This isn't life or death. It's just card reveals. No one gets to use the new cards until the 15th, so the reveal period has absolutely no real impact on your life or your enjoyment of Hearthstone. If you don't like the way they are doing it, just unplug and ignore it until Monday. You'll still see all the cards, but without the stories or whatever else has your knickers in a twist.
I'm just glad it's only taking five days. The massive, extremely lengthy hype seasons of yesteryear were overblown and annoying.
The problem about PvE is that thee's 0 incentive to...
The incentive is enjoyment of the game. If you don't think Mercs is fun in and of itself, you probably shouldn't bother playing. It's just not for you. That doesn't mean it's bad, just that it doesn't match your personal taste.
People who like the game will try different comps against different bounties just for the fun of it, just to see if they can. They know that the pleasure in Mercs is not in having a maxed-out team or in coasting through easy wins because they've outleveled all the challenges. The pleasure is in the challenge itself. If you don't get that by now, you never will, and you might as well move on.
Not exactly how I'd done it. People are hungry for new cards, they come all excited and are then given nothing but teases, via story no less. This is not to hammer the storyteller or the story itself. But if people come in anticipation and expectation of a card reveal, it doesn't help when there isn't one.
So to get everything straight, Swaybae isn't going to reveal any cards, she's just there to tease a card reveal? That's new
Is there any way to filter out content we don't want to see on the landing/news page? I mean this in the nicest way, but I don't have any interest in Yu-Gi-Oh at all, and would prefer not to see it. I'd love if we were able to adjust settings so we can filter out the games we don't play. Not sure if this is viable for you (both digitally from a back-end standpoint, or financially from a site sustainability standpoint)
Why should I spend two turns to wipe a fight with Demons when I can do it in one with Fire?
Maybe because you don't have any fire synergy in your comp because it sucks against most bosses. Demons on the other hand have more sustain with the abilitiy to summon minions, gives your whole team extra health and have scaling attack damage.
You either oneshot LOkholar on turn 1 or you get destroyed by him
Or you build a slow team to not trigger his passive like with Orcs or maybe even dragons. Alternatively there are also reliable ways to kill him before his passive can do anything significant, like with Brukan and Guff 2. abilities.
The whole fantasy of Mercs was supposed to be to build your party of synergistic mercs but instead everyone just runs the handful of top mercs that are just independently strong and synergy is largely out of the window.
Is that really the case? You already mentioned frost, fire and nature comps who obviously rely on synergy. Then there is also the occasional Anduin holy/heal, shadow and orcs teams I see in pvp. Not to mention the ability synergy, like the famous Endurance Aura/Fire Stomp combo or Primal Power + Apex Predator.
This isn't going to get better unless the rampant abuse of speed manipulation is addressed
Isn't that exactly what they did with Lokholar? They introduced a merc that is especially effective against speed heavy comps (and valeera in particular), which forces the meta to adapt. There are also a couple more mercs that reward you for going last.
Lol, 70 bucks for the golden miniset, that's just amazing. That's more than 4 times the price of the normal set. For some reason tears are flowing down my cheeks as I write this.
You’re not wrong! On one hand, she was responding to a funny Tweet. But maybe along with the laughing add a sentence or two to be like “Sorry if there was a miscommunication. SwayBae’s contributions are more to build up anticipation and not actual reveals.”
The problem about PvE is that thee's 0 incentive to ever use anything outside of the most efficient comps because the grind sucks and the only thing that makes it bearable is making it faster. Why should I spend two turns to wipe a fight with Demons when I can do it in one with Fire?
Right now PvP is dictated by Valeera and Lokholar. You either oneshot LOkholar on turn 1 or you get destroyed by him. Those who don't play Lokholar play Valeera and dumpster whatever's left. Tribal archetypes are almost completely unplayable outside of Fire/Nature stuff. When'S the last times you've seen Beasts? Have you ever seen Pirates?
The whole fantasy of Mercs was supposed to be to build your party of synergistic mercs but instead everyone just runs the handful of top mercs that are just independently strong and synergy is largely out of the window. This isn't going to get better unless the rampant abuse of speed manipulation is addressed and the most consistently powerful mercs (like Valeera, Varden and Cairne) are in someway nerfed.
The only thing I ever really wanted from mercs was the ability to build a team focussed around themes I enjoy like Beasts and Pirates and stuff, but those builds aren't just bad they're pretty much unplayable in PvP and entirely impractical in PvE, meaning a large part of the lads that I'm supposed to collect and max are just pointless filler....but I still have to spend time doing their tasks and stuff...that's not fun...and I usually don't mind grinding.
My guess is it'll be in the next rewards track. We'll probably also get a fourth Kurtrus, Xyrella, and Rokara portrait on the same track, based on the new artwork we saw in Tavish's book for Kurtrus and Xyrella.
