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Hey all,

I just finished the 3rd chapter of Galakrond's awakening and came across a funny mistake in the german localization that I would like to share (needless to say this contains spoilers about said chapter). Among the auto-attack cannons there is one card called Missile Pod. If you play the game in german you will find that this specific card has its name and card text in italian. An interesting implication of this: If you play the "Trigger all auto-attacks" card, Missile Pod won't trigger. My guess is, the game looks for the string "Automatischer Angriff" but only finds "attacco automatico".

In what language are you playing hearthstone and are there other weird/funny language related moments you came across?

I'm worried that I might be breaking etiquette using emotes...  I get that Braum is like "greetings", Jinx is surprise/amazed, Darius is face-palm/mistake, Heimerdinger is thinking, and poro is sad/disappointed, and I think  Shen is well-played, but I don't know.  Is he supposed to be more like a threat?  Have all my attempts to respectfully acknowledge my opponents at the end of the match actually been misconstrued as childish taunts?  Am I just overthinking all this?

A new Legendary Neutral Minion, Sky Gen'ral Kragg, has been revealed!

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A new Common Priest Minion, Aeon Reaver, has been revealed!

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The ruination as a concept in general is disgusting, all good players understand that setting up your field while diminishing the enemies is more important than constantly belittling the opponents hp, I can't count how many times I've played smarter than my opponent resulting in having a massive lead on field with close to equal cards in hand, then they play The Ruination, and suddenly we're only equal playing field, 6+ rounds of work to best the opponent successfully and its demolished entirely by a single card, it ruins the skill in every match that card is had, the opponent will often times win from the RNG of pulling that card, despite being bested every round up to him being able to play that card. It's beyond broken and a shitty concept in general, if its going to be in the game there has to be a condition for it to be met, maybe have to have a certain range of cards in hand, or requires you to have at least 3 allied units in play it shouldn't be this free card to just fuck your opponents entire setup, when you've been outwitted the entire game and have 0 allies in play. that being said, the majority of the spells in shadow isle are damage spells, and just about all of them are extremely over powered, doing absurd amounts of damage for very little cost, to be frank, almost all the spells in the game should be nerfed, in a game where you have only 20 hp, giving a full field +3/+3 (For Demacia!) is insane, that card alone adds 18 damage to a field, and it can be used as early as round 6 with a full field if you luck out with a nice draw, not to mention the Cursed Keeper, and Ravenous Butcher combo, at round 2 you can have a 3/2 and a 4/4 on the field, that's absurd, no other region has the potential for that strong of a field by round 2. It's possible I'm slightly biased, would love other's opinions, obviously it's a new game, so balance issues are to be expected, then again, Riot Games is known for not being able to balance shit.

Are rewards linked to the active Region or are they random? Tks

So everyone who have been playing Runeterra can't ignore the fact that elusives are a problem specially now as they are everywhere, the main problem with the mechanic is that you can't interact with it unless you are playing elusive units yourself or you deck is mostly spells and you have all niche removals.

It's much harder to deal with when they are buffed and they keep attacking you each round for a lot of damage.

To top it all off Deny is preventing skill/spell answers for the deck.

I posted one idea on one balance thread but I think this specific mechanic needs a dedicated thread.

So what are the options?

1. Make elusive one strike only, this will not only open additional design space but it makes total sense, if you are sneaking around or hard to catch, once you stroke you revealed yourself so you are no longer stealthed, add to Teemo that he regains elusive each round and buff Ezreal's health to compensate.

2. make elusive one turn only like barrier, you play an elusive unit? well you better attack with it/defend because it will lose it at the end of the round- I initially thought about this approach but it would destroy them and it's less thematic.

3. nerfs across the board, nerf all elusive followers hp or attack, make the mechanic have premium cost. because of the inevitable powercreep it's a short term solution

4. Nerf Deny, it will knock down the elusive decks enough.

So what do you guys think?

so maybe i didnt see it but there isnt a clock in the game right? i find just a little bit annoying  to have to go out the game to see the time. does anyone knows if riot plans  to put one in the game?

This deck is so busted. The AoEs are waaay to strong. The 1 mana, 2 mana and 3 mana spells are all acting like Twisting Nether. All of them needs a nerf for 1 or better even 2 mana and they still whould be strong as f***. There is no way to get a board at all against this deck - it`s just ridiculous!

What happens with my Expedition Trial(s) if I don't finish them before the next Vault opening (week)?

