She has also been the main narrator of the game mode and your guide, so in that sense she is already well established as an essential part of the Mercenaries experience.
Very true, it would've been considerably trickier to cast from behind a deck. ;) Thanks for catching that!
I certainly expect this won't be relevant to everyone, but those like me who enjoyed following these casters and players back in the day might be tempted to take a look (ah, the nostalgy). Or anyone curious how very different HS competitions could be when sufficiently removed from these modern power creep metagames.
Hmm, it feels like I've never got some of these notifications back in the day. But that thread (and your initial one way before) have certainly served as fine inspirations. :)
Hmm, that's pretty unlucky. I always just play with Noz on Standard ladder (usually at least in Gold/Platinum ranks halfway into the month), and usually get at least 1 hit within 3 games, sometimes even 2.
Very true, wish we had more such special opportunities. Although over the course of this year I've adopted the posture of getting over my unwillingness and completing an odd 900 XP quest here and there if it's on a day when I'd really like to play/have lots of time for it or it's otherwise getting in the way. But still can't completely avoid not wanting to touch the game whenever this 'issue' comes up.
I happened to queue into a Questline (!) Paladin on Standard ladder, on top of both our Nozdormus firing off. Two very unlikely events at once. Turns out the Hero Power "dudes" can become pretty annoying once they get all the buffs plus Lothraxion... but that takes a good while and luck.
Windfury effects continue to cause problems in the game, eh.
Thank you (as always)! And hah, yeah - it's such a weird sensation trying to recall the metagame as it was over a specific time period, and then see what stood out on top of that. I keep hoping they come up with a better schedule for the next year, for a better overlap between Qualifiers and their corresponding Masters Tours. Would make it easier for that handful of us who care.
I've enjoyed following competitive Hearthstone more than I thought I would these past couple weeks, but I certainly agree things could've gotten very stale very quickly if everything remained as is. I'd also like to be able to tell more easily what to possibly play around.
I would say that was very expected re: Questlines, I didn't bother bringing them up when discussing potential changes for a reason. It's a fairly consistent trend with the Hearthstone team: unless a new shiny Legendary card is outright breaking the game beyond all redemption, they are very, very unlikely to hit any of the precious toys that are built-arounds. Definitely not so early in the metagame, there is always potential for further adjustments down the line. So for the time being going after some of the associated pieces (which also happened to be problematic for other reasons) made perfect sense.
I may have had some different opinions about certain cards, but you've certainly offered a number of creative solutions! And a lot of the Warlock points ring true.
That top 4 in EU though, exact same as the top 4 MT Orgrimmar. And the results followed a certain pattern as well. The existence of the script has been confirmed beyond all doubts.
Something tells me their QA team might not have extensively tested that Questline in Wild. But yes, it would be a big surprise if they made any non-Standard related changes.
That's a very fair point, was definitely more focused on the minion side of things. I do consider the card a little too good at what it does at 0 mana for both Warlock and Priest, so certainly wouldn't mind seeing its mana cost increased.
Very much so. I may not be a fan of the general power level of Warlock/Mage (funnily enough I kind of like Lifesteal DH with the quest, whereas I used to loathe the Skull version and the archetype), but there have certainly been a lot of interesting, high level matches. I learned a lot about how to play these things, especially when it's Europe GMs and Sottle offers insights.
She has also been the main narrator of the game mode and your guide, so in that sense she is already well established as an essential part of the Mercenaries experience.
Very true, it would've been considerably trickier to cast from behind a deck. ;) Thanks for catching that!
I certainly expect this won't be relevant to everyone, but those like me who enjoyed following these casters and players back in the day might be tempted to take a look (ah, the nostalgy). Or anyone curious how very different HS competitions could be when sufficiently removed from these modern power creep metagames.
Hmm, it feels like I've never got some of these notifications back in the day. But that thread (and your initial one way before) have certainly served as fine inspirations. :)
Also, damn. Can we have your gold and dust?
Hmm, that's pretty unlucky. I always just play with Noz on Standard ladder (usually at least in Gold/Platinum ranks halfway into the month), and usually get at least 1 hit within 3 games, sometimes even 2.
Thanks, appreciated!
And going 3 for 3 with Noz on both sides is definitely pretty rare from my experience.
Haha, now that was Nozdormu multiplied alright.
Impressive, an actual viable Noz deck. Only there can such magic happen.
Very true, wish we had more such special opportunities. Although over the course of this year I've adopted the posture of getting over my unwillingness and completing an odd 900 XP quest here and there if it's on a day when I'd really like to play/have lots of time for it or it's otherwise getting in the way. But still can't completely avoid not wanting to touch the game whenever this 'issue' comes up.
I happened to queue into a Questline (!) Paladin on Standard ladder, on top of both our Nozdormus firing off. Two very unlikely events at once. Turns out the Hero Power "dudes" can become pretty annoying once they get all the buffs plus Lothraxion... but that takes a good while and luck.
Windfury effects continue to cause problems in the game, eh.
Thank you (as always)! And hah, yeah - it's such a weird sensation trying to recall the metagame as it was over a specific time period, and then see what stood out on top of that. I keep hoping they come up with a better schedule for the next year, for a better overlap between Qualifiers and their corresponding Masters Tours. Would make it easier for that handful of us who care.
I've enjoyed following competitive Hearthstone more than I thought I would these past couple weeks, but I certainly agree things could've gotten very stale very quickly if everything remained as is. I'd also like to be able to tell more easily what to possibly play around.
I would say that was very expected re: Questlines, I didn't bother bringing them up when discussing potential changes for a reason. It's a fairly consistent trend with the Hearthstone team: unless a new shiny Legendary card is outright breaking the game beyond all redemption, they are very, very unlikely to hit any of the precious toys that are built-arounds. Definitely not so early in the metagame, there is always potential for further adjustments down the line. So for the time being going after some of the associated pieces (which also happened to be problematic for other reasons) made perfect sense.
I may have had some different opinions about certain cards, but you've certainly offered a number of creative solutions! And a lot of the Warlock points ring true.
That top 4 in EU though, exact same as the top 4 MT Orgrimmar. And the results followed a certain pattern as well. The existence of the script has been confirmed beyond all doubts.
Something tells me their QA team might not have extensively tested that Questline in Wild. But yes, it would be a big surprise if they made any non-Standard related changes.
Aye, but without ever coming anywhere close to increasing face damage dealt; that combo feels like such a mediocre amount of healing nowadays.
One might be even forgiven to believe that Mo'arg Artificer is just a Demon Hunter class card at this point...
That's a very fair point, was definitely more focused on the minion side of things. I do consider the card a little too good at what it does at 0 mana for both Warlock and Priest, so certainly wouldn't mind seeing its mana cost increased.
Very much so. I may not be a fan of the general power level of Warlock/Mage (funnily enough I kind of like Lifesteal DH with the quest, whereas I used to loathe the Skull version and the archetype), but there have certainly been a lot of interesting, high level matches. I learned a lot about how to play these things, especially when it's Europe GMs and Sottle offers insights.
Awh, poor GM streams. No added love beyond the packs.