# Kingdom Preview: Drifting Sands **URL:** \ **Category:** Official News\ **Created:** [March 4, 2016, 5:00am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/kingdom-preview-drifting-sands/4203 "2016-03-04T05:00:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Rasper](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/rasper/32/2363_2.png) [@Rasper](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rasper)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/kingdom-preview-drifting-sands/4203/61 "2016-03-05T19:07:56Z")
> [@Esoxnepa](#): > > > [@TaliaParks](#): > > > > I’d love some insight on how you guys plan on expanding on 21 Kingdoms without just duplicating the combinations. > > Right now we automatically think Banner = Mana. But really there is nothing that forces that in the future. > > Ignoring all balance issues from these examples, you could have something like a Glade, that gives +1 green, +1 life per turn. Or a Volcano that gives +1 red, and all troops have the burn status. > > They’ve shown that as this game stays successful, they can expand into ever more awesome features beyond the basics it began with. That is a pretty cool idea! Perhaps a banner with +20% starting armor, or +15% starting life, or all troops start with a Barrier… ---
**Author:** ![Mufasha](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mufasha/32/1327_2.png) [@Mufasha](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Mufasha)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/kingdom-preview-drifting-sands/4203/62 "2016-03-05T21:25:04Z")
That will probably be the goblin’s banner… ---
**Author:** ![MarvelKit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/marvelkit/32/7072_2.png) [@MarvelKit](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/MarvelKit)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/kingdom-preview-drifting-sands/4203/63 "2016-03-05T23:23:31Z")
With all these colour discussions I was suddenly thinking why troops can’t have three colours for their mana. Since there really isn’t any reason, I expect three-colour troops in the near future. 😋 ---
**Author:** ![Pasa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@Pasa](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Pasa)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/kingdom-preview-drifting-sands/4203/64 "2016-03-05T23:42:55Z")
> [@Zelarith](#): > > (where the 2 colors can be the same, making it a double mono color), there are 6! = 6+5+4+3+2+1 = 21 combinations of 2 colors to cover all color combinations. LOL, 6! is the number of permutations from 6 elements, and it is 6_5_4_3_2_1 = 720. the nunber of 2-color combinations is (6 over 2) = 6_5/2/1 = 15, and + 6 for the dupe colors, making really the 21 total. ---
**Author:** ![Jainus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jainus/32/34949_2.png) [@Jainus](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jainus)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 6:01am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/kingdom-preview-drifting-sands/4203/65 "2016-03-06T06:01:29Z")
Yes @pasa is right… 21 comes from 6C1 plus 6C2… 6 factorial (6!) is 720… However you can deduce 21 from 6+5+4+3+2+1 if you look at the pairings (including double colours) as being the area on/above the lead diagonal in a matrix with colours on each axis… ---
**Author:** ![Zelfore](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/zelfore/32/22295_2.png) [@Zelfore](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Zelfore)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 7:20am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/kingdom-preview-drifting-sands/4203/66 "2016-03-06T07:20:46Z")
Ooh, buncha math talk going on in here now! So, anyone gonna guess what the Great Maw’s unique 3rd trait will be? Maybe something like a “20% chance to devour when doing Skull damage.” That’d be fun! Would also be pretty fitting towards it’s name. ---
**Author:** ![Royalty](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/royalty/32/1683_2.png) [@Royalty](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Royalty)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 7:23am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/kingdom-preview-drifting-sands/4203/67 "2016-03-06T07:23:18Z")
I am guessing a 100% devour chance. edit: ow you are talking about the 3rd trait… that i have no clue 🙂 You might be close. ---
**Author:** ![DonBoba](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/donboba/32/25457_2.png) [@DonBoba](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/DonBoba)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 8:42am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/kingdom-preview-drifting-sands/4203/68 "2016-03-06T08:42:01Z")
I think it’s devour 2 by 100% chance, since it can only be cast because casting that 2 times would win the game xD ---
**Author:** ![Jainus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jainus/32/34949_2.png) [@Jainus](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jainus)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 9:01am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/kingdom-preview-drifting-sands/4203/69 "2016-03-06T09:01:22Z")
> [@DonBoba](#): > > I think it’s devour 2 by 100% chance No, that would be broken… ---
