Thanks to a great community suggestion over the weekend, we’ve decided to do something a little unusual for one of our upcoming troops… we’re going to let YOU design it!
Here’s what you need to know:
@Jainus has very kindly agreed to manage the whole process for us (it was his idea after all), which is great for everyone, because it leaves us more time to work on the game!
When Jainus kicks off a thread, you’ll find it in the Community Content area of the forums.
@Nimhain & myself will be keeping a watch on the whole process, for both balance & technical & copyright issues. We DO reserve the right to change some stuff, but it will be mostly because our tech might not allow certain traits/spells to be created (our system isn’t infinitely flexible, thanks to the iOS rules about scripting languages in apps)
The troop will be Legendary, so you’ll be creating not just a troop and a spell, but also a Legendary Trait!
When the initial design is done, it will go out to art, and you’ll get to see the various art iterations as they come in.
And finally we’ll make the troop available to everybody when it’s done in a Glory-Reward pack, along with some matching traitstones.
The whole process might take a while (art itself can be slow, and changes to tech can be even slower!) but it’ll be a nice insight into the design process for everyone.
Keep an eye in Community Content for Jainus’s first post!
I do not want to rain on anyone’s parade but this was a logical step for the developers to do. We already make suggestions for features to the game, and the devs do implement them in future updates. This last major update to the game was a culmination of multiple requests from different individuals. Now we get to design a card for the game that will be implimented in the game. I am not sure this is a good idea, however it does show that our voice is heard by the developers. I am going to try to create a fair and powerful legendary i want people to want to make mythic for their collection.
To be clear - the community will vote on each stage of the design process - kingdom, theme, spell ideas, traits - so it’ll be designed by collaboration.
We won’t expect anyone to contribute a fully designed troop idea at the start.
New thread will be up soon, then I am off to work so I will pick up ideas posted this evening.
I mean like make it able to be similar to tyri but a better version. Where tyri denys mana from the board we can take it from opponents troops. we already have troops that steal stats so why not make one that steals mana right from the troop itself. It can even be like tyri a glass cannon.
