I think what you mean is "there will never be a time when every single person is happy, will there?"
And also THIS! it is impossible to find a deck everybody likes or hates equally - simply impossible! there will always be at least one who will disagree!
It's the same about movies, music, books etc - there always will be a difference of oppinion in likings and dislikings :)
I once tried to find a Movie only using IMDB comments and critics that was liked by every Critic and Commentator ! or hated by everyone :) - simply Impossible!
The division into fair and interesting is more aesthetic than real, but I did try to organize the cards properly. [Hearthstone Card (Halazzi the Lynx) Not Found] with Rush seems interesting... I might change it if others agree. I will probably remove Blast Wave soon, maybe with Scorch, but then I'm buffing two Elemental cards. Glad you're happy with (mostly) all else.
About Khun, I don't know. Yes, it's consistent, but as a guaranteed Stonetusk Boar that could mess up your strategy if it shuffles a 2-Cost card. But didn't we all get Vargoth, "the best Legendary of RoS" for free?
p.s. I think the problem with Rain of Toads isn't the Cost or effect, but the big Overload, just like with Elemental Destruction or Crushing Hand. I didn't want to tamper with the Overload as it is an important part of the card's effect.
Well i personaly did not see the need to nerf Extra Arms but i also kinda understand why they did it. Like DoubleSummon said - Aggro/Combo Priest was very good and could snowball the opponent pretty hard - i mean it is one of the strongest decks (at least before the nerf) according to HSReplay :)
Well i used my dust to craft a Quest Druid (Crafted the Quest , Floop and the 2 Mana Epic card that draws you cards) because i wanted a Druid Deck so i can get my Golden Druid Portrait (only 25 wins away) and the Quest Druid was the only list i found i liked to play until i get the golden Portrait.
I realy like that they made Zephrys even better now :)
Dusted everything except Dr, Boom .... i have mixed feelings about dusting him ... he could be still viable even tough i do not play warrior that often ... but i guess i will dust him because the Warrior decks i play are mostly aggro ...
Cause aggro priest was waaay too good, and blizzard already predicted people would bitch about priest after they nerfed mage and warrior to they nerfed the easiest card to nerf- one that they buffed 2 months ago.
Waiting for the meta to stabilise again, I DE everything but I think I will craft Boom again. The replacement for Luna's Pocket Galaxy and Barnes is still uncertain, according to which deck is going to be the new tier one and how many cards I will miss from it, or maybe something in Wild, Aya and Patches are always in my wish list
I got 1600 from my golden conj callings. I'm definitely not DEing any of my normal copies of the cards.
Either going to get the stuff for quest druid or reno hunter. HL hunter is more competitively viable but quest druid is more fun and interesting to me, and might be a thing in the meta now.
Outstanding job! Never found such an engaging and complete take on the Old Gods. Usually people tend to discribe them as misterious entities never completely seen in WOW - apart from C'thun - and little more. Never having played WOW most of the lore is unknown to me so I have signed for this theme to be covered in a previous article and this was not at all disappointing. I may have paid more attention to your article today than the game itself with nerf day, so that's a compliment. Keep up the excellent work, congrats!
Edit:some errors are possible, writing on the phone and English as second language, sorry
"You may think you are a shadow priest, but you'll be the guy that always heals!"
Vanilla WoW is extremely overhyped imo. The tinted glasses and amount of players that never experienced the cons of the initial installment firsthand abound everywhere.
If you use a net deck, or simply a common general archtype that may or may not be altered by you, it means the strats behind the deck is well known to thousands of players. On top of that if the deck you're using also tends to be consistent then chances are extremely high that there are thousands more other players trying to take advantage of the meta and prey on your deck. When you take that into consideration surrounding matchmaking it really is not all that unlikely you will run into one of your bad match-ups frequently (such as a win away from a new rank floor/benchmark).
No conspiracies, merely thousands of players countering thousands of other players simultaneously.
Blizzard, a long time ago, stated that ladder matches are determined by your rank: it tries to match you with a similar rank then expands outwards until it finds a player. Legend and casual is MMR, which is based on your win/loss record.
They are on record in saying that the system does NOT use your deck or your cards in its consideration.
Note that this is enough to create the 'legendary' 50/50 win rate goal as you'll move up in rank and, thus, stronger opponents and decks until you face opponents that are as strong as you. So eventually you'll hit a spot where you will 'bob' up and down. THAT marks your combined power of your play skill and your deck selection vs the meta. In theory, if someone were to find a way to put you 10 ranks above you will quickly lose matches until you drop back down to that same old rank. Same for if you lose a mass of matches on purpose then go back to playing.
Can they create a system that tracks your decks and cards? They can. Would it mean they lied or are hiding things? Actually NO..not anymore. It's very clear that they aren't operating on any of the old phylosophies anymore so anything they've said since...say before witchwood is no longer reliable. So it IS technically possible that they changed their system and just haven't been asked about it in an AMA.
