@Wailor - nothing wrong with the second art, as the game still has cards with art from WoW TCG. And the "Jack and the Beanstalk" reference was purely a coincidence, I forgot that tale even existed. :>
@R - No, you do not summon two 2/2 Treants when trading this card. Rather, you only summon one until you trade this card, and after that, you summon two.
How to join battleground. Is it inside DreamHack or do we have to open Hearthstone application and then in a browser open Dreamhack and click join event(Battleground)? I clicked join, but nothing happened. Appreciate any help
I managed to find the artwork. Turns out the animal wasn't a parrot, but a chameleon.
However, I'm not sure which art is better. The new one is better for the flavor, but the style isn't as appropriate for Hearthstone.
Anyway, feedback:
anchorm4n
The idea is nice, but I don't like the name, since it's not clear what it represents. Something like "Second-hand whatever" would be better, and would still fit the flavor of selling it many times.
linkblade91
It's a decent idea, but it doesn't have a very Tradeable flavor (not a big deal, since stuff like Provoke exists). Besides that, I would make it a Warrior card, especially because the Hero Power has Armor synergy.
Hordaki
It's flavorful, but it's also mechanically elegant in the sense that it makes your Trades free. Main issue is that his effect doesn't seem very good on such an expensive body. I think you should reduce its cost, even if that means it won't have the same stats as the original Trade Prince Gallywix.
Arkasaur
Pretty interesting card. I think the version that reduces by 1 is more balanced, but I'm not very good at balance, so…
Flavor is hard to get if it's not expained, however (at least for a non-native speaker like myself)
R
Contract Assassin is very simple, but I like it a lot. Flavor is very Rogue, for sure, but I tink that, mechanically, it fits more as a Neutral card.
Neoguli
Magical Seed is definetly your coolest card. Its flavor is reminiscent of the tale Jack and the Beanstalk, which I don't know if is intentional, but it works very well. Main issue, it's quite similar to R's Contract Assassin, but since the main selling point of both cards is flavor and they're different in that aspect, I think it's not too big of a deal.
Bloodshard Satyr has the issue of not fitting the expansion very much neither mechanically nor flavor-wise, while Tipsi Woblerune's gimmick is a bit strange and dangerous.
Just an update, Thijs and Trump (possibly others, but I know at least these guys) confirmed that both the card dump and theorycrafting streams will be happening in just a few hours, presumably at 9 am PDT.
Iksar confirmed that the expansion will not be delayed, and turns out there wasn't a gag order or any legal department shutting them up (although ironically it's entirely possible that it's a legal department telling him to say that /s). I guess all we have to do is just be patient for about 5 and a half hours.
I personally wont. Only buying tavern pass as always. Hearthstone Failling Will only leave to another direction Next expansion or people losing their Jobs.
Magical Seed. 1 mana summon 2/2 Treant is already exist. But you also added new Trade mechanic. Now it can swap with a random card from your deck by paying 1 mana and also summon two 2/2 treants? Insane!
Bloodshard Satyr. "Paying a soul" flavour is interesting, but IMO this card not clearly represents this flavour.
Tipsi Wobblerune is interesting idea, but it's limitating Tradeable cards desing. What if they print a big tradeable rush minion? Just throw them into your deck, play Tipsi and swap these guys with each other to clear the board.
Just want to add that you dont have to do this in ranked. Just go casual duels where its guaranteed that your opponent will want to sear your arse quick instead of wasting your time.
You dont have to win, just play, reach 15 hp and concede. Its literally that simple.
I mean, realistically speaking, you're not gonna support the employees by sinking the game and having them laid off.
I don't really think it's necessary for the average player to just straight up uninstall everything and never touch Blizzard games again. At the end of the day, how long would you keep it up? When will you know that things have changed for the better?
If you don't feel like paying for the game anymore that's fine, but I don't think just quitting the game entirely is going to change anything. Blizzard is getting hit hard by this and I doubt they can just sit this one out so things will change (for better or worse). In the meantime, we can basically just do whatever and see how it goes.
At the end of the day people should stick to their own set of ethics and not try to coerce others into following them (lest they turn out to be hypocrites).
I certainly hope my question didn't read as an attempt at coercion. I'm just trying to start a conversation that I was surprised wasn't already happening on this forum.
Oh no not at all, I'M mostly talking generally since there are people who feel like everyone needs to adhere to their standards or else they're complicit.
I certainly understand and respect silence from team5 ON THE LEGAL ISSUE.
