Blizzard recently made old cardbacks and hero portraits available in the collection for those who missed out. Does anyone know if these will be permanently available or will they be leaving the collection in the next patch if we do not buy them soon?
There is a lot to like and dislike about the potential for both classes. Naturally I will look at the glass half empty. In the end I see Death Knight as another 'swarm' class that will end games quickly. Monk will probably be more about getting a couple of minions to stick. I will go with monk.
I like to see at least a few cards before conceding. Sometimes I will stay in an unwinable game if I think I can get achievements or if I suspect my opponent is trying to do the same. I will even try to help them out. I rarely ever auto concede and I do not care about my rank.
As for the epics, I opened 11 out 67 which is around 1 in 6 packs. I think that is also way above average but I can't remember what the timer is for epics. I didn't get a lot of the ones I really wanted but no complaints. Oh! Except for the fact that I opened a Primordial Protector which everyone gets at levels 65 and 75. I would have thought these cards would have been taken out of the pool until we got them on the track. I think epics are generally the hardest to collect completely. I feel like I am now down 1 epic and am wondering if I should risk opening more packs until I get to those levels. This is the kind of 'nickel and diming' that players do not like. The game is expensive enough.
I am happy I came here to get this info from you guys before launching the game. I have learned to make a habbit of this before new expansions because of past issues. I just got home from work. I will hold off on opening my classic packs until the issue is resolved. Are Barren's packs working well? Oh, and to the people who took off of work today, I understand your excitement; but after the disasterous Diablo 3 launch you should've known better.
And here I was thinking I would give standard a go again. Oh well I guess I'll just stay in wild. This almost ensures I will not preorder. Is it just me or does it seems like the designers are now incapable of designing a balanced control meta. I'm starting to think they are putting degenerate cards like Tickatus and this new abomination to ensure aggro reigns supreme and they don't have to worry about anything past turn 6 or 7.
On the plus side, this does give me hope that we might finally see some tech cards that revive burned, milled, or destroyed cards in the card dump later today. I would like to see a neutral legendary that puts these cards back into your hand. I would also like to see an epic or rare that would shuffle them back into your deck.
This card is a battlecry so you can put more cheap spells in your deck via Educated Elekk and destroy it yourself to avoid fatigue. The game should be over after a couple of turns of the portal anyway.
This could see play in constructed decks that want to be mostly minions that generate spells to take advantage of cards such as Prince Keleseth, Embiggen, Surrender to Madness, etc. Maybe we will get a neutral legendary that says: If your deck has only minions then your spells cast twice. I'm not writing this one off just yet.
An interesting rework of Spirit of the Frog but for hunter. The obvious synergy is with rush cards but do not ignore beasts with taunt and/or deathrattle as well.
Finally a balanced Demon Hunter legendary! This seems really intuitive to have the opponents of Demon Hunter playing their minions... wait for it.... in the 'outcast' position as a form of counterplay! Maybe this should have been included in the class identity from the start and there might not have been so many problems with the class. This minion will suck if there are a lot of deathrattles in the meta.
A couple of problems and downsides with this card.
1. Paladin would have to get access to drawing secrets to pull them out of the deck otherwise this card will turn into Commander Rhyssa all over again. We all remember how that card was hyped up and the deck ran out of steam on day 1. At least for Smythe, you might have a board to fight with though.
2. How many secrets do you put in your deck ? After you play C. Smythe, the last thing you want to do is draw another secret. It is now even possible for you or your opponent to mill your own secrets in wild! You can only have 5 ornaments on that Christmas tree at a time.
Silence is also a problem but there are some upsides here as well including Baron Rivendare and maybe Educated Elekk. This card will definitely need some support similar to Masked Contender or a Professor Putricide effect. Right now though I am betting this deck will turn into a later game meme. I wouldn't put it past the design team to print a card that changes those paladin secrets into secrets from other classes will they are on board.
Change the hero power to 1 mana. Make it cost 1 more each time you use it. The Infernals could be 5/5s with the Bolf Ramshield effect. Keep the health cap at 15.
The 'year of' packs should be introduced into the game at the start of the 3rd expansion. The reward track would have felt better if they were all 'year of the phoenix' packs instead of specific ones players might not need. Especially in the case of the Descent of the Dragons pack at level 45+.
It may also be time to start converting all the wild sets into 1 universal wild pack. The in-game shop is starting to get a little long even though it does appear aesthetically pleasing.
Blizzard recently made old cardbacks and hero portraits available in the collection for those who missed out. Does anyone know if these will be permanently available or will they be leaving the collection in the next patch if we do not buy them soon?
I will be playing buff pally in wild (not librams) while finishing the Invigorating Sermon achievement. It is a pretty brainless deck.
What a wasted opportunity to finally have a second good 'start of turn' card. And immediately after the failed caravan cards no less.
I really hope Flamewaker gets changed to activating only when Fire spells are cast. I'm sick of machine gun mage.
