So Reynad is releasing a new game called The Bazaar which is basically a more complicated version of HS battlegrounds. It is asynchronous, has top notch polish and instead of the normal shop between battles you do the shopping sort of Slay the Spire style. Overall game looks amazing, though isn't it ironic that Reynad who from what I remember dissed Artifact for being a too complicated (or maybe he said too mathy) HS is releasing a complicated version of HS battlegrounds? To be clear, I don't mean it as a diss on Reynad, I think he is a great guy and that he made a great game. I just truly find it ironic.

But that's not even the crazy part.. get this. They decided to pay/time gate ranked play! You get 1 free ranked run a day and after that if you want to rank you need to grind ranked/casual or pay. Is it me or are these guys just asking for it? Won't people riot? I found this so astonishing that I just had to ask my fellow long haulers what they thought.. I mean no one is more qualified right? ;)

Everyone on their discord and reddit are so super hyped. It gives me such a strong dejavu it's crazy. I mean I am somewhat hyped too but it's kind of strange. This foreboding feeling. Even the music is similar to Artifact in style. So ya it's a bit like HS BGs and Artifact had a baby and that's what came out.

At any rate I plan to try it out and you are welcome to join me. If you do and you care to help a bro out. Use this link to signup:

https://www.playthebazaar.com/signup?referral=254e1548-b379-46c4-9e81-f0989b523243

You can check game play video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyFVvps_31k&ab_channel=Rarran

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2285914195
*sorry for weak commentary with almost no voice in it, i was trying but still need some better sound setup
**but hey, we raise viewers
Maybe need to make small video-cuts/game overview with good and bad plays, i found critique by myself?

Hope to make this next time, but now i want to raise attention to game from current players, koz game is still playable. (The thing is, posts on reddit was raising 5000 viewers and now its 2k at max, so, maybe reddit is not a valid platform to raise online again, but what does else do we have)

That's the quick summary of the first game and draft phase as well, which was not fully represented in twitch description, cause of text limitation:>!<(and cant be paste here because of this as well, so - it's a pasta to bein). Do you found such draft interesting, Ursa-Sven lucky pair and only one blue hero/ with no tricks from the green one (rather than some +mana) feels strong for you? I feel deck was not weak, but i can play it better, as always. (it's passion to save loosing lane on 1 hp)

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/topdeck-artifact/announcements/detail/4554919920319377695
Last announce i made in steam group was the same: i hope to see more players come back to game and try to raise a community around it to continue monthly to weekly draft (and maybe also constructed) tourneys just for fun. Last one was unable to be finished because of servers, but rn i seems to be see even more new players (no 3-digit numbers in today's matches as well as one 1-digit and around my, not so big, exp level one), maybe this brings this shift as well.

What is everyone current interested: (you may vote for someones post in comments)
videos, tourneys, just casual plays in draft of constructed? Or World supremacy.. oO&)

I swear I've seen it somewhere, but I can't seem to find it.

So, after Cube (游魂刺客) tells me that game is fixed (even 1v1 matches now work) i tried to play myself:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2281005435 (30 minutes of drafts with some decks savings)
This one was 2 tough games (0-2) with few misplays as usual: (mostly by not borrowing Green hero on other lanes)

1. should tp out Lycan from second lane or not use disarm on loosing lane with weapons in enemy deck
2. should tp out Lycan from last again because of creeps in hand and kill Assassin's shadow with Red Mist Maul on second table

*there also was a constructed game i didn't capture where i loose because got Gusted (by Draw Ranger) on the last lane in a very end with stun on my hero in hand, koz lost initiative for nothing (i was worried i wont win 1st lane with my 20 dmg and ~40 health left with my Kanna on it due to 30+ enemy dmg on the second one, so i kill a creep with Crystal Maiden's frost for the extra +4 dmg)
Generally always keep attention to tricks on enemy sleeve and don't fight for the last hp as i do in particular situations (because cards you get = material is matter).

So, come to play, game is easy to find now. Hope we will bring draft tournaments back shortly, after some time. Maybe will do a Aug decks rematch in 2-2-2 plays. Come to join steam group for more info:
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/topdeck-artifact

Maybe then the community can salvage what's good about it and change the major complaints (random attack arrows, random placements, etc.)

There's a good game somewhere beneath all the muck, the 3 lanes concept is really cool, even just hearthstone gameplay with 3 lanes would be an upgrade over what we got

Hello, I am an Artfiact player from China. The game server is currently unable to complete a match, and my friends are also experiencing the same issue. This has been going on for about half a month without being resolved.

I'm trying to create a puzzle, I'm using Vanguard and the past puzzles created by community as reference. I have 2 problems though, maybe one of you might know the answer.

