Hearthstone

No idea if this helps make constructed  good again.... But awesome!!!

Hi,

I am about to craft a legendary demon, and was thinking of Tickatus. That got me thinking:

1) Usually I am crafting the wrong card, so wanted to know if anybody is playing the dude?

2) On HSreplay he is performing lower than I expected, why?

3) With this big boy on the list, why distruptlock doesn't see a comeback?

Any thoughts?

Thanks for sharing :) 

So I didn't do one of these for Stormwind because I wasn't really in the mood at the time, but apparently someone else picked up the slack on that so we're good. This miniset doesn't really seem to have any super complicated achievements because I've already completed them all with very little overall effort (although that might vary depending on your collection). Anyways, here goes as usual:

Even Playing Field

Tedious but manageable. JUst fill one half of your deck with card draw and the other with minions with 1-3 attack and upwards of 4 health (Silverback Patriarch meta pog). It'S gonna take a while and it is boring as fuck, but with only 20 hits total it's doable. Something tells me they used to have more and cut them down during playtesting after the Sigil fiasco.

?Por Que No Los Dos?

Same grind as the previous one, although you can speed it up with Moonlit Guidance to create extra copies. Bouncing the Jerrys also works.

Carrion My Wayward Son

Apparently bugged as of now, but should be easy to complete. Not sure how the game tracks triggering different Deathrattles over multiple games, but basically all you need to do is switch out your Deathrattle cards after each game. If you manage to build a deck without beasts you can easily tutor for the Parrot as well.

I Prefer Leftovers

Requires a bit of setup. You can use the Quest to get +3 spell damage and then fill the rest out with Talented Arcanist, Imprisoned Phoenix or Aegwynn. Alternatively, double Phoenix set up into a single spell damage minion also gets you there. Use Terrorguard Escapee to guarantee a 1/1 to shoot.

Robin Hood

Shield of Honor and Blessing of Might make it easy. Make sure you have your 1-damage ping of choice ready to activate Shield.

Should Have Seen This Coming

Possibly the most difficult one. The best way is to build a Shadow Priest deck with a lot of copy cards (such as Thoughtsteal and Mind Vision) and hope you find some burn or a sturdy minion. Everything else is just classic aggro gameplay. This is best to do in Wild because you get access to Mind Blast, which is cheap burst damage that allows you to get lethal out of nowhere and kill your opponent before they conced. Voidtouched Attendant also helps with damage breakpoints. Seance is very useful card for this one because you can actually choose a useful minion to copy.

Alternatively you can also try a more control based approach with a Mind Blast finish where you try to gaslight your opponent into thinking you don't have as much reach.

They're More Like Guidelines...

Very annoying if you don't own the two legendaries that allow you to cheese it: Lorewalker Cho and Valeera the Hollow.

First one means playing CHo, stealthing him with the stealth Gadget from Find the Imposter and possibly adding Divine Shield from Guardian Augmerchant and then hoping your opponent takes up the shenanigans.

The other is a bit more elaborate. You want to find both your Parrrley and transform into Valeera the Hollow. From there you play double Educated Elekk and play 3 Parrrleys, which then nets you a total of 6 shuffled into your deck once the Elekks die. From there you draw the remaining ones with Stowaway (or whatever else you want) and then hopefully survive long enought to play 5 more. Best done in Wild if you run into some sort of slow Priest deck. I was fortunate enough to meet a DMH Warrior who clearly didn't mind getting his entire deck swindled from him.

Thanks for the Loaner, Thrall

Best done in Wild. There are currently 4 6-mana weapons in the game. 2 of those are Epic, the other 2 are Legendary. This means that by equipping Doomhammer or Boggspine Knuckles and playing Suckerhook the next turn you have a 50% chance of instantly completing the achievement. Try until you succeed. It's easy.

Who Ordered Imps?

