The flipside is that the next stretch goal introduces Primal Packs, which will be all rare/legendary and some of your boosters will just randomly be that no matter how you acquire them. Except, apparently, there won’t be any Primal Packs in draft. Or at any rate not in the ones being drafted. (The precise details weren’t entirely clear to me, though I can see -why- they would introduce that restriction). Where did you see other benefits listed for Guild Leader?
Kadath
1862
I really want to support this and generally I don’t get hung up on the rewards if it’s something that sounds neat… But $30 minimum to get a download of the final film seems excessively punishing to potential supporters if not outright greedy.
Edit: looks like they got a lot of negative feedback and dropped it down to $25, still a bit pricy…
That sort of pricing was why I ultimately didn’t back the Veronica Mars movie even though I flat out love the show and am happy the movie’s being made. It had already funded, and a digital version was like $30-40, all the way up to something like $120 for a Bluray copy. Since I’d want it in Bluray format and since I flat out guarantee Amazon will have said Bluray at some point (probably before I finish all three seasons of the show, tbh) for $10 or less, this did not make any kind of economic sense for me.
I typed “Guild” when I meant “Raid.” The Kickstarter pledge says “gives +1 card in starting hand,” but what you actually get is that everyone starts with an enchantment that says “regenerate 1 health per turn, or sacrifice this enchantment to prevent all damage to another player,” which is a bigger deal. Still it feels like you’re paying $130 for a single card.
You probably already knew that, I just noticed the disparity myself when I was browsing the reward description page.
It is almost time for Hex to have its own thread ;)
Anyhow, I really like the Samarai Rabbits and wonder if that idea was influenced by the Usagi Yojimbo comic book series.
I remember being at my cousin’s house and her neighbor had a dog and rabbit. The dog was chasing the rabbit around their picnic table when all of a sudden the rabbit turned around and started chasing the dog! I learned that they were both raised together and they payed like that all the time. So I always kind of liked the idea of a Samarai Rabbit and when seeing the Usagi comic book series it made me laugh.
You get both of those and they’re both listed in the tier description. But yeah, it’s a mild PvE bonus (though it’s not clear if the Raid Leader themself gets those bonuses, in which case at least it might apply throughout PvE rather than just raid encounters). Kinda underwhelming compared to free boosters every week for life, or even double loot.
I guess it really matters how worthwhile the loot is over three boosters etc.
I’m your huckleberry. Loved it, though I resisted getting too invested.
I hate you all for making such compelling arguments for the Pro Player tier. I’d still like more details on how the multiplayer PvE stuff works, but Hex is definitely giving me the itch.
Not to be thread cop, but do we need to give Hex it’s own thread? It’s clearly going to be funded, so I don’t think the Kickstarter-game-thread-haters would be too up in arms.
Thraeg
1869
Well, if nobody else is going to do it, then I will.
So, now that the Hex talk is done…
HAHAHA No.
This might be an interesting test to see how savvy the games-kickstarting audience is, because I think that everybody who follows games as an enthusiast is well aware of what a train wreck SK was. And the potential market of people who remember Eternal Darkness is probably also a pretty good overlap with people aware of the SK drama.
From the first 2 days of funding though, it looks like it is indeed DOA.
I am among the not-savvy, since I wasn’t aware of the history of Silicon Knights until you mentioned this.
I’m in the same boat, honestly.
Oh. This article made the rounds a while ago, and is a good place to start.
Basically, the claim is that SK wa grotesquely mismanaged, and everything they did right with Eternal Darkness and Twin Snakes was basically under intense supervision from Nintendo, who sent staff over to oversee the project after it was extremely late and over budget.
I loved his chtorr book series, but at this point, I think his fans have pretty much abandoned all hope of the series ever being finished. An author abandoning a pretty long running book series without any word is a pretty big black mark for me personally. I understand that sometimes financial realities can stop a continuation of a series from being released, but in my opinion you OWE it to your loyal fans to at least give them some word. Not to mention that the introduction of mainstream digital publication has made it a lot cheaper and less risky to release books.
I would be happy to give him my money after he finishes this series, until then, NO.
I would still recommend the chtorr series to anyone who is a fan of science fiction, but do be warned that the series is not and likely will never be concluded.
Yeah, it’s irritating that I invested the time I did in reading the Chtorr novels only to see him abandon them. I think at the least he should put up a synopsis of the unwritten books to let fans know how the series was going to conclude.
What we mean is we won’t let you bring primal packs to draft. An unopened primal is going to be worth more then $2, so you should have no trouble trading it for regular packs if you’re not interested in collecting.
So, if you went to the store to buy 3 packs to go draft, and 1 turns out to be primal, the game will tell you. You’ll need to get a 3rd “normal” pack for draft.
Once you win the draft, any of the prizes might be primal as well. There is no point where you get packs that there is not an equal chance that one of them be a primal pack. All we’re saying is to satisfy the “3 pack” requirement for draft, you can’t provide a primal pack. They all have to be “normal” packs.
Chris Woods
You actually get both. A Raid with a Raid Leader has all players start with 8 cards in their hand, and everyone starts with the blessing in play. They are two unique benefits.
Chris Woods
Well, but doesn’t the Pro Player free draft include the three boosters required for that draft? So I would assume none of those three would be primal.
Razgon
1879
So, I saw this all of a sudden - Tinykeep, a roguelike in 3D that looks pretty damn gorgeous!
The Jagged Alliance kickstarter appears to be floundering. I’m hoping it gets a surge toward the end of people who’ve been waiting and watching it. Also note that there will be a Humble Bundle of the previous games (including expansions but not Back In Action or its exps) if it makes, and pledges get it free. I personally think that’s a reasonable value for $25, even without the new JA game that the price includes.
