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    HearthStationeer 675 756 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Honestly, if they implement achievements at the start of the next expansion and those are exciting enough, I might even return to the game.

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    HearthStationeer 675 756 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Hearthstone Battlegrounds

    Do you remember those times, when you went for a murloc comp, you played Gentle Megasaur alongside Brann Bronzebeard, you highrolled into the poisonous and divine shield adaptations and you thought to yourself "gg"? A few minutes ago I experienced something similar:

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    My last card was Annoy-o-Module at that time, but I changed it to Righteous Protector, in order to play around a possible Zapp Slywick. As you can imagine, I won every single match from this moment on and I didn't even change my board (with the exception of the aforementioned tech card). My opponents weren't weak, mind you - especially not Patches, that had a board full of 50+ statted pirates.

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    HearthStationeer 675 756 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Thanks for the tips, guys, but after reading Flux's recent article I decided to hoard the accumulated gold for the time being.

    Thanks again. I appreciated your feedback.

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    HearthStationeer 675 756 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Hi, all.

    So, up until yesterday I had saved around 9.2k gold for SA packs. My only wish was to obtain Illucia and after opening 80 packs (including freebies), I finally got her. Right now I have 2k gold remaining and I don't feel like buying any more packs - my current legendaries are Infiltrator Lilian (freebie), Ace Hunter, Malicia, Ras and Illucia. Normally I would like to have Alabaster, Polkelt and Sphere as well, but I am not that likely to open another legendary, yet alone one of the desired three in the next 20 packs. So, I considered the following options: Buying two wings of an adventure or the BG-bundle. And right now I just can't decide what I should go after.

    From the pve adventures I only want Naxx tbh, but since I missed the chance to buy the first wing, I can't use gold to purchase it, so that's out of the question. I considered whether I wanted to buy BrM and ONiK and I figured, it's not worth to do it for the sake of new cards, since most of them don't see any play and the ones, that do, are so derp cheap, that I can craft them easily with dust. This led me to the following options - GA or the dungeon-run adventures in RoS/SoU. Now, my goal is mainly to have fun. I have heard, that GA was a bit underwhelming and it didn't offer much replayability, so I am leaning towards the other picks, but I would like to hear your opinion on those three adventures. 

    Regarding the BG-bundle: I play bgs casually. My rating is 6.3k, so you can see, that I am not that devoted to it. It was another thing I decided to buy due the fun factor.

    So, those are my options. I would like to hear what you guys think and what you could recommend me. Btw, I am aware, that I could save my gold for the next expansion, but I think I will accumulate enough, when it hits. Not to mention, I am not in the mood for such long-term investments.

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    HearthStationeer 675 756 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago
    Quote From Alfi
    Quote From mk

    thought LoR is a place where players can't be f**** a****, however it becomes for whatever brainless reasons more and more popular, that players wait each and every round until time (nearly) runs out to make you quit. they won't be automatically marked as "toxic/afk" because they don't wait until time completely runs out to make their play. I understand in some rounds you need time to go through all the options, but not EVERY ROUND!

    we need an option to report those players ingame. i play unranked and experience those situations at least twice a week, can't imagine how hard it is to deal with such idiots in ranked....

    In HS this does not happen often to me but it helps to rope them back 

    Personally I wouldn't recommend that. I tried that trick once and it didn't stop the roper from roping me. Seeing, that I was going to waste too much time in that game, I continued playing normally, while the opponent still roped. I lost like 20-30 minutes needlessly (and I am not talking about the duration of the game itself).

    In reply to toxic players
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    HearthStationeer 675 756 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Gz, Flux. Those were some really nice gifts. I think, that you should continue to create such articles in the future, should you receive more packages from Blizzard.

    I have a couple of questions though - how did Blizzard know your address and your shoe size? Was it really a surprise gift or they contacted you via an email?

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    HearthStationeer 675 756 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Holy fucking shit! I saw sth similar in a Fullas Gaming video in the past and even they said, that the effect was too OP. I would have never believed, that it would be released. This goes straight into my Steal Priest and it's not even a meme card. I can finally disrupt the opponent's combo by playing the combo pieces from hand.

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    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Wronchi did a good job with this one. Not gonna lie, I laughed at 1:35-1:38, especially seeing Uther's reaction.

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    HearthStationeer 675 756 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Since I play wow (wotlk), I am certain, that the soul fragments are a reference to the soul shards, a secondary resource for warlocks, that they used for some abilities - like summoning demons. Those items were present even in vanilla wow, way before the horcruxes were introduced to the public.

    https://wow.gamepedia.com/Soul_Shard_(item)

    Oh, btw warlocks could use the soul shards to create healthstones - conjured items, that restored health. So the connection to the mmo is a strong one.

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    HearthStationeer 675 756 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Another card for my Thief Priest decks. Keep 'em coming.