But a public message from whatever department warning about the reveal stream being canceled and possibly giving a timing for the dump would have been more than feasible, and in a relatively short time too (it's just a message on a webpage, it takes more time to greenlight it to the final dev than actually posting it).
Not sure who's in charge for this kind of communications, but it was/is well due to their customers, independently of the ongoing legal issue.
Well i personaly not gonna boycott or stop playing Hearthstone. (Or Overwatch - which i also play)
There are enough honest and hardworking people that made the expansion and the game that surely did not even know what was going on inside blizzard.
Every company has good and bad employees - but as far as we know no one from Team5 was associated with any allegations and even if that would be the case, i think i would stll play and support them because like i said a lot of good and honest people also worked on that and i think they deserve support.
And also i'ts a game i wanna enjoy and so far i do not let politics or other stuff spoil my fun i have playing those games. I let the Court and Justice Systems decide about the allegations etc and while that is happening i will still enjoy playing the games - nonetheless which company made them.
Kinda sucks because i was looking forward to the Reveal Stream ...
I still understand why they did it even tough as far as we know no Team5 Member was associated with any allegations so far. They could have at least announced the Cancel and maybe even said that they will dump the cards etc
Nonethelss im still hoping for some kind of reveal or maybe even a card dump with an at least almost specific time and date - guess i look forward to the Theory Crafting Streams - those are usualy fun.
It makes sense that Blizz says as little as possible. They did the same with Blitzchung controversy. As long as they don't bring it up, the consumers will forget eventually.
The blitzchung issue was addressed after like a week. J Brack went with the usual 'acknowledged the issue etc.' speech and then reduced blitzchung's punishment, which is largely why he's still in GM last season. To be honest, even blitzchung himself acknowledged that he knew what he did was wrong and was ready to face punishment. The only real innocent casualty were the casters who were banned (not sure if they were unbanned after that speech).
Its certainly not a case where the community simply forgotten because it was not mentioned. They've been fired up all week before J Brack's speech retuned some semblance of normalcy. Far as Im concerned, that issue is closed.
This isn't a yes or no question in my opinion and it has far more facettes than one can glimpse at first sight. I'll try to break it into pieces.
1) This is not about blaming OP for poor choice of words nor responding people for misunderstanding the initial intention; it's about understanding each other. What I'm talking about is the word "boycott". Many of you took that literally as in "quit playing HS and other Blizzard games altogehter", while I think OP was aiming at the broader meaning as in "don't preorder United in Stormwind". That's a huge difference, as a few of you have already pointed out. Personally, I was on the brink of going f2p again anyway and this incident just gave me the last shove. This decision might be overthrown anytime which has much to do with my second point:
2) Who are we hitting with a "boycott"? As much as I'm willing to go out of my way to support the cause of the victims in this ugly story, I can understand and am partly sharing the concerns of people who don't want to hurt the good people of Blizzard who provide us with our favorite game. Withdrawing from the game altogether would probably hurt the latter more than the big bosses we're aiming at, but I do think it might be a good idea to refrain from preordering Stormwind as a one time show of our mindset. [To each their own, but my personal stance has been to contribute some cash to stuff I enjoy on a regular basis if I can afford it. That goes for HS as well as OoC.]
3) Because what it all comes down to is that I strongly disagree with people who claim that we as the players can't make a difference. I firmly believe it is our duty as a society to stand together in cases like this and support each other. One missing preorder might not trouble Blizzard's brass, but I think the GameStop incident has proven the truth of the "apes together strong" meme more than enough. If you are able to do so, speak up on the web, like and share the stories of the victims and consider refraining from preordering Stormwind as a one time warning blow. Together, we can make a difference.
Call me naive but how could this approach possibly be better than at least saying something.
At least from my professional experience the worst thing one can do is not communicate. Which is exactly what they're doing right now...
Maybe they want to communicate, but the upper management told them to stay quiet. You can't expect them to not follow orders. So we can't blame Hearthstone about this because we don't know what's going on. It's not their decision.
One other reason is the feedback they would get for everything they say, especially at this moments. Toxicity and Disputes comments would hinder the important announcement. You can't evade things like this. So staying quiet is possibly the best solution.
It makes sense that Blizz says as little as possible. They did the same with Blitzchung controversy. As long as they don't bring it up, the consumers will forget eventually.
Yeah, and I forgot to add this to my original post: it effectively makes the streamers a PR - shield for blizzard. Which is disgusting, havign the streamers talk to the angry customers for you..
