Thanks for the Flamereaper thing: it sounds obvious now that you point it out, but I really believed it could work.
As for the Hunter achievement, I really the achievement is just hard-coded and not broken: Alterac Valley was full of buggy achievements, and I really don't want Sunken City to be the same...
So did I until I spent 15 minutes in a game farming it only to realize it doesn't work.
You could argue the Hunter one might be due to spaghetti code were Slate doesn't actually turn spells poisonous but rather just has an aura that says they always kill when they damage something while Urchin Spines actually flags them as poisonous internally.
A few updates on this since you probably didn't playtest them all.
Flamereaper doesn't work for the DH achievement because it'S not the hero that killls but the effect of the weapon. Warglaives work fine though.
Also Professor Slate doesn't work for the Hunter achievement for some reason. Can't tell you why, but I assume the achievement was hardcoded for Urchin Spines because I guess they forgot Slate was a thing. Or maybe it's just broken in general
Gonna be honest, I'm somewhat disappoint with this Core set. Not that there aren't some neat changes, but it feels like a lot of stuff just wasn't thought out at all while other stuff got removed prematurely without reason.
Take DH for instance. We keep Metamorphosis around but it's still the nerfed version and it hasn't even seen play in Fel DH, so....what's the point? Then we get Flamereaper, which also has never seen play and barely even has synergy at all. Meanwhile you keep Felscreamer around, when the only purpose of that thing is too cheese with big demons...out of which only 2 remain.
Then you get to Druid where they massively overcompensate for the rotation of Lunar Eclipse and Overgrowth by adding both Wrath and Living Roots, just to make sure that Druid no longer loses to turn 1 Trogg. Oh and Nourish is back at 5 so if you run Florist it's like Overgrowth never left.
Meanwhile Mage doesn't even get Snowchugger while the neutral section is desperately lacking in useful mechs. Is Piloted Shredder still so broken that you wouldn't put it in Core? Also Pyroblast to replace Mask of C'Thun except it doesn't work with Clumsy Courier, Iceblood Tower or Magister Dawngrasp. Great. Could have had Power of Creation at the very least, but no, let's just make sure Big Spell Mage remains a jumbled mess. But hey, at least Kalecgos is here and now it costs 1-mana less to not actually run him in any deck.
Other stuff is puzzling as well but at least there's indication for future themes this year. Would love to see Discard decks make a return now that Jeklik is back and buffed.
I mean sure, but PvE doesn't really live or die by speed manipulation like PvP does. They could easily just turn it down to (2) speed faster and it would still be alright, but I guess we're just gonna artificially increase the playrate for Millhouse & co...
So instead of nerfing Valeera they incstead decided to give a bunch of mercs completely unrelated anti-stealth mechanics meaning that thee meta will still revolve around either playing Valeera or countering her.
Just fucking nerf the bitch, it can't be that difficult, she's useless in PvE anyways.
I guess this is how Mechashark will makes us want to committ unalive. I like that they casually printed a way to discount all mechs in hand. It's like they want people to hate Mage.
Silverback Patriarch continues to be on life-support. Considering that loot hoarder hasn't seen play in ages though, I don't put much faith in this, especially not when we have Tar Creeper back.
Well, let's get back to the age-old question: Is giving draw to your opponent worth massive mana discount? Naturalize was once terrible then became broken. Meanwhile Flamewreathed Faceless was hyped to shit and then was just average. It is a Beast at least so maybe there's some shenanigans to be had with that.
Without even seeing the Sunnken version I doubt this will be relevant....unless it heals for 10 or something.
The whole point of the Sunken cards is that you can relatively safely drop their load early on so you can dredge fast and get the payoff....This is big and slow and a prime target for silencing.
5-mana neutral draw 3. I guess we're at that point now, huh?
Makes me wonder if Murloc Shaman might get another chance, all they were lacking is a good refill options after all. Are there ways to make Murlocs cheaper?
Swap with what? Each other? I guess that could be a funny meme, just kind of sscamming your opponent and giving your big spells ultra-cost reduction. Might be woth a try in Big Spell Mage.
So did I until I spent 15 minutes in a game farming it only to realize it doesn't work.
You could argue the Hunter one might be due to spaghetti code were Slate doesn't actually turn spells poisonous but rather just has an aura that says they always kill when they damage something while Urchin Spines actually flags them as poisonous internally.
A few updates on this since you probably didn't playtest them all.
Flamereaper doesn't work for the DH achievement because it'S not the hero that killls but the effect of the weapon. Warglaives work fine though.
