I haven't found anything yet when reviewing the decompiled client. I haven't gotten 100% through it yet, but I suspect Blizzard may have this all trigger on the server-side to prevent datamining completely.
Truth be told, I was hoping to spoil the crap out of this. No such luck today!
i haven't even found that "Regular Tavern level" or something that shows the accumulated reward track level of all seasons...
It's under the "Progression" section, and since everyone who has achieved it is already showing as collected it is giving no notification and won't currently let people choose a portrait.
Lady Vashj really annoys me. when I compare it to Astromancer Solarian its just a joke. the prime should be 5 mana. That way you have more of an ability to play any top deck spell you may need. Big expensive board clears like Tidal Wave is what I'm thinking about here. right now its like a crummy Malygos the Spellweaver. discount is nice but shaman doesn't really have the consistent burn dmg to make an otk reliable or even possible.
Idk if this is important or not, but it's a bit of information that maybe someone smarter than me can figure out. As someone mentioned before, there's a date on the dragon drawing, June 1st, 2018. There was a cardback released on that day, the Back in Blue cardback. Now, since everyone can complete this achievement, the use of the cardback most likely isn't required.
However, the description mentions the blue dragonflight guarding the secrets of magic (and colored hankies.) Maybe this would have something to do with the new Core Malygos?
Idk, I'm not the smartest, but that is my small contribution as of right now. Hopefully that could help someone?
Quote From h0lysatanEDIT2: "Harder to do on mobile" probably means playing Nozdormu, since mobile usually can't keep up with the faster game mode. Can't think of anything else harder to do on mobile.
Interactions with the board itself, would be harder on mobile.
Oh and the Cardback is a phoenix, and Celestalon's Avatar is the Celestial Dragon Pet, from WoW, if I recall.
Is "Throughout the Barrens" means only available in the 4 months range of the barrens expansion?
The card back depicts a phoenix (or dragon?), while Celestalon's profile art depicts a water dragon. hmm
EDIT: There's a date written 06/01/18 near the bottom left card in the celestalon's profile art. I have no idea what it means.
EDIT2: "Harder to do on mobile" probably means playing Nozdormu, since mobile usually can't keep up with the faster game mode. Can't think of anything else harder to do on mobile.
EDIT3: Probably count as cheating, but the patch can always be datamined to find it directly.
The first thing to pop into my head is there is something board related. Something to do with clicking around the Barrens board. That would be harder to do on mobile.
That's my only idea. If it's anything lore related I'm hopelessly lost.
This is awesome. No hand holding. Just a mystery to solve, right Scoob?
I just want Aranna to come back soon, it seems a bit redundant to sell 2 Druid heroes back to back like that (especially since they aren’t the best heroes XD
Grim Fortune is indeed way too obvious. I'm not being any bit hyperbolic when I say that the card I originally conceived in my head for the comp is literally a 100% carbon copy of this exact card. The card itself is perfectly fine, but I wouldn't submit it under the fact that a lot of people submit without looking at the Discussion Topic and the chance that someone else will make this exact same card seems pretty high to me.
Smart Investment I think is the better choice. It's more original and has really nice flavor.
Having not played the game since Uldum, I think the way you've continued to make your cards is impressive.
TheHoax91
Extremely flavorful and I love effects that mess with time (and this is where I plug my Time Traveler class), but it seems that a lot of people here already don't love it and I would probably agree that this specific version of it is probably not the best interpretation of making some type of time-warping effect.
Nirast
If I read Recurring Recruitment strictly as it's worded, then the card is non-functional since it's requiring a minion you summon to die before your next turn, but the problem is that the minion is summoned… on your next turn. See what I'm saying? I'm not exactly sure what the card is actually intended to do. I'm also not really sold on the usage of "cast this again" since that was a thing mainly in the previous expansion (from the card's perspective), Knights of the Frozen Throne.
Copy Homework is definitely a much "cleaner" card and for that reason, I prefer it. I think the flavor is also better here.
Linkblade91
I like this card. Big Paladin is a deck that has been supported by a few singular expansion cards, but has never been a sole focus for any set, so I think it's cool to have something like this.
Grumpymonk
As far as I can tell, this is fairly solid.
