Kapo

I wanted to inform all participants, that I just have send out all rewards!

Please notify me, if you think anything is missing.

@LichterLoh You can also reach out to me on Discord if the video did not answer your question(s).

I will not down 1) on a upcoming question to a designer, today's talk will be not about cards 😃
About 2), there was a official statement in a community update (don't know which one?) that this is halted due to problems with S-sized worms on walls.
3) as Dutchy said 😃
but I will take 4) into todays talk, that one is fitting

1) "Are New Amii cards in development ?
2) Any thoughts about what the suggested S-squad of worms as a T2 card (for some factions)?
Squad if worms was suggested by Hiridia and set in "motion" by Developer Cocofang:
https://discord.com/channels/604212371828899851/1088167096686477413/1161056455613497396
Worm squad just a temporary idea and lost by time or is ist actually still beeing debated?
3) How often do you guys receive ticket request via support because of bans and other things = how well does the community comply with the rules.  Do you guys think the system works?
4)And how would you compaire the community vibe of skylords to other games?

Makes sense. I should rewatch the missing parts. I usually skip some 😅
Thanks for the hint Dutchy!

If you want an answer to question 3, I recommend to watch my interview with Kapo 🙂 
 
 

Today is the day! If you got any more questions for them, please drop a DM.
Once in a lifetime opportunity to squeeze some teasers out of them 😉

ooooh I made it in the top 5 !
so guys, check out my total not crappy run on youtube 😉

Wow, there are already some really strong names in there, which didn't even make it into the top 5! It must have been really competitive up there then.
The winner reveal will be so !

ooooh I made it in the top 5 !
so guys, check out my total not crappy run on youtube 😉

ooooh I made it in the top 5 !
so guys, check out my total not crappy run on youtube 😉

Great greetings, people of the Sky
Battle of Tactics is trying something new: Time for a Tactical-Tome-Tournament!

Different to a normal Tome-Tournament?
1. Public visible boosters
The content of all Boosters of each player will be visible publicly
2. Booster Types
Players have multiple general booster but also Wild-Boosters.
With these they can open all types of boosters, like a Pure-Fire-Booster to increase the chance of a key fire card for their planed deck.
3. Boosters per Player
The number of boosters is linked to their ELO. A higher experienced player has to work with a lower amount then a beginner:
S-Tier 139k-999k ELO  -->  9 General Boosters + 1 Wild-Booster
A-Tier 124k-139k ELO  -->10 General Boosters + 2 Wild-Booster
B-Tier 112k-123k ELO  --> 11 General Boosters + 3 Wild-Booster
C-Tier 100k-112k ELO  --> 12 General Boosters + 4 Wild-Booster
D-Tier 000k-100k ELO  --> 13 General Boosters + 5 Wild-Booster

Managed via Website
To support this event and future Tome games ,I have made a new website:
https://tome.t1421.de
On this website, players can open their boosters and have a public view on all opened ones.
There is also a filter code which can be added to your "custom_filter_extensions.json" for easier deckbuilding in game.
I have made a video about the features of the page, as well on how to use it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMLBZydTQPE

Rules
The tournament will be on the testserver, so all players have all cards.
To start the testserver, use the "LauncherTest.exe" in your BattleForge folder. The match format is Best Of 3 with no looser bracket. There is a group phase with a max of 8 players per group.
Only the best of each group will go into the final rounds. Disconnection during a game results in a default loss. If both sides agree, it is possible to have a remake. Not showing up to your match after 15 minutes results in a default loss. The plan is to play a round of matches every ~30 mins. After your match, go to Challonge and insert the result. That is done by clicking on your match and selecting the winner/stats.
The brackets will be updated automatically. The Map Pool is: Haladur, Simai, Elyon, Lajesh, Uro and Yrmia. The map of round one will be Haladur, after that its losers choose.
Against the second opponent, you start with Simai. third Elyon, etc.
(I will make notes in Challonge) First deck lock is done by a coin flip. (/roll 1) 
After that, the winner has to lock in first.
How to join and schedule
The event starts on                            10.12.2023 12:00
You can join till                                  10.12.2023 11:00
I will stream the event starting at      10.12.2023 11:20 Here is my twitch.tv/ultralord_t1421
Player can start opening boosters at 10.12.2023 11:30
You can join the tournament by messaging me directly over
Discord
Forum  

