In building this deck, I realized just how many bad rush minions there are. I honestly think the biggest issue with Rush right now is Faceless Corruptor.
Emote spamming is not the only BM that exists though. A lot of what's been getting me is the intentionally roping (intentional meaning every turn or after they've already made their play or even when they obviously have lethal).
I guess my main point: Blizz ALREADY HAS this set up for OW - I can't imagine porting to another one of their games would take much effort.
And while maybe it isn't "necessary" for any one individual match, it can absolutely be good for the overall health of the game to encourage your player to not be juvenile asshats.
To my exact point: I've played a lot less HS the last few days then I normally do in part because I've had my fill of the BM right now. I would expect I'm neither the first nor last player to scale back/stop playing entirely after dealing with consistently toxic opponents.
If their roping gets to you, just concede and move on.
You do not know what the person on the other side of the board is dealing with. I mostly play on my phone, and I also have a 3 year old son. Do you have any idea how many times I have accidentally roped someone? Just because someone is roping you, doesn't mean it's intentional or meant to be BM. Since you cannot see the person, and can only interact with them through emotes, how their actions are interpreted is up to you.
I personally run into a possible intentional roper only once or twice a month. If I'm impatient, I'll concede and move on. Otherwise, I'll find something else to distract myself and treat them the exact same way they are treating me.
Beyond emotes and "roping", there is not any real social interaction in the game that would make an endorsement system effective. Both emotes and roping are completely up to interpretation. If some stranger taking the full time that the game allows to take a turn really triggers you that much, I think you should be looking internally at yourself and how you view other people's actions instead of calling for an endorsement system that won't do anything to fix the problem.
I used to get really triggered by BM and roping too. I can honestly say my life has improved since I took a hard look at myself and realized how stupid it was for me to get triggered by a person hitting an emote or taking the entirety of their turn to make a play.
XarkkalServant of Illidan 9101321 PostsJoined 03/29/2019
Posted 4 years, 10 months ago
Why would they spend time implementing this when Squelch exists?
I understand why this system is good in a game like Overwatch, but for Hearthstone, that's honestly a bit of overkill.
The extent of player "interaction" that the game provides is extremely minimal compared to Overwatch.
If an opponent BM'ing triggers you that much, then Squelch them. If you don't like people saying stupid shit to you when you accept them as a friend after a match, then don't accept their friend request.
I personally auto squelch every single match. An endorsement system would be a new feature that I would never use. I feel there are many much more important features that need to be worked on in the game. A much simpler solution, would be finally adding an auto-squelch option.
Maybe if they did something to enhance the social interaction beyond emotes? But as is, this is not needed.
XarkkalServant of Illidan 9101321 PostsJoined 03/29/2019
Posted 4 years, 10 months ago
Please tell me someone sent him the link to Tables when he asked if anyone knew any good rotating format ideas.
Having a format where we could just play in a particular meta (ie: year of the mammoth) would actually create a place where you could go play old decks/cards in their former glory.
Wild is meant to be a cluster fuck of everything broken, but we need access to individual past metas in order to experience decks at previous glory.
XarkkalServant of Illidan 9101321 PostsJoined 03/29/2019
Posted 4 years, 10 months ago
I'm trying to not get my hopes up so I'm not let down by the announcement... but I can just feel it in my bones that this is finally time for The Burning Legion to be unleashed upon the world of HS.
XarkkalServant of Illidan 9101321 PostsJoined 03/29/2019
Posted 4 years, 10 months ago
Interesting. Very interesting.
I feel this is aimed at new players, since most new players come out the gate playing as Mage. It's a good way for them to get some cards for the class that they have learned to play the game on.
XarkkalServant of Illidan 9101321 PostsJoined 03/29/2019
Posted 4 years, 10 months ago
Yay! I can pass more time until the new year announcement by playing BG's again! Here's for hoping demons get put in their place.
Also, can't wait to try Reno! That hero power could be extremely useful! Even if it costs 4 gold!
Edit: This reaction was before (Once per game) was added to the article. That's A LOT less insane now. But still very useful for those times you just can't get the triple you're looking for.
