I've been navigating around the day in the site and only have gotten 4 for navigating and 3 for the daily missions. Other days it has been as random but only the first day I think I was able to get 10 for navigating. : (
Okay, I definitely read that wrong then. And to be quite honest, if they are not disenchantable I am going to be a little mad! I mean, I get before when they were evergreen in standard and being given for free. But I would expect that as before they would make them disenchantable Common cards. Yes it’s a lot of free dust, and it’s not the same situation as something like Mind Blast rotating out, but to stay consistent with past practices they should be disenchantable!
We’ll see what happens but after realizing I read that part wrong I’m not as hopeful.
Surely the healthy mindset is to view the status quo as neutral instead of a negative, especially when everything involved was free to begin with?
By your own description this isn't even a consistency issue because the circumstances aren't the same as with previous rotating Basic cards. Blizzard's description is a little ambiguous about whether new players will continue to get the Basic cards when they unlock Wild, but I assume they will else they'll never be able to get them. In which case, the rarity solution we saw previously just isn't needed to make them obtainable.
There's a much better case for complaining about inconsistencies with dust for Classic cards. But to be honest, even there you have to first make the case that Blizz should have stuck by their flawed insistence on keeping Basic and Classic around for eternity, instead of actually improving the game by introducing a FREE rotating Core set. Add to that the addition of the Classic mode, which will make most Classic cards far more relevant than they have been in years, and you need a pretty damn compelling argument.
All in all, while I see where the complaints come from and accept it is too subjective to say anyone is wrong to make them, I do think it is best to save yourself the stress and see a good thing as a good thing.
Pen Flinger could potentially become THE activator, if you would need/want to trigger the effect right away, and if you could follow it up with a spell, you could then use it for another Frenzy card. Might be too bothersome and slow, but its a possibility :)
I would have to disagree somewhat. The augmerchants have really good synergy with frenzy as they also buff the card as well as activating frenzy.
That is true, and i was thinking about them when writing that, but Pen Flinger is just more versatile imho and you dont want too many situational cards in your deck. Pen Flinger can facilitate a lot in one card and can be used to go face, and more importantly be reused multiple times, saving deck space and technically creating card advantage. But yes, Augmerchants will have decent synergy with Frenzy as well.
Okay, I definitely read that wrong then. And to be quite honest, if they are not disenchantable I am going to be a little mad! I mean, I get before when they were evergreen in standard and being given for free. But I would expect that as before they would make them disenchantable Common cards. Yes it’s a lot of free dust, and it’s not the same situation as something like Mind Blast rotating out, but to stay consistent with past practices they should be disenchantable!
We’ll see what happens but after realizing I read that part wrong I’m not as hopeful.
Considering how high you can actually push this damage in a single turn's worth of mana (using Bru'kan and Novice Zapper), I will be surprised if they print any other Nature spells that can go face. Or if they do, the new ones would have to be fairly expensive.
(It gets even crazier if you can time it right with a Phoenix or two.)
Penflinger. Really that card is so terrible to play against. Not because I lose to it, but because it takes 15 minutes to play it out, one damage at a time.
I'm currently at level 346 right now and with minimal effort should reach the end of the reward track within 2 days. I will write a small post when this milestone has been achieved. If my F2P accounts get the 1800 XP challenge friend quest it will be even sooner.
Going off-topic again, I'm still wondering if I should keep investing in this game. Never ever has it taken this long for me to buy the preorder bundles, happens usually within 24 hours of becoming available. There is plenty of time to buy them though. By the way, it is not even the monetary value that is bothering me. I have a decently paid job and the money I spent on HS is not relevant at all.
I tried LoR for a while but could never get into it. I think the number 1 reason why Hearthstone will always be a popular game is because of how clean the design is. The card design, the graphics, the UI, everything about the game is very clean, simple, and easy to understand. You can play the game for an hour and know how 90% of game works. Contrast that with Runeterra which has over 60 keywords after only being out for about a year.
I also think Runeterra is a very tedious to play. If I want to cast a two spell combo then attack, first I have to play the first spell and wait to see if my opponent has a fast/quick spell. Then I wait for them to pick their action. Then I play my second spell and wait to see if my opponent has a fast/quick spell. Then I wait for them to take their action. Then I attack and wait for my opponent to cast any fast/quick spells and also wait for them to pick blockers. To some people this is great because more interaction is good, but I would rather have my own turn where I can do all of my stuff without interruption.
