I've been trying to build an actually good Kindred deck since his release and have probably failed a dozen or so times.
But man I gotta say this deck is spicey, combining the strengths of veigar Senna, with undying vulnerable decks to create something will actually see Kindred getting to a 9/9 guaranteed.
So hard mull for like undying and veigard usually, pirate girl is nice on 2 a defensive counter swing play and ship Kind of works similarly on turn 4 but you drag with undying.
Really good, I think MOG would get a kick out of this one.
I'm interessted in the Alliance vs. Horde mechanic though. Wasn't there sth similiar during Gadgetzan with the gangs battling over the city?
Yep, though the Gadgetzan one was very much tied to the meta and naturally favoured the Jade Lotus just because they got the strongest tri-class mechanic. Hopefully the honor point system being tied to quests will be more a metric of people just playing the game than how strong any class or mechanic is, though it does rely somewhat on there being a roughly equal number of players choosing each side, which is difficult to guarantee.
The horde and alliance thing is certainly very interesting but you'd think this kind of faction fights should have been introduced at the first not the third expansion of the year. That way we get a whole year at thumbing our noses at our filthy neighbors.
I somewhat admire team5's decision to let us choose between two legendaries. A risky proposal given that they've shied away from this approach with the understandable reason that people will feel bad having chose poorly, or the fact that 90% of the players will just choose the stronger or more viable legendary and so that's all we'll be seeing for the first 2 weeks.
I would assume that no matter the choice, you can ultimately play whatever you like, so you can paradoxically play and win using alliance decks whilst having chose for the horde.
Bring on the hero cards team5. I'd like to know how they balance these ones, or will this be yet another repeat of stormwind, only now everyone's playing going to be playing like druid - literally draw this card and win or die.
Still better having hero cards than not having hero cards eh?
One last comment. That honorable fight keyword will likely end up like overkill. Unless of course, they ramp up the powerlevel on this one.
No I'm not saying I don't understand the line of play, and I've even seen it all of...once.
Its just terrible.
Like any deck that says I need to hard cast two 10 mana spells before I can win is bad.
Like feel the rush is the closest to a semi competitive "meme" card because it is literally just 12 mana I win most of the time.
You can run it as a cheeky 1 of in Sejuani midrange or as a 3 of in a hard ramp list.
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But I have to say this whole conversation has made me realize how out of the realm of what people are actually playing, and how decks are actually built, and just like the universe maybe?
Totally, art and voices of cards are as important as the effects of cards themselves for ppl to enjoy playing them, sometimes even more so. Artists are usually credited when you look up the card in your collection, but writers of flavor texts or voice actors are not. I mean it makes sense, it would get clunky with "too much info", but i believe you can look some of them up online and shoot them a msg on twitter or something to tell them how much you enjoy their work. I think they would appreciate that for sure :)
This sounds pretty cool! A welcome change to the normal expansion mode. I'm partial to the Allience, but I imagine the Horde is a lot more popular, so their chances of winning are better.
What will likely happen would be the winning team gets the diamond legendary while the losers suck their thumbs and sit around the corner. I doubt team5 will allow something like this to happen, because its fairly obvious most players will just opt for the stronger side, so smart guys will just pick the weaker one and score a freebie. It creates this scenario where players will band up and basically throw the contest and as unlikely as it is to work, Im sure team5 wouldn't want something like this happening.
I mean the reset is on midnight, not 24-hours since it went off :) Also there are usually a few houses that are "always on", so any amount of ppl can trick-or-treat there. They r displayed on the event page. Ofc one person can only knock on one house once, daily.
I wonder if you could "technically" get both cards for free. For eg: You choose the Horde Legendary, but then the Alliance wins, so you get the diamond version of the Alliance legendary.
I actually thought about this too, while writing the article.
I imagine that you may want to pick the "weakest" one so that you'll get the strongest one down the road, but that doesn't seem too smart of a choice, gameplay experience wise.
There's also the chance that you may pick a golden legendary now, and you'll get the regular copy of the other one at the beginning of the next expansion's Reward track (just like we received Mankrik and Lady Prestor).
But by picking the side, you align yourself with that side, so playing the game will earn points for your side = if everyone picks the "loosing side", they would either have to stop playing the game, or the side might win in the end, halting your plan :D I dont think it will be that easy.