There is a lot to like and dislike about the potential for both classes. Naturally I will look at the glass half empty. In the end I see Death Knight as another 'swarm' class that will end games quickly. Monk will probably be more about getting a couple of minions to stick. I will go with monk.
I like to see at least a few cards before conceding. Sometimes I will stay in an unwinable game if I think I can get achievements or if I suspect my opponent is trying to do the same. I will even try to help them out. I rarely ever auto concede and I do not care about my rank.
I bought the $50 bundle. Cariel Roame and Mordresh Fire Eye were my free Legendaries.
Opened 67 packs so far. 4 legenadaries: Tamsin Roame, Plaguemaw the Rotting (golden), Kazakus, Golem Shaper, and Serena Bloodfeather. 16.75 packs per legendary. Great except for Serena. I also opened 2 year of phoenix packs and landed a Vectus. I was extremely happy about that!
As for the epics, I opened 11 out 67 which is around 1 in 6 packs. I think that is also way above average but I can't remember what the timer is for epics. I didn't get a lot of the ones I really wanted but no complaints. Oh! Except for the fact that I opened a Primordial Protector which everyone gets at levels 65 and 75. I would have thought these cards would have been taken out of the pool until we got them on the track. I think epics are generally the hardest to collect completely. I feel like I am now down 1 epic and am wondering if I should risk opening more packs until I get to those levels. This is the kind of 'nickel and diming' that players do not like. The game is expensive enough.
Worked for me. Thanks OP!
I am happy I came here to get this info from you guys before launching the game. I have learned to make a habbit of this before new expansions because of past issues. I just got home from work. I will hold off on opening my classic packs until the issue is resolved. Are Barren's packs working well? Oh, and to the people who took off of work today, I understand your excitement; but after the disasterous Diablo 3 launch you should've known better.
And here I was thinking I would give standard a go again. Oh well I guess I'll just stay in wild. This almost ensures I will not preorder. Is it just me or does it seems like the designers are now incapable of designing a balanced control meta. I'm starting to think they are putting degenerate cards like Tickatus and this new abomination to ensure aggro reigns supreme and they don't have to worry about anything past turn 6 or 7.
On the plus side, this does give me hope that we might finally see some tech cards that revive burned, milled, or destroyed cards in the card dump later today. I would like to see a neutral legendary that puts these cards back into your hand. I would also like to see an epic or rare that would shuffle them back into your deck.
This card is a battlecry so you can put more cheap spells in your deck via Educated Elekk and destroy it yourself to avoid fatigue. The game should be over after a couple of turns of the portal anyway.
This could see play in constructed decks that want to be mostly minions that generate spells to take advantage of cards such as Prince Keleseth, Embiggen, Surrender to Madness, etc. Maybe we will get a neutral legendary that says: If your deck has only minions then your spells cast twice. I'm not writing this one off just yet.
An interesting rework of Spirit of the Frog but for hunter. The obvious synergy is with rush cards but do not ignore beasts with taunt and/or deathrattle as well.
Because players are still trying to get the achievement for the extra experience. Once rotation happens you will see less of it.
There are some decent pulls in wild including Piloted Reaper and Spiritsinger Umbra in wild if you want an Undertaker style midrange deck.
Finally a balanced Demon Hunter legendary! This seems really intuitive to have the opponents of Demon Hunter playing their minions... wait for it.... in the 'outcast' position as a form of counterplay! Maybe this should have been included in the class identity from the start and there might not have been so many problems with the class. This minion will suck if there are a lot of deathrattles in the meta.
Mage achievement: Kill 7 minions with Reckless Apprentice or Deal x amount of total damage with your hero power. Place your bets.
A couple of problems and downsides with this card.
1. Paladin would have to get access to drawing secrets to pull them out of the deck otherwise this card will turn into Commander Rhyssa all over again. We all remember how that card was hyped up and the deck ran out of steam on day 1. At least for Smythe, you might have a board to fight with though.
2. How many secrets do you put in your deck ? After you play C. Smythe, the last thing you want to do is draw another secret. It is now even possible for you or your opponent to mill your own secrets in wild! You can only have 5 ornaments on that Christmas tree at a time.
Silence is also a problem but there are some upsides here as well including Baron Rivendare and maybe Educated Elekk. This card will definitely need some support similar to Masked Contender or a Professor Putricide effect. Right now though I am betting this deck will turn into a later game meme. I wouldn't put it past the design team to print a card that changes those paladin secrets into secrets from other classes will they are on board.
Change the hero power to 1 mana. Make it cost 1 more each time you use it. The Infernals could be 5/5s with the Bolf Ramshield effect. Keep the health cap at 15.
The 'year of' packs should be introduced into the game at the start of the 3rd expansion. The reward track would have felt better if they were all 'year of the phoenix' packs instead of specific ones players might not need. Especially in the case of the Descent of the Dragons pack at level 45+.
It may also be time to start converting all the wild sets into 1 universal wild pack. The in-game shop is starting to get a little long even though it does appear aesthetically pleasing.