I remember an interview a while ago where a dev (I think it was the weekly AMA guy, don't remember his name) said that their design philosophy regarding big mana cards changing from essentialy being big mana cards to big mana win conditions. Lightforged Cariel is such a card. Not only because of the soft AoE (which can be set-up with Equality or Libram of Justice the turn before to be much more impactful), but because the Hero Power makes it so it's much harder to remove their minions (and everyone should know how dangerous it is to leave a minion on board against a Paladin) combined with an anti-combo weapon that also works as a makeshift free Hunter hero power.
This is the Control wet dream and yet somehow feels balanced, because unlike other win conditions the game has introduced over these last expansions, Lightforged Cariel can actually be countered by somthing other than finishing the game before she's played.
Care to elaborate? She is definitely a win condition in and of itself
Yes. That's what I said. She is a win condition, but has counters, notably weapon destruction, which makes her more balanced than other win conditions.
Even with a high end rig though, damn does Satisfactory run like crap once stuff gets really big.
Isn't this the truth about all these management games. At very least satisfactory doesn't run that badly until you colonize half the planet. Oxygen not included (another amazing game on sale by the way) chugs my rig even in the mid game (though admitably there's plenty more moving parts there. Every block of air for example is a moving mathematical chalk board)
My only issue with this is that quest mage can slot this in as an auxiliary win condition. There's nothing preventing it from being used in any and every mage deck...
When will Blizzard learn to stop printing more mana cheat for mage? Especially for spells. If this reduced the cost of minions only, they sure it would incentivize minion builds for mage again. But nope, more support for Quest Mage/No minion mage, so yay...
Agreed. In fact I think a "minion mage" deck where you can't include any spells, and have to try and make do with discovered/generated spells would be fairly interesting..
I'm embarrassed to say I was unaware it was due to a silicon shortage. I had heard that it was due to production issues with facilities closing down...
Well that and a combination of digital currency miners snapping up GPU's and therefore driving the price up. In short I thought it was a perfect storm of production issues, digital currency mining, and then scalpers on top of everything else.
Feel free to elaborate or clear it up, I'd be interested to hear more in detail! (in a PM if you don't want to make another tangent thread or discuss it publicly!)
As for XCOM2, I actually stopped playing because when I came back I tried to play but one of my mods was broken, and when I went to update my mods, I found that a few of my favorite mods were no longer supported. It kind of put a damper on my ability to pick the game up. Don't get me wrong, the game on a baseline level is still very fun, but I can't really play it "base" anymore and the fact that my favorite mods weren't working put me in a sour mood. So at this point I'm just praying for XCOM3 by 2023. (considering that Civ6 seems to be coming to the end of it's lifecycle, I expect that we may see XCOM3 as the new focus of development work by Firaxis in the future...)
Its not bad, but its not good neither. The fact is that you'll have to have secret on 2, and then this card will only act on turn 4. What's the essential difference in just playing Imprisoned Felmaw, that at very least guarantees an attack, and doesn't come with conditions.
Still, if you're playing secrets, this card will be in it. Its just a decent card, but unamazing, and unlikely to ever be the real reason for running secrets in your deck.
I agree that it isn't bad, but it takes up the same role as Felmaw, which as you stated already attacks for free on it's own when it awakens. And it has the downside of being a slower felmaw that can potentially be interacted with (aoes, non-targeted minion manipulation (like devolving missiles, etc)). Where as the dormant version can't be interacted with at all
Yeah I'm pretty bummed out about not being able to list any GPUs. Silicon shortage has been such a pain to deal with. The worst part about it all though IMO is that Nvidia now knows they can get 2 grand for a consumer GPU so I don't expect them to tone the prices down in the future when silicon is no longer the problem.
Unless... AMD makes something competitive. Though, Intel is also now on the GPU train so maybe they can influence some of the Nvidia prices. That might take a while though since although they've been doing integrated GPUs forever, I don't think they're there yet with their dedicated offerings.
Maybe when Intel's new Arizona fab opens up in 2024 (if its even on time) that'll give them a better node to work on for their GPUs and they can get some kind of a leg up. I'm really interested in seeing how all the new non-Asia fabs are going to go though. TSMC's Arizona facility should be opening up the same year as Intel's new one (and Intel has an 8-fab mega fab coming in Europe). I don't think we'll see a jump in pricing, but I'm so curious about how the extra diversification across the globe will be for supply chains.
Definitely went off on a tangent there lol. But yeah, X-COM 2 - I even own the game (through a bundle probably) so there's really nothing stopping me from finally giving it a go at some point. Maybe something to play around the holidays... though if its really good I could see that being a negative lol
The power creep is real. Witching Hour and Eternal Servitude crying in the corner. Need to see more valuable beasts that would warrant resurrection for this spell to be good.
I feel like this is Hearthstone's mantra: "Remember this card? We powercrept it now! lul, have fun surviving until turn 10!
I remember an interview a while ago where a dev (I think it was the weekly AMA guy, don't remember his name) said that their design philosophy regarding big mana cards changing from essentialy being big mana cards to big mana win conditions. Lightforged Cariel is such a card. Not only because of the soft AoE (which can be set-up with Equality or Libram of Justice the turn before to be much more impactful), but because the Hero Power makes it so it's much harder to remove their minions (and everyone should know how dangerous it is to leave a minion on board against a Paladin) combined with an anti-combo weapon that also works as a makeshift free Hunter hero power.
This is the Control wet dream and yet somehow feels balanced, because unlike other win conditions the game has introduced over these last expansions, Lightforged Cariel can actually be countered by somthing other than finishing the game before she's played.
