Seriously? He is too weak. His cards that heal / cost health are NOT worth it at all! I spend most of my turn doing nothing and the health costs are not worth the rewards! Buff his stats!
While I do agree I'm keeping him a tiny bit lower on the power curve, I think this is warranted for a character that can semi-easily heal throughout a fight - this is something no other character can do without elaborate setups and can trivialize the game if not kept in check.
I could maybe see Death Coil being buffed to 3 damage to offset the loss of hull, although that downside can easily be turned into an additional upside with an effect like Blood Mirror or the Masochism artifact.
Sorry for the immense delay. I dont visit this site regularly. I did notice the buff just couple days ago, and wow! I definitely need to do more playtesting of him, and Im not even sure I caught all the changes, but I think it is already enough for me to feel good about him! Death Coil and Screech felt very sad before the change. Even Enshroud B got very interesting.
You are right, no other character can heal so casually, so it is a dangerous game, keeping him balanced. Its just that whenever I played Dracula, taking that much hull damage never felt worth the benefit that Im getting, and Im mostly playing on Normal.
Prior to the change, there were only a couple cards I felt very good about (Bat, Leech, Bite, sometimes Blood Tap) and the rest either too gimmicky or too underwhelming.
Lastly, Blood Shield remains eternally frustrating to me, as its either Dizzy's upgraded starter that costs hull (drastic) OR it rarely allows you to heal, because giving away shield means you get shot into hull damage anyway, unless youre super evasive. Maybe make the heal option cost no shield but exhaust itself? Or have that be A or B I mean, when you run the test of playing both sides once within combat, you paid total of 2 mana for: +1 shield, and +-0 hull
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I could maybe see Death Coil being buffed to 3 damage to offset the loss of hull, although that downside can easily be turned into an additional upside with an effect like Blood Mirror or the Masochism artifact.
Do you have any specific balance ideas in mind?
You are right, no other character can heal so casually, so it is a dangerous game, keeping him balanced. Its just that whenever I played Dracula, taking that much hull damage never felt worth the benefit that Im getting, and Im mostly playing on Normal.
Prior to the change, there were only a couple cards I felt very good about (Bat, Leech, Bite, sometimes Blood Tap) and the rest either too gimmicky or too underwhelming.
Lastly, Blood Shield remains eternally frustrating to me, as its either Dizzy's upgraded starter that costs hull (drastic) OR it rarely allows you to heal, because giving away shield means you get shot into hull damage anyway, unless youre super evasive.
Maybe make the heal option cost no shield but exhaust itself? Or have that be A or B
I mean, when you run the test of playing both sides once within combat, you paid total of 2 mana for: +1 shield, and +-0 hull
I do agree that Blood Shield feels weak. I'll keep the feedback in mind for whenever I do another pass on Dracula.
Oh, and I will gladly admit being bad at the game but... screw Danse macabre artifact xD