There is a maximum of 32 players for this tournament.
If we end up with with fewer players, we might reduce the groups or the players per group.
I will have a discord server of easier communication. You still need to have a Challonge account!
https://challonge.com/de/xejiknwu

Prizes
There are prizes for everyone that joins and participates in the event. (if you don't show up - you won't get anything)
Group Prizes:
Group Place 4: If you lose your first set of matches (max 4 players per group) you will receive:
                      1 random rare or ultra rare card
20.11.2023   + A split of 5.000BFP
Group Place 3: If you lose your second match (max 2 players per group) you will receive:
                      1 general booster + 1 random rare or ultra rare card
Group Place 2: If you lose the group final (max 1 players per group) you will receive:
                      2 general booster + Wheel of Gifts
Group Place 1: If you win the group final (max 1 players per group) your go into the final and receive final Prizes
Final Prizes:
Final Place 3: If you lose your first finale round you will receive:
                      4 general boosters + Amii Monument
Final Place 2: If you won the first match of the final, but lost in the final match you will receive: 
                      6 general boosters + Firedancer
Final Place 1: If you win the tournament you will receive: 
                      8 general boosters + Promo Lyrish Knight
 
So in total the prize pool is:
     24x Rare and Ultra Rare cards
       4x Wheel of Gifts
       2x Amii Monument
       1x Firedancer
       1x Promo Lyrish Knight
     38x General boosters

Thankyou:
@Maze                                                  For providing the SMJ-API and providing feedback on the webpage
@RadicalX                                              For giving a lot of input to the rules like ELO-System and Wild-Boosters
@Metagross31  &  @Minashigo Hiko For input, feedback and finalizing the event
Anonymous                                               For sponsoring Firedancer, Amii Monuments, Wheel of Gifts and a lot of the Rare and Ultra Rare cards
@triggz                                                  For helping as Co-Admin on the Tournament day
SLR-Team                                                   For the 38x General boosters
@Vysnia                                                 For 5.000 BFP
 

Closing words:
You want to host an event or tournament of your own as well? Contact our Event Organizers, they will be happy to support your event:
@Metagross31 (metagross31), @Minashigo Hiko (minashigohiko)
I hope you all will have fun playing or watching the new type of Battle of Tactics. See you in the Forge!
Ultralord

FAQ:
 

Absolute banger 🧐

Here goes my entry with a T4 time of 05:50 - but I don't think this will get me very far 😃
 
 

Magma Hurler
* Design Maps
* Be awesome
* Fire Fire Fire Fire
* Throw fire

Here goes my entry with a T4 time of 05:50 - but I don't think this will get me very far 😃
 
 

Here goes my entry with a T4 time of 05:50 - but I don't think this will get me very far 😃
 
 

Hello there. First of all: Thank you for bringing BattleForge back to life. I discovered your project about a month ago and I am having a great time. Great progression for obtaining new cards and upgrades, I am making noticable progress with my decks, but do not get too many cards/upgrades from a couple of matches. 
As a player with not too much time (family, job...) I find myself playing with "cheap" cards and low upgrades on expert PVE, but thats fine. Feels like a little extra challenge to Level up my decks that way. :) 
While playing PVE, I made some mistakes. I took some upgrades that I actually do not need and sometimes I accidently started the match with random assignment. Now I am sitting on top of some T3 upgrades whose gold value could finance a lot of missing T1s and T2s... But there ist no way to disenchant them for gold any more. 
So here is my suggestion: In the upgrade tab, the player should be able to right click an unused upgrade and select "disenchant" (= "entzaubern" in the German Version I am playing) from the right click menu. After confirming, he destroys the upgrade and retrieves its gold value instead. 
This may not be the most requested feature I guess, because I can Imagine that a lot players a are swimming in gold already (are they?). But for me with limited playtime it would be very helpful to have this option. Maybe the existing mechanics of turning upgrades into gold after a match can be re-purposed and the change would not be too difficult.

