Yeah, it's dumb. They should let you play as many spells as you want, and, if there's isn't enough physical space on the screen, have the stack scroll to the right, while showing only half the icon of the most recent spell that's visible, so you know there's more than 8 spells there.
@FluxFlashor, thanks for the heads up. I asked this because Bellurar mentioned it in one of WoW-videos, since there are so many spin-off studios in Orange County at the moment.. But I think this braindrain only happened to Starcraft as there was none when Brode left the Hearthstoneteam. I think Hearthstone is in a very good shape at the moment.
I think it is a choice between the freedom you have by workin at a spin-off studio and the honour to work at the massive games Blizzard makes. Someone left the Starcraftteam because Blizzard did not allow the development of a new RTS-IP, which is completely understable when you have monuments like WoW and Starcraft.
Is there seriously such a thing as maximum how many abilities and spells can be on the stack? Today as I was playing ranked, I played Rex with plunder on a Ledros that had 1hp left, with me still holding a Death's Hand as well as a Ravenous Flock with 4 mana. Rex already created 7 abilities on the stack and the guy just played Unspeakeble Horror and Atrocity and the game did not give me prioritiy to react. In my opinion this is such a ridicolous way to lose a ranked game.
NOOOOOO. Dave Kosak was always so much fun to see in expansion reveals.... His reactions/acting were amazing! But honestly, and sadly... i'm not surprised. We kept seeing/hearing less and less about Dave Kosak for a while. Personally i haven't been around much of the "ben brode days", but when i started playing again i did see a lot of Dave Kozak with all the fun expansion reveals, and for that i will definitely miss him. And honestly does blizzard/the HS team still have someone nearly as qualified as Dave Kozak to "replace" him. (Even though he is irreplaceable)
Blizzard/HS team will surely have a lot of trouble finding someone. They already tried i guess, as we kept seeing a lot of new people in the expansion reveals in the year of the dragon, and we got the "Madness.. at the darkmoon faire" guy from last reveal. (forgot his name) My guess is that we might see a bit more from him..?
But Dave, good luck with your new job, and in the future! Looking forward to this "surprise" he and Deviationgames are making, that will make us go "woa"!
Others have mentioned it already. Dragonqueen got nerfed for pulling 2 zero cost, random dragons. This will fill your hand with 0 cost corrupt cards. The big question I have is how will the Corrupt trigger on those zero cost cards? If you play a 1 cost card, will all zero cost cards activate?
Easy pick to require a nerf.
ALEX WASNT 1 TURN ONLY. IT COULD GENERATE ITSELF FOR MORE AND MORE FREE DRAGONS.
and you dint ahve to play otehrs before her.
for yshaarij need to have corrupted card in hand play and more epxensive card,play the corrupted card and the play yshaarij and aHAVE To use them that turn or they arent 0mana anymroe.
Alex is way stronger for effect then yhsaarij. Aslo yshaarij is 10MANA which makes it even harder to double the batttlecry or soemthing.
Also alex could be generated often from LACKEYS. and even when not played she coudl stlll be usefull to activate dragon support.
People are overrating it so far CAUS E0mana!!!!!!
and they said wil be a 9mana corrupt card btu if wanan combo that with yshaarij need the 9mana car din hand play a 10mana card, then play then the 9mana and then play yshaairj and use that turn if you want the 0cost effect.
Ok, first nerf candidate or I just think corrupted cards will not be that powerful.
Team 5 are getting into some trouble with 0 cost cards, they generate more problems that they resolve, and with time someone will think of a way of abusing them.
5 stars just for old gods nostalgic theme
and the 0 cost cards are corrupted cards which need pay an expensive first while is in hand then play the now corrupted card and then play the enw yshaarij adn then still the 0 cost is only for that turn only.
People are way to scared of anything being 0mana. Aso this locked behind a 10MANA CARD and unliek alex when 0 and coudl egenrate tislef it cant keep it self goign forever and its 1 TURN ONLY.
and for 0man sure cna think of cards that where problme due 0mana btu then at same time can think of tons of others that arent an issue AT ALL.
