Lol that was fast, just a lot of turbo strategies, I can't even tell the last time I saw someone like actually try to play a game out, do synergies, or level Champs.
Oh well this ain't mtg that's for sure...thing like mana banking the excessive cost of removal, and rallies pretty much negate any strategy that doesn't win in 5 turns.
Really is mind numbing...
Its like 3/4 of your deck does not matter at all, you're just pushing soooo hard for the one straight line of linear play
Wake me up for the next balance patch, expansion, or when Swim starts giving a damn again...zzzzzzz
I quit Hearthstone a few months ago, after years, because it was basically making me unhappy to play it. I just returned, got the new mini-set, figuring I'd see if anything has changed. It's just worse than it ever was, at least to me.
I'm not angry, just sad. I remember when the game was interactive, people actually played minions and figured out strategies as the game went along. Now, it's just people performing repetitive tasks until they win. It finally occurred to me that I'm wasting my life sitting here watching unhappy people hyperactively perform OCD rituals, as if there's some sort of meaning in that.
Perform some sort of repetitive task until you win the game, or puke cards and go face. It amazes me how people can find the game fulfilling. I gain no pleasure from mindless puking a bunch of little cards. I mean, what the point in winning a silly little game if you have to get a lobotomy to do it. Or just perform the same sequence over and over, thinking that there's somehow value in performing an OCD ritual that gets you wins in a silly game.
I already have OCD. It's not like I need to indulge it further by just performing rituals and calling it a game. And it makes me sad to just sit there and watch someone just repeat the same sequence over and over, getting all hyper over repeating the same meaningless task again and again.
Where's the fun? Where's the interaction? People just seems so stressed and unhappy, and just behave so poorly and childishly. I really get the feeling that so many people are unhappy and are just doing the same thing over and over without even knowing why or asking themselves if the game is a fun addition to their lives like it should be, or if it's just a stressful obsession.
I won't even go into the fact that Blizzard is a master of exploiting their customers' weaknesses in order to exploit the prevalence of OCD-related tendencies and get them dopamine-addicted. I just see so little evidence that people are happy, with most people being poor losers, and, even more amazingly, extremely poor winners.
It just doesn't seem as if it's a game anymore, as opposed to just an obsession that brings out the worst in people. I suppose exploiting OCD and inducing dopamine addiction is good for business, but the game just makes me sad at this point.
I watch people hyperactively cycle through their decks in casual and think great, I just wasted some time watching your perform an OCD ritual for no reason, and you just wasted some of your precious time on earth just performing the same sequence of meaningless actions for the hundredth time. What fun.
People wonder why such an extraordinary percentage of young people are unhappy and feel their lives are meaningless. People thrive on interaction, and it's bad enough, and unhealthy enough, that people are isolated on their phones and computers. Hearthstone wasn't necessarily genuinely social even when gameplay was interactive, but, now, it's really just a parody of isolation, just perform your repetitive task and toss a passive-aggressive emote at your opponent when you win because you don't even recognize him or her as being human.
I really only mean to comment on how mind-numbingly boring gameplay has become, but it's hard not to wonder why people just keep on playing and don't really seem to care that they're becoming automatons. That's the problem with dopamine addiction and OCD, you get a charge like you accomplished something, but, actually, deep down, you know you've accomplished nothing.
Not that gaming is ever really a meaningful accomplishment in the overall scheme of things, but there's no harm in challenging yourself and having some fun. I just don't see mindlessly performing repetitive tasks and puking cards as either.
Just a thought, and, of course, your mileage may vary. But, if you feel depressed, quit petulantly every time you lose, am always getting angry over the game, need to be passive-aggressive and abusive to your opponent in order to feel something, etc., it's something to consider.
It's amazing how less-stressed and happier I was not playing the game for a few months. The compulsion is still there, but it's gotten to the point, after taking time off, that it's just too obvious how unhappy the game makes me. Not that dopamine and OCD doesn't induce you to ignore the fact that you're unhappy, but it's better to face the truth.
I hope I'm wrong and all of you people are happy and having genuine fun. I know some people will inevitably say that some people don't care that they're not being interactive or that their deck is designed to minimize the difference between good and bad players and keep people spending money, that winning is what they enjoy. It's amazing how much that sounds like an addict talking. Don't care how I get my fix as long as I get it.
Maybe people should look at games like this the same way that they look at other addictions, don't indulge if you need it as opposed to want it. Or just go ahead and repeat the same repetitive sequence for the thousandth time, as if you'll look back from your deathbed and think that was time well-spent.
There are many different options (I've never been too impressed with him in the first place), might depend on which deck is giving you most trouble: Preparation to retain some form of discount, Wand Thief to have a level of versatility (or Vanessa VanCleef), Brain Freeze for stall or snipe, Dirty Tricks for more draw, maybe even the new Blackwater Cutlass warrants testing.
