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Eternal CCG is in open beta and on Steam
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Wok
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So, we can get 4 of that legendary card by beating a boss? Hmmm...
Wok
Member
I had saved 20 K gold by grinding Gauntlet last weekend. I would not advise to do so, it takes from 6 to 10 hours depending on your winrate.
So I have bought the campaign released today with gold and we get lots of funny cards, including 4 copies of each new legendary card. The last boss, Jekk, was especially difficult.
So I have bought the campaign released today with gold and we get lots of funny cards, including 4 copies of each new legendary card. The last boss, Jekk, was especially difficult.
I didn't have trouble with Jekk, but that was partially due to some draw luck, partially due to watching a stream do the fight before so I knew the challenge of the fight
Gotta make sure enemy board is sufficiently cleared before you break his relic weapon.
So far the only card I've really toyed with is Quarry
I gotta say, having a good chance of drawing a half-decent card for 1 extra mana, or simply shifting through two bad ones, is not a bad deal.
Wanna make a midrange Stonescar sacrifice deck with Bait (and Stonescar Leviathan since the patch made it better with Burn Out...), or Argenport deck with Copperhall Bailiff at some point.
Ipad client released in Canada.
BTW, here is a link to get it if you don't live in Canada:
https://www.reddit.com/r/EternalCar...to_get_eternal_on_your_ipad_even_if_you_dont/
BTW, I live in Canada and haven't tried that link.. but it seems to work for most people.
BTW, here is a link to get it if you don't live in Canada:
https://www.reddit.com/r/EternalCar...to_get_eternal_on_your_ipad_even_if_you_dont/
BTW, I live in Canada and haven't tried that link.. but it seems to work for most people.
Now I finally made such a deck, and I have no delusions that it's particularly great, but the deck is humorous in how it can shit on Rakano with even slightly slow start, and jito decks
Basically, the game plan is to let my offensive/warcry enemies keep getting bigger while my plagues and attack/stat lowering units reduce my opponent board's strength to irrelevance.
Lethrai Ranger, Inspire and Hone are cards that I'm not sure whether I'll keep using for long tho, might get changed out entirely
Wok
Member
This Burn Queen deck using Quarry is really insane. It won the ETS weekly on February 18th and outplays many decks encountered in Master league.
Quarry fixes one of the big issues which I had faced with Burn Queen, that is drawing a sigil in 2 consecutive turns which would stall the aggressive play.
Quarry fixes one of the big issues which I had faced with Burn Queen, that is drawing a sigil in 2 consecutive turns which would stall the aggressive play.
Wok
Member
The deck is hilarious. I love it when the opponents has no damage and loses what should have been a trade because of it.
Oh yeah. Just last match I got to completely remove the attack value of Steward of the Past and just start slamming units past it.The deck is hilarious. I love it when the opponents has no damage and loses what should have been a trade because of it.
People don't usually play minor debuffs like this deck does, because in most cases one such debuff rarely makes a difference, but my argenport deck keeps stacking them until they actually count.
Wok
Member
Or you can also get a unit from 4 into the 1-3 attack range and then "suffocate" it.
Wok
Member
It is pretty fun to play and very unique. Congrats!
Sigismundo
Member
It rarely is.
Scarlatch has been announcing some balance changes
I'm so down for all the changes that hit Stonescar. Champion of Chaos was way too good at surviving against small units, and Steward of the Past should have been SS from day 1.
Either Soulfire Drake or Umbren Reaper getting nerfed like that wouldn't matter much, but both getting more strict mana requirements may leave a mark.
I'm so down for all the changes that hit Stonescar. Champion of Chaos was way too good at surviving against small units, and Steward of the Past should have been SS from day 1.
Either Soulfire Drake or Umbren Reaper getting nerfed like that wouldn't matter much, but both getting more strict mana requirements may leave a mark.
For sure, but Rakano still has lots of cheap tools to protect it in early game.
Aight, the patch is out, any changed cards that you have crafted at any point previously will be refunded for full crafting cost
Apparently I crafted all my Soulfire Drakes so that's 12.8k stone for me.
Here's also the rest of the cards that were changed, and the reasoning for all of them.
