Nice guide; it may be helpful for new players to mention some of the other useful features (particularly free-account features) on HSReplay... I've found it incredibly helpful as I play, but most of it I found through either stumbling around or a myriad of Google searches. As always, great content!
I'd have to say the nerfs (especially Conjurer's Calling), but I don't really think of them as Uldum... the promotional video (with an homage to "I Need A Hero") was great... I think it is the only promotional video I have watched repeatedly (I even left it on when it came up as a commercials during the Grandmasters)
I just built a new pc so this is not really applicable to me personally, but I love the fact you are willing to give this advice and spend the time to write this article. This will help a lot of people out there who are interested in upgrading. This article is just another in a series of extraordinary content. Keep up the incredible work!
Great article; I love the enthusiasm and variety in your writing! I wish the quests were more of an option as well (maybe not meta-defining, but allowing more alternates to the current single-role options for some classes).
Zephrys the Great is, for all its fanfare, really a situational algorithm; it just takes a look at the scenario and offers what it's programming determines as "perfect". I know that is kind of obvious, but what I'd like to point out is that means it does not consider what cards will be played against you. It will not take the size of the hand for Big Priest into consideration, even though that is public knowledge, as it doesn't know the trend of the meta and the typical strategies. It doesn't see a Pogo-Hopper on the board and determine you need to kill it before it can be copied into a deck, as it doesn't know what the thief probably has in their hand. You would have to take a screenshot of the board, show it to a stranger who knows all the basic and classic cards (but none of the current decks or play-styles), and ask what card do I need to get an equivalent of the algorithm. I think it is an interesting and fun card which can be extremely useful, but it has definite limitations.
That all being said, I agree that the options given should be fairly diverse (although, since Zephyris will not know the popular decks, the diversity offered may seem ridiculous within the current meta) and range across potential play styles. To offer a set of 3 spells that all do direct damage, or 3 taunt minions, or to value Hex over Polymorph is bad coding...
This is great news! You have surpassed every other HS site (imo) in content, presentation, and now affiliations (I hold HSReplay in very high regard). I'm also curious if you will use their data to inform personal deck cost and deck creator?
Would be nice if they used UTC, but you can also google "PTD time now" to see how it compares
Nice guide; it may be helpful for new players to mention some of the other useful features (particularly free-account features) on HSReplay... I've found it incredibly helpful as I play, but most of it I found through either stumbling around or a myriad of Google searches. As always, great content!
Good to hear... thought it was a bit too skewed...
I'd have to say the nerfs (especially Conjurer's Calling), but I don't really think of them as Uldum... the promotional video (with an homage to "I Need A Hero") was great... I think it is the only promotional video I have watched repeatedly (I even left it on when it came up as a commercials during the Grandmasters)
I just built a new pc so this is not really applicable to me personally, but I love the fact you are willing to give this advice and spend the time to write this article. This will help a lot of people out there who are interested in upgrading. This article is just another in a series of extraordinary content. Keep up the incredible work!
Great article; I love the enthusiasm and variety in your writing! I wish the quests were more of an option as well (maybe not meta-defining, but allowing more alternates to the current single-role options for some classes).
Zephrys the Great is, for all its fanfare, really a situational algorithm; it just takes a look at the scenario and offers what it's programming determines as "perfect". I know that is kind of obvious, but what I'd like to point out is that means it does not consider what cards will be played against you. It will not take the size of the hand for Big Priest into consideration, even though that is public knowledge, as it doesn't know the trend of the meta and the typical strategies. It doesn't see a Pogo-Hopper on the board and determine you need to kill it before it can be copied into a deck, as it doesn't know what the thief probably has in their hand. You would have to take a screenshot of the board, show it to a stranger who knows all the basic and classic cards (but none of the current decks or play-styles), and ask what card do I need to get an equivalent of the algorithm. I think it is an interesting and fun card which can be extremely useful, but it has definite limitations.
That all being said, I agree that the options given should be fairly diverse (although, since Zephyris will not know the popular decks, the diversity offered may seem ridiculous within the current meta) and range across potential play styles. To offer a set of 3 spells that all do direct damage, or 3 taunt minions, or to value Hex over Polymorph is bad coding...
This is great news! You have surpassed every other HS site (imo) in content, presentation, and now affiliations (I hold HSReplay in very high regard). I'm also curious if you will use their data to inform personal deck cost and deck creator?
The weapons look awesome and game-changing. Adding a lackey when you strike, summoning a rushing beast with hyena on the board? Sign me up!
I look forward to all the great things you will do!