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    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Ok, imagine this being used against Tempo Rogue - you rush this minion against the opponent's X/X Edwin VanCleef or Questing Adventurer, it will survive the hit and will become a nuisance for the opponent. I can also see it being used against some weak taunts - Overconfident Orc, but other than that I don't like how the card gets stopped by taunt. Maybe that's the needed downside to keep it balanced, but personally I wouldn't run it in every meta. Also, let's not forget, that in some cases you will sacrifice this minion for the silence effect, which would be similar to a "3 mana spell, that silences a minion and deals two damage to it", making this a worse Earth Shock in that specific scenario.

    So, I don't think it's that crazy overpowered. It's just situationally good.

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    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    I dig the pun in the card name.

    Regarding the effect of the spell - the first thing I thought of were demon synergies in cubelock. Maybe that specific deck wouldn't find a spot for this card, but the card itself has a lot of combo potential when combined with Skull of the Man'ari and Doomguard. In zoo, I can imagine, it can also be quite a nuisance with cheap demons. Imagine this with Doubling Imp and Soul Infusion in wild for example.

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    HearthStationeer 675 756 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago
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    A total tech card.  But this can certainly disrupt control decks really hard, especially Priest and Warlock decks as they rely on being able to control their hand... and this card just resets their hard work at manipulating that. 

    The caveat to that is obvious, you go against Face Hunter and you're resetting their hand of hate for you.  

    The only real question I have is in situations when someone had triggered cards like Dragonqueen Alexstrasza or Galakrond, the Nightmare, will those card remain a cost of (1), or will it get reset?  I would imagine that it would have the same effect as [Hearthstone Card (Shirvallah, the Tiger) Not Found] as those cards directly state that they will change the cost of the card to (1).  Guess we will find out. 

    Think of Glide as Plot Twist in quest Malygos warlock. If you have 0-cost cards in hand, but you decide to play Plot Twist, those cards will regain their normal cost, when you draw them. I know this, because I used to play Quest Warlock back in RoS and I tested this interaction myself. So, if someone plays Glide, you should expect, that the dragons from Dragonqueen Alexstrasza or the cards from Galakrond, the Nightmare would lose their cost reduction. But this won't be the only case for combo disruption - think of Emperor Thaurissan or Imprisoned Satyr. Decks, that utilize those cards, will be hit heavily.

    [Hearthstone Card (Shirvallah, the Tiger) Not Found] works differently - it doesn't require to be in hand, in order to get a mana decrease. If it had the same text as Jumbo Imp or Corridor Creeper, it would have lost its mana reduction upon getting shuffled back into the deck.

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    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Wow, I really despise this card. As people have already mentioned, this spell can mess up with the opponent's hand. If I, as a control deck, keep a board clear for a specific turn, the DH opponent can play this card and I might not be able to draw the AoE on time, so I would most likely die. But this spell has another effect - it negates cost reduction in hand. Combo decks, that rely on cheaper cards, will get countered heavily.

    This spell reminds me of Divine Favor - in a way that it punishes the opponent for having a large hand, while it rewards the aggro player with extra resources, but this is even more stupid.

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    HearthStationeer 675 756 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Holy fuck! I knew Amazing LP was talented, but this... this is on a whole new level! The visual effects aren't the only thing that amaze me. The video looks high budget and it required, most likely, a lot of time to make. How else can I explain the big number of scholars in the academy and the stunning set as well? Is there a post, where I can learn more about the production of this video? I would be really amazed, if Amazing LP had taken care of the most part.

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    HearthStationeer 675 756 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    I just want to see a priest-rogue card, that revolves around thieving. Both classes share this theme, so it's not far fetched imho.

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    HearthStationeer 675 756 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Thanks for the informative video. I followed the tips and managed to hit 1st place with a menagerie deathrattle build. You were right, having a tier 6 unit by turn 8 was really strong. I wouldn't have played like that, hadn't I watched the video.

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    HearthStationeer 675 756 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Some people think, that the Darkmoon-Faire-related hints might mean nothing at the end and that the third expansion would be focused on something else. I am not saying, that this won't be the case 100%, but in the past we also got some sneaky hints for the third expansion during a card reveal video:

    Timestamp is 0:41.

    There was also an article, that talked about a possible Deathwing-related expansion and even referenced Trump's video, but I couldn't find it. The closest I could found was Frosty's article:

    https://outof.cards/hearthstone/151-expansion-speculation-where-are-we-heading-to

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    HearthStationeer 675 756 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Scholomance? Naxx out?

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    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Btw I don't think I have any problems with the so called tech cards - I am aware of Zapp and his counters, I am also aware of ghoul's presence and how it's being used to get rid of divine shields (*cough* murlocs *cough*). Poisonous minions like Maexxna are picked against beefy demons/dragons/pirates. Speaking of demons, in the past I have sold my Mal'ganis a bunch of times, whenever my opponents used Zapp against my juggler.

    I am also aware of the "murloc" transition, i.e. when my only chance of winning the game is to sell my entire board and go for poisonous, divine shield murlocs.

    So, as you can see, I am aware of these late-game tactics. I just don't know what to do in the mid-game.

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