Lastly, I would like more incentives for discussing decks. Every expansion release cycle you guys do a great job in incentivising users to discuss the newly revealed cards, with titles and stuff. I think if you would add similar incentives to regularly voting and commenting on decks, that would drive up engagement with them. Even if just one person is incentivised through this to comment on a deck, that would lead to more people commenting as a result, since people are more likely to comment on a deck on which already has been commented. The precise implementation of these incentives I do not have a developed idea for though.
It would be cool if you could earn the new currency by voting on a commenting on decks. I don't know exactly how this new gold system is going to work, but it would be cool if once a week we had a sort of "quest" to comment on at least one deck and vote on at least 3. Really, the best way for the decks on this site to get more attention is for us to simply give them more attention.
I jumped ship over here as soon as it started, and I enjoy it much better. The community here is more tightknit people know each other. Whereas on HP it's more like reddit. Where dissenting opinions go to die and there is no free thought allowed.
It feels like it has been a while since we've had a winner that didn't come out first place in the first voting round. So I was wondering if that would change if the finalists got displayed in random order on the second voting page. Might be worth a try in season 3.
This is actually something that both of us noticed. For the most part had a very mixed bag of cards with a different finalist voting position versus their top 8 positions in the first round, whereas season 2 has mostly just been whoever makes it to the top of the initial voting will also be the top of the finalist voting. Why this is happening now, I'm not so sure
I had this same issue awhile ago (playing Mozaki OTK). Had the perfect turn 4 Polkelt, then my opponent shuffled a bomb and I was back to square one. It took me a minute to realize what happened, but I do think it makes sense overall. Like Erodos said, shuffle means shuffle.
I think anyone with any sense can see how much better Out of Cards is than Hearthpwn. This is a very active community in terms of card discussions, special events, and just people hanging out talking about the games they love (and being cool about it).
That said, I do wish there was more action in the deck-building area. Like Flux and OldManSanns said above, if more people post and comment on decks, then there will be more activity. The problem is, it's discouraging to put effort into a deck and guide and then have it fade away with little or no interaction. I still comment on decks sometimes, but I haven't posted a new one in quite awhile because of this. I think Erodos has some neat ideas about improving the way we see content, but I'll leave it to the experts to figure our how best to implement them.
It really is a low reward, almost embarassing. Especially when compared to HS or MTGA. HS gave Golden Packs and MTGA even gave an entire 60 card deck at one time. But I guess you don't complain if its free (if you happen to already have an account).
That's a low reward compared to what they had in the past. I remember them having Rare, Epic and Champion wild cards in the same bucket. At least give us a Champ one, Soldammit!
Shuffle means shuffle. I understand your frustration, but this is not a bug. Also, in a real card game you always shuffle your entire deck, if you just put it in a random spot you know where it approximately is. If you shuffle it it could be on the top or the bottom without you knowing so. This effect is implemented correctly, and this thread makes me not want to play real card games with you since you don't seem to grasp how shuffling works.
I like the deck, except for one detail: the Felosophy setup. Felosophy is simply a bad card, which is completely useless besides the combo. This got me thinking of a different combo which fits into the same shell. With double Mo'arg Artificer, the minimum damage we need to do is 8 to deal 32 damage with the Silas Darkmoon-Soulbound Ashtongue combo. This led me to think of two cards, which are both playable in warlock by themselves and very strong together even without the combo: Flesh Giant and Shadowflame. This requires the same amount of set-up cards, but replaces the weaker Felosophy and Soulfire cards with replacements that are stronger by themselves. Have you thought about this replacement? What do you think of it?
This deck looks like a lot of fun. Could you maybe add a mulligan guide and some possible card substitutions, while explaining which cards are absolutely core?
Yup can confirm as I received both as a birthday gift :) very good quality for both products and you can take the pillow stuffing out to wash the sleeve. The underside of the blanket is so soft, my cats love it :D
I also noticed that, looks like the story of the Isles will progress with the game (which was quite expected due to the title of it). For those curious, the trailer in question can be found here.
Ok I've made a research and found out that what you are saying is correct even if I think it is a bug and shouldn't be like that. Here is an explanation:
Cards (Bombs, Soul Fragments, etc) put into your deck also shuffles the deck: https://youtu.be/fXoB1bbpqRk?list=UUbt1SGMrWj5Q7TMXAfmTERQ&t=551
When you think of a real card game, if you shuffle a card into your deck, you normally don't shuffle your entire deck. You take the shuffled card and put it in a random spot in your deck. I think Blizzard implemented the shuffle effect incorrectly in the begining and didn't wanted to fix it when they introduced Polkelt to the game..
I'm not a Magic player and never wathed a Magic game before. I wonder if they shuffle their entire decks when they want to add a card to their decks?
I can't speak much for Hearthpwn, as I always refrained from using it much beyond card reveals as it was slow as shit, but I do have some things why I think that the engagement with decks is lower here.
