead card in place of a Dimensional Shield or his Nova's quanta being focused into a useless pool.
:life Vine Beast | Entangling Beast (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,39957.0.html) While the forest can give, it can also take away - Life lacks a serious midhitter in between Cockatrice and Emerald Dragon, as well as any PC that allows it to deal with pesky shields. This beast of a treant not only resolves both problems but can also give players unorthodox ways of manipulating enemy cards to ensure your opponent cannot disrupt your beatdown, such as Quinting an Entangled creature.
:light Halo | Halo (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42971.0.html) - A quick quantum-fixing card that essentially allows any element to synergize with :light , allowing you to access more expensive cards (double Fractal, anyone?) or quickly play a certain copy of a card more to get the most out of a duo 'split' of quantum producers. Timed well, it can turn an unplayable hand into a game changing one.
:time Mending Pocketwatch | Mending Pocketwatch (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,41873.0.html) - Drops a threat onto the field that your opponent should attempt to nullify quickly - if not, he'll find you as healthy as you were a few turns before. If you're not willing to draw cards from your own deck or if your deck's hitting zero, force your opponent to draw with Shard of Bravery instead. A nice buffer to any :time stall that holds its own ground with self-protection.
:water Cymothoa | Cymothoa (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42197.0.html) - A tricky rush-stopper that can quickly lower your opponent's life if he's not paying attention. As an added bonus, Cymothoa can also conspire with Flooding to lockdown the enemy field in mono :water , meaning your opponent should get rid of them before it's too late - for a damage price, of course.
:rainbow Dichromatic Butterfly | Trichromatic Butterfly (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42298.0.html) - A useful quantum producer that can help balance out trios and duos if used correctly. Great for getting the extra quanta needed on a bad pillar draw to support more expensive cards.
New Features
AIs:
-New Ai3 Decks:
Quests Updated:
The following quests are available for you in the 'Quests' panel.
Fight a False God - Fight a False God. A predetermined False God deck is chosen and you fight it with 2x Draw, 3x Mark, 200 HP (in other words, this stays the same.)
Daily Quest - Daily quest is split up into two tasks - an 'Easy' task designed for simplicity and a 'Hard' task for veterans who want a challenge.
Daily Quest - Easy - A basic requirement is given for you to defeat a certain opponent under certain conditions, such as 'Defeat 10 AI3s with 50% Light cards in your deck."
Valid enemy targets include:
Requirements can picked from one of the following:
Valid enemy targets include:
Requirements can picked from one of the following in addition to the easy requirements:
Completing each Daily quest nets you a reward (1 for Easy, 1 for Hard). Reward for Easy quests consist of 1 random nonrare card and 200-300 electrum (about 300-400 electrum total). Reward for Hard quests consist of 1 random rare OR 1 upgraded nonrare card and 300-400 electrum. (about 1100-1600 total - in other words, slightly more/less than an upgrade.)
True God Combat (Credit to plastique for Original Idea (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,43561.0.html))
True Gods can be challenged once every 4 False God victories in a row.
Depending on the God, he/she will start with one or two of the following 'boons' in addition to normal FG rules.
So, why are True Gods worth fighting? They can provide the following rewards from a 3-spins reel (upgraded cards by default):
All PvP1-2 banned rewards are still allowed in casual PvP for those looking for a twist to their PvP event or a challenge in a duel.
-New Ai3 Decks:
By Jappert
By TheForbiddenOracle
By ddevans96
By Tikotribe
By TheForbiddenOracle
By ddevans96
By Tikotribe
Quests Updated:
The following quests are available for you in the 'Quests' panel.
Fight a False God - Fight a False God. A predetermined False God deck is chosen and you fight it with 2x Draw, 3x Mark, 200 HP (in other words, this stays the same.)
Daily Quest - Daily quest is split up into two tasks - an 'Easy' task designed for simplicity and a 'Hard' task for veterans who want a challenge.
Daily Quest - Easy - A basic requirement is given for you to defeat a certain opponent under certain conditions, such as 'Defeat 10 AI3s with 50% Light cards in your deck."
Valid enemy targets include:
- AI3
- Arena : Bronze/Silver
Requirements can picked from one of the following:
- Use 50% of target card in deck.
- Use 6 copies of X card in battle.
- Use <element>.
- Use <element> Mark.
- Do NOT use <element> or <card>.
- Use ONLY <element>.
Valid enemy targets include:
- Half Blood
- False God
- Arena : Gold/Platinum
Requirements can picked from one of the following in addition to the easy requirements:
- Do NOT use <element> or <card>.
- Use <element> and <element>.
- Use 6 copies of X card and Y card in battle.
Completing each Daily quest nets you a reward (1 for Easy, 1 for Hard). Reward for Easy quests consist of 1 random nonrare card and 200-300 electrum (about 300-400 electrum total). Reward for Hard quests consist of 1 random rare OR 1 upgraded nonrare card and 300-400 electrum. (about 1100-1600 total - in other words, slightly more/less than an upgrade.)
True God Combat (Credit to plastique for Original Idea (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,43561.0.html))
True Gods can be challenged once every 4 False God victories in a row.
Depending on the God, he/she will start with one or two of the following 'boons' in addition to normal FG rules.
- 5x Mark instead of 3x Mark
- 1 Quanta Pool filled with 20 Quantum.
- 3x Draw instead of 2x Draw.
- Refill Hand per turn instead of 2x Draw, but has 100 HP.
- Starts with a random immaterial permanent and 1x Mark.
- Starts with a weapon and shield.
- Starts with two weapon/shield slots.
So, why are True Gods worth fighting? They can provide the following rewards from a 3-spins reel (upgraded cards by default):
- Stronger 'AI-Only' versions of upgraded cards (similar to 'third upgrades' - for balancing, however, they cannot be used in PvP1 or PvP2.)
- Upgraded cards with either foil art or extra flavor text.
- 'Items' - When you win items, you can set them to automatically appear in your next fight and give you an advantage (such as 2x Mark, 200 HP, Double Draw, Start with Weapon, etc...). These items are usually limited to 1-3 uses and are PvP1-2 banned.
- 'Platinum' Cards - Upgraded cards with a unique border that are worth 3 times as much as their normal value. Don't like the card you won? Sell it and use it for some upgrades you actually need.
- Double Spin - If you don't want special rewards and just normal cards, there will be an option called 'Double Spin'. Clicking this warns you that you will not get any of the special rewards listed above but will allowed you to spin up to 6 times for upgraded cards. Spin bonus of matching up the first two images is also doubled.
All PvP1-2 banned rewards are still allowed in casual PvP for those looking for a twist to their PvP event or a challenge in a duel.
Game, Card, and Balance Changes
Game
PvP1 fixed - abusable glitches removed and matches do not bug out anymore.
(http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/aether18x18.png) Aether
Immortal's cost lowered to 5 (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/aether18x18.png) | 6 (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/aether18x18.png) .
(http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/air18x18.png) Air
Wyrm's Dive Cost lowered from (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/air18x18.png) (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/air18x18.png) to (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/air18x18.png) .
Thunderstorm delays all enemy permanents for 1 turn.
(http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/death18x18.png) Death
Skeleton now generates (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/death18x18.png) per turn in addition to being undead.
Plague can now target either player's side. ("Target player's creatures are infected. Removes invisibility." Great as an emergency death trigger if needed.)
(http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/earth18x18.png) Earth
Burrowed Antlions gain Momentum.
Gnome Gemfinder now has the additional ability " (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/earth18x18.png) - Sacrifice this card to generate (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/earth18x18.png) (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/earth18x18.png) (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/earth18x18.png) ."
Graboid now enters unburrowed but can be burrowed for :earth on the turn it is played to gain :time Evolve (Evolve can be used on the same turn as Burrow.)
(http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/gravity18x18.png) Gravity
Graviton Mercenary (unupped) lowers cost to 3 (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/gravity18x18.png) and gets the ability " (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/gravity18x18.png) (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/gravity18x18.png) : Smash : Target weapon or shard is delayed for 1 turn." (See here (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,43223.0.html) for reasoning.)
Graviton Guard (upped) raises cost to 3 (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/gravity18x18.png) and gets the ability " (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/gravity18x18.png) : Smash : Target nonpillar nonshield permanent is delayed for 1 turn."
Massive Dragon HP raised from 15 to 50 and 30 to 75 respectively (that's 33 and 42 HP per normal Catapult - however, increased damage is balanced out by being more expensive than Titan or Armagio.)
(http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/life18x18.png) Life
Thorn Carapace cost lowered to 6 (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/life18x18.png) | 6 (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/life18x18.png)
(http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/light18x18.png) Light
Holy Flash becomes "Generate 4(http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/light18x18.png) and delay target creature for 2 turns."
Hope (upgraded) cost lowered to 7 (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/light18x18.png) .
(http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/time18x18.png) Time
Fate Egg gives the creature it hatches into whatever buffs it received (e.g. if Fate Egg with +3 | +3 from Blessing and Immortal hatches, the hatched card gains +3 | +3 and Immortal in addition to normal stats.)
Rewind refund the owner of the rewinded creatures half of its cost, rounded down. (Half instead of full to prevent possible Graboid/Shrieker abuse and to make a rewinded Shrieker's refund = the cost of one burrowed Graboid. Refund also tones down the card advantage you gain over your opponent.)
Procastination | Turtle Shield stops weapon damage every other turn. (Conclusion drawn from this thread. (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,43654.0.html) Delaying a weapon damage is considered to be less important than delaying a weapon ability, and it seems logical that Procastination | Turtle Shield block weapons in a manner similar to Dusk Mantle | Improved Dusk.)
(http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/water18x18.png) Water
Blue Crawler gains +1 | +1 if you have more than 5 (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/water18x18.png) quanta or is in a Flooded space. (encourages Boltdecking and gives the impression of 'submerging' the little guy for a bonus.)
Freeze can now target permanents.
Ulitharid cost lowered to 2 (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/water18x18.png).
Trident ability 'Tsunami' changed to 3 (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/earth18x18.png) - Destroy up to 3 permanents in target stack. (Increases usability against certain cards like Shards and Bonewall. Also removes the need to errata the card every time a new 'pillar or pendulum'-type card is produced.)
(http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/rainbow18x18.png) Other
Shard of Readiness (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/time18x18.png) creatures damage you for 3 HP for each use you make on the 'double use' turn. ("The target creature's skill cost is now zero. :time creatures can use their skill twice this turn for 3HP each use. " Weakens SoR spam slightly and inspired by the saying "Haste is waste.")
Shard of Focus is now "3 : Accretion: Destroy a permanent, lose another permanent, and gains +0/+10. Becomes Black Hole if HP>30." (Prevents SoFo from being near-broken in early game, and gives it a smaller but still usable HP-boost.)
PvP1 fixed - abusable glitches removed and matches do not bug out anymore.
(http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/aether18x18.png) Aether
Immortal's cost lowered to 5 (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/aether18x18.png) | 6 (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/aether18x18.png) .
(http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/air18x18.png) Air
Wyrm's Dive Cost lowered from (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/air18x18.png) (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/air18x18.png) to (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/air18x18.png) .
Thunderstorm delays all enemy permanents for 1 turn.
(http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/death18x18.png) Death
Skeleton now generates (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/death18x18.png) per turn in addition to being undead.
Plague can now target either player's side. ("Target player's creatures are infected. Removes invisibility." Great as an emergency death trigger if needed.)
(http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/earth18x18.png) Earth
Burrowed Antlions gain Momentum.
Gnome Gemfinder now has the additional ability " (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/earth18x18.png) - Sacrifice this card to generate (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/earth18x18.png) (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/earth18x18.png) (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/earth18x18.png) ."
Graboid now enters unburrowed but can be burrowed for :earth on the turn it is played to gain :time Evolve (Evolve can be used on the same turn as Burrow.)
(http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/gravity18x18.png) Gravity
Graviton Mercenary (unupped) lowers cost to 3 (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/gravity18x18.png) and gets the ability " (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/gravity18x18.png) (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/gravity18x18.png) : Smash : Target weapon or shard is delayed for 1 turn." (See here (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,43223.0.html) for reasoning.)
Graviton Guard (upped) raises cost to 3 (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/gravity18x18.png) and gets the ability " (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/gravity18x18.png) : Smash : Target nonpillar nonshield permanent is delayed for 1 turn."
Massive Dragon HP raised from 15 to 50 and 30 to 75 respectively (that's 33 and 42 HP per normal Catapult - however, increased damage is balanced out by being more expensive than Titan or Armagio.)
(http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/life18x18.png) Life
Thorn Carapace cost lowered to 6 (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/life18x18.png) | 6 (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/life18x18.png)
(http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/light18x18.png) Light
Holy Flash becomes "Generate 4(http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/light18x18.png) and delay target creature for 2 turns."
Hope (upgraded) cost lowered to 7 (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/light18x18.png) .
(http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/time18x18.png) Time
Fate Egg gives the creature it hatches into whatever buffs it received (e.g. if Fate Egg with +3 | +3 from Blessing and Immortal hatches, the hatched card gains +3 | +3 and Immortal in addition to normal stats.)
Rewind refund the owner of the rewinded creatures half of its cost, rounded down. (Half instead of full to prevent possible Graboid/Shrieker abuse and to make a rewinded Shrieker's refund = the cost of one burrowed Graboid. Refund also tones down the card advantage you gain over your opponent.)
Procastination | Turtle Shield stops weapon damage every other turn. (Conclusion drawn from this thread. (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,43654.0.html) Delaying a weapon damage is considered to be less important than delaying a weapon ability, and it seems logical that Procastination | Turtle Shield block weapons in a manner similar to Dusk Mantle | Improved Dusk.)
(http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/water18x18.png) Water
Blue Crawler gains +1 | +1 if you have more than 5 (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/water18x18.png) quanta or is in a Flooded space. (encourages Boltdecking and gives the impression of 'submerging' the little guy for a bonus.)
Freeze can now target permanents.
Ulitharid cost lowered to 2 (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/water18x18.png).
Trident ability 'Tsunami' changed to 3 (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/earth18x18.png) - Destroy up to 3 permanents in target stack. (Increases usability against certain cards like Shards and Bonewall. Also removes the need to errata the card every time a new 'pillar or pendulum'-type card is produced.)
