We are delighted to announce that Cabals: The Card Game just received a new lease of life that we are sure the Cabals Community, and beyond, are going to love! This update doesnt just bring the Cabals experience up to date but also brings something new into play - most notably for iOS users. Read on to find out more. Everyplay Yes, you read that correctly. Now iOS users can record your Cabals battles seamlessly and share it with your friends without even thinking about it. At the end of every game you now have the option to save and share your battle to Everyplay, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. The Cabals experience just got taken to another level and it couldnt be easier. We expect to be enjoying your gameplay videos right away and who knows, we may just feature you on the Kyy Games YouTube channel. Cross-platform play is back! Once again iOS users can enjoy battling with all other players who play on Windows, Mac, Android or in browser. This version brings the players together on the same server so that you will be able to play against everyone. This will benefit all with more players for you to play, a decrease in waiting time and an increase in your enjoyment. Easy registration for new users Even though we highly recommend email registration, so as to be in contact with us, it is now possible to register a Cabals account with nickname only. So if you have ever been frustrated by having to type your whole email address again and again you wont have to with our new, more streamlined, registration and login. Enhanced matchmaking In addition to cross-platform play, the way your opponents are chosen has been improved. This should help you with finding the best battles for your experience level and improve your online play further. Bug fixes - server stability and more! Discard pile related issues have been ironed out. Likewise card discarding and living void related problems solved. Server stability has also been improved. Despite the new features these fixes may just be the most beneficial to your gaming experience! Enjoy and dont hesitate to get in contact with the Cabals Community via Forum, IRC, Facebook, Google+, Twitter and of course through the official Cabals: The Card Game website! Available downloads Download or Play Cabals: The Card Game
Gentleman's Starter Deck Tournament Welcome to participate in a special free tournament organized by the Cabals community. -Mika Ceo, Founder Download or Play Cabals: The Card Game
Weekend Special +1 Rare in Boosters There's a rare treat in Cabals this Weekend, every booster has an Extra RARE. Welcome to Play Cabals Happy Gaming! Cheers, Mika
Beginners Tournament (sign up now!) Are you new to Cabals? Would you like to compete against other beginners? Now there's a good opportunity: Beginner's Tournament (sign up now!)
Beginner's weekend on Cabals To compliment the Beginner's Tournament, the price of Starter Decks is lowered to 250 influence for this weekend! Special thanks to 'Canabalt' for organizing the event!
Gentleman's Sealed Deck Tournament - Now Live Gentleman's Sealed Deck Tournament (GS.) RULES You start a new account with the prefix "GS" e.g. "GS.DeathKillerX" You sign up on this forum thread You agree to abide by the 750 Influence limit. Multiplayer only You behave like a sportsperson when playing your tourney deck CATEGORIES 1) King of Cabals - Highest Rating Use GS.decks and gather most rating 2) Duke of Cabals - Highest Win% This is for those who wish to participate, but dont want to play hundreds of games. Minimum requisite: atleast 20 games played 3) Godfather of Cabals - Most Games Played Now there's a competition for the playniacs, who just love to play hundreds of games. PRIZES 1st place - 1000 influence on the main account and 1 of each 4 cards coming in next update. 2nd place - 250 influence 3rd place - 100 influence 4-10th place - 50 influence Winners will also be immortalized in the Cabals Hall of Fame. Bonus: Reach top 20 with GS.deck and receive 3 of each new card coming in the next update. Sign up now
Map Contest - get your map idea published and win! Cabals-Map Contest Now there's a very good chance of having your map go live on Cabals. We will publish all reasonable map ideas in an open contest for community reviewing. Rules: The best two maps will be included in the game. The rating is based mainly on forum users' opinions and comments but the developers make the ultimate decision. The rest of the maps will possibly be taken into account when adding/designing new maps. We reserve the right to change map names. Prizes: Both winners receive 300 Influence and the maps will be included in the game. Participate now!
Map Contest - Maps Live Maps Contestants are now live. Channels Shangri-La Berlin Askew Nanking Reasonable Coiled 2 Dark Roads Derweze One at a time Batavia First try Dongguan Old Forest Around the Corner Monastery Shuriken Blitzkrieg Arena -> We're still accepting new maps. Read more!
