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    Senior Writer 2255 2731 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 3 days, 7 hours ago

    I have officially completed Locomotion. Very underrated game. Absolutely enjoyed my time.

    For some reason, the Great Britain & Ireland, East American, and Western American 100 Year Challenges aren't showing that I've completed them, but I have and the save files I have tell me that I have. My times for them are 30 years 3 months, 36 years 10 months, and 36 years 8 months respectively.

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    Posted 1 month ago
    Quote From Wailor

    Hey! I saw this a while ago, but I didn't find a good moment to give you feedback. Here it goes :)

    I want to start by saying that I really enjoyed the expansion and I think it's very well done. The theme has some overlap with Rastakhan's Rumble, but the vibe you gave it is quite different, IMO. Regarding the mechanics, I like Bloodthirst a lot, it's a very natural evolution of stuff like Spellburst that still feels novel and interesting. Not so sure about Overpower, as it's the type of keyword that can be either OP or useless with not much ground in between, although I like how it synergizes with Bloodthirst.

    I also wanted to ask how do the Black Market cards work. Does "card type" refer to categories like minion, spell or weapon; or Murloc, Beast, Frost, Holy...?

    [feedback]

    Thank you very much for giving me feedback again. To answer some things you asked:

    • Yes, Black Market cards (plus Backstage Stranger) do refer to "card type" as minion, spell, weapon, etc.
    • No, Underground Gambling will not attempt to target cards that already cost 0.
    • Anthracite doesn't actually cost a copy of the spell. It casts the actual spell from the hand or deck, although what's neat about it is that it can still cast spells you've already played, adding some sort of decision making moment to the mix. You could cast the spell via Anthracite now, or wait until you play it naturally to give you a bonus copy.
    • Malignant Manager deals damage to your hero.
    • The flavor connection between Bizmo and Bazzleflange is not so obvious, but in WoW, Bizmo runs the Alliance side of the Brawler Guild whereas Bazzleflange runs the Horde side, so their similar effects tie into the fact that they both have the same job for different factions.
    • Storm of Arrows works by not fizzling out any Spell Damage buffs once their sources die. For example, you play a Kobold Geomancer and Storm of Arrows goes up to 2 damage. If Kobold Geomancer dies, your Storm of Arrows stays at 2 damage.
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    Senior Writer 2255 2731 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 1 month ago

    Gonna give feedback now. I'm sorry this took so long but the entire past month has been littered with me having some sort of health problem and now I'm FINALLY starting to get out of it, so here we go!

    I enjoy the way you've brought back Colossal and put your own spin on it this time around and it even works with Outsized too. I even admire the fact that you've found different arts for all of the Signature versions of your cards. I definitely could not be arsed to do that.

    Death Knight
    • Looking at Cocoons now is pretty funny because it turned out to be the exact opposite of Leeches.
    • Cocoons interact really nicely with some of the other cards (Bigglesworth in particular).
    • I really like Gather Prey. For it being such a simple card, it feels so grounded in the class and helps Rune combinations other than what we currently have.

    Demon Hunter
    • Scorpid Dreadglaive is a really funny card to me because the idea of Illidan picking up a dead scorpion and whacking people with it is hilarious. It's a pretty good card too, especially with Attack buffs.
    • Pincer and Stinger is a really nice card.
    • I'm learning some new words here because I did not know what a vinegaroon was until now.
    • I know some people aren't super into "anti-mechanic" cards like Sinistra Felspring, but I think it's a bit different for Outcast since Outcast is something you can permanently lose the ability to use quite easily.
    • Speaking of Sinistra, the effect does raise some technical questions about interactions. Crewmates for example. If I have two Crewmates on opposite sides of my hand, does controlling Sinistra cause their "adjoining" effects to go off since they're now both the leftmost card in hand which would technically make them adjoining?
    • Sierpes is a pretty big boy (or girl).