(http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/rainbow18x18.png) Other
Shard of Readiness (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Misc/time18x18.png) creatures damage you for 3 HP for each use you make on the 'double use' turn. ("The target creature's skill cost is now zero. :time creatures can use their skill twice this turn for 3HP each use. " Weakens SoR spam slightly and inspired by the saying "Haste is waste.")
Shard of Focus is now "3 : Accretion: Destroy a permanent, lose another permanent, and gains +0/+10. Becomes Black Hole if HP>30." (Prevents SoFo from being near-broken in early game, and gives it a smaller but still usable HP-boost.)
For some reason, the elemental icons broke midway through my post and I had to use an img tag to get around it. Not exactly sure what happened there.
Post by: ARTHANASIOS on September 26, 2012, 06:36:34 pm
Remade Card #1: Blessed Soil | Blessed Soil
Card #2: Enchanted Roots | Animated Roots
(http://elementscommunity.org/images/Cards/Nightfall.png) (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Cards/Eclipse.png)
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Card #2: Enchanted Roots | Animated Roots
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TASK II
:water :fire :entropy -> Half-Blood farmer
Many people think that :entropy :fire :water Nymph Tears decks are not as good as :darkness :entropy :water Nymph Tears decks. I have a different opinion... ;)
:gravity :air :earth -> AI3
Yeah, I know catatitans is not the most original kind of deck, but still catatitans are viewed mostly as PvP decks rather than AI3 farmers, which is sad given their power and speed. At an attempt of being a little more original, I have posted a half-upped/half-unupped version in which the BBs can be used like catatitan's buff or CC. Very fast, fun and effective AI3 grinder, though totally upped is much better.
:life :light :aether -> 45-card deck
This :aether :life :light trio focus on either winning your opponent via deckout or fractaling your Jade Dragons and rushing your opponent to death. Hopes and Ferals are going to offer you great stalling capabilities.
:darkness :death :time -> FG deck (The following deck has all these cards X2 times, UPPED and Mark of :darkness x3)
I call it Seth and it is based in creating Pharaohs by reversing Mummies and/or Skeletons. Quantum Towers is for using Anubis' and Scarab's abilities. Nightfall buffs Elite Mummies for an early rush before turning them to Elite Pharaohs.
*Original use of Shard.
Druding Flying Staves are powerful, but they don't deal a great amount of damage and they can't bypass powerful shields. So, what about a SoFre-based Flying Staves deck? :)
Many people think that :entropy :fire :water Nymph Tears decks are not as good as :darkness :entropy :water Nymph Tears decks. I have a different opinion... ;)
:gravity :air :earth -> AI3
Yeah, I know catatitans is not the most original kind of deck, but still catatitans are viewed mostly as PvP decks rather than AI3 farmers, which is sad given their power and speed. At an attempt of being a little more original, I have posted a half-upped/half-unupped version in which the BBs can be used like catatitan's buff or CC. Very fast, fun and effective AI3 grinder, though totally upped is much better.
:life :light :aether -> 45-card deck
This :aether :life :light trio focus on either winning your opponent via deckout or fractaling your Jade Dragons and rushing your opponent to death. Hopes and Ferals are going to offer you great stalling capabilities.
:darkness :death :time -> FG deck (The following deck has all these cards X2 times, UPPED and Mark of :darkness x3)
I call it Seth and it is based in creating Pharaohs by reversing Mummies and/or Skeletons. Quantum Towers is for using Anubis' and Scarab's abilities. Nightfall buffs Elite Mummies for an early rush before turning them to Elite Pharaohs.
*Original use of Shard.
Druding Flying Staves are powerful, but they don't deal a great amount of damage and they can't bypass powerful shields. So, what about a SoFre-based Flying Staves deck? :)
Post by: Scaramanga on September 28, 2012, 04:30:45 pm
TASK I
(http://elements.alanbeam.net/img.php?card_id=254) (http://elements.alanbeam.net/img.php?card_id=253)
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He is the Mechanic. Creates machines from dust.
He is the Mechanic, in his wisdom we trust.
He is the Mechanic, in his wisdom we trust.
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Do you see the sulfur?
it seems to burning out
Ive been waiting here
just for you to figure me out
You say this land is a waste?
Come feel me power, have a taste!
it seems to burning out
Ive been waiting here
just for you to figure me out
You say this land is a waste?
Come feel me power, have a taste!
TASK II
Group Ai3: :fire :life :gravity
Group Halfbloods: :entropy :death :water
Group FG: :darkness :aether :earth
Group Fat Deck: :time :air :light
Post by: kev on September 28, 2012, 06:40:32 pm
(http://elementscommunity.org/images/Cards/Procrastination.png) (http://elementscommunity.org/images/Cards/TurtleShield.png)
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TASK II
HB: :darkness :entropy :gravity
AI3: :fire :life :water
FG: :aether :air :death
Phatty: :earth :light :time
AI3: :fire :life :water
FG: :aether :air :death
Phatty: :earth :light :time
Went 9-1 during testing and was fun to play:
Made something simple here. It went 9-1:
Decided to make a deck out of only cards not already in FG decks. Turned out really well. ?s are Psions:
Saved :time for the Phatty cuz all 45+ card decks <3 hourglasses.
Only tested a couple games but I beat Scorpio in 8 turns. 8) Perpetual Wind:
Post by: UTAlan on September 29, 2012, 09:33:49 pm
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Aether Elementalists have pulled from the energies of alternate universes for centuries. Bringing identical creatures across the void to fight against their enemies and casting an enemy's own spell against them are commonplace in the World of Elements. But recently, a new artifact was discovered. When activated, it allows the owner to temporarily cross universes in order to find a duplicate copy of one of his creatures, spells, or permanents. This newfound power can grant the Elementalist twice the attack power, twice the number of shields, or twice the quanta generation than was possible before. This world will never be the same than it was before the artifact "Duality" was discovered.
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Elements 1.32
Currently in trainer.
New cards:
Duality
Rebate
Foliage (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,33562)
Entropy Cloud (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,30527)
Donate (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,34194)
Balance:
Shard of focus turns into a black hole when HP>30
Discord cost increased to 4|4
Aflatoxin cost reduced to 5|4
Graviton Mercenary & Graviton Guard stats increased to 4|5
Thorn Carapace cost reduced to 6|6
Ash Eater now generates :fire each turn, Brimstone Eater cost reduced to 0
Ice Bolt and Ice Lance damage increased to 3 for every 10 :water quanta
Holy Light and Holy Flash now deal damage to a player if their mark is Darkness or Death
Fog Shield cost increased to 3|2
Procrastination cost reduced to 5|3
Vampire Stiletto damage decreased to 3, Vampire Dagger to 5
Immortal stats increased to 5|4, Elite Immortal to 6|5
Bug fix:
-PvP1 fixed.
-Spectator Mode updated, now shows an accurate reflection of what's shown in-game
-PvP desynchronizations should no longer occur, aside from network disconnects
-Purify now interacts correctly with spell reflecting shields
-Purify now interacts correctly with neurotoxin
-Psion Oracle "Word of Wisdom" added
-Liquid Shadow/Vampire bug fixed
-Parallel Universe now copies Aflatoxin to other side of the field
-Quick clicking no longer causes errors in game
New Features:
"The Trial (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,37370)" is active
The Oracle grants a daily challenge
The Oracle can be revisted (for viewing), but only 1 spin per day
PvP Duel Options added, including blocking Spectate Mode, limited upgrades, and modified starting HP
Thumbs up option when defeating an Arena deck, halves point loss
Trainer includes Mark cards when "All Cards" is clicked
Trainer can import all account info & cards with correct username and password
UI:
New vampire and dune scorpion art (by vrt)
Link to forums added in-game
3 deck slots added for quick swapping between matches
Currently in trainer.
New cards:
Duality
Rebate
Foliage (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,33562)
Entropy Cloud (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,30527)
Donate (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,34194)
Balance:
Shard of focus turns into a black hole when HP>30
Discord cost increased to 4|4
Aflatoxin cost reduced to 5|4
Graviton Mercenary & Graviton Guard stats increased to 4|5
Thorn Carapace cost reduced to 6|6
Ash Eater now generates :fire each turn, Brimstone Eater cost reduced to 0
Ice Bolt and Ice Lance damage increased to 3 for every 10 :water quanta
Holy Light and Holy Flash now deal damage to a player if their mark is Darkness or Death
Fog Shield cost increased to 3|2
Procrastination cost reduced to 5|3
Vampire Stiletto damage decreased to 3, Vampire Dagger to 5
Immortal stats increased to 5|4, Elite Immortal to 6|5
Bug fix:
-PvP1 fixed.
-Spectator Mode updated, now shows an accurate reflection of what's shown in-game
-PvP desynchronizations should no longer occur, aside from network disconnects
-Purify now interacts correctly with spell reflecting shields
-Purify now interacts correctly with neurotoxin
-Psion Oracle "Word of Wisdom" added
-Liquid Shadow/Vampire bug fixed
-Parallel Universe now copies Aflatoxin to other side of the field
-Quick clicking no longer causes errors in game
New Features:
"The Trial (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,37370)" is active
The Oracle grants a daily challenge
The Oracle can be revisted (for viewing), but only 1 spin per day
PvP Duel Options added, including blocking Spectate Mode, limited upgrades, and modified starting HP
Thumbs up option when defeating an Arena deck, halves point loss
Trainer includes Mark cards when "All Cards" is clicked
Trainer can import all account info & cards with correct username and password
UI:
New vampire and dune scorpion art (by vrt)
Link to forums added in-game
3 deck slots added for quick swapping between matches
Post by: Kuroaitou on September 30, 2012, 06:59:06 am
TASK I:
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TASK III:
New Cards:
-Sludge
-Rejuvenation
-Tunneling
-Erosion
-Neriad
-Nimbus
-Ricochet
-Graviton Salvager
-Quantum Pendulum
-Metamorphosis
New features:
Creature passive list may now have up to 3 passives listed.
"Aquatic" passive introduced. All water creatures, flown Trident, Malignant Cell, Horned Frog, Forest Spirit, Nimbus, and Virus have this passive.
"Evasive" passive introduced. Evasive creatures have a 15% chance (stacking with other effects) to ignore enemy targeting. Wyrm, Dragonfly, Horned Frog, Schrödinger's cat, Spark, Deja Vu, Photon, and Rustler have this passive.
"Conquest" (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,37370.0.html) is now available in the Quest option of the main menu - upgrades have been redirected into the former Redeem Code section.
Pets obtained from the Oracle have a small chance of being 'mutated'; these special pets will be indicated by a '*' before their name, and will start out with unusual statuses or abilities when the player fights an AI.
Balance:
Shard of Focus now turns into a Black Hole if HP>31. Delays allied creatures when Accretion is used.
Shard of Wisdom can now target any creature. Immaterial creatures only gain +3/+0. Ability effects (Vampire, Venom, Scramble, etc.) are now applied accordingly with spell damage.
Shard of Integrity now uses all and any card in one's hand. Stats gained by the Shard Golem from regular cards are much lower compared to shard counterparts, excluding Earth cards.
Immortal now has momentum.
Mind Gate skill cost reduced to 1 :aether.
Flooding text has been reworded to only kill non-Aquatic creatures.
Heal and Miracle can now target either player.
Gravity Shield cost reduced to 4 -> 2 :gravity (upgraded)
Graviton Mercenary now has the passive "Tactics": Tactics will allow it to gain Acceleration/Overdrive, Adrenaline, or Regeneration whenever the enemy plays certain shields.
Puffer Fish cost reduced from 5 :water -> 4 :water
Ulitharid health increased to 5
Guardian Angel's "Heal" may now remove Freeze and Delay effects.
Thorn Carapace cost reduced from 7 :life -> 6 :life (both versions)
Cockatrice now has the passive "Gaze": Any creature or weapon that targets it is delayed.
Parasite now has the passive "Feeder": It gains +0/+1 (+0/+2 upped) upon using Infect successfully.
Antlion now enters play burrowed (1|3 upon entering).
Fate Egg can now become a Scarab, Devonian Dragon, or Immortal upon hatching.
Blue Nymph is now airborne.
Bonus Arena spins should now be more consistent.
Bug fixes:
Psion and new cards should now be counted correctly in the Card Usage Statistics (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,20533.0.html) page.
Spectator mode should now display all cards and graphic effects up to 1.32.
PvP1 fixed and should have better connectivity.
All healing spells should consistently be reflected from Mirror Shield and Emerald Shield. Purify, Holy Flash, Heal, Miracle, and negative-attack creatures dealing spell damage should be affected by this change.
Nightfall/Eclipse health stacking is fixed.
Immortality effect will now remain on a burrowed creature after it unburrows.
Fate Egg graphical/spawn bug fixed.
Protected permanents that are self-destroyed by the AI should no longer carry the immaterial status to permanents that enter the slot.
User Interface:
Players who have upgraded cards in their deck will see the PvP1 button faded out to prevent them from clicking on it.
The 'Redeem Code' button has now been changed to 'Upgrades': players will be given the option to either access the upgrade menu or the code redemption menu upon selecting this. Description updated accordingly.
Time-out warning increased from 5 to 10 seconds. Countdown will go from yellow to red upon hitting the 5 second mark.
Special statistic menu added in the main page (top left corner). The new menu will display your current wins/losses versus each type of AI, successful Conquest runs, wins against players in PvP1 and PvP2, and finally cards won through spins and bonus spins.
Arena leader board pages now display the person's score.
-Sludge
-Rejuvenation
-Tunneling
-Erosion
-Neriad
-Nimbus
-Ricochet
-Graviton Salvager
-Quantum Pendulum
-Metamorphosis
New features:
Creature passive list may now have up to 3 passives listed.
"Aquatic" passive introduced. All water creatures, flown Trident, Malignant Cell, Horned Frog, Forest Spirit, Nimbus, and Virus have this passive.
"Evasive" passive introduced. Evasive creatures have a 15% chance (stacking with other effects) to ignore enemy targeting. Wyrm, Dragonfly, Horned Frog, Schrödinger's cat, Spark, Deja Vu, Photon, and Rustler have this passive.
"Conquest" (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,37370.0.html) is now available in the Quest option of the main menu - upgrades have been redirected into the former Redeem Code section.
