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Jul 12, 2012 -- 1:52PM, Alphastream1 wrote:

As noted elsewhere, there was some confusion around the Umber Hulk (you clarified that the Umber Hulk is the one making the attack mentioned in the gaze power, not the target).

Yes, the Umber Hulk's confusion gaze should be added to the official FAQ soon. I'll post a link when it's live.

Jul 12, 2012 -- 1:52PM, Alphastream1 wrote:

You also clarified that forced movement is a maximum, but the player causing the slide/etc. doesn't have to use that full amount. So, if you have a power that slides a target 3, you can just slide 2 instead.

Yes. All movement is up to as many as you want. So if you are moving or shifting your speed (which let's say is 5) you can move or slide 0,1,2,3,4, or 5 spaces. The same goes for sliding. If you play an Order card that says to slide an adjacent creature 3 and you only want to slide him 1, that's fine. 

Jul 12, 2012 -- 1:52PM, Alphastream1 wrote:

One general question I had was around peeking at another player's cards. My guess is the game expects transparency. I can look at the foe that my opponent just deployed. If a creature attacks me, I can look at the card being used against me and know all of the particulars before deciding whether to use an immediate.

Yes, absolutely. Once a creature is deployed, or a card is played, it's visible to all players. 

Jul 12, 2012 -- 1:52PM, Alphastream1 wrote:

One thing we had to hunt for was around orders and line of sight. The requirement for line of sight appears in a text box rather than under Orders or Line of Sight, which was a bit unexpected. Orders need line of sight unless the card says otherwise.

Yes, whenever you play an Order card that has the active creature targeting a creature or space "within" x squares, you just need Line of Sight to that square. You don't need a clear shot (LOS to all 4 corners of that square), just LOS to one corner. 

Jul 12, 2012 -- 6:16PM, easymac wrote:

I'm curious about the breakdown of the Order decks in the published sets.  Did you go for a roughly 1/3 each of Standard/Minor/Immediate, or some other formula?  Do you recommend players build to that formula?

Since Immediates can be used on either turn, making them more versatile than Standards, are you putting restrictions on their power when compared to Standards?  Otherwise, as more sets come out, what's to stop someone from building an all Immediate deck that works better than a mixed Standard/Immediate deck.  Or is this the type of variety you are looking to support, similar to MtGs support for a vast array of play types?

In the faction packs, we do try to start with a 1/3 breakdown of immediate, standard, and minor cards. As we playtest the sets and try to make each faction pack feel unique, the breakdown does change. I would suggest starting  with the 1/3 breakdown and seeing where it takes you.

Immediates tend to have less to do with attacks and more to do with preventing damage. This means that while you can play immediates on your turn, you will most likely be wasting part of the effect.

As we introduce more cards, an all immediate deck is an option, but each creature can (normally) use only one per turn. You can gang up on them once they tap to use the immediate. However, more tools will become available and we hope we will see a variety of deck types!