This barrage of stuff available with gold is a brilliant move by Blizzard to drain the savings of collectors who don't spend $$$ to hopefully lead them to falling behind on packs and miniset and maybe lead them to $$$ purchases once more.
Uhh maybe because Sir Annoy-O is a skin that hasn't been in the store for 2.5-3 years, and thus is a pretty rare skin? Also Sir Annoy-O doesn't even have an cardback, he instead came with 20 Witchwood Packs in the Hallow! Hallow! Bundle. So the price seems fair to me. Be happy that skins are now available with gold, imagine if all skins stayed behind a paywall, like in the past few years.
I wish it was cheaper. As a f2p I can't see myself spending 1500 gold on a skin rather than packs, especially with mini sets being introduced. 1000 gold and I would buy him
Glad to see Sir Annoy-O back so more people can enjoy using him. 1500 Gold is honestly a fair price for him, considering he used to come with 20 packs and (i think) no card back. Also this is the first time in 2.5-3 years that Sir Annoy-O is back in the store, so that also makes Sir Annoy-O a lot more valueable. Anyways i hope other people can enjoy using Sir Annoy-O now, he has some very *HELLO HELLO HELLLOOOO!* emotes, and very pretty animations. You can complain about him having only "hello" as voicelines, but you can't disagree with the fact that Sir Annoy-O has pretty animations. (So pretty that on Mobile the intro animation might be a bit laggy for your phone lol.)
I was beaten to the idea of using Projects. All well :P
Look out, it's the dreaded Resurrection Priest! For both cards, the idea is that you get what you played and your opponent gets what they played; hopefully that thought-process comes across without spelling it out. If it would make people feel better, I can shift Ultimate Redemption to Paladin-only, for use in a Big Pally deck.
The cards in your example activate only when a minion is played, not summoned. But how I see this problem is that the simplified wording on Illidari Studies should mean "The next one you play costs (1) less" - similar to Scabbs, so I would count this one as a bug. I sometimes really hate those "simplifications".
I watched 4 hours with Youtube on a background Chrome tab, muted (because it worked with Twitch), I got nothing. When I looked at the tab occasionally, the video jumped from the last frame to the current broadcast, which was already suspicious. Not having a way to check our progress really sucks.
Played Illidari Studies twice and got 2 Kurtrus Ashfallen, they stay in hand at a 2 mana discount. Opponent plays Dirty Rat, 1 gets pulled, the other remains in hand for 4 mana.
I was achievement hunting, so I don't really care, but still, it's a bugged interaction.
I dont think that one is a bug, rather unfortunate scenario. The battlecry makes the opponent summon the minion, so as if they played it.
I respectfully disagree. If Dirty Rat summons a minion from your hand, it is not as if you played the minion yourself, so the discount (in this case from Illidari Studies) should remain for the other minion in hand. If you summon a minion using a spell (like Apexis Blast for example), it would not trigger a Mirror Entity or Snipe.
I think my favorite one is Double Agent purely because of flavor. That said, I don't like that it's too random, and limiting it to Rogue Secrets is a bit meh since Rogue doesn't have that many.
Even in Casual, 75% of my games this morning were against Lunacy. Enjoy your last hurrah, assholes.
My first game was against a Lunacy mage. What is the difference between Turn 1 Lunacy vs. Turn 3 Lunacy? Not much. Turned off the game after seeing that bullshit again
I’m not a huge lover of permanently replacing your opponent’s Hero Power (without some kind of combo or deckbuilding restriction at least) so personally I would like to see this with a turn limit effect (for instance 3 turns) for each player. I like the idea of the Hero Power though, pretty neat card but I think just a little bit powerful.
Demonxz95
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Congrats on the win for last week! As for this card, I really like this effect in Warlock, forcing yourself down to a low life total and then bringing your opponent down whilst you go back up. The art does feel a little off to me, was thinking something akin to the Princes from KFT in terms of art would feel like a better match? Pretty good card.
Sinti
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I’m inclined to agree with you that Eagle Eyes is the best, and I love the effect. Very solid card indeed.
