I used to (rarely) help with reports; then I got locked out one time and I'm too embarrassed to bring it up so I don't do reports anymore XD
Despite being a writer, and general enthusiast for Hearthstone and Runeterra, I don't write any of the content you read on the site because I don't have the confidence or the advanced knowledge required to hold an expert opinion/position on these games.
I'd believe Riot's stats more over Mobalytics because they have access to more players and probably a better compiled version of them too. I'm more curious as to why they won't nerf the deck when it has 20% play rate, like what's the breakpoint? They even said TF/Fizz at 15% is completely normal as well. I think they should really realize that 20% play rate and 52.5% WR is pretty nuts for a deck that supposedly is being countered.
Also, I feel like I kind of understand where they're coming from not nerfing Azir/Irelia. A lot of people said that the meta before was boring with Trundle Liss Control and Nasus Thresh being played everywhere, so I'm assuming they're also seeing into that even if TLC isn't doing so hot rn (mainly because of Azir/Irelia). Buffs to Landmark decks are greatly appreciated as well. But I'll probably reserve my judgement whether doing so is a stupid idea or whatever until the next patch comes out.
For the record I don’t want the deck destroyed. And if you enjoy playing it more power to you but my wins feel hollow and I literally feel bad getting wins with this deck I don’t think their is much anyone can do even when they get cards that should stop or slow me down I bulldoze them.
I’ll pick up stupid amounts of wins for the next few weeks if they don’t nerf this I’ll consider finding a new way to waste time until they come to their damn senses
Was 8-18 in three days of being in gold. About 8 or 9 of those losses came from Az / Ire. made a Az / Ire deck today I’m 7-2 do you think I got that much better over night?
HEY RIOT YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO ELDER SCROLLS LEGENDS AFTER THE OBLIVION PATCH............ yah they merced their own game.
playing Az / Ire isn’t fun to me but I’ll ride this dumb shit to plat if it will help them convince to nerf this crap. I
So if anybody follows the discussion around Irelia Azir on redit you'll know that Riot basically said its totally fine and there are no plans to nerf it because it's fun easy to play and brings in new players.
They also states that internally they believe it has a 52% winrate not sure where they got these numbers from because on mobalitics it's actually showing record high winrates the likes we've never seen before in this game.
I'm talking multiple variants with a 59 bordering on 60% win rate which has never happened before .
https://lor.mobalytics.gg/stats/decks
Riot how is this okay?
One casual spin of ladder will have you facing this deck over and over and over again and sure you might be able to counter them perfectly one game, but they will roll you the next or the one after that till the matchup grinds you down and sucks the fun out of the game.
I'm not the only one who feels this way Swim and Mogwai have spoken out on how short sighted this decision was.
Riot nerf this deck seriously, it's token generation is simple too high
Usually checking news, satisfying my social needs, sharing my shittiest decks for LoR mostly, sometimes for HS, gathering some information for fan creations of my own (There are some real brilliant minds), shitposting and being downvoted to hell sometimes, pissing on someone or something from time to time, so Simple human behaviours mostly but I can confess that I'm openning this site more than 5 times in a day. I hate e-sports and don't like to play with decks that i didn't build so I am probably missing almost half of the site's function but anyways, this site and community is still lovely.
I was hating to post on forums once upon a time and I was only a follower once this team was on pwn but they are like a little freaking blackholes who vacuums you into their social stuff; i loved em, started to post there and we moved here and I continued to post here too, I'm kinda addicted to it. I am leaving and returning from time to time but love these guys work really.
Personally i check Outof.cards a few times per day to check if there is any news/new articles about Hearthstone (Which is the only card game i play), and obviously to see if there are any new HS decks posted that seem interesting! After checking that i look at recent forum threads, read some and if i feel like it i comment in them. (And if i feel EXTREMELY salty i might post in the salt thread every once in a while..)
Obviously with every HS card reveal season i check Outof.Cards like every few hours and i comment on every new card revealed, and i often join in on discussions about those new cards! (Which helps expanding my English vocabulary sometimes, and of course getting better at writing in English.)
