KayWhat we need...Is a little bit of PANIC.Registered Userregular
Beating someone to death with their own 8/6 Icaria is pretty satisfying.
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The Escape Goatincorrigible ruminantthey/themRegistered Userregular
Also, for clarity's sake, I'm just hard on haunting scream because I like finding weird synergies and Direwolf's tendency to print very obvious synergy combo cards grates on that :P
They also have a lot of fun weird synergies, but it's hard to make them work in a world where there's directly pushed ones.
Also, for clarity's sake, I'm just hard on haunting scream because I like finding weird synergies and Direwolf's tendency to print very obvious synergy combo cards grates on that :P
They also have a lot of fun weird synergies, but it's hard to make them work in a world where there's directly pushed ones.
At least they're not ramming really bad arechtypes down our throat.
I'm talking about RNG class duplicating Rogue in Hearthstone (which entails the player randomly getting cards that belong to the opponent's class. Not deck, class, increasing the probability of the Rogue getting garbage.)
It can be but honestly I don't think it's particularly dominant compared to anything else - which, hey, they basically echo in the notes on that update.
What I've learned so far: should've picked less 6+ cost cards (went with 1 more spear/inspire obedience at start, ditched those after losing first 2 games) and perhaps adjusted the power to 1-2 less
And probably should've kept my eyes more open for interesting cards from other factions to splash in, I was beelining for argenport after half of the first pack.
Rebuke wasn't that useful either.
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I was playing dronedropper plate months ago
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Tynnanseldom correct, never unsureRegistered Userregular
Folks, if you're building Feln Control you might want to include more win conditions than 4x Channel the Tempest and 1x Last Word.
I just had a Feln vs Feln game, my midrangy control vs their pure control, where I was getting outdrawn all game. I got slapped with their Gift, they countered my Gift, and op saw three Channels where I saw just one. But several (lucky!) Bloodcaster activations drew me their fourth Channel and their only Last Word, and they found themselves without win conditions. And then they found themselves slapped to death with a 2/5.
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Why would you build Feln Control without 4x ChaCu and 4x Black Sky Harbinger?
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Tynnanseldom correct, never unsureRegistered Userregular
I have no idea.
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KayWhat we need...Is a little bit of PANIC.Registered Userregular
How's Bloodcaster these days? It was worse than useless a while back because Rapid Shot was a thing, but now that Stonescar is Just Plain Bad thanks to Hailstorm, I've not seen a single deck playing Rapid Shot. So Bloodcaster might be a good roadblock vs Skycragg?
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Tynnanseldom correct, never unsureRegistered Userregular
It's good. Shuts down Auric Runehammer, helps break the control mirror. There's lots of 1/1-to-2/2 creatures running around these days so it's an important body you can get down relatively early. Also carries a buff well from champion of cunning.
I'm having trouble learning how to read this game. Like, I like a lot of stuff about it! Power/Influence is a good concept and well-implemented. The art is good! The client is good. Having Magic-like combat phase with instan--err, fast spells, super cool! The draft mode is *kisses fingertips*. The setting and the story efforts, very welcome additions to the genre!
But then I'm like obviously digital stuff like Warcry and Echo kinda turn me off, definitely Hearthstoney random stuff like I mentioned above is meh. Some of the "Like Magic but" elements? 75 card decks bleggghish.
Maybe I'm not sure if I want the game to differentiate itself from Magic more, but I'm not super into it because it's not Magic? I mean, am I not giving it a fair enough shake here? Like, I feel almost like I want to like Eternal more than I do?
Anyway, sorry for longpost is long, I'm just overbabbling about Eternal right now I guess.
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I think Eternal was angling to be as legally distinctly close to Magic as possible, so if that's not what you want your concerns are valid. Two of the design leads (Luis Scott-Vargas and I think Paul Cheon?) made careers out of Magic and more or less tried to do MODO right.
I'm having trouble learning how to read this game. Like, I like a lot of stuff about it! Power/Influence is a good concept and well-implemented. The art is good! The client is good. Having Magic-like combat phase with instan--err, fast spells, super cool! The draft mode is *kisses fingertips*. The setting and the story efforts, very welcome additions to the genre!
But then I'm like obviously digital stuff like Warcry and Echo kinda turn me off, definitely Hearthstoney random stuff like I mentioned above is meh. Some of the "Like Magic but" elements? 75 card decks bleggghish.
Maybe I'm not sure if I want the game to differentiate itself from Magic more, but I'm not super into it because it's not Magic? I mean, am I not giving it a fair enough shake here? Like, I feel almost like I want to like Eternal more than I do?
Anyway, sorry for longpost is long, I'm just overbabbling about Eternal right now I guess.
Eternal hands out packs like candy, so there's that. Also, its digital experience is more optimized than MtG.
Also, Dire Wolf made the amazing real life game, "Clank!"
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KayWhat we need...Is a little bit of PANIC.Registered Userregular
Clank's in the same universe as Eternal, too. Or is it the other way around?
Clank's in the same universe as Eternal, too. Or is it the other way around?
Hmm, I never heard a straight answer from that. I certainly hope so.
If its canon, Clank! came first. Nicotraxian, the Clank! dragon, is a card in Eternal. Her brother Curiox follows her Smaug-like M.O. and the Dragon's Eye card also became a card in Eternal (produced by an Elysian explorer card.)