You need to trade 3 times, have an empty board and most importantly not run out of cards before you fully upgraded because you can't trade into an empty deck. Don't run more than 1 copy of Wicked Shipment, it'll only make it harder.

Hammer DOWN!

Trivial thanks to the multitude of weapon tutors in Warrior. The Quest is one, Corsair Cache is another two and if you really need it you can also get Forge of Souls.

Magician's Assistant

Best done with Rogue. You have access to Brain Freeze, Shadowstep, Potion of Illusion, and various poisons for 4 spell schools already. Wand Thief will likely get you a Fire spell (and an Arcane one too if you don't own Potion). Additionally you can use Shadowjeweler Hanar to get yourself a Holy Secret (or a Fire one too)

Sneed's New Shredder

(formerly Chuck's). JUst throw him into any of the other decks (except DH). It takes a while but it'S not so bad. If you want to target farm it, throw it in a Druid deck with Ramp and Moonlit Guidance for extra copies. Bouncing works too.

That's it, that'S all I got. See you next expansion.

Is anyone else finding their Filter section becoming stuck on? 

I'm having to save the deck, close it, turn the filter off and then re-open the deck to continue editing it. 

I quit Hearthstone a few months ago, after years, because it was basically making me unhappy to play it.  I just returned, got the new mini-set, figuring I'd see if anything has changed.  It's just worse than it ever was, at least to me.

I'm not angry, just sad.  I remember when the game was interactive, people actually played minions and figured out strategies as the game went along.  Now, it's just people performing repetitive tasks until they win.  It finally occurred to me that I'm wasting my life sitting here watching unhappy people hyperactively perform OCD rituals, as if there's some sort of meaning in that.

Perform some sort of repetitive task until you win the game, or puke cards and go face.  It amazes me how people can find the game fulfilling.  I gain no pleasure from mindless puking a bunch of little cards.  I mean, what the point in winning a silly little game if you have to get a lobotomy to do it.  Or just perform the same sequence over and over, thinking that there's somehow value in performing an OCD ritual that gets you wins in a silly game.

I already have OCD.  It's not like I need to indulge it further by just performing rituals and calling it a game.  And it makes me sad to just sit there and watch someone just repeat the same sequence over and over, getting all hyper over repeating the same meaningless task again and again.

Where's the fun?  Where's the interaction?  People just seems so stressed and unhappy, and just behave so poorly and childishly.  I really get the feeling that so many people are unhappy and are just doing the same thing over and over without even knowing why or asking themselves if the game is a fun addition to their lives like it should be, or if it's just a stressful obsession.

I won't even go into the fact that Blizzard is a master of exploiting their customers' weaknesses in order to exploit the prevalence of OCD-related tendencies and get them dopamine-addicted.  I just see so little evidence that people are happy, with most people being poor losers, and, even more amazingly, extremely poor winners.

It just doesn't seem as if it's a game anymore, as opposed to just an obsession that brings out the worst in people.  I suppose exploiting OCD and inducing dopamine addiction is good for business, but the game just makes me sad at this point.

I watch people hyperactively cycle through their decks in casual and think great, I just wasted some time watching your perform an OCD ritual for no reason, and you just wasted some of your precious time on earth just performing the same sequence of meaningless actions for the hundredth time.  What fun.

People wonder why such an extraordinary percentage of young people are unhappy and feel their lives are meaningless.  People thrive on interaction, and it's bad enough, and unhealthy enough, that people are isolated on their phones and computers.  Hearthstone wasn't necessarily genuinely social even when gameplay was interactive, but, now, it's really just a parody of isolation, just perform your repetitive task and  toss a passive-aggressive emote at your opponent when you win because you don't even recognize him or her as being human.

I really only mean to comment on how mind-numbingly boring gameplay has become, but it's hard not to wonder why people just keep on playing and don't really seem to care that they're becoming automatons.  That's the problem with dopamine addiction and OCD, you get a charge like you accomplished something, but, actually, deep down, you know you've accomplished nothing.

