Add to that the constant weirdly long queue on mobile to download before startup updates that is more than a year old. I wonder why Blizzard didn't notice this yet? maybe they don't record metrics on startup download times?
As others have mentioned the Hero Power is very much problematic. And although I like the connection you put between the classes that they both use pain for profit, I do feel it's more on the Warlocky side.
About the multi-targeting, I don't think Hearthstone will use it on any complex cards any time soon. Current cards' effects are more focused around it.
Wailor
It's definitely fitting for a dual-class cards, however the battlecry feels a bit underwhelming. Just compare it to Hit It Very Hard. Perhaps it could also make your hero damage adjacent minions that turn to make it feel impactful.
demonxz95
I like what you're doing with the battlecry, but I think it should work without the card draw. If you have a lot of small battlecry minions in your deck you could simply play, draw, play, draw, etc until you're out of Mana. This would allow you to draw battlecry cards way too consistently and trigger the fusion of battlecries a lot each turn. Also makes the Hero Power obsolete.
Neoguli
Although the Vigilante part adds flavor towards Demon Hunter, It really doesn't seem like a DH card effect-wise. DH doesn't use big spells as an archetype, meaning you're just copying the same one or two spells, which gets repetitive and could be done with any class. And DH can't upgrade their Hero Power at all.
BasilAnguis
Dual-class cards of course have the choice to use a common ground, combining class-specific effects or a combination of both. You are clearly trying to go for a common ground with Lifesteal and Holy spells, but the weapon prevents this from counting for both classes.
MrRhapsody
I really like the second battlecry, because I think it has a lot of potential.
I do see an issue with the Hero Powers. The second one is too abusable and Mage will never really profit from the first.
I'll try to make one or two alternative Hero Powers later.
Mutanus the Devourer needs to be retired. It's not good enough that a game can go on for a long time and then suddenly your opponent pulls not just Mutanus but sometimes with Brann out of their ass and just makes the whole game pointless. At least with Rat you would mostly be 'ratted' quite early and you could end the game early. Now it's just a colossal waste of time as your (usually) idiot, misplaying moron of an opponent just presses the iwin button.
You either play aggro in this mess of a game or gg and go home. I hope Microsoft step in and sack the current design team.
Im afraid that response may be a clue as to how many people are actually in QA at the moment. I think its fair to ask that a company who's charging for a product to have done some rudimentary testing before releasing it.
Perhaps its time blizz consider giving battlegrounds (and perhaps mercs as well) its own client and servers. If the codes are as convoluted as it seems then adding more stuff cant possibly be the answer. As Dean has mentioned before, there's some concern about hearthstone's game file size (especially for mobile users). So why not just split the game. Its not like anyone would be constantly bouncing thru and fro hearthstone hearthstone and hearthstone battlegrounds.
I'm hoping this makes it over to arena. I've been asking for drafting more than 30 and narrowing down your deck to get rid of noncards or superweak cards so you don't lose when drawing them. Draft 35 and get rid of 5. Makes you able to go for cool effects too like synergy and not get so punished. I would be over the moon if that happened.
Yea, it's something that I never caught on with the TCG and only have been slightly as I watch, and sometimes play, MD. Your main archetype is maybe a third of the deck, the other two thirds are disruption (hand trap, trap, spell negates, etc).
I can get into the Darkshore Bounty, and I haven't tried anything else yet, but Mercenaries at least is a bit sluggish. Also one of the new enemies had a white image for its ability icon and the effect it applied to Anduin made his "effect" display as long as a CVS receipt, lol At least it's playable and I hope they can hammer things out soon.
To echo everyone else, thanks for consolidating the lists and for all the work you do! You are a driving force for experimentation and creativity in the format and I know your work serves as motivation for many to log in and try out fun stuff.
[Updated] Emergency Hotfix Deployed To Deal With Some Launch Issues for Hearthstone’s Patch 23.2 - Mercenaries Crashes & Broken Card Effects
I wonder how this bug was spotted, since someone has to play this mode to find it..
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(But no shirts, nor chicken.)
How to Play Hearthstone With 60 or 144 FPS (Frames Per Second)
as far as I remember, the default on the phone is a maximum of 30 fps and on android this parameter can be edited in the game files.
I just checked my phone. there is a maximum of 120 fps.
Updated: Hearthstone Patch 23.2 Is Now Live - Naga Battlegrounds, N’Zoth Mercenaries, New Game Features & Shop Deals, Plus More
OMG, that Twitterpated Malygos is adorable!
How to Play Hearthstone With 60 or 144 FPS (Frames Per Second)
does it work for everyone on mobile? if I want to click High, it shows the language selection which is just underneath it, hmmm
How to Play Hearthstone With 60 or 144 FPS (Frames Per Second)
this has nothing to do with the animation speed.
Frames Per Second. the smoothness of the image on the screen depends on this parameter. that's it.
[Updated] Emergency Hotfix Deployed To Deal With Some Launch Issues for Hearthstone’s Patch 23.2 - Mercenaries Crashes & Broken Card Effects
There is an "Your account needs to be updated" issue that prevents login from many users (including myself)
https://eu.forums.blizzard.com/en/hearthstone/t/your-account-needs-to-be-updated-please-restart-the-game/7745/13
Add to that the constant weirdly long queue on mobile to download before startup updates that is more than a year old. I wonder why Blizzard didn't notice this yet? maybe they don't record metrics on startup download times?
Double Identity - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
These dual-class prompt are always though.
