12 Questions to Help Shape Our Future

[Arkham]

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1. Top 5 favorite C3G designs?
   
   
2. What 2 characters would you like to see represented that have yet to be made/released?
   
   
3. What 2 characters that have been made would you like to see a new version of?
   
   
4. What C3G design do you think needs a point bump?
   
   
5. What C3G design do you think needs a point decrease?
   
   
6. What C3G design do you think needs re-evaluated power wise(buff or nerf)?
   
   
7. What is your favorite faction/synergy to use in C3G?
   
   
8. What faction/synergy not yet represented in C3G would you like to see made?
   
   
9. What faction/synergy in C3G would you like to see receive expansion?
   
   
10. What glyph, spell, or Destructible Objects would you like to see?
    
    
11. As far as releases go, do you prefer bigger quarterly releases throughout the year, or smaller monthly releases?
    
    
12. Is there anything else you'd like to see or would like to mention that has not been covered above?

 

[japes]

Can't wait to see the responses...

 

[L0B5T3R]

1. Top 5 favorite C3G designs?
   1. LexCorp Security
   2. The Riddler
   3. Prof. X
   4. Captain America C3G
   5. Ant-Man Scott Lang
   
2. What 2 characters would you like to see represented that have yet to be made/released?
   Sentry
   Yondu
   
3. What 2 characters that have been made would you like to see a new version of?
   Daredevil
   Wolverine
   Falcon
   
4. What C3G design do you think needs a point bump?
   Raven
   
5. What C3G design do you think needs a point decrease?
   Hellboy
   
6. What C3G design do you think needs re-evaluated power wise(buff or nerf)?
   Red Skull (Cosmic Cube)
   Scarlet Witch
   
7. What is your favorite faction/synergy to use in C3G?
   Tie between: Criminals and Insects
   
8. What faction/synergy not yet represented in C3G would you like to see made?
   Defenders
   Deadpool Corps
   
9. What faction/synergy in C3G would you like to see receive expansion?
   Insect or Scientist
   
10. What glyph, spell, or Destructible Objects would you like to see?
    Jungle Bush DO
    
11. As far as releases go, do you prefer bigger quarterly releases throughout the year, or smaller monthly releases?
    Smaller Monthly
    
12. Is there anything else you'd like to see or would like to mention that has not been covered above?
    Finding a way to release finished designs before years pass.

 

[MrNobody]

Top 5 favorite C3G designs?
(Here's 4 in no particular order)
-Jason
-Captain America
-Prof X
-All the ninja turtles

What 2 characters would you like to see represented that have yet to be made/released?
-John Constantine
-Sentry

What 2 characters that have been made would you like to see a new version of?
-I think it'd be nice to have versions of the Fan4 that weren't so synergy heavy
-Falcon

What C3G design do you think needs a point bump?
-Cosmic Boy? Nobody else seems to have a problem with him, but he steamrolls a lot of the games I put him in.

What C3G design do you think needs a point decrease?
-Zod

What C3G design do you think needs re-evaluated power wise(buff or nerf)?
-Zod

What is your favorite faction/synergy to use in C3G?
-Titans, Justice League, and recently the Runaways

What faction/synergy not yet represented in C3G would you like to see made?
-Young Warriors and Doom Patrol

What faction/synergy in C3G would you like to see receive expansion?
-Legion of Superheroes

What glyph, spell, or Destructible Objects would you like to see?
-Just more regular non-equipment glyphs

As far as releases go, do you prefer bigger quarterly releases throughout the year, or smaller monthly releases?
-Monthly

-Just to edit this in, I think the underwater rules I saw discussed would be a really fun new direction. Water characters get a new lease on life, and think of all the new units; Atlanteans, Hydro Suit Iron Man, Glyph of Utility: Rebreather...

 

[IAmBatman]

What, no link anywhere? How is a User CP refresher supposed to find gold like this?

(Back with answers soon!).

 

[IAmBatman]

1. Top 5 favorite C3G designs?
   
   In no particular order and with complete bias due to my involvement with them ....
   
   Anti-Monitor
   Oracle
   Professor X
   Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
   Martian Manhunter (I) Forgot about C3G Captain America. Sorry, MM!
   
   
   
2. What 2 characters would you like to see represented that have yet to be made/released?
   
   Biggest two are probably Parallax and Metamorpho.
   
   
3. What 2 characters that have been made would you like to see a new version of?
   
   Jessica Jones and Daredevil.
   