Pets obtained from the Oracle have a small chance of being 'mutated'; these special pets will be indicated by a '*' before their name, and will start out with unusual statuses or abilities when the player fights an AI.
Balance:
Shard of Focus now turns into a Black Hole if HP>31. Delays allied creatures when Accretion is used.
Shard of Wisdom can now target any creature. Immaterial creatures only gain +3/+0. Ability effects (Vampire, Venom, Scramble, etc.) are now applied accordingly with spell damage.
Shard of Integrity now uses all and any card in one's hand. Stats gained by the Shard Golem from regular cards are much lower compared to shard counterparts, excluding Earth cards.
Immortal now has momentum.
Mind Gate skill cost reduced to 1 :aether.
Flooding text has been reworded to only kill non-Aquatic creatures.
Heal and Miracle can now target either player.
Gravity Shield cost reduced to 4 -> 2 :gravity (upgraded)
Graviton Mercenary now has the passive "Tactics": Tactics will allow it to gain Acceleration/Overdrive, Adrenaline, or Regeneration whenever the enemy plays certain shields.
Puffer Fish cost reduced from 5 :water -> 4 :water
Ulitharid health increased to 5
Guardian Angel's "Heal" may now remove Freeze and Delay effects.
Thorn Carapace cost reduced from 7 :life -> 6 :life (both versions)
Cockatrice now has the passive "Gaze": Any creature or weapon that targets it is delayed.
Parasite now has the passive "Feeder": It gains +0/+1 (+0/+2 upped) upon using Infect successfully.
Antlion now enters play burrowed (1|3 upon entering).
Fate Egg can now become a Scarab, Devonian Dragon, or Immortal upon hatching.
Blue Nymph is now airborne.
Bonus Arena spins should now be more consistent.
Bug fixes:
Psion and new cards should now be counted correctly in the Card Usage Statistics (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,20533.0.html) page.
Spectator mode should now display all cards and graphic effects up to 1.32.
PvP1 fixed and should have better connectivity.
All healing spells should consistently be reflected from Mirror Shield and Emerald Shield. Purify, Holy Flash, Heal, Miracle, and negative-attack creatures dealing spell damage should be affected by this change.
Nightfall/Eclipse health stacking is fixed.
Immortality effect will now remain on a burrowed creature after it unburrows.
Fate Egg graphical/spawn bug fixed.
Protected permanents that are self-destroyed by the AI should no longer carry the immaterial status to permanents that enter the slot.
User Interface:
Players who have upgraded cards in their deck will see the PvP1 button faded out to prevent them from clicking on it.
The 'Redeem Code' button has now been changed to 'Upgrades': players will be given the option to either access the upgrade menu or the code redemption menu upon selecting this. Description updated accordingly.
Time-out warning increased from 5 to 10 seconds. Countdown will go from yellow to red upon hitting the 5 second mark.
Special statistic menu added in the main page (top left corner). The new menu will display your current wins/losses versus each type of AI, successful Conquest runs, wins against players in PvP1 and PvP2, and finally cards won through spins and bonus spins.
Arena leader board pages now display the person's score.
Post by: ddevans96 on September 30, 2012, 07:14:00 am
Completion: 10/10 - Ready for Overseer Audit
(http://imageplay.net/img/tya22287288/Typhoon.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/tya22287289/Hurricane.png)
Once, a long time ago, water Elementals were seen as inferior.
They had many tools to help them, but they lacked a fundamental piece of magic. They could poison, freeze, and combine with other elements to their heart's desire, but they could not truly harm the long-standing and unforgiving monuments and armor, the permanent magic folded into forms that could not be destroyed without special magic.
Then, a small group of water Elementals transformed the essence of immense amounts of water, that which could create immense floods, into a single mass of clouds positioned above the ocean, and powerful waves that could bring severe damage to even the toughest of structures.
They had created a Hurricane.
Art credit: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hurricane_Isabel_from_ISS.jpg), modified by ddevans96.
Once, a long time ago, water Elementals were seen as inferior.
They had many tools to help them, but they lacked a fundamental piece of magic. They could poison, freeze, and combine with other elements to their heart's desire, but they could not truly harm the long-standing and unforgiving monuments and armor, the permanent magic folded into forms that could not be destroyed without special magic.
Then, a small group of water Elementals transformed the essence of immense amounts of water, that which could create immense floods, into a single mass of clouds positioned above the ocean, and powerful waves that could bring severe damage to even the toughest of structures.
They had created a Hurricane.
Art credit: Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hurricane_Isabel_from_ISS.jpg), modified by ddevans96.
(http://imageplay.net/img/tya22287302/Temporal_Drift.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/tya22287303/Temporal_Flux.png)
Hurricane is a complete rework of Flooding, only retaining the concept of affecting the entire field. When played, you target any creature or permanent slot that is occupied. The card in that slot is delayed for zero turns (in other words, not at all), slots adjacent to it are delayed for one turn, slots adjacent to those are delayed for two turns, etc.
This crosses the boundaries between permanents and creatures, and can affect any non-immaterial card, thus providing water the permanent control it has long needed, even slowing quanta production.
There are downsides, however. Unlike Flooding, this card does not affect cards played after Hurricane. New pillars would be played in a separate stack, so they are not delayed, and shields and weapons meant for draw stability can be used to override the effects.
It can also backfire heavily if not used in the right time or the right place, and becomes expensive to maintain. Nevertheless, it is an incredibly powerful concept that may be difficult to balance.
Temporal Flux, meanwhile, can be played immediately after Hurricane for a large gain in :time quanta. It also provides a minor indirect buff to Procrastination, adds a new time/earth synergy with the delay of BB and warden, and can be used in time/water even without Hurricane, with freeze, squid, and ice shield.
Art credit: Shotidave (http://freeshotidavewallpapers.blogspot.com/2011/09/blue-abstract-wallpapers.html), modified by ddevans96.
Hurricane is a complete rework of Flooding, only retaining the concept of affecting the entire field. When played, you target any creature or permanent slot that is occupied. The card in that slot is delayed for zero turns (in other words, not at all), slots adjacent to it are delayed for one turn, slots adjacent to those are delayed for two turns, etc.
This crosses the boundaries between permanents and creatures, and can affect any non-immaterial card, thus providing water the permanent control it has long needed, even slowing quanta production.
There are downsides, however. Unlike Flooding, this card does not affect cards played after Hurricane. New pillars would be played in a separate stack, so they are not delayed, and shields and weapons meant for draw stability can be used to override the effects.
It can also backfire heavily if not used in the right time or the right place, and becomes expensive to maintain. Nevertheless, it is an incredibly powerful concept that may be difficult to balance.
Temporal Flux, meanwhile, can be played immediately after Hurricane for a large gain in :time quanta. It also provides a minor indirect buff to Procrastination, adds a new time/earth synergy with the delay of BB and warden, and can be used in time/water even without Hurricane, with freeze, squid, and ice shield.
Art credit: Shotidave (http://freeshotidavewallpapers.blogspot.com/2011/09/blue-abstract-wallpapers.html), modified by ddevans96.
Task III - Building the Game
Completion: 10/10 - Ready for Overseer Audit
New Content:
- Three new cards will be added, all from the forums:
Soulsteel (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,8784.0.html)
Vines (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,18812.html)
Repulsor (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,27845.0.html)
All will be put into the game with their current effects and costs.
-The menu will be shifted around:
PvP buttons will be moved where the Manage Deck buttons are currently, and the Manage Deck buttons will be moved to the right.
The Bazaar button will be removed, and the Quests, Arena, and Oracle buttons will be replaced with the Village button.
- About the Village:
It will have links to the Bazaar, Quests, Arena, Oracle, and two new tabs: The Forge and the Armory.
The Bazaar will have a side tab for the Upgrades screen.
You will now be able to switch between Your Deck, Bazaar. and Upgrades freely - the 'must have 30 cards' message will be moved to when you select a match.
Daily quests will be added, along with more progress quests. The Upgrade screen will still be accessible from the Quests screen if you prefer it.
The Forge will allow you, once per day like the Oracle, to trade 500 electrum and any five weapons to gain one random, unupped, rare weapon.
This may seem imbalanced, but the electrum cost is quite steep if you sell the weapon, but even if you keep it you either have to buy non-rare weapons every day, or use excess rare weapons and not get electrum for them.
The Library will show 1 copy of every upped card in your possession, along with the Oracle fortune, origin of the card's theme, and usage statistics.
It will also show your rank in score, wins, losses, electrum, and highest arena rating among players logged in in the past month.
- Also, there will be new art for Vampire and Cockatrice (by vrt).
Balance:
Long Sword, Gavel, and Longbow nerfed to 5 attack.
Shard of Sacrifice changed to inflict 10 damage (8 when upgraded), but requires sacrifice of a creature with non-zero cost.
Shard of Void buffed to 3 HP, plus 3 healing for the user with :darkness mark.
Shard of Focus: Accretion nerfed to +0|+5, with a black hole when HP>15.
Shard of Wisdom nerfed to cost 4|2.
:darkness
Parasite buffed to 2|1.
:death
Poison (and all player poison effects, plus purify) changed to deal damage on the afflicted player's turn, not the opponent's.
Plague buffed to cost 3 :death.
Deathstalker buffed to 0|2 (0|4 when upgraded).
Death Nymph nerfed to 5|7 (6|8 upgraded).
:water
Blue Crawler buffed to 4|3.
Pufferfish buffed to 3|6.
Ulitharid buffed to 4|4.
Trident (and Poseidon) buffed to 6 damage.
:air
Wyrm buffed to 4|3.
Thunderstorm (and Lightning Storm) changed buffed to deal 2 damage to airborne creatures.
:aether
Immortal buffed to 5|3, upgraded changed to 6|3.
Dimensional Shield nerfed to 7 :aether (6 :aether when upgraded).
Phase Dragon buffed to 12 :aether (13 :aether when upgraded).
:life
Thorn Carapace buffed to 6 :life.
Emphatic Bond reverted to heal with every creature again.
Forest Scorpion buffed to 2|2 (2|4 when upgraded).
:time
Fate Egg (and upgraded) buffed to 1|3.
Rewind nerfed to 3|2.
Anubis ability changed completely to :death :death Destine: Target creature becomes a mummy upon death.
Dune Scorpion buffed to 0|2 (0|4 when upgraded).
:gravity
Graviton Mercenary (and Upgraded) buffed to 3|7, unupgraded also buffed to 3 :gravity.
Otyugh buffed to 3 :gravity.
Gravity Nymph ability nerfed to 4 :gravity, stats buffed to 3|3 (3|4 when upgraded)
:earth
Graboid nerfed to 4 :earth
Shrieker changed to 6 :earth and 6|3 (8|3 when upgraded)
:fire
Fire Spirit buffed to 0|3.
Fire Bolt nerfed to 3 damage for every 12 fire quanta.
Fahrenheit nerfed to X being :fire you own divided by 6.
:entropy
Discord nerfed to scramble 8 quanta.
:light
Pegasus buffed to 4|3 (upgraded to 4|5).
Hope (upgraded) buffed to 7 :light
Guardian angel buffed to 3|7.
Bug Fixes:
Desync occurrences have been significantly reduced.
Graphical error with life tab disappearing while importing a deck has been fixed.
Sound switching between 'off' and 'low' no longer happen when Settings is pressed.
Bugs with special characters in passwords have been fixed.
Errors with Vampire, Adrenaline, and Empathic Bond have been fixed.
Poison priority effects have been removed due to the change in poison mechanics.
Nightfall and Eclipse stacking improperly has been fixed.
Bugs with purify and reflective shields have been fixed.
SoBe killing you when you have zero cards but your opponent has a full hand, and similar cases, have been fixed.
Bugs with Fate Egg, Mitosis, and Shard of Readiness have been fixed.
Various other graphic errors have been fixed.
AI Improvements:
Will use Quintessence and Shard of Wisdom on opponent's creatures if it has a reflective shield in play.
Will fractal high-attack creatures if it can play two or more of that creature this turn.
Will spread buffs between sparks and scorpions if multiple are on the field.
Will not play Solar Shield or Dissipation Shield while Sanctuary is on the field, or vice versa.
Will not nightmare a creature if you can play one of them next turn.
- Three new cards will be added, all from the forums:
Soulsteel (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,8784.0.html)
Vines (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,18812.html)
Repulsor (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,27845.0.html)
All will be put into the game with their current effects and costs.
-The menu will be shifted around:
PvP buttons will be moved where the Manage Deck buttons are currently, and the Manage Deck buttons will be moved to the right.
The Bazaar button will be removed, and the Quests, Arena, and Oracle buttons will be replaced with the Village button.
- About the Village:
It will have links to the Bazaar, Quests, Arena, Oracle, and two new tabs: The Forge and the Armory.
The Bazaar will have a side tab for the Upgrades screen.
You will now be able to switch between Your Deck, Bazaar. and Upgrades freely - the 'must have 30 cards' message will be moved to when you select a match.
Daily quests will be added, along with more progress quests. The Upgrade screen will still be accessible from the Quests screen if you prefer it.
The Forge will allow you, once per day like the Oracle, to trade 500 electrum and any five weapons to gain one random, unupped, rare weapon.
This may seem imbalanced, but the electrum cost is quite steep if you sell the weapon, but even if you keep it you either have to buy non-rare weapons every day, or use excess rare weapons and not get electrum for them.
The Library will show 1 copy of every upped card in your possession, along with the Oracle fortune, origin of the card's theme, and usage statistics.
It will also show your rank in score, wins, losses, electrum, and highest arena rating among players logged in in the past month.
- Also, there will be new art for Vampire and Cockatrice (by vrt).
Balance:
Long Sword, Gavel, and Longbow nerfed to 5 attack.
Shard of Sacrifice changed to inflict 10 damage (8 when upgraded), but requires sacrifice of a creature with non-zero cost.
Shard of Void buffed to 3 HP, plus 3 healing for the user with :darkness mark.
Shard of Focus: Accretion nerfed to +0|+5, with a black hole when HP>15.
Shard of Wisdom nerfed to cost 4|2.
:darkness
Parasite buffed to 2|1.
:death
Poison (and all player poison effects, plus purify) changed to deal damage on the afflicted player's turn, not the opponent's.
Plague buffed to cost 3 :death.
Deathstalker buffed to 0|2 (0|4 when upgraded).
