There actually were 2 season's last year, though the first season was largely forgettable because there was little variance from week to week The first season was the Specialist format that ran in the early part of the summer and also no relegation took place. The second season was in the late summer/early fall leading up to Blizzcon and was in the Shield-Conquest format and was much more enjoyable to watch.
Short memory? Secret Hunter was pretty op at the beginning of the year. Spellstone got a much needed nerf. After that, i'll agree that they haven't been oppressive to play against.
Sap, walk the plank or assassinate probably would work. Another decent option to consider might be Evasive Wyrm as a midrange removal tool that leaves a body on the board.
seems like a card that you play when you are behind and have no other option, otherwise you could have built a deck full of all class cards to begin with, so you are sacrificing your deck strategy for RNG prayers.
Question, what decks are gaining armor now in standard? BF the Doom in the Tomb event, what decks gained armor? Shaman was still the majority of ladder.. so this tech card wouldn't have made a huge impact. It is still a 5mana 5/5 so there is that, but do you want to include this in your deck? how many heal/holy wrath paladins are you really facing on ladder?
I think this card is incredible. Warriors pay 2 mana to gain 2 armor. For one more Mana, you get a 2/3 minion on board, one more armor, and a lackey. It does have some competition at the 3 Mana slot though
1 cost hero power - freeze a random enemy at the start of combat.
Would be good to randomly prevent one of the enemies from attacking into your stuff, and somewhat balanced because of the randomness. Honestly, i'm not sure if it would have much of an impact, but would be interested to see.
I like the idea of the League system, where you can weekly root for and follow your favorite players and consistently watch high-level play. I do think that the bottom end of how the GM system works needs some work. IMO, they may be better served by having 2 spots relegated in each regional division instead of 1 each season. This increases the tension/stakes and allows the possibility for more players outside of GM to break through. Additionally, similar to Premier League soccer, a lower tier would be cool to relegate from and to. They don't have to stream those games live on twitch, just maybe have almost like a recap show of the highlight moments for the weekend.
I actually, like the idea of the after show for the GM coverage in general, a weekly highlight type show similar to what you might see on ESPN or NFL network that after each weekend gives a casual fan an overview of how the weekend played out with results, highlights, commentary, on past and future matches, etc and maybe ends with a replay of the best series over the weekend? This would be good as oppose to watching for hours on end to catch all of the action (unless that's your thing, obviously you are free to do that.).
I also, like the idea of alternating formats between weeks. Conquest, Last-Hero-Standing, and even Specialist (i know, boring). You are trying to find the best HS players, so giving them different scenarios that change is a good test of that rather than experimenting for 3-ish weeks, then netdecking the rest of the way with very few changes to the decklists.
Do we know when this will no longer be available? I need pay-day to hurry.
There actually were 2 season's last year, though the first season was largely forgettable because there was little variance from week to week The first season was the Specialist format that ran in the early part of the summer and also no relegation took place. The second season was in the late summer/early fall leading up to Blizzcon and was in the Shield-Conquest format and was much more enjoyable to watch.
I like the changes. Interested to see what format they use after the "initial weeks" when it will be rotating?
Short memory? Secret Hunter was pretty op at the beginning of the year. Spellstone got a much needed nerf. After that, i'll agree that they haven't been oppressive to play against.
Anyone missing Kronx, i had to make some substitutions in my deck bc i don't have Town Crier, Bloodsworn Mercenary, Barista Lynchen, or Kronx Dragonhoof.
So for substitutions, i am running 2x Shield Block, Gyrocopter (surprisingly excellent with Spirit), Harrison Jones, & Leeroy Jenkins. just as ways to keep the draw/pressure going. Considering trying maybe Dragon Breeder?
Thoughts?
I mean they tried... But still room for improvement
I agree that finding the brawls is hard on mobile
Sap, walk the plank or assassinate probably would work. Another decent option to consider might be Evasive Wyrm as a midrange removal tool that leaves a body on the board.
I'm having a lot of fun with Highlander dragon hunter
Demons as a tribe got the shaft this expansion.
seems like a card that you play when you are behind and have no other option, otherwise you could have built a deck full of all class cards to begin with, so you are sacrificing your deck strategy for RNG prayers.
Question, what decks are gaining armor now in standard? BF the Doom in the Tomb event, what decks gained armor? Shaman was still the majority of ladder.. so this tech card wouldn't have made a huge impact. It is still a 5mana 5/5 so there is that, but do you want to include this in your deck? how many heal/holy wrath paladins are you really facing on ladder?
I think this card is incredible. Warriors pay 2 mana to gain 2 armor. For one more Mana, you get a 2/3 minion on board, one more armor, and a lackey. It does have some competition at the 3 Mana slot though
Makes me sad that Elemental Evocation will be rotating out in the spring.
Is it only mechs on board at the time of the battlecry? or any mechs played that turn? I'm assuming it's the former.
Glacial Shard
1 cost hero power - freeze a random enemy at the start of combat.
Would be good to randomly prevent one of the enemies from attacking into your stuff, and somewhat balanced because of the randomness. Honestly, i'm not sure if it would have much of an impact, but would be interested to see.
Hero Power Hunter.. interesting
I like the idea of the League system, where you can weekly root for and follow your favorite players and consistently watch high-level play. I do think that the bottom end of how the GM system works needs some work. IMO, they may be better served by having 2 spots relegated in each regional division instead of 1 each season. This increases the tension/stakes and allows the possibility for more players outside of GM to break through. Additionally, similar to Premier League soccer, a lower tier would be cool to relegate from and to. They don't have to stream those games live on twitch, just maybe have almost like a recap show of the highlight moments for the weekend.
I actually, like the idea of the after show for the GM coverage in general, a weekly highlight type show similar to what you might see on ESPN or NFL network that after each weekend gives a casual fan an overview of how the weekend played out with results, highlights, commentary, on past and future matches, etc and maybe ends with a replay of the best series over the weekend? This would be good as oppose to watching for hours on end to catch all of the action (unless that's your thing, obviously you are free to do that.).
I also, like the idea of alternating formats between weeks. Conquest, Last-Hero-Standing, and even Specialist (i know, boring). You are trying to find the best HS players, so giving them different scenarios that change is a good test of that rather than experimenting for 3-ish weeks, then netdecking the rest of the way with very few changes to the decklists.
Just putting some thoughts out there.
Wonder what some of the key words like "Fearsome" and "Overwhelm" mean?
I think the tempo mage would potentially benefit from the new mage quest. Maybe cut one book