    Druid
    • I can't decide if Honeycomb Druid is too weak or not. Its effect is not as strong as either Guff Runetotem or Champion of Storms, but it does allow for crazy turns like Nazmani Bloodweaver.
    • Queen Elizabee is a great pun, but it feels very difficult to get it to work because there's so few cards that it works with and you need to use them all pretty much. Once it rotates to Wild, I also don't see a reason to use it instead of the other mana refresher Legendaries.
    • Squeaky is really cool.

    Hunter

    I have no comment about the set.

    Mage
    • The art on Frigid Snowflake is a bit weird.
    • Gather Energy is a pretty great card.
    • Playing Tricks feels a bit awkward to us, but it's probably pretty good no matter what you draw with it. It could also be really good with other Secrets.
    • Cretazus is pretty nice.
    • There's a lot of support for Fire spells, but not that many ways to actually get them. You've got the two spells that are Fire themselves and Cretazus might grab you at least one, but that's it.

    Paladin
    • Call of the Light can definitely be something strong if a Deathspeaker type of card existed in Standard at the same time as it.
    • Queen Victoriant (another funny pun) is definitely easier to use than Elizabee because of Lightjaw Trailblazer.

    Priest
    • Unjust Accusation feels a little weird, but is otherwise a fine card.
    • Butterfly Effect is a super cool card.
    • Nightglow Priestess is one of my favorite applications of Outsized in the set.

    Rogue
    • Pigmented Poison doesn't strike me as a Common card, and the artwork also has some visible watermarking, but the effect itself is fine.
    • Venomjaw Myriapod is a card I kinda wanna see just because it's a cool way to expand Rogue's class identity.
    • Furtive Strike feels weird as the two effects don't appear to have any correlation with each other.
    • Love the way Lady Elytra turned out.

    Shaman
    • I think Rottenberry Witch has visible nipples. Might want to find new art for that one.
    • I'm not sure if you've leaned too hard into Menagerie support, but in general, you've supported it well.
    • In retrospect, I'm quite surprised that I've never seen an Overload-support effect like Storm Child Nuberus.

    Warlock
    • The Shadow spell support cards feel a bit random, but otherwise, I don't have much else to add on the set.
    • The payoff for Deadwood Soldier feels a bit underpowered maybe?

    Warrior
    • Sharpbranch Militia feels very weird as an Epic.
    • Captain Koleos is missing a space in-between "after" and "you". I'm mixed on the effect since it encourages you to use weapons suboptimally although I guess the weapons you run can change that.

    Neutral
    • Pretty good job here.
    • My favorite Neutrals are Invertebrae Tamer, Putrid Stinkbug, and His Majesty Oberon.

    Mini-set
    • String Theory has very weird art that doesn't look quite right with the rest of the cards, but the effect is really great.
    • The usage of non-Legendary Colossals will certainly be controversial, but I applaud you for going with it and making them feel like proper non-Legendaries.
    • Nuclear Fusion is a really funny card, and one that actually might be pretty good too.

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    Senior Writer 2255 2731 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 1 month, 1 week ago

    The site isn't dead, but we unfortunately have been going through a rough period for quite a while now.

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    Senior Writer 2255 2731 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 2 months ago

    Now that we've finally seen the full set for Into the Emerald Dream, I'm even more proud of this set than I was before because a lot of the set it kinda mid and weird. I unironically enjoy your set better than the one we actually got.

    I'm still not in the greatest position to do a huge feedback post because I'm in the middling of settling into a new place, but once that's done, I know I'll be coming back here to do a much bigger review post.

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    Senior Writer 2255 2731 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 2 months, 1 week ago

    It's really hilarious that a card called Stellar Balance does not in face have, stellar balance. It'll only see play if very specific combo pieces come out later down the line. Starfire is still a bad card even when it deals 6 damage.

    Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe it's also the first class card in the game that specifically names and generates another class card from a different class altogether.

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    Posted 2 months, 1 week ago

    What is up with the wording on Harbinger of the Blighted? There is actually no possible way that this is the best way to phrase the condition.