Death Nymph nerfed to 5|7 (6|8 upgraded).
:water
Blue Crawler buffed to 4|3.
Pufferfish buffed to 3|6.
Ulitharid buffed to 4|4.
Trident (and Poseidon) buffed to 6 damage.
:air
Wyrm buffed to 4|3.
Thunderstorm (and Lightning Storm) changed buffed to deal 2 damage to airborne creatures.
:aether
Immortal buffed to 5|3, upgraded changed to 6|3.
Dimensional Shield nerfed to 7 :aether (6 :aether when upgraded).
Phase Dragon buffed to 12 :aether (13 :aether when upgraded).
:life
Thorn Carapace buffed to 6 :life.
Emphatic Bond reverted to heal with every creature again.
Forest Scorpion buffed to 2|2 (2|4 when upgraded).
:time
Fate Egg (and upgraded) buffed to 1|3.
Rewind nerfed to 3|2.
Anubis ability changed completely to :death :death Destine: Target creature becomes a mummy upon death.
Dune Scorpion buffed to 0|2 (0|4 when upgraded).
:gravity
Graviton Mercenary (and Upgraded) buffed to 3|7, unupgraded also buffed to 3 :gravity.
Otyugh buffed to 3 :gravity.
Gravity Nymph ability nerfed to 4 :gravity, stats buffed to 3|3 (3|4 when upgraded)
:earth
Graboid nerfed to 4 :earth
Shrieker changed to 6 :earth and 6|3 (8|3 when upgraded)
:fire
Fire Spirit buffed to 0|3.
Fire Bolt nerfed to 3 damage for every 12 fire quanta.
Fahrenheit nerfed to X being :fire you own divided by 6.
:entropy
Discord nerfed to scramble 8 quanta.
:light
Pegasus buffed to 4|3 (upgraded to 4|5).
Hope (upgraded) buffed to 7 :light
Guardian angel buffed to 3|7.
Bug Fixes:
Desync occurrences have been significantly reduced.
Graphical error with life tab disappearing while importing a deck has been fixed.
Sound switching between 'off' and 'low' no longer happen when Settings is pressed.
Bugs with special characters in passwords have been fixed.
Errors with Vampire, Adrenaline, and Empathic Bond have been fixed.
Poison priority effects have been removed due to the change in poison mechanics.
Nightfall and Eclipse stacking improperly has been fixed.
Bugs with purify and reflective shields have been fixed.
SoBe killing you when you have zero cards but your opponent has a full hand, and similar cases, have been fixed.
Bugs with Fate Egg, Mitosis, and Shard of Readiness have been fixed.
Various other graphic errors have been fixed.
AI Improvements:
Will use Quintessence and Shard of Wisdom on opponent's creatures if it has a reflective shield in play.
Will fractal high-attack creatures if it can play two or more of that creature this turn.
Will spread buffs between sparks and scorpions if multiple are on the field.
Will not play Solar Shield or Dissipation Shield while Sanctuary is on the field, or vice versa.
Will not nightmare a creature if you can play one of them next turn.
Post by: Annele on October 01, 2012, 08:44:11 am
TASK I - Brawl Related Skills
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Post by: Annele on October 01, 2012, 08:44:39 am
In a deep lake near the Forest of Life, the Toadfish thrived. They had learned to use the air above them to ward off attacking creatures and maintain their territory as their own. They ate the seaweed on the bottom of the lake, and the occasional Horned Frog that floated into their lake due to heavy Flooding.
Then one day, the Elementals came. Elementals were not new to the Toadfish; they lived right beside the Forest of Life where Life Elementals thrived, though they had learned to stay away from the Toadfish. Life Elementals did not appreciate hostility.
However, these were not the peaceful Life Elementals, but the destructive Fire Elementals who had invaded the Forest of Life and burned half the plants there, as well as incinerating a third of the creatures. They chose to drain the lake next because Water was one of their weaknesses, along with small damage. They were just grateful the Life Elementals hadn't discovered this yet.
The Fire Elementals had already started draining the lake when the Toadfish realised what was occurring. They tried warding off the Fire Elementals using the technique they had perfected on opposing creatures to no avail.
Elementals were on a completely different ranking to creatures, they realised among themselves. They decided they needed to go to new extents to stop their home being destroyed.
Some brave Toadfish volunteered to go through radical changes to defend themselves. They focused their power not on their attack, but instead on their poisoning abilities, and learned how to inflate themselves on touch - without air. They called themselves the Puffer Fish army, and prepared themselves for battle.
The Puffer Fish waited until the Fire Elementals had started continuing their efforts to destroy the lake, then attacked. They flopped out of the water and struck out with their pitiful attacks, hoping, not in vain, that the Fire Elementals would swipe them away with a quick Firebolt.
Bingo.
As the Firebolts touched the Puffer Fish, they squirted out poison at the opposing Elementals, withering down their defenses. The Puffer Fish then struck once more at the weak but strong Fire Elementals, reducing their health to zero.
The remaining Fire Elementals huddled together to figure out how to stop this threat to their plan. They figured out that their Fire Storms did not trigger the poison, though it required two to kill, and by then their energy was very low.
The Puffer Fish attacked one more, felling the last remaining Fire Elementals and claiming their victory.
Last remaining? Not quite; they left a few to run back to the Land of Fire and spread the news about these new foes.
The Puffer Fish were very confident no Elemental would bother them again.
They were not counting on the Water Elementals. In fact, they didn't even know that Water Elementals existed then; the Fire Elementals had been huge news to them.
And the Puffer Fish were huge new to the Water Elementals. When the stories from the Land of Fire reached their ocean, they were shocked to find out that their Toadfish lived elsewhere, not least with undiscovered creatures. They knew they had to enquire about this at once.
The Water Elementals traveled to the lake by the Forest of Life, knowing they mustn't alarm the Puffer Fish, or else face an attack like the Fire Elementals'.
When they reached the lake, they decided that their own Toadfish and variant of of Puffer Fish would be the best way to convince the new creatures of the Water Elementals' peace offering.
The Toadfish and Puffer Fish were suspicious at first, and killed all the Water Elemental's Puffer Fish as soon as they entered their lake. However, the Toadfish recognised the Water Elementals' Toadfish, and told the Puffer Fish to listen to their plight.
The Water Elementals' Toadfish told the others that the Water Elementals were friendly Elementals who took great care of their creatures - gave them enough water, etc. - and would like their services in defeating other Elementals in the War.
'Like the Fire Elementals who tried destroying you home' they said.
The Toadfish and Puffer Fish of the lake thought about it, and decided that half of them would travel with the Water Elementals; leaving the young and old at the lake; in the agreement that they could be returned to their home before they die.
'If you do not die on the battlefield, we assure you you will die here' the Water Elementals said.
The Toadfish and Puffer Fish traveled with the Water Elementals. They relished the openness of the ocean, and the friendships they created with other Water Creatures. They also enjoyed (after a period of skepticism) fighting in the War and defeating especially the Fire Elementals.
And when they grew old, the Water Elementals set them on an Ice Dragon to take them back to their home place one last time.
All was well. Okay, yes, I took that from the and of Harry Potter. Shoot me now.
Then one day, the Elementals came. Elementals were not new to the Toadfish; they lived right beside the Forest of Life where Life Elementals thrived, though they had learned to stay away from the Toadfish. Life Elementals did not appreciate hostility.
However, these were not the peaceful Life Elementals, but the destructive Fire Elementals who had invaded the Forest of Life and burned half the plants there, as well as incinerating a third of the creatures. They chose to drain the lake next because Water was one of their weaknesses, along with small damage. They were just grateful the Life Elementals hadn't discovered this yet.
The Fire Elementals had already started draining the lake when the Toadfish realised what was occurring. They tried warding off the Fire Elementals using the technique they had perfected on opposing creatures to no avail.
Elementals were on a completely different ranking to creatures, they realised among themselves. They decided they needed to go to new extents to stop their home being destroyed.
Some brave Toadfish volunteered to go through radical changes to defend themselves. They focused their power not on their attack, but instead on their poisoning abilities, and learned how to inflate themselves on touch - without air. They called themselves the Puffer Fish army, and prepared themselves for battle.
The Puffer Fish waited until the Fire Elementals had started continuing their efforts to destroy the lake, then attacked. They flopped out of the water and struck out with their pitiful attacks, hoping, not in vain, that the Fire Elementals would swipe them away with a quick Firebolt.
Bingo.
As the Firebolts touched the Puffer Fish, they squirted out poison at the opposing Elementals, withering down their defenses. The Puffer Fish then struck once more at the weak but strong Fire Elementals, reducing their health to zero.
The remaining Fire Elementals huddled together to figure out how to stop this threat to their plan. They figured out that their Fire Storms did not trigger the poison, though it required two to kill, and by then their energy was very low.
The Puffer Fish attacked one more, felling the last remaining Fire Elementals and claiming their victory.
Last remaining? Not quite; they left a few to run back to the Land of Fire and spread the news about these new foes.
The Puffer Fish were very confident no Elemental would bother them again.
They were not counting on the Water Elementals. In fact, they didn't even know that Water Elementals existed then; the Fire Elementals had been huge news to them.
And the Puffer Fish were huge new to the Water Elementals. When the stories from the Land of Fire reached their ocean, they were shocked to find out that their Toadfish lived elsewhere, not least with undiscovered creatures. They knew they had to enquire about this at once.
The Water Elementals traveled to the lake by the Forest of Life, knowing they mustn't alarm the Puffer Fish, or else face an attack like the Fire Elementals'.
When they reached the lake, they decided that their own Toadfish and variant of of Puffer Fish would be the best way to convince the new creatures of the Water Elementals' peace offering.
The Toadfish and Puffer Fish were suspicious at first, and killed all the Water Elemental's Puffer Fish as soon as they entered their lake. However, the Toadfish recognised the Water Elementals' Toadfish, and told the Puffer Fish to listen to their plight.
The Water Elementals' Toadfish told the others that the Water Elementals were friendly Elementals who took great care of their creatures - gave them enough water, etc. - and would like their services in defeating other Elementals in the War.
'Like the Fire Elementals who tried destroying you home' they said.
The Toadfish and Puffer Fish of the lake thought about it, and decided that half of them would travel with the Water Elementals; leaving the young and old at the lake; in the agreement that they could be returned to their home before they die.
'If you do not die on the battlefield, we assure you you will die here' the Water Elementals said.
The Toadfish and Puffer Fish traveled with the Water Elementals. They relished the openness of the ocean, and the friendships they created with other Water Creatures. They also enjoyed (after a period of skepticism) fighting in the War and defeating especially the Fire Elementals.
And when they grew old, the Water Elementals set them on an Ice Dragon to take them back to their home place one last time.
All was well. Okay, yes, I took that from the and of Harry Potter. Shoot me now.
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TASK III - Building the Game
First of all, I apologise that some of you have been frantic about my absence. I have been working on my other projects, and the new update of Elements. And getting stalked by crazy teenage Curators in New Zealand as well.
Announcements:
New cards
Balancing
Bug fix
New features
Weekly Quests
New AI3s
??? = Clocks and Psions
??? = Rejuvination
??? = Kraken
To come
As some of you seem to get worried while I am working a new features, I will consolidate you by adding Elements 1.45 soon. Included will be a series of rare Shields that have active abilities. This will not take too much work, and I could add them now, but it seems you prefer a little at a time and these quests are already a huge jump. There also may be a new AI coming up, you'll just have to wait and see.
Keep playing and donating! ;)
Announcements:
- The PvP bug was the result of a failed hack. The hacker in question has now been
removeddisciplined. - After careful deliberation, I have decided to allow Xenocidius the right to add cards in the Trainer. He will add a card once a month, it will be tested, and if I believe it would be a good asset to the game, it will be added.
- Weekly Quests have arrived!
New cards
- Kraken | Dark Kraken - I thought it was about time Water gained some PC, and a new card. Original idea by Ajit here. (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,21004.0.html)(http://i.imgur.com/4rSUi.png)(http://i.imgur.com/Nf9v4.png)
- Rejuvenation | Rejuvenation - Light control for Life, or more healing. Original idea by Legit here. (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,34369)(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd239642/rejuv.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd239641/rejuvu.png)
- Clock l Chronometer - Control and Buff card for Time(http://i.imgur.com/4h8yu.png)(http://i.imgur.com/ohxsf.png)
- Fly - Original idea by GG here. (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,8697.0.html)(http://i.imgur.com/qXc7L.png)(http://i.imgur.com/5exFm.png)
Balancing
- The ability 'Web' now also removes the skill 'Dive'.
- Shard of Focus is now a 3 l 2 cost permanent with a one-time free ability of destroying a permanent. When ability is used it generates a Black Hole and a 0 l 30 creature.
- Shard of Sacrifice now requires a creature sacrifice instead of a quanta sacrifice for 1 turn of reversed healing and damage. If it is a death creature, 2 turns. Health sacrifice reduced to 20.
- Shard of Sacrifice now costs 2 l 1 random quanta.
- Shard of Wisdom can now target non-immateriel creatures for a reduced bonus. (+1 l +1). The creature still does spell damage.
- Shard of Wisdom cost increased to 4 l 2.
- Druidic and Jade Staff now cost 1 :life.
- Jade Staff's healing increased to 8 and damage reduced to 2.
- Puffer Fish's ability changed to Inflation - adds 3 poison to the opponent on targeting.
- Puffer Fish's cost is reduced to 3 and its stats changed to 2 l 6.
- Flooding does not affect airborne creatures.
- Massive Dragon l Colossal Dragon now have momentum.
- Half Bloods now only have a 2x mark.
- Half Blood's spin is now 2 unupgraded and one upgraded.
- False God decks now no longer have shards.
- It is possible to win upgraded cards from Arena spins now.
- The Oracle now gives out Miracles.
- The maximum number of a certain type of pillar or pendulum in a deck is now 20.
Bug fix
- PvP 1 is back to normal.
- Purify is now reflected by Reflective shields no matter who uses it.
- PvP quality improved
New features
- Vampire's art has been replaced with vrt's.
- A new quest has been added (gain 1000 score, reward is a Nymph)
- Weekly Quests are now available.
- New AI3s have been added, and the Darkness marked AI3 replaced.
- The 'Redeem Code' Button has been moved in between the Chat and Donate buttons.
