I’m stumped on the whole freebies thing. In one sense it seems great to get a bunch of free cards, but in another sense it makes the perceived value of all the cards much lower. I’m looking at the Champions (legendaries?), and I have so many already, so the ones that I don’t have don’t really seem super desirable. Couple that with the fact that I have no idea what I even got in the one purchase I made, and I feel like the whole thing borders on most people just going with a F2P approach. Maybe that’s nice for aspiring communists, but what it means for the game is probably that it won’t end up going the distance.
I come from decades of playing Magic where you pay for the game you play. I like paying for a good game, so I don’t mind buying both bundles when a new expansion drops in HS - in fact, I look forward to it! All of this freebie stuff, plus the clutter of the collection manager make this game feel cheap, despite the fact that some of the graphics are flashy.
Also, there are way too many keywords. The cards look kind of messy with all of that, and deck building strategy is more needlessly complicated than it needs to be as a result. I do like the full artworks, though. That’s kind of cool, but it also illustrates just how little is actually shown on the card
Pretty rad animation, but doesn’t do much to sell the game.
The game itself has a somewhat polished look and feel (when opening packs, some of the rightmost card is clipped off the edge of the screen on an iPad Pro - doesn’t feel especially professional), but I don’t think I really like it. I bought the starter pack, but have no idea what I got in there. It just sort of said, “You got it”. I mean, what did I get? I get a dang light show every time I open a crappy free reward pack, but I spend $5 and...nothing? Weird.
As for the gameplay, it seems needlessly over-complicated to try to be like Magic with all of the instant effects and back and forth - and for its part, it handles this well without much clutter, but Hearthstone showed us we didn’t need all that, and this definitely feels like a step backwards. Also, I just don’t care about any of the characters. I wasn’t a WoW fan before Hearthstone, but I instantly fell in love with the cute menagerie. LoR is trying to score some Murloc points with their Pomos or Pokos or whatever, but it just doesn’t work. And - this may sound weird - but I feel like the inclusion of the MtG blocking mechanic actually REDUCES the strategy element. I mean, there should be a lot of decisions to make with instants in hand and whatnot, but something about how quickl the games play out means that all of that imagined interaction just doesn’t materialize in most games - not like it did back in my Magic days. Sorry, Riot, Hearthstone just beats this hands-down.
So if it’s tempo, why do most of the cards drop tempo to boost health (shield of faith and Kul-Tiran Champion)? These cards pump the brakes, not the gas. The whole deck is lousy
Sorry, but that Chump Deathrattle priest is just bad. There are so many bad choices there. Why would anyone...EVER...in a Deathrattle priest deck evvvvverrrrr put acard like Temple Enforcer instead of a Convincing Infiltrator? Honestly. Why? And Argent Squire? Just swap it out for the one mana Invoke priest minion and you’ll have WAY more value. Oh yeah, and while you’re at it, do yourself a favor and drop in Galakrond.
Do the streamers make junk like this just to troll people looking to netdeck? Because if so, I can appreciate that. But if someone who plays Hearthstone for a living seriously thinks that’s a good decklist, then holy dang.
I’m just really glad they didn’t nerf Altruis so that his damage only affected minions. With the nerf to Sac Pac, this is probably a net positive for DH at the moment
Tell you what, Blizzard. Why don’t you instead just delete the freaking Convincing Infiltrator? That is the worst dang card you could ever publish in a class that can just keep bringing it back over and over.
I dislike the gold cards because they look less like actual colored class cards. If there was a different version of the gold for each class (besides the barely visible colored ribbon), I’d probably want to collect them. As is, they are insta-dust. I’ve even dusted golden legendaries just to craft the normal version - many times, in fact
It’s a cool story, and I enjoyed the games, but it’s just kind of weird to say, “You’ve unlocked this! But yeah, you can’t play with it until next week...”. I mean, why not just release it next week
People used to just play Big Game Hunter. So much so, in fact, that Blizzard had a serious problem on their hands because they had all these cool giant minions and no one could play them. Then they raise the manacost by one and everybody forgot him...
Don’t forget that you can drop the side-quest and it just sits there until activated. If you play it on turn 2, then at any point in the game if you take no damage for a turn, you will get the big taunt. It’s a great card
I’m stumped on the whole freebies thing. In one sense it seems great to get a bunch of free cards, but in another sense it makes the perceived value of all the cards much lower. I’m looking at the Champions (legendaries?), and I have so many already, so the ones that I don’t have don’t really seem super desirable. Couple that with the fact that I have no idea what I even got in the one purchase I made, and I feel like the whole thing borders on most people just going with a F2P approach. Maybe that’s nice for aspiring communists, but what it means for the game is probably that it won’t end up going the distance.
I come from decades of playing Magic where you pay for the game you play. I like paying for a good game, so I don’t mind buying both bundles when a new expansion drops in HS - in fact, I look forward to it! All of this freebie stuff, plus the clutter of the collection manager make this game feel cheap, despite the fact that some of the graphics are flashy.
