keyvnn93 years ago @Gothe What if there was a hero power that said “You’re more likely to be offered cards you want”? There’d be no way to distinguish the benefit of the hero power from the benefit of having a lucky run.
Gothe3 years ago I dunno, this seems rather good. You lock yourself out of getting cards from one type, but increase your odds of getting the others. If you want to run Beasts or Demons, get rid of one of the tribes and you just reduced the pool from 1/6 to 1/5. those are much better odds.
If this hero power is too weak, then up it to eliminating 2 types from your pool.
keyvnn93 years ago Tangible: Perceptible by touch.
There was a card I made a while ago that just said “You are more likely to be offered Demons.” Looking back, that was a really bad design, and is even worse down this “intangible benefit” road. A benefit that isn’t “doing something” (making minions cheaper, replacing 1/1s with 2/3s) needs to be a *really good* “doing nothing” to actually be felt in the game.
*Lots* of punctuation.
Randomizer3 years ago @kevynn9 This does have a tangible benefit though? About 1/6 of the pool is gone for you, and it's the sixth you don't want to use. By your logic, Malygos's Hero Power doesn't have a tangible benefit because a reroll won't necessarily give you good minions. But it does have a benefit because you have a higher chance of getting minions you can buy, which adds up throughout the game. Slashing 1/6 of the pool does the same thing, if anything better because it boosts the triples you get too.
keyvnn93 years ago Battlegrounds hero powers right now give you golden minions, 1 mana minions, 2 mana minions with +1/+1, 0 mana minions, all 2 mana minions, etc. This having no tangible benefit means it is probably going to be bad.
Randomizer3 years ago Yeah, Battlegrounds Hero Powers don't give the biggest upsides anyways. Increasing the consistency of which you get triples and minion synergy, while sometimes unnoticeable, adds up throughout the game as you're more likely to pick up the late game builds you need to win. Besides, you know you're banning Demons with this when you get the chance, that's a bonus enough.
Stevethebarbarian (creator)3 years ago I feel DraconicDoom's comparison with Nozdormu is apt. Rather than getting one free refresh each turn, you need to refresh considerably less because you're more likely to see cards of the types you actually want.
keyvnn93 years ago Removing one tribe is not a big enough upside to be playable.
DragonicDoom3 years ago Really interesting Hero Power, could definitely be good since it reduces your options by about 20%, giving you much more consistent rolls, which Nozdormu has shown is pretty powerful. It can still backfire on you though, since you don't know what your opponents will be picking, so you may end up wanting to remove the tribe that none of your opponents have a synergy with.
@Gothe What if there was a hero power that said “You’re more likely to be offered cards you want”? There’d be no way to distinguish the benefit of the hero power from the benefit of having a lucky run.
I dunno, this seems rather good. You lock yourself out of getting cards from one type, but increase your odds of getting the others. If you want to run Beasts or Demons, get rid of one of the tribes and you just reduced the pool from 1/6 to 1/5. those are much better odds.
If this hero power is too weak, then up it to eliminating 2 types from your pool.
Tangible: Perceptible by touch.
There was a card I made a while ago that just said “You are more likely to be offered Demons.” Looking back, that was a really bad design, and is even worse down this “intangible benefit” road. A benefit that isn’t “doing something” (making minions cheaper, replacing 1/1s with 2/3s) needs to be a *really good* “doing nothing” to actually be felt in the game.
*Lots* of punctuation.
@kevynn9 This does have a tangible benefit though? About 1/6 of the pool is gone for you, and it's the sixth you don't want to use. By your logic, Malygos's Hero Power doesn't have a tangible benefit because a reroll won't necessarily give you good minions. But it does have a benefit because you have a higher chance of getting minions you can buy, which adds up throughout the game. Slashing 1/6 of the pool does the same thing, if anything better because it boosts the triples you get too.
Battlegrounds hero powers right now give you golden minions, 1 mana minions, 2 mana minions with +1/+1, 0 mana minions, all 2 mana minions, etc. This having no tangible benefit means it is probably going to be bad.
Yeah, Battlegrounds Hero Powers don't give the biggest upsides anyways. Increasing the consistency of which you get triples and minion synergy, while sometimes unnoticeable, adds up throughout the game as you're more likely to pick up the late game builds you need to win. Besides, you know you're banning Demons with this when you get the chance, that's a bonus enough.
I feel DraconicDoom's comparison with Nozdormu is apt. Rather than getting one free refresh each turn, you need to refresh considerably less because you're more likely to see cards of the types you actually want.
Removing one tribe is not a big enough upside to be playable.
Really interesting Hero Power, could definitely be good since it reduces your options by about 20%, giving you much more consistent rolls, which Nozdormu has shown is pretty powerful. It can still backfire on you though, since you don't know what your opponents will be picking, so you may end up wanting to remove the tribe that none of your opponents have a synergy with.