I followed all the steps and installed the plugin to upload my collection. It appears on the plugin section of HDT but when i open the drop down menu to login it only shows settings and when i click it nothing happens. I tried restarting HDT but it's not working. Any idea of what's happening?
Today i opened Professor Slate from the legendary quest packs. I was a bit upset but i decided that i should test him before i judge. So, i tried to create a meme Malygos Hunter with Vereesa Windrunner to see if he could provide some much needed hard removal. Just as people thought he works very well with Rapid Fire and can destroy any giant minion easily. The deck itself is still not good (i tried a lot to make Vereesa work so far) but he proved to be good with the right cards.
After that i switched to Dragon Hunter. After a few games i gave up on Rapid Fire. It's not good enough on its own and Slate isn't enough to justify it. I added Cobalt Spellkin for the needed card generation. He was okay but nothing great. I beat a Libram Paladin after getting ahead on the board with an early Primordial Explorer. I dropped Slate around turn 6 and he never managed to get on the board from that point. I just used Arcane Shots and Rapid Fires from Spellkin to destroy all his stuff and he didn't draw his weapon guy. His hand was probably absolutely terrible. Slate doesn't have enough support in standard. He really need spells that can damage multiple minions but the only ones available are Multi-Shot, Rapid Fire and Explosive Shot. These are not good enough. I'll test him in Wild and i have high hopes because the arsenal of spells is much better.
TL, DR: Professor Slate is a good card that lacks support in Standard but can easily become great with a single decent AoE/Multi-hit spell.
A friend of mine is playing Quest Soul Fragment Warlock with Rafaam as a late game thread. Looks pretty strong, the Fragment cards make for a good early game.
Can anyone say if sphere is any good?
Sphere is is highly dependent on your deck. It's insane in decks that don't want to draw specific cards. My OTK Miracle Priest in wild always had the problem of drawing my big minions before i could play Zerek's Cloning Gallery and the weapon negates this completely which improved its consistency a lot. Big Warrior and Big Paladin also want to keep their big minions in the deck so they can cheat them out. In the right deck Sphere of Sapience is a complete game changer. I don't know how good it is for regular control and other combo decks. It needs more testing.
I tried to play Big Warrior but it failed hard for me. The new beast Druid deck cheats a ton of mana and they do that fast and consistently. I fought several and had a really bad time.
Then i decided to play Aggro Stealth Rogue with Secret Passage and climbed to Gold 5 very quickly. I didn't even need Secret Passage in most games. The deck has a ton of damage and draw. Vulpera Toxinblade is great. Sometimes i still ran out of gas so i'll probably add Voracious Reader.
I also tried Highlander Priest but i need to refine the list. I only added Mindrender Illucia and [Hearthstone Card (Onix Magescribe) Not Found]. It didn't feel very good but i managed to beat one of the Beast Druids using Murozond the Infinite and copying his big turn. That solidifies the card as my favorite. I should probably try a version without dragon synergy and see how it does. Not cutting Murozond though. NEVER.
The new Survival of the Fittest Druid deck just cheats mana liking nothing else. Their boards are huge and they can get all that done around turn 7. Very frustrating. Also played against a DH who did the thing that i predicted was going to drive me nuts: used Glide to pretty much discard my hand.
You can compare this to several other failed cards: Bolvar Fordragon, Blubber Baron, Wicked Skeleton and Hir'eek, the Bat. Hunter could theoretically use this with quest but that deck struggles too much with draw to risk running this. And Token Demon Hunter won't be a thing because DH doesn't have any ways to turn tokens into effective threats and the support and pay off cards are too weak (this and Fel Guardians) or too slow (Nethrandamus). However, that doesn't mean it shouldn't be tested. I'll give it a shot (and probably be disappointed).
The most important aspect of this card isn't the discover but the discount. The fact that you can carry it over several turns is huge and can open many possibilities. One interesting thing you can do is play this on turn 1 then play Corsair Cache. Then you equip the 3-cost weapon (like Livewire Lance) and curve it into Doctor Krastinov as the discount applies to any rush minions and not just the one you discovered. Or you can play Kargath Bladefist as a 3 mana 4/4 for good tempo. The mana discount also gives more flexibility on your turns and allows you to answer threats earlier without having to spend your coin (in case you have it). I think this card is great and it could find its way into many Warrior decks (both fast and slow).
I'm sad that people talk about big demons and always forget about Fel Lord Betrug... Not that Archwitch Willow is going to help him, at all. Actually, she has anti-synergy with him as you can't play Plot Twist or even tap after playing her which wastes all his potential. Man, it feels so bad when one of your favorite cards is so fair that it ends up unplayable in the sea of unfairness...
