If anyone has any sort of questions or suggestions or really anything to say about this idea, please do tell.
#New Joker Idea
abstract hawk
pseudo hound
this literally does nothing
not exactly, if it is applied before other jokers on an upgraded planet card it could have great use-> giving you a really high base mult before other X multipliers are added
sacred wharf
Me placing the snag at the end of the joker slots
ruby oasis
not exactly, if it is applied before other jokers on an upgraded planet card it ...
120 × (12×1.5×1.5×1.5×1.5) = (120×1.5×1.5×1.5×1.5) × 12
The interactions you worry about with xmult is making sure as much of the flat mult is in as possible before the xmult.
abstract hawk
this is a snag if anyone doesn't know. hotdog but in bread instead of a bun
abstract hawk
120 × (12×1.5×1.5×1.5×1.5) = (120×1.5×1.5×1.5×1.5) × 12
The interactions you wo...
honestly, i just think having a snag joker that does smth really weird but also kinda strong in the right hands would be cool
i'm not experienced at all in balatro so i don't rly know what's strong
ruby oasis
I can't really think of a way to make this reliably not a wash though.
abstract hawk
well it doesn't have to be about swapping mult and chips, it could just be something weird
i had this other idea about it giving you a special card in your deck that acts sorta like a stone card but it multiplies your mult by a lot but gets removed from your deck when scored and only comes back after defeating the blind
still weird, but more practically strong i'd say, what do you think?
sacred wharf
I was gonna suggest that it could split the scores 50/50 but then I remembered thats just plasma deck
Maybe it splits the chips with mult like 50x3 but becomes 35x18 or something
abstract hawk
interesting
i feel like a common thing with balatro jokers is that the reward is somewhat simple to understand and the complexity is in getting it to activate in the most optimal way possible, although i could be wrong since again, i don't have the most knowledge on balatro
like, take the raised fist. The raised fist adds double the value of the lowest card still in your hand when you score to your mult. Most people would normally go for scoring the higher value cards, but with raised fist, you're encouraged to score the lower value cards in order to get the biggest payout from raised fist, or just remove the low value cards from your deck entirely
let's say you choose to focus on using the lower value cards instead of just removing them, then you're joker build might focus on getting the biggest reward out of those low value cards, like getting fibonacci so that twos, threes, and fives add to your mult as well
actually, that gives me an idea
also sorry if i'm yapping a lot, i tend to do that when i think game design
what if snag swapped the value of playing cards
2 = ace
3 = king
4 = queen
5 = jack
6 = 10
7 = 9
8 = 8
9 = 7
10 = 6
jack = 5
queen = 4
king = 3
ace = 2
but the way they interact with other jokers stays the same
so take fibonacci for example. It adds +8 mult everytime you score an ace,2,3,5, or 8
so now scoring a 2 with give you +11 chips and if you have fibonacci then it'd still give you the +8 mult
and there are other jokers that do similar stuff where it activates depending on the number on the card you played
it'd prob be a common/uncommon joker since it definetly isn't the strongest, but it'd have its moments
sacred wharf
what if snag swapped the value of playing cards
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