Grumpymonk
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I think I like Fair Student Cincaria the best out of these two, plays into the Demon Hunter being able to manipulate their own hand about to get Outcast effects more easily. Plus it matches the disruption theme of Scholomance for DH, as a replacement for Stelina, it does a great job.
ChickyChick
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Great name for the card cos I think Balance Keeper is actually the most balanced of the three! Very cool card, love the effect.
YourPrivateNightmare
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I like this, but I feel like the effect needs to be toned down a little. I know that card information is often overestimated in Hearthstone, but making it permanent just doesn’t seem like a fun idea to me. I think maybe bumping up the cost and stats a little, and having this as a passive effect would be more balanced in my eyes.
anchorm4n
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My only criticism of this card is that, I believe in Rastakhan’s Rumble, all discards were “lowest-Cost” so this doesn’t really match that expansions twist on the mechanic. Other than that, pretty awesome card.
H0lysatan
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A couple of notes, the name does not feel particularly legendary, so maybe change this to the name of a character. Aside from that just a couple of grammatical errors for instance, you don’t need the word “now” and also you should put a full stop at the end of the card text. Really cool idea though.
Karmin
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This is one of my favourites so far, the flavour is awesome and the effect is so cool. One thing to note, is that spell schools were not around in classic, and it would probably be best to either remove the spell school or change the watermark to the Year of the Gryphon watermark, either way, very nice card.
Just logged in (EU, after the new patch) and 2 packs were granted from outside of the game (even got a playable epic in Mo'arg Artificer). So they finally arrived for me.
Seems like a good deal, but right now none of the Barrens legendaries are deck defining or must crafts. So 20 packs for 20 $/€ seems most suitable for people who have large gaps in most of these expansions. If after the nerfs a few of the Barren legendaries prove to be great, maybe this will turn to be a great deal.
Our Thoughts on Hearthstone's First Forged in the Barrens Balance Update Coming on April 13
I haven't yet seen one post-nerf, but I'm prepared to be underwhelmed by the change.
Sir Annoy-O the Annoying Alternate Paladin Hero is Back in the Hearthstone Shop
Uhh maybe because Sir Annoy-O is a skin that hasn't been in the store for 2.5-3 years, and thus is a pretty rare skin? Also Sir Annoy-O doesn't even have an cardback, he instead came with 20 Witchwood Packs in the Hallow! Hallow! Bundle. So the price seems fair to me. Be happy that skins are now available with gold, imagine if all skins stayed behind a paywall, like in the past few years.
Sir Annoy-O the Annoying Alternate Paladin Hero is Back in the Hearthstone Shop
I wish it was cheaper. As a f2p I can't see myself spending 1500 gold on a skin rather than packs, especially with mini sets being introduced. 1000 gold and I would buy him
Sir Annoy-O the Annoying Alternate Paladin Hero is Back in the Hearthstone Shop
Glad to see Sir Annoy-O back so more people can enjoy using him. 1500 Gold is honestly a fair price for him, considering he used to come with 20 packs and (i think) no card back. Also this is the first time in 2.5-3 years that Sir Annoy-O is back in the store, so that also makes Sir Annoy-O a lot more valueable. Anyways i hope other people can enjoy using Sir Annoy-O now, he has some very *HELLO HELLO HELLLOOOO!* emotes, and very pretty animations. You can complain about him having only "hello" as voicelines, but you can't disagree with the fact that Sir Annoy-O has pretty animations. (So pretty that on Mobile the intro animation might be a bit laggy for your phone lol.)
Hearthstone's Crossroads Bundle is Now Live! 2 Forged in the Barrens Legendary Cards + 20 Total Packs From 4 Sets
And then you bbcode the regular version. Shame!
Hearthstone's Crossroads Bundle is Now Live! 2 Forged in the Barrens Legendary Cards + 20 Total Packs From 4 Sets
I just got a regular polkelt... He back from being dusted if I remember correctly... Perfect now that the old gods are in.... Such power
Sharing Is Caring - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
I was beaten to the idea of using Projects. All well :P
Look out, it's the dreaded Resurrection Priest! For both cards, the idea is that you get what you played and your opponent gets what they played; hopefully that thought-process comes across without spelling it out. If it would make people feel better, I can shift Ultimate Redemption to Paladin-only, for use in a Big Pally deck.