Clank! In! Space! goes far off the rails from Clank's universe, but its basically a massive Clank! balance patch that makes the original inferior.
Vara used to count for her own activation, meaning she would activate as soon as she was played. Now she doesn't, meaning she can't be played at 8 Mana anymore and expect to live a turn.
Her superior alternative is now Champion of Cunning, who has the Aegis every fat unit she desperately needs.
Oh ffs I just now realized that Warcry isn't just a "Hey let's do something silly and different because we're a DIGITAL CCG and not just Magic without the serial numbers" and is to give you something to do when attackers and blockers are just sitting there due to not being able to kill each other.
Oy.
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Oh ffs I just now realized that Warcry isn't just a "Hey let's do something silly and different because we're a DIGITAL CCG and not just Magic without the serial numbers" and is to give you something to do when attackers and blockers are just sitting there due to not being able to kill each other.
Oy.
I don't really get the digital CCG complaint thing. Yes, it is a digital CCG, why would they not take advantage of that?
I have no idea why it was bothering me! I played, and the game introduced Warcry and Echo, and I was all "Oh that would never work in a real card game", which is ridiculous because A) You could figure it out easily enough and I play Hearthstone which is chock full of much more ridiculous stuff! I feel like I initially approached Eternal with a bias of some sort and am struggling through it.
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They also have a lot of fun weird synergies, but it's hard to make them work in a world where there's directly pushed ones.
At least they're not ramming really bad arechtypes down our throat.
I'm talking about RNG class duplicating Rogue in Hearthstone (which entails the player randomly getting cards that belong to the opponent's class. Not deck, class, increasing the probability of the Rogue getting garbage.)
Two buffs confirmed: Jotun Feast-Caller going from 4/3 to 4/4, Crownwatch Press-Gang costs 1 less
Snapping Brushstalker - Now a 5/5 (was a 5/4)
Crownwatch Press-Gang - Now costs 4J (was 5J)
Jotun Feast-Caller - Now 4/4 (was 4/3)
Kaleb Reborn - Now Ultimate: Pay 5 (was Ultimate: Pay 6)
I haven't played in a month or so: what has allowed "unitless Control" decks to take a position of meta-dominance?
And buffing Brushstalker's toughness seems like the most random adjustment to make.
I suppose it's difficult to provide in-depth comments as you can't see the non-picks, but this was my 6:4 deck https://eternalwarcry.com/decks/details/Vi_Yc_rHTLw/first-blood-valkyrie-6-4
What I've learned so far: should've picked less 6+ cost cards (went with 1 more spear/inspire obedience at start, ditched those after losing first 2 games) and perhaps adjusted the power to 1-2 less
And probably should've kept my eyes more open for interesting cards from other factions to splash in, I was beelining for argenport after half of the first pack.
Rebuke wasn't that useful either.
The new card backs are going to push me into every single league. Gotta have my cosmetic options.
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the ets top 8 this week is spicy
I just had a Feln vs Feln game, my midrangy control vs their pure control, where I was getting outdrawn all game. I got slapped with their Gift, they countered my Gift, and op saw three Channels where I saw just one. But several (lucky!) Bloodcaster activations drew me their fourth Channel and their only Last Word, and they found themselves without win conditions. And then they found themselves slapped to death with a 2/5.
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Cue me matching up against a guy running Shimmerpack and the Eternal equivalent of Unstable Evolution.
Le sigh. Uninstall.
damn shimmerpack is some old school shit
I forgot what digital collectible card game I was playing for a minute. Look, I just want gold to draft. Is that too much to ask?
But then I'm like obviously digital stuff like Warcry and Echo kinda turn me off, definitely Hearthstoney random stuff like I mentioned above is meh. Some of the "Like Magic but" elements? 75 card decks bleggghish.
Maybe I'm not sure if I want the game to differentiate itself from Magic more, but I'm not super into it because it's not Magic? I mean, am I not giving it a fair enough shake here? Like, I feel almost like I want to like Eternal more than I do?
Anyway, sorry for longpost is long, I'm just overbabbling about Eternal right now I guess.
Eternal hands out packs like candy, so there's that. Also, its digital experience is more optimized than MtG.
Also, Dire Wolf made the amazing real life game, "Clank!"
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Hmm, I never heard a straight answer from that. I certainly hope so.
If its canon, Clank! came first. Nicotraxian, the Clank! dragon, is a card in Eternal. Her brother Curiox follows her Smaug-like M.O. and the Dragon's Eye card also became a card in Eternal (produced by an Elysian explorer card.)
Clank! In! Space! goes far off the rails from Clank's universe, but its basically a massive Clank! balance patch that makes the original inferior.
That's a damn good pedigree right there. No wonder Eternal is as polished as it is.
Fuck Shadow and fuck Jace. Forever.
Vara used to count for her own activation, meaning she would activate as soon as she was played. Now she doesn't, meaning she can't be played at 8 Mana anymore and expect to live a turn.
Her superior alternative is now Champion of Cunning, who has the Aegis every fat unit she desperately needs.
Oy.
I don't really get the digital CCG complaint thing. Yes, it is a digital CCG, why would they not take advantage of that?