It'll always be at least a 3/1 minimum. First it Envokes Galakrond, and then it gains Attack. This way it can fit in Galakrond Zoolock, but not any other build I'm afraid.
I once made a card exactly like this but for Priest :D Good card for new players to toy around Legendaries and a fine Miracle tool, even if it doesn't find competitive play it's still really fun to play.
I don't think it deserves 4 stars in Wild. It's a good control tool, but not really that game-changing. Not much more to say except it's still playable without Dragon in hand.
I won't talk about Standard because I don't play that mode, but in Wild it's a fine tool for Heal Paladin. The problem with Heal Paladin was too much high cost cards so even tho you had early heal you still lost to aggro. This may shake up the deck a little, but I don't see it anywhere else. It's just too risky to give control decks 10 Mana early.
All of this was hypothetical. If casual wants to ban competitive decks then ladder should be able to ban non-competitive decks.
Casual doesn't have a filter. Ranked play does. The two are not equivalent so treating them equally will not produce equal or fair outcomes. That's why I said earlier that I considered floored levels at certain ranks a fair compromise. It moves a lot of not-really-casual gameplay over to certain ranks of ladder, whereas before it had all been shoved into casual where it didn't belong.
As for what is stopping me from playing certain decks at lower ranks? Mill rogue. Both Evenlock and my Dragon Mind Blast Priest decks have so much draw on their own that I usually just aggro my way up the ladder and once I reach a good rank (for me), I start messing around.
I don't play casual and I use Zayle when someone offers me a Challenge a Friend quest. It's a bit unrealistic to win 30 matches a day in casual mode. The gold rewards aren't worth it - I know; I've tried.
I burnt myself out real fast. I like to win and I like the challenge of playing ladder. Sure, it sucks to lose stars sometimes but not every Spike out there is gold farming in casual.
I don't really know what to say to this. Yes sometimes your favourite deck is poorly situated in a given (sub)meta. I don't see how that should inform policy decisions on game modes. If you think Mill Rogue itself is particularly toxic, petition to have that deck nerfed instead of holding Casual hostage over it. If mill rogue is endemic to all of the lower ranks and not just the floored ones, clearly some people are having success with it...
I only now got to this, the class looks pretty good and the flavor is high!
One thing im not sure even Shatterstar realized, at least he didnt mention it is, with Astral Intellect and Mark of Gemini, this class has some serious potential for a Mill deck :o
Oh, and before i forget ... BEGONE SECRET LOVERS! :D
You are absolutely right Runeterra's economic model seems to be pushing players to play multiple modes. However I think a significant percentage will want to play only the draft mode (15%?). It's a great format! I'm one of those players.
We don't want to 'farm' the draft mode for a collection, because we don't need a collection. We want get access to the unlimited drafts after the 3 tickets are bought and paid for each week. We want to get access to those drafts even though they offer no rewards, just so we can keep playing our mode for fun.
And the more I look at it, the more I believe that coming up with 12,000 shards each week to break that barrier will not be possible without using real money.
Obtaining experience points for the capped level 10 weekly chest (ultimately very similar to HS's daily quests) will only get us part of the way. The most damning evidence for how Runeterra's economic model is not draft mode friendly is:
xp reward for a win in constructed = 250xp
xp reward for a win vs an AI = 100xp
xp reward for a win in draft mode = 100xp
I can't say anything for your decisions. It is your taste to play a game. I also am spending so much time in Draft mode because it is funnier. Not just for farming. I just generalized the farm stuff on playerbase. I didn't mean draft-fans.
xp reward for a win in draft mode might be 100 xp but after wins you got complete experience burst like 2000xp for 7 wins as trial bonus. It is basically 285 exp for every win. That means you got 100+285xp for every wins in draft mode. It is even more than constructed. 250 vs 385 exp.
I've tried open play mode after finished my expeditions limit and surrendered after I got my first lose. I got 50 or 25 (didn't really remember this) exp from my lose and 100 experience from ending the expedition even it was open play.
So you don't only have win experiences, There is also an expedition reward even in open play. I didn't got 7 wins on open play expeditions because I wanted to try decks I've built but as soon as the closed beta starts I will try that and share my experiences with it but I know what I got from 0 wins; 150 xp.
I still think that 12k shards are obtainable in a week tho. As you can see here expeditions refund themselves if you got 7 wins from one of your trials and gives trial bonus experiences so wins for expeditions are not only 100 exp;
As you can see here after 7th win, He got 4000 shards + 1 Champion Capsule and also 2000 xp as Trial bonus. You can see that Trial bonus at 1:36:43 and you can see expedition rewards at 1:37:28. He got totally 7 + 6 wins from games. it is 1300xp for wins + 50exp for a lose from 6win trial(maybe more loses we don't know that) 2000xp for 1. trial bonus + 1500 exp from 2.trial bonus(I know it from my 6 win trial).
it is total of 4850 exp for 13w/1l of expeditions. For 14 games of constructed with 13w/1l, you would get 3350 exp. That's what I meant by saying experience reward.
