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    HearthStationeer 950 1477 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago
    Quote From AliRadicali

    We're not given too much to go with, but from what clues are out there I'd say Finley is the more likely paladin and Reno ends up as the mage by process of elimination, despite it not fitting his character remotely. The golden fish that Finley uses as a cudgel in the cinematic is definitely more paladin themed, and that class has had past murloc synergies. Meanwhile, Reno's crystal gadget strikes me more as a technomagical mage weapon than a paladin artefact, and the explosion he uses to escape the sand wurm looks more like a fiery mage spell than something holy.

    yeah you might be right, It is the most confusing part of this expansion for me already.

    Even Sir Finley Mrrgglton name could be a refferance that Finley's class. It makes me think that like "Hey, can a mage be a sir? or A Paladin Sir is more suitable ?"

    And the weapon Finley holds in the cinematic, Mages don't use weapons in Hearthstone. So yeah, Porbably Finley is Paladin and Reno is Mage. Finley even might have a text like "equip x/x weapon". Which is that golden fish-y artifact.

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    HearthStationeer 950 1477 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    This season is one of my favorite seasons. Prediction Season. Just 10 or less cards are revealed and others are waiting us to speculate, so I'm starting it.

    Firstly Plagues;

    They've said all of the Villain classes will have Plague cards as board clears. Priest's one is revealed, Plague of Death

    My personal sentiment about plagues are that They will be refferances of real 10 Plagues of Egypt;

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagues_of_Egypt

    For shaman;     Plague of Frogs or Plague of Thunder and Hail

    For Warlock;     Plague of Blood

    For Rogue;       Plague of Darkness

    For Warrior;      Plague of Disease

    Well, I can only predict names tho. I couldn't really imagine what will they do mechanically.

    Second Heroes and Villains;

    We all saw this expansion will be around our beloved LoE Heroes; Brann, Elise, Reno and Finley

    Elise and Brann's classes are obvious;

    Elise will be Druid and Brann will be Hunter but Finley and Reno ?

    Finley fits in Paladin mechanically and Reno fits in Mage mechanically but I don't think they will do this mechanically,

    There are some rumors about Reno being bronze dragon and I also support this rumors.

    I am seeing this like Reno Jackson being Paladin card and Finley being Mage card.

    In the cinematic of the expansion, Reno uses a crystallic weapon and crystals are Paladin's science area in Boomsday, Also we know Dranei Paladins uses Gem Mauls. Also Reno Jackson casts a spell in the cinematic which blows in Yellow Light like Holy Light.

    If we come to the Finley, I can only speculate it like "Murlocs are mostly shamans and Shamans uses Elements, Mages also uses elements and Finley is an intelligent Murloc ( he can even speak in common language) so maybe This intelligent murloc could use magic."

    Also I remember a quote from Brann Bronzebeard. He was claimed that murlocs can be more intelligent then people thought. I don't think the leader of the Explorer's League will be mistaken.

    I want to add Harrison Jones here too. He is a student to Brann Bronzebeard and Uldum is his quest area iirc. So I think we will see a neutral Harrison Jones in this expansion.

    If I would speak about Villains, I need to speak about themes also.

    Peter Whaleen said that we could see same characters in next expansions, so I guess we will see all of the Villains in the expansion as Legendary cards.

    Mostly Rafaam, because sands are his territory.

    Themes of Villain classes will change in this expansion imo. Mostly Dr.Boom's theme.

    I think Warrior will have mummy theme instead of science/boom/mech theme. We will see less Dr. Boom in this expansion because his territory is cities, labarotories etc. Leader of Villains need Boom because of his rockets.

    Same with Rogue, E.V.I.L. needed Togwaggle's spying, burgling for stealing Dalaran. Now rouges will have a different theme. It will be deathrattle-ish imo but well I may be wrong.

    These 2 classes are like lesser evils. Maybe Shaman could be lesser evil too but a bit more than other two. At least E.V.I.L. still needs her because of her conjuring talents. Some Shamans ended up being Warlocks after all. Shaman's theme will be elements and totems instead of murlocs in this expansion imo.

    If we come to the Priest, Lazul is a servant of old gods. I only can think about Infinite Dragonflight here. We saw Puzzle Box of Yogg-Saron as a callback of old gods. Maybe we can see other artifacts which belongs to old gods thematically but I'm hoping for Dragons. :) Theme of priest will continue to be shadow-y and old god-ish, imo.

