Comments on: Dev Diary #5 – Deck Building Intro

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 05:26:07 +0000

Yes, this system does reduce the total number of decks that you can build as compared to a system where you could just put any card you like into the deck. However, we do have ways of making sure that there are still many, many different types of decks you can construct. Next week I’ll write a diary explaining why we think this system is cool and the sort of things we hope to get out of it.

By: Gaslark

Gaslark — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 03:33:39 +0000

Should think of it more as character customization rather than deck customization.

I guessing that there will be many types of items for your character to wear i.e. the ring of pillaging, the boots of tile slapping, the neck tie of strangling, the chainmail bikini of bouncy destruction, the robes of distraction, the hat of pointy death, the nobbly staff of compensating, the book of almost forgotten spells and your wizard is now well equiped for battle. Then I am guessing there will also be skill cards?

By: SurgeonFish

SurgeonFish — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:18:51 +0000

Not sure how i feel about this.

By: demonic tutor

demonic tutor — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:35:10 +0000

a good twist on the deck building mechanic, because it lets you (the devs) balance powerful cards more easily… BUT i think it takes out too much deck-customization. especially because im guessing that each character has only a limited number of equipment slots and things like having 3 pairs of boots equipped wont be allowed.

By: grinnock

grinnock — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:00:03 +0000

That’s all kinds of a cool design. I was wondering what the item names meant before, it’s obvious now. Deck building just got more interesting to me!

By: LaserJudas

LaserJudas — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:25:08 +0000

I am so insanely excited for this game. So many, many questions to ask, yet won’t, mostly because you just stated you’re still working on the things which I might ask.

I just hope that if there’s a deck size limit, it will be one that is large enough to allow for elaborate, or even downright insane, builds.

My favorite Magic deck was around 250 cards, mostly because it was 5 color, built on Dual Lands, Arifacts that messed with/moved/retrieved enchantments and Creatures that only provided mana or enchantment alterations. So, needless to say, I like big decks and cannot lie.

By: digital_pariah

digital_pariah — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:16:14 +0000

Very interesting, thanks for the insight!