About the multi-targeting, I don't think Hearthstone will use it on any complex cards any time soon. Current cards' effects are more focused around it.
I do see an issue with the Hero Powers. The second one is too abusable and Mage will never really profit from the first.
I'll try to make one or two alternative Hero Powers later.
Updated: Hearthstone Patch 23.2 Is Now Live - Naga Battlegrounds, N’Zoth Mercenaries, New Game Features & Shop Deals, Plus More
The compensation will be interesting for sure.
I'm also wondering what direction a nerf would take, as the usual "make it cost more mana" approach does not feel applicable here.
Stat reduction is a possibility, but then Drek doesn't match Vanndar, and is this card winning on stats?
Changing the effect to summon one minion feels best to me. Other ideas?
How to Play Hearthstone With 60 or 144 FPS (Frames Per Second)
So this must explain why my BG game animations were super slow yesterday...
Hearthstone Is Soon Getting a New Collection Manager Feature That Lets You Temporarily Add Extra Cards to Your Decks
every other sane person: I'm gonna use this so that I can better refine my deck!
me: i'M goNNa PuT EVERy SInGle caRD THaT I hAVE IN A deCk
me on my way to collection manager:
Group Therapy! Need to blow off some steam? Mega salty? Here's the place!
Mutanus the Devourer needs to be retired. It's not good enough that a game can go on for a long time and then suddenly your opponent pulls not just Mutanus but sometimes with Brann out of their ass and just makes the whole game pointless. At least with Rat you would mostly be 'ratted' quite early and you could end the game early. Now it's just a colossal waste of time as your (usually) idiot, misplaying moron of an opponent just presses the iwin button.
You either play aggro in this mess of a game or gg and go home. I hope Microsoft step in and sack the current design team.
Solve Our "Dredge-ful Depths" Hearthstone Word Search Puzzle
Thanks for the Dredge-fully enjoyable word search!
[Updated] Emergency Hotfix Deployed To Deal With Some Launch Issues for Hearthstone’s Patch 23.2 - Mercenaries Crashes & Broken Card Effects
Im afraid that response may be a clue as to how many people are actually in QA at the moment. I think its fair to ask that a company who's charging for a product to have done some rudimentary testing before releasing it.
Perhaps its time blizz consider giving battlegrounds (and perhaps mercs as well) its own client and servers. If the codes are as convoluted as it seems then adding more stuff cant possibly be the answer. As Dean has mentioned before, there's some concern about hearthstone's game file size (especially for mobile users). So why not just split the game. Its not like anyone would be constantly bouncing thru and fro hearthstone hearthstone and hearthstone battlegrounds.
Hearthstone Is Soon Getting a New Collection Manager Feature That Lets You Temporarily Add Extra Cards to Your Decks
The only thing left now is to ask whether there would be a bug that actually allows you to have more than 30 cards in your deck in future.
Hearthstone Is Soon Getting a New Collection Manager Feature That Lets You Temporarily Add Extra Cards to Your Decks
That would definitely add a new dimension to Arena.
Hearthstone Is Soon Getting a New Collection Manager Feature That Lets You Temporarily Add Extra Cards to Your Decks
Neat feature. Wish you could also put cards you didn't own into your deck too.
Though considering T5's history with deck slots they might think its too complicated for new players lol
How to Play Hearthstone With 60 or 144 FPS (Frames Per Second)
does the speed of animation change with these setting?
Updated: Hearthstone Patch 23.2 Is Now Live - Naga Battlegrounds, N’Zoth Mercenaries, New Game Features & Shop Deals, Plus More
It will be really interesting to see how they'll compensate the players who bought Diamond Drek'Thar. Even more so those who paid with $$.
Hearthstone Is Soon Getting a New Collection Manager Feature That Lets You Temporarily Add Extra Cards to Your Decks
I'm hoping this makes it over to arena. I've been asking for drafting more than 30 and narrowing down your deck to get rid of noncards or superweak cards so you don't lose when drawing them. Draft 35 and get rid of 5. Makes you able to go for cool effects too like synergy and not get so punished. I would be over the moon if that happened.
Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel Adds New Solo Missions for Advanced Mechanics and the "Danger!" Archetype
Yea, it's something that I never caught on with the TCG and only have been slightly as I watch, and sometimes play, MD. Your main archetype is maybe a third of the deck, the other two thirds are disruption (hand trap, trap, spell negates, etc).
[Updated] Emergency Hotfix Deployed To Deal With Some Launch Issues for Hearthstone’s Patch 23.2 - Mercenaries Crashes & Broken Card Effects
I can get into the Darkshore Bounty, and I haven't tried anything else yet, but Mercenaries at least is a bit sluggish.
Also one of the new enemies had a white image for its ability icon and the effect it applied to Anduin made his "effect" display as long as a CVS receipt, lol
At least it's playable and I hope they can hammer things out soon.
Even Druid - Wild Hearthstone Full Deck & Guide on the Wildest of Tuesdays
Looks like it’s top 2 for sure - may be top 1, it’s a close one.
Updated: Hearthstone Patch 23.2 Is Now Live - Naga Battlegrounds, N’Zoth Mercenaries, New Game Features & Shop Deals, Plus More
It only works on itself. "The first Spellcraft spell cast on this each turn".
The Out of Cards Wild Deck Guide Compendium
To echo everyone else, thanks for consolidating the lists and for all the work you do! You are a driving force for experimentation and creativity in the format and I know your work serves as motivation for many to log in and try out fun stuff.