    Warlock's theme might change too because Rafaam is trying to locate Dalaran in his territory. He is supreme archeologist in first look. His Quest card is archeology related. We will see Tol'virs and sand related stuff in Warlock instead of demons in this expansion imo.

    I would claimed that this expansion's callbacks will be Un'goro, Old Gods and LoE before the reveal. It became true mostly.

    We will have quests from Un'goro, Heroes from LoE, but Old Gods ? We only saw an artifact related Yogg-Saron, Hope's End and that's a thing at least. It is also a callback mechanically. I've thought that maybe we can see Infinite Dragons because it is Uldum. It seems it won't be the fact but;

    I think there is a fact about Blackrock. In the next Event, We will fight against Nefarian and Ragnaros the Firelord as Villains as the result of the Mountain Crash and this is the Year of the Dragon. They've said that all of the year is in same theme.

    I am speculating that We will see neutral dragons in this expansion. Dragons from Blackrock. There is a big MAYBE here. I can't be so sure about it. It is just a speculation.It could be just an event tho.

    and thirdly Quests,

    I will make very detailed predictions here because quests are one of my favorite mechanics in Hearthstone. but details for cards, not themes.

    We saw a Passive hero power which excites me most. I love the idea of Passive hero powers. So my predictions;

    Priest Quest: " play 7 cards from your opponents deck, reward: 'hero power name', Passive hero power; Your healing effects damages instead"

    Warrior Quest "kill 15 minions in your turns, Reward: 'hero power name', Hero Power: Deal 1 damage to a minion and give it 2 attack"

    Rogue Quest "Trigger 8 deathrattles of your cards, Reward: 'hero power name', Hero Power: Trigger a friendly deathrattle"

    Shaman Quest "Overload 10 mana crystals, Reward: 'hero power name', Hero Power: Deal damage equal to your overloaded mana crystals, or, Unlock your overloaded mana crystals." (revealed - Corrupt the Waters )

    Paladin Quest: " Lose 10 Divine shields on your minions Reward: 'hero power name' Hero Power: Give a friendly minion Divine Shield"

    Mage Quest: " Play 10 different spells, Reward: 'hero power name', Passive Hero Power: Spell Damage +3"

    Hunter Quest: " Play 10 battlecry minions, Reward: 'hero Power name' Passive Hero Power: Your beasts have rush"

    and Lastly Other Stuff;

    We will see at least 1 lackey according to blizzard; It might be like "Battlecry: Discover a 2-cost minion."

    Like I said above, I am expecting to see Harrison Jones again,

    Like Plagues, All of the LoE Hero Classes might have an artifact about Old Gods, Mage got Puzzle Box of Yogg-Saron

    it could be like C'Thun artifact for Druid, N'Zoth, the Corruptor artifact for Hunter and Y'Shaarj, Rage Unbound artifact for Paladin. Because there are 4 hero classes and 4 Old Gods.
    (If my Artifacts of Old Gods speculation became true, My prediction about Hunter's quest will be meaningless, so Hunter's quest could be around deathrattles instead.)

    We might see Glibb as a token of Brann Bronzebeard legendary card, it is the Gorilla Companion of Brann Bronzebeard like Misha of Rexxar

    Druid's theme will be around damaging spells, starfalls etc. Not around minions this time imo.



    Well, it is like that for now. If I find anything to speculate I will add here. Let me know your predictions and expectations too.

    Btw, sorry for so long thread. :)

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    HearthStationeer 950 1477 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    I would say that it will have LoE mechanic so it could be "Battlecry: Discover a 1-cost (or 2-cost) minion."

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    HearthStationeer 950 1477 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    your examples are not related with this situation. All of your examples effects the gameplay and GoW3 example is game itself.

    It is a paid product without a time restriction. They didn't say they were exclusive products in release.

    If you click for example [Hearthstone Card (Power Core) Not Found] cardback, you can see a sentence like "acquired from attending approved eSports event" or [Hearthstone Card (Frost Knight) Not Found] cardback iy is "Acquired from achieving Rank 20 in Ranked Play, September 2017" which are mean "You can't acquire Power Core unless you are being attended approved eSports event" or "You can't obtain Frost Knight unless you achieved Rank 20 in Ranked Play, September 2017"

    So it is a time restriction, Those sentences are setting an exclusivity. They didn't set an exclusivity to wild cards before or GoW3 game before.

