Reaper Cards Undertuned?

[Percy Jackson]

Been playing with rangers for some time now. Reached gold. Wasn't too difficult (though now it is starting to get challenging).

Picked up the Reaper class for a change. Tried a card focused build. I like the idea, but are they undertuned (just like pyro is overtuned)? Any tips?

[Percy Jackson]

The card mechanic is very interesting, but I think it is very difficult to balance against items which have a recurring effect.
They will either end up being under powered or overpowered.

Currently they are underpowered.

Will be interested in seeing how the game developer handles this (from a game design perspective) in the long run.

[RamboRusina]

They are free win early, but just about everything out scales them in the mid and late game. Either you die before cards are revealed or they all get revealed and you got 70% of your table dead. Cards need to have a restart on the cycle(reduced by every card in the line so they don't become ridiculous early, but remain usable late) or take only one square of room to lower their space requirement.

[Furio]

Imo they should just remove the cards entirely. It's a concept that doesn't work and probably never will no matter how you tweak it.

Besides them not being very powerful they're also extremely annoying trying to place properly alongside other items which has adjacency bonuses.

[Percy Jackson]

Originally posted by Furio:

Imo they should just remove the cards entirely. It's a concept that doesn't work and probably never will no matter how you tweak it.

Besides them not being very powerful they're also extremely annoying trying to place properly alongside other items which has adjacency bonuses.

I love the idea. I also think they are very difficult to balance.
One suggestion is they can resume on the cycle. And then they are recurring, but can keep their mechanics like "X cards in front, or behind" etc.

I have never this kind of idea before in a game. So would love to see if they can keep it.

[ocefur]

atm its a playable build at least up to gold. They also give the reaper access to the best pets in the game. the cryo ice dragon and the ruby chonk are crafted with the playing cards.

it is a shame though that potions got a class item and not the cards. the best they got was the snake.