Eredan's World

I/ The Mercenary

1-1 / Which mercenary's deck would you like to see put forward ? Why?

Honestly, I would love to see the non-caste Mercenary decks given some more love, Avalonians, Tempus and Ice Elves have unique gameplay styles and very interesting overall concepts, but the non-caste Mercenaries ([card]Fog Hydra[/card], The Elementals, and [card]Mystic Slayer's Shadow[/card]) doesn't work very well with other mercs nor do they with guilded cards.

1-2 / Which mercenary support characters do you use ? In which deck ?

I use [card]Fog Hydra[/card], [card]Water Elemental[/card], [card]Earth Elemental[/card], [card]Deirf Geis[/card] and the recent event cards. This is the kicker - aside from [card]White Witch[/card] who works with Noz (Seriously, besides [card]Elhoradana[/card], there is no non-caste, Mercenary mage except for [card]Ciramor[/card], and even he doesn't fit in very well with a lot of decks), all my decks who use these cards are pure Mercenary decks.

II / Avalonian

2-1 / What do you like in the Avalonians? What don't you like?

I love Avalonian's mechanic, its extremely unique and Feerik's creativity is something new to me - to use the leveling system as a battle mechanic is absolutely genius, in terms of gameplay, they are a fairly moderate challenge and a skilled Avalonian deck can sweep the floor.

What I don't like is the lack of personality in the Avalonians, they have cards designed for all kinds of situations if the buildup allows it. They are so reliant on their cards that anyone aside from [card]Aelide, Queen of Avalonia[/card] is rarely seen outside a pure Avalonian deck.

2-2 / Do you find Avalonian decks efficient ? In which compartments of the game and why ?

Great Avalonian decks work with strategy, adaptability and speed - in that turn, it makes them very efficient in the right hands, building up, discarding cards and surviving are all very strong points as determined by the player - like the RPG games they are modeled after, Avalonians rely heavily on the good judgement of the player to be strong.

2-3 / What are the strengths and weaknesses of Avalonian decks ?

I think the great strength about Avalonians are their adaptability, the quest action cards are designed for different situations (Just Cause being a great discard utility, Trial on the Bridge doing massive damage, etc.), and as said previously, an Avalonian deck's strengths rely mainly on the judgement of the player.

One weakness I do have to point out is as mentioned before - their reliance on cards, as stand alone characters they are rather weak, and if any buildup is denied they would surely lose.

2-4 / What would you like to see in Avalonian next release ?

Avalonian's in itself have very strong mechanics and is overall a very reasonable deck type, a legendary wouldn't solve anything, but I believe as the game furthers and becomes more competitive the decks will all have to follow suit

III / Tempus

3-1 / What do you like in the Tempus ? What don't you like?

Another unique deck which uses the turn counter to their advantage, its a double whammy when they deny all characters of their order bonuses, and its overall a very pleasing deck to look at.

I don't like the fact that the deck is rather reliant on its mages and priests, some Sands of Time style warrior Tempus stuff for [card]The Eternal[/card] would be pretty badass.

3-2 / Do you find Tempus decks efficient ? In which compartments of the game and why ?

Using their unique capabilities to literally bend time can help them control the game in a very unique way, in that sense they are efficient. Controlling and basically screwing their opponent's day over.

3-3 / What are the strengths and weaknesses of Tempus decks ?

Their capability to use the turn counter to their advantage is probably their biggest (and only) strength.

That would also factor in as their weakness, should they not be able to bend time to their liking, they would lose indefinitely.

3-4 / What would you like to see in Tempus next release ?

Some more warriors/marauders would be nice, maybe a Tempus weapon, that would be pretty badass too!

IV / Icy elves

4-1 / What do you like in the Icy elves ? What don't you like?

The Icy Elves' Berserker trait is really cool, and thats more or less about it - for a unique class they don't really show a lot of special traits, but they are a strong all-round deck.

4-2 / Do you find Icy elves decks efficient ? In which compartments of the game and why ?

I find them efficient but only in one gameplay format - this person does that and that person hits and thats about it, the Ice Elves are probably one of my least favorite decks in that sense.

4-3 / What are the strengths and weaknesses of Icy elves decks ?

Their berserker class and merc guild makes them insusceptible to certain disables and that's cool, they do crazy damage and their icy spells are scary.

But their weaknesses include having only one, straightforward game route - they have little to no space to adapt due to the lack of cards.

4-4 / What would you like to see in Icy elves next release ?

Try to give them some ability to adapt to situations, it makes them more competitive and strategic and overall that would be better.

V / Other Mercenary decks

2-1 / What do you like in the Other decks ? What don't you like?

I can't stress this enough when I say that there are little to NO synergy in a non-caste Merc series. Ciramor and White Witch don't really work together whereas Elhoradana is near impossible to get, Water Elemental really works on a stand alone basis, Deirf Geis needs other Merc warriors to kind of work, wait, where ARE the other Merc Warriors? Oh yeah, old event cards that either aren't as strong now as they would be back then, or just impossible to get. Who the hell works with Earth Elemental anyway? Fog Hydra recently found solace with a couple of other characters (especially Theya) but one doesn't make everything better, its such a waste that such amazing unique if not powerful mechanics are so hard to slot in with other characters!

The characters alone are amazing! These non-caste Mercs are my favorite cards because they offer fun and unique gameplay. Situational buffs that usually don't come out in other characters very often - not so to the point bonuses so that you actually have to think to get the best out of your game. Why not?! It drives me nuts that they have so little synergy with others.

2-2 / Do you find Other decks efficient ? In which compartments of the game and why ?

Their efficiency are limited to the characters they can play with, weren't Mercenaries the adaptive ones? It would be great if they could continue adapting instead of outright being stand alone characters who are intended to support other guilds, which they honestly aren't doing too hot in neither.

2-3 / What are the strengths and weaknesses of Other decks ?

It really depends, a Fog Hydra beatdown deck is scary - but only if the right characters are slotted in with it. Strengths I would say is the adaptability of these cards, Fog Hydra just might be able to squeeze in with say, Earth Elemental, but they hardly work together, they work away from each other in that sense. So that strength is limited and thus becomes a weakness.

The fact that their only strength isn't as great as portrayed becomes a weakness to them.

2-4 / What would you like to see in Other decks next release ?

More non-caste mercs that actually work together, not character-specific, but merc cards and characters that complement each other, these characters don't make good support anymore because guilded characters love their guilded cards, its time, in my honest opinion, that the non-caste Mercs get their own strengths.

VI / Anything else?

I love the Mercenaries, they became my favorite decks to play with and against, it would be such a shame to see good creativity mess up, I really do sincerely hope the Mercenaries get the push they need to grow stronger with the game and not get left behind.