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Originally Posted by Astroking112
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So I'm sure you remember the first time you ran Eltris through here and I was pretty against her being able to ride any dragon. That hasn't really changed and I think an actual dedicated rider/dragon pair would be a lot cooler than someone who can ride any dragon. It would also open up a lot of space for design and you wouldn't have to worry about making a dragon too strong with any buffs since they'd be designed to work together. That said, I'll give some feedback on the current design as well.
First off, I think you could come up with a better class and personality than Rider and Fearless. They're not bad, but I think there could be better, especially when trying to sell a hardcore dragon rider. Champion and Loyal come to mind.
In all honesty, just having her basically be buffed stats to a dragon is pretty boring to me. Stats are fine, but dragons already have good stats and she's kind of pushing into overkill lane where extra stats are redundant. They usually only want more defense and Raelin is there for that. More move is a bad idea, IMO, because dragons are already so dang good at kiting. I am on board with the idea of having her be worth an occasional OM, but if your main focus is stat-boosting I don't think that's going to happen for all of the reasons you've brought up.
One way to help her see action is to give her a Bol-like ability that gives her the dragon's OMs after it dies. Unfortunately, that just plays more into the "along for the ride" idea and, while effective, just makes her a rider who waits for the dragon to die to actually do something. Another way to take her beyond being just extra stats and being worth OMs is to give her a Special power or attack that helps the dragons with their weaknesses. For example, if she were to have some kind of power that helps take on tough heroes, there would be more of a partnership as the dragons lay waste with their specials and she challenges any leaders who would threaten the dragon's weak defense.
Basically, I agree with you that the +1 attack/defense isn't as powerful as some people may think. But if the purpose of the card is to give a buff that's not that great, then why draft her? I just think she needs to be able to shine as an actual help to a dragon.