Anchorm4n
As pointed out, this is a simply a much weaker Corruption. Same exact text and costs 2 more mana. Corruption has never been a great card, which is not exactly a good sign for the card.
For what it's worth, I do think the flavor on this version is better and is really good overall, though I think you're better off just making a different card altogether.
Neoguli
There's a bit to unpack here.
As noted, the first version has quite a bit of ambiguity in terms of whether or not it's actually allowed for the competition. This means that even if it was allowed, it would likely get quite a few negative votes under the perception that it goes against what the comp is trying to do. Beyond that, the actual card itself doesn't seem to strong. You need to Combo with it before it becomes an okay card. I don't believe a 3 mana 4/3 that just had Stealth would be broken by any means. By itself without Combo-ing it, it is incredibly weak.
Meisterz39 pointed out the problems with a second version. As a Casts When Drawn card that you put into your deck, it allows you to basically run a 28 card deck, which in a huge majority of situations, is better than running a 30 card deck. In addition to that, it has an upside of summoning a 3/2 minion with Stealth. Granted, it only summons it at the start of your next turn, but even if the only effect it had was a downside, it would still see play simply as a way to get a free cycle with no effort required (unless the downside was REALLY bad). Free Casts When Drawn cards to put into your deck sounds like it would be a fun idea for some type of adventure mode, but not for Constructed.
AnAngryBadger
The Coming Storm is pretty neat, and I wouldn't surprised to see this effect in the game. I do agree that you could also zoom in the artwork. My only concern is that the delayed aspect of the effect doesn't feel "needed" for the card (which I do predict will be a very recurring element of many card in this comp), although it is obviously needed for the comp.
Changing Winds I don't like as much since it's harder to use (when your opponent can easily play around it) and I feel like it robs Silas Darkmoon of his Legendary-ness. The fact that the direction is random also means that you can't really take advantage of it very well.
Attempt number two. Now it only has an effect that is done at the start of your turn, but still further explores the potential design space for this competition and stays true to flavor. It can also still be played when in your mulligan, unless there is spaghetti code with Casts When Drawn.
It would be really unfair to be able to include a "Cast When Drawn" card in your base 30 card deck. With 2x of these in your deck, you're basically running a 28 card deck, which is incredibly powerful on its own even before you get the free 3/2's. There's a reason in MTG that, despite no max deck size, no one ever runs more than 60 cards in a constructed deck; having fewer cards means you get to find your win conditions faster.
thanks! the felhounds are great against aggro to make sure we live until our big demons come down and its a sticky target that might live til turn 5 so we can vol'jin it and pull a bigger demon. Sometimes it does suck to pull the felhound from pit commander but that doesnt happen too often and it is another taunt anyway when it gets pulled
Solving the "???" Mysteries of the Phoenix Card Back Achievement in Hearthstone - Solve the Barrens Mysteries
Drums can't be accessed on mobile. That means it won't be used for any of the mysteries.
Solving the "???" Mysteries of the Phoenix Card Back Achievement in Hearthstone - Solve the Barrens Mysteries
I haven't found anything yet when reviewing the decompiled client. I haven't gotten 100% through it yet, but I suspect Blizzard may have this all trigger on the server-side to prevent datamining completely.
Truth be told, I was hoping to spoil the crap out of this. No such luck today!
Hearthstone has a New "Mysteries of the Phoenix" Card Back - Requires Solving a Barrens Puzzle
It's under the "Progression" section, and since everyone who has achieved it is already showing as collected it is giving no notification and won't currently let people choose a portrait.
Cards We Would Like to See Buffed in the Upcoming Hearthstone Balance Patch
Lady Vashj really annoys me. when I compare it to Astromancer Solarian its just a joke. the prime should be 5 mana. That way you have more of an ability to play any top deck spell you may need. Big expensive board clears like Tidal Wave is what I'm thinking about here. right now its like a crummy Malygos the Spellweaver. discount is nice but shaman doesn't really have the consistent burn dmg to make an otk reliable or even possible.
Solving the "???" Mysteries of the Phoenix Card Back Achievement in Hearthstone - Solve the Barrens Mysteries
Idk if this is important or not, but it's a bit of information that maybe someone smarter than me can figure out. As someone mentioned before, there's a date on the dragon drawing, June 1st, 2018. There was a cardback released on that day, the Back in Blue cardback. Now, since everyone can complete this achievement, the use of the cardback most likely isn't required.
