Dont understand why they didnt ban oko from everything else.
for the foreseeable future I think they're going to try to just ride this out for as long as they can.
Oko right now is one of the cards pushing the most packs of Eldraine right now, but even if they were to ban him in standard, the card is still dominant in pretty much every other format he is legal in. The card is still going to be desirable to pretty much everybody aside from standard players. The fact he is still unbanned is limiting others from entering standard and so WotC is incentivized to ban him since then others are more likely to buy into the format and thus, packs.
As for why they didn't ban Oko when Field of the dead got hit, this was before everybody realized "oh wait Oko is actually just the best card printed in the last several years" and threw him into every style of deck. It also looks bad to ban a card that was just released as well, but with the effect, Oko has on the format I think 1 month is a fairly good amount of time before he gets hit.
Wait. How would Scaled Nightmare work, since after each battle, your minions reset?
I didn't know there were upgraded cards either. Are those just rarer versions of the normal cards?
All your cards except for the Classic ones also have the wrong watermark. Not your fault though. It's a weird HearthCards glitch where importing an existing card into their database gives it the watermark of the set after that card instead of the one for its own set.
EDIT: Now that I'm looking at the fact that Micro Machine and Rockpool Hunter are in Battlegrounds, I guess enchantments carry over, so in this case, this works fine. Me big dum dum head.
I haven't payed attention, but do you know if Micro gains attack at the start of the combat phase? And does that carry over or do they only keep the buffs from Recruit phase?
Just a heads up if you haven't seen it, but there is a special Battlegrounds streamer event coming up. It has community voting for teams of 4, rewards that can be earned, etc. Not a ton of detail, haven't seen it announced anywhere, but it popped up when going to playhearthstone.com today.
Been playing a bit of OTK Paladin now that Sathrovarr has been released and I have to say I'm impressed. I thought it would feel like a win-more card but it really isn't: it adds a huge spike/recovery turn that would otherwise cost you half of your combo damage to pull off before you empty your deck. Not only that, the sheer value of the card gives you some amount of lategame reach beyond the combo itself.
The fact that you can summon 14/21 points of rushing, lifestealing damage and still have Shirvallahs left over for your bankers to copy makes this guy a must in OTK paladin and might make it the deck to beat, at least until the full set releases.
Edit: Sathrovarr might also make a pretty good card for quest druid as long as Kun, the Forgotten King remains in standard. Not only is it great tempo and value to clone your Kun, the extra armor allows you to get out of reach of OTK paladin's burn, which can be pretty tricky if you're relying only on Hidden Oasis and Ferocious Howl.
You are right. It's disgusting in OTK Paladin. The "extra" Shirvallahs are zero mana cost as well if you have spent enough on spells already. I really hope this deck doesn't take off between now and Dec 10 because it's awful to play against
My suggestion (that I know will never happen but I can dream) to "solve" the disparity in Casual:
3 Modes - Ranked, Casual, and idk EXTRA Casual
Ranked is the normal ladder as it exists now, EXCEPT you get 10g for 2 wins (so 2 "megacrowns" = 10g)
Casual is exactly like it is now with the same 3 "normal" crowns = 10g
EXTRA Casual gives no gold rewards at all
That way people who are in it for the gold will stay on the ladder since the rewards would be better. People who want to play T2/T3 decks, practice, tweak "real" decks have Casual as a testing ground to do so while also getting "something" for winning. And people who want to try their ridiculous "Hey can I summon 7 Highkeeper Ras at once?!" decks without getting bodied in 6 turns have a place to do that as well since nobody would play EXTRA Casual with anything other than a fun, goofy deck.
Since the above will never happen: I've said this in other threads, but for me this is a game, meant to be fun. Yes it's competitive, but I really don't get the mentality where people don't seem to comprehend there is someone else on the other side of that screen who is maybe not playing this to be the very best (like no one ever was! Da dahn da dah!) but is instead playing to have fun. So when you're "testing" or "practicing" decks that are proven Tier 1s in Casual and you run into someone playing Silence Priest or Beast Druid, maybe you should be the nicer/bigger person, concede to them, and move on. You aren't gaining any experience or whatever since this is a deck you'll never see on the ladder, and then you can go find another opponent that will actually provide you the option to improve if that's what you're really after.
I play in casual with decks which I know should lose heavily in ranked play so I can resign early without feeling very bad about it, or to experiment with new ideas before taking them to ranked, or when I find the average matchup on ranked to be too disgusting like the current shaman/priest meta. Either you get an evolve fiesta, or you get a resurrect n'zoth fiesta, or you get some aggro (Secret Pally comes to mind) fiesta on your plate. It is kinda boring atm so I run to casual.
That seemed to be my world prior anyway, so not having the ability to squelch and some people taking advantage of knowing it's disabled is frustrating. In a non-related note, talking with a friend recently we determined that I also have a much higher tendency to get roped than anyone I know... *BabyRage*
So why do ppl play t1 decks in casual? Maybe to complete quests of winning with a certain class? Now thats over will see if ppl play in casual for 10g or not. Maybe not. Maybe thats the reason why they ended the win games with class x Quests
Gotta love software, it seems to work great and passes all the tests, and then millions of people try to break it. It looks like a long weekend for Team 5.