The first is that, as somebody who posts decks quite regularly, I often don't get notifications when somebody leaves a comment. This leads to me missing comments on my decks and to people who leave comments feeling that their feedback doesn't get listened to, sometimes because the creator didn't get a notification and sometimes because the commenter didn't get a notification of the creator's reply. This causes people to post fewer decks because they think nobody cares about them, and people to comment less on decks because they think nobody reads their comments anyway.
Another thing that I think might help is a more personalised deck feed. Right now, if I go to the homepage, I might see decks for wild (which I don't play), duels (which a lot of people don't have access too yet) and for classes I don't play. If this feed was catered to me more, either through algorithmic learning or, probably easier to implement, personally customised settings, I would be more inclined to engage with the decks. Give me the option to only see standard Hearthstone decks, and I'll be far more inclined to look at the decks than when I see a bunch of Runeterra, wild and duels decks.
The third is article-decks mixing in with the "regular" decks, but the discussion staying separate. For instance, yesterday the admins published an article on the fastest decks in standard. The comments on this article might lead to an interesting discussion. However, these decks also show up in the deck feed, where a separate discussion might take place. I'm not sure how, but it would be nice if these two were linked somehow, so that I don't need to figure out myself which of the two links I need to click to figure out where the best discussion is found.
Lastly, I would like more incentives for discussing decks. Every expansion release cycle you guys do a great job in incentivising users to discuss the newly revealed cards, with titles and stuff. I think if you would add similar incentives to regularly voting and commenting on decks, that would drive up engagement with them. Even if just one person is incentivised through this to comment on a deck, that would lead to more people commenting as a result, since people are more likely to comment on a deck on which already has been commented. The precise implementation of these incentives I do not have a developed idea for though.
Summoned Skill - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
here is a card I already had made:
I'll get some feedback out later today.
BlizzConline Takes Place February 19 & 20, 2021 - Free to Watch For Everyone
Guess no exclusive card back and any other blizzard game goodies for this Blizzconline :(
Still surprised it's free, did not see that coming
Why is this website not as active as Hearthpwn?
It would be cool if you could earn the new currency by voting on a commenting on decks. I don't know exactly how this new gold system is going to work, but it would be cool if once a week we had a sort of "quest" to comment on at least one deck and vote on at least 3. Really, the best way for the decks on this site to get more attention is for us to simply give them more attention.
BlizzConline Takes Place February 19 & 20, 2021 - Free to Watch For Everyone
Seems like next expansion will be announced in February...
Win a Game of Hearthstone in 6 Minutes or Less! The Fastest Decks for Standard's November Ladder
I don't have polket... do you think it would be still good?
Why is this website not as active as Hearthpwn?
I jumped ship over here as soon as it started, and I enjoy it much better. The community here is more tightknit people know each other. Whereas on HP it's more like reddit. Where dissenting opinions go to die and there is no free thought allowed.
I'm Rooting For You - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Oh, and congrats Frosty. Pretty good win!
[Game] Card Treasure Hunt (The Resurrection Attempt)
Is it...Thunder Bluff Valiant?
I'm Rooting For You - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
This is actually something that both of us noticed. For the most part had a very mixed bag of cards with a different finalist voting position versus their top 8 positions in the first round, whereas season 2 has mostly just been whoever makes it to the top of the initial voting will also be the top of the finalist voting. Why this is happening now, I'm not so sure
Can someone explain to me that why my polkelt didn't worked?
I had this same issue awhile ago (playing Mozaki OTK). Had the perfect turn 4 Polkelt, then my opponent shuffled a bomb and I was back to square one. It took me a minute to realize what happened, but I do think it makes sense overall. Like Erodos said, shuffle means shuffle.
Why is this website not as active as Hearthpwn?
Its 50% shitpost, and another 49% sarcastic replies to shitposts. The last 1% are replies from sensible people that don't know outofcards exists.
Why is this website not as active as Hearthpwn?
I think anyone with any sense can see how much better Out of Cards is than Hearthpwn. This is a very active community in terms of card discussions, special events, and just people hanging out talking about the games they love (and being cool about it).
That said, I do wish there was more action in the deck-building area. Like Flux and OldManSanns said above, if more people post and comment on decks, then there will be more activity. The problem is, it's discouraging to put effort into a deck and guide and then have it fade away with little or no interaction. I still comment on decks sometimes, but I haven't posted a new one in quite awhile because of this. I think Erodos has some neat ideas about improving the way we see content, but I'll leave it to the experts to figure our how best to implement them.
Reminder: Oozefest Ends Soon!
It's seems cool but is it from MTG? cause I don't recognize it.
Prime Gaming Rewards Return for Legends of Runeterra - Get 1 Free Epic Wildcard
It really is a low reward, almost embarassing. Especially when compared to HS or MTGA. HS gave Golden Packs and MTGA even gave an entire 60 card deck at one time. But I guess you don't complain if its free (if you happen to already have an account).
Prime Gaming Rewards Return for Legends of Runeterra - Get 1 Free Epic Wildcard
That's a low reward compared to what they had in the past. I remember them having Rare, Epic and Champion wild cards in the same bucket. At least give us a Champ one, Soldammit!