Yeah, i remember how Reno was called bad as soon as he was revealed. Everyone quickly dismissed the card and i was also really skeptical of his potential. When opening my packs i was basically praying that i wouldn't open him. And he was in the first 10 packs. Oh boy, i was pissed. After a bit of time people realized how good the card was and he still sees a ton of play to this day. It took quite some time but i was eventually able to play with him (Highlander Mage is so expensive!). He saved me a lot. What a great card!
I also have a hard time stopping myself from using my dust. I usually don't regret crafting stuff but that's certainly not the best way to use your resources. This time i'll be a lot more careful because i can already see lots of nerfs happening. I'll have to play only with what i got from the packs and so far it's only disappointing cards for me. I haven't seen any cards that i can consider a must craft for the archetypes that i want to play so it's smarter to wait.
I was very disappointed when i opened Infiltrator Lilian as i'm not a fan of aggro strategies. But there's no way this card is bad. It has underwhelming stats but the stealth makes up for it. She can't be removed easily before she can attack and even if they manage to kill her she just comes back immediately with a vengeance. Either way, this is guaranteed damage no matter what. There's some deathrattle synergy potential as well. The card is not as flashy as others but guaranteed damage is always good.
This is an aggro/stealth support card. The deathrattle synergy is just a bonus. It looks meh and boring but Rogue got some pretty busted support for their aggressive archetypes (mainly Secret Passage) so i doubt this card won't be at least tier 2. I'm not happy that i got her in my packs but it's a good card. I'm just not a fan of aggro decks.
Chameleos and Lady in White were so overhyped and they didn't see any play whatsoever. Surprisingly, they were not the worst cards of the expansion as Duskfallen Aviana took the crown of worst legendary ever and keeps it to this day. I also remember people freaking out about Frizz Kindleroost but none of the dragon decks needed her mana discount to be playable.
I got three legendary cards in the 55 packs from the small bundle so it was average, at least. But i'm not happy with the cards themselves. I'm not going to build a whole combo deck around Mozaki, Master Duelist so i'm going to be stuck with Cyclone Mage. I got Mindrender Illucia and i'm happy that i don't need to spend dust crafting her but i don't know what to do with this card outside of combo disruption. And the final one was Infiltrator Lilian, the one card that i REALLY didn't want. I'm not going to play Stealth Rogue (even though i have all cards for the archetype) so this is just going to sit in my collection gathering dust. Bad luck...
Have you received a confirmation email for the Fireside Gathering?
When I started HS I was asked if I wanted the launch the FG now and it was also added to the menu that opens when you click on your friends list.
Yes, i checked. I received the email but so far it's not working. I really don't know what to do but i suppose i still have a few days to try and discover a way to make it work.
I finally got it to work. I needed to activate it manually but they don't say anything about that in the Fireside site. Anyway, i opened 55 packs from the small bundle and i'm not very happy with the results. I got three legendary cards: Mozaki, Master Duelist, Mindrender Illucia and Infiltrator Lilian. Not excited about any of them. Illucia might be a worthwhile tech against combo decks and it's good that i don't have to spend dust crafting her but i don't really know what to do with this card outside of tech purposes. I'm also not interested in building a combo deck for Mozaki. Maybe i can try Cyclone Mage but i don't really expect a lot from the archetype. And Lilian is the worst card for me since it's an uninteresting support card for an aggressive archetype that i really don't like.
Yeah, this was my worst pack opening so far when it comes to legendary cards. At least i got both copies of Ceremonial Maul and Secret Passage (this one seems pretty broken so it could become dust later). I hope i can get something more interesting once the expansion is released since i have around 2.5k gold and i'm guaranteed two more (one golden from the bundle and the free one for logging in).
Have you received a confirmation email for the Fireside Gathering?
When I started HS I was asked if I wanted the launch the FG now and it was also added to the menu that opens when you click on your friends list.
Yes, i checked. I received the email but so far it's not working. I really don't know what to do but i suppose i still have a few days to try and discover a way to make it work.
I scheduled one for right now but i can't get it to work. This is the first time i do this. I have reopened the client several times but nothing happens. The geo localization feature on my Notebook is on so i don't know what's going on. Can somebody help?
New poison animation but no actual balance changes to Murlocs who still steamroll everything in the late game. The cat hero seems interesting but not great. You get to discover a minion from a dead player and it keeps all enchantments and everything but you can only wait and hope you can live until someone dies. If that person was too weak then won't get a lot from the first death then you have to wait again. Seems really tricky. The Battlegrounds meta has been quite brutal since the introduction of Pirates. You just take a lot of damage very quickly.
The reveal of Commencement got me by surprise but i'm really happy. It should push Duel Paladin and Big Warrior into competitive viability. It's both a way to cheat out one of your big threats and it doubles down as a great protection tool as well. I have been expecting for a card like this ever since the release of Rise of Shadows. The Boom Reaver is one of my favorite cards but the deck was just too slow and it was too hard to survive until you could play it. Dr Boom could generate it occasionally in Control Warrior but that's not the same as running it in a dedicated deck. Now, i'm waiting for a card that will make Fel Lord Betrug viable. The Dark Portal came kinda close but it's not enough and Archwitch Willow probably won't help either.