I also don't like the rate at which Riot releases new cards and factions. It feels very rushed. I would rather the game update a little slower to give us more breathing room in between new sets of cards. I also disagree with their philosophy of "every card should be balanced and playable". When every conceivable strategy in the game will get you a perfect 50% winrate, game play becomes boring.
People seem to enjoy having less RNG, but personally I find that it makes the game very repetitive and stale.
If you like Runeterra that is fine, I just don't enjoy the game play experience. And the generous economy doesn't really make up for that.
Fun at the Crossroads
I've been navigating around the day in the site and only have gotten 4 for navigating and 3 for the daily missions. Other days it has been as random but only the first day I think I was able to get 10 for navigating. : (
Azir Hecarim Ephemerals
tried this deck and is super fun. Won even without drawing any champion !
Azir Hecarim Ephemerals Deck List & Guide - Runeterra Deck Spotlight
tried this deck and is super fun. Won even without drawing any champion !
When Basic Cards Rotate
Surely the healthy mindset is to view the status quo as neutral instead of a negative, especially when everything involved was free to begin with?
By your own description this isn't even a consistency issue because the circumstances aren't the same as with previous rotating Basic cards. Blizzard's description is a little ambiguous about whether new players will continue to get the Basic cards when they unlock Wild, but I assume they will else they'll never be able to get them. In which case, the rarity solution we saw previously just isn't needed to make them obtainable.
There's a much better case for complaining about inconsistencies with dust for Classic cards. But to be honest, even there you have to first make the case that Blizz should have stuck by their flawed insistence on keeping Basic and Classic around for eternity, instead of actually improving the game by introducing a FREE rotating Core set. Add to that the addition of the Classic mode, which will make most Classic cards far more relevant than they have been in years, and you need a pretty damn compelling argument.
All in all, while I see where the complaints come from and accept it is too subjective to say anyone is wrong to make them, I do think it is best to save yourself the stress and see a good thing as a good thing.
List of Runeterra Daily Quests
"I have risen, and with me, this thread!" - Azir
Activate Reputation effects OR
Play units that cost 4 or more
0/6 OR
0/10
Azir Hecarim Ephemerals Deck List & Guide - Runeterra Deck Spotlight
Expectation: Hecarim
Thumbnail: No-Neckarim
New Neutral Minion - Peon
Zog Zog! Oh damn that brings back memories... The card itself is meh, needs a reliable activator, and even then not all that good.
Custom Frenzy Cards
That is true, and i was thinking about them when writing that, but Pen Flinger is just more versatile imho and you dont want too many situational cards in your deck. Pen Flinger can facilitate a lot in one card and can be used to go face, and more importantly be reused multiple times, saving deck space and technically creating card advantage. But yes, Augmerchants will have decent synergy with Frenzy as well.
When Basic Cards Rotate
Okay, I definitely read that wrong then. And to be quite honest, if they are not disenchantable I am going to be a little mad! I mean, I get before when they were evergreen in standard and being given for free. But I would expect that as before they would make them disenchantable Common cards. Yes it’s a lot of free dust, and it’s not the same situation as something like Mind Blast rotating out, but to stay consistent with past practices they should be disenchantable!
We’ll see what happens but after realizing I read that part wrong I’m not as hopeful.
The Emperor's Deck - Full List of Azir's Deck
winning deck
Ascended's Call
wow!
Razormane Raider
Fun with Dark Skies on an otherwise empty board. Decent in Arena. But I don't see it in Standard.
New Neutral Minion - Peon
something need doing?
New Warlock Minion - Void Terror
Spidertank's are good, but you need some good deathrattles I think to make this guy shine
Fortunately, Nerubian Egg is coming back into rotation, so Egg-lock may be back on the menu...
New Shaman Spell - Lightning Bolt
Considering how high you can actually push this damage in a single turn's worth of mana (using Bru'kan and Novice Zapper), I will be surprised if they print any other Nature spells that can go face. Or if they do, the new ones would have to be fairly expensive.
(It gets even crazier if you can time it right with a Phoenix or two.)
New Warlock Minion - Void Terror
This is a class card, so it's OK that it has an upside beyond the tribal tag.
New Tier List Decks - Empires
So there are a lot of people making bold statements about what is and isn't op right now during the expansion.
But let's ground things a little with a mobalytics article and I'll break down each list and how I feel about it.
https://mobalytics.gg/blog/best-legends-of-runeterra-decks/
A lot of this is gonna seem obvious extra attacks plus sandmen equals double value and double aggression
Rememberance if a bunch of your tokens are dying you get to cast it for free
Rangers resolve as anti wail/ice shard tech
Rock hopper is supposed to synergize with greenfang warden where you get to utilize barrier to challenge, not sure how reliable that is at 2 a piece
Also ancient preparations will probably get cut it doesn't do anything in this list
But everything else look great.
