Interesting..... You might want to doublecheck which version of a card you use.
Check the Holy Nova. The version that is in Core is 4 mana, not 5, yet both the mouseover and the image in the article use the Classic version, which is 5 mana.
I’ve spent some time actually analyzing the Hunter puzzle; the main conclusion was that the space of available trades was actually rather limited, as to pass the puzzle you need to trade without losing even a single gold’s worth of value. In particular, every item can only be obtained through one specific trading chain. To then solve the puzzle, the main remaining complication is making sure you have exactly enough ‘free resources’ at all times to make sure you don’t buy too many items.
Personally, I'll miss Zephrys the Great the most from this expansion. I've always liked the highlander archetypes, and I'd say Zephrys probably was the most interesting payoff those decks ever had .(Sorry, Kazakus, but you're getting your revenge in the new expansion....)
Sounds like you didn't try to watch Grandmasters during Rise of Shadows, back then Specialist was the format (1 class, three decks, two of which can only differ 5 cards from the primary list). You had plenty of Archivist ElysianaDr. Boom, Mad Genius mirrors that went on for 45 minutes per game, which were usually purely decided by Archivist Elysiana and Dr. Boom, Mad Genius RNG. And then you could have up to 5 games per series. This single card made the entire Hearthstone Esports format unwachtable.
I'd argue the Specialist format itself was the main problem. Elysiana compounded it, but while having long control mirrors once in a while is fine, the problem was having basically the same game repeat up to 5 times. With or without Elysiana, that takes way too long.
Amalgadon before this patch could count itself as a wildcard as it has all minion types. Now it will only consider other minions, reducing the number of adaptations it gets by one.
I’ll note that that last nerf isn’t a general Elemental nerf: It’s a Millhouse Elemental nerf.
Exactly my 'translation' of that point...
Precisely. If Immune didn't prevent life loss from paying life costs, the ban would have been completely unnecessary in the first place.
Interesting..... You might want to doublecheck which version of a card you use.
Check the Holy Nova. The version that is in Core is 4 mana, not 5, yet both the mouseover and the image in the article use the Classic version, which is 5 mana.
I’ve spent some time actually analyzing the Hunter puzzle; the main conclusion was that the space of available trades was actually rather limited, as to pass the puzzle you need to trade without losing even a single gold’s worth of value. In particular, every item can only be obtained through one specific trading chain. To then solve the puzzle, the main remaining complication is making sure you have exactly enough ‘free resources’ at all times to make sure you don’t buy too many items.
Epic, Rare, Rare, Common, Common = 400+100+100+40+40 = 680..
Personally, I'll miss Zephrys the Great the most from this expansion. I've always liked the highlander archetypes, and I'd say Zephrys probably was the most interesting payoff those decks ever had .(Sorry, Kazakus, but you're getting your revenge in the new expansion....)
I'd argue the Specialist format itself was the main problem. Elysiana compounded it, but while having long control mirrors once in a while is fine, the problem was having basically the same game repeat up to 5 times. With or without Elysiana, that takes way too long.
I was wondering.... "New currencies? Didn't we hear about these quite a while ago?"
We obviously already have Yogg's..... Puzzle Box of Yogg-Saron
Then again, the more you draw, the closer you are to a complete C'thun.....
Amalgadon before this patch could count itself as a wildcard as it has all minion types. Now it will only consider other minions, reducing the number of adaptations it gets by one.