Also I got 3450 shards from 6 wins in one of my expedition runs + 1500 exp for trial bonus, didn't remember how much I got from my first trial's 3 wins tho. It should have been around 500-1000 exp. I don't think that 550 shards are hard to collect in a week and 1500-2500 exp is great for my weekly vaults.
There is also a fact that You will collect more shards in time because extra cards from chests will always be conjured into shards automatically. As you complete your cards, your shards will expand.
If a player is a good drafter, I don't think he/she can't obtain infinite drafts. If you are good, you can go infinite expeditions. That is possible. Game is also giving you more chance with 2 trials. If you can't get 7 wins from one, you can always try 2nd one. Rewards are from your most wins basically and you also will get trial bonus experiences from both trials according to your wins not only from one. if you can get double 7 wins, it is basically 4000 experience.
And chests are not capped to 10 level. There are 13 levels since second preview. For first preview it was;
If you are an only draft mode player, You don't even care cards so all your shards will be there for expeditions. C'mon 12k shards isn't that hard to obtain for a week. Even 4k shards might be enough for infinite expeditions if you are good enough.
TL;DR, Yes you can play infinite expeditions without using real money. They are even free after 12k shards and that's not even hard to obtain by playing and being successful in expeditions.
I can only imagine, but I guess it's because the mode is new and bringing a caster with zero experience could lead the other one (Frodan) to explain some interactions that we already know (in fact, I watched the first 20 minutes of the stream and the new guy kept asking questions to Frodan in order to understand what was going on).
It's not something that affects us "experienced" (ope beta has been out for like 10 days, but you get my point) players, but rather occasional players or even new ones.
Who is this caster with Frodan, and why would they pick a caster who doesn't play the game, and also doesn't know who the players are or how to pronounce their names correctly. But you know... Go, Doombringers. Strong start with that 1 pt after first round...
Sathrovarr
this seems realy bad to me
Nozdormu the Timeless
I think it could see some play i'm a big paladin type, but i don't know if it gona be a tier 1 deck
Dragonbane
seems like hunter is going to get a hero power theme im hoping it doesnt fail like mage on rasthakhan
Dragonblight Cultist
a galakrond magma rager. hard to rate invoke cards so early
Dragonblight Cultist
i think you got confused the buff is with the battlecry and isnt constant
Descent of Dragons Card Reveal Period Giveaway
If I read it correctly its basicly saying vote and talk about cards for a chance to win.
Dragonblight Cultist
It'll always be at least a 3/1 minimum. First it Envokes Galakrond, and then it gains Attack. This way it can fit in Galakrond Zoolock, but not any other build I'm afraid.
Dragon's Hoard
early help for quest seems fun
Molten Breath
seems descent
Dragon's Hoard
I once made a card exactly like this but for Priest :D Good card for new players to toy around Legendaries and a fine Miracle tool, even if it doesn't find competitive play it's still really fun to play.
Nozdormu the Timeless
big paladin sound like a fun deck
Molten Breath
I don't think it deserves 4 stars in Wild. It's a good control tool, but not really that game-changing. Not much more to say except it's still playable without Dragon in hand.
Descent of Dragons Card Reveal Period Giveaway
im sorry but i dont really understand how you get entrys
Nozdormu the Timeless
I won't talk about Standard because I don't play that mode, but in Wild it's a fine tool for Heal Paladin. The problem with Heal Paladin was too much high cost cards so even tho you had early heal you still lost to aggro. This may shake up the deck a little, but I don't see it anywhere else. It's just too risky to give control decks 10 Mana early.
What do you think Casual is Supposed to be?
Casual doesn't have a filter. Ranked play does. The two are not equivalent so treating them equally will not produce equal or fair outcomes. That's why I said earlier that I considered floored levels at certain ranks a fair compromise. It moves a lot of not-really-casual gameplay over to certain ranks of ladder, whereas before it had all been shoved into casual where it didn't belong.
I don't really know what to say to this. Yes sometimes your favourite deck is poorly situated in a given (sub)meta. I don't see how that should inform policy decisions on game modes. If you think Mill Rogue itself is particularly toxic, petition to have that deck nerfed instead of holding Casual hostage over it. If mill rogue is endemic to all of the lower ranks and not just the floored ones, clearly some people are having success with it...
Fan Community Spotlight - Shatterstar1998's Astromancer Class
I only now got to this, the class looks pretty good and the flavor is high!