Oh and obviously i wait for new word searches, those are fun! :)
So if you count, from the release date of DMF (17th Nov) to the Release of DM races, the mini set (21st Jan) there's 66 days between the releases. If you count from the 30th of March (FitB release date), we land on the 3rd of June for an assumed release date of the mini set. This date seems likely as it's also a Thursday which the previous mini set was also released on. Also knowing blizzard, they wouldn't realistically release the mini set on the 1st of June, due to the end of month rewards guaranteeing mini set cards
So 3rd of June guys, 101% confidence in this predicted date
why the fuck did blizzard give paladins counterspell
with the way 'play a game is counted' its actually really hard to play a single fucking game. you have to wait for your opponent to do their stupid bullshit instead of conceding games that are clearly lost.
fuck you blizzard.
edit: been playing for around 40 minutes, played 5 or 6 games, blizzard counts one of them. fuck you blizzard.
If Barren launched at 30th march, I assume it will be released at 30th May. (2 months exactly)
But since 30th May is Sunday, I believe it will be dropped after. (Closest will be at Tuesday, 1st June / Thursday, 3rd June), with 3 days of card reveal before that, just like Darkmoon Races.
That is what I think too. Another reason is that if it drops early June there will be people who open their monthly rewards before the set is released, so there will be more temptation to buy it if you are out of packs (and just for the record - I do not wish to imply any "Blizz is greed, Blizz BAD" kind of reasoning, I think this is rational business thinking)
Just hit 100. Did tavern pass this time. Honestly Diamond Sumaro was the best item on the paid track. Rest was okay. Not sure if I'd buy again but that depends on the Diamond card I guess. The free track felt really good though, lots of rewards, good progress. Though I do hate "uncraftable" cards, still nice to get free stuff. A lot of free Legendaries gifted out this time too. I feel like I have a lot more despite not opening many in packs.
Barrens Legendary = 10
Darkmoon Legendary = 8 (Ignoring the 4 miniset ones)
Closer than I thought after comparing. Still feels good.
The addition of the "Tavern Regular" achievement though was great. Love having the extra rewards for completing multiple tracks.
For comparison Darkmoon track when I hit the end (50 back then) as free I had about 3k gold pre mini set. Right now, hitting 100, I'm at 2300. I did buy The Thunder King for gold when he came back. So that's 1500 well spent. Still not bad since I'm hitting it slightly earlier as paid this time. Mini set around the Corner no doubt I'll buy it out for gold again. Can't wait to see where I end as the expansion closes around august.
If Barren launched at 30th march, I assume it will be released at 30th May. (2 months exactly)
But since 30th May is Sunday, I believe it will be dropped after. (Closest will be at Tuesday, 1st June / Thursday, 3rd June), with 3 days of card reveal before that, just like Darkmoon Races.
If the French guys didn't actually cheat, then that's pretty tough for xBlyzes, but dude.... napping through your match? If you can't wake up with an alarm clock, then just have your roommate slap you in the face with a baguette.
I like both of these cards: I've been tinkering with the Heart of Y'Shaarj ever since I included it in my custom expansion, and incorporating Corrupt as-per the new Y'Shaarj's will is spot-on. Goes well with the next expansion in line, as well, seeing as how you want to hold onto minions to use handbuffs like Conditioning (Rank 1). One problem I see is that Corrupted cards are technically different cards; it's not just a simple buff. Minions that didn't normally have Corrupt would have an issue, because they don't change appearance or name, which is how Y'Shaarj, the Defiler flags them.
Toxic Twister seems like a fun card, although you do have a minor error: it should be "its", not "it's".
All-in-all, I feel like Toxic Twister might be the better card to go with, because some voters seem to be uncomfortable with "for the rest of the game" effects...at least from my experience. Could just be a "me" problem lol
Good catch on the twister error, I'll make sure to fix it up.
As for Heart of Y'Shaarj, I dont find it hard to imagine some behind-the-scenes spaghetti to get it working. The game seeing a corrupt trigger from it and just applying the handbuff and the Corrupted keyword for Y'Shaarj to see. (Like giving any other keyword to a minion in hand eg. Val'anyr giving Deathrattle). If i go with Heart I'll make sure to explain the function in the description.
