Design Team News

[Gondorian]

I will use this thread to share the latest Design Team News.

It's easy to find because it's thread number 15000


There is no new news right now, so I'll give a status update instead ...

Design Team Members

Anurak
GondorianDotCom
Mojumbo
NachyoChez
Razcrux
Soothslyr


Current Focus for Design Team

After finalizing Set 1, which was released as v1.5 in the digital version and will soon be sent out in physical form to those of you who pre-ordered, the Design Team has shifted focus to the first expansion and the single player campaign mode.

* The first expansion will be 150 cards and released in summer 2012. The Players Focus Group and Design Team are currently reviewing the cards and will soon be testing and tweaking them on the Design Server.

* The single player campaign mode will have a multi-level campaign for each hero, where you face the AI to achieve different win conditions against unique decks that will include some brand new cards that will be exclusive to single player campaign. These will be released in batches so you get them sooner

As well as working on these two big projects, we are also available to address rules questions, read your card suggestions and play the occasional game

[najmister]

Awesome news!! Thanks GDC

[Unruler]

* The single player campaign mode will have a multi-level campaign for each hero, where you face the AI to achieve different win conditions against unique decks that will include some brand new cards that will be exclusive to single player campaign. These will be released in batches so you get them sooner

Sounds tempting I wounder how soon though...

[Gondorian]

can u tease us with one new card every week till release or so?

will it be possible to buy the whole new set at once with crystals? i don't want to buy elemental decks and then sell them and then buy the new set with the gold...that could take many hours with 150*4 cards.

We are discussing the best approach for teasers/spoilers within the DT at the moment. Since we do not know which of the 150 cards might change (or even be completely replaced) during playtesting, that's the main blocker for doing card spoilers.

I think it will be more economical to buy boosters rather than starter decks, since you will start off needing all the cards so they will be worth double their resale value to you. I do not think we will be selling full sets for X crystals.

[Helio]

We are discussing the best approach for teasers/spoilers within the DT at the moment. Since we do not know which of the 150 cards might change (or even be completely replaced) during playtesting, that's the main blocker for doing card spoilers.

But the artwork should remain the same right? So release a teaser with just the artwork and let our imagination run wild on what it could be... and you will get feedback that might prevent another PotL (original artwork).

[Larus]

Can you reveal in which direction the hero classes are evolving. I remember that has been said that rogues for expample are going to be masters of items and item manipulation. But what about the others?

[Nickey293]

We are discussing the best approach for teasers/spoilers within the DT at the moment. Since we do not know which of the 150 cards might change (or even be completely replaced) during playtesting, that's the main blocker for doing card spoilers.

I don't think there's any harm if a card changes. I think it would be interesting if you did showcase cards that did get changed, cuz then someone can write an essay on the reasons for the changes.

[kentuequi]

I will use this thread to share the latest Design Team News.

It's easy to find because it's thread number 15000


There is no new news right now, so I'll give a status update instead ...

Design Team Members

Anurak
GondorianDotCom
Mojumbo
NachyoChez
Razcrux
Soothslyr


Current Focus for Design Team

After finalizing Set 1, which was released as v1.5 in the digital version and will soon be sent out in physical form to those of you who pre-ordered, the Design Team has shifted focus to the first expansion and the single player campaign mode.

* The first expansion will be 150 cards and released in summer 2012. The Players Focus Group and Design Team are currently reviewing the cards and will soon be testing and tweaking them on the Design Server.

* The single player campaign mode will have a multi-level campaign for each hero, where you face the AI to achieve different win conditions against unique decks that will include some brand new cards that will be exclusive to single player campaign. These will be released in batches so you get them sooner

As well as working on these two big projects, we are also available to address rules questions, read your card suggestions and play the occasional game

Nice, can you tell us if there will be special rewards for the single player campaign?

[Gondorian]

Nice, can you tell us if there will be special rewards for the single player campaign?

There definitely will be, but we have not finalised them yet. It will depend on various factors, such as how challenging the campaigns are and when they become available.

[kentuequi]

There definitely will be, but we have not finalised them yet. It will depend on various factors, such as how challenging the campaigns are and when they become available.

Woot!! Thanks a lot,