MArcomage

News and update history

• number of starting deck slots lowered to 5 from 8, existing users are not effected
• card lookup functionality now uses player card display settings if logged in
• added missing "last change" sort option to concepts section
• replay and deck button links are no longer displayed on the forum in case of guest user
• fixed a rare bug that prevented recently logged in users to change their password
• disallow simultaneous games setting corrected
• keyword BB code now works with keywords that contain spaces
• game screen layout improved for small screen devices
• general item list layout improved for small screen devices
• reset notifications button renamed to clear notifications and moved to notifications area
• clear notifications and quote post buttons now have more appropriate icons
• active games are now marked with battle icon instead of color highlight
• ready decks are now marked with an icon instead of color highlight
• player activity information is now displayed as icons instead of color highlight
• player activity information is now displayed in the games list
• AI challenges list now only shows detail of currently selected AI challenge
• tooltip is no longer displayed off screen
• achievement tooltip text corrected
• error page layout improved
• multiple minor layout improvements

Happy new year!

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• content changes
  • Cursed (new keyword) if a card with this keyword is discarded, it will be returned to its former position
  • Forbidden (new keyword) card with this keyword can't be used in deck building
  • Flare blitz renamed from Flare Attack, effect changed to "Replace up to N lowest rarity non-Burning cards in each player's hand with Searing fire, N based on played card rarity (Common - 1, Uncommon - 2, Rare - 4)."
  • balance changes (see Card changes section)
• application changes
  • complete user interface overhaul focused on improving application layout on modern resolutions
  • added in-game cheat menu (AI non-challenge games only)
  • AI challenge decks can now be used by players in friendly game mode (non AI challenge games)
  • added shared decks forum section (works similar to cards, concepts and replays forums sections)
  • in-game card preview is now displayed in standard game visual instead of simple text message
  • card lookup functionality added (hovering over card name will display the mentioned card)
  • all upper menu bar notifications moved to upper left part of the screen
  • games are now ordered by last action like other game lists (most recent first)
  • added sorting by card name option in the cards section
  • keywords can now be sorted either by keyword name or execution order in the keywords list
  • added "steal" card filter in cards and decks sections
  • added new BBcode for cards (has integrated card lookup), concepts and keywords
  • added skip tutorial button in the settings section
  • added CAPTCHA validation to player registration
  • card tutorial now suggests to play the card that AI player would play instead of suggesting all playable cards
  • AI player now has his own nationality and flag
  • country flags are now displayed in replays sections as well
  • automatic game refresh no longer reloads the page unless there is an active game available
  • foil cards have regular but animated backgrounds instead of custom static backgrounds
  • hint tooltip layout improved
  • info, error and confirm dialogs layout improved
  • error page layout improved
  • multiple minor layout improvements and bugfixes
  • multiple obsolete settings removed:
    • avatar display correction for Firefox 2.x bug
    • disable card images
    • number of cards displayed per row in deck editor
    • display avatar in players list
    • display nationality text in players list
    • advanced games list
    • hide card pool by default

• added new experimental MArcomage application version
• it shares data with the main application version and has all of the old features, but also some new features:
  • in-game cheat menu (AI non-challenge games only), good for card and deck testing
  • in-game card preview is now displayed in standard game visual instead of simple text message
  • sorting by card name in the cards section
  • new BBcode for cards, concepts and keywords
  • "steal" card filter in cards and decks sections
  • skip tutorial button in the settings section
  • CAPTCHA validation in player registration
• we are hoping to fine-tune this new version and deploy it during Christmas update, please test it out and provide us with your feedback
• Brigand keyword effect changed to only steal available resources
• Rebirth keyword effect description corrected
• Restoration keyword effect changed to "if opponent lowered your stock last round, your lowest resource is raised based on played card rarity (C-3, U-6, R-9). If opponent lowered your facilities last round you gain 1 of your lowest facility if it's less than N, N is based on played card rarity (C-2, U-3, R-4).", effect no longer requires Restoration card chain to be triggered
• balance changes (see Modified cards section)
• 5 new cards (listed below)

Rare cards

• Crimson general
• Paper golem
• Paper master
• Stein's gate
• White whale