Ashes: I would love a prime. However I worry that doing both sides might impact them making another card. Still if I were to choose a prime Kargath! I also agree that Maieve is a great pick.
Scholo: I'm all in on KT. Love that card and concept alot. Would love him Diamond. Alura, priest pally legend, would be good too. Rattlegore is always a top pick too!
Faire: Tickatus for sure. Loved and hated and great art. Again concern about the time but still, I want it. Also one of the gods should get it. I love N'zoth but I think YShaarj should get it for the corrupt theme. Don't forget the races too. Moonfang would look cool I think.
Questlines overall are my favorite version of the quest mechanic. The smaller rewards have a nice impact on the early game and they can stick around long enough to trigger your quests matter cards more often. The end rewards mostly feel really good too (was surprised by DH). However I do agree they can be completed way too quick. The priest one seems to be the slowest and probably should still be. But the others should be brought closer in line to that questline's completion time.
Stealer of Souls: I've talked about this in other places but static effects with unlimited cost reduction are very hard to balance. First off aura effects like this or Sorcers apprentice cause a lot of issues, especially on cheap cards. Second I understand the limit here is supposed to be your life pool but even with an opponent hitting them warlocks can spend 20-40 life on cards because of all the healing they have access too. That's an obsurd number. In most cases that would matter but because they are ending the game that turn or next it doesn't matter. It really should. I love the idea of price for power but this is just nearly free power.
Overload: Similar to the above if they keep printing cards that make overload a bonus or undo it's effects it is no longer an issue (same with discard). Cards get printed with a big overload cost at cheap mana but then you play a card that says overload never happened well that's just free mana. I don't know if they hit the breaking point here but just like exchanging life for mana in warlock they'll get there.
Weaknesess that have some bonuses and effects are fine but again too many that undo it just leads to a critical mass and makes the entire mechanic irrelevant.
Mercenaries looked cool but I'm just not a pre-order or cosmetic customer usually. I did look into them a bit and was shocked at the prices for sure. But I also know I don't have a real reference for what the value of these packs is. In Hearthstone I can at least judge from my previous pack purchases what I'd get. Mercenaries being a separate entity and giving out tokens has the consumers at a bit of a disadvantage. Overall with their pre-orders I'd love to see more choice. Their bundles are always these big $50-80 dollar things with lots of cosmetics. If they did a set of bundles at some point that was lower priced I think the community would appreciate it. I am sure there are people who can't drop that much that would maybe pitch in with bundles around $10-20 instead. Maybe I'm off but it seems strange to have the bundles all be so expensive. Mercenaries had 3 at 50. Why wasn't there a smaller starter bundle that's like 5 bucks for a few packs to get people hyped to have something to open? Just seems like a missed opportunity. I believe the previous "welcome" bundles for hearthstone did well. Maybe they are waiting until release to offer such things? Just think it's a missed opportunity not to offer more options.
As far as wild goes Stealer of Souls will be a problem forever under it's current printing. Just hands down it's a problem card. I love the idea and theme they went for. Think the effect is fun but without limits it's a problem.Sorcerer's Apprentice falls under the same category to me. Cards that just have static effects need limits. This is especially true for early game or low cost cards. Stealer needs something like "the first card you draw a turn" or similar because just leaving it opened as it is, people will break it. I actually like mana cheating and clever use of cards. I want there to be cool effects and powerful turns. The combination of making cards essentially free with warlocks many draw spells makes this effect too powerful to be open ended. They keep changing this card but hopefully they'll see they can't keep up with it. This is a good lesson on how mana cheat early or often is too powerful and ongoing effects need limitations.
Wow this set. I wish it was being made. A lot of those cards are really exciting. I think all of these would fit nicely into the game as is and push some very fun archetypes. Amazing work, Grondaia!
Awesome seeing Maestra of the Masquerade up there. I theory crafted a similar idea of using Wyrmrest Purifier. Was so fun, but I went very greedy keeping almost all neutral minions in deck. Really fun deck overall. I'll try out this better version for sure.
In testing (yes I crafted the Purifiers for this but no Jaxon yet) Playing Tess does not reveal you prior to the battlecry as I was hoping. Ah well. Still a blast to play. Doesn't win much and when it does it's usually before the reveal. Still amusing concept.