I know that there'S going to be improvements in the future but to me the entire thing just feels doomed...and I've played it a lot, even managed to max all mercs right up until the last update at which point I gave up because the bounties are just so unfun to grind and the meta somehow managed to get even worse in PvP.
TO me there's nothing they can fix in PvP unless the do a massive overhaul of the combat system and dish out multiple nerfs and buffs across the board (which would affect the viablility of certain mercs in PvE too which is why I doubt they ever will do it)
Then there's the obvious excess coin issue which I'm sure they're working on but it's just beyond ridiculous that this wasn't planned for at all on launch. Like...they couuld have at least brainstormed a concept to allude to instead of just saying "we'll figure something out" after people realize the massive diminishing returns from packs.
I'll be honest, and I may get down voted for it. Just wish they'd act professionally when it comes to their jobs. Okay, it's fine to goof off once in awhile. But it feels like they don't actually take it seriously. Laughing about it made it depressing, honestly. And I mean as a collective for Team 5.
7 New Hearthstone Cards Revealed for Onyxia's Lair
Acolyte of Pain stares sadly at Whelp Bonker...
7 New Hearthstone Cards Revealed for Onyxia's Lair
Welp Bonker, hahahahahaha!
Welcome to the Onyxia's Lair! Alterac Valley's Mini-Set Releases on February 15 and Brings 35 New Cards to Hearthstone
oh I LOVE a good villain song
Site Landing Page Defaults/Filtering
I suck at forums, couldn't make it appear here.
If you favorite the webpage while it is selected you won't have to ever see any content you do not want to see.
Onyxia's Lair Card Reveal Schedule is Out! Reveal Period Lasts 5 Days
Wow, unclench the sphincters, y'all.
This isn't life or death. It's just card reveals. No one gets to use the new cards until the 15th, so the reveal period has absolutely no real impact on your life or your enjoyment of Hearthstone. If you don't like the way they are doing it, just unplug and ignore it until Monday. You'll still see all the cards, but without the stories or whatever else has your knickers in a twist.
I'm just glad it's only taking five days. The massive, extremely lengthy hype seasons of yesteryear were overblown and annoying.
Standard Packs?
All packs pull cards based on when they are opened, not received
So Standard Packs are able to contain new expansion cards even if they were received before the expansion
Expansion Packs are able to contain their mini-set cards as soon as the mini-set is released
etc.
Hearthstone Mercenaries Gets a Limited-Time Event Soon, Pandaria Characters Added as New Mercenaries
The incentive is enjoyment of the game. If you don't think Mercs is fun in and of itself, you probably shouldn't bother playing. It's just not for you. That doesn't mean it's bad, just that it doesn't match your personal taste.
People who like the game will try different comps against different bounties just for the fun of it, just to see if they can. They know that the pleasure in Mercs is not in having a maxed-out team or in coasting through easy wins because they've outleveled all the challenges. The pleasure is in the challenge itself. If you don't get that by now, you never will, and you might as well move on.
Onyxia's Lair Card Reveal Schedule is Out! Reveal Period Lasts 5 Days
Not exactly how I'd done it. People are hungry for new cards, they come all excited and are then given nothing but teases, via story no less. This is not to hammer the storyteller or the story itself. But if people come in anticipation and expectation of a card reveal, it doesn't help when there isn't one.
So to get everything straight, Swaybae isn't going to reveal any cards, she's just there to tease a card reveal? That's new
Site Landing Page Defaults/Filtering
Is there any way to filter out content we don't want to see on the landing/news page? I mean this in the nicest way, but I don't have any interest in Yu-Gi-Oh at all, and would prefer not to see it. I'd love if we were able to adjust settings so we can filter out the games we don't play. Not sure if this is viable for you (both digitally from a back-end standpoint, or financially from a site sustainability standpoint)
Onyxia's Lair
will we maybe see some Arena shakeup...? *crosses fingers*
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The mercs Story should be done after this year, so putting them into the next reward track seems extremely unlikely.
Welcome to the Onyxia's Lair! Alterac Valley's Mini-Set Releases on February 15 and Brings 35 New Cards to Hearthstone
I would put money on, "Many whelps".
Hearthstone Mercenaries Gets a Limited-Time Event Soon, Pandaria Characters Added as New Mercenaries
Maybe because you don't have any fire synergy in your comp because it sucks against most bosses. Demons on the other hand have more sustain with the abilitiy to summon minions, gives your whole team extra health and have scaling attack damage.
Or you build a slow team to not trigger his passive like with Orcs or maybe even dragons. Alternatively there are also reliable ways to kill him before his passive can do anything significant, like with Brukan and Guff 2. abilities.