    So, I would like to craft golden Elite Tauren Chieftain now but i can't. Guess why? There is a restriction, they gave it at Blizzcon 2013. I couldn't go Blizzcon 2013 because I am living in a different country. But I'm not begging them to activate it again. I know how it feels to have an exclusive item and i know it will be injustice to players who gets it in Blizzcon 2013.

    They should have created a different version of the Ragnaros cardback for my feels. It is about what I feel, It isn't about the cardback itself, that cardback isn't even visually good. I don't care which cardback it is, I care about its exclusivity and how they tricked me by saying it is only acquireable by playing ranked in march 2015. maybe I could have played something else in that month, or I could have spent my time something else, Maybe I liked that card back so much and I renounced something else to be able to get that card back. They never know, You never know.

    What I call injustice and rude is this. They stole my time.

    Ah and try it in real life. Go buy a necklace for your girlfriend, and say that only she deserves that necklace, And buy 1 more and give it someone else as a gift. Make your girlfriend see that and experience what she feels.

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    HearthStationeer 950 1477 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago
    Quote From mSterian

    I'm sorry.. did you WORK HARD for that cardback. Did your sweat drip down your eyebrows for it? Why do you deserve it and others don't. Just for having played the game earlier than others? Or didn't take a break from the game during that time? You should reconsider your values.

    maybe i didn't work hard, maybe it was so easy to obtain but there were a time restriction for it and I spent my time to get it. It isn't about trying hard or stupid card back.

    It is about the value which Blizzard didn't give the old players and loyal players.

    I know what is value and I know the most valuable thing in a life is time. I think you need to consider your values.

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    HearthStationeer 950 1477 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago
    Quote From Khaostheory1980

    So people who weren't around for season 12 can't have the card back? As an example the game has been out so long some players were not even old enough to understand to play it when it launched.

     

    I'm glad you're being down-voted to oblivion.

     

    Where do you get such an elitist, selfish attitude from?

    from being a human.

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    HearthStationeer 950 1477 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    it isn't narcissism. It is about loyalty.

    maybe one ridiculous ugly cardback isn't important for most, but what it feels is important here. like Angryshuckie said, long-time players are forgetten. I'm not the only one who says this and this is about it. Not just one stupid cardback.

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    HearthStationeer 950 1477 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago
    Quote From Esoteric

    Imagine being irate that a visual on a children’s card game is now available to everyone

    yeah children's card game, ok.

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    HearthStationeer 950 1477 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago
    Quote From Ticomon

    Its not even a payed Card back, man

    that's what gives older seasonal card backs more value.

    I don't think value is money, breaking a sweat is the value.

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    HearthStationeer 950 1477 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago
    Quote From jagu

    Oh no. no. no. You didn't have to put an Edit: to explain. We didn't get you wrong. We heard you loud and clear, you are a selfish pickle. 

    I've edit that comment one minute after I wrote it. I mean, before noone can ever read it.

    I'm not saying that I am not selfish. Yeah, I am selfish like any other human in the world. It is not my problem who started this game after 15 seasons and missed all of the older cardbacks, so of course I will be a complainer about this situation.

    So Blizzard should give me Blizzcon cardbacks too, since I can't go Blizzcon because I am living in a different country ? Yeah but I am not asking that and new players asking for older cardbacks.

    There should must be justice, not equality. If I have spend more time than some newcomer and II had some limited-time items in this game, They should be respectful to that and should not beg for getting them like how I am not asking for some other exclusive items in the game.

    So, Like how I agree my selfishness, They should be aware of their own selfishness too.

    And yeah, Let's give everyone Lunara and [Hearthstone Card (Maiev) Not Found]. Also let's give them all of the legendary quests which they need to be online at the expansions' first weeks. Let's give every paid member golden Gelbin Mekkatorque, let's give all of the newcomers golden SN1P-SN4P. Want some more ?

    Where is the sincerity in this? How can I be sure Blizzard won't give those also to the newcomers. So they simply tricked me to play that week/month/year their game and they are giving them again to trick others.

    There is no sincerity here. It is rude.

