What I wonder regarding the new core set is if Blizzard is aware that lending the collectibles (even temporarily) destroys the concept of a collectibles game...
If every season all of us are to be lent all the essential cards free of charge... what is the point of collecting cards then? What is the benefit of having already those cards in my collection?
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It seems unlikely that Blizzard is "aware that lending cards destroys the concept of collecting" - they've been giving away the Basic set for free for the past eight years without "destroying" anything.
It seems more likely that Blizzard is aware that giving players cards for free gives them an incentive to actually spend money in order to collect more of the 510 cards (135 + 35, three times every year) Blizzard doesn't give away for free every year.
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Had a chance to play about 8 games after quickly throwing something together. Realized 1) I forgot to include Hex and 2) I think I may have some personal issues as I responded to your quip about Zentimo in a very personal way. LOL
The deck I built for Zentimo is similar to my recent Shaman creation which combines some early aggro with surprised burst for a big finish. What better way to catch someone off guard than with Zentimo?! A couple replays where Zentimo was clutch!
Also, this replay does not feature Zentimo, but I'm pretty sure my opponent in this one shit his pants when I played straight up Windfury for a lethal play. I mean, who runs that card?!?!
The hand dump with lethal already on the board. The Play Every Card In Hand instead of simply using that Fireball for lethal.
While I often consider this BM as well, I also have to remind myself that sometimes I also do this. Usually when I do it it's because a) The opponent has been BM'ing, roping, etc all game long like you said. Or b) I have a quest of "Play X cards" and needlessly dumping some things from hand helps me complete that quest, or fulfill an achievement for XP gain
Assuming that a champion level in in deck counts, wouldn't a Shurima Lulu deck with this be amazing? With all the support cards you can consistently level up Lulu in the first few rounds (and Ionia has some swarm cards).
I have a lore guide on Shurima in the works, and Targon is already out if the story behind the cards interests.
Everything else in your lore seems to be correct except Zoe. She is (or at least used to be) a regular human who got Aspect powers, and she was not the one to end the Darkin War (her predecessor did that).
This mostly accurate except for the Zoe part. The aspect who sealed the Darkin was called Myisha, she was the original aspect of twilight was the one gave Zoe her powers.
This looks strong to me but I doubt that it will see play in aggro since you need to level up a champion first, looks better suited for mid-range decks. I guess we just have to wait and see.
Now Val'anyr brings up another potential point. Do you think Team 5 would want to exclusively use Legendary minions for the core set? Assuming they only do 1 Legendary per class, having a spell or weapon as the Legendary may remove the character aspect from the core set, despite having cool and unique designs.
For instance, one of the Legendary spells from the Boomsday Project could be awesome or obviously a Legendary weapon from Kobolds & Catacombs. I feel like they would go exclusively for legendary minions but who knows?
The true "Ascended" term refers to the people who were transformed by the Sun Disk into furries beings of awesome power. They are more or less immortal and were the elite of the elite in ancient Shurima.
After Shurima got destroyed (long story), most surviving ascended got a bit power mad and warred against each other. No one could kill them really so humans just played along out of fear and/or worship. Then Zoe came along (yes that Zoe) and imprisoned these now evil ascended into weapons. They thus became Darkin. (Aatrox, Varus and Rhaast; Rhaast is Kayn's Scthe, they have an intense edgy anime battle of wits over who holds control of the body. Varus is what happens if Rhaast would win, Varus fully possessed two guys and merged their bodies, long story...)
Xerath hijacked Azir's ascension ritual and tried to ascend himself, tho it worked better than expected...? He became a being of pure energy. Not a real Ascended but he may be in the tribe in the game.
The Aspects of Targon (Diana, Leona, Taric, Pantheon and Zoe) are something else. Targon has these... celestial...gods...alien things, who might have an empire in the stars and enslaved Aurelion Sol somehow?? They choose human avatars for their powers. Zoe is just one of these gods themselves in person. Pantheon had one of them possess/empower him but something something the god died. He did leave some magic juice on Pantheon's abs tho so he has some cool powers still.
You just brought back all the PTSD from opening Celestia... so thanks for that! LOL
But yeah, Zentimo is not great but I always felt like he had amazing potential. He's one of those legendaries that you might be happy to see pop up randomly through an evolve effect or something because his effect could be big in some scenarios. But other than going for a fringe meme combo he wasn't usually something you wanted to include.