But that seems nonsense to make such a major change and NOT tell anyone. They've told us about other non-normal RNG elements such as the change to how Arena chooses your cards and how mechanics like Discover lean heavily towards class cards. So why make such a big change to matchmaking and not talk about it, especially since it's not exactly hard to test for it?
It's hard to believe that it's in effect as that'll mess with the ranking system. It also doesn't explain why most legend players can steamroll through the ranks to reach legend again (if the system forced counterdecking they would quickly face bad matchups which would slow them down, even against weaker opponents). It would also be easier to game and,thus be something top players would LOVE to look into (they already used every trick in the book to score a top spot when top spots mattered in tournament standing).
In any case, as I said, it's not hard to test for the thing. Just literally track your games over a period of time and see what opponents you face. Most deck tracking systems will do just that for you naturally. If there's an non-RNG system in place, it'll start to show a pattern.
funny combo, got it to happen first try against a secret mage by playing into his secrets. was missing witch's brew so i threw in a likkum. dont try to rank with this though its meme city and it felt real good
Lackey zoo warlock, with good cards
Amazing deck! :D
but replace a sea giant with Barista Lynchen for hand refill? do you think it's too slow?
August Nerfs Now Live! Zephrys Improvements and Bug Fixes
i disenchanted all cards for Zephrys the Great and Zola the Gorgon
finally i can play a optimal version of renolock
Shaman Quest a Problem ?
THIS!
I think what you mean is "there will never be a time when every single person is happy, will there?"
And also THIS! it is impossible to find a deck everybody likes or hates equally - simply impossible! there will always be at least one who will disagree!
It's the same about movies, music, books etc - there always will be a difference of oppinion in likings and dislikings :)
I once tried to find a Movie only using IMDB comments and critics that was liked by every Critic and Commentator ! or hated by everyone :) - simply Impossible!
Glory of the Zandalari - Custom Event
Thanks for the detailed feedback ZardozSpeakZ!
The division into fair and interesting is more aesthetic than real, but I did try to organize the cards properly.
[Hearthstone Card (Halazzi the Lynx) Not Found] with Rush seems interesting... I might change it if others agree.
I will probably remove Blast Wave soon, maybe with Scorch, but then I'm buffing two Elemental cards.
Glad you're happy with (mostly) all else.
About Khun, I don't know. Yes, it's consistent, but as a guaranteed Stonetusk Boar that could mess up your strategy if it shuffles a 2-Cost card. But didn't we all get Vargoth, "the best Legendary of RoS" for free?
p.s. I think the problem with Rain of Toads isn't the Cost or effect, but the big Overload, just like with Elemental Destruction or Crushing Hand. I didn't want to tamper with the Overload as it is an important part of the card's effect.
Why was Aggro Priest nerfed so fast compared to pretty much all other aggro decks?
Well i personaly did not see the need to nerf Extra Arms but i also kinda understand why they did it. Like DoubleSummon said - Aggro/Combo Priest was very good and could snowball the opponent pretty hard - i mean it is one of the strongest decks (at least before the nerf) according to HSReplay :)
Why was Aggro Priest nerfed so fast compared to pretty much all other aggro decks?
Meme answers aside, it was a very common and strong deck in top legend.
What are you going to craft with your nerf dust?
Well i used my dust to craft a Quest Druid (Crafted the Quest , Floop and the 2 Mana Epic card that draws you cards) because i wanted a Druid Deck so i can get my Golden Druid Portrait (only 25 wins away) and the Quest Druid was the only list i found i liked to play until i get the golden Portrait.
[Legend] Jade Shudderwock Shaman
Good luck.
Yes, I do live in Eastern Europe. I'm from Bulgaria.
August Nerfs Now Live! Zephrys Improvements and Bug Fixes
I realy like that they made Zephrys even better now :)
Dusted everything except Dr, Boom .... i have mixed feelings about dusting him ... he could be still viable even tough i do not play warrior that often ... but i guess i will dust him because the Warrior decks i play are mostly aggro ...
What are you going to craft with your nerf dust?
I am thinking about crafting highlander hunter so.. 3 cards- brann subject 9 and siamat.
Why was Aggro Priest nerfed so fast compared to pretty much all other aggro decks?
Cause aggro priest was waaay too good, and blizzard already predicted people would bitch about priest after they nerfed mage and warrior to they nerfed the easiest card to nerf- one that they buffed 2 months ago.
What are you going to craft with your nerf dust?
Waiting for the meta to stabilise again, I DE everything but I think I will craft Boom again. The replacement for Luna's Pocket Galaxy and Barnes is still uncertain, according to which deck is going to be the new tier one and how many cards I will miss from it, or maybe something in Wild, Aya and Patches are always in my wish list
What are you going to craft with your nerf dust?
I got 1600 from my golden conj callings. I'm definitely not DEing any of my normal copies of the cards.