Is that really the case? You already mentioned frost, fire and nature comps who obviously rely on synergy. Then there is also the occasional Anduin holy/heal, shadow and orcs teams I see in pvp. Not to mention the ability synergy, like the famous Endurance Aura/Fire Stomp combo or Primal Power + Apex Predator.
Isn't that exactly what they did with Lokholar? They introduced a merc that is especially effective against speed heavy comps (and valeera in particular), which forces the meta to adapt. There are also a couple more mercs that reward you for going last.
Welcome to the Onyxia's Lair! Alterac Valley's Mini-Set Releases on February 15 and Brings 35 New Cards to Hearthstone
Tx! Appreciated
Onyxia's Lair
Lol, 70 bucks for the golden miniset, that's just amazing. That's more than 4 times the price of the normal set. For some reason tears are flowing down my cheeks as I write this.
Onyxia's Lair Card Reveal Schedule is Out! Reveal Period Lasts 5 Days
You’re not wrong! On one hand, she was responding to a funny Tweet. But maybe along with the laughing add a sentence or two to be like “Sorry if there was a miscommunication. SwayBae’s contributions are more to build up anticipation and not actual reveals.”
Like you said, a little professionalism.
Hearthstone Mercenaries Gets a Limited-Time Event Soon, Pandaria Characters Added as New Mercenaries
The problem about PvE is that thee's 0 incentive to ever use anything outside of the most efficient comps because the grind sucks and the only thing that makes it bearable is making it faster. Why should I spend two turns to wipe a fight with Demons when I can do it in one with Fire?
Right now PvP is dictated by Valeera and Lokholar. You either oneshot LOkholar on turn 1 or you get destroyed by him. Those who don't play Lokholar play Valeera and dumpster whatever's left. Tribal archetypes are almost completely unplayable outside of Fire/Nature stuff. When'S the last times you've seen Beasts? Have you ever seen Pirates?
The whole fantasy of Mercs was supposed to be to build your party of synergistic mercs but instead everyone just runs the handful of top mercs that are just independently strong and synergy is largely out of the window. This isn't going to get better unless the rampant abuse of speed manipulation is addressed and the most consistently powerful mercs (like Valeera, Varden and Cairne) are in someway nerfed.
The only thing I ever really wanted from mercs was the ability to build a team focussed around themes I enjoy like Beasts and Pirates and stuff, but those builds aren't just bad they're pretty much unplayable in PvP and entirely impractical in PvE, meaning a large part of the lads that I'm supposed to collect and max are just pointless filler....but I still have to spend time doing their tasks and stuff...that's not fun...and I usually don't mind grinding.
Welcome to the Onyxia's Lair! Alterac Valley's Mini-Set Releases on February 15 and Brings 35 New Cards to Hearthstone
Onyxia's Lair isn't Leeroy's area. He was Upper Blackrock Spire.
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70 dollars for a golden mini-set?? wtf??
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My guess is it'll be in the next rewards track. We'll probably also get a fourth Kurtrus, Xyrella, and Rokara portrait on the same track, based on the new artwork we saw in Tavish's book for Kurtrus and Xyrella.
Onyxia's Lair Card Reveal Schedule is Out! Reveal Period Lasts 5 Days
So they teased a trailer, the trailer came with teasing the teasers on reveals which is just a bunch of nonsense!
If they want to tell stories around cards, just do it in the reveal?! Just an idea.
Hearthstone Mercenaries Gets a Limited-Time Event Soon, Pandaria Characters Added as New Mercenaries
I know that there'S going to be improvements in the future but to me the entire thing just feels doomed...and I've played it a lot, even managed to max all mercs right up until the last update at which point I gave up because the bounties are just so unfun to grind and the meta somehow managed to get even worse in PvP.
TO me there's nothing they can fix in PvP unless the do a massive overhaul of the combat system and dish out multiple nerfs and buffs across the board (which would affect the viablility of certain mercs in PvE too which is why I doubt they ever will do it)
Then there's the obvious excess coin issue which I'm sure they're working on but it's just beyond ridiculous that this wasn't planned for at all on launch. Like...they couuld have at least brainstormed a concept to allude to instead of just saying "we'll figure something out" after people realize the massive diminishing returns from packs.
Onyxia's Lair Card Reveal Schedule is Out! Reveal Period Lasts 5 Days
I'll be honest, and I may get down voted for it. Just wish they'd act professionally when it comes to their jobs. Okay, it's fine to goof off once in awhile. But it feels like they don't actually take it seriously. Laughing about it made it depressing, honestly. And I mean as a collective for Team 5.
Onyxia's Lair
I still wonder how we can obtain the Hero portrait of Tavish, something at the end of the Book of Mercenaries. Or just in the next expansion track?
Hearthstone Dying?
Ha, I said HS is dying since Ungoro. Nobody believed me! And now the have to bow and excuse before me!
Jokes aside. HS has always been losing players and so does it currently.