Care to elaborate? She is definitely a win condition in and of itself
So basically you need weapon destruction or The Immovable Object gets out of hand...well defensively. Cariel's HP is not bad either, but the weapon is what makes the hero card insane. Also bare in mind, Suckerhook could transform your 6 mana weapon into The Immovable Object as Shaman, so nice buff to that card
Do shaman even have a 6 mana weapon or are we talking about a situation where suckerhook evolves multiple times without you using all the charges on a weapon? I think Cariel is an excellent card, and the weapon is great defensively though
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You'll need my 200 mod mod-list :D
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Ah ok, but who would play base game lol :)
New Paladin Hero - Lightforged Cariel
Yes. That's what I said. She is a win condition, but has counters, notably weapon destruction, which makes her more balanced than other win conditions.
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Isn't this the truth about all these management games. At very least satisfactory doesn't run that badly until you colonize half the planet. Oxygen not included (another amazing game on sale by the way) chugs my rig even in the mid game (though admitably there's plenty more moving parts there. Every block of air for example is a moving mathematical chalk board)
Diana
I prefer Leona, but Diana's theme from LoL is still one of the most hauntingly beautiful ones ever...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-U2JdiHBsc
Diana
I prefer Leona, but Diana's theme from LoL is still one of the most hauntingly beautiful ones ever...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-U2JdiHBsc
Leona
A new dawn has arrived!
Leona
To shine like the sun you must burn like it!
Aurelion Sol
One of my favorite cards.
Aurelion Sol
Still my favorite card.
New Neutral Minion - Abominable Lieutenant
This is insane in arena. Not sure about standard though. And there's stronger stuff in wild.
New Hunter Spell - Spring the Trap
This is insane as a secret tutor goes. Not looking forward to secret hunters at all.
New Mage Hero - Magister Dawngrasp
My only issue with this is that quest mage can slot this in as an auxiliary win condition. There's nothing preventing it from being used in any and every mage deck...
New Neutral Minion - Knight-Captain
Great for arena, but I don't know if player standard decks will be able to squeeze this in anywhere.
New Mage Spell - Siphon Mana
Agreed. In fact I think a "minion mage" deck where you can't include any spells, and have to try and make do with discovered/generated spells would be fairly interesting..
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I'm embarrassed to say I was unaware it was due to a silicon shortage. I had heard that it was due to production issues with facilities closing down...
Well that and a combination of digital currency miners snapping up GPU's and therefore driving the price up. In short I thought it was a perfect storm of production issues, digital currency mining, and then scalpers on top of everything else.
Feel free to elaborate or clear it up, I'd be interested to hear more in detail! (in a PM if you don't want to make another tangent thread or discuss it publicly!)
As for XCOM2, I actually stopped playing because when I came back I tried to play but one of my mods was broken, and when I went to update my mods, I found that a few of my favorite mods were no longer supported. It kind of put a damper on my ability to pick the game up. Don't get me wrong, the game on a baseline level is still very fun, but I can't really play it "base" anymore and the fact that my favorite mods weren't working put me in a sour mood. So at this point I'm just praying for XCOM3 by 2023. (considering that Civ6 seems to be coming to the end of it's lifecycle, I expect that we may see XCOM3 as the new focus of development work by Firaxis in the future...)
New Hunter Minion - Ram Tamer
I agree that it isn't bad, but it takes up the same role as Felmaw, which as you stated already attacks for free on it's own when it awakens. And it has the downside of being a slower felmaw that can potentially be interacted with (aoes, non-targeted minion manipulation (like devolving missiles, etc)). Where as the dormant version can't be interacted with at all
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Yeah I'm pretty bummed out about not being able to list any GPUs. Silicon shortage has been such a pain to deal with. The worst part about it all though IMO is that Nvidia now knows they can get 2 grand for a consumer GPU so I don't expect them to tone the prices down in the future when silicon is no longer the problem.
Unless... AMD makes something competitive. Though, Intel is also now on the GPU train so maybe they can influence some of the Nvidia prices. That might take a while though since although they've been doing integrated GPUs forever, I don't think they're there yet with their dedicated offerings.
Maybe when Intel's new Arizona fab opens up in 2024 (if its even on time) that'll give them a better node to work on for their GPUs and they can get some kind of a leg up. I'm really interested in seeing how all the new non-Asia fabs are going to go though. TSMC's Arizona facility should be opening up the same year as Intel's new one (and Intel has an 8-fab mega fab coming in Europe). I don't think we'll see a jump in pricing, but I'm so curious about how the extra diversification across the globe will be for supply chains.
Definitely went off on a tangent there lol. But yeah, X-COM 2 - I even own the game (through a bundle probably) so there's really nothing stopping me from finally giving it a go at some point. Maybe something to play around the holidays... though if its really good I could see that being a negative lol
New Warrior Spell - Frozen Buckler
Great synergy with other armor combos, and a decent stalling tool.
New Warlock Minion - Hollow Abomination
Unless 1/1 tokens become meta (dude paladin maybe?) I don't forsee this being very popular.
New Warlock Spell - Tamsin's Phylactery
What about A'lar? :)
New Hunter Spell - Revive Pet
I feel like this is Hearthstone's mantra: "Remember this card? We powercrept it now! lul, have fun surviving until turn 10!
New Hunter Minion - Dun Baldar Bunker
No more secret synergy! Gaaah I hate hunter secrets with a passion.
New Paladin Hero - Lightforged Cariel
Care to elaborate? She is definitely a win condition in and of itself
New Paladin Hero - Lightforged Cariel
Do shaman even have a 6 mana weapon or are we talking about a situation where suckerhook evolves multiple times without you using all the charges on a weapon? I think Cariel is an excellent card, and the weapon is great defensively though