Balance Thread

sXeAndriex Wrote:Also, just to state my opinion: I really dislike mass balancing.

I think it's warranted in this situation, since we have an entire new expansion to balance, and we simply might not get to certain cards otherwise.

sXeAndriex Wrote:

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.

Right, I just meant you can get one Nano out and make a Radd-lifer basically invulnerable. And before you say "more than 4", just remember that if you have multiple Nanos out, they can each apply their life boost. Not that I imagine most people would bother with a field of Nanos.

sXeAndriex Wrote:

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.

I've seen it, briefly.  I think it was 15/35, but not positive.  I just wasn't sure if switching after having been targeted with something would cause the ability to fizzle, since he's now everything-immune, or if it would go ahead and resolve, since he was already targeted.

sXeAndriex Wrote:

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.

Well, 26/2 facedown is a 1/1 beatstick, or 17/17 with mana generation, and the Modulo's ability, even with 3x, just doesn't have a great deal of value (much less than generating , IMO).  No matter how many Golden Idols he eats, he'll still be in Laser range.  I could live with 2/1 cost, but frankly, I don't know that I'd bother even if he were 1/1.  I think Bakuga decks usually tend to have better things to do with the repaired effects than boost a random weenie.  I do like the suggestion to make his ability A-speed to respond to effect-D, though.

sXeAndriex Wrote:

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

Fixed.

sXeAndriex Wrote:

Tamdrik Wrote:Laser Surgeon
Suggestion: ... fix spelling of "it's" to "its"

Sounds fine, leave the text.

Leave it misspelled?  Why?

sXeAndriex Wrote:

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.

I could see that, but I would then make Scanning Field cheaper.