There are little to no decks for the old adventures on here (which makes sense, this site didn't exist when Nax came out!) So sadly, my searches for help on some of the heroic bosses, has taken me back to that "other" site. A comprehensive guide of each adventure with a couple of suggested decks for each boss would really set this site apart from the others.
I would love to write these guides, but I don't know how quickly I could get them made.
Most adventures can be beat by Mechathun Warlock or Knife Jugler priest OTK deck
I know that... Do all people who are trying to beat Heroic modes? No. Wouldn't it be useful to have a guide explaining each fight and show which fights those decks do and don't work for?
I'm merely pointing out something that I think could make this site, that I care about and try to contribute to, even better than it already is.
There are already plenty of places people can go to find snarky comments just telling people to "Just use Mecha'thun Warlock". Some people don't want to do that, and want to think about the fight and try and build a deck to beat it. I'm not saying it's something everyone would use, but I'm sure there are people that would benefit from it's existence.
Just something I had been thinking about as I was going through the old adventures that I wanted to share with the OOC's squad.
XarkkalServant of Illidan 9101321 PostsJoined 03/29/2019
Posted 4 years, 10 months ago
I've been bored with standard for most of this xpac. DoD has been the biggest letdown in my opinion.
I had been playing BG's to keep things interesting, but even that mode has become unplayable now that it's wither Demons or lose. (yes, or abuse Murlocs, but that's not the point)
So now, to pass the time, I have been finally going through and clearing Heroic on all the old adventures.
Really hoping for something to really shake up the game. The last xpac of the year always feels the most stale to me, and is always the stretch of the year that I play the least amount of Hearthstone.
Side note to the OOC team:
Adventure guides with suggested decks
There are little to no decks for the old adventures on here (which makes sense, this site didn't exist when Nax came out!) So sadly, my searches for help on some of the heroic bosses, has taken me back to that "other" site. A comprehensive guide of each adventure with a couple of suggested decks for each boss would really set this site apart from the others.
I would love to write these guides, but I don't know how quickly I could get them made.
XarkkalServant of Illidan 9101321 PostsJoined 03/29/2019
Posted 4 years, 10 months ago
So glad I didn't preorder this expansion. Worst xpac since TGT, barely changed the meta at all. Honestly, this is probably more due to the Even/Odd decks that existed when it came out.
This is one of my all time favorite 1-drops. Versatile and simple. I will miss getting to throw this guy into my Hunter decks
Something like this?
In building this deck, I realized just how many bad rush minions there are. I honestly think the biggest issue with Rush right now is Faceless Corruptor.
If their roping gets to you, just concede and move on.
You do not know what the person on the other side of the board is dealing with. I mostly play on my phone, and I also have a 3 year old son. Do you have any idea how many times I have accidentally roped someone? Just because someone is roping you, doesn't mean it's intentional or meant to be BM. Since you cannot see the person, and can only interact with them through emotes, how their actions are interpreted is up to you.
I personally run into a possible intentional roper only once or twice a month. If I'm impatient, I'll concede and move on. Otherwise, I'll find something else to distract myself and treat them the exact same way they are treating me.
Beyond emotes and "roping", there is not any real social interaction in the game that would make an endorsement system effective. Both emotes and roping are completely up to interpretation. If some stranger taking the full time that the game allows to take a turn really triggers you that much, I think you should be looking internally at yourself and how you view other people's actions instead of calling for an endorsement system that won't do anything to fix the problem.
I used to get really triggered by BM and roping too. I can honestly say my life has improved since I took a hard look at myself and realized how stupid it was for me to get triggered by a person hitting an emote or taking the entirety of their turn to make a play.
Holy donkey balls
Who's in charge now bitch!
Still a good card in some decks though, that's just how powerful a free body on the board is.
Why would they spend time implementing this when Squelch exists?
I understand why this system is good in a game like Overwatch, but for Hearthstone, that's honestly a bit of overkill.
The extent of player "interaction" that the game provides is extremely minimal compared to Overwatch.
If an opponent BM'ing triggers you that much, then Squelch them. If you don't like people saying stupid shit to you when you accept them as a friend after a match, then don't accept their friend request.