I did very well, with the pass. From the Reward Track 2.0 forum post:
"I'm very happy where I landed about 226 with Pass. About 6000 gold, where I normally come in at 2-3k. I never push achievements and just get what I get."
I actually think I hit 250 almost and 6500 gold at the end. I got what I wanted out of it and really enjoyed the track this time. I don't think I'll do the pass this time, alliance isn't my thing but may do it again for sure.
I've been a big fan of handbuff since the introduced it. Such a fun idea, even when it doesn't work. Very excited for Highlord Fordragon and Alliance Bannerman just looks nuts. Can't wait to try it out.
I think hunter's easily got the best quest. I actually like all of the Questlines but Defend the Dwarven District is just very strong. Also Aimed Shot is just nuts.
Devouring Swarm is such an interesting card too. That flavor text gets me though. As an MTG fan I just imagine the Eldrazi Emrakul being eaten by rats! HA.
Really love the mage cards this set. Ignite really makes the quest work by both being an activator and a late game finisher after you play Dawngrasp. I also love Prestor's Pyromancer for the fact that he doesn't say "this turn" in his text. Makes him really interesting.
Looks like I'll end up at around Lv198 before the expansion launches. A lot better than I thought I was going to get.
Do we get new weekly quests on expansion day, the 3rd, or is it just going to be on the 2nd like normal? I want to try to get the most early exp I can on the next rewards track so I don't open those free cards through packs. (As opposed to getting a few more bonus levels on this current track.)
I believe it will be normal day reset. So save the weeklies from the 2nd for a boost in this track.
I'm very happy where I landed about 226 with Pass. About 6000 gold, where I normally come in at 2-3k. I never push achievements and just get what I get.
Not sure I'll get new tavern pass but Cheff Scabbs is making me reconsider!
Good 2 drop, cost reductions are always good. Still not sure either runs this as is. Druid is probably the best as they have the most nature synergies.
Call of the Grave was fun. Made for an interesting game. Only did one and done.
If I did it again I'd maybe try Blessed Goods
My votes.
Ashes: I would love a prime. However I worry that doing both sides might impact them making another card. Still if I were to choose a prime Kargath! I also agree that Maieve is a great pick.
Scholo: I'm all in on KT. Love that card and concept alot. Would love him Diamond. Alura, priest pally legend, would be good too. Rattlegore is always a top pick too!
Faire: Tickatus for sure. Loved and hated and great art. Again concern about the time but still, I want it. Also one of the gods should get it. I love N'zoth but I think YShaarj should get it for the corrupt theme. Don't forget the races too. Moonfang would look cool I think.
On phone so this may be messy:
Questlines overall are my favorite version of the quest mechanic. The smaller rewards have a nice impact on the early game and they can stick around long enough to trigger your quests matter cards more often. The end rewards mostly feel really good too (was surprised by DH). However I do agree they can be completed way too quick. The priest one seems to be the slowest and probably should still be. But the others should be brought closer in line to that questline's completion time.
Stealer of Souls: I've talked about this in other places but static effects with unlimited cost reduction are very hard to balance. First off aura effects like this or Sorcers apprentice cause a lot of issues, especially on cheap cards. Second I understand the limit here is supposed to be your life pool but even with an opponent hitting them warlocks can spend 20-40 life on cards because of all the healing they have access too. That's an obsurd number. In most cases that would matter but because they are ending the game that turn or next it doesn't matter. It really should. I love the idea of price for power but this is just nearly free power.
Overload: Similar to the above if they keep printing cards that make overload a bonus or undo it's effects it is no longer an issue (same with discard). Cards get printed with a big overload cost at cheap mana but then you play a card that says overload never happened well that's just free mana. I don't know if they hit the breaking point here but just like exchanging life for mana in warlock they'll get there.
Weaknesess that have some bonuses and effects are fine but again too many that undo it just leads to a critical mass and makes the entire mechanic irrelevant.