Pretty great sample size work was done that shows every fight you partake in substantially increases the chance that the mystery node is Mystery Strangers. Sick of 8 potatoes in a row? Start doing at least 3 fights to get to the node. See the number of fights and their chance to proc Mystery Strangers in this reddit thread:
Synergy with Stealth by having this minion basically become what Akama Prime wished he was, an infinite sneaky minion, but also with the added effect of turning Spymistress, Sweet Tooth, Skyvateer, Patient Assassin and all the other Stealth minions into removal.
EDIT: Huh, just saw Wailor's card. Welp... yeah, i think mine is too similar right? i swear i didn't even look at the posted cards before i made this (which in hindsight is something i should have done).
I think I'm having the same issue and it's not just for Mercenaries only but also other portals. I'm not sure why but if you go to one of the portals it shows the decklist of whatever portal you were in before.
I know I'm not getting the screen shots and other requirements right. No worries on the credit for runs.
I'm in this for the challenge of building a deck based on requirements/restrictions. It forces me to try different things and is fun! It's also cool to see what other are doing. Thanks for running these.
Being a short word and an autogenerated wordsearch maybe is something related of having two (or more) words similar being the one that you found the 'wrong' one. Can assure you, of course, but maybe is something related to that.
FFS... I had a full Scholomance set but DE'd Mindrender Illucia when she was nerfed. I have Jandice Barov in gold but can't DE her or I'd then be missing that one and still wouldn't get her diamond copy. Quite the connundrum! lol
I should have enough dust if I DE some dupes. Off to check the collection...
I had only one issue with this one, I had the Word "Hag" and it appeared twice on mine, and it took a few tries, before I thought... maybe there's another. Other than that, nice fun word search, while brewing morning coffee.
My pleasure. I've seen somebody adding Multicaster, but it was on top of the usual Quest Spell Mage package (so not much different than having those slots saved for a Wand Thief or another minion before). There wasn't much success to report yet. Man, I do miss a proper minion Mage mixed with some spells.
And yes, not much love for Priest currently either, since I don't believe just adding Mr. Smite to Shadow counts as a great novelty. The Control one could live again if there are more board based decks to stop, but... always OTK combo counters to be wary of.
Try this deck: I've been piloting it last season and this season with some moderate success
It's shell is a bunch of value minions, discover effects, combined with the hero power package. I haven't really updated it in regards to the latest miniset because the cards don't really change anything in it. The "big spell" cards in the miniset are not relevant at all, and the multicaster is unnecessary IMO since we have spell tutors in the deck as is.
The only card I'm on the fence about trying to squeeze in (for fun) is Deeprun Engineer. Simply put there's only 9 mechs that mage can discover. Out of those mechs, only two are holistically bad discovers (replicat-o-tron, and clockwork giant). The rest are either great cards to cheat out 1 mana earlier, or can be game changing at a 1 mana discount. (I'm sure deeprun engineer works better in classes that have good mechs, but honestly having such a small pool of mechs to discover from isn't the worst thing in the world)
Initially I didn't include Crossroads Watch Post, but I added one copy and it's been pretty good against quest mages. The problem is trying to fit another one in for consistency, because honestly against every other deck out there it's a relatively bad card (hunter and pirate warrior don't run a ton of spells and therefore the minion is usually dead weight in those matchups).
Celebrate Oozefest With a Spooky Word Search - Brewing Up Trouble
Start at C on 6th row from bottom (it's in the middle of the row). Go diagonally left and up.
Fairytale Brawl
this is the worst brawl ever... the IA is plain dumb, not even a child would play this bad
Quest Trading - Play A Friend!
Battletag: Laysson#2401
Region: EU
Trade Only. Yes, you go first.
The Midrange Meta Is Over Again
Lol that was fast, just a lot of turbo strategies, I can't even tell the last time I saw someone like actually try to play a game out, do synergies, or level Champs.
Oh well this ain't mtg that's for sure...thing like mana banking the excessive cost of removal, and rallies pretty much negate any strategy that doesn't win in 5 turns.
Really is mind numbing...
Its like 3/4 of your deck does not matter at all, you're just pushing soooo hard for the one straight line of linear play
Wake me up for the next balance patch, expansion, or when Swim starts giving a damn again...zzzzzzz
Celebrate Oozefest With a Spooky Word Search - Brewing Up Trouble
UPDATE: it highlights these two initial letters but however I think this is actually a bug since there is no such word there
Celebrate Oozefest With a Spooky Word Search - Brewing Up Trouble
OK THIS MUST BE LEGIT BROKEN, WHERE IS THE WORD "CAULDRON" ???