Why is Oh My Yogg! allowed to exist in its current form? Why couldn't Blizzard change it to something like, "After your opponent casts a spell, cast a random one of the same Cost," or "When you cast this from your deck, Terry Crews comes to your house and punches you in the solar plexus."? Blizzard, here's some feedback: Getting my spells "countered" as early as turn 2 is not fun. I would also like to take part in playing this game you call "Hearthstone," and I can't do that if I'm getting my spells turned into useless junk.
Also, giving their weapon 1 less Durability doesn't change the fact that starting on turn 2 they get free tempo from either Avenge (free stats! whee!), Galloping Savior (free stats! whee!), or Oh My Yogg! (free Counterspell! whee!), not to mention that their opponent has to play around ALL of those secrets while the Paladin continues to develop onto the board. You essentially have two choices: you can play on pins and needles and fall behind on the board, or you can guess which Secret it is....and still fall behind on board if you're wrong.
P.S. - Can we talk about how everyone knew Paladin was the best class pre-patch, and the only changes Blizzard made to it were to nerf Crabrider, a neutral that saw play in more than just Paladin decks, and to "nerf" First Day of School by making it slightly worse on turn 1 or 2 but waaaaaaaaaay better after that? The reasoning behind the changes make sense, but for those to be the ONLY changes to the most powerful class in the game are pretty annoying. Unless the mini-set has a neutral minion with: "Battlecry: Deal 10 damage to your opponent for every Secret they've triggered this game," I don't see how it can bring about significant change to the power level of Paladin.
Group Therapy! Need to blow off some steam? Mega salty? Here's the place!
HOW THE FUCK ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO FIGHT PALADIN?
PLAY CARDS AND YOU GET FUCKED
PLAY SPELLS AND YOU GET FUCKED
ATTACK WITH YOUR MINIONS AND YOU GET FUCKED
LEAVE EVEN 1 MINION ALIVE AND YOU STILL GET FUCKED
What do you do on Out of Cards?
We will fix dis.
Riot Made A Huge Mistake
I'd believe Riot's stats more over Mobalytics because they have access to more players and probably a better compiled version of them too. I'm more curious as to why they won't nerf the deck when it has 20% play rate, like what's the breakpoint? They even said TF/Fizz at 15% is completely normal as well. I think they should really realize that 20% play rate and 52.5% WR is pretty nuts for a deck that supposedly is being countered.
Also, I feel like I kind of understand where they're coming from not nerfing Azir/Irelia. A lot of people said that the meta before was boring with Trundle Liss Control and Nasus Thresh being played everywhere, so I'm assuming they're also seeing into that even if TLC isn't doing so hot rn (mainly because of Azir/Irelia). Buffs to Landmark decks are greatly appreciated as well. But I'll probably reserve my judgement whether doing so is a stupid idea or whatever until the next patch comes out.
Riot Made A Huge Mistake
For the record I don’t want the deck destroyed. And if you enjoy playing it more power to you but my wins feel hollow and I literally feel bad getting wins with this deck I don’t think their is much anyone can do even when they get cards that should stop or slow me down I bulldoze them.
I’ll pick up stupid amounts of wins for the next few weeks if they don’t nerf this I’ll consider finding a new way to waste time until they come to their damn senses
Riot Made A Huge Mistake
Was 8-18 in three days of being in gold. About 8 or 9 of those losses came from Az / Ire.
made a Az / Ire deck today I’m 7-2 do you think I got that much better over night?
HEY RIOT YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO ELDER SCROLLS LEGENDS AFTER THE OBLIVION PATCH............ yah they merced their own game.
playing Az / Ire isn’t fun to me but I’ll ride this dumb shit to plat if it will help them convince to nerf this crap. I
Riot Made A Huge Mistake
So if anybody follows the discussion around Irelia Azir on redit you'll know that Riot basically said its totally fine and there are no plans to nerf it because it's fun easy to play and brings in new players.
They also states that internally they believe it has a 52% winrate not sure where they got these numbers from because on mobalitics it's actually showing record high winrates the likes we've never seen before in this game.