I was just about getting ready to deck build and I hadn't even considered things like Stormstrike. However, that would be a great inclusion! I may also need to throw in an Earth Shock or two for those pesky Big Priest matchups, so I can get through some taunts with the potentially big combo turns. We'll see what kind of opponent's I'm finding as I go.
Thanks! Looks like iOS users can't use Safari on iOS to do it, since mythgardgame.com doesn't work correctly on iOS's Safari. I haven't tried other browsers. I already had the Steam version installed on my computer, so just used that to redeem the code.
This is crazy strong and proably will boost many aggro decks by a lot (if shurima can support aggro well enough) . Leveling champions like LuluTaricDravenRivenKalistaetc is really easy and now very deadly with this card...
In Hearthstone i like to play my own decks or off meta decks I see on the internet. With these homebrew or off meta deck i still want to be competive, minimal rank 5/legend each month (on 2 servers). I don't play aggro (but I don't hate paying against it) but mostly more greedy midrange decks. I like to fight for the board. That's why I also like arena. Most important is that I'm never out of cards! I like to have a hand full of cards (draw of discover) so each turn there are many choices to make. I don't like polarizing decks. I want a chance to win in every game. I don't like the huge swing turns Hearthstone have at the moment, like Cheese Paladin. Besides Standard and a bit of arena/wild I don't play any other game modes. I don't like duels that much and i really dislike battlegrounds and solo adventures. I play around 80% of my games on pc and 20% on mobile.
With all this in mind, which CCG would you advise me to play? Runeterra, Magic, Mythgard or any other?
Disclaimer: I am a devoted LoR player and very biased.
That said, I'll always advocate for LoR. They work very hard to make the Champion cards relatively balanced in power level, which makes it very favorable for off-meta and home-brewing. There are big swing turns, but you have to work for them in advance rather than just play powerful cards on curve. There's also much more interaction -- your opponent has the opportunity to disrupt your plays, and good players will actually realize your about to make your big swing and commit their resources to countering you rather than just developing their own board. The game highly rewards playing a good strategy over just owning the best meta deck. Best of all, it's generous with in game crafting resources. My biggest peeve about HS was how much they expected you to spend just to stay competitive, and you needed to stay competitive to get rewards so it was a vicious cycle.
Am I crazy or is this card actually kind of good? It's like Plunder Poro but with a requirement that in some decks can be quite easy (Katarina, Kalista, Riven) and it's a 2/2 when "leveled" with 3 keywords instead of 2. I actually think that the statline is the most important benefit because it makes the keyword actually relevant. Imagine getting something like Fury+Challenger+Quick Attack on this versus any 2 of those 3 keywords on a 1/1. I think this Poro might see unironic play in Shurima decks with easy-to-level champions, or maybe as part of the "level your champion" package.
Dunno about Shaku, the "opponent class" mechanic is outdated in favor of "another class", unless they change it.
Also Bolvar, i don't think he is "knightly" enough to represent the paladin class in a core set (fire + blood etc) they might choose Eadric the Pure or Val'anyr
On Hunter card, i think they might just rip off charge from core set in favor of rush, they might choose Swamp King Dred instead.
Speculating on the New Hearthstone Core Set - What Should We Expect?
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It seems unlikely that Blizzard is "aware that lending cards destroys the concept of collecting" - they've been giving away the Basic set for free for the past eight years without "destroying" anything.
It seems more likely that Blizzard is aware that giving players cards for free gives them an incentive to actually spend money in order to collect more of the 510 cards (135 + 35, three times every year) Blizzard doesn't give away for free every year.
GLHF.
New Shurima Card - Golden Ambassador
I like it, it's basically a Written in Stars that gives a 3/2 body instead of the 1 mana reduction.
Speculating on the New Hearthstone Core Set - What Should We Expect?
My guesses are:
DH: Nethrandamus
Druid: Cenarius
Hunter: Houndmaster Shaw or King Krush
Mage: Kalecgos
Paladin: Lynessa Sunsorrow or Tirion Fordring
Priest: Natalie Seline or Vol'jin
Rogue: Xaril, Poisoned Mind
Shaman: Kalimos, Primal Lord
Warlock: Mal'Ganis
Warrior: Grommash Hellscream or Darius Crowley
My personal wish is Tess Greymane. I just love burgle rogue.
