I doubt I will try very hard to level up many of the free starters. I'll use them just enough to earn some packs and then level up my favorites from those packs.
It looks like Tamsin will be an easy craft if I don't find her in free packs -- one of the Barrens bounties offers her coins at a boosted rate -- and she's one of the mercs I want to start working on soon, hoping to create a good demon team (or shadow team, or both) eventually.
If they had offered these before the Stormwind meta, I would have bought Rastakhan for sure. (I already have Elise.)
If it hadn't taken them three patches over the course of seven weeks to finally address The Demon Seed, I might have bought Rastakhan.
But as things stand, I'm really not in the mood to spend money on Hearthstone cosmetics. Honestly, there are so many skins in the game at this point, none of them seem special or interesting anymore.
For me, this has been the least enjoyable meta since Gadgetzan. I hate playing combo decks and I find aggro boring, so I haven't had anything fun to do. The only time I even played this month was last Saturday to finally get the card back and some occasional tavern brawls.
Personally i feel like 10,- Euro/Dollar would have been better prices for those skins, especially considering these 2 skins are a bit "lower quality" compared to all the pre-order skins that came after them i.m.o.. (Just look at the DoD pre-order Deathwing skin.) But even as "lower quality Premium Skins" their still better than the ones they sell on the x skins for 20,- euro/Dollar bundles these days.
I'm not sure about them being lower quality. These two happen to be my favourite shaman and druid skins by far, whereas I really don't care for the Deathwing skin (perhaps it's a big clue that I'm English that I like the aristocrat and the posh teacher...). I appreciate you said "i.m.o.", but subjective preferences don't correspond to measures of quality.
I understand that the price is higher than most of the single skins because it was a preorder bonus for a 80€ package. So i guess some people who missed out on that and collect everything will buy that. And maybe it's also fair to those people who thought the skin will be exclusive.
I think Madame Lazul was 12€ (without the card back) and Mecha-Jaraxxus was also 15€. So i think that will be the prices for the future. It's a lot compared to the newer skin bundles which I actually buy sometimes. I'm only missing Elise and Deathwing from preorders but that price is too steep for me sadly.
Well i can only speak for standard because i do not play wild but right now im still having lots of fun. But i also had fun before the nerfs even tough i ran into the same deck over and over ;)
Since the nerfs i've met a diversity of decks (and also played different decks) and almost all of the games we're pretty fun.
Also since the nerfs i quite enjoy Questline Warrior - played it from Plat 10 to Diamond 5.
Not a single quest deck in sight. This makes me both happy and sad at the same time, seeing as 4 out of the 5 decks listed are similar to Barrens meta decks.
It's a sign of a poorly balanced meta when the previous meta's/expansions cards are still this prevalant. I feel like we are seeing Pendulum swings from a quest dominated meta, to a non quest dominated meta.
I think it speaks to how poorly balanced paladin is. Without librams paladin was rather bottom tier. With librams Paladin is top tier.
I'm tired of face hunter being the de-facto deck that the devs push every expansion, either intentionally or unintentionally (through card design).
Lastly elemental shaman is a joke. What I mean is that, the un'goro elemental shaman/decks required careful planning of turns. You had elementals that required other elemental synergy, and you had non-elementals that required elemental synergy. What this meant is that you had to plan your turns with playing elementals because some of the strong-ish cards that fed on that synergy were not elementals themselves. Which meant at times you often broke the chain.
The current elemental shaman has no such choices. It's a deck full of elementals that vomit out elementals nearly every turn, and as such hardly have to choose what elemental to play because they just drop one every turn regardless: in part because all of the current synergy elementals are elementals themselves. It doesn't create any interesting deck building or game play: just fill your deck with elementals, slam them down, and go face with battlecries and weapons.
Hit lvl 100 a few days ago - picked the Jaina Skin even tough right now i prefer my Lady Prestor Skin for most of my mage decks but i liked it. Right now im at lvl 108 grinding for a few achievements.
Maybe the price is a bit on the steeper side. (15 USD is a bit much considering it's ONLY a skin and cardback)
That being said, I think people are missing the point: Skins are flavor/aesthetics that appeal to YOU. You are not obligated to own, buy, or collect all of them.