1- I want to deploy 4 heroes, and setting them using "hero1_player" (and 2/3) doesn't work. I guess it only works up until 3 heroes.

2- I want to deploy Dark Seer with it's ability active.

I know it's quite specific and dead game, but does anybody know how to do that? Thank you!

Artifact classic servers are dead again.

Artifact should have build its own identity and made just two or just one lane.

/thread

https://preview.redd.it/c7hqi0d5xwpd1.png?width=665&format=png&auto=webp&s=f6eb4a5854d1547341973c5ce50307fce63375e6

saw a massive move in tinker and axe recently, but couldn't find any news yet. Fed rate cut spurring random buying? or is it an insider news waiting to happen. should i buy one just to speculate??

ARTIFACT CLASSIC AVERAGE WAITING TIME 3 MINUTES (DRAFT 71lvl)

This time i didn't check in 1v1 lobby but people are arguing again since Wednesday (11, September).
Last shutdown* was around 29 August, with people messaging they struggle for a week and a half.
*it ends around week ago, 8 September for sure and was playable for a few days

game online

As an FPS and Card Game enjoyer, Deadlock has scratched an itch left behind by the absence of Artifact. Anyone else feeling a similar way?

Couldn't find a single matchmaking game for draft the past two days, and even though its a dead game I would usually max weight for a game for like 10 mins. Came to this subreddit and saw that matchmaking is no longer working, so I ask, is it over? I doubt valve is going to put the resources into fixing the issue as they have completely abandoned it, but damn, this is such a great game. Have 1200 hours now and still love it but oh well, guess its time to move on. This game had so much potential :/

Those was rumors this week that matchmaking not working, and it is!
Was hoping to make a tourney round this weekends, but not the private (1v1) lobby not the tourney one works (but you still can draft your decks as preparations for the game).

So, for those of us who still hope for content:
* we still able to play with bots and share matches/misplays
* time to draft with no mercy to the penalty (since this is no working matches to play)
* it's time to make a separate hosting/lobby's for Artifact, or maybe not

Ppl arguing that may be Deadlock influence, but who knows.
Lets keep in touch and see if this problem resolves, hopefully.

With Deadlock coming soon. And Icefrog being the brains behind it. It's safe to say that Deadlock is trying to be a big esport.

Was Artifact originally planned to be one for the TCG genre?

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/topdeck-artifact
This is steam group which anyone can join to participate in tourneys.
*hope this make finding new peoples and invite via friends list easier

We make this one last tour, at month start,
so it's only active players from this tour here.

^_^ Next tour one would be 31 august, as always 14:00 GMT+0.

I did not know about Artifact and its story at all. I have read that the game is not longer supported from valve due to the small playerbase But i tried the game anywas and i like it a lot. It is still available so my question is, is it dead or not ?

Everytime I tried to play another online CCG Im reminded of the pathetic powercreep the plagues these games where the devs are just trying to siphon as much milk off the player base without actually trying to balance the game play or make it fun. I tried alot of card games over the years, Duelyst, HS, SV, LoR, etc etc, but none of them had the charm that caught me like Artifact.

People say this game had a problem with monetisation, when the other games Ive listed were basically predatory. The bulk of the money you spend in those games go into the devs pockets. Thats not the case for Artifact, and the community was the receiving end of the money! Its not even expensive to build competitive decks back when the craze was highest. A normal, ladder deck to semi-high ladder in SV or HS would easily cost 10x. I dont see why people enjoyed paying for gachas.

Artifact is the only online card game that had a sufficient amount of depth that I really enjoyed watching online tournaments for. In alot of other games its a matter of whos the better computer that can calculate this rare winning play, who can top deck. Theres no resource management, no strategic decision making that Artifact pushed for. Alot of times it really felt like playing Dota!

I wish Valve would come back or at least allowed the existing community to contribute in some way.

Hi, it's time for other Artifact action)
*this time tourney a bit late koz of PoE hc ssf r event and leaguestart 26 july/
14:00 GMT+0 as always, with unknown time and tour for asian players, second day.

Lets try bo3 format, 2 rounds for the more consistent results.
*i'll found out if that would be a tourney page with registration form to the next time

Good times good times. Hope he’s doing good

There is an Artifact hater website called isartifactdead.com, which displays the current online players of Artifact and then a comment about which other card game has more players. Ironically, the website is dead now while Artifact is alive. Jokes on you!

Ez game!

I feel like the games took way too long. A nerf to tower health could shorten games but I feel like the game length problem is more complex than that.

Also, the arrow system is very frustrating. I don't feel like it should be completely removed like they did in Foundry, but I have no idea how to make it less frustrating.