Hello Everyone, This list will serve as a place to share your requests and suggestions for quality of life improvements in Stormbound! I'll try to keep the list below updated on a semi-regular basis and provide responses from the dev team where applicable. **If you have feedback on specific cards, balancing, or a card idea please post here: [Cards & Balancing Suggestions](http://www.kongregate.com/forums/955765-technical-issues-feedback/topics/912823-official-cards-balancing-suggestions).** UPDATED OCTOBER 8, 2018 *** *** **Campaign (PvE)** *** * Increased rewards *** **Battles (PvP)** *** * Unranked mode (queue up and play against random players, but with smaller rewards and no ranking) - On our todo-list, discussing its value with the given player base. * Battle levels after Rank 1 (Prestige rankings) / Leaderboard - On our todo-list, discussing its value with the given player base. * Award more gold in higher ranks - Not in our plans, but we'll keep the option open * Smaller rewards for losing a match - Not in our plans, but we'll keep the option open. * Limited pool or "draft" mode, where players build a deck out of specific cards available. - Discussing internally, no defined plan yet. * Matchmaking based on deck strength (calculated by card rarity and levels) - Discussing internally, no defined plan yet. * Make Single Card swaps happen during opponent turn OR player's own turn. * Make the timer a different color when it is the enemy's turn * Ability to spectate top-ranked player battles * Mode where you pick your first 4 cards * New Dragon Campaign * Rankings per faction (example: rank up with Winter deck does not improve rank for Ironclad deck * Environmental effects unique to each map * Additional brackets in ranks, further prevent people from farming lower level players * Pre-determined starting rank in new seasons, based on player’s card collection and level * Award more gold for longer matches * Keep/retain Star rating inside a rank after reset (ie: Players in Gold 3 stay in Gold 3) * Gold penalty for forfeiting game before any life points are lost (prevent gold farmers quick dropping in ranks) *** **Abilities, Card, Game Mode Ideas** *** * Trap card * Diagonal move * Sudden death * Double or +1 movement mode *** **Decks / Collection** *** * Additional sort or filter options in collection: rarity, level, copies, type. * Ability to move decks around in the deck selection screen. For example: drag and drop a newly created deck to the beginning of the list. * Passive power or skill benefits per faction * Additional Deck slots *** **Friends** *** * Ability to send Battle Challenge to all/multiple friends on list at one time * Ability to watch a friend's match - Not in our plans, but we'll keep the option open. * Add opponent as friend after completing a battle * Friend details: rank, most used deck, etc. * Clans, groups, social options. * In-game, player to player messaging *** **Quests** *** * Weekly Quest - rewards for completing all of your dailies in the week * More lower tier Quests that award Rubies * Reduce requirement for quests like move units forward, convert, spawn, etc; these quests take very long * Quests that require use of a hero *** **Store** *** * When opening a pack, show total copy of cards currently owned when the opened card appears on screen. * Upgradeable Dragon book * Faction specific Epic+ packs * Type specific Epic+ packs (Knights, Pirates, etc) * More offers for Fusion Stones * Daily (not random) offer to buy Fusion Stones * Option to make a small purchase for no ads in-game * Booster/premium purchase that grants extra xp, gold, etc for a certain amount of time * Currency conversion *** **UI & Settings** *** * A place to view news in-game news, including card balance notes - On our long-term to-do list. * Game records / replays / player stats - On our to-do list as a long-term plan (for example to add ReplayKit from iOS) * Additional theme/artwork for home screen - Discussing internally, no defined plan yet. * Deck stats such as mana curve, wins, etc. - Discussing internally, no defined plan yet. * Decorative home-screen themes (Wolfcloaks would be the default) - Discussing internally, no defined plan yet. * Highlight what tiles will be affected when playing a card that has a surrounding or bordering effect * Include directional attack information in tutorial * In-game and in-battle chat - Not in our plans, but we'll keep the option open. * Reduce truncation of long player names * Increase text size for cards like Zhevana and Blood Ministers, text is too small - To be discussed internally * Landscape view for tablet devices * Sliders for volume control * Options to select team color (as opposed to just red & blue) * Remove ability to re-order cards in hand * Ability to turn on mute opponent for all battles, not per match *** **Other** *** * Weekend events - Discussing internally, no defined plan yet * Social feature that allows players to "join" a faction and compete in some way like faction leaderboards * Steam Linux build * Achievements * Card/faction lore * Ability to report others for camping/farming in lower ranks *** *** **NOT PLANNED** *** * Automatically end turn when you cannot play any more cards * Pause during animations - Implementation