Interesting deck idea, but I fear it will just fold over to any sort of aggressive strategy. The only cards I see that help against aggro are Wrath, Lunar Eclipse and Archspore Msshi'fn. I think a Quest Druid shell might work a bit better, since that deck also draws a ton of cards but has strong comeback cards against aggressive strategies like Oasis Surger and Hidden Oasis.
An update is going out that will resolve this issue. I'm sorry it took a bit longer than expected to track this one down - so much stuff has been going on.
We know Deviation Games was founded this year and according to their LinkedIn, they have at least 70 employees.
Dave Anthony, CEO, did a lot of work on the Call of Duty franchise. Jon Burton, CIO, created the LEGO game franchise. I can't tell who else is on their payroll that came from Blizzard since a lot of people on their employee listing have private LinkedIn profiles, but I definitely wouldn't be surprised if there's at least a couple more over there.
All the best. Does someone knows more about this company? It seems that many employees are leaving Blizzard to participate in new studios whith more formal-blizzard employees.
Stack limit
Yeah, it's dumb. They should let you play as many spells as you want, and, if there's isn't enough physical space on the screen, have the stack scroll to the right, while showing only half the icon of the most recent spell that's visible, so you know there's more than 8 spells there.
Dave Kosak, Father of Patches the Pirate, Has Left Blizzard Entertainment
First Ben Brode now Dave Kosak??? Who is next T_T
Oozefest
I've tried my best. Hearthstone - 8 of 16. Runeterra - 8 of 16. I hope this is a good result (:
Oozefest
I'm just stuck on the Gorillas one and the guidebook one. Can anyone offer a hint for either one that doesn't give it away?
Dave Kosak, Father of Patches the Pirate, Has Left Blizzard Entertainment
Too bad, hope this doesn't impact HS and the people that are still around will do a good job.
Dave Kosak, Father of Patches the Pirate, Has Left Blizzard Entertainment
@FluxFlashor, thanks for the heads up. I asked this because Bellurar mentioned it in one of WoW-videos, since there are so many spin-off studios in Orange County at the moment.. But I think this braindrain only happened to Starcraft as there was none when Brode left the Hearthstoneteam. I think Hearthstone is in a very good shape at the moment.
I think it is a choice between the freedom you have by workin at a spin-off studio and the honour to work at the massive games Blizzard makes. Someone left the Starcraftteam because Blizzard did not allow the development of a new RTS-IP, which is completely understable when you have monuments like WoW and Starcraft.
Stack limit
Is there seriously such a thing as maximum how many abilities and spells can be on the stack? Today as I was playing ranked, I played Rex with plunder on a Ledros that had 1hp left, with me still holding a Death's Hand as well as a Ravenous Flock with 4 mana. Rex already created 7 abilities on the stack and the guy just played Unspeakeble Horror and Atrocity and the game did not give me prioritiy to react. In my opinion this is such a ridicolous way to lose a ranked game.
Dave Kosak, Father of Patches the Pirate, Has Left Blizzard Entertainment
NOOOOOO. Dave Kosak was always so much fun to see in expansion reveals.... His reactions/acting were amazing! But honestly, and sadly... i'm not surprised. We kept seeing/hearing less and less about Dave Kosak for a while. Personally i haven't been around much of the "ben brode days", but when i started playing again i did see a lot of Dave Kozak with all the fun expansion reveals, and for that i will definitely miss him. And honestly does blizzard/the HS team still have someone nearly as qualified as Dave Kozak to "replace" him. (Even though he is irreplaceable)
Blizzard/HS team will surely have a lot of trouble finding someone. They already tried i guess, as we kept seeing a lot of new people in the expansion reveals in the year of the dragon, and we got the "Madness.. at the darkmoon faire" guy from last reveal. (forgot his name) My guess is that we might see a bit more from him..?
But Dave, good luck with your new job, and in the future! Looking forward to this "surprise" he and Deviationgames are making, that will make us go "woa"!
Oozefest
Dave Kosak, Father of Patches the Pirate, Has Left Blizzard Entertainment
They should make Kibler part of the design team. He'd be the perfect face for hearthstone
Oozefest - A Creepy Mythgard Halloween Word Search Puzzle
I'm so sorry! My fault that this wasn't triggering the achievement to reward candy. That issue has been resolved.