- The 'Upgrade Card' function is no longer in the 'Quest' bubble, but appears under the 'Bazaar' button when all quests are completed. The button also appears along the top when in 'Manage Deck' and 'Bazaar'. The 'Bazaar' button is now on the top of the screen as well as 'Manage Deck' when one is in 'Upgrade Card.
- Psion and the new cards all have Oracle Predictions now.
Weekly Quests
- Weekly Quests refresh at 7am GMT (like the Oracle) every Sunday (GMT).
- Weekly Quests are available once all quests are completed.
- When one clicks the 'Quest' button, the bubble appears showing a deck, any bonuses it may have (2x draw, 3x mark, etc) and a button saying 'Challenge'.
- The deck's bonuses depend on your score when the Quest refreshes.
- It doesn't cost anything to challenge the deck.
- You may challenge the deck 3 times during the week.
- Once you have faced the deck and lost, you may leave the Quest bubble and do what you want. You may come back to the quest button at any time during the week and use your other challenges.
- Once you have faced the deck and won, you gain a reward and cannot challenge the deck again, until the week ticks over and you gain a new challenge.
- Rewards may be anything from Electrum to a random Upgraded card to something else...
- You may not necessarily have the same deck as someone else, even if you have exactly the same score as them.
- They are Weekly Quests, not daily, to relieve a lot of stress off me and also to give time to balance and test working decks.
New AI3s
??? = Clocks and Psions
??? = Rejuvination
??? = Kraken
To come
As some of you seem to get worried while I am working a new features, I will consolidate you by adding Elements 1.45 soon. Included will be a series of rare Shields that have active abilities. This will not take too much work, and I could add them now, but it seems you prefer a little at a time and these quests are already a huge jump. There also may be a new AI coming up, you'll just have to wait and see.
Keep playing and donating! ;)
All decks and cards were made by Annele unless otherwise stated.[/list][/list][/list][/list][/list][/list]
Post by: plastiqe on October 01, 2012, 02:51:50 pm
Quote from: The book of plastiqe in the Third Task of the Sixth Trials
In the beginning zanzarino created the Earth and the Sky, breathed Life into the Void and shone Light upon the Elementals. For His was the realm of Elements and He was unto them.1 But they grew greedy and fat upon Electrum and the zanzarino was callous in his fury. He cast Shards down upon them and abandoned them to their doom.2
But the Guardian Angels were there, and in their low state they were sent to be mighty and glorious like the Archangels and so they rejoiced.3 But their Sanctuary was taken from them and brought down upon them and it was enfeebled.4 And He took the Holy Light that shone upon the Death and the Darkness and it was Remade into a new effect, and they rejoiced.5
Then zanzarino said unto Discord "you have grown evil and wicked and you will be cast down" and the Abominations and Demons were lo.6 But upon them he grew the cost of Pandemonium and it's Entropy was made to be steep.7 And when He came upon SuperNova He took his brother Nova and upon them gave the same weakness. And many Singularities were born.8
And the Immortals were there and thought that they were untouched but the zanzarino came upon them and smote their Dimensional Shield upon the mountainside. And when it had come down they found that it's Aether was lavish and increased by one. And the Elementals wailed and called out to Him and desecrated upon themselves to no avail.9
When the zanzarino came upon the living creatures and the plants he saw that they were weak. And he saw that they were feeble and unable to War and that they were vulnerable to Fire and to Death and to Lightning and to Arrows. And so in balance he said onto Life "let Me create onto you a New Card to protect your creatures" and they rejoiced.10
For now He came to the heat and the flame and saw that He had treated them harshly. And in His regret zanzarino gave unto them stronger Ash Eaters and Fire Spirits and Golems and they rejoiced.11 But He was in turn weary and in doing so He said "your Rage is too great" and he broke it in half and took from them their CC.12
And finally zanzarino gazed upon the Shriekers and the Black Holes and the Fog Shields and the Reverse Times and the Vampire Stilettos and the Purifys and told them not too look. But in their indignance they looked back and were turned into a Pillar of Salt and they lost some of their power.13 And he took the Shards and the Marks and they became cards of their own Element.14 And when the Elementals came to zanzarino they found that He had left them again and though they pleaded and begged, He was returned to whence He came. And in the new metagame they played and found that it was more plentiful and they rejoiced.15
Post by: Jen-i on October 02, 2012, 05:27:24 am
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Task II - Deck Building
A Frozen Wasteland
There's just something about using Poseidon in a deck that is immensely satisfying. And while the deck doesn't always draw it, it packs a hideous amount of stall.
There's just something about using Poseidon in a deck that is immensely satisfying. And while the deck doesn't always draw it, it packs a hideous amount of stall.
Bloated Wyrms
Simple, effective, reasonably fast, and surprisingly consistent - what more could you ask of an "ideal" AI3 grinder
Simple, effective, reasonably fast, and surprisingly consistent - what more could you ask of an "ideal" AI3 grinder
Trampled!!
Hehehehehe, the other two decks needed to be effective this one needed to be fun! In testing I was always a few gravity short of what I wanted -which I suppose is perfect once you get the FG triple mark.
Hehehehehe, the other two decks needed to be effective this one needed to be fun! In testing I was always a few gravity short of what I wanted -which I suppose is perfect once you get the FG triple mark.
The Skevolution
I had so much fun playing this deck - its not totally straight forward, you have to decide between Eternity locking your opponent and "Evolving" your skeletons, but it is fun to play.
I had so much fun playing this deck - its not totally straight forward, you have to decide between Eternity locking your opponent and "Evolving" your skeletons, but it is fun to play.
The Perfect Mutation
Holy Crap - this deck is soooo much fun to play - this may actually qualify as my new AI3 grinder - not blisteringly fast, but soo much fun!!
So fun in fact that I posted the deck, and I never post decks, if you wish to comment on the deck please do so here (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,43825.0.html).
Holy Crap - this deck is soooo much fun to play - this may actually qualify as my new AI3 grinder - not blisteringly fast, but soo much fun!!
So fun in fact that I posted the deck, and I never post decks, if you wish to comment on the deck please do so here (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,43825.0.html).
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Post by: pikachufan2164 on October 02, 2012, 12:25:21 pm
Task II: Deckbuilding
Twisted Twilight
Werewolves eventually end up as a vanilla creature. Giving it :light generation with Luci allows the deck to have some mid-game defensive power (via powering Hope) to get through all 150 HP of a half-blood. A Vader Sader subtheme also synergizes well with the need for :darkness quanta for Werewolf's ability and the extra :light quanta generated using Luci.
Werewolves eventually end up as a vanilla creature. Giving it :light generation with Luci allows the deck to have some mid-game defensive power (via powering Hope) to get through all 150 HP of a half-blood. A Vader Sader subtheme also synergizes well with the need for :darkness quanta for Werewolf's ability and the extra :light quanta generated using Luci.
Heroes of Zero
Super silly creature rush with an OTK component to it; Chimera breaks stalemates involving shields.
Super silly creature rush with an OTK component to it; Chimera breaks stalemates involving shields.
Cerberus
Cerberus is the gatekeeper to the underworld in Greek mythology. This FG aims to control the early game with Wardens and Lances as poison damage slowly whittles the player down. Shard of Patience synergizes well with the Wardens to increase their creature control capabilities and also provide an alternate late-game win condition if poison and Fire Lances weren't enough.
Cerberus is the gatekeeper to the underworld in Greek mythology. This FG aims to control the early game with Wardens and Lances as poison damage slowly whittles the player down. Shard of Patience synergizes well with the Wardens to increase their creature control capabilities and also provide an alternate late-game win condition if poison and Fire Lances weren't enough.
Scrying Pool
Mito Golden Nymphs, whee~
Rewind, Arctic Octopus, and Permafrost Shield provide an early defense while the combo sets up.
Mito Golden Nymphs, whee~
Rewind, Arctic Octopus, and Permafrost Shield provide an early defense while the combo sets up.
Sinister Steel
Shard of Bravery's biggest drawback is that it puts cards in your opponent's hand. Silence prevents them from playing their newly-drawn cards, while Earthquake's quanta disruption makes sure that those cards stay sitting in their hand.
Shard of Bravery's biggest drawback is that it puts cards in your opponent's hand. Silence prevents them from playing their newly-drawn cards, while Earthquake's quanta disruption makes sure that those cards stay sitting in their hand.
Post by: Vineroz on October 03, 2012, 03:10:08 pm
Task I : CARD!!
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In a stormy evening, Jack the shepherd was trying to send his sheeps into the shelter. As wind sweeping and thunder flashing across the sky, even the sheeps can feel that it was going to be a disastrous night. Some of them already ran back to the shelter for cover, but some smaller ones seemed excited with this unusual weather. Suddenly a loud cracking sound startled Jack; it was a tree behind him, struck by a lightning. To Jack's horror, a bunch of sheeps are hiding under that tree. It would be too late for Jack to reach for the sheeps, and he could only watched the tree fell over on the terrified creatures. Then the most miraculous thing happened: the fallen trunk hit heavily on the sheeps' back, but there was a mysterious force that somehow pushed the trunk away. Jack ran to the sheeps, and realised that there was a eerie blue glow inside the wool of the sheeps. When he tried to touch them, he immediately got an electric shock. Fortunately the current was not too strong to knock him out, and it seemed like the electricity on that sheep was cleared.
When Jack walks his other blue sheeps back to the shelter, he was a bit glad that at least they were alive. However these poor electrified sheeps finally fell on there knees when they got to the shelter. It looked like the electricity was indeed hurting them. Jack recorded this incident in his notebook, and hoped to find ways that can prevent this to happen again in the furture.
When Jack walks his other blue sheeps back to the shelter, he was a bit glad that at least they were alive. However these poor electrified sheeps finally fell on there knees when they got to the shelter. It looked like the electricity was indeed hurting them. Jack recorded this incident in his notebook, and hoped to find ways that can prevent this to happen again in the furture.
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Task II : DECK!!
Credits to RNG for the element choice
Player
Winrate: 92.9 %
Average TTW: 7.456404736275565
EMs: 47
RoL/Hope with Death flavor. Reclusetal is strong itself.
Denial + rushing at its finest.
One drawback of catatitan is not getting the combo card. Hourglasses solves the problem.
Even 2 to 3 nova would make this deck works much better >.> oh well, quanta is a bit tight to start, but output is huge in mid-game.
Post by: Shantu on October 04, 2012, 12:48:26 am
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TASK II - Deckbuilding
:air :fire :gravity
Fast damage, growing damage and the means to deal with shields, this deck has it all. It's fast and stable with multiple ways to deal damage. Elite Fireflies generate fire quanta to power the Firemasters, the Explosions and the Unstable Gases. They come out quick and deal good damage while the Firemasters' damage is slower but increases gradually. Gases can finish it up if the opposition is too tough, but in most games you don't even get to explode one. They are still great to have as backup however.
18 wins, 2 losses
Average ttw: 7,17
Fast damage, growing damage and the means to deal with shields, this deck has it all. It's fast and stable with multiple ways to deal damage. Elite Fireflies generate fire quanta to power the Firemasters, the Explosions and the Unstable Gases. They come out quick and deal good damage while the Firemasters' damage is slower but increases gradually. Gases can finish it up if the opposition is too tough, but in most games you don't even get to explode one. They are still great to have as backup however.
| # | TTW |
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 8 |
| 6 | 7 |
| 7 | L |
| 8 | 6 |
| 9 | 6 |
| 10 | 7 |
| 11 | 7 |
| 12 | 6 |
| 13 | 8 |
| 14 | 5 |
| 15 | 9 |
| 16 | 9 |
| 17 | L |
| 18 | 8 |
| 19 | 7 |
| 20 | 7 |
18 wins, 2 losses
Average ttw: 7,17
:death :aether :water
The deck is, I believe, pretty straightforward. You use poison to whittle down the HP of Half Bloods bold enough to face you and Nymphs to hasten the process. I used Nymph Queens (instead of Tears) so that I wouldn't need to waste card space on Water Towers and unupgraded, because few people upgrade them. Phase Shields obviously serve as your defence: that very important thing keeping hordes of creatures off your back. Despite the seemingly unstable quanta base, the deck is surprisingly consistent, my favorite of these decks (no, it has nothing to do with containing Death cards of course).
17 wins, 3 losses
Average ttw: 11,65
The deck is, I believe, pretty straightforward. You use poison to whittle down the HP of Half Bloods bold enough to face you and Nymphs to hasten the process. I used Nymph Queens (instead of Tears) so that I wouldn't need to waste card space on Water Towers and unupgraded, because few people upgrade them. Phase Shields obviously serve as your defence: that very important thing keeping hordes of creatures off your back. Despite the seemingly unstable quanta base, the deck is surprisingly consistent, my favorite of these decks (no, it has nothing to do with containing Death cards of course).
| # | TTW |
| 1 | 15 |
| 2 | 15 |
| 3 | 11 |
| 4 | 10 |
| 5 | L |
| 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 12 |
| 8 | 9 |
| 9 | 11 |
| 10 | 15 |
| 11 | L |
| 12 | 10 |
| 13 | 19 |
| 14 | L |
| 15 | 11 |
| 16 | 11 |
| 17 | 10 |
| 18 | 10 |
| 19 | 10 |
| 20 | 9 |
17 wins, 3 losses
Average ttw: 11,65
:darkness :entropy :life
This god's basic strategy is to overwhelm you with his army of lycanthropes that appear out of nowhere surprisingly fast. He has control to deal with both permanents and creatures and some healing to give him some lasting power. Due to the trio nature of the god, draws can sometimes be a little shaky but it more often than not works out well. I did not take any kind of stats with currently popular False God farmers since I believe designing a False God shouldn't be based on currently existing and popular farmer decks. Farmer decks change, False God decks rarely do.
This god's basic strategy is to overwhelm you with his army of lycanthropes that appear out of nowhere surprisingly fast. He has control to deal with both permanents and creatures and some healing to give him some lasting power. Due to the trio nature of the god, draws can sometimes be a little shaky but it more often than not works out well. I did not take any kind of stats with currently popular False God farmers since I believe designing a False God shouldn't be based on currently existing and popular farmer decks. Farmer decks change, False God decks rarely do.
:earth :light :time
Despite its size, this deck is pretty fast. It is basically an earth-time rush with blessing connecting the two.