The Best Deals Anywhere - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Here's my first Idea:
Not sure about the Balance right now ... maybe it should be 6 Mana? Or Attack/Health weaker?
The Best Deals Anywhere - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
@Wailor - nothing wrong with the second art, as the game still has cards with art from WoW TCG. And the "Jack and the Beanstalk" reference was purely a coincidence, I forgot that tale even existed. :>
@R - No, you do not summon two 2/2 Treants when trading this card. Rather, you only summon one until you trade this card, and after that, you summon two.
Blizzard Has Removed the United in Stormwind Final Live Stream From the Official Hearthstone Site
The comment section isn't suited for long discussions like this
DreamHack Beyond Begins, 3 Hearthstone Tournaments Plus Free Forged in the Barrens Packs Available
How to join battleground. Is it inside DreamHack or do we have to open Hearthstone application and then in a browser open Dreamhack and click join event(Battleground)?
I clicked join, but nothing happened.
Appreciate any help
thanks in advance!
The Best Deals Anywhere - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
I managed to find the artwork. Turns out the animal wasn't a parrot, but a chameleon.
However, I'm not sure which art is better. The new one is better for the flavor, but the style isn't as appropriate for Hearthstone.
Anyway, feedback:
Flavor is hard to get if it's not expained, however (at least for a non-native speaker like myself)
Bloodshard Satyr has the issue of not fitting the expansion very much neither mechanically nor flavor-wise, while Tipsi Woblerune's gimmick is a bit strange and dangerous.
In defence of Team 5's silence
Just an update, Thijs and Trump (possibly others, but I know at least these guys) confirmed that both the card dump and theorycrafting streams will be happening in just a few hours, presumably at 9 am PDT.
Iksar confirmed that the expansion will not be delayed, and turns out there wasn't a gag order or any legal department shutting them up (although ironically it's entirely possible that it's a legal department telling him to say that /s). I guess all we have to do is just be patient for about 5 and a half hours.
Should Blizzard fans boycott Hearthstone?
I personally wont. Only buying tavern pass as always. Hearthstone Failling Will only leave to another direction Next expansion or people losing their Jobs.
The Best Deals Anywhere - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Magical Seed. 1 mana summon 2/2 Treant is already exist. But you also added new Trade mechanic. Now it can swap with a random card from your deck by paying 1 mana and also summon two 2/2 treants? Insane!
Bloodshard Satyr. "Paying a soul" flavour is interesting, but IMO this card not clearly represents this flavour.
Tipsi Wobblerune is interesting idea, but it's limitating Tradeable cards desing. What if they print a big tradeable rush minion? Just throw them into your deck, play Tipsi and swap these guys with each other to clear the board.
In defence of Team 5's silence
I hope they just leave it until the expansion drops
Reminder: Time is Running Out to Finish the Fire Festival Legendary Quests for Druid of the Flame Malfurion
all around the circle lol
In defence of Team 5's silence
Iksar made a statement:
https://old.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/os5mfs/stop_bashing_team_5s_silence/h6oc8tt/?context=1
(This is marked as 18+/NSFW but I don't know why)
Reminder: Time is Running Out to Finish the Fire Festival Legendary Quests for Druid of the Flame Malfurion
Just want to add that you dont have to do this in ranked. Just go casual duels where its guaranteed that your opponent will want to sear your arse quick instead of wasting your time.
You dont have to win, just play, reach 15 hp and concede. Its literally that simple.
Reminder: Time is Running Out to Finish the Fire Festival Legendary Quests for Druid of the Flame Malfurion
I clicked the little X in right upper corner in time.
Should Blizzard fans boycott Hearthstone?
Oh no not at all, I'M mostly talking generally since there are people who feel like everyone needs to adhere to their standards or else they're complicit.
In defence of Team 5's silence
I certainly understand and respect silence from team5 ON THE LEGAL ISSUE.
But a public message from whatever department warning about the reveal stream being canceled and possibly giving a timing for the dump would have been more than feasible, and in a relatively short time too (it's just a message on a webpage, it takes more time to greenlight it to the final dev than actually posting it).
Not sure who's in charge for this kind of communications, but it was/is well due to their customers, independently of the ongoing legal issue.
Should Blizzard fans boycott Hearthstone?
Well i personaly not gonna boycott or stop playing Hearthstone. (Or Overwatch - which i also play)
There are enough honest and hardworking people that made the expansion and the game that surely did not even know what was going on inside blizzard.
