Posted: 28 July 2007 at 5:15am | IP Logged

OK for those who wish to design cards and share ideas try to bring balance to the game.  If anyone has an active group add some of these as proxies and give feedback

C5 Prophet of Doom

All across the universe nightmares haunt thier dreams until they speak thier mind.

-requires a one way there and back mission.

-Eliminates all immunities on the terrain as long as he remains on terrain.

-may only be removed from terrain by a card played in reaction.

My intent for this card was to remove all the ridiculous immunities that the promo cards were given.  I also thought maybe as an alternate or additional rule it could double damage done to the terrain or the rule could be double damage or immune deficiency. I chose strength 5 as it must remain on terrain and could only be removed by a card played in react, so in most cases it would be destroyed with the terrain.  Although a flood could be a long term effect on promo cards.  And this card would also work well on the T3 crystal planet allowing weapons to have a harmonic wave affect the destruction.

Posted: 28 July 2007 at 11:51pm | IP Logged

How about something like this:

C5 Prophet of Doom

-Played to a terrain or base in the fleet.

-May change location via transporter, shuttlecraft, etc...

-While crew is in play on an opponent terrain of equal or lesser strength it prevents that terrain from using any card rules.

[edited to change wording slightly]

Posted: 29 July 2007 at 10:40am | IP Logged

I'm sure someone else must have suggested some of these but here are some alternatives.

1. Make all promo cards persona cards.
2. Give a card the ability to 'flush' all promo cards or some subset of them.
3. Make a new race akin to the aethetics that hunt promo cards - I think I've seen some members of this strange alien species lurking about these forums.
4. Limit stocking promo cards like entities? Say 1 per 25 other cards regardless of strength...
5. Create an alternative format where promo cards are not playable?
6. Mail all of your promo cards to me and I'll keep them safe and balanced at the same time.

J--

Posted: 29 July 2007 at 2:31pm | IP Logged

-Other than "send them to me" if there really is an issue with your group whereas one goof always plays with the best promos and that gives them a big edge every single time, i'd offer this suggestion:

Switch decks and play with your opponent's deck(s) for a series of games, the one that wins most prevails.

That format has worked for other games and perhaps gives you (as a player) insight into decks and strategies you may not have considered. It also brings out a strategic element as you may not want your foe to know your best combos, or a tleast try to make them less-than-obvious. Play two games with your own deck and two games with your opponents deck. If you each win 2, then the winner is whoever preserved the most Sector HQ points in their wins OR lasted the most complete turns in their losses.

Bottom Line: lots of ways to get around the "balance" issue without telling people they cannot play with their cards (something i hate in most CCGs).....Lobo