Greetings, Sinners!
Today we’ve got the pleasure to deliver the fourth Devlog, to share some more insight about our upcoming game. Fear not! Number four may be considered unlucky in Asian cultures, because “four” sounds similar to “death” there, but you can be assured that we’ll share with you the very ways to avoid losing your avatars in the depths of Hell. At least you’ll be warned. :)
We will be talking about something dangerous, risky, and unforgiving – Aggro!
If you have ever played any MMO game with bosses and stuff, you may be already familiar with that behavior. But for those who would not expect such a feature in a card game: Aggro is a mechanism by which enemies prioritize which characters to attack.
And yes, this system is present in Nadir and it is quite important to manage it properly.
The enemy always has a target for its next attack or ability. Attacks are targeted at our characters. Often the target for enemy attack will be one of our characters that are not very “tanky.” Thankfully there is a couple of ways to help us here and redirect the damage.
In the game, we have three base types of cards: Attacks, Speels, and Defences. You can find the type of card on a little vignette below its art. Attack cards immediately draw enemy aggro to the user of such card. Different cards colors are dedicated to different characters in your rooster. And because of that, it is very important to play the cards in the right sequence. You want your tank to attack last so the enemy will focus on him, and more feeble characters will be safe.
A second option is to use a card with a “Taunt” effect. Taunt immediately draws the attention of the monster to the target of taunt, no matter the card type. It’s good to have one or two in your deck when you run out of “Attack” cards.
The other card type is Spell. Those do not draw the aggro, so they are safer to use, but they tend to not deal a lot of damage. Most of the Spells specialize in buffing, debuffing, or impacting the battlefield in a unique way.
And that would be enough for now, since you will be able to check how it works very soon, playing our free Prologue! Manage that Aggro right, and you’ll beat every monster without any problem.
See you on the next one, and don’t forget about those wishlist buttons on Steam and Kickstarter!