Account Management - Forum Title and Profile Header disappearing
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I am not counting, but my Forum Title and Profile Header disappeared many times. From time to time, I notice that they are blank and I have to set them again, I did it at least 10 times already. Is this something intentional or something you know about? Are they reset every time you add some of these?
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Speculating on the New Hearthstone Core Set - What Should We Expect?
Had a chance to play about 8 games after quickly throwing something together. Realized 1) I forgot to include Hex and 2) I think I may have some personal issues as I responded to your quip about Zentimo in a very personal way. LOL
The deck I built for Zentimo is similar to my recent Shaman creation which combines some early aggro with surprised burst for a big finish. What better way to catch someone off guard than with Zentimo?! A couple replays where Zentimo was clutch!
https://hsreplay.net/replay/NFrJnsC2wnQPvE5ErjFqdh
https://hsreplay.net/replay/SEh5r2iwfrYz6ySygufqB4
Also, this replay does not feature Zentimo, but I'm pretty sure my opponent in this one shit his pants when I played straight up Windfury for a lethal play. I mean, who runs that card?!?!
https://hsreplay.net/replay/VzxrL8xq73PmAywY76Re5H
Hoping to play more later tonight, refine the list a little, and maybe post a deck soon.
What do you consider BM within HS?
While I often consider this BM as well, I also have to remind myself that sometimes I also do this. Usually when I do it it's because a) The opponent has been BM'ing, roping, etc all game long like you said. Or b) I have a quest of "Play X cards" and needlessly dumping some things from hand helps me complete that quest, or fulfill an achievement for XP gain
New Shurima Card - Voice of the Risen
Assuming that a champion level in in deck counts, wouldn't a Shurima Lulu deck with this be amazing? With all the support cards you can consistently level up Lulu in the first few rounds (and Ionia has some swarm cards).
What do you consider BM within HS?
Roping while playing an aggro deck with 0 mana left and lethal on board while spamming "well played" against a meme deck.
Or, adding the meme deck player after losing against them to harass them.
That's outright BM.
Get the Full Norden Faction in Mythgard's Core Set For Free With This Code
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7 New Shurima Cards Revealed for Runeterra's Empires of the Ascended Expansion
I think this expansion is going to be great! Can't wait to see how they (hopefully) incorporate Nasus' stacking into his card!
7 New Shurima Cards Revealed for Runeterra's Empires of the Ascended Expansion
I have a lore guide on Shurima in the works, and Targon is already out if the story behind the cards interests.
Everything else in your lore seems to be correct except Zoe. She is (or at least used to be) a regular human who got Aspect powers, and she was not the one to end the Darkin War (her predecessor did that).
7 New Shurima Cards Revealed for Runeterra's Empires of the Ascended Expansion
This mostly accurate except for the Zoe part. The aspect who sealed the Darkin was called Myisha, she was the original aspect of twilight was the one gave Zoe her powers.
New Shurima Card - Voice of the Risen
This looks strong to me but I doubt that it will see play in aggro since you need to level up a champion first, looks better suited for mid-range decks. I guess we just have to wait and see.
Speculating on the New Hearthstone Core Set - What Should We Expect?
Now Val'anyr brings up another potential point. Do you think Team 5 would want to exclusively use Legendary minions for the core set? Assuming they only do 1 Legendary per class, having a spell or weapon as the Legendary may remove the character aspect from the core set, despite having cool and unique designs.
For instance, one of the Legendary spells from the Boomsday Project could be awesome or obviously a Legendary weapon from Kobolds & Catacombs. I feel like they would go exclusively for legendary minions but who knows?
Watch the Legends of Runeterra Empires of the Ascended Cinematic - Card Reveals Daily!
Great trailer :)
What do you consider BM within HS?
As a Priest player, that's honestly fair
7 New Shurima Cards Revealed for Runeterra's Empires of the Ascended Expansion
The true "Ascended" term refers to the people who were transformed by the Sun Disk into furries beings of awesome power. They are more or less immortal and were the elite of the elite in ancient Shurima.
