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Why is Ashbringer a Legendary weapon while Atiesh doesn't even have rarity?
Ashbringer has the orange gemstone in the middle, but Atish has nothing in there... why?
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Ashbringer has the orange gemstone in the middle, but Atish has nothing in there... why?
Iksar
Unsure on whether or not Atiesh should have a gem or Ashbringer should not, but probably something that should be consistent across both. As a lot of you have pointed out, there are a number of card general inconsistencies that should be addressed even if all of them aren't as clear as this one. We fix a number of them with each update, but new ones tend to crop up as a result of new cards. Functionality of a card in code can usually be turned around quickly because the contents of the change live on the server and do not require an update. Unfortunately for text, the information usually lives in the client. As a result, it has to wait for a client update to be changed. We try minimize the amount of client updates we do so we aren't frequently requiring new downloads. In any case, this stuff is still clearly worth fixing, I think it's just generally interesting to understand the process. Sometimes cards can appear to be inconsistent when really we made a judgment call because even though a text was slightly inconsistent, it made that particular card much easier to understand on the first read. That's why it's great to get feedback from the community on this stuff so we can learn whether or not our judgments were poorly received or went unnoticed. Other times, bugs just slip through the cracks. This will always happen (with every game ever), the hope is we learn more with every release so they become less prevalent.
On the topic of tokens, I wonder what the general consistency would be. On the one hand I think a good blanket rule might be that all non-collectible cards not have a rarity gem. On the other hand, if we ever made a card that said 'destroy a rare card', I wonder if it would be jarring to find out that you could not target a Feral Spirit minion summoned by Feral Spirits because the token is not actually 'rare'. Curious as to what you all think. Thanks for bringing it up!