However, the description mentions the blue dragonflight guarding the secrets of magic (and colored hankies.) Maybe this would have something to do with the new Core Malygos?
Idk, I'm not the smartest, but that is my small contribution as of right now. Hopefully that could help someone?
Two Heroes, Lunara and Magni, are Returning to the Hearthstone Shop in the Future
He's the only returning hero I've actually been excited for and will likely get.
Solving the "???" Mysteries of the Phoenix Card Back Achievement in Hearthstone - Solve the Barrens Mysteries
Interactions with the board itself, would be harder on mobile.
Oh and the Cardback is a phoenix, and Celestalon's Avatar is the Celestial Dragon Pet, from WoW, if I recall.
https://www.wowhead.com/item=54810/celestial-dragon#screenshots:id=235607
Solving the "???" Mysteries of the Phoenix Card Back Achievement in Hearthstone - Solve the Barrens Mysteries
Ok, and I can tell you that the "Drums" on top of tent in the top Right Corner, each have a unique tone. to the point that the Following...
3 3 4 5 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 3 2 2
3 3 4 5 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 1
2 2 3 1 2 3 4 3 1 2 3 4 1 3
is Beethoven's "Ode to Joy", before you need a drum one tone lower.
Number sequence is as follows...
.......................................5
1.................................4
......2................3
around the top of the tent. Maybe there is something else to play... and yes I've way to much free time.
Solving the "???" Mysteries of the Phoenix Card Back Achievement in Hearthstone - Solve the Barrens Mysteries
Time to play some Secret Rogue I guess with all these question mark pop-ups...
Everyone's Favourite Creepy Druid Hero, Dame Hazelbark, Has Returned to Hearthstone's Shop
English...defiantly tuff.
Solving the "???" Mysteries of the Phoenix Card Back Achievement in Hearthstone - Solve the Barrens Mysteries
Is "Throughout the Barrens" means only available in the 4 months range of the barrens expansion?
The card back depicts a phoenix (or dragon?), while Celestalon's profile art depicts a water dragon. hmm
EDIT: There's a date written 06/01/18 near the bottom left card in the celestalon's profile art. I have no idea what it means.
EDIT2: "Harder to do on mobile" probably means playing Nozdormu, since mobile usually can't keep up with the faster game mode. Can't think of anything else harder to do on mobile.
EDIT3: Probably count as cheating, but the patch can always be datamined to find it directly.
Solving the "???" Mysteries of the Phoenix Card Back Achievement in Hearthstone - Solve the Barrens Mysteries
The first thing to pop into my head is there is something board related. Something to do with clicking around the Barrens board. That would be harder to do on mobile.
That's my only idea. If it's anything lore related I'm hopelessly lost.
This is awesome. No hand holding. Just a mystery to solve, right Scoob?
Two Heroes, Lunara and Magni, are Returning to the Hearthstone Shop in the Future
I just want Aranna to come back soon, it seems a bit redundant to sell 2 Druid heroes back to back like that (especially since they aren’t the best heroes XD
Rune Scape - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Fairly late first feedback, but here we go.
Grim Fortune is indeed way too obvious. I'm not being any bit hyperbolic when I say that the card I originally conceived in my head for the comp is literally a 100% carbon copy of this exact card. The card itself is perfectly fine, but I wouldn't submit it under the fact that a lot of people submit without looking at the Discussion Topic and the chance that someone else will make this exact same card seems pretty high to me.
Smart Investment I think is the better choice. It's more original and has really nice flavor.
Having not played the game since Uldum, I think the way you've continued to make your cards is impressive.
If I read Recurring Recruitment strictly as it's worded, then the card is non-functional since it's requiring a minion you summon to die before your next turn, but the problem is that the minion is summoned… on your next turn. See what I'm saying? I'm not exactly sure what the card is actually intended to do. I'm also not really sold on the usage of "cast this again" since that was a thing mainly in the previous expansion (from the card's perspective), Knights of the Frozen Throne.
Copy Homework is definitely a much "cleaner" card and for that reason, I prefer it. I think the flavor is also better here.