   
4. What C3G design do you think needs a point bump?
   
   Robot.
   
   
5. What C3G design do you think needs a point decrease?
   
   Ventriloquist, maybe?
   
   
6. What C3G design do you think needs re-evaluated power wise(buff or nerf)?
   
   Nothing comes to mind.
   
   
7. What is your favorite faction/synergy to use in C3G?
   
   Fantastic Four, X-Men, and Justice League. I like the traditional teams. Also Avengers with the Avenger markers.
   
   
8. What faction/synergy not yet represented in C3G would you like to see made?
   
   I want to see the Outsiders fully developed. There's really no synergy yet, so I include it here.
   
   
9. What faction/synergy in C3G would you like to see receive expansion?
   
   Justice League.
   
   
10. What glyph, spell, or Destructible Objects would you like to see?
    
    Batmobile VDO once draftable VDOs are done.
    
    
11. As far as releases go, do you prefer bigger quarterly releases throughout the year, or smaller monthly releases?
    
    I like to go big.
    
    
12. Is there anything else you'd like to see or would like to mention that has not been covered above?
    
    I want to make that Skyscraper happen. I need a floor plan to print!
    
    I also would love to see folks band together to do some mass printing. I need to get folks to buy into the value of going rectangular cards for this. They're the same shape as comic books are, folks!

 

[japes]

I want to make that Skyscraper happen. I need a floor plan to print!

I also would love to see folks band together to do some mass printing. I need to get folks to buy into the value of going rectangular cards for this. They're the same shape as comic books are, folks!
[/LIST]

Yeah...I'm not feeling any pressure here with these two at all...if your not to busy tomorrow why don't you just stop by and kick me in the crotch for giggles...

 

[Arkham]

We have similar Top 5 lists. I'm still contemplating my 5th.

 

[IAmBatman]

I want to make that Skyscraper happen. I need a floor plan to print!

I also would love to see folks band together to do some mass printing. I need to get folks to buy into the value of going rectangular cards for this. They're the same shape as comic books are, folks!
[/LIST]

Yeah...I'm not feeling any pressure here with these two at all...if your not to busy tomorrow why don't you just stop by and kick me in the crotch for giggles...

Heh. Yeah, yeah, it's OK. I don't have time to test the one or money to print/pay for either yet. I'm mostly just trying to keep them in the public consciousness. Seeing both those through (getting a full, updated set of cards and playable Skyscraper) are probably my biggest overall goals for myself with C3G right now, but I'm happy to be patient enough to see them through.

Besides, I've really gotta get Tornado into art so I can ride his work through all this building stuff ....

 

[japes]

I want to make that Skyscraper happen. I need a floor plan to print!

I also would love to see folks band together to do some mass printing. I need to get folks to buy into the value of going rectangular cards for this. They're the same shape as comic books are, folks!
[/LIST]

Yeah...I'm not feeling any pressure here with these two at all...if your not to busy tomorrow why don't you just stop by and kick me in the crotch for giggles...

Heh. Yeah, yeah, it's OK. I don't have time to test the one or money to print/pay for either yet. I'm mostly just trying to keep them in the public consciousness. Seeing both those through (getting a full, updated set of cards and playable Skyscraper) are probably my biggest overall goals for myself with C3G right now, but I'm happy to be patient enough to see them through.

Besides, I've really gotta get Tornado into art so I can ride his work through all this building stuff ....

I'm going to have him help me create cards...at least the editing since he's proofreading them for me.

I'm still thinking through my answers for these questions though...

 

[IAmBatman]

Awesome! If there's ever anything I can do to help, please just let me know. Best thing I can think of to do for you in the meantime is to build up the Outsiders/Titans.

But (bad habit lately) I want to see more answers here!

 

[Ronin]

1. Is there anything else you'd like to see or would like to mention that has not been covered above?
   Finding a way to release finished designs before years pass.

Before I start figuring out my answers to some of these questions, I wanted to address this. It's an issue we've talked about in-Sanctum but I don't know if there's been a lot of public talk about it yet.

You already know some of this, Lobs, but I don't think you were around for the conversations about the future direction for release planning (and also I wanted to throw this out there for the public members).

Right now we're still working on building up some grandiose plans. But after that, we're going to be shifting to a model where things are released sooner after being designed, without waiting as long On Deck. It's definitely one of our goals to reduce the number of designs that get stuck waiting for a release.