Update v2.1.2 launches season 4, adding a new social feature to the game - Refer a Friend. This feature allows you to invite your friends to the game granting them a free Hero card. The best thing is that it also benefits you! Each time a friend you invited to the game purchases influence, we add an extra 5% of the amount purchased to your account! Now it's a good time to crawl back to the real world from Dragon Enclave and get in touch with friends who haven't yet experienced the mystic world of Cabals! List of changes: Refer-a-friend functionality introduced 4 new cards Balancing changes Leaderboard reset Maximum level increased to 150 Bug fixes New cards: Day of the False King (Osiris) Action | 3PP | Target unit with the cost of 1 gains +4 power. The unit is destroyed at the end of turn.Apep Hatchling (Osiris) Unit(5) | 5PP | When a unit is destroyed by Apep Hatchling: discard a card from both decks. Enlightened Torturer (Dragon Enclave) Unit(2) | 2DD | Once per turn: deal 1 damage to a unit that is not destroyed by this damage. Healer (Dragon Enclave) Unit(1) | 2D | E: remove 1 damage from a unit. Card changes: Dragon Enclave: Following Tao no longer gives +card Dragon Enclave: Master of Blades power decreased from 2 to 1 Dragon Enclave: Fucanlong's ability lowered to give only +1R, when played. Sons of Osiris: High Priest now requires (2R, E) to activate. Sons of Osiris: Embalmer doesn't require resources anymore to activate. Bearclaw Brotherhood: The loyalty cost of Guided Therapist lowered to 1 Danann: Loyalty cost of Cursed Duchess lowered to 1 Vril: Blitz Trooper no longer requires resources to activate Vril: Karl Maria Viligut activation cost lowered to 3 Use my invitation code : 3G4JLHQ for an extra Hero when you Join Cabals -Mika Download or Play Cabals: The Card Game
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Wow. The first game I play in a long time, I get matched with a level 47 player when I'm level 7. And a friend I just referred to the game said he got matched with someone around level 63 when he's like level 2. That's just ridiculous. I'm sure neither of us will be playing random matches anymore. I don't remember that happening in the past when I played online games - is matching broken or are all the online players just now really high level??
C'mon, Dude! Play one game and then avoid because you drew a high ranked regular? That's just the luck of the draw in effect. I've played people way up on the list and people way down on the list. Bear in mind that those who eventually decide the game is not for them are likely to have lower ratings meaning the average ratings are liable to be a bit higher that the standard 1200. Even so, playing with a higher ranked player does not automatically mean a mismatch or a rout. If you win, you might pick up an obscene number of rating points. If you lose, you lose very few. The system seems pretty fair. The other night, I played against someone ranked #15 on the list. Right after that match, I played someone with a rating under 1100. Been playing since day one. Not a lot, but the game is staying on my device for years to come.
I'm not talking about ranking. I'm talking about level. With a sixty level difference, that player has way more experience and much better cards. When my friend told me it happened to him, I thought what you did, that it was just a fluke. But then it happened to me too. Twice for two different people no longer seems like a fluke. As for ranking, a system should match people closer to each other in that regard as well. Usually people high in rank are there for a reason - skill and a good deck. Beginning players just aren't going to be able to compete with that and will become quickly discouraged.
Your call, but twice for two people is still a pretty small sample. I'm afraid the kind of ranking for matches you suggest is never going to be in the cards, but I agree, it would be ideal.
I'll continue playing single player and with my friend. I definitely like the game. I just don't feel like playing Russian roulette when I don't always have a lot of time to play to begin with.
It's a very good argument. Currently the Rating-system tells you how good someone is in PvP. Would it be reasonable to have double matchmaking criteria: Rating&Level taken into consideration? Actually levels say nothing about the PvP skills. Personally I think number of PvP matches played, win% and deck strength matters much more than level. Maybe the level should just be hidden because its misleading and irrelevant. I understand that for new players the high levels opponents do feel like an unfair matchup and we have discussed this dilemma quite a bit internally. We've had players who reach the level cap w/o playing a single online match. They find it very unfair to lose to a level 5 player who has only played online matches. But I guess nobody likes losing anyway, I know I don't -Mika