I think the best nerf to this guy would be to make him a 6/6 so that was no one would ever even want to evolve him. This should solve the issue of people abusing evolve to get giant minions on turn 4/5.
Just end the reward of 3 wins 10g in casual and problem solved
Again, I don't think removing the 10g would stop people from playing T-1 decks in casual. I think people take for granted the amount of people gold farming. 10 gold every 3 wins is a terrible way to earn gold. Honestly, you would earn more rewards if you spent that time farming ranks. You might win slightly less, but in addition to earning gold, you are also earning dust/cards at the end of the month.
Just end the reward of 3 wins 10g in casual and problem solved
I'd be fine with that.
I use casual to complete missions and try out new decks/cards. I don't really care what others are playing. It'll always feel bad to meet the same res priest deck or mech hunter deck you faced in ranked but at least it helps identifying weaknesses /stalling strats.
I love meeting meme decks though- win or lose if it's a Ra Rogue or something involving Majordomo Executus they're getting a well played and my respect.
There is this weird glitch where all of my free cards have tripled. I have 6 copies of all my basic cards, and I also have triple the amount of all of the wild cards that came back to standard. Every time I go to my collection there is the little dust symbol telling me I need to Disenchant some cards, but I can't because they are all un-craftable.
If they've lowered the price of extra hero in the shop by halves since the beginning (and keep more of other one coming) they could have made so much money. Cosmetics by cash is the only way they can keep up the income while reworking the economic system in a more "costumer friendly" way.
While I too don't like meta high tier deck in Casual mode, you cannot blame those who just want to learn how to play those competitive decks or just want to complete their quests fast. The advantage of Casual is that you don't win or lose anything, so if you don't want to face Tier 1 deck with your homebrewed meme one you can just hit the concede button and move on to the next game (and so on until you actually find a decent match between memes).
Have great fun with this card in a OTK mage deck featuring Malygos, Alexstrasza, Archmage Antonidas etc. Works perfectly in combination with Galaxy spell.
The irony of having a winged arthropod team call themselves SWAT is quite amusing. Unfortunate that Sally counters what the quest is trying to accomplish by killing the tokens but story-wise she is a Must Have.
I haven't been able to connect to the EU server for 24 hours now, Americas and Asia work just fine. Blizzard said on Twitter it should be fixed now, but for me it isn't. Anyone else having problems?
MTG Arena Bans Oko in Brawl, Remains in Other Formats
Oko right now is one of the cards pushing the most packs of Eldraine right now, but even if they were to ban him in standard, the card is still dominant in pretty much every other format he is legal in. The card is still going to be desirable to pretty much everybody aside from standard players. The fact he is still unbanned is limiting others from entering standard and so WotC is incentivized to ban him since then others are more likely to buy into the format and thus, packs.
As for why they didn't ban Oko when Field of the dead got hit, this was before everybody realized "oh wait Oko is actually just the best card printed in the last several years" and threw him into every style of deck. It also looks bad to ban a card that was just released as well, but with the effect, Oko has on the format I think 1 month is a fairly good amount of time before he gets hit.
Swarming the compound
Sally only hits enemies though so she won't kill your own guys right?
Convert regular HS cards into HS-BG cards
I haven't payed attention, but do you know if Micro gains attack at the start of the combat phase? And does that carry over or do they only keep the buffs from Recruit phase?
Convert regular HS cards into HS-BG cards
Just a heads up if you haven't seen it, but there is a special Battlegrounds streamer event coming up. It has community voting for teams of 4, rewards that can be earned, etc. Not a ton of detail, haven't seen it announced anywhere, but it popped up when going to playhearthstone.com today.
https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/vote/battlegrounds
Mogu Fleshshaper May Be Too Powerful!
Barnes says HI MOTHERFUCKER
New Neutral Minion - Sathrovarr
You are right. It's disgusting in OTK Paladin. The "extra" Shirvallahs are zero mana cost as well if you have spent enough on spells already. I really hope this deck doesn't take off between now and Dec 10 because it's awful to play against
What do you think Casual is Supposed to be?
My suggestion (that I know will never happen but I can dream) to "solve" the disparity in Casual:
3 Modes - Ranked, Casual, and idk EXTRA Casual
That way people who are in it for the gold will stay on the ladder since the rewards would be better. People who want to play T2/T3 decks, practice, tweak "real" decks have Casual as a testing ground to do so while also getting "something" for winning. And people who want to try their ridiculous "Hey can I summon 7 Highkeeper Ras at once?!" decks without getting bodied in 6 turns have a place to do that as well since nobody would play EXTRA Casual with anything other than a fun, goofy deck.