That's part of the reason we've started doing more public designs (with the other big one being to promote more public engagement).

 

[Ronin]

1. Top 5 favorite C3G designs?
   Spider-Man (Peter)
   Maxima
   Baron Zemo (Helmut)
   Star-Lord
   Kingpin (II)
   
   Probably different if you ask me next week, though.
   
2. What 2 characters would you like to see represented that have yet to be made/released?
   Hobgoblin
   Deadman
   
3. What 2 characters that have been made would you like to see a new version of?
   Red Hulk (leader version)
   Jessica Jones (investigator version)
   
4. What C3G design do you think needs a point bump?
   Robot
   
5. What C3G design do you think needs a point decrease?
   There are probably a few where you could resolve any issues with them by just dropping the price, but I'm kinda blanking. Usually I wouldn't want to do that before a figure has a developed synergy web.
   
6. What C3G design do you think needs re-evaluated power wise(buff or nerf)?
   Mad Thinker
   
7. What is your favorite faction/synergy to use in C3G?
   Avengers (super open-ended), JSA (really interesting two-tier synergy), X-Men (such a crazy rich faction to build around)
   
8. What faction/synergy not yet represented in C3G would you like to see made?
   Black Order, Authority, Doom Patrol, Defenders, Outsiders, Alpha Flight, New Warriors
   
   (Some of those might have like, a member or two, but no real synergy implemented)
   
9. What faction/synergy in C3G would you like to see receive expansion?
   Various Lantern Corps, Investigators, Lawmen, Hell Lords, JSA, Terrorists
   
10. What glyph, spell, or Destructible Objects would you like to see?
    Batmobile, Release Soul, detective-themed Utility Glyphs
    
11. As far as releases go, do you prefer bigger quarterly releases throughout the year, or smaller monthly releases?
    Well, my answer probably doesn't count for much because I have a pretty direct hand in release planning, but I prefer more frequent releases.
    
12. Is there anything else you'd like to see or would like to mention that has not been covered above?
    Hmm. I'm game for anything Spider-Man-related people get up to.
    
    Also, deciduous trees. We could use some of those. Always struck me as odd that we don't have a middle ground between evergreens and jungle trees.

 

[Lazy Orang]

1. Top 5 favorite C3G designs? Going to need to think on this one.
2. What 2 characters would you like to see represented that have yet to be made/released? Vandal Savage, at least... there are tonnes of others, really, but a lot of them are outside the Marvel/DC area and sort of make for whole new settings/factions, so...
3. What 2 characters that have been made would you like to see a new version of? That I've not got plans to run myself? Beast (more science/support based) and Winter Soldier (hero era rather than assassin era)
4. What C3G design do you think needs a point bump? Punisher could probably use a slight bump - I've never had an issue with what he does, but he is one of the strongest figures and is a bit good for his price. I'd be happy just seeing him at 190 or 200, but I don't feel the need to press the point - while a tad underpriced, he's not hurting the game.
5. What C3G design do you think needs a point decrease? Gambit - one of my favourite X-Men, but I never draft him because he feels overcosted. He's always felt like a 190 figure to me. Also Hellboy, but he may be better tackled with a vII.
6. What C3G design do you think needs re-evaluated power wise(buff or nerf)? Judge Death (fairly major buff). Honestly, buff him and Zodd and I'm happy - those are the only ones that bother me.
7. What is your favorite faction/synergy to use in C3G? Avengers, TMNT, Criminals (whether LexCorp, Kingpin (vII) or Gotham Underworld), S.H.I.E.L.D.
   
8. What faction/synergy not yet represented in C3G would you like to see made? Gargoyles, Injustice League, Judges, Dinosaurs, Demons, Xenomorphs, Bounty Hunters, White Lanterns
   
9. What faction/synergy in C3G would you like to see receive expansion? Young Avengers, Mercenaries, Terrorists, Scientists, Soldiers, Pirates, Lawmen, Red, Black, Blue, Indigo and Violet Lanterns, Undead
10. What glyph, spell, or Destructible Objects would you like to see? Hmm... let me think on that one...
11. As far as releases go, do you prefer bigger quarterly releases throughout the year, or smaller monthly releases? Not honestly that fussed, as long as we can get one proper wave a year.
12. Is there anything else you'd like to see or would like to mention that has not been covered above? More representation of settings other than the Marvel and DC universes, Classicscape-style terrain packs, Partial Cover optional rules

Could I also suggest adding a question about what settings/IPs people would like to see more of/would like to see that aren't already represented?

