Quoting: liamdaweConsidering how much such packs cost for real-life card games, that price is actually quite reasonable I think.

I'm not sure it's pertinent to compare the two... Considering how different the production means and costs are and the fact that you don't have to pay for distribution and resellers, I'd be upset if those virtual cards were not noticeably cheaper than real ones. Add the fact that Valve will get a cut of every player trade on top of selling the cards in the first place, and Wizards of the Coast should be jealous if this becomes popular ^_^

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Shit.

Quoting: 14I feel like I need to crack out the wallet and buy all of those on GOG now.

I'll have to decide between that and just not playing them, I guess. Tyranny is 50% off at the moment...

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Quoting: Patola

Quoting: omer666(...)
Two overlooked facts about using other distros than Ubuntu:
- users running into trouble with these distros are willing to troubleshoot things themselves because they know they aren't supported (...)

In the end, that factor does not matter. Because not all users of other distros will stay quiet or troubleshoot themselves; at least some will ask for support which the vendor won't be able to give. And that still counts as the perception that all distros must be supported.

I don't get this. Even the SteamOS + Linux tab on Steam's store has a field for the mininmum and recommended OS. For instance, The Long Dark (random example) lists "OS: SteamOS or Ubuntu 16.04 or 17.04" as a minimum. It's pretty obvious that only those are supported and anyone on any other distro who complains about a distro-specific issue can be told that it was always made clear that their OS was not supported.

Heck, trying to support all distros would be utter madness!

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Maybe there's a cost to keep your units in play? I have no idea about Artifact's specific mechanics. Since Garfield is the creator of MTG, he might just be reusing that game's vocabulary:

Quoting: GamepediaThe upkeep step is the second step of the beginning phase. At the beginning of the upkeep step, any abilities that trigger either during the untap step or at the beginning of upkeep go on the stack. Then the active player gains priority the first time during his or her turn.

During this step, all upkeep costs are paid. The cost can be paid to gain something (Farmstead) or to prevent a sacrifice (Force of Nature). The cost can also be cumulative.

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I wanted to give them kudos for making a clear announcement about it, but considering Liam had to prod them to do so, it doesn't show up on their news list and they don't even mention the fact on the third backer build announcement, I am very unimpressed.

Well, as long as they honor refunds, they're still doing better than other studios.

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Quoting: razing32I'll be honest that explanation flew over by head by about a mile.
Guess it shows i don't play card games.

"For dummies" version (making general assumptions about this kind of game, not Artifact in particular):
- The player's turn is divided in phases. Typically there's a "start of turn" where a few things happen automatically to set you up for your turn, then an "action phase" where you actually play cards and take actions, and an "end of turn" where you wrap up by drawing, discarding, etc. and pass. Sometimes, card effects trigger during start or end phases rather than during the main action phase (such as March of the Machines).
- Removing an enemy during the start of the turn is better than during the action phase because it doesn't get to react (typically in those games a unit that is attacked also deals its damage to the attacker simultaneously) and it's no longer in your way during the rest of the turn to hinder your attacks or provide special effects to the opponent.

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The last 5 seconds of that video were glorious.

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: Salvatos

Quoting: LiamYou get to see a leaderboard when you finish each sector, instead of it having a leaderboard for each level which Steam apparently wouldn't allow.

Can you clarify what a sector is and why Steam wouldn't allow it? Thanks :)

Woops. It's a set of levels and Steam wouldn't allow 90 leaderboards.

Thank you. I expected as much but wanted to make sure :)

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Quoting: LiamYou get to see a leaderboard when you finish each sector, instead of it having a leaderboard for each level which Steam apparently wouldn't allow.

Can you clarify what a sector is and why Steam wouldn't allow it? Thanks :)

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I concur. Played it for a little while a couple years ago and felt very much like Warcraft 2, except running better on modern hardware :)

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