Only way i could see this working is if you could delay the pick, and wait and join in later (if there is even going to be the progress for each side displayed in-game). But imho the pick will be mandatory on log-in, would be my guess.
Yes and no: being two cards that get released prior to the expansion they belong, they're bound to have generally viable effects (just like Flightmaster Dungar), so they should be on a rather similar power level.
Moreover, consider that we get to pick a free golden legendary, meaning that there's no way that we'll have to wait that long to get at least a regular version of the other one.
I wonder if you could "technically" get both cards for free. For eg: You choose the Horde Legendary, but then the Alliance wins, so you get the diamond version of the Alliance legendary.
I actually thought about this too, while writing the article.
I imagine that you may want to pick the "weakest" one so that you'll get the strongest one down the road, but that doesn't seem too smart of a choice, gameplay experience wise.
There's also the chance that you may pick a golden legendary now, and you'll get the regular copy of the other one at the beginning of the next expansion's Reward track (just like we received Mankrik and Lady Prestor).
Example of "game-changing effect" is increasing player's maximum Mana to 20.
Would love to see the UI on this, although I just have a feeling that it'll still show as 10 mana crystals, just the text changes to 20.
Also, I wonder if you could "technically" get both cards for free. For eg: You choose the Horde Legendary, but then the Alliance wins, so you get the diamond version of the Alliance legendary.
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Believe she is Dranei (sp?) So Alliance.
Solving Kindred Finally
I've been trying to build an actually good Kindred deck since his release and have probably failed a dozen or so times.
But man I gotta say this deck is spicey, combining the strengths of veigar Senna, with undying vulnerable decks to create something will actually see Kindred getting to a 9/9 guaranteed.
So hard mull for like undying and veigard usually, pirate girl is nice on 2 a defensive counter swing play and ship Kind of works similarly on turn 4 but you drag with undying.
Really good, I think MOG would get a kick out of this one.
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Yep, though the Gadgetzan one was very much tied to the meta and naturally favoured the Jade Lotus just because they got the strongest tri-class mechanic. Hopefully the honor point system being tied to quests will be more a metric of people just playing the game than how strong any class or mechanic is, though it does rely somewhat on there being a roughly equal number of players choosing each side, which is difficult to guarantee.
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We'll that's all my assumptions thrown out the window. Im looking forward to the reddit and discords on the mass turn 1 concedes events already.
"Horde players go as warrior, alliance as paladin. The signal is a combinations of emotes, which will indicate who will concede"
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You might want to find a different art - Fireguard Destroyer.
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The original Article specifically said that everyone will get a diamond version of the winning teams Leader.
Leaked Info About New Hearthstone Expansion Set in the Alterac Valley - Hero Cards, New Keyword, Honor System and more!
The horde and alliance thing is certainly very interesting but you'd think this kind of faction fights should have been introduced at the first not the third expansion of the year. That way we get a whole year at thumbing our noses at our filthy neighbors.
I somewhat admire team5's decision to let us choose between two legendaries. A risky proposal given that they've shied away from this approach with the understandable reason that people will feel bad having chose poorly, or the fact that 90% of the players will just choose the stronger or more viable legendary and so that's all we'll be seeing for the first 2 weeks.
I would assume that no matter the choice, you can ultimately play whatever you like, so you can paradoxically play and win using alliance decks whilst having chose for the horde.
Bring on the hero cards team5. I'd like to know how they balance these ones, or will this be yet another repeat of stormwind, only now everyone's playing going to be playing like druid - literally draw this card and win or die.
Still better having hero cards than not having hero cards eh?
One last comment. That honorable fight keyword will likely end up like overkill. Unless of course, they ramp up the powerlevel on this one.
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No I'm not saying I don't understand the line of play, and I've even seen it all of...once.
Its just terrible.
Like any deck that says I need to hard cast two 10 mana spells before I can win is bad.
Like feel the rush is the closest to a semi competitive "meme" card because it is literally just 12 mana I win most of the time.
You can run it as a cheeky 1 of in Sejuani midrange or as a 3 of in a hard ramp list.
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But I have to say this whole conversation has made me realize how out of the realm of what people are actually playing, and how decks are actually built, and just like the universe maybe?