PSA: Scabs Cutterbutter BUG
The cards in your example activate only when a minion is played, not summoned. But how I see this problem is that the simplified wording on Illidari Studies should mean "The next one you play costs (1) less" - similar to Scabbs, so I would count this one as a bug. I sometimes really hate those "simplifications".
Hearthstone's Crossroads Bundle is Now Live! 2 Forged in the Barrens Legendary Cards + 20 Total Packs From 4 Sets
Is the patch live on PC?
drop on youtube?
two packs here after the patch ! :)
drop on youtube?
I watched 4 hours with Youtube on a background Chrome tab, muted (because it worked with Twitch), I got nothing. When I looked at the tab occasionally, the video jumped from the last frame to the current broadcast, which was already suspicious. Not having a way to check our progress really sucks.
drop on youtube?
Yup, just got packs in EU. Veeery slow if you ask me, but at least it worked.
I wonder if we have to wait for the full 6 weeks for the next two youtube packs :D
PSA: Scabs Cutterbutter BUG
I respectfully disagree. If Dirty Rat summons a minion from your hand, it is not as if you played the minion yourself, so the discount (in this case from Illidari Studies) should remain for the other minion in hand. If you summon a minion using a spell (like Apexis Blast for example), it would not trigger a Mirror Entity or Snipe.
Sharing Is Caring - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Kinda surprised no one went with Projects.
I think my favorite one is Double Agent purely because of flavor. That said, I don't like that it's too random, and limiting it to Rogue Secrets is a bit meh since Rogue doesn't have that many.
I'll give feedback later.
Our Thoughts on Hearthstone's First Forged in the Barrens Balance Update Coming on April 13
My first game was against a Lunacy mage. What is the difference between Turn 1 Lunacy vs. Turn 3 Lunacy? Not much. Turned off the game after seeing that bullshit again
drop on youtube?
Just opened an Al'ar from the first of two packs.
drop on youtube?
I got my 2 packs too after the new patch (EU), 5 rares, one of it golden.
Howto: Win-5-Ranked Weekly Quest twice
T'was fun while it lasted. I managed to reroll my last weekly quest into a third Win 5 Ranked games earlier this morning.
Hearthstone's Crossroads Bundle is Now Live! 2 Forged in the Barrens Legendary Cards + 20 Total Packs From 4 Sets
Nice I am missing 3 legendaries... just perfect. (Hopefully 5 packs are enough to hit the 3rd lego)
drop on youtube?
My NA account received the 2 packs after I updated to new patch.
Hearthstone's Crossroads Bundle is Now Live! 2 Forged in the Barrens Legendary Cards + 20 Total Packs From 4 Sets
Got a golden Lorekeeper Polkelt, so I guess it was worth :)
Sharing Is Caring - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Here are my two ideas:
TheHoax91
I’m not a huge lover of permanently replacing your opponent’s Hero Power (without some kind of combo or deckbuilding restriction at least) so personally I would like to see this with a turn limit effect (for instance 3 turns) for each player. I like the idea of the Hero Power though, pretty neat card but I think just a little bit powerful.
Demonxz95
Sinti
Grumpymonk
ChickyChick
YourPrivateNightmare
anchorm4n
H0lysatan
Karmin
Sir Annoy-O the Annoying Alternate Paladin Hero is Back in the Hearthstone Shop
my guess would be that's because it previously came with a card pack bundle meaning the original value is higher.
drop on youtube?
Just logged in (EU, after the new patch) and 2 packs were granted from outside of the game (even got a playable epic in Mo'arg Artificer). So they finally arrived for me.
Hearthstone's Crossroads Bundle is Now Live! 2 Forged in the Barrens Legendary Cards + 20 Total Packs From 4 Sets
Seems like a good deal, but right now none of the Barrens legendaries are deck defining or must crafts. So 20 packs for 20 $/€ seems most suitable for people who have large gaps in most of these expansions. If after the nerfs a few of the Barren legendaries prove to be great, maybe this will turn to be a great deal.
edit:typo fixed