Graboid is the main attacker of the deck, one that I am almost ashamed to use in my submission. Nevertheless they are cheap and awesome. The déja vus support the grabbies with cheap damage, easily multiplied by a blessing. Golden Nymphs have a double purpose in the deck: they provide good enough damage all the while hastening your draws. Seeing your opponent's hand is also something not to be ignored.
Wardens provide a bit of control, delaying flying creatures and killing ground creatures. They are hard to get rid of due to their high hp and will be a major pain in the arse for your opponent.
Blessing, as outlined before, can be used to either increase your damage output or to increase your CC potential, allowing the deck to adapt easily.
Despite its size, this deck is pretty fast. It is basically an earth-time rush with blessing connecting the two.
Graboid is the main attacker of the deck, one that I am almost ashamed to use in my submission. Nevertheless they are cheap and awesome. The déja vus support the grabbies with cheap damage, easily multiplied by a blessing. Golden Nymphs have a double purpose in the deck: they provide good enough damage all the while hastening your draws. Seeing your opponent's hand is also something not to be ignored.
Wardens provide a bit of control, delaying flying creatures and killing ground creatures. They are hard to get rid of due to their high hp and will be a major pain in the arse for your opponent.
Blessing, as outlined before, can be used to either increase your damage output or to increase your CC potential, allowing the deck to adapt easily.
Cats, Shards, Death - what else could you wish for? The strategy is pretty obvious: generate skeletons and bonewalls and use patience to boost your damage and to get through nasty shields. Arsenic is there for the extra punch: it's just too good to pass up. I don't know what else I could say about this deck.
Remember kids: a Bonewall a day keeps the doctor away!
Also, happy 1200th post to me!
Post by: Kamietsu on October 04, 2012, 03:13:32 am
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When Divine Grace is applied to Hummingbird, the possible quanta production is then doubled since Hummingbird is only doing a single point of damage to itself. This means that every 2 uses of the Gust ability will bring it down a full point. Hummingbird will be able to make 6 air quanta, and upgraded Hummingbird can make 12. This also makes the connections between Air and Light stronger, especially on the Air side. This way splashing for a little light is more lucrative for a heavy Air deck, but on the reverse, such a low cost for Hummingbird and it's ability makes a lot of Air splashing for Light heavy Decks
Task 3
- New Cards
Envy | Envy (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42270.msg525933.html#msg525933)
Civilty | Civilty (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,43460.msg542120.html#msg542120)
Mending Pocketwatch | Mending Pocketwatch (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,41873.msg519606.html#msg519606)
Glass Figurine | Glass Miniature (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,43176.msg538003.html#msg538003)
Storm Rod | Storm Attractor (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,20828.msg265228.html#msg265228)
Null Shadows | Voided Shadows (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42786.msg533476.html#msg533476)
- Quest Updates
New quests have finally been added.
Randomly generated quests along with many predetermined ones.
Quest types will include:
- Defeat certain AI Type
- Defeat specific AI
- Win X number of times in PvP/Arena(random league)
- Win certain card(specific/type/element) from any AI source
- Win X number of times in a row PvP/AI/Arena
You may have 3 quests at any time and they never expire unless you complete them or give up on them.
You can only take up to 3 new quests each day.
Special predetermined quests will not count towards your 3 quests.
Special Predetermined quests will be based on various things, such as holidays, different times of the year(Summer Quests, Winter Quests, etc.), large game updates, etc.
Regular Predetermined quests will be given out randomly and do count towards your 3 quests.
If you have 3 quests already you will be given the choice to replace one with the Predetermined Quest.
Predetermined quests usually require several conditions to be met and offer more specific rewards, including but not limited to rare cards and upgraded cards.
- Oracle Update
You may now revisit the Oracle in order to see the information it gave you. You can still only spin the Oracle once per day.
- Slot Spin Win
What you win from the slots is now visible on the left hand side of the Slots screen.
Able to sell won cards from the Slots screen now.
[img[http://i.imgur.com/8A68j.png[/img]
- Hard Mode
Hard Mode can be activated two different ways:
- Defeating 5 FGs in a row
- Having in your possession more than 50% upgraded cards(out of a full 6 of each card set; excluding pillars/pendulums)
Once activated, all current decks of the AI(Excluding FGs) are replaced with tougher, more upgraded decks.
FGs are now upgraded into True Beings.
True Beings:
- TBs always draw until their hand is full unless there is less than 20 cards left in their deck. Then they default back into drawing 2 cards per turn.
- TBs will have the same 200hp.
- TBs' decks will have a maximum of 160 cards.
- TBs will have the standard x3 mark.
- Most TBs will use Nymphs, but they all will use Shards.
- Shards will be winable from TBs
- Beating TBs twice in a row will start a double prize special spin. The Double Prize Special Spin will act similar to Arena Special Spin, except you win double the card, if any.
- AI Balances
- Hourglass lowered as priority for destruction/stealing
- AI no longer spams shields or weapons when it already has one unless it is higher in a priority list
- Priority readjustment for targeting creatures with the Lobotomize skill
- AI will opt to destroy low count shields instead of stealing them
- Card Balances
- Lava Destroyer attack reduced from 7 to 6
- Immolation/Cremation now costs 1 any quanta
- Bonewall now starts with 6 charges instead of 7
- Thunderstorm/Lightning Storm now deals double damage to Airborne creatures
- Skull Shield/Skull Buckler now also has a small chance to reduce any attacking creature's attack by 1
- Aflatoxin cost reduced from 6->5(5->4 upgraded)
- Plate Armor/Heavy Armor now gives +0/+4(+0/+8 upgraded)
- Butterfly Effect cost reduced by 1
- Fire Shield/Fire Buckler now block 1 point of damage from attacking creatures
- Graviton Guard cost increased to 3, attack increased to 4
- Leaf Dragon cost changed to 1 any quanta
- Nightfall/Eclipse now reduce all Light creatures attack by 1
- Holy Flash healing now increased to 15hp
- Miracle cost now reduced to 14
- Anubis/Elite Anubis cost reduced to 7
- Flooding/Inundation cost reduced by 1
- Trident/Poseidon damage increased to 5
Post by: majofa on October 05, 2012, 06:03:15 am
Parasite is a card that is rarely used. It's a weak creature and poison is the slowest form of CC in the game. Parasite will be replaced by Leech. |
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| NOTES: When an opponent's creature is damaged, Leech 'attaches' itself to that creature. While attached, Leech is delayed and immortal. Whenever the leeched creature attacks, it loses -1/-2 and Leech gains +1/+2. When the leeched creature dies or is removed from play, Leech is no longer delayed or immortal. If another of the opponent's creatures is damaged, Leech attaches to it. Deep in the heart of the darkest marshes, Where even Otyughs fear to tread. Live the most dangerous of creatures, With a body for a head. Whether you believe the myths, Or that they're farce indeed. Heed the words of those who know, And don't ever... ever bleed. |
(http://imageplay.net/img/tya22286925/Phantom.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/tya22286924/PhantomU.png) |
| NOTES: Leech can't attach unless an opponent's creature takes damage; Phantom can fulfill this task. Draining an opponent's creature will cause Leech to attach. The combo effect of reducing attack and healing HP can keep you alive as your opponent loses creatures. Phantom's Drain Touch drains half the target creature's health round up. |
Elements v1.32
NEW CARDS
(rares)
Arc Blade | Fulgora (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,37965.0.html)
Fenghuang | Fenghuang (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,35710.0.html)
Imp Spirit | Fiend Spirit (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,25230.0.html)
Phantom | Phantom (http://)
Philosopher's Stone | Philosopher's Stone (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,35879.0.html)
Unstable Shapeshifter | Deranged Shapeshifter (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,28625.0.html)
Suzaku | Suzaku (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,30203.0.html)
Magnetic Sword | Magnetic Blade (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,29781.0.html)
Seiryuu | Seiryuu (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,21677.0.html)
Byakko | Byakko (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,33535.0.html)
Sphinx | Sphinx (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,29869.0.html)
Genbu | Genbu (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,29433.0.html)
(in bazaar)
Fear Shield | Terror Shield (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,6717.0.html)
Rejuvenation | Rejuvenation (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,34369.0.html)
Touch of Midas | Touch of Midas (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,21604.0.html)
Winter | Winter (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,17926.0.html)
Quantum Pendulum | Quantum Pendulum (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,14083.0.html)
Miracle, Pharaoh, and Arctic Squid will now be sold in the Bazaar.
Lobotomizer, Owl's Eye, Vampire Stiletto, Arsenic, Pulverizer, Discord, Fahrenheit, Titan, Druidic Staff, Morning Star, Eternity, and Trident will now be sold in the Bazaar.
New Elders' Decks
New Abilities:
(Aquatic) Immune to flooding. Gains +1/+1 while in the water.
(Burrow) rounds up on odd attack values
(Heavy) Creature cannot be Rewound
(Potential) Creature always becomes a mutant when mutated.
(Improved Potential) Creature always becomes a mutant when mutated and gains an extra attack/health boost.
A poison counter does 1 damage a turn, a Toxin counter does 2 and the creature turns into a Malignant Cell if it dies.
Card Changes:
Half-Blood: Mark changed to x2
PvP Duel: Ability to turn Spectate Off
Oracle: All pets are of equal randomness and are always shown instead of ???. Nymphs are now spun at the same randomness as all other cards.
Arena: Thumbs up and down optioned enabled on wins.
NEW CARDS
(rares)
Arc Blade | Fulgora (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,37965.0.html)
Fenghuang | Fenghuang (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,35710.0.html)
Imp Spirit | Fiend Spirit (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,25230.0.html)
Phantom | Phantom (http://)
Philosopher's Stone | Philosopher's Stone (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,35879.0.html)
Unstable Shapeshifter | Deranged Shapeshifter (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,28625.0.html)
Suzaku | Suzaku (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,30203.0.html)
Magnetic Sword | Magnetic Blade (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,29781.0.html)
Seiryuu | Seiryuu (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,21677.0.html)
Byakko | Byakko (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,33535.0.html)
Sphinx | Sphinx (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,29869.0.html)
Genbu | Genbu (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,29433.0.html)
(in bazaar)
Fear Shield | Terror Shield (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,6717.0.html)
Rejuvenation | Rejuvenation (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,34369.0.html)
Touch of Midas | Touch of Midas (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,21604.0.html)
Winter | Winter (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,17926.0.html)
Quantum Pendulum | Quantum Pendulum (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,14083.0.html)
Miracle, Pharaoh, and Arctic Squid will now be sold in the Bazaar.
Lobotomizer, Owl's Eye, Vampire Stiletto, Arsenic, Pulverizer, Discord, Fahrenheit, Titan, Druidic Staff, Morning Star, Eternity, and Trident will now be sold in the Bazaar.
New Elders' Decks
New Elders (Ai3)
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Mindgate
Firefly Queen
Ghostmare
Grabbow
Firestall
Discord/BH
Pegasus/Blessing
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Mindgate
Firefly Queen
Ghostmare
Grabbow
Firestall
Discord/BH
Pegasus/Blessing
New Abilities:
(Aquatic) Immune to flooding. Gains +1/+1 while in the water.
(Burrow) rounds up on odd attack values
(Heavy) Creature cannot be Rewound
(Potential) Creature always becomes a mutant when mutated.
(Improved Potential) Creature always becomes a mutant when mutated and gains an extra attack/health boost.
A poison counter does 1 damage a turn, a Toxin counter does 2 and the creature turns into a Malignant Cell if it dies.
Card Changes:
(Immortal - Elite Immortal)
(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd244197/Celestial.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd244196/Immortal.png)
(Azure Dragon - Sky Dragon)
(http://imageplay.net/img/tya22267292/Azure_Dragon.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/tya22267291/Sky_Dragon.png)
(Dragonfly - Damselfly)
(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd244387/Dragonfly.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd244386/Damselfly.png)
(Flying Weapon - Animate Weapon)
(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd244401/Flying_Weapon.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd244400/Animate_Weapon.png)
(Wyrm - Elite Wyrm)
(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd244403/Wyrm.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd244402/Wyvern.png)
(Gargoyle - Gargoyle)
(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd244580/Gargoyle.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd244579/GargoyleU.png)
(Bone Dragon - Ivory Dragon)
(http://imageplay.net/img/tya22267304/Bone_Dragon.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/tya22267303/Ivory_Dragon.png)
(Antlion - Elite Anltion)
(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd245138/Antlion.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd245137/Ankheg.png)
(Abomination - Micro Abomination)
(http://imageplay.net/img/tya22267320/Abomination.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/tya22267319/Micro_Abomination.png)
(Ash Eater - Brimstone Eater)
(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd245525/Ash_Eater.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd245524/Brimstone_Eater.png)
(Chimera - Chimera)
(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd245842/Chimera.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd245841/ChimeraU.png)
(Cockatrice - Elite Cockatrice)
(http://imageplay.net/img/tya22267340/Cockatrice.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/tya22267339/Basilisk.png)
(Heal - Improved Heal)
(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd246034/Mend.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd246033/Heal.png)
(Holy Light - Holy Flash)
(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd246238/Holy_Light.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd246237/Holy_Flash.png)
(Fate Egg - Fate Egg)
(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd246779/Fate_Egg.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd246778/Fate_EggU.png)
(Flooding - Inundation)
(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd247766/Flooding.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd247765/Inundation.png)
(Shard of Focus - Shard of Focus)
(http://imageplay.net/img/tya22287135/Shard_of_Focus.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/tya22287134/Shard_of_FocusU.png)
(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd244197/Celestial.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd244196/Immortal.png)
(Azure Dragon - Sky Dragon)
(http://imageplay.net/img/tya22267292/Azure_Dragon.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/tya22267291/Sky_Dragon.png)
(Dragonfly - Damselfly)
(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd244387/Dragonfly.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd244386/Damselfly.png)
(Flying Weapon - Animate Weapon)
(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd244401/Flying_Weapon.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd244400/Animate_Weapon.png)
(Wyrm - Elite Wyrm)
(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd244403/Wyrm.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd244402/Wyvern.png)
(Gargoyle - Gargoyle)
(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd244580/Gargoyle.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd244579/GargoyleU.png)
(Bone Dragon - Ivory Dragon)
(http://imageplay.net/img/tya22267304/Bone_Dragon.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/tya22267303/Ivory_Dragon.png)
(Antlion - Elite Anltion)
(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd245138/Antlion.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd245137/Ankheg.png)
(Abomination - Micro Abomination)
(http://imageplay.net/img/tya22267320/Abomination.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/tya22267319/Micro_Abomination.png)
(Ash Eater - Brimstone Eater)
(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd245525/Ash_Eater.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd245524/Brimstone_Eater.png)
(Chimera - Chimera)
(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd245842/Chimera.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd245841/ChimeraU.png)
(Cockatrice - Elite Cockatrice)
(http://imageplay.net/img/tya22267340/Cockatrice.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/tya22267339/Basilisk.png)
(Heal - Improved Heal)
(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd246034/Mend.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd246033/Heal.png)
(Holy Light - Holy Flash)
(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd246238/Holy_Light.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd246237/Holy_Flash.png)
(Fate Egg - Fate Egg)
(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd246779/Fate_Egg.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd246778/Fate_EggU.png)
(Flooding - Inundation)
(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd247766/Flooding.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/m7Gbd247765/Inundation.png)
(Shard of Focus - Shard of Focus)
(http://imageplay.net/img/tya22287135/Shard_of_Focus.png)(http://imageplay.net/img/tya22287134/Shard_of_FocusU.png)
Half-Blood: Mark changed to x2
PvP Duel: Ability to turn Spectate Off
Oracle: All pets are of equal randomness and are always shown instead of ???. Nymphs are now spun at the same randomness as all other cards.