You wouldn't walk into a department store and think: "Oh wow, look at all these jackets. I need to own ALL of them!" But you would look around, see which jacket looked best on you and appealed to your sense of style and you would purchase that ONE jacket. Maybe you find two jackets you like and buy them. You wouldn't try to buy EVERY jacket the store owned right? That's ridiculous. You also wouldn't complain about the price of the jackets. If you found a jacket you really liked but wasn't in your budget, you'd either A) wait for a sale or B) go elsewhere to look for other jackets. You wouldn't complain to the store about the price of the jackets. (Though I guess real world Karen's would do that wouldn't they? You're not trying to be a digital Karen are you? )
In short: Please stop complaining about skins and/or prices. Maybe they are a little on the steep side. But you know what will cause Blizzard to lower skin prices? People NOT buying them at 15 USD. And if you have the expendable income to pay that much for a skin and REALLY want it. By all means buy it. That's what free market economies are for.
It's just becoming utterly ridiculous the amount of complaining people are doing on this site over cosmetic/optional components of the game. /rantoff
I hit level 156, playing the bare minimum of completing daily/weekly quests since the latest patch. I also no longer care about reaching legend every odd season any more.
According to my spreadsheet I am at $1.13 per day, which makes me a baby seal or even a shark? Not yet at whale level I guess?
@Alleria, I also have not seen the challenge a friend quest for months now. Perhaps it is stealth limited to once per expansion nowadays or are we both simply unlucky?
Wild player here: I guess Wild is in a OK state right now. Could be better but overall not too bad. Since The Demon Seed nerf I see a lot more decks, even some Reno variants. People seem to be annoyed about Odd Quest Hunter a bit, but I personally find it is beatable by a variety of decks.
Btw: Quest Mage must be a standard thing. I hardly encounter any in Wild.
Not a single quest deck in sight. This makes me both happy and sad at the same time, seeing as 4 out of the 5 decks listed are similar to Barrens meta decks.
Seems like the prices for skins + card backs are still the same as before. After all i'm pretty sure they priced the last (old) pre-order skin for 15,- Euro/Dollar as well. I'm not really surprised about the pricing, considering these are "premium" skins that used to be available only on the 80,- Euro/Dollar pre-orders, their alternate heroes (not another reskin of [insert standard hero like jaina here]) and they include the card back. Oh and these skins do include special animations, like the intro animation and a different animation when you hero power. Pretty sure the newer ones from bundles don't include these? (Never bought one of those bundles, so i can't say for sure.)
But that being said, most skins these days are getting a lot less valueable considering how many skins they keep selling. Also most skins are like 4+ skins bundles for 20,- Euro/dollar, so that also doesn't really help with the pricing of King Rastakhan and Elise Starseeker. Personally i feel like 10,- Euro/Dollar would have been better prices for those skins, especially considering these 2 skins are a bit "lower quality" compared to all the pre-order skins that came after them i.m.o.. (Just look at the DoD pre-order Deathwing skin.) But even as "lower quality Premium Skins" their still better than the ones they sell on the x skins for 20,- euro/Dollar bundles these days.
Oh and considering we get the rastahkans rumble and uldum pre-order skins, i wouldn't be surprised if we get the DoD Deathwing pre-order warrior hero skin in the shop in not too long. I'm not sure if Madame Lazul from the Rise of Shadows pre-order has returned in the shop yet, if not then i wouldn't be surprised to see her return alongside Deathwing.
Tamsin + Gul'dan + Jaraxxus + Diablo + Manaroth + Rathorian is i think full demon. A healer (Gul'dan) and then a perfictly balance role-wise team. Jaraxxus will blow up enemies, Diablo being chunk, Gul'dan healing, while the rest support the heck outta this when you loose one of the ohters.
Half and Half
Best card for this brawl.
Half and Half
Nozdormu the Eternal anyone???
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C'mon guys! All those lawyers are not going to work for free!
Bli$$ard need your money, they deserve it: the compensations for so many years of harassment, humiliation and fraudulent practices are substantial.
Remember that the ingame shop is overflowing with the many things in which you can donate all the money that still you have left.
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When was it ever free?
Mercs’ launch: who are you going to level up first?
I doubt I will try very hard to level up many of the free starters. I'll use them just enough to earn some packs and then level up my favorites from those packs.
It looks like Tamsin will be an easy craft if I don't find her in free packs -- one of the Barrens bounties offers her coins at a boosted rate -- and she's one of the mercs I want to start working on soon, hoping to create a good demon team (or shadow team, or both) eventually.
Rastakhan's Rumble and Saviors of Uldum Pre-Order Hero Skins Have Returned - Buy King Rastakhan and Elise Starseeker
If they had offered these before the Stormwind meta, I would have bought Rastakhan for sure. (I already have Elise.)
