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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
Just a little note here: Hallucination and Mothership may have you scratching your heads because of these two cards:
We've ended up finding out that these two cards (as well as Banshee) will be renamed upon the mini-set's launch. In any other case, I would just leave the names of the old cards alone and rename the new ones, but this is a rare instance where I think an exception is justified given the theme of the mini-set.
There's something hilarious about spending over 10 years making cards of characters with all sorts of bizarre and fantastical names, and now here's this guy called Jim.
Sounds like it could be the name of my next door neighbor.
The purchasing system on Epic Games is currently having a major outage and very few (if any) people are currently able to buy the game. We'll update you when we're able to buy the game.
The issue is now fixed. You should have no problem "buying" the game. On that note, there are also 11 free add-ons right now, and many others that are less than $1 to buy. There's also a GOTY upgrade that's less than $10 until January 9th, so if you love the game now, you can also get a pretty good deal for extra content.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
I've won my first Domination victory in Civ 6. AMA.
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.
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!
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.
Crash Bandicoot for new Smash or I riot. Or blizzard. Don't mind either way.
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.
Just a little note here: Hallucination and Mothership may have you scratching your heads because of these two cards:
We've ended up finding out that these two cards (as well as Banshee) will be renamed upon the mini-set's launch. In any other case, I would just leave the names of the old cards alone and rename the new ones, but this is a rare instance where I think an exception is justified given the theme of the mini-set.
There's something hilarious about spending over 10 years making cards of characters with all sorts of bizarre and fantastical names, and now here's this guy called Jim.
Sounds like it could be the name of my next door neighbor.
Took me eight and a half hours to complete my first playthrough for my review.
It's quite a bigger beast in content than the first game, but it's still fun.
The purchasing system on Epic Games is currently having a major outage and very few (if any) people are currently able to buy the game. We'll update you when we're able to buy the game.
The issue is now fixed. You should have no problem "buying" the game. On that note, there are also 11 free add-ons right now, and many others that are less than $1 to buy. There's also a GOTY upgrade that's less than $10 until January 9th, so if you love the game now, you can also get a pretty good deal for extra content.