Should Myth wizards be able to control their minions?

[Dylan Windwalker]

Should high level Myth wizards be able to control what spells their minions cast during their turn? Or would this be too over powered?

Say this Myth spell requires a Shadow Pip to cast and when you're choosing the minion's spells, you'll only have 10 seconds to pick their spells before the turn ends or you move on to the next minion (since myth wizards can have multiple minions at play). The effect of this mind-controlling spell will only last 3 turns until it is worn off until the player could cast the spell (or perhaps fewer turns, since players might be able to get another shadow pip by the third turn and I don't imagine spamming this spell would have good consequences in the PvP context). The player could only control the minions they've created themselves and the player could only use spells that the minion can possibly do (so the player cannot use Treasure Cards during the minion's turn). This spell will be a utility spell that only Myth wizards can use. Whether or not it will work on Monstrology Summons is up to debate

I think this would be a great addition to higher level myth wizards!

[Pegasus Unbound]

Should high level Myth wizards be able to control what spells their minions cast during their turn? Or would this be too over powered?

Say this Myth spell requires a Shadow Pip to cast and when you're choosing the minion's spells, you'll only have 10 seconds to pick their spells before the turn ends or you move on to the next minion (since myth wizards can have multiple minions at play). The effect of this mind-controlling spell will only last 3 turns until it is worn off until the player could cast the spell (or perhaps fewer turns, since players might be able to get another shadow pip by the third turn and I don't imagine spamming this spell would have good consequences in the PvP context). The player could only control the minions they've created themselves and the player could only use spells that the minion can possibly do (so the player cannot use Treasure Cards during the minion's turn). This spell will be a utility spell that only Myth wizards can use. Whether or not it will work on Monstrology Summons is up to debate

I think this would be a great addition to higher level myth wizards!

I have always thought that since Myth was super inundated with minions in the early levels, causing them many restrictions and disadvantages, they needed some control of them.

Your idea seems like a good and fair adjustment provided that at lower levels they give you the ability to control/cast 1 spell, and as they Wizards reaches higher levels have more control progressively.

[Willowdreamer]

I have always thought that since Myth was super inundated with minions in the early levels, causing them many restrictions and disadvantages, they needed some control of them.

Your idea seems like a good and fair adjustment provided that at lower levels they give you the ability to control/cast 1 spell, and as they Wizards reaches higher levels have more control progressively.

Super-inundated? Restrictions and disadvantages? The power to summon and work with minions is something most Wizard players don't understand. That's why Myth is misunderstood and avoided by most players.

To me, based on discussions here over the years, it seems that most players maybe only use their school minion a couple of times - if at all - and when the minion "messes up" then it's banished from the deck as useless. If a player is teaming up to do dungeons, or questing with friends, they never need those useless minions anyway. It's normally solo players who even think about blending their minion's skills into their own strategy. Unfortunately, Kingsisle's original designers never planned for minions to evolve and get stronger as the wizard gets stronger. The original designs were throw-aways, with no long-range potential.

Monstrology has made quite a difference for a lot of us minion-users when soloing, but there are still many players out there who don't understand and won't bother with it. The basic buff-for-one-hit-kill-all strategies have become ingrained over the years, and messing about wasting pips to summon a creature doesn't figure into it.

That being said -- I don't think Myth wizards should be able to choose spells for their minions. At the very most, maybe players could have a button to cancel the spell chosen by the AI and make the minion pass. Trying to control a minion's deck would be too much.

[WarWeaver]

I think Myth wizards of all levels should be able to control their minions via game mechanics instead of a spell, and with a restriction of not being able to pick the same spell twice in a row. They specialize in minions but every school has minions so this would really set them apart. It won't make them any better at the higher levels but at least they'll still have their time in the sun at the lower to mid levels.

[lynchjw]

I have always thought that wizards of all schools should be able to control their minions through the game mechanics; not be saddled with random help from the minion which can be as much trouble to work around as it might be helpful. If any type of change was implemented, I would not be in favor of limiting it to Myth.

[Kingurz]

I remember correctly, this was brought up in a KI Live and the developers agreed. It was just a problem of making it happen from a tech point of view. Then Ratbeard spoke of doing something else to empower Myth minions in the mean time, Prof Falmea said she had doubts that whatever Ratbeard was referring to would make it any time soon.

Seems Prof Falmea was right.