Getting input/output error upon game start? Check the file path in the error message if it contains OneDrive. If yes, add an exception to OneDrive to not sync the BattleForge directory.
You will find more information on how to do that here: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/choose-which-onedrive-folders-to-sync-to-your-computer-98b8b011-8b94-419b-aa95-a14ff2415e85

The way to get cards in this game is to do your two quests every day, play for at least 45m, and buy your discounted booster for 350. Then sell this booster for 420. Don't open boosters yet. Pick a deck or style that you like and buy every card you want for it from the AH until you have a deck/s that can complete everything in the game and easily farm rpve9. 
Message me in game (Laertes) or in discord (laertes) and I will give you a shaman to help you get started. Good luck!

HOW TO SUPPORT


Not so rarely new Skylords ask a simple question on Discord or the forums: How can I help? As we all wish for more players, there are things you can do to help to make Skylords Reborn succeed. Skylords Reborn can be supported through many actions, some of them are just two minutes for some clicks, others are a long-term commitment.
Important Disclaimer: This guide does not rank people by importance - these are suggestions how to help the game succeed, ranked by their needed involvement level. Also, you don't have to “climb this ladder” to become part of the Skylords Reborn team.
Hopefully some of these suggestions speak to you, and inspire you to take some action:

 
 SOLDIER
Quick Tier - the most helpful clicks to settle in
Help drive the most essential metric by subscribing to the official Skylords YouTube channel, and like the trailer. Join the Skylords Discord to stay on top of news, and help build an enjoyable community. Subscribe to the other official Skylords Reborn socials: Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and TikTok.  CHAMPION
Basic Tier - become a part of the community
Subscribe to BattleForge content creators, and like their videos if you enjoy them. Participate in events - not just for prizes, but to support event hosts. Make sure beginners are welcomed properly: Answer questions, and play multiplayer maps with them. Read the monthly Community Update and help spread correct information about the state of the project. Interact with forum posts or Discord messages through likes, emoticons etc. - the creators will appreciate that. Make a proper bug report when you encounter a bug or crash. This rarely happens, but: report rule violations, either ingame or on the #contact-staff Discord channel. Suggest the game to people you know that will enjoy a RTS/TCG game, but make sure you coordinate with the Skylords team Outreach Coordinator when contacting high profile people or outlets.  HERO
Dedicated Tier - invest some time to make the Skylords experience better
Accompany some Twitch streamers, while the community is still small, one viewer more or less makes a huge difference. Participate in the votes or share your decks on the SMJ community deck section. Become an educator: Help others understand core concepts like void power or faction mechanics, and give advice on expert maps on the ingame strategy channel or on the deckbuilding channel on Discord. Write a beginner guide or a deck building/strategy guide on the forum, or a more general one like the one you are reading right now. Create something: make a painting, a graphic, a short clip, a song, a text, a meme, an animated GIF or just some cookies, and share it in the art, video or meme channel. Become a sponsor of a community contest/event to beef up its prize pool. Join the discussion and give quality feedback on the Balance Discord.
   SKYLORD
 Invested Tier - halfway down the rabbit hole
Become a Contributor: There are several roles that don't require you to join the team, like Map Tester, Translator, Proofreader, Art Critique, or Internal Tester. Get involved into more detail-focussed Discords, like lore, descriptions, mapmaking, or rPvE. Help maintain the Skylords Reborn Wiki by either adding or updating articles. Create an enjoyable community map. Host an event for other Skylords to enjoy, be it PvE, PvP or something else. Contribute to Skylords Open Source projects. Become a content creator on YouTube, or start to stream the game on Twitch.  

Maybe this rather long list inspired you to help in one way or another. 
As a final suggestion: If you have free resources, you might be interested in joining the Skylords Reborn team and directly work on the game to make it better! Please be aware that almost everybody thinks “I'm not good enough” at first. Don't let that stop you! There are loads of different positions for nearly every skill set. 
 


If you have any suggestion about something I missed, please write it in a comment down below, so I may add it!
Kapo.