Can someone explain to me that why my polkelt didn't worked?
Shuffle means shuffle. I understand your frustration, but this is not a bug. Also, in a real card game you always shuffle your entire deck, if you just put it in a random spot you know where it approximately is. If you shuffle it it could be on the top or the bottom without you knowing so. This effect is implemented correctly, and this thread makes me not want to play real card games with you since you don't seem to grasp how shuffling works.
Silas' OTK Dragon Quest Warlock
I like the deck, except for one detail: the Felosophy setup. Felosophy is simply a bad card, which is completely useless besides the combo. This got me thinking of a different combo which fits into the same shell. With double Mo'arg Artificer, the minimum damage we need to do is 8 to deal 32 damage with the Silas Darkmoon-Soulbound Ashtongue combo. This led me to think of two cards, which are both playable in warlock by themselves and very strong together even without the combo: Flesh Giant and Shadowflame. This requires the same amount of set-up cards, but replaces the weaker Felosophy and Soulfire cards with replacements that are stronger by themselves. Have you thought about this replacement? What do you think of it?
Infinite Sathrovarr Quest Warlock Returns!
Gee, your opponent really has to do nothing to allow you for all this setup. cool idea anyway, though
Win a Game of Hearthstone in 6 Minutes or Less! The Fastest Decks for Standard's November Ladder
They did. Remember good ol' Dr. Boom? :D
Infinite Sathrovarr Quest Warlock Returns!
This deck looks like a lot of fun. Could you maybe add a mulligan guide and some possible card substitutions, while explaining which cards are absolutely core?
Blizzard Gearfest Begins! Tons of New Merch Including 2 New Hearthstone Items
Yup can confirm as I received both as a birthday gift :) very good quality for both products and you can take the pillow stuffing out to wash the sleeve. The underside of the blanket is so soft, my cats love it :D
The Lore of Runeterra's Shadow Isles and its Champions
I also noticed that, looks like the story of the Isles will progress with the game (which was quite expected due to the title of it). For those curious, the trailer in question can be found here.
Prime Gaming Rewards Return for Legends of Runeterra - Get 1 Free Epic Wildcard
If you are in prime you might as well get it but damn that's a low reward compared to other rewards you get from prime.
Can someone explain to me that why my polkelt didn't worked?
Ok I've made a research and found out that what you are saying is correct even if I think it is a bug and shouldn't be like that. Here is an explanation:
Cards (Bombs, Soul Fragments, etc) put into your deck also shuffles the deck: https://youtu.be/fXoB1bbpqRk?list=UUbt1SGMrWj5Q7TMXAfmTERQ&t=551
When you think of a real card game, if you shuffle a card into your deck, you normally don't shuffle your entire deck. You take the shuffled card and put it in a random spot in your deck. I think Blizzard implemented the shuffle effect incorrectly in the begining and didn't wanted to fix it when they introduced Polkelt to the game..
I'm not a Magic player and never wathed a Magic game before. I wonder if they shuffle their entire decks when they want to add a card to their decks?
Very strange behaviour..
Why is this website not as active as Hearthpwn?
I can't speak much for Hearthpwn, as I always refrained from using it much beyond card reveals as it was slow as shit, but I do have some things why I think that the engagement with decks is lower here.
The first is that, as somebody who posts decks quite regularly, I often don't get notifications when somebody leaves a comment. This leads to me missing comments on my decks and to people who leave comments feeling that their feedback doesn't get listened to, sometimes because the creator didn't get a notification and sometimes because the commenter didn't get a notification of the creator's reply. This causes people to post fewer decks because they think nobody cares about them, and people to comment less on decks because they think nobody reads their comments anyway.
Another thing that I think might help is a more personalised deck feed. Right now, if I go to the homepage, I might see decks for wild (which I don't play), duels (which a lot of people don't have access too yet) and for classes I don't play. If this feed was catered to me more, either through algorithmic learning or, probably easier to implement, personally customised settings, I would be more inclined to engage with the decks. Give me the option to only see standard Hearthstone decks, and I'll be far more inclined to look at the decks than when I see a bunch of Runeterra, wild and duels decks.
The third is article-decks mixing in with the "regular" decks, but the discussion staying separate. For instance, yesterday the admins published an article on the fastest decks in standard. The comments on this article might lead to an interesting discussion. However, these decks also show up in the deck feed, where a separate discussion might take place. I'm not sure how, but it would be nice if these two were linked somehow, so that I don't need to figure out myself which of the two links I need to click to figure out where the best discussion is found.
Lastly, I would like more incentives for discussing decks. Every expansion release cycle you guys do a great job in incentivising users to discuss the newly revealed cards, with titles and stuff. I think if you would add similar incentives to regularly voting and commenting on decks, that would drive up engagement with them. Even if just one person is incentivised through this to comment on a deck, that would lead to more people commenting as a result, since people are more likely to comment on a deck on which already has been commented. The precise implementation of these incentives I do not have a developed idea for though.