Balance Thread

Edit: Anything left unquoted from Tamdriks post I believe should remain as is.
Also, just to state my opinion: I really dislike mass balancing.

Tamdrik Wrote:NM-85 Nanomachine
Might be scary with Radd-lifers, but otherwise almost pointless.
Suggestion: Times 4 instead of 2, add "and takes one damage"?

As with any life increase to Radd lifers it would come out to one. Times four sounds good for now, maybe even more than that. We could always use new reasons to play weenies.

Tamdrik Wrote:CK-3 Sword Dancer
Assuming face-down doesn't confer entrenching, he's too expensive, particularly compared to War Light Spybot.
Suggestion: 33 cost/sac

Sounds fine.

Tamdrik Wrote:CK-66 Ninjitsu
More potent than Tsukeawase (facedown, non-unique) for slightly cheaper.
Suggestion: 58 cost, 69 sac

Sounds fine.

Tamdrik Wrote:CK-99 Samurai
Even if we assume he tends to hit the board with two other monsters in play, that still makes him a 50/50 on average for the same cost as Mechahawk (which is itself pretty strong). His other drawback is trivially managed/avoided. Facedown-ness is an added bonus.
Suggestion: 43 cost, sac unchanged

The allying draw back is much more dangerous than you're giving it credit. However, I still say it's too strong. I'd go as far as 44

Tamdrik Wrote:TR-32 Variable
Not sure what happens if you switch to fighter mode after the robot has been targeted by a spell/ability. Does it fizzle? If not, then his ability is largely useless. If so, he's probably pretty tasty. No balance suggestions at this time.

Variable becomes (spell immune)(ability immune)(quick hit) and... I want to say 13/35. I know it's 35 life and attack in the lower teens.

Tamdrik Wrote:TR-40 Modulo
Impressively useless. His ability as written would probably be a net loss for you if you decided to use it 95% of the time, and a marginal gain the rest of the time. His stats are strong... for a one-mana monster. Weak otherwise.
Suggestion: Change ability to 3x mana cost of effect, lower cost to 11

I agree Modulo is pretty junky as is, but I think your suggestion is overboard concidering Bakuga decks are one of the strongest and most popular archtypes around. At 3x a swimsuit would give it 27 more attack, but at the cost of 9 mana I think that's about fair. I'd say... go with the 3x change and drop the cost/sac by 11 each.

Tamdrik Wrote:Chrome Dragon
Let's say you have a full field of War generators (best case scenario). Then you have a 30/90, no ability, for 5+4 mana. Yay.
Suggestion: Change all 2x's to 3x's, cost/sac to 53

10+10x10=/=30

Tamdrik Wrote:Mechahawk
Mildly too strong compared to Skelebird and its ilk, though keeping in mind that it is slightly less readily incorporated into a beatdown deck (the best dark complementary creatures are inferior to the light and gray counterparts).
Suggestion: 42/50, sac to 43

Agreed, except make it 33

Tamdrik Wrote:Laser Surgeon
The ability isn't all that much better than a standard healer, yet it costs an insane amount of mana, to the point that the value of the ability is trivial. And his stats certainly can't support his mana cost.
Suggestion: Reduce activation cost to 2, fix spelling of "it's" to "its"

Sounds fine, leave the text.

Tamdrik Wrote:CN-62 Autogun
Unless you meet the hefty allying requirements, this probably does almost as much harm as good. And it costs as much as Level 99 Guy. If you can protect a Holy Banisher, it will do more damage than the autogun will (25/turn vs 49/2 turns) unless you have 7 allies. Also compare to invisible attackers.
Suggestion: 66, 50% chance of turn skip, allying 4

Leave the allying, the rest sounds fine.

Tamdrik Wrote:Diamond Clockwork
The clockworks all seem horrible to me, since the allying counterparts seem much less onerous to "turn on", and even if they aren't fully powered up, they still produce something.
Suggestion: 50% chance: Generates , Power 2: Generates additional

Sounds fine.

Tamdrik Wrote:Scanning Field
Someone pointed out that this could get ugly in a shotgun deck. I tend to agree. That said, it is fairly costly. Maybe not costly enough, though. I need to see if it can be broken, but my gut reaction is to increase the cost by about 1/1.

I still say it should only work for monsters without activated abilities.

Tamdrik Wrote:Glowerite Ore / Financium Ore
I think the jury's still out on whether these guys continue to be too strong even after the nerf...

The jury's in, renerefing these would be insane.

Tamdrik Wrote:Energy Surplus
If you actually want to put generators on top of your deck, you're probably really hurting for mana, so paying 2+3 for this will be painful, and you most likely won't be able to trigger the allying clause.
Suggestion: Reduce cost to 12

Sounds fine. Good reasoning.

Tamdrik Wrote:Radioactive Battery
As mentioned above, this is ridiculous when comboed with the current incarnation of the Armormail. Could also be problematic with the Charmshielder.
Suggestion: =>10% chance to destroy monster: Gain

Sounds fine.