The thing is though we have so many great aggro lists that this is looking B tier right now
I had said that they who nasus would be a great list during announcement season and here it is
A lot of this list looks super flexible I like the baccai spinners here, trade with your opponents champ to enable slay
3 counters to 1 atrocity is interesting, and again we see a lot of confidence in rock hopper which I don't share
Black spear is great I always thought that card was underated, and thresh gets you the box too
I would say this deck has A tier potential
Hey look it's anivia control without the jank, not much else to say
You just stall and stall and stall till your free 8/8's pop out fresh as daisies
Spectral matron is fun, you play it on rekindler or inquisitor and it levels Lissandra
Honestly just super solid S tier stuff here
So it's ledros control without carina, and without the otk potential of concurrent timelines
I don't think this list makes sense honestly, like all you need is like 1 hush play and this deck is done
I think this list is being carried by surrenders, people just get hard controlled and give up
So veiled Temple Thaliyah with Aphelios is a strong mana cheating list
I really like weight of judgement here card is super undervalued I run it as a 1 of in a lot of decks
Goal is pretty simple stack your buffs on one dude and then infernum for overwhelm
You also get your burn dmg from leveled Thalia
The only question is, better than TF Aphelios where you get your free 3/4 challengers
Just having deny might make it better, but it looks weak to aggro I see the fangs going down on 4 and its too little too late
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The truth is though a lot of important lists are absent I believe that there is absolutely a very strong Rekton list out there
I believe that Ash with Leblanc looks absolutely nuts
I think deep should be revisited, along with dragons
The fact a lot of what we are seeing is people just playing shadow isles is not a great sign on the creativity front
and what about Sivr, you can't tell me she's garbage, she has spell shield and quick attack like holly crap
Anyway that's it for me, let me know what you guys think down below.
Barrens NEW ETC Warrior!
so uh...how do you make this work?
Custom Frenzy Cards
Here is my Frenzy card:
Group Therapy! Need to blow off some steam? Mega salty? Here's the place!
Penflinger. Really that card is so terrible to play against. Not because I lose to it, but because it takes 15 minutes to play it out, one damage at a time.
Rewards Track: Current progress
I'm currently at level 346 right now and with minimal effort should reach the end of the reward track within 2 days. I will write a small post when this milestone has been achieved. If my F2P accounts get the 1800 XP challenge friend quest it will be even sooner.
Going off-topic again, I'm still wondering if I should keep investing in this game. Never ever has it taken this long for me to buy the preorder bundles, happens usually within 24 hours of becoming available. There is plenty of time to buy them though. By the way, it is not even the monetary value that is bothering me. I have a decently paid job and the money I spent on HS is not relevant at all.
Pity Timer Broken
Just my luck it's only happening to me then. Probably bc I lost my job am broke and can't afford their bundles this time around.....
[Game] Card Treasure Hunt (The Resurrection Attempt)
The Caverns Below or Sonya Shadowdancer?
What to play? Runeterra, Magic, Mythgard or another CCG
I tried LoR for a while but could never get into it. I think the number 1 reason why Hearthstone will always be a popular game is because of how clean the design is. The card design, the graphics, the UI, everything about the game is very clean, simple, and easy to understand. You can play the game for an hour and know how 90% of game works. Contrast that with Runeterra which has over 60 keywords after only being out for about a year.
I also think Runeterra is a very tedious to play. If I want to cast a two spell combo then attack, first I have to play the first spell and wait to see if my opponent has a fast/quick spell. Then I wait for them to pick their action. Then I play my second spell and wait to see if my opponent has a fast/quick spell. Then I wait for them to take their action. Then I attack and wait for my opponent to cast any fast/quick spells and also wait for them to pick blockers. To some people this is great because more interaction is good, but I would rather have my own turn where I can do all of my stuff without interruption.
I also don't like the rate at which Riot releases new cards and factions. It feels very rushed. I would rather the game update a little slower to give us more breathing room in between new sets of cards. I also disagree with their philosophy of "every card should be balanced and playable". When every conceivable strategy in the game will get you a perfect 50% winrate, game play becomes boring.
People seem to enjoy having less RNG, but personally I find that it makes the game very repetitive and stale.
If you like Runeterra that is fine, I just don't enjoy the game play experience. And the generous economy doesn't really make up for that.
New Neutral Minion - Blademaster Samuro
I can't wait to play it with the new core legendary that buff minions on hand