I understand that the video ad is important for the site's revenue.
Even though having it pop up over and over on every new page is extremely annoying, I would be willing to ignore that if it was not so damn hard to close it on a phone. As it is now, every time I accidentally return to the main page, there's a little voice in my head telling me to never visit this site again.
The concept of Hearthstone is that of a game within a game.
Hearthstone is supposedly a card game played by characters in the Warcraft universe. It is to be expected that it would embellish on any and every story of the past, as well as creating "what if" scenarios.
It is nice that they decided to maintain a timeline, as any good game should have.
I guess the prizes will be going away when Tickatus comes, because it would be awkward to have to choose twice.
Greybough looks like he would be great with Mama Bear Beasts, as all tokens from one deathrattle die before the next deathrattle triggers.
It should also work with Baron or Khadgar and random Deathrattles scam comp for the same reason. He might even be able to make Junkbot a real card again!
Floating Watcher was removed because as a 4* it was irrelevant while as a 3* it was broken. Therefore there is no space for it.
Ring Matron combos with Bigfernal which is the direction they are pushing Demons to.
Based on Soul Devourer's text, it should work with Brann and get double the stats of the consumed minion, which can lead to some obscene sized demons. Also, in the midgame it is essentially a 1 gold +3/+3, although you are losing any abilities.
Shipping something with a bug that doesn't even need obscure conditions to occure is acceptable when you have limited resources or time. But only then.
Meanwhile the Gentle Djinni is STILL broken and now the Battlegrounds have a chance to freeze on a shadowed screen without allowing you to take any actions.
It's like they left one procrastinator to take care of the Battlegrounds and he just ships everything without testing.
"elementals didnt bring anything new" are we even playing the same game?? elementals scale harder than any other tribe - you'd better have a damned good reason for not going elementals.
The old strat used to be go to 4 as mechs, 5 as beasts/murlocs, and 6 if anything else. now that elementals are here, those comps are left in the dust and the strat is get to 5 asap and hope to highroll.
you first need to get lucky and get a good hero. you then need to get lucky and get elementals. lastly, you need to get lucky and hope you're not queuing against a team. prove me wrong.
First of all, Mech have been dead for months. It's a non-strat that you can only do as a desperation move, or a temporary step to something else (just like Juggler demons).
Now as for elementals, they scale slower than APM Pirates or Murlocs with Brann. Their main advantage is how easy they are to get going.
Also, they have a worse late game than Dragons and general Poison + Selfless comps.
They are just another version of the usual Brann Menagerie or APM Pirates or Kalecgos Dragons.
As for luck. I guess it can be a big factor for someone without a pass, but if you can pick between 4 heroes, there are so few that are actually bad or broken that it's usually not important. It can also matter if you prefer a certain style and can't work with a lot of heroes, but that's something players have to work on.
There is luck involved in any one run, like starting with or without a token, getting a good shop at 5 and 6 gold, getting s triple and a good discover etc. But not so much that it is a defining factor in the long run.
this was posted well before the patch. i am aware of general strategy, but the game seems to lean more and more towards highrolling.
Considering the Elementals didn't bring something new, but rather more of the same, I'd say the metagame is at the same spot ever since the removal of the Cannon.
It is a highroll game, but you have to set yourself up for the highroll.
There are two basic ways to go.
If you happen to have a strong early game with a definite direction, then you either level to where your defining cards are (usually 5*) or look for them off of triples
If your comp doesn't have direction, you look for ANY centerpiece and slowly transition over to that. (Hasty transitions are an easy way to die in one turn, with exceptions).
The best way to stay stuck is to blame it all on luck.
The general gameplan of Battlegrounds keeps changing as the metagame evolves.
Currently, minions like the ones you are showing here are only useful to keep you alive until you find a minion that defines a strategy, then build around that. You should not be wasting gold to buff them, unless the buff minion happens to be the best to fill your board.
If you happen to pick up a pair on your way to tier4, you can keep it in hope of getting a triple, as long as it is not too weak. However you should not be rolling for triples unless the rest of your comp is perfect and there's nothing you would replace.
Once you find a minion like Mama Bear, Lil' Rag, Kalecgos etc, you can start replacing those generic minions with ones that fit that one card. That is how you get to the late game consistently.
The new ad is great. I haven't misclicked once since it was changed. Thank you!
I understand that the video ad is important for the site's revenue.
Even though having it pop up over and over on every new page is extremely annoying, I would be willing to ignore that if it was not so damn hard to close it on a phone. As it is now, every time I accidentally return to the main page, there's a little voice in my head telling me to never visit this site again.
Please, just increase the size of the X.
