The community came together, we rallied , we petitioned, we complained ... and WizKids listened to us and put forth a solution that allows the barrier to entry to stay low ... but the competition level to still favor those that know their opponent's dial (just never better than them). Thanks!

I started a boycott post until they drop the dial off the card altogether.

Well, it's better than it was. WK's not known for listening, and I doubt they would have if the response wasn't so overwhelmingly negative and clearly going to cost them a huge portion of the customer base.

I dunno about "won" but it's compromise. If someone cheats by looking at the back of other players' cards, they'd better see some punitive action for it.

The way some of these special powers turn into novels... they will never fit all that on one side.

This is perfecttttttt.

It allows for us to decide in our own home games, tournaments, etc whether to allow all access or only owner access, or no access to the dial info.

In order to satisfy the compromise they HAVE to get a handle on the SPs. That's a happy side effect that's good for the game.

I'm celebrating a half win and a bonus three-quarters win.

Moderate celebration time!! Who's up for Nachos, Flanders-style? That's cucumbers and cottage cheese to you!!!

Damn, I'm going need to start bringing a magnifying glass to games now!

I think this is a pretty good compromise and it's cool to see WK have such a quick reaction on the matter.

It feels so stupid being so happy about this, but let's face it: For those opposing the original change, this is a serious victory for players and the game.

It showed that Wizkids does listen, to whatever extent, and I can't think of a time that a company has ever made such a dramatic turnaround. It is, quite simply, awesome. I've thanked Wizkids in one or two other threads, but again, a sincere THANK YOU!

I don't mind that the dials are on the cards... It's not my favorite thing ever, but if that's the compromise we get, I can definitely live with it. Because the alternative was so damn discouraging.

Or just pay $7 and buy card sleeves and sleeve all of your cards to make it impossible for them to view it. Then you can slide it out to view.

Clever, inexpensive and probably good for the cards in any case. HeroClix: The Gathering!

I hate it pure and simple. Takes a lot of play out of the game. I guess it could just save some a bunch of money by not buying new dummy cards...

that actually made me lol!! my friend and i had sleeves anyway because we used to play a way where we needed them. this just makes me happy to have them. now my spider-man set isn't ruined, YAY!!

Still dumb. Even if the owner is the only one that has access to the dial I feel this encourages turtling and hiding more because you still can see where you are on the dial. There are so many similar teams played anyhow that you will still basically have access to your opponents dial it will just be from the back of your card.

I would prefer gatefold cards with the dial in the middle. That way we dont have such a space crunch.

And tournament rules that say the back must be covered.