Not that gaming is ever really a meaningful accomplishment in the overall scheme of things, but there's no harm in challenging yourself and having some fun.  I just don't see mindlessly performing repetitive tasks and puking cards as either.

Just a thought, and, of course, your mileage may vary.  But, if you feel depressed, quit petulantly every time you lose, am always getting angry over the game, need to be passive-aggressive and abusive to your opponent in order to feel something, etc., it's something to consider.

It's amazing how less-stressed and happier I was not playing the game for a few months.  The compulsion is still there, but it's gotten to the point, after taking time off, that it's just too obvious how unhappy the game makes me.  Not that dopamine and OCD doesn't induce you to ignore the fact that you're unhappy, but it's better to face the truth.

I hope I'm wrong and all of you people are happy and having genuine fun.  I know some people will inevitably say that some people don't care that they're not being interactive or that their deck is designed to minimize the difference between good and bad players and keep people spending money, that winning is what they enjoy.  It's amazing how much that sounds like an addict talking.  Don't care how I get my fix as long as I get it.

Maybe people should look at games like this the same way that they look at other addictions, don't indulge if you need it as opposed to want it.  Or just go ahead and repeat the same repetitive sequence for the thousandth time, as if you'll look back from your deathbed and think that was time well-spent.

Life is short.  Be happy.  Goodbye Hearthstone.

My guess is 3 mana 2/2 "gain +2/+2 for every card you traded this turn". Seems the most logical. What's your guess?

Because this is somewhat important.

Apparently when the patch is up you'll get your run refunded on heroics. So you know the drill, just play heroics until two losses then wait for the patch to go live. Get your reward and your free ticket for being such a sport.

Source:

https://playhearthstone.com/en-gb/news/23739023

Sooo, today is Tuesday. What do you think, will we see some miniexpansion information today?

Bladmaster Samuro Task 8 is

Use the Boon: Fighter coin 2 times

What does that mean? Tks

If I purchase (7.99€) the Legendary Coin Purse will I get 3x250 coins of Legendary I don't own (and in this case it can be reasonable) or are they random coins? Tks

Hey,

I just notice two new card backs available one from log in a Huawei device and another for pre register in somewhere...

Any guide expected from out of cards team how to obtain those card backs, I remember doing the trick for the samsung card back but I dont remember how...

Thanks.

It worked on Oct. 15th since I completed 1 of 3 of the Noz quest. Now it doesn't work. No progress to Nozdormu, no progress to "take x turns"

Just wanted to know if any other player is having the same problem:

Ever since the new update, I cannot make any progress in any of my quests, I don't get any new "bounties". Tried to refresh my quests, I have even cancelled the Mercenaries special quests, but nothing works. 

Any suggestions?

Can somebody explain in detail the following words?

- Horde

- Deathblow

- Critical Damage

Thanks

Welcome to the Hearthstone Class Master tournament test runs

What is the Hearthstone Class Master Championship?

"...Hearthstone Class Master Championship, aka HCM, is a new concept of a championship where players choose 1 class, for example Warrior and they enter a league of other Warrior players to compete with each other for the best warrior of the league. Same applies for the rest of the classes."

What is the Hearthstone Class Master tournament test runs?

"...these are some vital tests that we need to run before we officially launch the HCMC where we are to assess player experience and levels of player participation. The tournament test runs differ from our final product in many ways but the core idea of the championship which is non other than to bring players of the same class to compete with each other for the title of the best of the class, is there!"

What is the first class to open the tournament test runs?

"...We open with the Shamans showdown and we will continue with the rest of the classes. Do not worry, unlike HCMC where a player chooses to play one class only, in our tournament test runs you can play with all classes, one at a time."

Who can participate in the tournament test runs?

"...You need to:

• Play the current competing class (for now Shaman)
  
• Reside in Europe
• Have 3 wild decks ready

You can read more of how to play in our simple description of the tournament test runs"

Does it involve any rewards?