Either going to get the stuff for quest druid or reno hunter. HL hunter is more competitively viable but quest druid is more fun and interesting to me, and might be a thing in the meta now.
Will probably hold off a day or two to decide.
The Old Gods, Masters of Madness - Traversing Azeroth
Outstanding job! Never found such an engaging and complete take on the Old Gods. Usually people tend to discribe them as misterious entities never completely seen in WOW - apart from C'thun - and little more. Never having played WOW most of the lore is unknown to me so I have signed for this theme to be covered in a previous article and this was not at all disappointing. I may have paid more attention to your article today than the game itself with nerf day, so that's a compliment. Keep up the excellent work, congrats!
Edit:some errors are possible, writing on the phone and English as second language, sorry
What are you going to craft with your nerf dust?
Crafted Jepetto Joybuzz already since it's pretty sweet with shaman quest... we'll see about the rest later.
Classic WoW is out! Get HYPED!
"You may think you are a shadow priest, but you'll be the guy that always heals!"
Vanilla WoW is extremely overhyped imo. The tinted glasses and amount of players that never experienced the cons of the initial installment firsthand abound everywhere.
"Random" Matchmaking between ranks
If you use a net deck, or simply a common general archtype that may or may not be altered by you, it means the strats behind the deck is well known to thousands of players. On top of that if the deck you're using also tends to be consistent then chances are extremely high that there are thousands more other players trying to take advantage of the meta and prey on your deck. When you take that into consideration surrounding matchmaking it really is not all that unlikely you will run into one of your bad match-ups frequently (such as a win away from a new rank floor/benchmark).
No conspiracies, merely thousands of players countering thousands of other players simultaneously.
[Legend] Jade Shudderwock Shaman
Hey! Thanks for the complete answer. Much appreciated :)
Will try it out and will get back to you. Cheers!
P.S. Is there a chance that you live in Eastern Europe?
"Random" Matchmaking between ranks
Blizzard, a long time ago, stated that ladder matches are determined by your rank: it tries to match you with a similar rank then expands outwards until it finds a player. Legend and casual is MMR, which is based on your win/loss record.
They are on record in saying that the system does NOT use your deck or your cards in its consideration.
Note that this is enough to create the 'legendary' 50/50 win rate goal as you'll move up in rank and, thus, stronger opponents and decks until you face opponents that are as strong as you. So eventually you'll hit a spot where you will 'bob' up and down. THAT marks your combined power of your play skill and your deck selection vs the meta. In theory, if someone were to find a way to put you 10 ranks above you will quickly lose matches until you drop back down to that same old rank. Same for if you lose a mass of matches on purpose then go back to playing.
Can they create a system that tracks your decks and cards? They can. Would it mean they lied or are hiding things? Actually NO..not anymore. It's very clear that they aren't operating on any of the old phylosophies anymore so anything they've said since...say before witchwood is no longer reliable. So it IS technically possible that they changed their system and just haven't been asked about it in an AMA.
But that seems nonsense to make such a major change and NOT tell anyone. They've told us about other non-normal RNG elements such as the change to how Arena chooses your cards and how mechanics like Discover lean heavily towards class cards. So why make such a big change to matchmaking and not talk about it, especially since it's not exactly hard to test for it?
It's hard to believe that it's in effect as that'll mess with the ranking system. It also doesn't explain why most legend players can steamroll through the ranks to reach legend again (if the system forced counterdecking they would quickly face bad matchups which would slow them down, even against weaker opponents). It would also be easier to game and,thus be something top players would LOVE to look into (they already used every trick in the book to score a top spot when top spots mattered in tournament standing).
In any case, as I said, it's not hard to test for the thing. Just literally track your games over a period of time and see what opponents you face. Most deck tracking systems will do just that for you naturally. If there's an non-RNG system in place, it'll start to show a pattern.
Why was Aggro Priest nerfed so fast compared to pretty much all other aggro decks?
They got tired of hearing all the bitching about Big Priest, so now they’ll never let priest have a T1 deck again (even though BP was never T1
Yogg-Saron, Puzzle Box's End
Beautiful meme deck friend
Secret Trick on Hearthcards
For Warlock minions, type {{CCLASS=warlockfriend7829}} any place in the card text
You can thank me later :^)
Al'Akir Handbuff OTK!
funny combo, got it to happen first try against a secret mage by playing into his secrets. was missing witch's brew so i threw in a likkum. dont try to rank with this though its meme city and it felt real good
Classic WoW is out! Get HYPED!
Undead Mage on Herod w/ Tailoring and Enchanting! Almost got to level 9, Eastern Kingdoms crashed and this has been my life for almost 2 hours.
Why was Aggro Priest nerfed so fast compared to pretty much all other aggro decks?
Feels a lot worse to be blown up by a 20/20 northshire cleric than it does to be beaten down by a murlocadin, imo