Arena: Thumbs up and down optioned enabled on wins.
Post by: mesaprotector on October 05, 2012, 09:22:59 pm
Task I
Card I:
Lore for Card I:
Card II:
Task II(http://i.imgur.com/S2xVX.png)
(Meant to replace Liquid Shadow)
Healing is a lovely skill to have, but except for Vampires and the occasional lucky Crusader, it comes with the price of being poisoned, making it impractical for any creature that doesn't have high HP. Liquid shadow may not be the card you immediately think of when you hear "UP", but it's rarely used in gameplay. The AI misplays it as CC, which is hardly ever a good use for it.
In comes Will o' the Wisp. It comes ready-made as a low-level attacker for :darkness (a slightly inferior vampire if it uses its skill on itself), and can certainly find use in a mono with Black Dragons, but its real advantage comes with the use of Fractal. You can easily turn all of your creatures into vampires (or, even better, turn all your opponent's creatures into vampires while they have SoSa up). The extra turn of delay makes the card balanced. Its total cost is identical to that of Liquid Shadow.
(Meant to replace Liquid Shadow)
Healing is a lovely skill to have, but except for Vampires and the occasional lucky Crusader, it comes with the price of being poisoned, making it impractical for any creature that doesn't have high HP. Liquid shadow may not be the card you immediately think of when you hear "UP", but it's rarely used in gameplay. The AI misplays it as CC, which is hardly ever a good use for it.
In comes Will o' the Wisp. It comes ready-made as a low-level attacker for :darkness (a slightly inferior vampire if it uses its skill on itself), and can certainly find use in a mono with Black Dragons, but its real advantage comes with the use of Fractal. You can easily turn all of your creatures into vampires (or, even better, turn all your opponent's creatures into vampires while they have SoSa up). The extra turn of delay makes the card balanced. Its total cost is identical to that of Liquid Shadow.
Lore for Card I:
Many a creature lost in a dark wood has seen the flicker. Many have followed it - of these, none have returned to how they once were. The cause of the gently pulsing light, however, remains unknown. It promises great new power, but conceals danger. Follow it only if you have nothing to lose.
Card II:
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Consequences is a card that makes it potentially advantageous to heal your opponent. It serves as an effective counter to Mono-Light (Miracle cannot be used without killing all of your creatures), and also can give Mono-Death and USEM a tough time. It combos well with Holy Light (each Holy Light played on them acts like a double thunderstorm), and, of course, with Will o' the Wisp. The problem with using Will o' the Wisp to lobomotize your opponent's creatures is that, well, you've just made it a lot harder for yourself to do enough damage. If Consequences is out on the field, though, you may well not have to worry about their creatures before very long.
The disadvantages of this card, on the other hand, are threefold - it's expensive, makes it difficult to heal yourself, and since it doesn't stack, you likely won't have more than 3-4 in a 30-card deck. If it's combined with Holy Light or Will o' the Wisp, on the other hand, it seems well worth it.
Consequences is a card that makes it potentially advantageous to heal your opponent. It serves as an effective counter to Mono-Light (Miracle cannot be used without killing all of your creatures), and also can give Mono-Death and USEM a tough time. It combos well with Holy Light (each Holy Light played on them acts like a double thunderstorm), and, of course, with Will o' the Wisp. The problem with using Will o' the Wisp to lobomotize your opponent's creatures is that, well, you've just made it a lot harder for yourself to do enough damage. If Consequences is out on the field, though, you may well not have to worry about their creatures before very long.
The disadvantages of this card, on the other hand, are threefold - it's expensive, makes it difficult to heal yourself, and since it doesn't stack, you likely won't have more than 3-4 in a 30-card deck. If it's combined with Holy Light or Will o' the Wisp, on the other hand, it seems well worth it.
List of elementy things
This deck takes advantage of the fact that Halfbloods have a small number of dangerous creatures. Against an Earth Halfblood (or a Water one with a usable trident), the extra PA will come in very handy, although you should definitely reserve 3 for your Eternity/Diss Shield/Time Towers whenever there is any chance of PC. Of course, you have to win by deckout.AI3 deck: All of the Crazy Fish
TU Epi-Puffers. The damage gets around shields quite nicely, and if you're wondering why I didn't make it TU Chargers, that's been done. Also, I wanted to save gravy for my next deck.FG: Lyssa
Stall with healing and Shockwaves until you have 75 :darkness and all six siphons. This is only 6x16=96 damage, so you better have saved a shockwave.Shards: The Game - Easier to OTK
Simple, inelegant, and effective. Whittle down your opponent's HP with SoVs while destroying creatures and accumulating :fire quanta. When you can OTK... well...
Halfblood: :earth :time :entropy
AI3: :aether :life :water
FG: :gravity :death :fire
45 card deck: :light :darkness :air
Halfblood deck: I Hate CreaturesAI3: :aether :life :water
FG: :gravity :death :fire
45 card deck: :light :darkness :air
This deck takes advantage of the fact that Halfbloods have a small number of dangerous creatures. Against an Earth Halfblood (or a Water one with a usable trident), the extra PA will come in very handy, although you should definitely reserve 3 for your Eternity/Diss Shield/Time Towers whenever there is any chance of PC. Of course, you have to win by deckout.
TU Epi-Puffers. The damage gets around shields quite nicely, and if you're wondering why I didn't make it TU Chargers, that's been done. Also, I wanted to save gravy for my next deck.
Lyssa was the Greek goddess of blind, destructive rage. Her main feature is using Gravity Force extensively as CC, which fuels her Condors and Bone Walls. Even if you're using a creatureless deck, like many of the current FG grinders, she can rush quite hard, and her damage and Explosions will run you into trouble.
45 card deck: Good and Evil Healing
Stall with healing and Shockwaves until you have 75 :darkness and all six siphons. This is only 6x16=96 damage, so you better have saved a shockwave.
Simple, inelegant, and effective. Whittle down your opponent's HP with SoVs while destroying creatures and accumulating :fire quanta. When you can OTK... well...
Post by: ~Napalm on October 06, 2012, 12:09:08 am
~Task 1: Brawl Related Skills
While probably not considered underpowered, Seraph is by and large seen as underwhelming.
A neat card to be sure, but of no real value to the element of Fire and far too often
overshadowed by the likes of Phoenix. For this reason, I have opted to put forth a card with
similar intent, but perhaps more useful or at least more interesting functionality. It is highly
probable that one or more of the following cards could be considered overpowered. I have the
tendency to do that seeing as I have no real experience with balancing cards. As with anything
else, I rely on gut feelings for this type of thing. I hope the ideas are at least interesting to some.
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~Task 3: Building the Game
I feel this is one task I could spend an immense amount of time on, considering the many ways
I take issue with the current state of Elements the Game. I shall try to be creative here but it
will be no surprise that far more of my consideration has gone into Fire than anything else.
::)
New Cards:
-Dark Kraken (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,21004.0.html)
-Touch of Midas (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,21604.0.html)
-Halo (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42971.0.html)
-Rejuvenation (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,34369.0.html)
-Graviton Transport (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,37669.0.html)
-Lava (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,32098.0.html)
-Ricochet (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,34855)
-Philosipher's Stone (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,35879)
-Wailing Spirit (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,21662.0.html)
-Will-o'-the-wisp (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,18926.0.html)
-Thunderbird (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,7206.0.html)
-Onryo (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,15215.0.html)
New Features:
-The Oracle now provides information on your next Arena opponent.
-Daily quests added. Each has a small possibility of rewarding a rare weapon.
-Rate Arena decks on a win
-Rare Spins will spin Weapons OR Shards. You're given the choice on the Arena Menu.
Balance:
-Quanta Cap increased to 499 for each pool.
-Shards cannot be used by any form of the AI. This includes Arena decks.
-Immortal cost reduced by 1 for both versions
-Elite Immortal attack increased by 1
-Immortals immaterial replaced with immortality. It is returned to the bottom of the owners deck when destroyed.
-Wyrms dive cost decreased to :air
-Wyrm attack increased to 4.
-Thunderstorm now delays activated abilities for 1 turn.
-Earthquake and Trident|Poseidon ability can now target stackable permanents. This includes Bonewall, but not Dimensional Shield. It still destroys exactly 3.
-Discord cost and damage increased by 1 for both versions.
-Butterfly Effect cost decreased to 4|3
-Butterfly Effect ability cost decreased to 2 :entropy
-Seraph becomes a Light card.
-Ash states become 0|1 for both versions.
-Ablaze now grants +3|0.
-Ash Eater cost reduced to 0.
-Deflagration and Explosion now deal 3 spell damage to both players when cast.
-Immolation and Cremation now generate 12 random quanta instead of 1 of every other quanta.
-Otyugh cost and health increased by 1.
-Massive and Colossal Dragons health increased by 15.
-Sapphire Charger cost decreased by 1.
-Graviton Mercenary gains the Magnetic ability for both versions. Any targeted spells or abilities can only target Graviton Mercenary (or Guard). [The one in the lowest creature slot]
-Thorn and Spine Carapace cost decreased to 6.
-Emerald and Jade Shield cost reduced by 1.
-Mitosis cost decreased by 1 for both versions.
-Cockatrice gains the Peck ability for both versions. :air Peck: deals 1 damage to target creature.
-Holy Light now generates :light:light:light for both versions.
-Holy Light now heals only 5 for both versions.
-Reflective Shield becomes a spell that gives target shield the reflective ability.
-Mirror Shield becomes a spell that gives target shield the reflective and immaterial ability.
-Bolt Spells (Fire, Ice, Drain) can no longer target the caster.
-Pegasus and Elite Pegasus attack increased by 1.
-Endow ability cost decreased by 1 for both versions.
-Fate Egg cost reduced by 1 for both versions.
-Anubis cost decreased to 7 for both versions.
-Trident and Poseidon now deal 5 damage per turn.
-Pufferfish cost decreased to 4.
Bug Fixes:
-Various PvP dilemmas resolved.
-Various card interaction bugs fixed.
-Various Arena issues dealt with.
-Frog enlisted to help with further issues.
User Interface:
-Spore art is completely removed and replaced with better art from various sources!
-Other boring art is updated to make things more exciting.
-Dark Kraken (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,21004.0.html)
-Touch of Midas (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,21604.0.html)
-Halo (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,42971.0.html)
-Rejuvenation (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,34369.0.html)
-Graviton Transport (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,37669.0.html)
-Lava (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,32098.0.html)
-Ricochet (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,34855)
-Philosipher's Stone (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,35879)
-Wailing Spirit (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,21662.0.html)
-Will-o'-the-wisp (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,18926.0.html)
-Thunderbird (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,7206.0.html)
-Onryo (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,15215.0.html)
New Features:
-The Oracle now provides information on your next Arena opponent.
-Daily quests added. Each has a small possibility of rewarding a rare weapon.
-Rate Arena decks on a win
-Rare Spins will spin Weapons OR Shards. You're given the choice on the Arena Menu.
Balance:
-Quanta Cap increased to 499 for each pool.
-Shards cannot be used by any form of the AI. This includes Arena decks.
-Immortal cost reduced by 1 for both versions
-Elite Immortal attack increased by 1
-Immortals immaterial replaced with immortality. It is returned to the bottom of the owners deck when destroyed.
-Wyrms dive cost decreased to :air
-Wyrm attack increased to 4.
-Thunderstorm now delays activated abilities for 1 turn.
-Earthquake and Trident|Poseidon ability can now target stackable permanents. This includes Bonewall, but not Dimensional Shield. It still destroys exactly 3.
-Discord cost and damage increased by 1 for both versions.
-Butterfly Effect cost decreased to 4|3
-Butterfly Effect ability cost decreased to 2 :entropy
-Seraph becomes a Light card.
-Ash states become 0|1 for both versions.
-Ablaze now grants +3|0.
-Ash Eater cost reduced to 0.
-Deflagration and Explosion now deal 3 spell damage to both players when cast.
-Immolation and Cremation now generate 12 random quanta instead of 1 of every other quanta.
-Otyugh cost and health increased by 1.
-Massive and Colossal Dragons health increased by 15.
-Sapphire Charger cost decreased by 1.
-Graviton Mercenary gains the Magnetic ability for both versions. Any targeted spells or abilities can only target Graviton Mercenary (or Guard). [The one in the lowest creature slot]
-Thorn and Spine Carapace cost decreased to 6.
-Emerald and Jade Shield cost reduced by 1.
-Mitosis cost decreased by 1 for both versions.
-Cockatrice gains the Peck ability for both versions. :air Peck: deals 1 damage to target creature.
-Holy Light now generates :light:light:light for both versions.
-Holy Light now heals only 5 for both versions.
-Reflective Shield becomes a spell that gives target shield the reflective ability.
-Mirror Shield becomes a spell that gives target shield the reflective and immaterial ability.
