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Orabilis
May 6, 2014
http://teamclockwork.enjin.com/pvecompendium

Just click the race section and then the race you want to know the caps of. I don't think class matters at all.

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LightReaper
May 3, 2007

https://www.hextcg.com/hex-update-more-invitational-news/

Set 4 playable at the Invitational bitches

Protip
Sep 24, 2002

I am the Walrus.

Awesome. I think a lot of people were expecting there to be some form of set 4 preview at the invitational. Playable for everyone to check out is pretty sweet. I wonder if it will be similar to other times they've had a set playable but still a few months from release with missing art files and such.

LightReaper
May 3, 2007

Protip posted:

Awesome. I think a lot of people were expecting there to be some form of set 4 preview at the invitational. Playable for everyone to check out is pretty sweet. I wonder if it will be similar to other times they've had a set playable but still a few months from release with missing art files and such.
I would like to think that with more eyes on the game now due to coming out of beta they won't pull that poo poo again.

Thoom
Jan 12, 2004

LUIGI SMASH!
Last we heard from Cory, all art and cards for set 4 were complete and the only thing blocking its release was a few pieces of equipment that presumably need to be implemented because they'll drop from chests.

Sacrificial Toast
Nov 5, 2009

LightReaper posted:

I would like to think that with more eyes on the game now due to coming out of beta they won't pull that poo poo again.

That Shattered Destiny placeholder art was amazing. I don't know what you're talking about.

katkillad2
Aug 30, 2004

Awake and unreal, off to nowhere
I thought I might be more excited about set 4 showing up at the invitational than I am. I mean I expected they would show it there, or preferably it be out before the invitational. I'm just not really in the mood for weeks of spoilers at this point or whatever. Hopefully we get a release date during the invitational and hopefully the release date is before the end of March.

Zurai
Feb 13, 2012


Wait -- I haven't even voted in this game yet!

If set 4 is indeed art and card complete, I expect the turnaround will be a lot quicker from first reveal to set release than it was for sets 2 and 3. I'm not willing to put any money on it, though, and as I've said before I'm more excited for set 4 in that it means we're closer to AZ2 and set 5 than I am for set 4 itself. I loathe the vennen egg mechanic, so I'm not exactly looking forward to another several months spent trudging through a limited environment full of it.

Thoom
Jan 12, 2004

LUIGI SMASH!
My hope for set 4, re: eggs is that they find ways to reduce the variance of egg decks. That would probably involve making set 4 vennen have less powerful effects trigger on egg spawning (e.g. nothing on the level of Vilefang Eremite, Painbreeder, or Nahzk Webguard), and instead focus on milling or mechanics like "at the start of your turn, every egg in your opponent's deck moves up one space."

Grim
Sep 11, 2003

Grimey Drawer
I'm looking forward to Set 4 on it's own merits, but yea the biggest thing is that I want it to be the start of regular set releases - even just starting at 2 per year (with the 3rd early the next year) that would be enough I think to get lots more people interested and drafting

Also thinking about 4-4-3 drafting it means there will be way fewer methods (we know about) for generating spiders; Hatchery Priest, Runeweb Infiltrator, Parriphagy, Hatchery Broodguard, all of those will be thinner on the ground - plus Hatchery Cultivator and Painbreeder being in pack 3 means (maybe) people will be less likely to hone in on their gimmick early

Zurai
Feb 13, 2012


Wait -- I haven't even voted in this game yet!

Grim posted:

Also thinking about 4-4-3 drafting it means there will be way fewer methods (we know about) for generating spiders; Hatchery Priest, Runeweb Infiltrator, Parriphagy, Hatchery Broodguard, all of those will be thinner on the ground - plus Hatchery Cultivator and Painbreeder being in pack 3 means (maybe) people will be less likely to hone in on their gimmick early

Yeah, I'm hoping the same thing happens to spiders that happened to the set 1 robot synergy decks (although spiders are nowhere near as dominant or synergistic -- just infinitely more aggravating) when we moved to 221 drafts. Robots really wasn't a significant presence in 221 despite there being a few robot-oriented cards in set 2.

God of Evil Cows
Feb 23, 2007

Let this be our final battle!

Zurai posted:

Robots really wasn't a significant presence in 221 despite there being a few robot-oriented cards in set 2.

What? I can't count the number of times I went up against an early stampede of construction foreman created war bots in 2-2-1. Dwarf/Robot Bertram might not have been as good as W/x Fuzzuko, but it was definitely still a thing in 2-2-1 and there were usually at least 2 or 3 R/S dwarf/robot decks in any given 2-2-1 draft.

Zurai
Feb 13, 2012


Wait -- I haven't even voted in this game yet!