I followed all the steps and installed the plugin to upload my collection. It appears on the plugin section of HDT but when i open the drop down menu to login it only shows settings and when i click it nothing happens. I tried restarting HDT but it's not working. Any idea of what's happening?
Today i opened Professor Slate from the legendary quest packs. I was a bit upset but i decided that i should test him before i judge. So, i tried to create a meme Malygos Hunter with Vereesa Windrunner to see if he could provide some much needed hard removal. Just as people thought he works very well with Rapid Fire and can destroy any giant minion easily. The deck itself is still not good (i tried a lot to make Vereesa work so far) but he proved to be good with the right cards.
After that i switched to Dragon Hunter. After a few games i gave up on Rapid Fire. It's not good enough on its own and Slate isn't enough to justify it. I added Cobalt Spellkin for the needed card generation. He was okay but nothing great. I beat a Libram Paladin after getting ahead on the board with an early Primordial Explorer. I dropped Slate around turn 6 and he never managed to get on the board from that point. I just used Arcane Shots and Rapid Fires from Spellkin to destroy all his stuff and he didn't draw his weapon guy. His hand was probably absolutely terrible. Slate doesn't have enough support in standard. He really need spells that can damage multiple minions but the only ones available are Multi-Shot, Rapid Fire and Explosive Shot. These are not good enough. I'll test him in Wild and i have high hopes because the arsenal of spells is much better.
TL, DR: Professor Slate is a good card that lacks support in Standard but can easily become great with a single decent AoE/Multi-hit spell.
Sphere is is highly dependent on your deck. It's insane in decks that don't want to draw specific cards. My OTK Miracle Priest in wild always had the problem of drawing my big minions before i could play Zerek's Cloning Gallery and the weapon negates this completely which improved its consistency a lot. Big Warrior and Big Paladin also want to keep their big minions in the deck so they can cheat them out. In the right deck Sphere of Sapience is a complete game changer. I don't know how good it is for regular control and other combo decks. It needs more testing.
I tried to play Big Warrior but it failed hard for me. The new beast Druid deck cheats a ton of mana and they do that fast and consistently. I fought several and had a really bad time.
Then i decided to play Aggro Stealth Rogue with Secret Passage and climbed to Gold 5 very quickly. I didn't even need Secret Passage in most games. The deck has a ton of damage and draw. Vulpera Toxinblade is great. Sometimes i still ran out of gas so i'll probably add Voracious Reader.
I also tried Highlander Priest but i need to refine the list. I only added Mindrender Illucia and [Hearthstone Card (Onix Magescribe) Not Found]. It didn't feel very good but i managed to beat one of the Beast Druids using Murozond the Infinite and copying his big turn. That solidifies the card as my favorite. I should probably try a version without dragon synergy and see how it does. Not cutting Murozond though. NEVER.
The new Survival of the Fittest Druid deck just cheats mana liking nothing else. Their boards are huge and they can get all that done around turn 7. Very frustrating. Also played against a DH who did the thing that i predicted was going to drive me nuts: used Glide to pretty much discard my hand.
You can compare this to several other failed cards: Bolvar Fordragon, Blubber Baron, Wicked Skeleton and Hir'eek, the Bat. Hunter could theoretically use this with quest but that deck struggles too much with draw to risk running this. And Token Demon Hunter won't be a thing because DH doesn't have any ways to turn tokens into effective threats and the support and pay off cards are too weak (this and Fel Guardians) or too slow (Nethrandamus). However, that doesn't mean it shouldn't be tested. I'll give it a shot (and probably be disappointed).
The most important aspect of this card isn't the discover but the discount. The fact that you can carry it over several turns is huge and can open many possibilities. One interesting thing you can do is play this on turn 1 then play Corsair Cache. Then you equip the 3-cost weapon (like Livewire Lance) and curve it into Doctor Krastinov as the discount applies to any rush minions and not just the one you discovered. Or you can play Kargath Bladefist as a 3 mana 4/4 for good tempo. The mana discount also gives more flexibility on your turns and allows you to answer threats earlier without having to spend your coin (in case you have it). I think this card is great and it could find its way into many Warrior decks (both fast and slow).
I'm sad that people talk about big demons and always forget about Fel Lord Betrug... Not that Archwitch Willow is going to help him, at all. Actually, she has anti-synergy with him as you can't play Plot Twist or even tap after playing her which wastes all his potential. Man, it feels so bad when one of your favorite cards is so fair that it ends up unplayable in the sea of unfairness...