Also, there are way too many keywords. The cards look kind of messy with all of that, and deck building strategy is more needlessly complicated than it needs to be as a result. I do like the full artworks, though. That’s kind of cool, but it also illustrates just how little is actually shown on the card
Pretty rad animation, but doesn’t do much to sell the game.
The game itself has a somewhat polished look and feel (when opening packs, some of the rightmost card is clipped off the edge of the screen on an iPad Pro - doesn’t feel especially professional), but I don’t think I really like it. I bought the starter pack, but have no idea what I got in there. It just sort of said, “You got it”. I mean, what did I get? I get a dang light show every time I open a crappy free reward pack, but I spend $5 and...nothing? Weird.
As for the gameplay, it seems needlessly over-complicated to try to be like Magic with all of the instant effects and back and forth - and for its part, it handles this well without much clutter, but Hearthstone showed us we didn’t need all that, and this definitely feels like a step backwards. Also, I just don’t care about any of the characters. I wasn’t a WoW fan before Hearthstone, but I instantly fell in love with the cute menagerie. LoR is trying to score some Murloc points with their Pomos or Pokos or whatever, but it just doesn’t work. And - this may sound weird - but I feel like the inclusion of the MtG blocking mechanic actually REDUCES the strategy element. I mean, there should be a lot of decisions to make with instants in hand and whatnot, but something about how quickl the games play out means that all of that imagined interaction just doesn’t materialize in most games - not like it did back in my Magic days. Sorry, Riot, Hearthstone just beats this hands-down.
So if it’s tempo, why do most of the cards drop tempo to boost health (shield of faith and Kul-Tiran Champion)? These cards pump the brakes, not the gas. The whole deck is lousy
Here, let me fix this terrible deck for you. And at this point, I’m not even sure about Psychopomp.
# 2x (1) Disciple of Galakrond
# 2x (1) Imprisoned Homunculus
# 1x (1) Reliquary of Souls
# 2x (2) Grandmummy
# 2x (2) Penance
# 2x (2) Serpent Egg
# 2x (2) Sethekk Veilweaver
# 2x (2) Shadowy Figure
# 2x (3) Apotheosis
# 2x (3) Dragonmaw Overseer
# 1x (3) Mindflayer Kaahrj
# 1x (3) Teron Gorefiend
# 2x (4) Power Infusion
# 2x (4) Psychopomp
# 2x (5) Convincing Infiltrator
# 2x (5) Psyche Split
# 1x (7) Galakrond, the Unspeakable
#
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Sorry, but that Chump Deathrattle priest is just bad. There are so many bad choices there. Why would anyone...EVER...in a Deathrattle priest deck evvvvverrrrr put acard like Temple Enforcer instead of a Convincing Infiltrator? Honestly. Why? And Argent Squire? Just swap it out for the one mana Invoke priest minion and you’ll have WAY more value. Oh yeah, and while you’re at it, do yourself a favor and drop in Galakrond.
Do the streamers make junk like this just to troll people looking to netdeck? Because if so, I can appreciate that. But if someone who plays Hearthstone for a living seriously thinks that’s a good decklist, then holy dang.
I’m just really glad they didn’t nerf Altruis so that his damage only affected minions. With the nerf to Sac Pac, this is probably a net positive for DH at the moment
Tell you what, Blizzard. Why don’t you instead just delete the freaking Convincing Infiltrator? That is the worst dang card you could ever publish in a class that can just keep bringing it back over and over.
I dislike the gold cards because they look less like actual colored class cards. If there was a different version of the gold for each class (besides the barely visible colored ribbon), I’d probably want to collect them. As is, they are insta-dust. I’ve even dusted golden legendaries just to craft the normal version - many times, in fact
That “top” Demon Hunter deck seems like a troll for unwary netdeckers. That thing looks useless.
Does the collection manager allow you to select all and then just delete the ones you don’t have? That would be far easier
It’s a cool story, and I enjoyed the games, but it’s just kind of weird to say, “You’ve unlocked this! But yeah, you can’t play with it until next week...”. I mean, why not just release it next week
Quite a great idea! I’ll check it out!
I am 100% on your side on this!
This is some BS!
People used to just play Big Game Hunter. So much so, in fact, that Blizzard had a serious problem on their hands because they had all these cool giant minions and no one could play them. Then they raise the manacost by one and everybody forgot him...
Ooh! Fun! Buff to The Darkness?
Well, only if the opponent plays this card...
Been waiting for something like this for a long time
Don’t forget that you can drop the side-quest and it just sits there until activated. If you play it on turn 2, then at any point in the game if you take no damage for a turn, you will get the big taunt. It’s a great card
I can’t wait to try this. Maybe play both this and Val’anyr in wild with Rivendare...
I don’t know about that mustard, yo