God of Evil Cows posted:

What? I can't count the number of times I went up against an early stampede of construction foreman created war bots in 2-2-1. Dwarf/Robot Bertram might not have been as good as W/x Fuzzuko, but it was definitely still a thing in 2-2-1 and there were usually at least 2 or 3 R/S dwarf/robot decks in any given 2-2-1 draft.

Out of 133 recorded Goon drafts, only 19 were any variation of Dwarves deck, compared to 9/39 in Set 1. EDIT: More to the point, 221 Dwarves decks were vastly different from 111 Robots decks. Decks similar to the 111 Robots decks were nearly nonexistent because the massive overlapping synergies were much harder to come by when there was only a single pack of set 1 to draft.

Zurai fucked around with this message at 16:33 on Feb 27, 2016

Thoom
Jan 12, 2004

LUIGI SMASH!
Set 2 robots were definitely different. Hornet Bot, Construct Foreman and Reactor Bot transformed it from a control archetype into an aggro archetype. But I'd say they were just as strong as they were in set 1.

Irony.or.Death
Apr 1, 2009


Let us take the analogy as directly as possible, and imagine aggro spiders wherein you die the turn the Eremite hits the field. All hail set 4.

Pyrolocutus
Feb 5, 2005
Shape of Flame



I've got my dwarf to Devonshire and I'm currently looking at hitting level 8 before seriously attempting it again, but my only undone PvE content is the gnomes and the locked off stuff behind the blue gate. I hate those loving gnomes :smith:

Hieronymous Alloy
Jan 30, 2009


Why! Why!! Why must you refuse to accept that Dr. Hieronymous Alloy's Genetically Enhanced Cream Corn Is Superior to the Leading Brand on the Market!?!




Morbid Hound
so i take it I'm not supposed to be able to tackle these piranha

Bright Future
Oct 9, 2007

[let's] fuck that crazy-ass robot

Hieronymous Alloy posted:

so i take it I'm not supposed to be able to tackle these piranha

Yeah, you'll run into optional fights like that, come back and nab em when you're ready.


Really loving this game! Nabbed that lost cost dwarves/robots deck from earlier in the thread and destroying the arena. :)

ianvincible
Jan 23, 2004

Pyrolocutus posted:

I've got my dwarf to Devonshire and I'm currently looking at hitting level 8 before seriously attempting it again, but my only undone PvE content is the gnomes and the locked off stuff behind the blue gate. I hate those loving gnomes :smith:

The gnomes aren't even worth that much xp. You only get 60xp each time you get some to the southern camp (completing the quest is probably worth more too). If you just want to grind out a level probably your best bet is to run one of the dungeons again. Plus that way you at least get a chance at some loot.

The Moon Monster
Dec 30, 2005

ianvincible posted:

The gnomes aren't even worth that much xp. You only get 60xp each time you get some to the southern camp (completing the quest is probably worth more too). If you just want to grind out a level probably your best bet is to run one of the dungeons again. Plus that way you at least get a chance at some loot.

Is there any unique reward for rescuing all of the gnomes? I've got the sandworm queen card but I haven't had the patience to actually complete the quest yet.

Grim
Sep 11, 2003

Grimey Drawer

Hieronymous Alloy posted:

so i take it I'm not supposed to be able to tackle these piranha

Every time I've had to change my deck up specifically for that matchup and then get lucky on the play - because it's an optional encounter I don't mind so much; it is a fun challenge even if it isn't a fun fight

Looking forward to Set 4 spoilers later this week, is anyone here going in person to the ESports Arena?

Hieronymous Alloy
Jan 30, 2009


Why! Why!! Why must you refuse to accept that Dr. Hieronymous Alloy's Genetically Enhanced Cream Corn Is Superior to the Leading Brand on the Market!?!




Morbid Hound
This whole "can't have four of a kind" thing is really screwing with my deck concepts.

What are the "hot" PvE decks right now? Are the slaughtergear cards still king?

Lone Goat
Apr 16, 2003

When life gives you lemons, suplex those lemons.




Hieronymous Alloy posted:

This whole "can't have four of a kind" thing is really screwing with my deck concepts.

I kinda like it because it forces you to deckbuild under restrictions, without just using 4x all the busted cards. Kinda like a faux-version of limited.

I'm sure I'll get sick of it later, though.

DMW45
Oct 29, 2011

Come into my parlor~
Said the spider to the fly~

Hieronymous Alloy posted:

This whole "can't have four of a kind" thing is really screwing with my deck concepts.

What are the "hot" PvE decks right now? Are the slaughtergear cards still king?

Depends on the class. From what I've played so far, Shin'hare Warrior with deck/talents built around Charges and Battle is the strongest.

ianvincible
Jan 23, 2004

The Moon Monster posted:

Is there any unique reward for rescuing all of the gnomes? I've got the sandworm queen card but I haven't had the patience to actually complete the quest yet.

