Core Surge and Compile Driver

[Ashcarr]

Did anyone else feel like an attack that exhausts and gives an artifact buff at rare was what Defect is missing? No? Me neither.

And what niche is Compile Driver trying to fill? We already have Skim, Overclock, Coolheaded, FTL, Heatsinks, Scrape, Sweeping Beam, and Machine Learning for draw. I don't think the problem with Defect is the ability to draw cards.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I feel like the problem lies in the ability to ramp up damage/defense fast like Ironclad and Silent. Extra focus cards could help with this signifcantly as there's really only Defragment (Uncommon), Biased Cognition (Rare, only good in aggressive decks), and Consume (Uncommon, while sacrificing orb slots).

[paolo.bera]

Well artifact is persistent so is always useful, 1 energy for 11/15 dmg+ artifact it is decent.
Compile driver is clearly for combo deck.
Focus cards are a problem (like strenght for ironclad) a ramp in focus mean 0 dmg receveid and a lot of dmg dealed without spending any energy.

[Error404]

Defect, I find your lack of FOCUS, Distrubing! Core Surge is a weaker Glass Knife that gives Artifact likely when you don't need it and also exhausts, right?

Compile Driver is card draw for orb builds, but draw isn't a problem, FOCUS is!

Oh yeah, Axe Kick was removed as well, just check latest patch. Like I said, Defects getting nerfed over and over again.

[SoM]

Originally posted by Ashcarr:

Did anyone else feel like an attack that exhausts and gives an artifact buff at rare was what Defect is missing? No? Me neither.

You shouldn't ask a rhetorical question if people could just answer contrary to your belief.
People have been asking for a Defect Artifact card for a while.

And what niche is Compile Driver trying to fill? We already have Skim, Overclock, Coolheaded, FTL, Heatsinks, Scrape, Sweeping Beam, and Machine Learning for draw. I don't think the problem with Defect is the ability to draw cards.

Skim's rarity has been raised.

Biased Cognition (Rare, only good in aggressive decks)

Or if you have, you know, Artifact.

Originally posted by Darktenki:

Oh yeah, Axe Kick was removed as well, just check latest patch. Like I said, Defects getting nerfed over and over again.

Axe Kick was one of the weaker Defect cards. I personally like it but that doesn't make it good.

[echoes37]

pile driver is a pretty good card, and it does a fair bit to fill the hole im my heart that primes removal left, dont talk ♥♥♥♥
still need an impulse or even a blaster replacement though, capacitor builds definitely still need to suck less than they do now even with the capacitor buff

core surge is weird though
initially i thought it was gonna upgrade to have no exhaust, which was very interesting since i thought youd be able to build for biased cognition with it in mind and just cycle it enough to never lose focus, but seeing as it doesnt do that its kinda just a bad card
dont get me wrong, artifact is valuable, but as a rare it does not live up to its namesake, and its pretty much just outright a worse version of panacea since the damage it does is fairly irrelevant for the niche its meant to fill compared to both the energy cost and lower artifact gain it has
funny enough itd probably be infinitely better on ironclad just because of flex, ive done flex builds with panacea before, theyre pretty decent, its just not a card you can get your hands on early very easily

[Zu]

If only it was Innate.

Otherwise, I can see the value in Zangief. While you're in the process of setting up your powers n such, you often find yourself with awkward hands, so actually drawing cards instead of cycling one at a time is nice.

I'd go as far as to say it might have a place in 0-cost too since you usually end up with some lightning and frost anyway, so you can play your cheap stuff and refuel a bit whilst keeping up the pressure unlike skim.

I know, I know. Scrape. But Scrape draws you nothing sometimes, and it can't reliably draw you cards to block with.

[eidolon232]

I like Compile Driver as some kind of Pommel Strike variant that usually draws you 2, sometimes even 4 cards. Like SoM already said, Skim recently got moved to uncommon, so you need to pick up some copies of this if you want to cycling through your deck.

[Ashcarr]

I was beginning to wonder why I never saw Impulse. There is no patch note saying they removed it, but checking the card library, it is in fact gone.