V0.12 Update — Genesis Mini-Set

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Dear brave pilots, we’re back with the v0.12 update!☄️ With the addition of new cards and new game mechanics, you’ll be able to strengthen and diversify your decks. This promises to make space battles even more intense and exciting! Check’em out 👇

General updates

V0.12 was launched on October 17th, 2022 — and Cometh’s card library is now counting over 230 playable and collectible cards! 👀

V0.12 focuses on the Genesis Mini-Set consisting of 41 new cards that have been added to the Compendium with updated game mechanics, new orbiters, and new environments. These additions are changing the META and giving players more gameplay options for all levels of play.

We are adding the full Genesis Mini-set for free to the base deck and it will remain in the open library until the next milestone update (V0.13) scheduled for mid-November in order to both allow the players to get used to the new cards and give the development team some time to make any balance updates. Also — the cards from the Genesis Mini-set will be added to Crafting/Card Boosters when the V0.13 milestone launches.

Game Design Principles

When we started to think about the new mechanics and cards for the Genesis Mini-set, we had some goals in mind to make Cometh Battle more fun to play, richer, more diverse and more balanced.

At first, we needed to find ways to constrain and limit the excessive effects of some cards or strategies, Nano Boost and recycling decks to name a few. By limiting the impact and providing a counter strategy to “Cycling” decks in which players play a lot of exile cards to reduce the size of their deck in game to 15–20 cards, then leverage infinite cycling before finishing off their opponent. Also by keeping Nano Boost as a great card while constraining its effects and the excessive benefits it provides in game. It was a real balancing act!

Secondly, we wanted to introduce new environments to provide players with more choice and give them opportunities to amplify certain deck strategies & effects. In addition, we wanted to strengthen the diversity of Orbiters that are truly unique to Cometh Battle and add new mechanics to them, as well as revitalize some deck archetypes that are less used by players these days.

So — what’s new in V0.12?

Cycling Deck counter

With the new limit of cards you can hold in your hand (8 max.) and the launch of the Invasive Plant card which adds Bad Seed cards in the opponent deck until the sum of their draw and discard pile reaches 40.

Nano Boost counter

With the limit size for players’ hands and the introduction of the new Green Washing card. It’s a secret that will trigger at the end of your opponent’s turn if he played any energy reduction card. Green Washing will deal 1 damage for each energy cost they’ve reduced during their turn.

Introducing new mechanics

• Unknown Curse: Whenever a cursed card is played it has no effect but its energy cost is consumed (This card can create a psychological tension in the player’s mind who doesn’t know which card in his hand is cursed).
• Overload: Overload cards have a greater impact than regular cards but they will reduce your energy in the next turn. Live on credit!
• Also, you will discover more new features like Backfire, Destocking, etc.

Introducing 5 new orbiters and new effects

• Tower Defense Orbiter: Whenever your opponent deploys an orbiter, deals damage to that orbiter (perfect to neutralize your opponent orbiters!).
• Umbrella Orbiter: At the end of your turn, add a shield to yourself. As long as this orbiter is on your side, your opponent cannot add cards to your deck (ideal to counter parasites or bad seeds).
• The other three orbiters are Lone Wolf Orbiter, Last Blade Orbiter, and Chosen One Orbiter.

Introducing 4 new environments

• Arcana: In this environment, you can’t inflict any debuffs to players or orbiters.
• Neo City: Orbiters also activate when they are deployed on the board.
• We also introduce Blood River & Junkyard environments.

Reinvigorating forgotten decks

• Reinforced Shield decks with new cards: Umbrella Orbiter, Shielding Drainer, Multiple Shield, and Emergency Kit.
• Reinforced War deck with War Chief card. Made a change in “Prepare to Board!” which will now trigger all the War Recruit cards you have at once.

That’s all for V0.12 and the Genesis Mini-Set, crewmates! Thank you for reading, and being one of the brave pilots of the Cometh Galaxy. Now, all you need to do is try out all the new cards and game mechanics — and send us your feedback.

See you on the battlefield! 🌌

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