Since the above will never happen: I've said this in other threads, but for me this is a game, meant to be fun. Yes it's competitive, but I really don't get the mentality where people don't seem to comprehend there is someone else on the other side of that screen who is maybe not playing this to be the very best (like no one ever was! Da dahn da dah!) but is instead playing to have fun. So when you're "testing" or "practicing" decks that are proven Tier 1s in Casual and you run into someone playing Silence Priest or Beast Druid, maybe you should be the nicer/bigger person, concede to them, and move on. You aren't gaining any experience or whatever since this is a deck you'll never see on the ladder, and then you can go find another opponent that will actually provide you the option to improve if that's what you're really after.
What do you think Casual is Supposed to be?
I play in casual with decks which I know should lose heavily in ranked play so I can resign early without feeling very bad about it, or to experiment with new ideas before taking them to ranked, or when I find the average matchup on ranked to be too disgusting like the current shaman/priest meta. Either you get an evolve fiesta, or you get a resurrect n'zoth fiesta, or you get some aggro (Secret Pally comes to mind) fiesta on your plate. It is kinda boring atm so I run to casual.
Mogu Fleshshaper May Be Too Powerful!
Lol gets downvoted. He clearly meant evolve goes way
Blizzard Provides an Update on 15.6 Issues - Patch Next Week, Some Bugs Already Fixed
That seemed to be my world prior anyway, so not having the ability to squelch and some people taking advantage of knowing it's disabled is frustrating. In a non-related note, talking with a friend recently we determined that I also have a much higher tendency to get roped than anyone I know... *BabyRage*
Mogu Fleshshaper May Be Too Powerful!
What do you think Casual is Supposed to be?
So why do ppl play t1 decks in casual? Maybe to complete quests of winning with a certain class? Now thats over will see if ppl play in casual for 10g or not. Maybe not. Maybe thats the reason why they ended the win games with class x Quests
Blizzard Provides an Update on 15.6 Issues - Patch Next Week, Some Bugs Already Fixed
Gotta love software, it seems to work great and passes all the tests, and then millions of people try to break it. It looks like a long weekend for Team 5.
Mogu Fleshshaper May Be Too Powerful!
I think the best nerf to this guy would be to make him a 6/6 so that was no one would ever even want to evolve him. This should solve the issue of people abusing evolve to get giant minions on turn 4/5.
What do you think Casual is Supposed to be?
Again, I don't think removing the 10g would stop people from playing T-1 decks in casual. I think people take for granted the amount of people gold farming. 10 gold every 3 wins is a terrible way to earn gold. Honestly, you would earn more rewards if you spent that time farming ranks. You might win slightly less, but in addition to earning gold, you are also earning dust/cards at the end of the month.
What do you think Casual is Supposed to be?
I'd be fine with that.
I use casual to complete missions and try out new decks/cards. I don't really care what others are playing. It'll always feel bad to meet the same res priest deck or mech hunter deck you faced in ranked but at least it helps identifying weaknesses /stalling strats.
I love meeting meme decks though- win or lose if it's a Ra Rogue or something involving Majordomo Executus they're getting a well played and my respect.
Severe Performance Issues
There is this weird glitch where all of my free cards have tripled. I have 6 copies of all my basic cards, and I also have triple the amount of all of the wild cards that came back to standard. Every time I go to my collection there is the little dust symbol telling me I need to Disenchant some cards, but I can't because they are all un-craftable.
Severe Performance Issues
I can log in, but half of my decks are broken. It shows me 2/30 and stuff.
Also i have a quest to play 2 battlegrounds that cant be done or rerolled. It just stays on 0/2 all the time.
Hearthstone Heroes on Sale Until December 10
If they've lowered the price of extra hero in the shop by halves since the beginning (and keep more of other one coming) they could have made so much money. Cosmetics by cash is the only way they can keep up the income while reworking the economic system in a more "costumer friendly" way.
What do you think Casual is Supposed to be?
Just end the reward of 3 wins 10g in casual and problem solved
What do you think Casual is Supposed to be?
While I too don't like meta high tier deck in Casual mode, you cannot blame those who just want to learn how to play those competitive decks or just want to complete their quests fast. The advantage of Casual is that you don't win or lose anything, so if you don't want to face Tier 1 deck with your homebrewed meme one you can just hit the concede button and move on to the next game (and so on until you actually find a decent match between memes).
New Neutral Minion - Sathrovarr
Have great fun with this card in a OTK mage deck featuring Malygos, Alexstrasza, Archmage Antonidas etc. Works perfectly in combination with Galaxy spell.
Swarming the compound
The irony of having a winged arthropod team call themselves SWAT is quite amusing. Unfortunate that Sally counters what the quest is trying to accomplish by killing the tokens but story-wise she is a Must Have.
Loving this saga so far. Kudos
LUCENTBARK WITH SATHROVARR
Doesn't Kun rotate out when the next expansion launches? Maybe replace Kun with Sathrovarr instead. :p
Severe Performance Issues
I haven't been able to connect to the EU server for 24 hours now, Americas and Asia work just fine. Blizzard said on Twitter it should be fixed now, but for me it isn't. Anyone else having problems?