As pointed out, this is a simply a much weaker Corruption. Same exact text and costs 2 more mana. Corruption has never been a great card, which is not exactly a good sign for the card.
For what it's worth, I do think the flavor on this version is better and is really good overall, though I think you're better off just making a different card altogether.
There's a bit to unpack here.
As noted, the first version has quite a bit of ambiguity in terms of whether or not it's actually allowed for the competition. This means that even if it was allowed, it would likely get quite a few negative votes under the perception that it goes against what the comp is trying to do. Beyond that, the actual card itself doesn't seem to strong. You need to Combo with it before it becomes an okay card. I don't believe a 3 mana 4/3 that just had Stealth would be broken by any means. By itself without Combo-ing it, it is incredibly weak.
Meisterz39 pointed out the problems with a second version. As a Casts When Drawn card that you put into your deck, it allows you to basically run a 28 card deck, which in a huge majority of situations, is better than running a 30 card deck. In addition to that, it has an upside of summoning a 3/2 minion with Stealth. Granted, it only summons it at the start of your next turn, but even if the only effect it had was a downside, it would still see play simply as a way to get a free cycle with no effort required (unless the downside was REALLY bad). Free Casts When Drawn cards to put into your deck sounds like it would be a fun idea for some type of adventure mode, but not for Constructed.
The Coming Storm is pretty neat, and I wouldn't surprised to see this effect in the game. I do agree that you could also zoom in the artwork. My only concern is that the delayed aspect of the effect doesn't feel "needed" for the card (which I do predict will be a very recurring element of many card in this comp), although it is obviously needed for the comp.
Changing Winds I don't like as much since it's harder to use (when your opponent can easily play around it) and I feel like it robs Silas Darkmoon of his Legendary-ness. The fact that the direction is random also means that you can't really take advantage of it very well.
Cards We Would Like to See Nerfed in the Upcoming Hearthstone Balance Patch
It's always amusing to see just how many downvotes get thrown around on these nerfing articles.
Rune Scape - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
It would be really unfair to be able to include a "Cast When Drawn" card in your base 30 card deck. With 2x of these in your deck, you're basically running a 28 card deck, which is incredibly powerful on its own even before you get the free 3/2's. There's a reason in MTG that, despite no max deck size, no one ever runs more than 60 cards in a constructed deck; having fewer cards means you get to find your win conditions faster.
Everyone's Favourite Creepy Druid Hero, Dame Hazelbark, Has Returned to Hearthstone's Shop
Yeah, you can keep her. Wouldnt use it even for free 🤣
Hearthstone has a New "Mysteries of the Phoenix" Card Back - Requires Solving a Barrens Puzzle
does it require 200 levels or 400 for the first portrait?
As far as I can tell it goes like this:
1/10: 200 total levels
2/10: 400
3/10: 600
...
maxes out at
10/10: 2000
Hearthstone has a New "Mysteries of the Phoenix" Card Back - Requires Solving a Barrens Puzzle
Bit off-topic: is it safe to disenchant non-diamond version of Ragnaros the Firelord if you have the diamond version through the achievement?
Deck Tracker not working
Yep, it was a bug, they updated it already, with support for the BG patch. If it still does not work, try closing and opening it again.
Cards We Would Like to See Nerfed in the Upcoming Hearthstone Balance Patch
They are clearly not the most powerfull decks. Am i wrong? And nerfing a card just because it feels bad to play against should not be a reason imo.
Everyone's Favourite Creepy Druid Hero, Dame Hazelbark, Has Returned to Hearthstone's Shop
It wouldn't be as bad as it is if it weren't for that human-like face that seems like its been photoshopped onto a tree for laughs.
Why'd a treant even need a nose? Beats me.
Hearthstone has a New "Mysteries of the Phoenix" Card Back - Requires Solving a Barrens Puzzle
Many people in the Discord said that was fake the poster admitted it. So who knows.... Until we see the card back in play.
C'Thun Rogue!
You're welcome! glad you're having fun with it :D
BIG Demon Hunter!
thanks! the felhounds are great against aggro to make sure we live until our big demons come down and its a sticky target that might live til turn 5 so we can vol'jin it and pull a bigger demon. Sometimes it does suck to pull the felhound from pit commander but that doesnt happen too often and it is another taunt anyway when it gets pulled