I have been trying to experiment with stuff one of them is poros, sadly I don't have all the poro cards or a third braum, but I tried to play it, I am quite sure it's not good enough and I am more unsure which second region fits the poro decks..

didn't get to play them in the preview, but I saw fluff got nerfed(think it was from 5 mana to 6) so there is probably a viable build somehow..

this is what I have so far:

or is it more efficient to retire & claim so you can get into a fresh run quicker..?

rewards are capped at 7 wins right, so even if you go 7 wins again in 2nd run, you don't get any extra rewards..?

I heard a rumor a while ago when the first wing came out that you could get the exclusive cards as arena rewards instead. And personally i don't play arena, but i would rather play arena and randomly get a chance to get these cards, even if it's low, than pay money for something i would only end up playing once and never touch again...i don't know why people like this format of locking cards away like this...

I know that by right-clicking a card, I can view all cards associated with it, which includes potential skills they trigger (like Chempunk Shredder). However, I would like to be able to tell at a glance if a unit's effect triggers right away (like a Burst spell) or if it uses a skill, which I could then respond to with spells of my own. I know, first-world problems and all, but it'd be a nice quality-of-life improvement. Unless I'm missing something and there's already a way to tell.

I've completed my three expeditions for this week but I was wondering what exactly the rewards are if you enter open play (free expeditions after you've completed the first three in a week). In the game it just says "limited rewards". Does this mean you only get regular xp like for normal games?

are they linked to the "active" Region or are they random? Tks

So what's the verdict on rerolling the Lunar New Year event quests? Do you keep the 60g/dust quests or do you reroll them?

Hey guys,

Can someone please explain to me how exactly wild cards reset each week?

Is it only in the store, or also your collection?

Like if I have 14 common wild cards, so on Tuesday I will lose the ones I didn't used? Or I could use them in future?

1st trial: 0-2, 2nd trial 1-2.  I did go 7 wins on my 2nd trial last week so I know I'm not a total n00b...  That might have been what did it, actually--in that trial my deck was a Frejlord value deck and a lot of my success came from Yetis and +1/+1s and Anivia; I think I tried to force a repeat of that strategy.  And this week, some of the decks I fought were just brutal including a Shadow Isles that went off on The Undying and a Noxus deck that played 4 Legion Saboteur over the first 5 turns.

On the bright side, I am glad to see the format at least supports multiple different strategies.  I guess I'm just venting.  :-P

What, in your opinion, is the most broken deck in the history of Hearthstone? 2 parts to the question..:

1. Broken relative to the power level of the other decks at the time (i.e. had the best meta win rate ever)

2. Broken overall (i.e. most powerful deck that has ever existed)

I wonder, if you threw all the pre-nerf broken decks together in a Tavern Brawl, which would be the best performing deck? How would Quest Rogue do against Grim Patron Warrior, Cubelock, Raza Priest, Freeze Mage? Was Jade Druid really as powerful as it seemed? Do any of them hold a candle to Gala Shaman? Do golden oldies like Deathrattle Hunter or Combo Druid even stand a chance?

I had the opportunity to play Legends of Runeterra today, I only got through the tutorial and a handful of games with a deck I built myself. I didn't play very much, but I am going to share my opinion regardless. 

Pros

The gameplay was pretty fun, it was a nice mix of Hearthstone and Magic: the Gathering. The game moved pretty fast, and there wasn't a whole lot to keep track of on the board. But it was also very strategic and complex with the "instant speed" spells and the way attacking/blocking worked. I think it will be very popular amongst people who thinks that there isn't enough strategy in Hearthstone, but also aren't invested enough to play Magic:Arena. 

The game also seems very F2P friendly. When I first started I only had 20 cards from each region, so I couldn't really do much to build a deck. But I got rewards pretty fast. After just about every single game I played I got some cards. I am sure the rewards will slow down after I have played for some time, but Riot games seem to be very friendly to F2P players from what I have heard, and I don't imagine that Legends of Runeterra will be any exception.

One thing about the game that struck me as odd, and I am not quite sure yet if this is a pro or a con, is that you don't have an avatar or anything to represent yourself. All you get to see of your opponent is their username, and the champions they are using in the beginning of combat. I kind of like it because different skins really just feels like a way for the company to make some money by feeding into all of our inner collectors, and social features such as emotes or a chat system really just feels like a super convenient way to BM your opponent. 

Cons

One big thing that I really don't like about the game is that there is almost zero indication on a card as to which region it belongs to. There is a tiny symbol in the center of the bottom of the card, but that is it. No colored border or anything this both makes it hard to associate a cad to a region, but it also makes it hard to associate a region with the cards. Regions already have their own colors, so why not try and decorate the cards with their region, so that at first glance players can know exactly what region a card belongs to.

