Hi folks! Just found this thread (again, lol). I'm not currently reading any books but I would love to start again.
My issue with most of them is how long they are and the abundance of useless sections. I've tried reading The Foundation in the past, but it got boring after some hundreds of pages. If the essential action could be put together, i would gladly read it and have fun doing it. I simply don't have the desire/time to skim through pages to search for 1-2 paragraphs that evolve the main plot or such.
So, this is my question to you guys: what do you recommend that is action-packed and having very few filler/useless sections?
I know i've read quite a bit of short stories (few dozen pages at most) on the web and really enjoyed them. Are there any real books that are even close to this in terms of plot presentation?
As for the genre, i love sci-fi, post-apocaliptics, fantasy, magic stuff, nazis, anything out of the ordinary really.
With the nerf […] if we undershoot, well at least it's better than before. If we overshoot, that deck just stops seeing play entirely.
With buffs […], if we undershoot, it was a waste, nothing happens. If we overshoot, we created a new problem deck.
Am I the only one that sees the same problem in both cases?
Nerfs + overshoot = useless = buffs + undershoot.
Nerfs + undershoot = problem = buffs + overshoot.
Wtf? It's like they don't like buffs because they can't powercreep in the future, yet they say it's hard not to powercreep. Well, i guess it's not that hard if you start buffing cards...
Again, i'm getting sick of these people and their "design" decisions.
My problem with constructed is that it makes older cards not viable (so rotating sets from the past is useless, unless they are chosen specifically from those that got out close together), and the cost cheating for cards.
I'm really bitter about it, since there is a really simple fix that devs simply don't want to do - minimum cost of 1 for all cards, unless designed to be 0.
This is the reason i haven't played constructed in a good while, and only spent some time in BGs. The cost is too great to be up to date with your collection, and there is too much catering to fast strategies (which i don't really enjoy - the aggro decks from old expansions/classic were actually ok, because there weren't any stupid swings throughout the game - that was for the control decks, and i did enjoy these a lot because they were actually stable, balanced and required more thinking most of the time).
I know, i enjoyed the game from a time that is never coming back due to powercreeping, and i've made my piece with it (mostly). Nevertheless, it irks me to see so many games (even on stream) and feel dirty about how the action takes place. It's not fun for me anymore.
This is one of the cards, with the other combo pieces mentioned previously, that will deter anyone from playing on board after turn 5 or so.
It'll basically mean getting back to the "from hand" play style instead of the minion-based one, unless you want to take 12+ damage to the face in one turn.
Too bad, i really had hopes to actually see more minions and more board battles this expansion...
This and Frostwolf Kennels could be summoning a lot of stealthy wolves. I would've made something with this, similar to the Sword of 1000 truths, but with spawning a chicken or rabbit or something.
This card is most likely overpowered at 13 mana, with all the rush minions and tokens. But we'll see :) at least compared to the priest card, this doesn't seem like filler
I think that if you only get 5 armor out of it, it's going to be very weak and end up removed from most decks. The initial 10 armor gain needs to have some consistent use (or the frost tag) for this card to be included.
The UI is gonna be pretty simple i think. Remember where they show the overloaded mana crystals? That's where they'll show the 10 extra mana (i.e. with different graphics from the overloaded ones).
This also means that shaman is NOT gonna (ever) recieve the 20 mana buff ;)
Not sure if you did anything, but I can't reproduce the bug anymore. Previously, it occurred on every "fresh" opening of the website (and I didn't update the browser i use).
Hi. I got one question: why does the Mercenaries -> Parties show me a list of decks, on the website?
Also, I don't seem able to complete the oozefest item of "visiting the mercenary parties list", even though i've accessed that section. Not sure if these 2 things are related or not.
Obviously. It's communist! Just look at how equal all the cards are!
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Common randomness results from this game :)) yet funny for the streamers' reaction.
Hi folks! Just found this thread (again, lol). I'm not currently reading any books but I would love to start again.
My issue with most of them is how long they are and the abundance of useless sections. I've tried reading The Foundation in the past, but it got boring after some hundreds of pages. If the essential action could be put together, i would gladly read it and have fun doing it. I simply don't have the desire/time to skim through pages to search for 1-2 paragraphs that evolve the main plot or such.