would be challenging. Instead, the timer was increased to compensate. * 4 player battle mode * Numerical timer * Handicap in matches with large player level difference. Instead, early ranks have low level protection from higher level players. * Auto-play a card when timer runs out * Limit the single card swap to beginning of turn * Limit the total number of turns any game can go to; prevent excessively long matches * Local/Offline play * Practice mode / Sandbox Mode (unlimited mana, any cards, any levels) * Warning/Tips to suggest playing cards in a different order * Victory rewards based on performance (damage dealt, cards played, etc.) - Quests currently do this. * Card Trading of any kind - too great a potential for exploit * Dual faction units * Vibrate notification when it is your turn * Daily Login Bonus system - Quests and First Win of the Day Bonus currently fills this need * Full hand mulligan at start of match - We considered this option, but we had to discard it, because it unbalances the game. * Penalty or time adjustments for players who go AFK or run out turn timer frequently * Remove the possibility of being able to play the same card twice in one turn - the chance of drawing a card a 2nd time is 1% at the moment. * Choose target when placing unit bordering multiple enemies - tested prior to launch and made matches too complex & long * Frontline moves to start any time unit dies - tested prior to launch and made matches too complex & long * Recycle a card for coins or rubies * Add option to view all cards on one screen * Additional emotes: yawn, laugh, confusion; Premium Emotes, available as IAP * Limit total Legendaries in a deck * Option to reroll a single quest more than once, takes away reroll option from other quests. * Visual indicator informing opponent they have been muted * Bonus reward for beating a player of higher level * Reward given upon victory varies depending on your opponent's level & strength * Player level have a more weighted affect on base * Story mode for Campaign * Brief introduction to each faction (play style, units, strengths/weaknesses, etc.) * Ability to Copy a deck into an open slot * More slots in the Daily Offers section of shop * Rematch: ability to challenge opponent to another game * Random Deck; game generates a random deck from player's collection * Coin penalty for conceding - would be too penalizing in the event of legitimate disconnect or crash issues * Increase number of cards in a deck * Endless Mode where you continuously play against waves of a specific deck *** *** **COMPLETE** *** * More special offers in the shop - Added Fusion Stones and will special offers/bundles may be offered in the future. * Start a new season at a rank higher than 30, based on best performance in the previous season - As of Dec 2017, players earn Bonus Stars when ranking up which transfer over into the next season. The bonus stars make ranking up faster. * Add friends or other social features - Completed Dec 2017 * Challenge specific players - Completed Dec 2017 * Emotes and/or banter - Completed Dec 2017 * Recycle or Convert excess cards (maximum level) into Fusion Stones - Completed Dec 2017 * Restrict duplicate card pulls from books until all cards have been collected - Completed Dec 2017 * When ranking up using Bonus Stars, include gold player would have won if they didn't have bonus stars making them rank up faster. - Completed January 2018 * Additional campaign content - Completed Nov 2017 * Modify “Upgrade” button to make larger and more visible, it is easily skipped on accident - Completed Nov 2017 * Ranked check points (once you reach a certain rank you cannot rank down below it) - Completed Nov 2017 * XP bar to indicate how close/far players are from level up - Completed Nov 2017 * Revert recent change to card opacity, some folks don't like that their cards are harder to see when it is not their turn. - Completed Nov 2017 - Reduced the transparency of cards while it is not your turn. * Ability to change in-game name - Create a new Kong account and link to game to change in-game name. * When opponent concedes, the HP points should count towards Quests that require damage to enemy base. - December 2017 Update * Additional ways to earn fusion stones - In Dec 2017 update, added lowered minimum rank to obtain stones and added Daily Offer specials in shop. * Additional quests and/or improvements to quest system - Quests have been recently improved to receive 2 new quests per day (hold 3 max) at a 12 hour cooldown. * Add on-screen gold tracker / indicator that shows how close or far you are away from daily limit. - Reaching the limit isn't a goal, so we prefer not to present it as such. We've implemented a message notifying players of when they reach the cap. * Separate controls / mute for sound fx and music * Improvements to card cycling (restrict same card/spell used in 1 turn) - Updated Oct 4 - we'll keep an eye on it and can tweak it further if needed. * Purchase confirmation prompt - * Speed up animations or turn speed - * PC or Web release - Completed May 2018 * Landscape view - Completed May 2018 * Ability to transfer between iOS and Android devices - Completed May 2018 - use Kongregate.com account linking to transfer progress