I'm talking multiple variants with a 59 bordering on 60% win rate which has never happened before .
https://lor.mobalytics.gg/stats/decks
Riot how is this okay?
One casual spin of ladder will have you facing this deck over and over and over again and sure you might be able to counter them perfectly one game, but they will roll you the next or the one after that till the matchup grinds you down and sucks the fun out of the game.
I'm not the only one who feels this way Swim and Mogwai have spoken out on how short sighted this decision was.
Riot nerf this deck seriously, it's token generation is simple too high
Group Therapy! Need to blow off some steam? Mega salty? Here's the place!
Playing Arena.
Opponent has an Arcane Luminary on board and another 6/4.
I rush into the 6/4 because his hand is empty
Topdeck Arcane Orb into disgusting Evocation RNG
yeah, fuck that
[Game] Card Treasure Hunt (The Resurrection Attempt)
Nope.
miniset
Its likely 2nd or 3rd June, simply because that's when that egregiously expensive 10 golden packs are off the shop.
[Game] Card Treasure Hunt (The Resurrection Attempt)
Shudderwock
[Game] Card Treasure Hunt (The Resurrection Attempt)
No and no.
@R is closer.
What do you do on Out of Cards?
Usually checking news, satisfying my social needs, sharing my shittiest decks for LoR mostly, sometimes for HS, gathering some information for fan creations of my own (There are some real brilliant minds), shitposting and being downvoted to hell sometimes, pissing on someone or something from time to time, so Simple human behaviours mostly but I can confess that I'm openning this site more than 5 times in a day. I hate e-sports and don't like to play with decks that i didn't build so I am probably missing almost half of the site's function but anyways, this site and community is still lovely.
I was hating to post on forums once upon a time and I was only a follower once this team was on pwn but they are like a little freaking blackholes who vacuums you into their social stuff; i loved em, started to post there and we moved here and I continued to post here too, I'm kinda addicted to it. I am leaving and returning from time to time but love these guys work really.
What do you do on Out of Cards?
Personally i check Outof.cards a few times per day to check if there is any news/new articles about Hearthstone (Which is the only card game i play), and obviously to see if there are any new HS decks posted that seem interesting! After checking that i look at recent forum threads, read some and if i feel like it i comment in them. (And if i feel EXTREMELY salty i might post in the salt thread every once in a while..)
Obviously with every HS card reveal season i check Outof.Cards like every few hours and i comment on every new card revealed, and i often join in on discussions about those new cards! (Which helps expanding my English vocabulary sometimes, and of course getting better at writing in English.)
Oh and obviously i wait for new word searches, those are fun! :)
miniset
So if you count, from the release date of DMF (17th Nov) to the Release of DM races, the mini set (21st Jan) there's 66 days between the releases. If you count from the 30th of March (FitB release date), we land on the 3rd of June for an assumed release date of the mini set. This date seems likely as it's also a Thursday which the previous mini set was also released on. Also knowing blizzard, they wouldn't realistically release the mini set on the 1st of June, due to the end of month rewards guaranteeing mini set cards
So 3rd of June guys, 101% confidence in this predicted date
Hearthstone Grandmasters 2021 Season 1 Continues With Week 6
Play-offs should be interesting if the mini-set is released that week (Personally, I'm hoping for a June 3rd release date)
Group Therapy! Need to blow off some steam? Mega salty? Here's the place!
need a deck to beat tempo priest
spell mage is actual trash.
why the fuck did blizzard give paladins counterspell
with the way 'play a game is counted' its actually really hard to play a single fucking game. you have to wait for your opponent to do their stupid bullshit instead of conceding games that are clearly lost.
fuck you blizzard.
edit: been playing for around 40 minutes, played 5 or 6 games, blizzard counts one of them. fuck you blizzard.
Quest Trading - Play A Friend!