"...Yes it involves a price pool money reward but it is a very small symbolic amount. When our main title opens, the price pool money is of course expected to be significantly higher."

Where can I learn more of this project?

"...You can learn more in the Hearthstone Class Master Championship Facebook page and of course we would be more than happy if you could drop us a like, follow our posts and participate in our efforts with your constructive criticism."

Where do I sign in for the current tournament test runs?

"...We will be more than happy to see you getting involved in our newfound family! Welcome to the Hearthstone Class Master tournament test runs! May the best Shaman win!"

• Fixed a bug where Maestra of the Masquerade would sometimes have you start the game as a Rogue (not her best disguise).

https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/news/23724327/21-3-patch-notes

My game today:

when it will be ?

Miniset launch or next expansion? Thanks

Which one do you think is better? I need to make a decision pronto. I have an idea of how the mode works from Trump's videos. (Gameplay looks amazing BTW though I'm bummed that there doesn't seem to be any RPG aspect to it.)

Lich King - https://outof.cards/hearthstone/mercenaries/heroes/52-lich-king/

The Lich King looks better to me...maybe? His Frost Shield seems amazing. Taunt and freeze. Whoever hits him has to skip a round (of attacking). That could be their whole team! But you have to wait till turn 3 to use it. Death Coil has great flexibility: damage or heal. Frostbite makes an ability permanently slower (though its speed is 9).

Diablo - https://outof.cards/hearthstone/mercenaries/heroes/54-diablo/

Diablo's abilities are faster on average (all 6 speed which is cute) but maybe weaker? Apocalypse could be really, really good but hard to tell right now. Taking critical damage from all types could add up to a lot. Doom Charge also slows enemy abilities but only for one round, but it's 3 faster than Frostbite. Fire Stomp is AOE so kinda strong, especially against slow enemies since it will repeat for each enemy that hasn't acted. Only 2 damage though.

As for treasures Frostmourne looks very, very good. Looks better than anything Diablo has.

Art-wise....the diamond ones are both great but Diablo's is a bit better. And his two other skins are much better than Lich King's.

I don't know. It's hard to decide not having played the game before. What do you guys think?

Scroll below to see my sig and, well, finally there is an example of it. Half & Half is a game where you and opponents select 15 cards and play the same deck of the 30 combined. It's unlimited fun because you never know what's coming.

Especially if you get crazy with it.

I suggest before it ends everyone tries out my crazy Rogue deck:

Bazaar Burglary, 2 Hallucinations, 2 Dragon Hoards, 2 Wand Thief's, 2 Togwaggle Schemes, 2 Hench Clan Burglars, 1 Academic Espionage/Polkelt (AE makes games longer, Polkelt quicker) Tess Greymane... And both Yoggs.

It's ridiculously fun because you literally are playing a deck of possibly every card in Hearthstone history and you don't have to worry about clunky cards in your hand because the opponent has to deal with them too.

Treat yourself to the biggest clown fiesta you have ever seen as you and your opponent laugh yourselves to death ; D

Also so far in 8 games or so I have a 100% Winrate bc opponents don't know what to do and rogue cards that they receive tend to suck.

Scroll below to see my sig and, well, finally there is an example of it. Half & Half is a game where you and opponents select 15 cards and play the same deck of the 30 combined. It's unlimited fun because you never know what's coming.

Especially if you get crazy with it.

I suggest before it ends everyone tries out my crazy Rogue deck:

Bazaar Burglary, 2 Hallucinations, 2 Dragon Hoards, 2 Wand Thief's, 2 Togwaggle Schemes, 2 Hench Clan Burglars, Tess Greymane...

And both Yoggs.

It's ridiculously fun because you literally playing a deck of possibly every card in Hearthstone history and you don't have to worry about clunky cards in your hand because the opponent has to deal with them too.

Treat yourself to the biggest clown fiesta you have ever seen as you and your opponent laugh yourselves to death ; D