If it hadn't taken them three patches over the course of seven weeks to finally address The Demon Seed, I might have bought Rastakhan.
But as things stand, I'm really not in the mood to spend money on Hearthstone cosmetics. Honestly, there are so many skins in the game at this point, none of them seem special or interesting anymore.
Are you enjoying HS now?
For me, this has been the least enjoyable meta since Gadgetzan. I hate playing combo decks and I find aggro boring, so I haven't had anything fun to do. The only time I even played this month was last Saturday to finally get the card back and some occasional tavern brawls.
Rastakhan's Rumble and Saviors of Uldum Pre-Order Hero Skins Have Returned - Buy King Rastakhan and Elise Starseeker
I'm not sure about them being lower quality. These two happen to be my favourite shaman and druid skins by far, whereas I really don't care for the Deathwing skin (perhaps it's a big clue that I'm English that I like the aristocrat and the posh teacher...). I appreciate you said "i.m.o.", but subjective preferences don't correspond to measures of quality.
Lets play a game - Non-existing cards
Lives rent free in my mind as what I personally consider to be the worst card in Hearthstone.
Rastakhan's Rumble and Saviors of Uldum Pre-Order Hero Skins Have Returned - Buy King Rastakhan and Elise Starseeker
I understand that the price is higher than most of the single skins because it was a preorder bonus for a 80€ package. So i guess some people who missed out on that and collect everything will buy that. And maybe it's also fair to those people who thought the skin will be exclusive.
I think Madame Lazul was 12€ (without the card back) and Mecha-Jaraxxus was also 15€. So i think that will be the prices for the future. It's a lot compared to the newer skin bundles which I actually buy sometimes. I'm only missing Elise and Deathwing from preorders but that price is too steep for me sadly.
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I'm on Chrome version 94 myself.
Are you enjoying HS now?
Well i can only speak for standard because i do not play wild but right now im still having lots of fun. But i also had fun before the nerfs even tough i ran into the same deck over and over ;)
Since the nerfs i've met a diversity of decks (and also played different decks) and almost all of the games we're pretty fun.
Also since the nerfs i quite enjoy Questline Warrior - played it from Plat 10 to Diamond 5.
So i for myself have fun :)
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It's a sign of a poorly balanced meta when the previous meta's/expansions cards are still this prevalant. I feel like we are seeing Pendulum swings from a quest dominated meta, to a non quest dominated meta.
I think it speaks to how poorly balanced paladin is. Without librams paladin was rather bottom tier. With librams Paladin is top tier.
I'm tired of face hunter being the de-facto deck that the devs push every expansion, either intentionally or unintentionally (through card design).
Lastly elemental shaman is a joke. What I mean is that, the un'goro elemental shaman/decks required careful planning of turns. You had elementals that required other elemental synergy, and you had non-elementals that required elemental synergy. What this meant is that you had to plan your turns with playing elementals because some of the strong-ish cards that fed on that synergy were not elementals themselves. Which meant at times you often broke the chain.
The current elemental shaman has no such choices. It's a deck full of elementals that vomit out elementals nearly every turn, and as such hardly have to choose what elemental to play because they just drop one every turn regardless: in part because all of the current synergy elementals are elementals themselves. It doesn't create any interesting deck building or game play: just fill your deck with elementals, slam them down, and go face with battlecries and weapons.
Rewards Track: Current progress 3.0
Hit lvl 100 a few days ago - picked the Jaina Skin even tough right now i prefer my Lady Prestor Skin for most of my mage decks but i liked it. Right now im at lvl 108 grinding for a few achievements.
Rastakhan's Rumble and Saviors of Uldum Pre-Order Hero Skins Have Returned - Buy King Rastakhan and Elise Starseeker
Maybe the price is a bit on the steeper side. (15 USD is a bit much considering it's ONLY a skin and cardback)
That being said, I think people are missing the point: Skins are flavor/aesthetics that appeal to YOU. You are not obligated to own, buy, or collect all of them.
You wouldn't walk into a department store and think: "Oh wow, look at all these jackets. I need to own ALL of them!" But you would look around, see which jacket looked best on you and appealed to your sense of style and you would purchase that ONE jacket. Maybe you find two jackets you like and buy them. You wouldn't try to buy EVERY jacket the store owned right? That's ridiculous. You also wouldn't complain about the price of the jackets. If you found a jacket you really liked but wasn't in your budget, you'd either A) wait for a sale or B) go elsewhere to look for other jackets. You wouldn't complain to the store about the price of the jackets. (Though I guess real world Karen's would do that wouldn't they? You're not trying to be a digital Karen are you? )
In short: Please stop complaining about skins and/or prices. Maybe they are a little on the steep side. But you know what will cause Blizzard to lower skin prices? People NOT buying them at 15 USD. And if you have the expendable income to pay that much for a skin and REALLY want it. By all means buy it. That's what free market economies are for.