The concept of Hearthstone is that of a game within a game.
Hearthstone is supposedly a card game played by characters in the Warcraft universe. It is to be expected that it would embellish on any and every story of the past, as well as creating "what if" scenarios.
It is nice that they decided to maintain a timeline, as any good game should have.
So far it looks like they are trying to push a midrange warrior theme. I hope it works, but it rarely does.
Vulpera saw some play and this card is better in a non-aggro deck since it can't be ignored.
It all comes down to wether the right deck will exist.
Your Ramp Paladin list is (very) wrong.
You can't run Amalgam in the deck because you need Nozdormu to be your only Dragon.
Also, the Broomstick is entirely unnecessary since most of the deck either has Rush, or Taunt, or costs 10 mana
I guess the prizes will be going away when Tickatus comes, because it would be awkward to have to choose twice.
Greybough looks like he would be great with Mama Bear Beasts, as all tokens from one deathrattle die before the next deathrattle triggers.
It should also work with Baron or Khadgar and random Deathrattles scam comp for the same reason. He might even be able to make Junkbot a real card again!
Floating Watcher was removed because as a 4* it was irrelevant while as a 3* it was broken. Therefore there is no space for it.
Ring Matron combos with Bigfernal which is the direction they are pushing Demons to.
Based on Soul Devourer's text, it should work with Brann and get double the stats of the consumed minion, which can lead to some obscene sized demons. Also, in the midgame it is essentially a 1 gold +3/+3, although you are losing any abilities.
Wizbang should be moved to the classic set.
I disagree with the suggested requirements.
I play on a Redmi Note 4 (2 ghz processor, 3 gigs ram) and it's struggling to keep up with wide boards.
You could copy cards like C'thun etc.
Also, if you only have one card in hand, it should give you two copies of it, which can probably lead to some shenanigans.
Every piece of software goes through testing.
Shipping something with a bug that doesn't even need obscure conditions to occure is acceptable when you have limited resources or time. But only then.
Meanwhile the Gentle Djinni is STILL broken and now the Battlegrounds have a chance to freeze on a shadowed screen without allowing you to take any actions.
It's like they left one procrastinator to take care of the Battlegrounds and he just ships everything without testing.
First of all, Mech have been dead for months. It's a non-strat that you can only do as a desperation move, or a temporary step to something else (just like Juggler demons).
Now as for elementals, they scale slower than APM Pirates or Murlocs with Brann. Their main advantage is how easy they are to get going.
Also, they have a worse late game than Dragons and general Poison + Selfless comps.
They are just another version of the usual Brann Menagerie or APM Pirates or Kalecgos Dragons.
As for luck. I guess it can be a big factor for someone without a pass, but if you can pick between 4 heroes, there are so few that are actually bad or broken that it's usually not important. It can also matter if you prefer a certain style and can't work with a lot of heroes, but that's something players have to work on.
There is luck involved in any one run, like starting with or without a token, getting a good shop at 5 and 6 gold, getting s triple and a good discover etc. But not so much that it is a defining factor in the long run.
Considering the Elementals didn't bring something new, but rather more of the same, I'd say the metagame is at the same spot ever since the removal of the Cannon.
It is a highroll game, but you have to set yourself up for the highroll.
There are two basic ways to go.
If you happen to have a strong early game with a definite direction, then you either level to where your defining cards are (usually 5*) or look for them off of triples
If your comp doesn't have direction, you look for ANY centerpiece and slowly transition over to that. (Hasty transitions are an easy way to die in one turn, with exceptions).
The best way to stay stuck is to blame it all on luck.
The general gameplan of Battlegrounds keeps changing as the metagame evolves.
Currently, minions like the ones you are showing here are only useful to keep you alive until you find a minion that defines a strategy, then build around that. You should not be wasting gold to buff them, unless the buff minion happens to be the best to fill your board.
If you happen to pick up a pair on your way to tier4, you can keep it in hope of getting a triple, as long as it is not too weak. However you should not be rolling for triples unless the rest of your comp is perfect and there's nothing you would replace.
Once you find a minion like Mama Bear, Lil' Rag, Kalecgos etc, you can start replacing those generic minions with ones that fit that one card. That is how you get to the late game consistently.
So, Elementals are just another version of lategame Dragons. Boring.
As i often have to play on mobile, i hate that card with a passion.
Kripp and Dog won't like this patch at all!
Murlocs will be dead until they receive a serious buff. This change makes them probably the weakest tribe we have ever had in BGs.
Beasts will be the "easy win" build, ahead of Demons and Mech. I don't know, however, if they will be able to get 1st place often.
I love the move away from high RNG.