Another thing that bugs me is how the cards are worded, it is sometimes difficult to figure out what a card does. I don't like how the card texts are in first person, I guess they were trying to make the cards feel more alive or something? But it makes it weird to read. I would prefer something more professional sounding, so instead of saying "Level Up: I have damaged the enemy nexus" it would say "When this unit damages the enemy nexus Level Up".

Another thing that could use some small improvements is the UI, not just in the home menu and when flipping about your collection, but also when playing the game. One thing that Hearthstone does better than any other digital card game out there is their super friendly, easy to use, animated, colorful, and lively user interface. This is one of the biggest reasons, if not the biggest reason, the game is so popular. It is simple and easy to navigate, you can go to your collection from just about anywhere, and all of the game modes are in the very center of the screen. Legends of Runeterra's UI isn't nearly as easy, to start a game you first have to select a deck, and only then can you see the "start a match" screen, and you can change the mode you are playing on with tiny buttons there.

Also during the game everything feels a little cramped. Your hand, mana, and board were kind of smushed into one end of the screen to make room for the HUGE combat area. The mana being off to the side is okay, but I do think it would make things a little easier to keep track of if they got rid of the combat board and gave more room for your units on the field. You could see which creatures are attack with a large orange arrow or something along those lines like there is in MTG:A, or perhaps you could simple 'fade' the none-attacking creatures, or you could do something to make the attacking creatures visible without having to devote so much space to it. 

Summary

I think it is a very fun game with a lot of potential. The gameplay is great and they hit just the right middle point in terms of complexity. But there are a couple of "quality of life" things that could make the game so much more appealing. Things like a easier way to identify the region of a card, or a smoother UI, it is things like this that can change a boring game into an addictive one. I hope that the game receives updates to the interface and graphics so that it can play a lot smoother and be more attractive overall.

Title!! VERY curious! What did everyone get in their weekly vault? Also, what are your thoughts on NOT being able to buy what you want in the beginning to essentially make all possible deck combinations? I've seen a lot of people complaining that they can't build certain decks yet. 

Here's a video I made with my thoughts for whoever is interested! =) 1st Weekly Vault!

Apparently burgle cards include unreleased ones in the database. Gotta say, I rather liked him for a first impression. The battlecry, in particular, feels very strong, but it's the hero power that will keep things interesting. The match ended shortly afterwards, but still, it was a nice glimpse.

We're 1 week in and there's already a bunch of threads debating whether or not Card X is overpowered or Y needs a nerf, so I thought it might be a Friday Fun topic to flip those conversations around and ask: which cards are you underwhelmed by?  What do you think is unplayable and/or could really use a buff?

I'll start.  I think Vladimir is the least impressive card in the set by a mile, followed by Kalista at a distant 2nd.  Both are nonexistent on ladder.  They're both champions--unlike say Mistwraith, where you can make the claim that the card is niche and isn't intended to be significant, these cards are suppose to be the high-impact tent poles that you build your decks around. 

For Vlad: I like their commitment to theme, but in practice dealing 1 damage to ALL your attacking minions BEFORE the opponent declares blockers is extremely costly, and the benefit of dealing a little nexus damage just isn't worth it.  He doesn't fit aggro strategies--he's too expensive--and he doesn't really fit tempo strategies because he just makes it too easy for your opponent to value trade.  I have seen theorycraft decks where you try to leverage his effect across pain-loving Frejlord minions, but they're basically a lot of setup for the chance at one big swing--way too slow for any conceivable meta, and even if you do somehow pull it off you don't have overwhelm so you're vulnerable to chump blocks.  They did at least buff him in the last patch such that his level up now includes damage to himself, but even if you level him he's just a 6/6 regen--basically a Level 2 Garen without the attack tokens. 

For Kalista: her bond use to make her invulnerable but they nerfed it to just giving +2/+0 for as long as she's alive and gave her fearsome.  The big problem here is that she still only has 2 health, so she dies to pretty much anything: challenger, mystic shot, avalanche, any blocker with 3+ attack, etc.  I don't think she's as bad as Vlad as you can at least still slot a few copies of her in any aggro-oriented deck and basically just use her as a well-statted 3-drop, but as peoples' collections fill out and better options become available I think she stops making the cut.

Full disclosure: I have opened 1 Vlad and 2 Kalista from my champions modules, so I am definitely biased.  :-P  What cards do you think are "teh weaksauce"?