Completing the quest gets you the Gnome Wayfarer card.

Lone Goat posted:

I kinda like it because it forces you to deckbuild under restrictions, without just using 4x all the busted cards. Kinda like a faux-version of limited.

I'm sure I'll get sick of it later, though.

I get why the restrictions are there, but then I get some of these PvE-only cards that I want to build around and can't since I can only put 1 or 2 in a deck. Just let me make a goofy Gnoll Mangler deck; I'm not going to break anything.

DMW45
Oct 29, 2011

Come into my parlor~
Said the spider to the fly~

ianvincible posted:

I get why the restrictions are there, but then I get some of these PvE-only cards that I want to build around and can't since I can only put 1 or 2 in a deck. Just let me make a goofy Gnoll Mangler deck; I'm not going to break anything.

Well, we're only, I believe, 1/3 of the way through leveling at the end, what progression would there be if you already hit max by then?

LightReaper
May 3, 2007

I doubt that anyone would be willing to go to the trouble (as shipping outside the US I heard can be a pain), but if someone was willing to pick me up a shards of fate poster from the invitational and ship it to the UK I would tip them :)

Vapor Moon
Feb 24, 2010

Neato!
The Human Font
I am bad at video card games but I will try playing this with you friends.

Edit: Why does the initial install download each file individually, way to be inefficient game.

Vapor Moon
Feb 24, 2010

Neato!
The Human Font
No female dwarves, this game is bullshit

Grim
Sep 11, 2003

Grimey Drawer

FillInTheBlank posted:

No female dwarves, this game is bullshit

The dwarves in this game are literally made out of rock; "When a dwarf dies, it shatters into a pile of rough stone and pebbles. This rubble, combined with freshly dug rock and gems, is then used to make new dwarves."

Thoom
Jan 12, 2004

LUIGI SMASH!
So really, the only difference between dwarves and necrotic is that there aren't any other sentient rock people to get angry at the dwarves for recycling their corpses.

LightReaper
May 3, 2007

Thoom posted:

So really, the only difference between dwarves and necrotic is that there aren't any other sentient rock people to get angry at the dwarves for recycling their corpses.
Yet

100 degrees Calcium
Jan 23, 2011



Hex: Shards of Fate - Life may be cheap, but these cards sure ain't

The Moon Monster
Dec 30, 2005


I dunno man some of the rock people look fairly sentient to me, the dwarves must already have them totally subjugated.

Hieronymous Alloy
Jan 30, 2009


Why! Why!! Why must you refuse to accept that Dr. Hieronymous Alloy's Genetically Enhanced Cream Corn Is Superior to the Leading Brand on the Market!?!




Morbid Hound

GlitchThief posted:

Hex: Shards of Fate - Life may be cheap, but these cards sure ain't

Hey, at least you don't have to worry about forgeries!

Vapor Moon
Feb 24, 2010

Neato!
The Human Font


gently caress this jerk.

LightReaper
May 3, 2007

I've been asked to become a writer for Five Shards which I'm pretty stoked about :). Currently have two articles going through editing, one about my five shard aggro brew which is as long as a novel, and the second is meant to serve as a primer for the constructed meta game, going over the most impactful cards in each shard (as I see it).

Here's where the five shard aggro deck is at right now:

quote:

Champion: Sir Giles Rowan

Troops (28)
4x Valiant Escort
2x Deadeye Ripper
4x Flamehand Invoker
2x Midnight Shepherd
3x Prodigy of Volosolov
3x Lixil, the Deathless Gem
3x Hopeheart Unicorn
3x Neophyte Awakener
4x Forgotten Monarch (Minor Sapphire of Sky, Major Ruby of Destruction)

Actions (8)
3x Martyr
3x Pride's Fall
2x Shardcall

Resources (24)
9x Diamond Shard
4x Sepulchra Crypt Dust
3x Shards of Fate
2x Ruby Shard
2x Blood Shard
1x Shard of Conquest
1x Shard of Hatred
1x Sapphire Shard
1x Wild Shard

Reserves (15)
3x Subtle Striker
3x Eye of Lixil
2x Solitary Exile
2x Kill
2x Frost Wizard
2x Soul Marble
1x Drowned Shrine of Ulthar

I've had seven 5 win gauntlet runs so far since starting to put it together, and it's really cheap to put together now I've cut Angel of Dawn.

100 degrees Calcium
Jan 23, 2011



Congratulations, LightReaper. Five Shards has some great articles. Looking forward to seeing yours soon.

katkillad2
Aug 30, 2004

Awake and unreal, off to nowhere

GlitchThief posted:

Congratulations, LightReaper.

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Go RV!
Jun 19, 2008

Uglier on the inside.

Congrats!

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