One thing im not sure even Shatterstar realized, at least he didnt mention it is, with Astral Intellect and Mark of Gemini, this class has some serious potential for a Mill deck :o
Oh, and before i forget ... BEGONE SECRET LOVERS! :D
Battlegrounds Brawl - Hearthstone Streamer Event
I could watch some Constructed or Arena event, even for a long while, but with BG i can't watch for more than 5 minutes.
I guess it is because i only occasionally play BG myself?
Legends of Runeterra - Expeditions Review
I can't say anything for your decisions. It is your taste to play a game. I also am spending so much time in Draft mode because it is funnier. Not just for farming. I just generalized the farm stuff on playerbase. I didn't mean draft-fans.
xp reward for a win in draft mode might be 100 xp but after wins you got complete experience burst like 2000xp for 7 wins as trial bonus. It is basically 285 exp for every win. That means you got 100+285xp for every wins in draft mode. It is even more than constructed. 250 vs 385 exp.
I've tried open play mode after finished my expeditions limit and surrendered after I got my first lose. I got 50 or 25 (didn't really remember this) exp from my lose and 100 experience from ending the expedition even it was open play.
So you don't only have win experiences, There is also an expedition reward even in open play. I didn't got 7 wins on open play expeditions because I wanted to try decks I've built but as soon as the closed beta starts I will try that and share my experiences with it but I know what I got from 0 wins; 150 xp.
I still think that 12k shards are obtainable in a week tho. As you can see here expeditions refund themselves if you got 7 wins from one of your trials and gives trial bonus experiences so wins for expeditions are not only 100 exp;
As you can see here after 7th win, He got 4000 shards + 1 Champion Capsule and also 2000 xp as Trial bonus. You can see that Trial bonus at 1:36:43 and you can see expedition rewards at 1:37:28.
He got totally 7 + 6 wins from games. it is 1300xp for wins + 50exp for a lose from 6win trial(maybe more loses we don't know that) 2000xp for 1. trial bonus + 1500 exp from 2.trial bonus(I know it from my 6 win trial).
it is total of 4850 exp for 13w/1l of expeditions. For 14 games of constructed with 13w/1l, you would get 3350 exp. That's what I meant by saying experience reward.
Also I got 3450 shards from 6 wins in one of my expedition runs + 1500 exp for trial bonus, didn't remember how much I got from my first trial's 3 wins tho. It should have been around 500-1000 exp. I don't think that 550 shards are hard to collect in a week and 1500-2500 exp is great for my weekly vaults.
There is also a fact that You will collect more shards in time because extra cards from chests will always be conjured into shards automatically. As you complete your cards, your shards will expand.
If a player is a good drafter, I don't think he/she can't obtain infinite drafts. If you are good, you can go infinite expeditions. That is possible. Game is also giving you more chance with 2 trials. If you can't get 7 wins from one, you can always try 2nd one. Rewards are from your most wins basically and you also will get trial bonus experiences from both trials according to your wins not only from one. if you can get double 7 wins, it is basically 4000 experience.
And chests are not capped to 10 level. There are 13 levels since second preview. For first preview it was;
10 level, 3 platinum chests
Now it is;
11 level, 1 diamond chest and 2 platinum chests
12 level, 2 diamond chesst and 1 platinum chests
13 level, 3 diamond chests.
If you are an only draft mode player, You don't even care cards so all your shards will be there for expeditions. C'mon 12k shards isn't that hard to obtain for a week. Even 4k shards might be enough for infinite expeditions if you are good enough.
TL;DR, Yes you can play infinite expeditions without using real money. They are even free after 12k shards and that's not even hard to obtain by playing and being successful in expeditions.
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I can only imagine, but I guess it's because the mode is new and bringing a caster with zero experience could lead the other one (Frodan) to explain some interactions that we already know (in fact, I watched the first 20 minutes of the stream and the new guy kept asking questions to Frodan in order to understand what was going on).
It's not something that affects us "experienced" (ope beta has been out for like 10 days, but you get my point) players, but rather occasional players or even new ones.
Battlegrounds Brawl - Hearthstone Streamer Event
Did anyone else not get their pack for voting for one of the teams?
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You're welcome :D CNO on duty!
Battlegrounds Brawl - Hearthstone Streamer Event
The caster was introduced as Trikslyr, not a familiar name to me either.
Battlegrounds Brawl - Hearthstone Streamer Event
Who is this caster with Frodan, and why would they pick a caster who doesn't play the game, and also doesn't know who the players are or how to pronounce their names correctly. But you know... Go, Doombringers. Strong start with that 1 pt after first round...
Today's Card Reveals Coming at the End of Battlegrounds Brawl Event
That's a clever statement: well played.
Well I personally hope we'll get one Neutral Legendary, a dragon and a cool Common/Rare.
Battlegrounds Brawl - Hearthstone Streamer Event
This should be illegal... A team with 2 Kolentos.