Hearthstone, OCD Ritual
I quit Hearthstone a few months ago, after years, because it was basically making me unhappy to play it. I just returned, got the new mini-set, figuring I'd see if anything has changed. It's just worse than it ever was, at least to me.
I'm not angry, just sad. I remember when the game was interactive, people actually played minions and figured out strategies as the game went along. Now, it's just people performing repetitive tasks until they win. It finally occurred to me that I'm wasting my life sitting here watching unhappy people hyperactively perform OCD rituals, as if there's some sort of meaning in that.
Perform some sort of repetitive task until you win the game, or puke cards and go face. It amazes me how people can find the game fulfilling. I gain no pleasure from mindless puking a bunch of little cards. I mean, what the point in winning a silly little game if you have to get a lobotomy to do it. Or just perform the same sequence over and over, thinking that there's somehow value in performing an OCD ritual that gets you wins in a silly game.
I already have OCD. It's not like I need to indulge it further by just performing rituals and calling it a game. And it makes me sad to just sit there and watch someone just repeat the same sequence over and over, getting all hyper over repeating the same meaningless task again and again.
Where's the fun? Where's the interaction? People just seems so stressed and unhappy, and just behave so poorly and childishly. I really get the feeling that so many people are unhappy and are just doing the same thing over and over without even knowing why or asking themselves if the game is a fun addition to their lives like it should be, or if it's just a stressful obsession.
I won't even go into the fact that Blizzard is a master of exploiting their customers' weaknesses in order to exploit the prevalence of OCD-related tendencies and get them dopamine-addicted. I just see so little evidence that people are happy, with most people being poor losers, and, even more amazingly, extremely poor winners.
It just doesn't seem as if it's a game anymore, as opposed to just an obsession that brings out the worst in people. I suppose exploiting OCD and inducing dopamine addiction is good for business, but the game just makes me sad at this point.
I watch people hyperactively cycle through their decks in casual and think great, I just wasted some time watching your perform an OCD ritual for no reason, and you just wasted some of your precious time on earth just performing the same sequence of meaningless actions for the hundredth time. What fun.
People wonder why such an extraordinary percentage of young people are unhappy and feel their lives are meaningless. People thrive on interaction, and it's bad enough, and unhealthy enough, that people are isolated on their phones and computers. Hearthstone wasn't necessarily genuinely social even when gameplay was interactive, but, now, it's really just a parody of isolation, just perform your repetitive task and toss a passive-aggressive emote at your opponent when you win because you don't even recognize him or her as being human.
I really only mean to comment on how mind-numbingly boring gameplay has become, but it's hard not to wonder why people just keep on playing and don't really seem to care that they're becoming automatons. That's the problem with dopamine addiction and OCD, you get a charge like you accomplished something, but, actually, deep down, you know you've accomplished nothing.
Not that gaming is ever really a meaningful accomplishment in the overall scheme of things, but there's no harm in challenging yourself and having some fun. I just don't see mindlessly performing repetitive tasks and puking cards as either.
Just a thought, and, of course, your mileage may vary. But, if you feel depressed, quit petulantly every time you lose, am always getting angry over the game, need to be passive-aggressive and abusive to your opponent in order to feel something, etc., it's something to consider.
It's amazing how less-stressed and happier I was not playing the game for a few months. The compulsion is still there, but it's gotten to the point, after taking time off, that it's just too obvious how unhappy the game makes me. Not that dopamine and OCD doesn't induce you to ignore the fact that you're unhappy, but it's better to face the truth.
I hope I'm wrong and all of you people are happy and having genuine fun. I know some people will inevitably say that some people don't care that they're not being interactive or that their deck is designed to minimize the difference between good and bad players and keep people spending money, that winning is what they enjoy. It's amazing how much that sounds like an addict talking. Don't care how I get my fix as long as I get it.
Maybe people should look at games like this the same way that they look at other addictions, don't indulge if you need it as opposed to want it. Or just go ahead and repeat the same repetitive sequence for the thousandth time, as if you'll look back from your deathbed and think that was time well-spent.
Life is short. Be happy. Goodbye Hearthstone.
D0nkey's SI:7 Edwin/Mr. Smite Rogue
There are many different options (I've never been too impressed with him in the first place), might depend on which deck is giving you most trouble: Preparation to retain some form of discount, Wand Thief to have a level of versatility (or Vanessa VanCleef), Brain Freeze for stall or snipe, Dirty Tricks for more draw, maybe even the new Blackwater Cutlass warrants testing.
