Comments on: Dropped Guard Preview

By: mordenkien

mordenkien — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:13:16 +0000

could be handy if forced to play card on someone else or they steal a card of your choice

By: zipdrive

zipdrive — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:43:18 +0000

Adam, you’re right. To your question:
1- You may be forced t play it by an event.
2- You may be stuck without other cards.

I’m still not clear flavor-wise why an unwieldy harpoon would cause you to drop armor cards, though. Still, not knowing what armor cards actually are, this could still make sense.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:02:47 +0000

Ah, with Dev Diary 5 this makes sense. Unwieldy Harpoon can be a weapon with cards like “Brutal Impalement” and “Pinning Throw”–those could be what makes it cool–and then “Dropped Guard” would be what makes it unwieldy. Still remains to be seen why you would play it when you have it in your hand, but…

By: Truhlsrohk

Truhlsrohk — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 03:11:20 +0000

Looks like a firefly (see light on sheild beneath) or maybe a Gold Dragon in disguise….?

By: SurgeonFish

SurgeonFish — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:57:57 +0000

This is quite a twist, we can only speculate that perhaps this could possibly be related to the adventuring side of play. Maybe this is an enemy card that gets forced into your hand/deck. Perhaps as others have stated could be a trap related card.

Either way this adds an interesting dynamic to the game I did not expect!

By: zipdrive

zipdrive — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:39:08 +0000

Hmmm, I just now noticed that all the action cards seem to double as equipment cards, only with no stats. Interesting.

Think like a Magic player, a Dropped Guard (assuming it has intentional use and not a trap) may be useful before using a card that fills your hand with cards or that suffers from having these cards – maybe a Run Away! card’s effect is lessened if you have armor cards?

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 22:19:48 +0000

Should be some clues in this week’s dev diary about these kinds of cards.

By: Cordalinge

Cordalinge — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 09:49:34 +0000

Or you have to use it as soon as you get it…That would be more coherent. Looks like a trap !

By: Cordalinge

Cordalinge — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 09:46:53 +0000

Or perhaps black cards can t be discards and needs to be played. Its your duty to decide when….

By: zipdrive

zipdrive — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 08:54:17 +0000

And what does this have to do with a harpoon?