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    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    Yeah that's the thing already. You can restore some ancient city in a program for VR glasses and you can see what it is like, you can walk in its streets but it never be the same as you re really doing it. I totally agree with @Fluxflushor here. What I mean was that. They should have done some difference at that card back. It shouldn't have been same with season 12 one.

    Truth is, I only don't care what the other guys say as how I can compare it with this kind of example or how silly it is because I know it is not but I will one more example;

    You can go moon today because Humankind had gone there once but you will never be the first Human who walks on the surface of the moon. If someone will give the title of "First moon-walker" to any other guy, Isn't be disrespect to Neil Armstrong's memory ? It is like that. I am not saying that new players can't get those cardbacks, ok they can get, I am just saying that Blizzard made discourtesy here.

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    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    yeah its not your fault. and it was not my fault too that I have never seen some ancient civilization's capital in its glorious times, well guess what ? They are ruins nowadays. So I've missed the opportunity to see that like whoever missed the opportunity to get first seasons' cardbacks.

    That's so stupid to give old seasonal rewards to new players and that's so stupid to ask for that. You've missed that opportunity no matter what. That's being rude to old players, to give season exclusive rewards to the players who couldn't achieve those in its responsive time.

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    HearthStationeer 950 1477 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    It is about the respect which a company should show to loyal users. Which blizzard always forgets.

    Yes, it is just a card back. It is unimportant, I agree but you can't say that it is not a discourtesy.

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    HearthStationeer 950 1477 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago
    Quote From Chimera

    I was definitely happy to see this in patch notes. It makes the archetype a lot more consistent and also make synergy with Underbelly Fence way better too. I wouldn't complain if they changed all the previous ones as well, but i know they said they wouldn't. Of course they're completely changing names and art of cards now so who knows!

     

    well the art thing is about setting the age restriction of the game, it seems so I don't think that will cause some other card changes like burgle cards.

    Still, Pilfer's change is a good direction which I also agree. :)

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    HearthStationeer 950 1477 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    Really !? Now they are giving old card backs ?

    Wtf is wrong with you Blizzard ? It was a limited time card-back. So with this way of considering, gaining new players are better than keeping old players in hand ?

    Wrong decision. I'm not happy with this reward since im a player who plays this game since beta.

    Edit: Ah and don't get me wrong. Im not saying that "how dare you don't give us new stuff!?" it is about exclusiveness. Giving the season 12 card back to players who didn't play at season 12 is wrong in my opinion. That's rude to the players who played in season 12. They "gained" it by playing in that season. Now they are giving this achievement to everyone.

    Rude.

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    HearthStationeer 950 1477 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago
    Quote From LeatherRebel

    Don't like any of the changes, specially bite, and I will really miss Sucubuss. How long before Kor'kron Elite and Whirlwind change too?

    For anyone wondering, the also change the voice lines.

    with this new art logic Whirlwind deserves double nerf to the image. Boobs + Blood

    lol.

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    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    Well, Tıtle says everything. I couldn't see a topic about it and didn't see any comments in the site.

    So wanted to point it out.

    Pilfer now adds a random class card to your hand instead of giving a random card from your opponent's class.

    Old text: Add a random card to your hand (from your opponent's class).

    New Text: Add a random card from another class to your hand.

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    HearthStationeer 950 1477 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    Oh, and according to this article's Plague part;

    Rogues will have a board clear ? That's good I guess.

    and damn Warriors will get one more removal !? great blizz...

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    HearthStationeer 950 1477 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    I guess it is like "if you control a secret" so the bad-side of this card is, if you completed your quest, this card is just vanilla 2-cost 2/3

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    HearthStationeer 950 1477 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 11 months ago

    I'm glad to see quests in this expansion becaus of one of my posts

    Quote From Almaniarra

    Didn't Tol'virs also make an appearance at un'goro ?

    Yes they are; Tol'vir Warden and Tol'vir Stoneshaper.

    I remember how Mike Donais said The League of Explorers and Journey to Un'goro are his favorite expansions. I think it is not said by random or his "true" favorites. It was a hint about next expansion in my opinion.

    I think Un'goro, LoE and Old Gods (Infinite Dragonflight?) will be the throwbacks of this expansion.

    Mike Donais also said that we might see Quest cards in future in that twitch chats, so maybe it is the time !?





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