Faeria and how i feel about it after a long break

[Modulok]

Hey to everyone! Some might recall my name from the VERY early days of the game when it was a flash game, some may recall my name from the earlier days of this version. I am what you would call a Veteran of the game from basically “Day 1” on. I of course am a backer and steam shows no less than 970 hours played, hundreds of hours on the old flash-servers not taken into account. I havent had played the game in months, maybe a year except for a few brief visits. I missed the oversky expansion, and a lot of cards, a lot of balancing and talks and what so ever…
Why am I writing this right now? Because I thought it would be interesting to hear what a “new” “old” player thinks about the game right now. Is that interesting? Well lets hope so

First of all, visually a lot happened and I also like it a lot. Period.

Lets make this a short listing of pros and cons now rather than a wall of text. I will of course go deeper into everything that grasps someones interest but I wont write it for nobody right now

PROS:

-The board is still such a cool thing
-The monetary system is totally fine for new players

• The pace of the game suits me very well as long as I have the time. I basically like it.
• The Art of the cards is awesome
• the community is the best of any game i ever played in my whole life. Where are all those cancer trolls and idiots? Surely not playing this game
  -i like the amount of skill required in comparison to other card games. It feels like I am ranked where I am because of how good I am.

CONS:

• When the game was on flash it was way worse, BUT it was an atmospheric milestone. It had something magical about itself. It was more like…i dont know - i mean there was sound, but not really Music. There was such a feeling about the game, the units and everything that I can hardly put into words…and well, that is totally gone. Thats what I wanna adress here.
• It was a Pro and is a Con as well: The pacing. Games are too long. Not that i would mind at home, but it will be a big problem on mobile devices and is already a big problem with potential new players. They wont see how good the game is because they quit before that experience.
  -where are my kickstarter special lands? Its about time.

Modulok

[xploring]

I started in March after official release. Am curious about how the game used to be, the day/night system and how it looked seem really cool. Was interesting to read how you find it now.

the community is the best of any game i ever played in my whole life. Where are all those cancer trolls and idiots? Surely not playing this game

This game is too hard for those people. XD

It was a Pro and is a Con as well: The pacing. Games are too long. Not that i would mind at home, but it will be a big problem on mobile devices and is already a big problem with potential new players. They wont see how good the game is because they quit before that experience.

Do you mean pandora or constructed? I agree pandora games can be extremely long.

That issue has been raised by other players for constructed too, there were some discussion about a new timing system involving time banks and shortening the time per turn, but only among players. The devs never mentioned anything on the topic as far as I know. I guess the flip side is the game has too much information for new players to handle if time per turn is shortened, but time bank should work…

Cappuccino’s suggestion:

Fischer Clock

Hey Tristan and readers. I’ve certainly talked a lot about turn timers :D. I find the current system lackluster. However, I find a few flaws in the system you propose. If the opponent rage quits, does this mean you have to then wait 5 mins? - Rage quitting/walking away is a issue that is going to become a lot more frustrating with them reaching into banked time. Let’s imagine a scenario you are against a yrush player and he spends 3 minutes on his first turn, then 4 minutes on his second turn,…

There’s a link below Cappu’s post to another thread discussing the issue too.