Leaked Info About New Hearthstone Expansion Set in the Alterac Valley - Hero Cards, New Keyword, Honor System and more!
Two ppl from EU worked on the article and we still managed to get it wrong :D Time zones are hard, man! :) Thanks, edited.
How about some love for the actors and writers?
Totally, art and voices of cards are as important as the effects of cards themselves for ppl to enjoy playing them, sometimes even more so. Artists are usually credited when you look up the card in your collection, but writers of flavor texts or voice actors are not. I mean it makes sense, it would get clunky with "too much info", but i believe you can look some of them up online and shoot them a msg on twitter or something to tell them how much you enjoy their work. I think they would appreciate that for sure :)
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@staff Little reminders from an European guy :
The timezone is wrong we now have CET , because summer is over into should then be 18:00 CET.
in Europe we have time change every 6 month beginnings rhe las Saturday in October
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pls no... pls no.
btw is xyrella horde? or allience?
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This sounds pretty cool! A welcome change to the normal expansion mode. I'm partial to the Allience, but I imagine the Horde is a lot more popular, so their chances of winning are better.
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What will likely happen would be the winning team gets the diamond legendary while the losers suck their thumbs and sit around the corner. I doubt team5 will allow something like this to happen, because its fairly obvious most players will just opt for the stronger side, so smart guys will just pick the weaker one and score a freebie. It creates this scenario where players will band up and basically throw the contest and as unlikely as it is to work, Im sure team5 wouldn't want something like this happening.
Leaked Info About New Hearthstone Expansion Set in the Alterac Valley - Hero Cards, New Keyword, Honor System and more!
The keyword doesn't seem strong/interessting. Without Rush it's bad.
Most of it was expected: AV, Hero Cards... I hope they are not to overtuned. But reading about getting 20 mana is concerning.
I'm interessted in the Alliance vs. Horde mechanic though. Wasn't there sth similiar during Gadgetzan with the gangs battling over the city?
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Don't be greedy. You will keep both free legendaries and the diamond one.
Game Designer Ates 'Tabayrak' Bayrak Asks Players for Feedback on Hearthstone Duels
I mean the reset is on midnight, not 24-hours since it went off :) Also there are usually a few houses that are "always on", so any amount of ppl can trick-or-treat there. They r displayed on the event page. Ofc one person can only knock on one house once, daily.
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But by picking the side, you align yourself with that side, so playing the game will earn points for your side = if everyone picks the "loosing side", they would either have to stop playing the game, or the side might win in the end, halting your plan :D I dont think it will be that easy.
Only way i could see this working is if you could delay the pick, and wait and join in later (if there is even going to be the progress for each side displayed in-game). But imho the pick will be mandatory on log-in, would be my guess.
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Lol
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Yes and no: being two cards that get released prior to the expansion they belong, they're bound to have generally viable effects (just like Flightmaster Dungar), so they should be on a rather similar power level.
Moreover, consider that we get to pick a free golden legendary, meaning that there's no way that we'll have to wait that long to get at least a regular version of the other one.
Leaked Info About New Hearthstone Expansion Set in the Alterac Valley - Hero Cards, New Keyword, Honor System and more!
I actually thought about this too, while writing the article.
I imagine that you may want to pick the "weakest" one so that you'll get the strongest one down the road, but that doesn't seem too smart of a choice, gameplay experience wise.
There's also the chance that you may pick a golden legendary now, and you'll get the regular copy of the other one at the beginning of the next expansion's Reward track (just like we received Mankrik and Lady Prestor).
Leaked Info About New Hearthstone Expansion Set in the Alterac Valley - Hero Cards, New Keyword, Honor System and more!
I just hope the Hero cards will not be extremely OP to cancel the quests and thus killing all other decks
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Gallywix in Battlegrounds can go over 10 Coins, which is basically like going over 10 Mana, so the UI is technically already there.
Game Designer Ates 'Tabayrak' Bayrak Asks Players for Feedback on Hearthstone Duels
oh okay thanks for the reply. But now it says "on", and it has not been a day, sooo? :D
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Would love to see the UI on this, although I just have a feeling that it'll still show as 10 mana crystals, just the text changes to 20.
Also, I wonder if you could "technically" get both cards for free. For eg: You choose the Horde Legendary, but then the Alliance wins, so you get the diamond version of the Alliance legendary.