 

[Tornado]

1. Is there anything else you'd like to see or would like to mention that has not been covered above?
   Finding a way to release finished designs before years pass.

Before I start figuring out my answers to some of these questions, I wanted to address this. It's an issue we've talked about in-Sanctum but I don't know if there's been a lot of public talk about it yet.

You already know some of this, Lobs, but I don't think you were around for the conversations about the future direction for release planning (and also I wanted to throw this out there for the public members).

Right now we're still working on building up some grandiose plans. But after that, we're going to be shifting to a model where things are released sooner after being designed, without waiting as long On Deck. It's definitely one of our goals to reduce the number of designs that get stuck waiting for a release.

That's part of the reason we've started doing more public designs (with the other big one being to promote more public engagement).

I only had to throw one temper tantrum to make that happen.

 

[Scapemage]

Top 5 favorite C3G designs?
1. Aquaman II
2. Nightcrawler (Darkholme)
3. Animal Man

4. Hawkman

5. Judge Mortis


What 2 characters would you like to see represented that have yet to be made/released?
1. Metamorpho
2. M. Bison


What 2 characters that have been made would you like to see a new version of?
1. Nightwing

2. Captain Cold



What C3G design do you think needs a point bump?
Ragdoll



What C3G design do you think needs a point decrease?
Anarky



What C3G design do you think needs re-evaluated power wise(buff or nerf)?
Star-Lord. Almost every single design has to be designed around him now.



What is your favorite faction/synergy to use in C3G?
Currently, Dark Judges!



What faction/synergy not yet represented in C3G would you like to see made?
Red Lanterns.



What faction/synergy in C3G would you like to see receive expansion?
Investigators.



What glyph, spell, or Destructible Objects would you like to see?
Water World / Rising Tide


As far as releases go, do you prefer bigger quarterly releases throughout the year, or smaller monthly releases?
Smaller, more frequent releases. I haven't really had any designed stranded On Deck for too long before but the idea that things people are making now won't see the light of day for 2+ years seems silly to me.


Is there anything else you'd like to see or would like to mention that has not been covered above?
Our new Allies designing and being more involved, and all the guests who are browsing our forum to start participating!

 

[Arkham]

1. Top 5 favorite C3G designs?
   Wonder Woman
   Captain America
   Oracle
   Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)
   Human Torch
   
   These usually change over time, but those would be the ones that come to mind for now.
   
2. What 2 characters would you like to see represented that have yet to be made/released?
   Blackheart
   Dex-Starr
   
3. What 2 characters that have been made would you like to see a new version of?
   Mr. Freeze
   Daredevil
   
4. What C3G design do you think needs a point bump?
   Hired Guns
   
5. What C3G design do you think needs a point decrease?
   General Zod
   
6. What C3G design do you think needs re-evaluated power wise(buff or nerf)?
   Judge Death
   
7. What is your favorite faction/synergy to use in C3G?
   Fantastic Four, X-Men, Inhumans
   
8. What faction/synergy not yet represented in C3G would you like to see made?
   Injustice League, Outsiders
   
9. What faction/synergy in C3G would you like to see receive expansion?
   Red Lanterns, Guardians
   
10. What glyph, spell, or Destructible Objects would you like to see?
    Jungle Tree, Bridge
    
11. As far as releases go, do you prefer bigger quarterly releases throughout the year, or smaller monthly releases?
    A mix is nice, but I prefer Monthly
    
12. Is there anything else you'd like to see or would like to mention that has not been covered above?
    Variety of franchises/IPs represented to appeal to more audiences, a steady engagement with playtesting and designing, and more transparency all around.

 

[IAmBatman]

Wonder Woman was on my short list for sure.

 

[Arkham]

Funny that we have so much overlap there.

 

[IAmBatman]

Funny that we have so much overlap there.

I think we're both into faction building and the big, iconic teams like Avengers, JLA, and X-Men.

 

[Lazy Orang]

Funny that we have so much overlap there.

I think we're both into faction building and the big, iconic teams like Avengers, JLA, and X-Men.

Mutants used to be one of my favourite factions, and they're still pretty high up, but overuse and oversaturation has ticked them a tad down for me now.

 

[IAmBatman]

Everyone on my top five is there because they tell a story about how we opened up new design ideas in the project.

