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Aesan

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    Shadow Rager 770 769 Posts Joined 11/22/2020
    Posted 2 years, 2 months ago

    Ouch. That's very unfortunate. Updated the desktop/mobile section with Blizzard statement regarding Amazon's delay (seems to be on them, not Hearthstone team). 

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    Shadow Rager 770 769 Posts Joined 11/22/2020
    Posted 2 years, 2 months ago

    It might be accidental residue of their preparations for the excess coin solutions (and then being able to improve our Mercs beyond what's currently available). Perhaps some elements getting already enabled when they shouldn't be. 

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    Shadow Rager 770 769 Posts Joined 11/22/2020
    Posted 2 years, 2 months ago

    Hah, talk about taking some creative license with the lore (even for Hearthstone). It's only on another continent, after all. 

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    Shadow Rager 770 769 Posts Joined 11/22/2020
    Posted 2 years, 2 months ago

    Apparently not yet (I've also added a small line update re: Amazon storefront some minutes ago). Will update again once we hear something! 

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    Shadow Rager 770 769 Posts Joined 11/22/2020
    Posted 2 years, 2 months ago

    Not just "some error", it's all covered in the Mercs section. 

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    Shadow Rager 770 769 Posts Joined 11/22/2020
    Posted 2 years, 2 months ago

    Good catch! I will report it to the person writing these patch notes (DeckTech), as it does seem like an error and not a last minute change. 

    (I don't normally fix Blizzard's... heh... patch notes typos unless they issue corrections to their own blog posts, otherwise there are also two small ones with "Evasive Wurm" (=Wyrm) and "Gigantfin" (=Giantfin); but our images are correct, so)

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    Shadow Rager 770 769 Posts Joined 11/22/2020
    Posted 2 years, 2 months ago

    Yes, you can see as much in-game. I don't remember when exactly it happened, but must've been a while. 

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    Shadow Rager 770 769 Posts Joined 11/22/2020
    Posted 2 years, 2 months ago

    There's still only one poor Gronn (Grull) and Pandaren (Cho), so they are apparently more generous at assigning races than the other Hearthstone teams for their tribes. 

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    Shadow Rager 770 769 Posts Joined 11/22/2020
    Posted 2 years, 2 months ago

    I was wondering about that. ;) It certainly wasn't us! 

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    Shadow Rager 770 769 Posts Joined 11/22/2020
    Posted 2 years, 2 months ago

    You are most likely right, and it wouldn't surprise me. Strange of them to advertise any bundles in the patch news, but perhaps that's the new world order for them. 

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    Shadow Rager 770 769 Posts Joined 11/22/2020
    Posted 2 years, 2 months ago

    Sounds like you pretty much understand it perfectly. The only exception would be if the opponent gets to draw cards on your turn, but we aren't exactly being threatened by the existence of any Mill Shamans. 

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    Shadow Rager 770 769 Posts Joined 11/22/2020
    Posted 2 years, 2 months ago

    It's pretty good actually (and very cheap) when you can silence one big taunt without stripping all of your own buffed stats in the process. It's basically a win button against Miracle/Naga Priest who made a huge minion with Boon of the Ascended, whereas Smothering Starfish isn't always enough for lethal if you just debuffed your entire board (plus if you've grabbed your dust refunds, you'll be happy not having to recraft it at once). 

    Immunity indeed much less so, although there are certain matchups (mirror, Implocks, etc.) where you might wish to trade early and keep their side of the board clear while maintaining yours. 

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    Shadow Rager 770 769 Posts Joined 11/22/2020
    Posted 2 years, 2 months ago

    I haven't played the Questline in a longer while, but back then that deck rarely found itself with very few cards in hand. Might be more useful for low mana curve Aggro decks wanting to dump their entire hand (or almost) by turn 4/5. 

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    Shadow Rager 770 769 Posts Joined 11/22/2020
    Posted 2 years, 2 months ago

    Always appreciate seeing some lore tidbits! 

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    Shadow Rager 770 769 Posts Joined 11/22/2020
    Posted 2 years, 2 months ago

    You know, with this Secret alone I wouldn't be surprised if Questline Hunter tried to mount a comeback post-nerf. 

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    Shadow Rager 770 769 Posts Joined 11/22/2020
    Posted 2 years, 2 months ago

    Touché. The one time where downvote isn't a net negative and well justified. 

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    Shadow Rager 770 769 Posts Joined 11/22/2020
    Posted 2 years, 2 months ago

    No reason why there shouldn't be, following the tradition. It's actually been more or less already confirmed, but we indeed won't know the exact details (which sets etc.) until the patch notes drop.

    Quote From Matt London
    A new arena season is coming with the mini-set, and that date has been announced.


    Quote From Matt London
    Arena news will be in 24.4 patch notes!

    In reply to Arena rotation?
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    Shadow Rager 770 769 Posts Joined 11/22/2020
    Posted 2 years, 2 months ago

    Definitely stands out in that regard, they've committed to a theme like never before (for the mini-sets).  

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    Shadow Rager 770 769 Posts Joined 11/22/2020
    Posted 2 years, 2 months ago

    I believe I saw somebody on the dev team remark how the cards for this Mini-Set were being designed in December 2021, so they can never quite properly predict/react to the current meta with those (at most by changing the cost/stats if it's right before the release). 

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    Shadow Rager 770 769 Posts Joined 11/22/2020
    Posted 2 years, 2 months ago

    That is correct. In that sense they act just like Uncraftable Legendaries/Golden cards we receive as a bonus.