I could be pinged if the team needs an art critique for something (composition, light, color theory, anatomy, perspective, etc).  Didn't see it on the contributor list though, so guess not

HOW TO SUPPORT


Not so rarely new Skylords ask a simple question on Discord or the forums: How can I help? As we all wish for more players, there are things you can do to help to make Skylords Reborn succeed. Skylords Reborn can be supported through many actions, some of them are just two minutes for some clicks, others are a long-term commitment.
Important Disclaimer: This guide does not rank people by importance - these are suggestions how to help the game succeed, ranked by their needed involvement level. Also, you don't have to “climb this ladder” to become part of the Skylords Reborn team.
Hopefully some of these suggestions speak to you, and inspire you to take some action:

 
 SOLDIER
Quick Tier - the most helpful clicks to settle in
Help drive the most essential metric by subscribing to the official Skylords YouTube channel, and like the trailer. Join the Skylords Discord to stay on top of news, and help build an enjoyable community. Subscribe to the other official Skylords Reborn socials: Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and TikTok.  CHAMPION
Basic Tier - become a part of the community
Subscribe to BattleForge content creators, and like their videos if you enjoy them. Participate in events - not just for prizes, but to support event hosts. Make sure beginners are welcomed properly: Answer questions, and play multiplayer maps with them. Read the monthly Community Update and help spread correct information about the state of the project. Interact with forum posts or Discord messages through likes, emoticons etc. - the creators will appreciate that. Make a proper bug report when you encounter a bug or crash. This rarely happens, but: report rule violations, either ingame or on the #contact-staff Discord channel. Suggest the game to people you know that will enjoy a RTS/TCG game, but make sure you coordinate with the Skylords team Outreach Coordinator when contacting high profile people or outlets.  HERO
Dedicated Tier - invest some time to make the Skylords experience better
Accompany some Twitch streamers, while the community is still small, one viewer more or less makes a huge difference. Participate in the votes or share your decks on the SMJ community deck section. Become an educator: Help others understand core concepts like void power or faction mechanics, and give advice on expert maps on the ingame strategy channel or on the deckbuilding channel on Discord. Write a beginner guide or a deck building/strategy guide on the forum, or a more general one like the one you are reading right now. Create something: make a painting, a graphic, a short clip, a song, a text, a meme, an animated GIF or just some cookies, and share it in the art, video or meme channel. Become a sponsor of a community contest/event to beef up its prize pool. Join the discussion and give quality feedback on the Balance Discord.
   SKYLORD
 Invested Tier - halfway down the rabbit hole
Become a Contributor: There are several roles that don't require you to join the team, like Map Tester, Translator, Proofreader, Art Critique, or Internal Tester. Get involved into more detail-focussed Discords, like lore, descriptions, mapmaking, or rPvE. Help maintain the Skylords Reborn Wiki by either adding or updating articles. Create an enjoyable community map. Host an event for other Skylords to enjoy, be it PvE, PvP or something else. Contribute to Skylords Open Source projects. Become a content creator on YouTube, or start to stream the game on Twitch.  

Maybe this rather long list inspired you to help in one way or another. 
As a final suggestion: If you have free resources, you might be interested in joining the Skylords Reborn team and directly work on the game to make it better! Please be aware that almost everybody thinks “I'm not good enough” at first. Don't let that stop you! There are loads of different positions for nearly every skill set. 
 


If you have any suggestion about something I missed, please write it in a comment down below, so I may add it!
Kapo.

Skylords and Skyladies;
Masters of the Forge will shine a light on all those people working so tirelessly on Skylords Reborn - for the average Skylord, [Game Masters] are elite, mythical creatures too many know nothing about, and we will hopefully change that. So, in this dev-talk-like podcast series we will meet several Masters of the Forge in person, and hopefully I will be able to ask them questions that are interesting to you. And, you will also get the chance to ask them some questions! The series will be streamed on Twitch and afterwards uploaded on YouTube.
Please note that while the content created is supported by the SR Team and will be all about Skylords Reborn, this is no official dev-talk. The focus will be around the guest, what their duties are, how they feel about the game and its development - we will not elaborate future changes in depth or announce anything fancy. But hopefully we will know more about the guest and how It's like to be part of the SR Team.
In the seventh episode, I will present you a duo: [GM] @Ladadoos and [GM] @Zyna, both Project Lead; who are both steering the project through all ups and downs for a very long time now.
Quick Overview:
Guest                         [GM] Ladadoos and [GM] Zyna Date                           19. 11. 2023 Time                          19:30 CEST Link                            www.twitch.tv/kapostream
If you got any questions you would want to see asked, you are very welcome to drop me a DM here on the forums (@Kapo) or on Discord (#kapojones).
Kapo
 