Anti-Monitor helped us realize one figure could be an army and stay balanced against every type of figure (heavies, mid-levels, squads) and introduced a new type of uniqueness for a new type of character. He's still my favorite Event Hero, but I love even more that he helped make Event Heroes a possibility.

Oracle gave us a more or less all support figure that did her job with out straight up turn bonding, has the same level of game impact as she had thematic impact in the comics (IMO), and really opened up armies of non-bonding heroes who just want to be aggressive and attack and now have the backing and infrastructure not to be killed in the metagame as a result.

Professor X, of course, redefined how hero armies could be built. He was our first major faction hub in that way. Inspired directly by Valhalla's Ulginesh, he helped us create a game dynamic where you could create cohesive armies that weren't build around bonding common squads. This was a big design step forward for us, IMO.

Green Lantern really ushered in the age of marker usage and I'm really proud of the power battery mechanic that was created there and all of the interesting ways it's been used since.

And I'm super proud how we managed to do a Captain American that was distinct from and in so many ways more thematic and more interesting in army building than the official Captain America, whom we long held as the very pinnacle of that official set. He established the Avengers faction, but he also showed many of us (myself in particular) that we were capable of putting together designs just as solid as or in many cases eclipsing the official product that had been put out. He's one that helped us really come into our own, IMO.

 

[japes]

Funny that we have so much overlap there.

I think we're both into faction building and the big, iconic teams like Avengers, JLA, and X-Men.

Mutants used to be one of my favourite factions, and they're still pretty high up, but overuse and oversaturation has ticked them a tad down for me now.

I love the Mutants...I think they are a great introduction for newcomers...you can spend $25 and buy a bunch of Mutant figures with a few specific ones and build armies for days. And with all the transit from X-Men to Brotherhood to whatever other faction makes it even fit thematically...If we had a more Generically Mutant bonding Magneto that could match up with a Professor X army then you really could go all in on Mutants.

After that it's mostly DC for me except the MCU has really pulled me more to the Marvel side and I've enjoyed learning more of the histories of these characters through discovery while they were being designed.

 

[Lazy Orang]

Funny that we have so much overlap there.

I think we're both into faction building and the big, iconic teams like Avengers, JLA, and X-Men.

Mutants used to be one of my favourite factions, and they're still pretty high up, but overuse and oversaturation has ticked them a tad down for me now.

I love the Mutants...I think they are a great introduction for newcomers...you can spend $25 and buy a bunch of Mutant figures with a few specific ones and build armies for days. And with all the transit from X-Men to Brotherhood to whatever other faction makes it even fit thematically...If we had a more Generically Mutant bonding Magneto that could match up with a Professor X army then you really could go all in on Mutants.

After that it's mostly DC for me except the MCU has really pulled me more to the Marvel side and I've enjoyed learning more of the histories of these characters through discovery while they were being designed.

Oh, yeah, don't get me wrong, they're a great faction, loads of fun to play and a great introduction to newcomers. It's because they're so good that they're most likely the army type I've played more than any other - and the fact that I've used them more than anything else is why I tend to prefer to go for something else when I can these days!

 

[japes]

Funny that we have so much overlap there.

I think we're both into faction building and the big, iconic teams like Avengers, JLA, and X-Men.

Mutants used to be one of my favourite factions, and they're still pretty high up, but overuse and oversaturation has ticked them a tad down for me now.

I love the Mutants...I think they are a great introduction for newcomers...you can spend $25 and buy a bunch of Mutant figures with a few specific ones and build armies for days. And with all the transit from X-Men to Brotherhood to whatever other faction makes it even fit thematically...If we had a more Generically Mutant bonding Magneto that could match up with a Professor X army then you really could go all in on Mutants.

After that it's mostly DC for me except the MCU has really pulled me more to the Marvel side and I've enjoyed learning more of the histories of these characters through discovery while they were being designed.

Oh, yeah, don't get me wrong, they're a great faction, loads of fun to play and a great introduction to newcomers. It's because they're so good that they're most likely the army type I've played more than any other - and the fact that I've used them more than anything else is why I tend to prefer to go for something else when I can these days!

Yeah I've essentially broken them out separated from my collections as practically a different game. I have Mutant Scape...and everything else. I have one whole box of just Mutants. And typically if we pull out that box...we all play Mutant or anti Mutant armies. I'm excited to expand the Anti-Mutant synergies.