Alternate Format Suggestion

[Caitlyn0]

ive have thought about this one awhile. and as time creeps up on us towards summer, i think it would be a nice addition to the game. something for us to have while nothing gets done because of the gaming conventions and then the physical card distribution takes over.

it wouldnt take a whole lot of coding and no new art.

but what about having a format where you get to pick your hero's ability? each hero could have 3 different abilities for you to choose from. an old one from 1.27 (if applicable, some heroes dont have an old one, like boris and ter adun, they could have 2 new ones), the one they have now and a new one. balance wouldnt matter either as its not the main live game. it would be for fun but we also could have some tournaments with it.

if there is server space available it could be a whole seperate thing to make coding easier, no interfacing. but i would prefer if it was with the main game similar to meltdown.

it would be almost exactly the same, you build a deck and then go play, either qm or custom. before the game begins, even before you see your opponents hero, you pick which ability to use and that is the ability for the whole game. no changing ingame. you play the same deck again, pick a different ability.

there wouldnt be a lot of coding. wulven should still have the coding for the old abilities, so the only new coding would be the new abilities and interfacing it into the game. cards other than the heroes would stay the same.

i think it would be a lot of fun. a lot of us "old" players would get a chance to play some of their old favorites. like static +2 gwen, mirror Baduruu (i had a lot of fun with him especially against mages), healing Elementalis (i think most know how much i miss that one)

some of the new abilities dont have to be that different. like Ter Adun could have the abilities that were discussed in the first PFG but were never tested. 4se: destroy card in support area and refresh 2 resources. or 4se: destroy card in support area and your weapon gains +2 until your next turn.

or they could be very different. one for Ter Adun could be 4se: remove the top 2 cards of your opponents deck from game

could be a good place to test out new hero ability the DT is thinking about for new heroes as well.


but mainly, i am trying to think of something that will get us through the summer when we know we wont be getting anything new digitally.

even if it couldnt be done that fast, i think it is something to enhance the overall game... but we still need something to keep our attention over summer and fall.

[Helio]

Interesting idea but it is possible there will be one or two abilities that would dominate and the game would be very boring. Personally I never want to go back to when only 3 heroes were tier 1 and all the others where useless.

[Alzorath]

Oddly enough... this 'alternate abilities' idea, might be one way to deal with the questions regarding "when/will there be new heroes' in the more long-term as well... maybe instead of just alternate art... you could have heroes from different points in their life (which would explain a different ability)... so you'd have things like "Aldeius Gravedigger" (remove creatures from player graveyards for buffs) - "Gravebone" (pull creatures to field from his own graveyard) - "Gravebone the Reaper" (exchanges creatures in play for creatures in graveyard, giving the revived creature the attachments/fatigue state of the creature in play)


Sorry, this just peaked the creative side of me

[Kip thorp]

Anything to keep the game interesting and engaging! It would mean I could use my Serena alt art foil if her ability was Zaladars? Or would it?

[Caitlyn0]

its fine, make some hero ability suggestions

[Kip thorp]

Ahh, I am confused, are you saying would have new abilities the heros could use?
If so, Serena should be able stealth herself, Moonstalker should have no ability if in a mill deck.
Instant kill of any ally , disable any ally.
Fly. See through walls? Hell I don't know?

[Caitlyn0]

yeah, you would be able to pick the hero's ability at the start of the game from 3 different abilities. you would pick you own hero's ability, not your opponent's.

(i knew i should of put this post in game discussion instead of feedback and suggestion, nobody comes here to look at posts )

[ocnarb]

yeah, you would be able to pick the hero's ability at the start of the game from 3 different abilities. you would pick you own hero's ability, not your opponent's.

(i knew i should of put this post in game discussion instead of feedback and suggestion, nobody comes here to look at posts )

Why not simply make new heroes with new habilities?

[Caitlyn0]

because that would require a lot more abilities. but the main reason is to be able to use some of the old 1.27 abilities again, that a lot of us miss

[Kip thorp]

Caitlyn, get Demnchi to move it, I think he can?

I get it now, other abilities? Hmmmm,
1) shuffle oppents hand back into deck
2) neutralise all passive abilities on opposing allies?
3) steal a card for opponent!

Wait these are all existing card abilities? Damn I'm unoriginal