Battletag: Szafirmag#2937
Region: EU
Trade Only?: Yes
miniset
That is what I think too. Another reason is that if it drops early June there will be people who open their monthly rewards before the set is released, so there will be more temptation to buy it if you are out of packs (and just for the record - I do not wish to imply any "Blizz is greed, Blizz BAD" kind of reasoning, I think this is rational business thinking)
Rewards Track: Current progress 2.0
Just hit 100. Did tavern pass this time. Honestly Diamond Sumaro was the best item on the paid track. Rest was okay. Not sure if I'd buy again but that depends on the Diamond card I guess. The free track felt really good though, lots of rewards, good progress. Though I do hate "uncraftable" cards, still nice to get free stuff. A lot of free Legendaries gifted out this time too. I feel like I have a lot more despite not opening many in packs.
Barrens Legendary = 10
Darkmoon Legendary = 8 (Ignoring the 4 miniset ones)
Closer than I thought after comparing. Still feels good.
The addition of the "Tavern Regular" achievement though was great. Love having the extra rewards for completing multiple tracks.
For comparison Darkmoon track when I hit the end (50 back then) as free I had about 3k gold pre mini set. Right now, hitting 100, I'm at 2300. I did buy The Thunder King for gold when he came back. So that's 1500 well spent. Still not bad since I'm hitting it slightly earlier as paid this time. Mini set around the Corner no doubt I'll buy it out for gold again. Can't wait to see where I end as the expansion closes around august.
miniset
If Barren launched at 30th march, I assume it will be released at 30th May. (2 months exactly)
But since 30th May is Sunday, I believe it will be dropped after. (Closest will be at Tuesday, 1st June / Thursday, 3rd June), with 3 days of card reveal before that, just like Darkmoon Races.
Hearthstone Grandmasters 2021 Season 1 Continues With Week 6
For those that wish to see who plays when:
Eliminated on Thursday, no stream time:
Deciders on Friday:
Straight to Saturday by winning initial group:
[Game] Card Treasure Hunt (The Resurrection Attempt)
Deck of Lunacy?
Hearthstone Grandmasters 2021 Season 1 Continues With Week 6
If the French guys didn't actually cheat, then that's pretty tough for xBlyzes, but dude.... napping through your match? If you can't wake up with an alarm clock, then just have your roommate slap you in the face with a baguette.
Alternate Spelling - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Good catch on the twister error, I'll make sure to fix it up.
As for Heart of Y'Shaarj, I dont find it hard to imagine some behind-the-scenes spaghetti to get it working. The game seeing a corrupt trigger from it and just applying the handbuff and the Corrupted keyword for Y'Shaarj to see. (Like giving any other keyword to a minion in hand eg. Val'anyr giving Deathrattle). If i go with Heart I'll make sure to explain the function in the description.
Group Therapy! Need to blow off some steam? Mega salty? Here's the place!
Why is Oh My Yogg! allowed to exist in its current form? Why couldn't Blizzard change it to something like, "After your opponent casts a spell, cast a random one of the same Cost," or "When you cast this from your deck, Terry Crews comes to your house and punches you in the solar plexus."? Blizzard, here's some feedback: Getting my spells "countered" as early as turn 2 is not fun. I would also like to take part in playing this game you call "Hearthstone," and I can't do that if I'm getting my spells turned into useless junk.
Also, giving their weapon 1 less Durability doesn't change the fact that starting on turn 2 they get free tempo from either Avenge (free stats! whee!), Galloping Savior (free stats! whee!), or Oh My Yogg! (free Counterspell! whee!), not to mention that their opponent has to play around ALL of those secrets while the Paladin continues to develop onto the board. You essentially have two choices: you can play on pins and needles and fall behind on the board, or you can guess which Secret it is....and still fall behind on board if you're wrong.
P.S. - Can we talk about how everyone knew Paladin was the best class pre-patch, and the only changes Blizzard made to it were to nerf Crabrider, a neutral that saw play in more than just Paladin decks, and to "nerf" First Day of School by making it slightly worse on turn 1 or 2 but waaaaaaaaaay better after that? The reasoning behind the changes make sense, but for those to be the ONLY changes to the most powerful class in the game are pretty annoying. Unless the mini-set has a neutral minion with: "Battlecry: Deal 10 damage to your opponent for every Secret they've triggered this game," I don't see how it can bring about significant change to the power level of Paladin.