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anchorm4n

Harbinger of Winter
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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    I don't want this thread to die because I'm not capable of presenting a good riddle, so here are some heavy hints for the three parts of the riddle and the final solution.

    Part 1:

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    What do you call a "royal son"? That's half of the first card's name.

    Part 2:

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    I hope everyone has figured out by now that "banned" references to the Hall of Fame. Which HoF card is oftentimes called *another card* on a stick? That's number 2.

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    Probably the hardest one with only a loose connection to the final solution. The "trap" indicates what card type it is. Which one would you test with a scout? Now you've got number 3.

    Final solution:

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    Those three cards are linked by their effect, but they all do it in a somewhat roundabout way. There's one iconic HS card that shares this trait in a more direct style. This is the solution.

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Honestly, I'm pretty happy with what we have right now. One page displaying class level and total wins serves me fine.

    If anything, I'd love to see Griffior's idea of Full Art cards implemented, which is somewhat related to player's profiles (quick example: deal lethal with Leeroy Jenkins 1.000 times to unlock his full art which will be used in game (only) for you). Griffior is the most creative guy I know in this area and this my favorite idea of his :)

    One issue with all of this kind of stuff is avoiding to disappoint the longterm players. They either have to implement stuff based on data they're collecting anyway (which we don't know about, but certainly limits the possibilities) or focus on recent stuff like they did with achievements. Quite a challenge I think.

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    I haven't played DH in a while, but that Felsteel list looks cool. Will try it out tonight. Thanks for the article!

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Feels like Hunter got the worst package by far. :/

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Woah, those Rogue cards look strong! 

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    First ever use of "affect" on a card. Nice addition for custom card design!

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Since the leaked 15$/2.000 gold deal for the mid expansion bundle has been confirmed, I've decided to open my 14 saved up packs. Look what happened!

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    That's a first appearance of the word "affect" on a card. Great news for custom card designers!

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    A big THANK YOU to the team behind these competitions! I have started as a complete newbie to custom card design with season 1 and now this is my favorite part of the whole site. As far as I know I haven't missed a single competition and I don't intend to change that. This wouldn't be the case if not for our great community full of people who are eager to help each other out and get better at card design. Please don't make the break last too long!

    On a sidenote, I'm a bit sceptical about bigger comps because it will be hard to keep people around once the first phase is over, but then I have yet to take part in one of these and the team will surely come up with some good ideas. That said, if there should be a class design competition, I'd be very excited to see an epic battle between linkblade's Alraune class and Demon's Time Traveller class :D

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Congrats linkblade! A really neat card.

    I'm already sad I didn't wake up to a new prompt this morning :( Please don't make the break too long!

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    I guess I've misjudged how slow this is going when holidays are over. I'm sitting at 48 right now and I'm not sure if I'll make it to 50 this week, but I'm really looking forward to leveling up faster after that. I'm on the ftp track btw (I'm kind of a dolphin, but I wanted to see how this works out before spending money on it, especially since the Hero skins didn't appeal very much to me). 

    Not sure what to do about the mini expansion yet. I'm sitting on 15 packs I've saved up and about 5.000 gold. I'll definitely get that 15€/2.000 gold bundle if it proves to be real but don't know which of the two options I'll take. It's just insane value. 

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    It has not been literally "banned", but got excluded from a certain format.

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago
    Quote From DestroyerR

    I’m having trouble with the second hint... it makes me think of a weapon (obviously), and plenty of weapons have seen nerfs, but a BANNED one? Hmmmm

    The second one is not a Weapon

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    I'm sorry that you feel that way. I honestly think the first three cards aren't very difficult to guess, making the connection to the final solution is admittedly a bit harder.

    If you would tell us about your thought process, I could tell you where you're right or wrong, even if that means someone else might snatch the win. Should I give out more hints already?

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Really cool ideas, I love the (im)purity take on Paladin and Warlock!

    Not so sure about Shaman / Warrior, though. Wouldn't Weapons buff kinda negate the Boggspine Knuckles nerf?

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Hard mulligan for Consecration.

    While I'm here, do we have any information if they'll fix the book of heroes achievements? I've played through all of them, but mage and hunter are unsolved in my achievements log. 

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Wow, thanks for featuring my deck!

    Also that Quest Bomb Hunter looks nice. Might have to re-craft Boommaster Flark...

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    I would even say the dust of 4 legendaries would be worth it. One free legendary in 20 packs is a bit worse than average, but you can choose which one to craft and you get additional dust from the other cards. So if the news is true, the dust alone is a very good deal. 

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    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2510 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    None of those. The riddle is structured like some of the last ones: each hint is another card and if you compare them, they point you to the solution.