After Shurima got destroyed (long story), most surviving ascended got a bit power mad and warred against each other. No one could kill them really so humans just played along out of fear and/or worship. Then Zoe came along (yes that Zoe) and imprisoned these now evil ascended into weapons. They thus became Darkin. (Aatrox, Varus and Rhaast; Rhaast is Kayn's Scthe, they have an intense edgy anime battle of wits over who holds control of the body. Varus is what happens if Rhaast would win, Varus fully possessed two guys and merged their bodies, long story...)
Xerath hijacked Azir's ascension ritual and tried to ascend himself, tho it worked better than expected...? He became a being of pure energy. Not a real Ascended but he may be in the tribe in the game.
The Aspects of Targon (Diana, Leona, Taric, Pantheon and Zoe) are something else. Targon has these... celestial...gods...alien things, who might have an empire in the stars and enslaved Aurelion Sol somehow?? They choose human avatars for their powers. Zoe is just one of these gods themselves in person. Pantheon had one of them possess/empower him but something something the god died. He did leave some magic juice on Pantheon's abs tho so he has some cool powers still.
League lore. It's weird man.
Speculating on the New Hearthstone Core Set - What Should We Expect?
You just brought back all the PTSD from opening Celestia... so thanks for that! LOL
But yeah, Zentimo is not great but I always felt like he had amazing potential. He's one of those legendaries that you might be happy to see pop up randomly through an evolve effect or something because his effect could be big in some scenarios. But other than going for a fringe meme combo he wasn't usually something you wanted to include.
I was just about getting ready to deck build and I hadn't even considered things like Stormstrike. However, that would be a great inclusion! I may also need to throw in an Earth Shock or two for those pesky Big Priest matchups, so I can get through some taunts with the potentially big combo turns. We'll see what kind of opponent's I'm finding as I go.
Get the Full Norden Faction in Mythgard's Core Set For Free With This Code
Thanks! Looks like iOS users can't use Safari on iOS to do it, since mythgardgame.com doesn't work correctly on iOS's Safari. I haven't tried other browsers. I already had the Steam version installed on my computer, so just used that to redeem the code.
cards that desperately need a buff
Iceborn Legacy needs to be reverted back to burst speed, or at least fast
New Shurima Card - Voice of the Risen
This is crazy strong and proably will boost many aggro decks by a lot (if shurima can support aggro well enough) . Leveling champions like Lulu Taric Draven Riven Kalistaetc is really easy and now very deadly with this card...
7 New Shurima Cards Revealed for Runeterra's Empires of the Ascended Expansion
My guess is that ascendant champions will have an exclusive level 3.
What to play? Runeterra, Magic, Mythgard or another CCG
Disclaimer: I am a devoted LoR player and very biased.
That said, I'll always advocate for LoR. They work very hard to make the Champion cards relatively balanced in power level, which makes it very favorable for off-meta and home-brewing. There are big swing turns, but you have to work for them in advance rather than just play powerful cards on curve. There's also much more interaction -- your opponent has the opportunity to disrupt your plays, and good players will actually realize your about to make your big swing and commit their resources to countering you rather than just developing their own board. The game highly rewards playing a good strategy over just owning the best meta deck. Best of all, it's generous with in game crafting resources. My biggest peeve about HS was how much they expected you to spend just to stay competitive, and you needed to stay competitive to get rewards so it was a vicious cycle.
New Shurima Card - Destined Poro
Am I crazy or is this card actually kind of good? It's like Plunder Poro but with a requirement that in some decks can be quite easy (Katarina, Kalista, Riven) and it's a 2/2 when "leveled" with 3 keywords instead of 2. I actually think that the statline is the most important benefit because it makes the keyword actually relevant. Imagine getting something like Fury+Challenger+Quick Attack on this versus any 2 of those 3 keywords on a 1/1. I think this Poro might see unironic play in Shurima decks with easy-to-level champions, or maybe as part of the "level your champion" package.
Speculating on the New Hearthstone Core Set - What Should We Expect?
Dunno about Shaku, the "opponent class" mechanic is outdated in favor of "another class", unless they change it.
Also Bolvar, i don't think he is "knightly" enough to represent the paladin class in a core set (fire + blood etc) they might choose Eadric the Pure or Val'anyr
On Hunter card, i think they might just rip off charge from core set in favor of rush, they might choose Swamp King Dred instead.