WoE beta has ended. Coming soon: the Big Launch!

[GG]

Just on the round I arrived at the second global quest location... q_q

[Essence]

Ah, the glory of Soon™

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[ak65ala]

This is good to hear.  I impatiently await news upon this event.  The whole thing is very well put together so far and I only expect better to come. 

[ralouf]

Nice, can't wait to the launch ! I want it nao !

(you need to fix the complete quest button because it did't work for me..)

[TheonlyrealBeef]

Hmm, I have to wonder how big a role NPC's will have in the real event, since I'm thinking it might be better not to participate in the real thing (or I'd have the perfect deck ready for each NPC I get to face :p).

[Troh]

I remember when the whole idea was born and it seemed to me almost impossible to realise.
GJ SG and the WoE team!
Waitin to join the event

[YoungSot]

Hmm, I have to wonder how big a role NPC's will have in the real event, since I'm thinking it might be better not to participate in the real thing (or I'd have the perfect deck ready for each NPC I get to face :p).

You make a good point, that applies to most other potential WoE jobs. Those who volunteer to help organize the event will often have "insider" information that could grant an advantage. How will we deal with that? The easiest solution would be to have organizers not participate in the event, but it'd be nice if we didn't have to do that, since organizers who are actually playing in the event will often be more motivated to go the extra mile in their duties because they are that much more interested in the event.

[Scaredgirl]

Hmm, I have to wonder how big a role NPC's will have in the real event, since I'm thinking it might be better not to participate in the real thing (or I'd have the perfect deck ready for each NPC I get to face :p).

You make a good point, that applies to most other potential WoE jobs. Those who volunteer to help organize the event will often have "insider" information that could grant an advantage. How will we deal with that? The easiest solution would be to have organizers not participate in the event, but it'd be nice if we didn't have to do that, since organizers who are actually playing in the event will often be more motivated to go the extra mile in their duties because they are that much more interested in the event.

Goal is to make most staff titles so that they do not prevent you from participating in the event. When organizers can participate themselves, they are much more motivated, like torb already said. But NPC staff position is a bit tricky because they will know the decks. I'm not sure what to do about that.

Main Organizer will be the only title that prevents you from participating. They will have access to so much data that cheating would just be too easy. And even if they didn't cheat, people would interpret each stoke of luck as cheating. The cool thing about being a Main Organizer is of course that you get a backstage pass to everything. It's kind of like watching sports, but with you gaining full access to locker rooms. Btw.. I'm not talking about the showers, I'm talking about the strategy meetings etc.

[Zaealix]

Hmm, I have to wonder how big a role NPC's will have in the real event, since I'm thinking it might be better not to participate in the real thing (or I'd have the perfect deck ready for each NPC I get to face :p).

You make a good point, that applies to most other potential WoE jobs. Those who volunteer to help organize the event will often have "insider" information that could grant an advantage. How will we deal with that? The easiest solution would be to have organizers not participate in the event, but it'd be nice if we didn't have to do that, since organizers who are actually playing in the event will often be more motivated to go the extra mile in their duties because they are that much more interested in the event.

Goal is to make most staff titles so that they do not prevent you from participating in the event. When organizers can participate themselves, they are much more motivated, like torb already said. But NPC staff position is a bit tricky because they will know the decks. I'm not sure what to do about that.

I remember it being said that NPCs have a set 'theme' and slightly vary on their decks. I recommend sticking with that sort of thing. Let's take Bala, for example.
His theme, are the elements that were considered 'weak' right? So I might go to play as Bala, against TerrorKing, and use a  deck. HOWEVER! The next NPC player, let's say Napalm, might be used to play Bala, and she might do a  rush against Kirch. If we go on a theme-basis, we can keep the NPCs interesting, and less 'this is how you beat X' which is something that plauges the FGs. That said, perhaps NPCs should have a set 'weakness' in that they will never have a plan for X type of card, so Bala, might always be vulnerable to CC, while Dumbnar will never use spells, and so on and so forth.

[Scaredgirl]

Hmm, I have to wonder how big a role NPC's will have in the real event, since I'm thinking it might be better not to participate in the real thing (or I'd have the perfect deck ready for each NPC I get to face :p).

You make a good point, that applies to most other potential WoE jobs. Those who volunteer to help organize the event will often have "insider" information that could grant an advantage. How will we deal with that? The easiest solution would be to have organizers not participate in the event, but it'd be nice if we didn't have to do that, since organizers who are actually playing in the event will often be more motivated to go the extra mile in their duties because they are that much more interested in the event.

Goal is to make most staff titles so that they do not prevent you from participating in the event. When organizers can participate themselves, they are much more motivated, like torb already said. But NPC staff position is a bit tricky because they will know the decks. I'm not sure what to do about that.

I remember it being said that NPCs have a set 'theme' and slightly vary on their decks. I recommend sticking with that sort of thing. Let's take Bala, for example.
His theme, are the elements that were considered 'weak' right? So I might go to play as Bala, against TerrorKing, and use a  deck. HOWEVER! The next NPC player, let's say Napalm, might be used to play Bala, and she might do a  rush against Kirch. If we go on a theme-basis, we can keep the NPCs interesting, and less 'this is how you beat X' which is something that plauges the FGs. That said, perhaps NPCs should have a set 'weakness' in that they will never have a plan for X type of card, so Bala, might always be vulnerable to CC, while Dumbnar will never use spells, and so on and so forth.

The way NPC's are built is that they try to mimic some kind of theme using Elements cards.

For example the deck Dumbnar used was supposed to show what "Orc Army" would look like if built using Elements cards. King Bala character on the other hand is basically a "Noble Indian" type of character, so the deck will somehow be related to that.

Decks are not supposed to look like something that was built for PvP, they are supposed to look like they fit the theme. By using this method, characters seem more "real" and players can try to guess the decks based on how they think that kind of NPC would be build using Elements cards.

[YoungSot]

@SG: Do you plan to add new feedback/brainstorming topics for items on the To-Do list? For example should we have a thread for quest ideas and such?

[NikaZaslavsky]

I will offer to move people around the map, since I don't think that would prevent me from participating, and I still really want to be in WoE.