Mercenaries looked cool but I'm just not a pre-order or cosmetic customer usually. I did look into them a bit and was shocked at the prices for sure. But I also know I don't have a real reference for what the value of these packs is. In Hearthstone I can at least judge from my previous pack purchases what I'd get. Mercenaries being a separate entity and giving out tokens has the consumers at a bit of a disadvantage. Overall with their pre-orders I'd love to see more choice. Their bundles are always these big $50-80 dollar things with lots of cosmetics. If they did a set of bundles at some point that was lower priced I think the community would appreciate it. I am sure there are people who can't drop that much that would maybe pitch in with bundles around $10-20 instead. Maybe I'm off but it seems strange to have the bundles all be so expensive. Mercenaries had 3 at 50. Why wasn't there a smaller starter bundle that's like 5 bucks for a few packs to get people hyped to have something to open? Just seems like a missed opportunity. I believe the previous "welcome" bundles for hearthstone did well. Maybe they are waiting until release to offer such things? Just think it's a missed opportunity not to offer more options.
As far as wild goes Stealer of Souls will be a problem forever under it's current printing. Just hands down it's a problem card. I love the idea and theme they went for. Think the effect is fun but without limits it's a problem.Sorcerer's Apprentice falls under the same category to me. Cards that just have static effects need limits. This is especially true for early game or low cost cards. Stealer needs something like "the first card you draw a turn" or similar because just leaving it opened as it is, people will break it. I actually like mana cheating and clever use of cards. I want there to be cool effects and powerful turns. The combination of making cards essentially free with warlocks many draw spells makes this effect too powerful to be open ended. They keep changing this card but hopefully they'll see they can't keep up with it. This is a good lesson on how mana cheat early or often is too powerful and ongoing effects need limitations.
Really nice set of cards. Love cards like Rakanishu and Splat! Great stuff.
Wow this set. I wish it was being made. A lot of those cards are really exciting. I think all of these would fit nicely into the game as is and push some very fun archetypes. Amazing work, Grondaia!
Awesome seeing Maestra of the Masquerade up there. I theory crafted a similar idea of using Wyrmrest Purifier. Was so fun, but I went very greedy keeping almost all neutral minions in deck. Really fun deck overall. I'll try out this better version for sure.
In testing (yes I crafted the Purifiers for this but no Jaxon yet) Playing Tess does not reveal you prior to the battlecry as I was hoping. Ah well. Still a blast to play. Doesn't win much and when it does it's usually before the reveal. Still amusing concept.
I did very well, with the pass. From the Reward Track 2.0 forum post:
"I'm very happy where I landed about 226 with Pass. About 6000 gold, where I normally come in at 2-3k. I never push achievements and just get what I get."
I actually think I hit 250 almost and 6500 gold at the end. I got what I wanted out of it and really enjoyed the track this time. I don't think I'll do the pass this time, alliance isn't my thing but may do it again for sure.
I've been a big fan of handbuff since the introduced it. Such a fun idea, even when it doesn't work. Very excited for Highlord Fordragon and Alliance Bannerman just looks nuts. Can't wait to try it out.
Thanks for the reminder! I always forget to get those tickets.
I think hunter's easily got the best quest. I actually like all of the Questlines but Defend the Dwarven District is just very strong. Also Aimed Shot is just nuts.
Devouring Swarm is such an interesting card too. That flavor text gets me though. As an MTG fan I just imagine the Eldrazi Emrakul being eaten by rats! HA.
Definitely going to see a lot of hunter.
Really love the mage cards this set. Ignite really makes the quest work by both being an activator and a late game finisher after you play Dawngrasp. I also love Prestor's Pyromancer for the fact that he doesn't say "this turn" in his text. Makes him really interesting.
I made a thing.
I just loved the concept of Maestra of the Masquerade. I wanted to see how long I could stay hidden. So I made this to try. Enjoy!
Wishing everyone good luck in their pack openings. This set has a lot, at least for me, so I'm very excited.
All priest should run a 1 off at least. Almost no down side. Really nice.
Interesting card for slower decks. Handlock is obvious but I think this will go into other control decks in wild too.
I believe it will be normal day reset. So save the weeklies from the 2nd for a boost in this track.
I'm very happy where I landed about 226 with Pass. About 6000 gold, where I normally come in at 2-3k. I never push achievements and just get what I get.
Not sure I'll get new tavern pass but Cheff Scabbs is making me reconsider!
Cheap way to give something taunt. Good with handbuffs. Could see some use.
Good SI:7 card and any class can use it. Set up your deck with Lorekeeper Polkelt ply this guy for a discount to set up a combo. Could be fun.
Good 2 drop, cost reductions are always good. Still not sure either runs this as is. Druid is probably the best as they have the most nature synergies.