It's just becoming utterly ridiculous the amount of complaining people are doing on this site over cosmetic/optional components of the game. /rantoff
Rewards Track: Current progress 3.0
I hit level 156, playing the bare minimum of completing daily/weekly quests since the latest patch. I also no longer care about reaching legend every odd season any more.
According to my spreadsheet I am at $1.13 per day, which makes me a baby seal or even a shark? Not yet at whale level I guess?
@Alleria, I also have not seen the challenge a friend quest for months now. Perhaps it is stealth limited to once per expansion nowadays or are we both simply unlucky?
Lets play a game - Non-existing cards
My favorite bad card.
Are you enjoying HS now?
Wild player here: I guess Wild is in a OK state right now. Could be better but overall not too bad. Since The Demon Seed nerf I see a lot more decks, even some Reno variants. People seem to be annoyed about Odd Quest Hunter a bit, but I personally find it is beatable by a variety of decks.
Btw: Quest Mage must be a standard thing. I hardly encounter any in Wild.
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Not a single quest deck in sight. This makes me both happy and sad at the same time, seeing as 4 out of the 5 decks listed are similar to Barrens meta decks.
Are you enjoying HS now?
As previously stated, Questline Mage is that single deck that makes me enjoy standard much less.
I main Taunt Druid on standard and it's fun and competitive vs almost any other deck, but Questline mage always feels like an auto-loss.
Rastakhan's Rumble and Saviors of Uldum Pre-Order Hero Skins Have Returned - Buy King Rastakhan and Elise Starseeker
Seems like the prices for skins + card backs are still the same as before. After all i'm pretty sure they priced the last (old) pre-order skin for 15,- Euro/Dollar as well. I'm not really surprised about the pricing, considering these are "premium" skins that used to be available only on the 80,- Euro/Dollar pre-orders, their alternate heroes (not another reskin of [insert standard hero like jaina here]) and they include the card back. Oh and these skins do include special animations, like the intro animation and a different animation when you hero power. Pretty sure the newer ones from bundles don't include these? (Never bought one of those bundles, so i can't say for sure.)
But that being said, most skins these days are getting a lot less valueable considering how many skins they keep selling. Also most skins are like 4+ skins bundles for 20,- Euro/dollar, so that also doesn't really help with the pricing of King Rastakhan and Elise Starseeker. Personally i feel like 10,- Euro/Dollar would have been better prices for those skins, especially considering these 2 skins are a bit "lower quality" compared to all the pre-order skins that came after them i.m.o.. (Just look at the DoD pre-order Deathwing skin.) But even as "lower quality Premium Skins" their still better than the ones they sell on the x skins for 20,- euro/Dollar bundles these days.
Oh and considering we get the rastahkans rumble and uldum pre-order skins, i wouldn't be surprised if we get the DoD Deathwing pre-order warrior hero skin in the shop in not too long. I'm not sure if Madame Lazul from the Rise of Shadows pre-order has returned in the shop yet, if not then i wouldn't be surprised to see her return alongside Deathwing.
Thrall
This guy in Mega Samuro may be good, ather your Rokara or Garrosh dies. However, in other Orc combos, he will be quite good
Are you enjoying HS now?
I insta concede vs mages, i dont want to play vs that stupid questline
Garrosh Hellscream
Garraoh + Rokara + Samuro is hitting Samuro with an buff attack. Here is the math :
+5/+9 from Offensive rally
+10 attack and a whack from Battle SHout
+4 and a attack from Samuro
+5/+9 from Offensive Rally
+4 attack and attack from Samuro
This is 19 + 10 damage + 9 more and another attack. This is really good, you do a total of 67 damage, and you have a OMEGA BUFFED Samuro
Tamsin Roame
Tamsin + Gul'dan + Jaraxxus + Diablo + Manaroth + Rathorian is i think full demon. A healer (Gul'dan) and then a perfictly balance role-wise team. Jaraxxus will blow up enemies, Diablo being chunk, Gul'dan healing, while the rest support the heck outta this when you loose one of the ohters.
I think this is gonna be good