Little QoL: Tile highlight for bordering and surrounding effects

I think it would be nice if your last unit dies, your lane of placement goes back to start. Then it could be a tactic to sacrefice some points from base to gain better advantage after?

Also, maybe vibrating if it is my turn? Late Game gets pretty long, in the meanwhile I can do something else. Is it my turn? It vibrates, don't need to look all the time.

A timer on the upper left corner of the screen would be nice. I'd like to see how much time has passed since the game's started.

Login bonuses. More quests and cooldown reduction. More bonus when winning and some sort of compensation when losing(some gold)

More bonuses for winning a game (e.g. a card or a little bit more gold)

> _Originally posted by **[Mafumuto](/forums/941638/topics/908980?page=1#11617798):**_ > More bonuses for winning a game (e.g. a card or a little bit more gold) I agree, some gold for loosing and more gold for winning, I've had a bunch of games last over 10 minutes and it's not really worth it when the payout is only 5 gold.

Not exactly they most important thing but having emotes would be pretty fun I love just simply saying hello to whoever I'm playing with or spamming a bunch of emotes with them

I also wish they would add more cards in the near future but aside from that, the game is pretty much PAY 2 WIN plus prices for the microtransactions are quite expensive for just a few rubies or cards and stuff.

Id love if there was a weekend event that based on the number of battles you won before monday you will recive cards

Hope you can add the function to play with friends, so that more players will come in by introduction by their friends. And I really want to play with my friends and beat them.

I seriously hope the devs won't start mass nerfing alot of cards due to the complaints. Most people don't know that alot of those op cards were heavily nerfed a while ago. Some legendaries need a small tweek, like the collector. I use him and i can see why people who dont have it complains, maybe increaae cost by 1 and lower free unit by 1 hp. Apart from that most of the regular cards are fine. People just havent figured out how to counter or just havent unlocked enough cards. But most importantly FIX THE CARD CYCLING!!! It makes no sense that the same card can be used twice in a row by discarding a card or using a spell. I have lost so many matches not because the opponent outplayed me but to sheer luck in deck cycling.

Make player level a more significant thing. This game at its core is a board control game. 2-3 base life advantage doesn't really matter if you look at the big picture. I understand that base HP should scale with the power level of the cards but there is something about it that is kinda unfair.yea sure the more powerful your cards are the more HP your base has, makes sense but mechanics implemented at the moment is PAY2WINish. There is not much in the game right now that really rewards you to play the game a lot/long term. l'm suggesting that you level by simply playing and more so if your are winning. Player level will also limit how much you upgrade your cards for example at level 1 you can only upgrade till level 2, at player level 5 can upgrade till level 3, at level 8 can upgrade to lvl 4 and at level 10 you can max out all your cards along with the base HP scaling. New players can still spend money at the start just for the sake of card collection but not upgrade instantly at absurd levels. Personally I would not spend a lot of money in a single purchase to max out my cards. It would be fun for a while but It would get stale eventually. As much as I enjoy playing and winning I also enjoy the challenges of the game, the process of improvement, something to look forward to by playing.

Wonderful feedback and suggestions, everyone. It is truly appreciated as we work to improve and grow the game. I've updated some items and will continue to post each time I update the original post.

Any chance they change the ranking system? I just feel its unfair at every start of season that a level 10 to have to go up against people like me. They pretty much lost the minute they get match versus higher levels. I would love a system that can keep players competing versus people of their rank and not just feeding free points to higher level players.

Some element that speeds up the end game... maybe bases starting taking a damage a turn after x turns or something that makes it so that games don't last 30-45 minutes. I feel like 5-15 is a perfect length for a game like this.

It would be nice to know the result of the review for the items listed as reviewed. Maybe also note what will be reviewed next. Keep the community entertained ;) This game definitely has potential but there's still much work to do.

I wonder if one thing that would help playing against higher level players is if health for BOTH players was equal to the highest level player. It's already tough to beat someone who's playing a deck that simply has better versions of cards you play, but it's an extra kick in the jewels THEY ALSO HAVE MORE HEALTH. even give the lower level player the health boost/ greater reward and lower penalty for losing.

> _Originally posted by **[WyattA15](/forums/941638/topics/908980?page=1#11621956):**_ > I wonder if one thing that would help playing against higher level players is if health for BOTH players was equal to the highest level player. > > It's already tough to beat someone who's playing a deck that simply has better versions of cards you play, but it's an extra kick in the jewels THEY ALSO HAVE MORE HEALTH. > > even give the lower level player the health boost/ greater reward and lower penalty for losing. I dont think a health boost will change much but prolong the eventual defeat. They'll still beat you with the extra troops from their higher level cards unless the difference is minimal and in this case you're probably around his level.

Hi my dear dev friends, I have a suggestion that if you can improve the daily quest system to let poorman like me could have a chance to strengthen my cards. it would be best if the daily quest system can fresh after you finish a quest. waiting 19+hours after I finest one quest make me feel that people like me have little chance to be stronger. I understand you want player charge more money ,But if a game could be friendly to poorman, I think it can exist for more time and be more popular because playes will be happily recommend the game to they friend with enough reasons. Sorry for poor english ,but I believe people like you could easily understand what I mean. Thank you.

the bases could change according to the faction of the deck, they could also add effect cards on the board or skills that can only be used every x turns, for example: cold ground, makes a square of the board a snowy zone that makes difficult the movement of the troops , so to perform a normal action like forward, it takes 2 turns.

@eggtat I agree that in a lot of cases getting matched with a higher level player is an unfair matchup simply because they're likely to run some of the same cards as you... only better. My point is that if they already have that advantage, why give them a health boost on top of it?? They already have the advantage, and I would HOPE the devs want to mitigate that advantage... rather than make the gap wider. I'm still super low level (3), mostly because I won't spend money on this game til more bugs are fixed/balancing has been done... and I'm currently hovering around the bottom of rank 24. Most decks I face are at least lvl 4 and up and after 1 or two battles at 24 I play someone who's got 12 hp vs my 10... which is a 20% difference. I've gotten within 2 hp of killing them as well. Which should be worth a hell of a lot more since I'm clearly outplaying ten without the use of legendaries or high level cards... but such is not the case. At least let me keep my rank for losing to someone who's level is that much higher than mine. At that point it's kinda an auto lose even if they're bad with their deck.