Previous Episodes:
#1 [GM] Dutchy, Lead Moderator
#2 [GM] Majora, Project Coordinator
#3 [GM] Volin, Testing Coordinator
#4 [GM] RadicalX, Faction Designer
#5 [GM] Ult, Server Developer
#6 [GM] Ultralord, Video Editor

HOW TO SUPPORT


Not so rarely new Skylords ask a simple question on Discord or the forums: How can I help? As we all wish for more players, there are things you can do to help to make Skylords Reborn succeed. Skylords Reborn can be supported through many actions, some of them are just two minutes for some clicks, others are a long-term commitment.
Important Disclaimer: This guide does not rank people by importance - these are suggestions how to help the game succeed, ranked by their needed involvement level. Also, you don't have to “climb this ladder” to become part of the Skylords Reborn team.
Hopefully some of these suggestions speak to you, and inspire you to take some action:

 
 SOLDIER
Quick Tier - the most helpful clicks to settle in
Help drive the most essential metric by subscribing to the official Skylords YouTube channel, and like the trailer. Join the Skylords Discord to stay on top of news, and help build an enjoyable community. Subscribe to the other official Skylords Reborn socials: Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and TikTok.  CHAMPION
Basic Tier - become a part of the community
Subscribe to BattleForge content creators, and like their videos if you enjoy them. Participate in events - not just for prizes, but to support event hosts. Make sure beginners are welcomed properly: Answer questions, and play multiplayer maps with them. Read the monthly Community Update and help spread correct information about the state of the project. Interact with forum posts or Discord messages through likes, emoticons etc. - the creators will appreciate that. Make a proper bug report when you encounter a bug or crash. This rarely happens, but: report rule violations, either ingame or on the #contact-staff Discord channel. Suggest the game to people you know that will enjoy a RTS/TCG game, but make sure you coordinate with the Skylords team Outreach Coordinator when contacting high profile people or outlets.  HERO
Dedicated Tier - invest some time to make the Skylords experience better
Accompany some Twitch streamers, while the community is still small, one viewer more or less makes a huge difference. Participate in the votes or share your decks on the SMJ community deck section. Become an educator: Help others understand core concepts like void power or faction mechanics, and give advice on expert maps on the ingame strategy channel or on the deckbuilding channel on Discord. Write a beginner guide or a deck building/strategy guide on the forum, or a more general one like the one you are reading right now. Create something: make a painting, a graphic, a short clip, a song, a text, a meme, an animated GIF or just some cookies, and share it in the art, video or meme channel. Become a sponsor of a community contest/event to beef up its prize pool. Join the discussion and give quality feedback on the Balance Discord.
   SKYLORD
 Invested Tier - halfway down the rabbit hole
Become a Contributor: There are several roles that don't require you to join the team, like Map Tester, Translator, Proofreader, Art Critique, or Internal Tester. Get involved into more detail-focussed Discords, like lore, descriptions, mapmaking, or rPvE. Help maintain the Skylords Reborn Wiki by either adding or updating articles. Create an enjoyable community map. Host an event for other Skylords to enjoy, be it PvE, PvP or something else. Contribute to Skylords Open Source projects. Become a content creator on YouTube, or start to stream the game on Twitch.  

Maybe this rather long list inspired you to help in one way or another. 
As a final suggestion: If you have free resources, you might be interested in joining the Skylords Reborn team and directly work on the game to make it better! Please be aware that almost everybody thinks “I'm not good enough” at first. Don't let that stop you! There are loads of different positions for nearly every skill set. 
 


If you have any suggestion about something I missed, please write it in a comment down below, so I may add it!
Kapo.