Yeah, i remember how Reno was called bad as soon as he was revealed. Everyone quickly dismissed the card and i was also really skeptical of his potential. When opening my packs i was basically praying that i wouldn't open him. And he was in the first 10 packs. Oh boy, i was pissed. After a bit of time people realized how good the card was and he still sees a ton of play to this day. It took quite some time but i was eventually able to play with him (Highlander Mage is so expensive!). He saved me a lot. What a great card!
I also have a hard time stopping myself from using my dust. I usually don't regret crafting stuff but that's certainly not the best way to use your resources. This time i'll be a lot more careful because i can already see lots of nerfs happening. I'll have to play only with what i got from the packs and so far it's only disappointing cards for me. I haven't seen any cards that i can consider a must craft for the archetypes that i want to play so it's smarter to wait.
I was very disappointed when i opened Infiltrator Lilian as i'm not a fan of aggro strategies. But there's no way this card is bad. It has underwhelming stats but the stealth makes up for it. She can't be removed easily before she can attack and even if they manage to kill her she just comes back immediately with a vengeance. Either way, this is guaranteed damage no matter what. There's some deathrattle synergy potential as well. The card is not as flashy as others but guaranteed damage is always good.
This is an aggro/stealth support card. The deathrattle synergy is just a bonus. It looks meh and boring but Rogue got some pretty busted support for their aggressive archetypes (mainly Secret Passage) so i doubt this card won't be at least tier 2. I'm not happy that i got her in my packs but it's a good card. I'm just not a fan of aggro decks.
Chameleos and Lady in White were so overhyped and they didn't see any play whatsoever. Surprisingly, they were not the worst cards of the expansion as Duskfallen Aviana took the crown of worst legendary ever and keeps it to this day. I also remember people freaking out about Frizz Kindleroost but none of the dragon decks needed her mana discount to be playable.
I got three legendary cards in the 55 packs from the small bundle so it was average, at least. But i'm not happy with the cards themselves. I'm not going to build a whole combo deck around Mozaki, Master Duelist so i'm going to be stuck with Cyclone Mage. I got Mindrender Illucia and i'm happy that i don't need to spend dust crafting her but i don't know what to do with this card outside of combo disruption. And the final one was Infiltrator Lilian, the one card that i REALLY didn't want. I'm not going to play Stealth Rogue (even though i have all cards for the archetype) so this is just going to sit in my collection gathering dust. Bad luck...
I finally got it to work. I needed to activate it manually but they don't say anything about that in the Fireside site. Anyway, i opened 55 packs from the small bundle and i'm not very happy with the results. I got three legendary cards: Mozaki, Master Duelist, Mindrender Illucia and Infiltrator Lilian. Not excited about any of them. Illucia might be a worthwhile tech against combo decks and it's good that i don't have to spend dust crafting her but i don't really know what to do with this card outside of tech purposes. I'm also not interested in building a combo deck for Mozaki. Maybe i can try Cyclone Mage but i don't really expect a lot from the archetype. And Lilian is the worst card for me since it's an uninteresting support card for an aggressive archetype that i really don't like.
Yeah, this was my worst pack opening so far when it comes to legendary cards. At least i got both copies of Ceremonial Maul and Secret Passage (this one seems pretty broken so it could become dust later). I hope i can get something more interesting once the expansion is released since i have around 2.5k gold and i'm guaranteed two more (one golden from the bundle and the free one for logging in).
Yes, i checked. I received the email but so far it's not working. I really don't know what to do but i suppose i still have a few days to try and discover a way to make it work.
I scheduled one for right now but i can't get it to work. This is the first time i do this. I have reopened the client several times but nothing happens. The geo localization feature on my Notebook is on so i don't know what's going on. Can somebody help?
New poison animation but no actual balance changes to Murlocs who still steamroll everything in the late game. The cat hero seems interesting but not great. You get to discover a minion from a dead player and it keeps all enchantments and everything but you can only wait and hope you can live until someone dies. If that person was too weak then won't get a lot from the first death then you have to wait again. Seems really tricky. The Battlegrounds meta has been quite brutal since the introduction of Pirates. You just take a lot of damage very quickly.
It's a reprint of Wicked Skeleton from KotFT. And it's just as bad or maybe even worse as it costs one more mana. Bleh.
The reveal of Commencement got me by surprise but i'm really happy. It should push Duel Paladin and Big Warrior into competitive viability. It's both a way to cheat out one of your big threats and it doubles down as a great protection tool as well. I have been expecting for a card like this ever since the release of Rise of Shadows. The Boom Reaver is one of my favorite cards but the deck was just too slow and it was too hard to survive until you could play it. Dr Boom could generate it occasionally in Control Warrior but that's not the same as running it in a dedicated deck. Now, i'm waiting for a card that will make Fel Lord Betrug viable. The Dark Portal came kinda close but it's not enough and Archwitch Willow probably won't help either.