    Why not phrase it like this? It's shorter and it reads better.

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    Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago

    This Shaman set feels really disappointing to me and it feels like they didn't spend enough time on it because it goes in all sorts of directions, but doesn't accomplish any of them well.

    • Ohn'ahra has a really cool effect, but they didn't give Shaman any deck manipulation which means that you can't plan around it meaningfully.
    • Beanstalk Brute has a cool mechanic, but then Emerald Bounty prevents you from being able to take advantage of the statbuff at the time that statbuff would be the most impactful. That and Emerald Bounty is just weak. It's worse than Ancestral Knowledge, which is nearly 10 years old at this point.
    • Plucky Podling only has one source of support, which is Shaman's Imbue Hero Power... which actively has anti-synergy with it after you Imbue it three or more times. Speaking of Imbue...
    • Aspect's Embrace is really weak, but Imbue Shaman will have to play it anyway because their pickings are slim.
    • Typhoon is really weak and unreliable for a 10-mana board clear.
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    Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago

    In retrospect, it is very surprising that it took this long for Cenarius to get a reprint card.

    Despite being a rather important character lore-wise, Cenarius has always had the least amount of prominence in Hearthstone compared to all of the other Classic class Legendaries. Some of the others at least had Mercenaries, Cenarius had literally nothing other than his original card until now.

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    Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago

    Whoa!

    Both very similar effects on face value, but also synergize immensely with each other. Now Ahoo'ru can take nine hits before losing all of its Divine Shields... or at least it would if Toreth didn't also have Taunt.

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    Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago

    Blizzard would normally provide an official news post which would make this process a lot quicker and easier. This year appears to the be the year of unconventional announcement strategies because they've given us little to work off of for every announcement so far, and I really hope this isn't the case for the whole year.

    Fun factoid here: Ominous Nightmares is the first Shadow spell for Warrior, which was previously the only class in the game without one. Shadow for everyone now!

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    Posted 2 months, 3 weeks ago

    Hey, really glad to see this finally posted here! Maybe tomorrow we might see some parallels to the Emerald Dream set and this one?

    After that set is announced, I might give a more thorough feedback post. The only thing I'll say now is that Black Widow looks quite weak compared to Sinrunner.

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    Senior Writer 2255 2731 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 3 months ago

    Squeezing out a win in Civ 5 to commemorate Civ 7 releasing today.

    I do realize that a better player could've definitely beaten it much faster, but I say that our enjoyment of the game should not be judged on being super optimal at everything. And this is still something I only got into last year.

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    Senior Writer 2255 2731 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago

    While doing the Weekly Challenge in GT7, I somehow managed to run two entirely identical lap times back-to-back (laps 4 and 5).

    EDIT: And by the way, CastrolTomsSupra is not my PSN name, even though I wish it was. The game has you make your own driver name.

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    Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago

    I've won my first Domination victory in Civ 6. AMA.

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    Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago

    He does seem quite bad, yes. His highrolls are pretty decent, but the lowrolls are really bad. Sadly, the current Murloc Standard pool also has more bad rolls than good ones.

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    Senior Writer 2255 2731 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago

    I was fighting a flu for about a week, and the second day was by far the worst. I went through some bad shit there.

    But now that I'm not sick out of my mind anymore, it's time to do more Freedom Planet 2. Carol's story is done. Up next, Milla!

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    Senior Writer 2255 2731 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago

    Looks like 2 mana Backstage Table wasn't so OP after all. Changing it back.

    Also Deathrattle locations! Knew it would happen at some point.

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    Senior Writer 2255 2731 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 3 months, 4 weeks ago

    Crash Bandicoot for new Smash or I riot. Or blizzard. Don't mind either way.

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    Senior Writer 2255 2731 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 3 months, 4 weeks ago

    Wording on the Demon Hunter cards is so weird.

    I've never been a fan of using parentheses for conditional effects because it looks so unnatural.