PSA to Heroic Felwood 6 Mystery Strangers Farmers - stop resetting for just 1 or 2 fights to mystery node
Pretty great sample size work was done that shows every fight you partake in substantially increases the chance that the mystery node is Mystery Strangers. Sick of 8 potatoes in a row? Start doing at least 3 fights to get to the node. See the number of fights and their chance to proc Mystery Strangers in this reddit thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/HSMercenaries/comments/qmmbf4/hc_banehollow_mysterious_stranger_worth_it_to_do/
Evergreener Pastures - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Synergy with Stealth by having this minion basically become what Akama Prime wished he was, an infinite sneaky minion, but also with the added effect of turning Spymistress, Sweet Tooth, Skyvateer, Patient Assassin and all the other Stealth minions into removal.
EDIT: Huh, just saw Wailor's card. Welp... yeah, i think mine is too similar right? i swear i didn't even look at the posted cards before i made this (which in hindsight is something i should have done).
D0nkey's SI:7 Edwin/Mr. Smite Rogue
What can i put instead of Scabbs?
Mercenaries Portal Widget Displays Hearthstone Decks
I think I'm having the same issue and it's not just for Mercenaries only but also other portals. I'm not sure why but if you go to one of the portals it shows the decklist of whatever portal you were in before.
Blizzard Shares Updated Rankings for Top Winrate Heroes and Best Parties in Hearthstone Mercenaries - High Level PvP Insights
Nice to see them fix mmr for the 1% but what about getting the same guy 3 times at 7k?
Master Duelist 1.3: Deathly Hallows - Submission & Discussion Thread
I know I'm not getting the screen shots and other requirements right. No worries on the credit for runs.
I'm in this for the challenge of building a deck based on requirements/restrictions. It forces me to try different things and is fun! It's also cool to see what other are doing. Thanks for running these.
Celebrate Oozefest With a Spooky Word Search - Brewing Up Trouble
Being a short word and an autogenerated wordsearch maybe is something related of having two (or more) words similar being the one that you found the 'wrong' one. Can assure you, of course, but maybe is something related to that.
Jandice Barov Earns the Diamond Treatment - Collect All 25 Scholomance Academy Legendaries to Obtain
FFS... I had a full Scholomance set but DE'd Mindrender Illucia when she was nerfed. I have Jandice Barov in gold but can't DE her or I'd then be missing that one and still wouldn't get her diamond copy. Quite the connundrum! lol
I should have enough dust if I DE some dupes. Off to check the collection...
Celebrate Oozefest With a Spooky Word Search - Brewing Up Trouble
Best Oozefest with toons of wordsearches :D
Love it, keep the good work
COMMENT_COUNT_450_HS Forum title
Please don't fix it! I like those titles and choose them deliberately!
Celebrate Oozefest With a Spooky Word Search - Brewing Up Trouble
I had only one issue with this one, I had the Word "Hag" and it appeared twice on mine, and it took a few tries, before I thought... maybe there's another. Other than that, nice fun word search, while brewing morning coffee.
Ahoy, Mateys! An Early Look at Top Legend Standard Meta Decks From the Newest Deadmines Mini-Set
nice!
Celebrate Oozefest With a Spooky Word Search - Brewing Up Trouble
Well, I kind of got carried away with thinking up themes and words, lol. I'm glad you like them all so much.
Ahoy, Mateys! An Early Look at Top Legend Standard Meta Decks From the Newest Deadmines Mini-Set
To be fair - if a pair of games are all it takes for you to quit the game, you weren't very heavily invested to begin with . . .
Celebrate Oozefest With a Spooky Word Search - Brewing Up Trouble
A quick one.
Celebrate Oozefest With a Spooky Word Search - Brewing Up Trouble
"Bog" is also in the wordsearch and i thinked it was in the list...
Ahoy, Mateys! An Early Look at Top Legend Standard Meta Decks From the Newest Deadmines Mini-Set
Try this deck: I've been piloting it last season and this season with some moderate success
Wild · Hero Power Mage · by Sykomyke · 4 years, 10 months ago
It's shell is a bunch of value minions, discover effects, combined with the hero power package. I haven't really updated it in regards to the latest miniset because the cards don't really change anything in it. The "big spell" cards in the miniset are not relevant at all, and the multicaster is unnecessary IMO since we have spell tutors in the deck as is.
The only card I'm on the fence about trying to squeeze in (for fun) is Deeprun Engineer. Simply put there's only 9 mechs that mage can discover. Out of those mechs, only two are holistically bad discovers (replicat-o-tron, and clockwork giant). The rest are either great cards to cheat out 1 mana earlier, or can be game changing at a 1 mana discount. (I'm sure deeprun engineer works better in classes that have good mechs, but honestly having such a small pool of mechs to discover from isn't the worst thing in the world)
Initially I didn't include Crossroads Watch Post, but I added one copy and it's been pretty good against quest mages. The problem is trying to fit another one in for consistency, because honestly against every other deck out there it's a relatively bad card (hunter and pirate warrior don't run a ton of spells and therefore the minion is usually dead weight in those matchups).