Apparently I crafted all my Soulfire Drakes so that's 12.8k stone for me.
Here's also the rest of the cards that were changed, and the reasoning for all of them.
Wok
Member
Yep. I think it is because it was featured on Nexus.
By the way, I have reached Master League in Ranked by spamming this deck in Diamond 1.
I was stuck in Diamond 1 and then faced AngryChicken who was using this deck, so I decided to try it again, and it works wonder.
AngryChicken was 7th at ETS last Saturday.
Motherfucker...
That deck can be so irritating to try and tech against.
Wow, so they actually made a working deck for the combo?
I'm kinda wondering how well it does against combrei and other midrange with just Permafrost, are they simply slow enough for you to get crazy draws and get the combo off?
Wok
Member
Sandstorm Titan can be deal breaker. However, I have found lots of people who trade their titan for two 3/3 wump. I think the trick is to make people think it is a yeti deck.
Seems like it's mainly me memeing, and Wok playing actual cards, ugh. /jk
Speaking of memes, playing an Overwhelm Divine Rod deck with Talir. Every single unit is at least part Time, and my only 2 non-overwhelm units are Temple Scribe and Nesting Avisaur. I'm trying to keep the deck as spell-light as possible unless if it's for any part of combo, like Excavate for recycling Divining Rod or Temple Scribe (latter mainly when Talir is on board), or Find the Way for deck-thinning and making later Divining Rods really potent
It happens pretty rarely, but when you get Divining Rod with Talir on board, she slams like 3-6 minions on the board, even more if one of those is Temple Scribe.
What would a ccg-game for a complete noob? I've dabbled with MTG some years back but I completely lost interest in a short while (Meta was all about infinite combos and power, not about fun...).
I would be interested in a game I can play on the go (Android and occasionally on PC) is simple and enjoyable.
No Hearthstone.
I would be interested in a game I can play on the go (Android and occasionally on PC) is simple and enjoyable.
No Hearthstone.
Wok
Member
What would a ccg-game for a complete noob? I've dabbled with MTG some years back but I completely lost interest in a short while (Meta was all about infinite combos and power, not about fun...).
I would be interested in a game I can play on the go (Android and occasionally on PC) is simple and enjoyable.
No Hearthstone.
Eternal is similar to Magic, so you could try another game by the same devs, The Elder Scrolls Legends, which is similar to Hearthstone, but better.
Coming soon to Android.
(not trying to troll) but I still wish this game included all of the cards. I think this is hands down one of the best CCGs out there. Best MtG-style ccg I ever played (granted didnt play as many CCGs as Karsticles).
I'm just too cheap to spend money on boosters
I loved playing against the AI but used to read it kept getting harder & harder til folks was forced into PvP. But I was more interested in relaxing with AI and gradually building my collection. Do you guys still feel it is viable playing against AI with a spotty beginner deck (even after AI keeps spiking in difficulty)?
Epic digital card game alpha is coming soon which is also MtG-style. Not as flashy and pretty as Eternal by a longshot but it includes all the cards.
Anyways no matter what will still watch Eternal streams. I play Hearthstone a lot so I'm too cheap to play a 2nd game that sells booster packs if that makes any sense...
[edit] I love this game's developer they are truly top notch. I play Lanterns sometimes on my phone.
I'm just too cheap to spend money on boosters
I loved playing against the AI but used to read it kept getting harder & harder til folks was forced into PvP. But I was more interested in relaxing with AI and gradually building my collection. Do you guys still feel it is viable playing against AI with a spotty beginner deck (even after AI keeps spiking in difficulty)?
Epic digital card game alpha is coming soon which is also MtG-style. Not as flashy and pretty as Eternal by a longshot but it includes all the cards.
Anyways no matter what will still watch Eternal streams. I play Hearthstone a lot so I'm too cheap to play a 2nd game that sells booster packs if that makes any sense...
[edit] I love this game's developer they are truly top notch. I play Lanterns sometimes on my phone.
Wok
Member
I have not bought a single booster and have most of the relevant legendary cards with 2 to 4 copies. The F2P system is generous in Eternal.
The problem with Gauntlet is the final fight, which introduces a suprising mechanic, which favors the AI.
