I always prefer dwarves to elves. Getting to play one and smite stupid elves will be huge fun. Yeah I know my favorite Mage is a wood elf....but Grizzly's are just cool so I overlook that. But once I get a functional dwarf then all bets are off.
First Beastmaster then Wizard, now the Dwarf. Go on, Silver, just admit it. It's the beards, isn't it...?
I want a dragon.
Not a super giant awe inspiring Smaug like dragon. I don't think we could handle the awesome.
But a dragon. Preferably one that breathes fire but I'll settle for acid breathing black dragons too.
In Clix, do you like to base your team around a high-point "tent pole"?
Is there a name among Clix players for that type of team preference?
In Magic, there are 3 archetype players:
Johnny - for him the clever show-off combo/manoeuvre is all that matters, even if inefficient or situational
Among regular posters here, Imaginator fits this achetype best (he even tried Gate to Hell + Goblin Builder)
Spike - he's ultra-competitive, all about efficiency, doesn't care about style, he will exploit the best cards
I'm a Spike but not proud of it, sadly no game is perfectly balanced so that all strategies are equally viable
And then there's...
Timmy! - he's the one who who wants the biggest threat in play, "everybody, just look at the size of mine!"
If we're honest, all customisable game players have an Inner Timmy cos it's fun controlling the Biggest Bad
If you draw a triangle with Style, Efficiency and Awe at the 3 vertices, most players can map where they are
As for the thread subject, if final looks anything like what we last saw, most of the hopes listed above will be fulfilled and most of the fears will be allayed. However, this is a really good topic - I only wish it had appeared earlier. I advise somebody to post a similar titled thread which grows in the intervening X months between Forged In Fire and their next set. It's a shame they don't crowd-source more, leverage their best free asset, their perceptive fans (I brought this up after Shad0w's "promos are a beta test" comment). But they really do listen to their fans and care (and the amount of design feedback they give playtesters is frankly awesome). However, I sometimes think they need what may be obvious to regular players spelt out to them. Because if you're designing, playing with new cards ALL the time, you're not actually the playing game as is (I know I'm more disconnected from the meta, almost all my games are not normal). So please have some sympathy if a few of these points have not been captured (I really tried, with long essays). I can't say more due to a Non-Disclosure clause. But unless they shoot themselves in the foot at the last minute, while I don't agree with one of the mages focused on, this next set should make most fans extremely happy. I'm pretty plain-speaking, never afraid to criticise AW, but the next set should be the best so far.