-Bolt Spells (Fire, Ice, Drain) can no longer target the caster.
-Pegasus and Elite Pegasus attack increased by 1.
-Endow ability cost decreased by 1 for both versions.
-Fate Egg cost reduced by 1 for both versions.
-Anubis cost decreased to 7 for both versions.
-Trident and Poseidon now deal 5 damage per turn.
-Pufferfish cost decreased to 4.
Bug Fixes:
-Various PvP dilemmas resolved.
-Various card interaction bugs fixed.
-Various Arena issues dealt with.
-Frog enlisted to help with further issues.
User Interface:
-Spore art is completely removed and replaced with better art from various sources!
-Other boring art is updated to make things more exciting.
Post by: Laxadarap on October 06, 2012, 04:11:56 am
Task Uno
Flooding is considered UP. Why? It has the ability to instakill monsters, but it only really works if you opponent is using a creature-spamming deck, of if are using it in conjunction with aflotoxin or something. What flooding needs, is to be able to affect all creature slots, and that's why I came up with this:
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Way back in the yonder days, Neptune and half of the elements community decided that Flooding sucked. Neptune, being the god with shockwave, flooding, and lots of CC, decided it was time to make an improvement. Looking at his arsenal, he came across an idea. What if I chilled the water? Then he called over the coors light train, ate a couple of York peppermint patties (if you don't get these references, google them) and traveled to Antarctica to steal some massive glaciers. When he returned to his underwater abode, he turned the AC on full blast, and breathed on the water surrounding his house. Icebergs suddenly formed, sinking a ship (S.S. Titanic), but Neptune had his frigid bath. "Let's see them laugh at me now!" he cackled gleefully. No longer did he have to wait for his opponents to run out of land, he just froze them whenever they got close. Of course, some lasted longer than others, but they all froze eventually. Neptune started hitting them with his shockwaves left and right, and soon nothing remained except for piles of ice and glittering shards in the air.
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Task Dos
HB - :gravity :darkness :aether
Ai3 - :life :earth :time
FG - :fire :light :death
45 - :entropy :air :water
Won 12/20 games. Doesn't sound great, but its fully unupped and rareless, pretty fun to play with, pretty versatile, and hell, instosis only gets like a 65% win rate. This isn't much under that for "reliable"
Win vs. terrel
Win vs. Morrow
Win vs. Distis
Win vs. Disra
Loss vs. vitoric- 1st turn lobo, plus dim chain broke.
Loss vs. aquaess – 2 mind flayers first 3 turns, arctic squid- decked out.
Loss vs. disra 2nd turn disco T.T
Win vs. Pyrrius
Win vs. Diseric
Win vs. Shadra
Win vs. Aethiel (with 1st turn lobo)
Loss vs. Aquera (Poseidon trolls trios sooo hard)
Win vs. Vitow
Win vs. Aquarius
Win vs. Shaderic
Loss vs. Aethonos (1st turn lobo (3rd effin one), rt, mindgate for my dims. Hard countered
Loss vs. Masiel (blessed elite charger 0.o)
Lost vs shadsa (woulda had it, except for a titan)
Win vs. Shadiel
Lost vs. massa (6 hp)
Win vs. Morrow
Win vs. Distis
Win vs. Disra
Loss vs. vitoric- 1st turn lobo, plus dim chain broke.
Loss vs. aquaess – 2 mind flayers first 3 turns, arctic squid- decked out.
Loss vs. disra 2nd turn disco T.T
Win vs. Pyrrius
Win vs. Diseric
Win vs. Shadra
Win vs. Aethiel (with 1st turn lobo)
Loss vs. Aquera (Poseidon trolls trios sooo hard)
Win vs. Vitow
Win vs. Aquarius
Win vs. Shaderic
Loss vs. Aethonos (1st turn lobo (3rd effin one), rt, mindgate for my dims. Hard countered
Loss vs. Masiel (blessed elite charger 0.o)
Lost vs shadsa (woulda had it, except for a titan)
Win vs. Shadiel
Lost vs. massa (6 hp)
Pretty self explanatory and great idea. For an Ai3 deck, you want EM's or speed, this is a little bit of both. Started with a shrieker rush base, added precogs to speed through draws, heals to get EM's, and there you have it. Played vs. ai3 20 games, closes I came to losing was with 46 hp. Ended up with 8/20 EM's, but a suprisingly slow 7.95 TTW. (I blame trio inefficiency XD)
I chose to make this god because frankly, seraph is an awesome card (especially the art), and no FG's use it or sanctuary yet. This is supposed to change that, with a very nice trio. (Would be even better if I could use cremations >:()
Thematically, Ascendere is Latin for ascend (at least, it's supposed to be). Retrovirus causes death/dies itself, and seraphs and archangels rise from the rubble. You could also even say that they rise from the ashes, but that's the phoenix's job, the immortal, re-birthing bird. Sanctuary is hopefully symbolic of a heavenly place.
Just looking at it, you should be able to tell what it is. A massive CC stall. You have diss shield for stalling, AM for CC, squid+shockwave combo, squid + flooding combo. If you can get flooding set up, your going to have a really easy time, and there is enough CC there to last you until you get it up. Purify is there for 2 reasons. It can be useful on a poisoned/accelerated squid, and poison is one of the few things that would get this impenetrable wall.
The main point of this deck, believe it or not, is not the SoG, but the SoB. What makes this effective, is that you can make your opponent speed through their draws, and each of your stalling tools becomes more effective. Sundial can stay in play for the equivalent of 2 turns, your opponent has too many creatures and not enough quanta to play them, so you have time to heal up. Rest works as a standard stall. Dials to stop damage, SoG and Sancs to heal it back, Miracle in case your about to get beat. This does pretty well in pvp2, and I actually call it the "rush decker" unless you bring a great stallbreaker, this is pretty hard to beat. It also works pretty well against the meta. Heck, even Eternity can't always deck it out. Even if your opponent has 40 cards, you can still deck them out, by making them draw 2, and you only draw 1.
Post by: Vangelios on October 06, 2012, 04:32:08 am
(frankly, I do not know if that ideas have already been used)
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Task III - Building the Game
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New Cards!
Blaze Jaguar
Flowers Revive
New features
Gains more electrum when your arena deck won.
100-150k bronze | 151-200k silver | 201-250k gold | 251-300k platinun
Balance
1 - Pegasus: damage ignores shield when dive is activated.
2 - Dimensional Shield: now is 2 turns of duration. price is 5 :aether.
3 - Shard of Sacrifice: duration of only 1 turn, but cost 24HP, no more removed by purify.
4 - Shard of Focus: can not destroys pillars or pendulums.
5 - Shard of Bravery: if your mark is :fire draw a card more.
6 - Shrieker: reduce attack to 6 | 3. your price is now 6 :earth
Bug fix:
1 - pvp desync fixed
2 - bug of purify, reflective shield, esmerald shield and shard of wisdom, psion, fixed.
Blaze Jaguar
Flowers Revive
New features
Gains more electrum when your arena deck won.
100-150k bronze | 151-200k silver | 201-250k gold | 251-300k platinun
Balance
1 - Pegasus: damage ignores shield when dive is activated.
2 - Dimensional Shield: now is 2 turns of duration. price is 5 :aether.
3 - Shard of Sacrifice: duration of only 1 turn, but cost 24HP, no more removed by purify.
4 - Shard of Focus: can not destroys pillars or pendulums.
5 - Shard of Bravery: if your mark is :fire draw a card more.
6 - Shrieker: reduce attack to 6 | 3. your price is now 6 :earth
Bug fix:
1 - pvp desync fixed
2 - bug of purify, reflective shield, esmerald shield and shard of wisdom, psion, fixed.
Post by: glennfoo on October 06, 2012, 09:26:53 am
Task II completed
half blood :earth :gravity :light
tested this deck against false god only to realise I need to make a deck for false god not an anti-false god deck. took a long time cracking my head to make one before I realise I only need it to beat half blood. anyway, it can beat some half blood and false god though. hope it can save trial overseer some time testing
fat deck :entropy :life :water
it can really stall and deck out opponent with fewer cards :P
false god :death :darkness :aether
could kill in 5 turns
ai3 farmer :fire :air :time
tested 10 games with this.. have not loss :)
shard deck
tested this deck against false god only to realise I need to make a deck for false god not an anti-false god deck. took a long time cracking my head to make one before I realise I only need it to beat half blood. anyway, it can beat some half blood and false god though. hope it can save trial overseer some time testing
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fat deck :entropy :life :water
it can really stall and deck out opponent with fewer cards :P
false god :death :darkness :aether
could kill in 5 turns
ai3 farmer :fire :air :time
tested 10 games with this.. have not loss :)
shard deck
Task III completed
new card
kraken / dark kraken => water could use some pc
envy /envy => life could use some cc
repulsor / repulsor => gravity could use a better in element shield.
bug fixed
pvp duel bug is fixed
pvp desynch is addressed
dissipation shield and sanctuary is fixed
purify and reflective shield is fixed
AI discarding whole hand is fixed
new features
new quest is available
=> after defeating false god, the reward is increased for consecutive false god defeat. currently the income generated from false god is much lesser compared to arena. * not talking about selling upgraded cards but the electrum earned as a whole. fighting false god is challenging as well. so it should not lose out to platinum arena*
reward is given for each level up
=> currently the only difference in level up is extra points for arena. for such determination to level up, a rare or certain amount of electrum could be given.
auto screenshot
=> there should be a feature to screenshot instead of using the normal website. during tournaments and etc, it takes a long time to wait for opponent screeenshot. if there is a feature to instantly screenshot, it could save a lot of time especially when desynch is about to occur
pvp duel turned off
=> in events like war, tournaments, it is common for others to spectate on each other. with the feature to turn off spectate, players can safely test or play deck against other people without fearing others are watching
half blood mark is x2
i think it is still balanced this way
thumbs down is removed from arena.
=> to me it does not serve any purpose. most players just thumb down anyway. perhaps if a higher ranking player lose to your arena deck, then the points increased more, or after a few days , your deck gain more points by winning. this work better
when you earned a special spin, you definitely receive either a weapon or a shard and you can choose
=> the jackpot system is ridiculous
balancing
Shard of focus turns into a black hole after using active skills twice
Shard of Wisdom increases attack by 3
Discord cost increased to 4
Bonewall now starts with 6 charges
Butterfly Effect cost reduced by 1
Leaf Dragon does not cost anything but retain its skills
Miracle cost now reduced by 1
Flooding/Inundation does not drain water quanta
Thunderstorm has 50% chance to deal 2 damage to any creature
Parasite cost decreased to 1 :darkness
kraken / dark kraken => water could use some pc
envy /envy => life could use some cc
repulsor / repulsor => gravity could use a better in element shield.
bug fixed
pvp duel bug is fixed
pvp desynch is addressed
dissipation shield and sanctuary is fixed
purify and reflective shield is fixed
AI discarding whole hand is fixed
new features
new quest is available
=> after defeating false god, the reward is increased for consecutive false god defeat. currently the income generated from false god is much lesser compared to arena. * not talking about selling upgraded cards but the electrum earned as a whole. fighting false god is challenging as well. so it should not lose out to platinum arena*
reward is given for each level up
=> currently the only difference in level up is extra points for arena. for such determination to level up, a rare or certain amount of electrum could be given.
auto screenshot
=> there should be a feature to screenshot instead of using the normal website. during tournaments and etc, it takes a long time to wait for opponent screeenshot. if there is a feature to instantly screenshot, it could save a lot of time especially when desynch is about to occur
pvp duel turned off
=> in events like war, tournaments, it is common for others to spectate on each other. with the feature to turn off spectate, players can safely test or play deck against other people without fearing others are watching
half blood mark is x2
i think it is still balanced this way
thumbs down is removed from arena.
=> to me it does not serve any purpose. most players just thumb down anyway. perhaps if a higher ranking player lose to your arena deck, then the points increased more, or after a few days , your deck gain more points by winning. this work better
when you earned a special spin, you definitely receive either a weapon or a shard and you can choose
=> the jackpot system is ridiculous
balancing
Shard of focus turns into a black hole after using active skills twice
Shard of Wisdom increases attack by 3
Discord cost increased to 4
Bonewall now starts with 6 charges
Butterfly Effect cost reduced by 1
Leaf Dragon does not cost anything but retain its skills
Miracle cost now reduced by 1
Flooding/Inundation does not drain water quanta
Thunderstorm has 50% chance to deal 2 damage to any creature
Parasite cost decreased to 1 :darkness
Post by: Helston on October 06, 2012, 11:57:54 am
Task I
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This card replaces Thorn Carapace. "Fail to attack" includes Sundial, frozen creatures, delayed creatures, attacks which are blocked, missed or absorbed and any attacks by creatures with 0 HP. Does not include attacks which target a Gravity Pulled creature, or creatures with negative ATK (unless it fails due to Sundial or the like). Each Carnivorous Fauna deals 1 damage to any creatures which fail to attack.
Thorn Carapace aims to be a weak form of CC for Life. Unfortunately, many of its strongest synergies are with other shields or rely upon life's ever-apparent weakness of CC not to be around and in many cases is simply an inferior card to the similar Fire Shield (which is often better simply due to the abundance of other fire CC). This keeps with the theme of reactive damage, but because it is no longer a shield allows for much greater flexibility.
Carnivorous Fauna appear to be ankle to knee height plants. Many creatures travel through them without realising the danger they may find themselves in, but if one stands still they might notice a faint numbing of their feet, only to look down and realise they're being eaten alive. If one keeps moving, however, the Fauna will lack the necessary time to attack its prey.
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Wait, what just happened?
Each creature is struck with a minor case of amnesia. They essentially forget about an attack they made, as do each of the players. This works well if your opponent's creatures are poisoned, your creatures are delayed or if you have devourers (or some other quanta-producing creature) out on the field. Because they've attacked and had a turn they've forgotten about, their abilities are refreshed - including creatures which were played earlier that turn.
With a Carnivorous Fauna on the field, this card becomes a Thunderstorm per Carnivorous Fauna, so if you've got 3 in play it's as strong as a Fire Storm.
Task II
:aether :death :entropy
:gravity :life :light
I think I'm obsessed with adrenagels. Never considered making a trio of it until now, though.
:fire :air :time
:earth :water :darkness
Almost submitted it with 44 cards.