**Author:** ![Zelarith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/zelarith/32/1642_2.png) [@Zelarith](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Zelarith)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 9:40am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/kingdom-preview-drifting-sands/4203/70 "2016-03-06T09:40:37Z")
> [@Pasa](#): > > LOL, 6! is the number of permutations from 6 elements, and it is 6_5_4_3_2\*1 = 720. I guess my Math is a little bit rusty but I came up with the 6+5+4+3+2+1 the way @Jainus mentionned, using simple logic instead of formulas (I’m not good at memorizing formulas when they are not properly explained to me…) Then I mistakenly named that 6! as I thought x! = x + (x-1) + … + 1 While it actually is, as you pointed out, x! = x \* (x-1) \* … \* 1 ---
**Author:** ![Sidousai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/sidousai/32/604_2.png) [@Sidousai](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Sidousai)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 9:46am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/kingdom-preview-drifting-sands/4203/71 "2016-03-06T09:46:07Z")
What a bunch of nerds. Go get a room ---
**Author:** ![Kharybdys](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/kharybdys/32/2023_2.png) [@Kharybdys](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Kharybdys)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/kingdom-preview-drifting-sands/4203/72 "2016-03-06T19:55:20Z")
My husband had an interesting idea when I mentioned you all were pretty certain the great maw would do a devour. Devour 100% and replace my spell by the spell of the devoured creature. That automatically means you can’t use it twice… It is an interesting idea. ---
**Author:** ![Mariox](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mariox/32/6721_2.png) [@Mariox](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Mariox)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/kingdom-preview-drifting-sands/4203/73 "2016-03-06T20:05:30Z")
Every Great Maw on the team self destructs when one uses his skill! That is why you can only use it once. ---
**Author:** ![Mufasha](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/mufasha/32/1327_2.png) [@Mufasha](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Mufasha)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 9:03pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/kingdom-preview-drifting-sands/4203/74 "2016-03-06T21:03:46Z")
Sadly there would be players who would love to use that ability on a defensive team. ---
**Author:** ![yonizaf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/yonizaf/32/1435_2.png) [@yonizaf](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/yonizaf)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/kingdom-preview-drifting-sands/4203/75 "2016-03-06T21:28:38Z")
> [@Mariox](#): > > Every Great Maw on the team self destructs when one uses his skill! That’s highly unlikely, since we’re pretty sure the ability is Devour (which buffs your troop with the enemy stats, rather than just killing the enemy), and self destructing would just make the devouring pointless. That would also make it one of the worst spells in the game. ---
**Author:** ![Machiknight](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/machiknight/32/6108_2.png) [@Machiknight](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Machiknight)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/kingdom-preview-drifting-sands/4203/76 "2016-03-06T21:58:29Z")
You guys are forgetting that you can only use the spell once no matter how many of the great made are on your team. ---
**Author:** ![Zelfore](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/zelfore/32/22295_2.png) [@Zelfore](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Zelfore)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 1:30am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/kingdom-preview-drifting-sands/4203/77 "2016-03-07T01:30:59Z")
It’s really difficult to say nothing when you know exactly what the spell will be. (Which is why I brought up the 3rd trait, because that hasn’t been spoiled for me yet.) What a hard life it is when you’re a data-miner. 😝 ---
**Author:** ![Grundulum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/82dd89/32.png) [@Grundulum](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Grundulum)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/kingdom-preview-drifting-sands/4203/78 "2016-03-07T01:32:32Z")
Speaking of data mining, @Zelfore , I just got a 440kB update in the game. New unit for next week or something else entirely? Edit: got a response via PM. ---
**Author:** ![Tacet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/tacet/32/35_2.png) [@Tacet](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Tacet)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/kingdom-preview-drifting-sands/4203/79 "2016-03-07T02:26:54Z")
> [@Grundulum](#): > > New unit for next week or something else entirely? It is tomorrow’s event troop. A dragon for Grosh’Nak ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/2X/c/c00f508f576555786272b7b1ec7c452838fff1d2.png) ---
**Author:** ![Emos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/emos/32/5163_2.png) [@Emos](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Emos)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/kingdom-preview-drifting-sands/4203/80 "2016-03-07T03:03:18Z")
Hmmm, time for Vernal Imp? [Previous page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/kingdom-preview-drifting-sands/4203.md?page=3) [Next page](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/kingdom-preview-drifting-sands/4203.md?page=5)