I personally auto squelch every single match. An endorsement system would be a new feature that I would never use. I feel there are many much more important features that need to be worked on in the game. A much simpler solution, would be finally adding an auto-squelch option.
Maybe if they did something to enhance the social interaction beyond emotes? But as is, this is not needed.
Please tell me someone sent him the link to Tables when he asked if anyone knew any good rotating format ideas.
Having a format where we could just play in a particular meta (ie: year of the mammoth) would actually create a place where you could go play old decks/cards in their former glory.
Wild is meant to be a cluster fuck of everything broken, but we need access to individual past metas in order to experience decks at previous glory.
I'm trying to not get my hopes up so I'm not let down by the announcement... but I can just feel it in my bones that this is finally time for The Burning Legion to be unleashed upon the world of HS.
Ok...
I'm convinced. Next xpac is Legion.
They've unleashed Dragons in BG's, and keep adding more demons setting us up for a Dragon vs. Demon show down to bring in the new year.
Please let this be true. I need a viable Illidan card in my life.
I kind of doubt it, but it would help out with the economy issue.
I'm glad for all the news today, but damn... I just want the new year announcement already!
Gotta get those Khadgar sales in before they release the new mage hero at the start of the year!
What a beauty of a cardback!
Interesting. Very interesting.
I feel this is aimed at new players, since most new players come out the gate playing as Mage. It's a good way for them to get some cards for the class that they have learned to play the game on.
Imp Mama??
Are you kidding me? Why do they keep giving Demons more and more tools!?!
Mechs and beasts are dead, but yeah, lets remove some mech divine shields and give Demons yet another tool in their arsenal...
Yay! I can pass more time until the new year announcement by playing BG's again! Here's for hoping demons get put in their place.
Also, can't wait to try Reno! That hero power could be extremely useful! Even if it costs 4 gold!
Edit: This reaction was before (Once per game) was added to the article. That's A LOT less insane now. But still very useful for those times you just can't get the triple you're looking for.
Tl:DR
We are all looking for anything to give us a sign of when the new year announcement is coming
Hype!
I know that... Do all people who are trying to beat Heroic modes? No. Wouldn't it be useful to have a guide explaining each fight and show which fights those decks do and don't work for?
I'm merely pointing out something that I think could make this site, that I care about and try to contribute to, even better than it already is.
There are already plenty of places people can go to find snarky comments just telling people to "Just use Mecha'thun Warlock". Some people don't want to do that, and want to think about the fight and try and build a deck to beat it. I'm not saying it's something everyone would use, but I'm sure there are people that would benefit from it's existence.
Just something I had been thinking about as I was going through the old adventures that I wanted to share with the OOC's squad.
I've been bored with standard for most of this xpac. DoD has been the biggest letdown in my opinion.
I had been playing BG's to keep things interesting, but even that mode has become unplayable now that it's wither Demons or lose. (yes, or abuse Murlocs, but that's not the point)
So now, to pass the time, I have been finally going through and clearing Heroic on all the old adventures.
Really hoping for something to really shake up the game. The last xpac of the year always feels the most stale to me, and is always the stretch of the year that I play the least amount of Hearthstone.
Side note to the OOC team:
Adventure guides with suggested decks
There are little to no decks for the old adventures on here (which makes sense, this site didn't exist when Nax came out!) So sadly, my searches for help on some of the heroic bosses, has taken me back to that "other" site. A comprehensive guide of each adventure with a couple of suggested decks for each boss would really set this site apart from the others.
I would love to write these guides, but I don't know how quickly I could get them made.
http://www.hearthcards.net/
When you generate a card, you have an option to create a permanent link. You can use the temporary link, but the card will disappear in like 3 days.
So glad I didn't preorder this expansion. Worst xpac since TGT, barely changed the meta at all. Honestly, this is probably more due to the Even/Odd decks that existed when it came out.
This is one of my all time favorite 1-drops. Versatile and simple. I will miss getting to throw this guy into my Hunter decks
Honorable mention:
Zul'jin
I almost made the mistake of submitting too quickly again. I'm going to sleep on this one and look at it again in the morning.