Also Professor Slate doesn't work for the Hunter achievement for some reason. Can't tell you why, but I assume the achievement was hardcoded for Urchin Spines because I guess they forgot Slate was a thing. Or maybe it's just broken in general
Gonna be honest, I'm somewhat disappoint with this Core set. Not that there aren't some neat changes, but it feels like a lot of stuff just wasn't thought out at all while other stuff got removed prematurely without reason.
Take DH for instance. We keep Metamorphosis around but it's still the nerfed version and it hasn't even seen play in Fel DH, so....what's the point? Then we get Flamereaper, which also has never seen play and barely even has synergy at all. Meanwhile you keep Felscreamer around, when the only purpose of that thing is too cheese with big demons...out of which only 2 remain.
Then you get to Druid where they massively overcompensate for the rotation of Lunar Eclipse and Overgrowth by adding both Wrath and Living Roots, just to make sure that Druid no longer loses to turn 1 Trogg. Oh and Nourish is back at 5 so if you run Florist it's like Overgrowth never left.
Meanwhile Mage doesn't even get Snowchugger while the neutral section is desperately lacking in useful mechs. Is Piloted Shredder still so broken that you wouldn't put it in Core? Also Pyroblast to replace Mask of C'Thun except it doesn't work with Clumsy Courier, Iceblood Tower or Magister Dawngrasp. Great. Could have had Power of Creation at the very least, but no, let's just make sure Big Spell Mage remains a jumbled mess. But hey, at least Kalecgos is here and now it costs 1-mana less to not actually run him in any deck.
Other stuff is puzzling as well but at least there's indication for future themes this year. Would love to see Discard decks make a return now that Jeklik is back and buffed.
Also no Living Dragonbreath, so have fun getting molested by Freeze Shaman
I mean sure, but PvE doesn't really live or die by speed manipulation like PvP does. They could easily just turn it down to (2) speed faster and it would still be alright, but I guess we're just gonna artificially increase the playrate for Millhouse & co...
So instead of nerfing Valeera they incstead decided to give a bunch of mercs completely unrelated anti-stealth mechanics meaning that thee meta will still revolve around either playing Valeera or countering her.
Just fucking nerf the bitch, it can't be that difficult, she's useless in PvE anyways.
Tribal Argent Squire with an upside. Might be good in Paladin because it's a buff target, but other than that it's somewhat underwhelming.
Yeah, this looks like an absolute cancer to deal with. Makes me wish that mechs stay dead and rusty.
Nature Studies on a stick (without the discover but who's counting). Will definitely see play in Something, but I'm not sure what exactly.
Obligatory powercreep over Kobold. Guess it's good for Naga decks since they want small spells by the looks of it.
Why would you print an even better combo piece for Owllock?. 28 damage without Tamsin.... At least the had the decency to remove Rivendare from Core
hot garbage. I don't know what their plan was with Piranhas but it clearly isn't working out.
I guess this is how Mechashark will makes us want to committ unalive. I like that they casually printed a way to discount all mechs in hand. It's like they want people to hate Mage.
Silverback Patriarch continues to be on life-support. Considering that loot hoarder hasn't seen play in ages though, I don't put much faith in this, especially not when we have Tar Creeper back.
STOP
PRINTING
GOOD PIRATES
Jesus Christ, Why do they hate Wild so much? I don't even play Wild and still I am offended.
4-mana 7/7
4-mana 7/7
the memories
Well, let's get back to the age-old question: Is giving draw to your opponent worth massive mana discount? Naturalize was once terrible then became broken. Meanwhile Flamewreathed Faceless was hyped to shit and then was just average. It is a Beast at least so maybe there's some shenanigans to be had with that.
Without even seeing the Sunnken version I doubt this will be relevant....unless it heals for 10 or something.
The whole point of the Sunken cards is that you can relatively safely drop their load early on so you can dredge fast and get the payoff....This is big and slow and a prime target for silencing.
5-mana neutral draw 3. I guess we're at that point now, huh?
Makes me wonder if Murloc Shaman might get another chance, all they were lacking is a good refill options after all. Are there ways to make Murlocs cheaper?
Swap with what? Each other? I guess that could be a funny meme, just kind of sscamming your opponent and giving your big spells ultra-cost reduction. Might be woth a try in Big Spell Mage.
But why?
What purpose does this have?
Will see play for being a 1-mana Naga in the respective decks. Don't see the effect being all that relevant though.