Every company has good and bad employees - but as far as we know no one from Team5 was associated with any allegations and even if that would be the case, i think i would stll play and support them because like i said a lot of good and honest people also worked on that and i think they deserve support.
And also i'ts a game i wanna enjoy and so far i do not let politics or other stuff spoil my fun i have playing those games. I let the Court and Justice Systems decide about the allegations etc and while that is happening i will still enjoy playing the games - nonetheless which company made them.
In defence of Team 5's silence
They don't have to say anything. Just toggle the button from "unpublished" to "published" for all the remaining cards.
In defence of Team 5's silence
I also think Team5 had to sign some sort of NDA or other agreements with their legal department to be quiet about this.
Almost every company or at least bigger ones have a legal departmant for reasons like that etc. So i agree with the OP.
But also still hope for some sort of reveal or even a silent dump etc.
I guess we have to be patient and maybe get surprised with a dump etc from Team5.
Blizzard Has Removed the United in Stormwind Final Live Stream From the Official Hearthstone Site
Kinda sucks because i was looking forward to the Reveal Stream ...
I still understand why they did it even tough as far as we know no Team5 Member was associated with any allegations so far. They could have at least announced the Cancel and maybe even said that they will dump the cards etc
Nonethelss im still hoping for some kind of reveal or maybe even a card dump with an at least almost specific time and date - guess i look forward to the Theory Crafting Streams - those are usualy fun.
The Best Deals Anywhere - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
A few ideas to push the new keyword.
In defence of Team 5's silence
The blitzchung issue was addressed after like a week. J Brack went with the usual 'acknowledged the issue etc.' speech and then reduced blitzchung's punishment, which is largely why he's still in GM last season. To be honest, even blitzchung himself acknowledged that he knew what he did was wrong and was ready to face punishment. The only real innocent casualty were the casters who were banned (not sure if they were unbanned after that speech).
Its certainly not a case where the community simply forgotten because it was not mentioned. They've been fired up all week before J Brack's speech retuned some semblance of normalcy. Far as Im concerned, that issue is closed.
Should Blizzard fans boycott Hearthstone?
This isn't a yes or no question in my opinion and it has far more facettes than one can glimpse at first sight. I'll try to break it into pieces.
1) This is not about blaming OP for poor choice of words nor responding people for misunderstanding the initial intention; it's about understanding each other. What I'm talking about is the word "boycott". Many of you took that literally as in "quit playing HS and other Blizzard games altogehter", while I think OP was aiming at the broader meaning as in "don't preorder United in Stormwind". That's a huge difference, as a few of you have already pointed out. Personally, I was on the brink of going f2p again anyway and this incident just gave me the last shove. This decision might be overthrown anytime which has much to do with my second point:
2) Who are we hitting with a "boycott"? As much as I'm willing to go out of my way to support the cause of the victims in this ugly story, I can understand and am partly sharing the concerns of people who don't want to hurt the good people of Blizzard who provide us with our favorite game. Withdrawing from the game altogether would probably hurt the latter more than the big bosses we're aiming at, but I do think it might be a good idea to refrain from preordering Stormwind as a one time show of our mindset. [To each their own, but my personal stance has been to contribute some cash to stuff I enjoy on a regular basis if I can afford it. That goes for HS as well as OoC.]
3) Because what it all comes down to is that I strongly disagree with people who claim that we as the players can't make a difference. I firmly believe it is our duty as a society to stand together in cases like this and support each other. One missing preorder might not trouble Blizzard's brass, but I think the GameStop incident has proven the truth of the "apes together strong" meme more than enough. If you are able to do so, speak up on the web, like and share the stories of the victims and consider refraining from preordering Stormwind as a one time warning blow. Together, we can make a difference.
In defence of Team 5's silence
Maybe they want to communicate, but the upper management told them to stay quiet. You can't expect them to not follow orders. So we can't blame Hearthstone about this because we don't know what's going on. It's not their decision.
One other reason is the feedback they would get for everything they say, especially at this moments. Toxicity and Disputes comments would hinder the important announcement. You can't evade things like this. So staying quiet is possibly the best solution.
In defence of Team 5's silence
It makes sense that Blizz says as little as possible. They did the same with Blitzchung controversy. As long as they don't bring it up, the consumers will forget eventually.
Blizzard Has Removed the United in Stormwind Final Live Stream From the Official Hearthstone Site
Yeah, and I forgot to add this to my original post: it effectively makes the streamers a PR - shield for blizzard. Which is disgusting, havign the streamers talk to the angry customers for you..