So is the maximum party size 3 characters?

[BigRowdy]

I hope not, the intro vid showed many more, but they could have just been NPC's.

[dwmr]

The maximum size is 3 at the moment, but we will consider expanding the amount at a later time as we are currently working on several things at once - major rebalancing of cards, a new game mode and 2 new heroes.

[Zeel Ara]

Conversely, as someone that has played the game quite a bit, I hope you never introduce bigger parties than 3 in any form that is mandatory, and never make any sort of design or balance calls based on larger parties. As much as new players think it *looks* cool, the game systems doesn't support it. You would have to nerf every existing character into the ground, to the point where they are 100% useless on their own, or any party composition bigger than 3 would trivialize every part of the game.Increasing amount of party members doesn't result in a linear increase in power, as everyone that has done solo runs know, but rather an exponential increase.

Yes, large parties *sound* fun. But balancing the game around them would destroy the gameplay for anything smaller than the maximum size.

EDIT: In regards to the OP; yea, those were NPCs. You occasionally fight alongside those. You also have access to summons.

[BigRowdy]

Originally posted by Fluffeh:

Conversely, as someone that has played the game quite a bit, I hope you never introduce bigger parties than 3 in any form that is mandatory, and never make any sort of design or balance calls based on larger parties. As much as new players think it *looks* cool, the game systems doesn't support it. You would have to nerf every existing character into the ground, to the point where they are 100% useless on their own, or any party composition bigger than 3 would trivialize every part of the game.Increasing amount of party members doesn't result in a linear increase in power, as everyone that has done solo runs know, but rather an exponential increase.

Yes, large parties *sound* fun. But balancing the game around them would destroy the gameplay for anything smaller than the maximum size.

EDIT: In regards to the OP; yea, those were NPCs. You occasionally fight alongside those. You also have access to summons.

Well what about on increased difficulty levels? Monsters are buffed with more of them. I for one would like the ability to use more than 3 characters.

[Zeel Ara]

Originally posted by BigRowdy:

Well what about on increased difficulty levels? Monsters are buffed with more of them. I for one would like the ability to use more than 3 characters.

The extra difficulty is where the game's progression systems comes in. Better decks, better gear, consumable, etc. I know it's hard to take the word of some random dude on the internet, but I can 100% guarantee you that you are underestimating have badly additional characters would make the game fall apart. No content for 3 characters would ever present any challenge for 4, no matter how difficult. And any content the gave challenge to 4 characters would be possible to beat with 3.

I recognize that the idea is really compelling. But the devs would essentially have to create two parallel games, with completely different card and item balance for each. I'd prefer them to focus their resources on the things they have planned currently. More acts, more characters, gauntlet mode, etc. All that would have to be put on hold in order to create a secondary game mode that wouldn't be able mesh with the real game.

[Star Paladin]

I would like to see the advantage of using DIFFERENT heroes depending on the area, dungeon, or quest. I can handle only using 3 characters, as long as there is a benifit to using a different combination of heroes based on the situation. Right now, only 3 heroes in a group, and only 3 heroes needed EVER for the entire game makes it super, super boring fast.