Dave Kosak, Father of Patches the Pirate, Has Left Blizzard Entertainment
Wow, just, wow. Now absolute zero good designers left from original HS.
New Neutral Minion - Y'Shaarj, the Defiler
ALEX WASNT 1 TURN ONLY. IT COULD GENERATE ITSELF FOR MORE AND MORE FREE DRAGONS.
and you dint ahve to play otehrs before her.
for yshaarij need to have corrupted card in hand play and more epxensive card,play the corrupted card and the play yshaarij and aHAVE To use them that turn or they arent 0mana anymroe.
Alex is way stronger for effect then yhsaarij. Aslo yshaarij is 10MANA which makes it even harder to double the batttlecry or soemthing.
Also alex could be generated often from LACKEYS. and even when not played she coudl stlll be usefull to activate dragon support.
People are overrating it so far CAUS E0mana!!!!!!
and they said wil be a 9mana corrupt card btu if wanan combo that with yshaarij need the 9mana car din hand play a 10mana card, then play then the 9mana and then play yshaairj and use that turn if you want the 0cost effect.
New Neutral Minion - Y'Shaarj, the Defiler
and the 0 cost cards are corrupted cards which need pay an expensive first while is in hand then play the now corrupted card and then play the enw yshaarij adn then still the 0 cost is only for that turn only.
People are way to scared of anything being 0mana. Aso this locked behind a 10MANA CARD and unliek alex when 0 and coudl egenrate tislef it cant keep it self goign forever and its 1 TURN ONLY.
and for 0man sure cna think of cards that where problme due 0mana btu then at same time can think of tons of others that arent an issue AT ALL.
New Shaman Spell - Dunk Tank
with just this? no chance at all.
New Druid Spell - Solar Eclipse
Easy will only go off 2times.
you know why? the spells said Casts TWICE not an extra time. its same way rivendare or brann dont stack.
Dave Kosak, Father of Patches the Pirate, Has Left Blizzard Entertainment
Damn, he's no longer in Charge...
But good Luck for the Future, Man!
Interesting deck idea, but I fear it will just fold over to any sort of aggressive strategy. The only cards I see that help against aggro are Wrath, Lunar Eclipse and Archspore Msshi'fn. I think a Quest Druid shell might work a bit better, since that deck also draws a ton of cards but has strong comeback cards against aggressive strategies like Oasis Surger and Hidden Oasis.
Dave Kosak, Father of Patches the Pirate, Has Left Blizzard Entertainment
Been wearing the underlying feeling that this was inevitable. Sad to see him go! Wishing him greatness onto his next project.
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I´m having problem with this one:
"A place to dress up cards however you like."
I thought it´s cardback section related, but visiting it doesn´t do anything. Is it related to specific card back or I´m totally off? :D
P.S. Don´t need exact answer, just a little hint :)
Collection page not working
An update is going out that will resolve this issue. I'm sorry it took a bit longer than expected to track this one down - so much stuff has been going on.
Dave Kosak, Father of Patches the Pirate, Has Left Blizzard Entertainment
We know Deviation Games was founded this year and according to their LinkedIn, they have at least 70 employees.
Dave Anthony, CEO, did a lot of work on the Call of Duty franchise. Jon Burton, CIO, created the LEGO game franchise. I can't tell who else is on their payroll that came from Blizzard since a lot of people on their employee listing have private LinkedIn profiles, but I definitely wouldn't be surprised if there's at least a couple more over there.
Eyes of C'Thun
Is one back worth 5 packs?
Dave Kosak, Father of Patches the Pirate, Has Left Blizzard Entertainment
All the best. Does someone knows more about this company? It seems that many employees are leaving Blizzard to participate in new studios whith more formal-blizzard employees.
Dave Kosak, Father of Patches the Pirate, Has Left Blizzard Entertainment
Max Ma is still on the team! (Lead on UI/UX) He joined earlyish in 2014. No one from the very beginning is there though iirc
Edit: I don't know why I thought your comment had originally mentioned Dean Ayala, but he is still there too and joined around the same time Max did.