So, this is my question to you guys: what do you recommend that is action-packed and having very few filler/useless sections?
I know i've read quite a bit of short stories (few dozen pages at most) on the web and really enjoyed them. Are there any real books that are even close to this in terms of plot presentation?
As for the genre, i love sci-fi, post-apocaliptics, fantasy, magic stuff, nazis, anything out of the ordinary really.
Thanks!
Am I the only one that sees the same problem in both cases?
Nerfs + overshoot = useless = buffs + undershoot.
Nerfs + undershoot = problem = buffs + overshoot.
Wtf? It's like they don't like buffs because they can't powercreep in the future, yet they say it's hard not to powercreep. Well, i guess it's not that hard if you start buffing cards...
Again, i'm getting sick of these people and their "design" decisions.
My problem with constructed is that it makes older cards not viable (so rotating sets from the past is useless, unless they are chosen specifically from those that got out close together), and the cost cheating for cards.
I'm really bitter about it, since there is a really simple fix that devs simply don't want to do - minimum cost of 1 for all cards, unless designed to be 0.
This is the reason i haven't played constructed in a good while, and only spent some time in BGs. The cost is too great to be up to date with your collection, and there is too much catering to fast strategies (which i don't really enjoy - the aggro decks from old expansions/classic were actually ok, because there weren't any stupid swings throughout the game - that was for the control decks, and i did enjoy these a lot because they were actually stable, balanced and required more thinking most of the time).
I know, i enjoyed the game from a time that is never coming back due to powercreeping, and i've made my piece with it (mostly). Nevertheless, it irks me to see so many games (even on stream) and feel dirty about how the action takes place. It's not fun for me anymore.
Imagine the chaos that exists within their code repositories considering they botched this for the Nth time. Git branches are hard, man!
This is one of the cards, with the other combo pieces mentioned previously, that will deter anyone from playing on board after turn 5 or so.
It'll basically mean getting back to the "from hand" play style instead of the minion-based one, unless you want to take 12+ damage to the face in one turn.
Too bad, i really had hopes to actually see more minions and more board battles this expansion...
It kind of has antisynergy with Spring the Trap, i mean, unless you use many secrets in your deck.
This and Frostwolf Kennels could be summoning a lot of stealthy wolves. I would've made something with this, similar to the Sword of 1000 truths, but with spawning a chicken or rabbit or something.
There was a time when that was close to overpowered. Maybe they are slowly returning to something less swingy and stupid.
Yea, this is the shitty epic that no one wants to open in their packs
This card is most likely overpowered at 13 mana, with all the rush minions and tokens. But we'll see :) at least compared to the priest card, this doesn't seem like filler
I think that if you only get 5 armor out of it, it's going to be very weak and end up removed from most decks. The initial 10 armor gain needs to have some consistent use (or the frost tag) for this card to be included.
I'm curious if there will some kind of bug when a recruited Charge minion receives Rush, through this card.
I call dibs on it 😁😆
They keep printing overpowered cards... :(
The UI is gonna be pretty simple i think. Remember where they show the overloaded mana crystals? That's where they'll show the 10 extra mana (i.e. with different graphics from the overloaded ones).
This also means that shaman is NOT gonna (ever) recieve the 20 mana buff ;)
Not sure if you did anything, but I can't reproduce the bug anymore. Previously, it occurred on every "fresh" opening of the website (and I didn't update the browser i use).
Sorry for the late reply. Here's a screenshot:
https://pasteboard.co/iUf1XKrTDj5h.jpg
The link in the titlebar is:
https://outof.cards/hearthstone/mercenaries/
As for the steps, i'm opening the main page, click on "mercenaries", then click on "parties".
Doing that again now seems to make the page show up properly, so i'm guessing some sort of caching issue.
Hi. I got one question: why does the Mercenaries -> Parties show me a list of decks, on the website?
Also, I don't seem able to complete the oozefest item of "visiting the mercenary parties list", even though i've accessed that section. Not sure if these 2 things are related or not.
Let me know if i'm doing something wrong. Thanks
Would be interesting to have a leaderboard based on how fast we complete these puzzles :D