Anyway, I think the best modes of the games are Forge and Draft, both of which require drafting your own deck. If you like to relax and play vs the AI, Forge is still great but not very rewarding: its costs 2500 gold and rewards 30 cards plus at best 3 golden chests (~1600 gold, and 3 booster packs and 3 normal-looking cards) if you beat everyone with at most one loss (which is very doable even at the hardest difficulty, I succeed at it 99% of the time). The most rewarding & fun mode is definitely Draft, which costs 5000 gold and rewards 48 cards plus at best 3 diamond chests (~6000 gold, and 3 premium cards, and 3 booster packs). Draft is the only mode which allows to accumulate shiftstones and craft like a legendary card every two drafts (I take all the legendary and rare cards, and otherwise select the cards which I want to play).
Shai-Tan
Banned
You could try getting to master or at least diamond in Forge first but the main outlet to get cards (and stones to make cards) will be draft. if you want to see some people play it you can look at the vods from Amaz (I think he plays it Tuesday and Thursday in the second half of the stream). Also Tidesoftime was playing it yesterday if you want to see someone good at card games but noob at this game play it for a few hours. Brian Kibler is also decent at explaining cards/choices when he plays it.
Eternal is similar to Magic, so you could try another game by the same devs, The Elder Scrolls Legends, which is similar to Hearthstone, but better.
Coming soon to Android.
There's an easily download-able beta client for Android. I use it on my Galaxy S6. It's optimized for tablets, but completely playable. Runs well, just some of the icons can be a little small.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.direwolfdigital.Phoenix&hl=en
How has everyone been enjoying Eternal? I was in the closed beta, but sorta bounced off since I didn't want to build a collection twice. I'm really liking it. A little worried about it dying off with all the other CCGs coming out recently (ESL, Gwent). It seems to have a pretty good player base.
Shai-Tan
Banned
Hex is on set 6 and the player base for it is like 1/4 of Eternal (granted they earn more dollars per player) so Eternal will probably be fine. There's room in the space for different games and the advantage for Eternal is Magic Duels and Magic Online are bad and Hex isn't tablet friendly and has high buy in cost compared to true f2p games like Eternal. Anyway it will certainly be around long enough to get a bored with the cards. It's not like you're married to it forever when you choose one game over another
I'm loving it. Even dumb deck have moments of OPOPOP once in a while and the card acquisition is fast enough to make weird decks even with expensive cards. I don't play card games as much to compete as I do to experiment
At the end of my last turn I had Dawnwalker and Talir, and this is what the start of my next turn looked like.
Didn't even get to Excavate a Divining Rod on one of them that turn XD
29/27 worth of stats for 6 mana? No biggie
Shai-Tan
Banned
Most of my time in the game is playing the Timmy (big/cool creatures) or Johnny (interesting combos) over Spike (playing what wins, efficiently trying to end the game). So stuff like reanimator or Crown of Possibilities decks. The more serious lists I have played recently are Vodacombo (most expensive deck in the game) and Feln Control but I try to fit fun (usually expensively costed) cards in (e.g. playing Rimescale Draconus, Snowcrush Animist and Vara in my Feln list).
Kinda amazing that Truedawn managed to make a deck where Ijin (and Fearless Nomad) is actually playable on a competitive level.
Also, Talir overwhelm rod somehow managed to get me to diamond with a 12-win streak. Don't even know. Now it's more 50/50 again so that was likely a fluke.
Also, Talir overwhelm rod somehow managed to get me to diamond with a 12-win streak. Don't even know. Now it's more 50/50 again so that was likely a fluke.
Shai-Tan
Banned
Fearless Nomad used to be played in a lot of Rakano decks in closed beta. Ijin I think is just a meta call with less decks playing torch at this moment. Kind of like how I'm in top 50 currently casually playing the greediest possible Feln deck. if the meta gets fast again then playing a 3 drop that needs 4 mana investment on the following turn to get value isn't that good.
Less cheap removal in general. Less lightning storms (good chunk of current go-wide plays Xenan obelisk) and suffocates, and if you try to remove Ijin then the incredibly aggressive 1-3 drops will run all over you.