Built a Spell Druid similar to past builds, but was worried it was going to lack the big payoff damage like last time this brawl was out. I saw another Druid and assuming they’d be using the same tactic (the brawl had just opened up) I played a Fungal Fortunes and then passed. The other Druid WAS using a similar deck and as I suspected, he couldn’t do enough damage turn 1. So I watched as he basically gave me the game, and started my turn 2 with about 10-15 hp, a Swipe in hand, and an opponent at 2 hp.
EZ Game! Why worry about killing your opponent when they just kill themselves?!
Had to look back at an old story about the previous Mage Bundle, but I though the packs looked a little different. Only real difference is the color of the gem and middle ribbon going horizontally across the pack. I'm guessing they updated the look because it's a different Standard year? Or did they just not like the color of those elements from before?
According to Tempo Storm, Priest has been VERY good at higher legend ranks. Maybe the best class, according to them. One of their strong plays is, and will honestly continue to be, Cabal Acolyte into Wave of Apathy. This card combo against an enemy with a single, big minion on board basically guarantees you can steal anything, because the Spellburst happens after the enemy minion(s) is reduced to 1 attack.
While in theory this further randomizes a steal of a wider board, my personal experience is that my Priest opponents always manage to steal my one big minion and dodge the four-six smaller ones when they make this play. LOL
I got excited when I saw Totem Goliath in the list, but then realized it was a buff. I got excited not because he needs a nerf, the buff is nice actually, but instead because I have a golden copy of the Goliath and I want that full dust value, baby! :)
I do believe it was stated somewhere that the rule is:
1) You won’t open duplicates until you have all of that rarity in a set.
2) Once you have 2 of each card in a rarity, 1 if each Legendary, your next cards in that rarity will be any cards you don’t have 2 normal copies of.
So yes, it back fills your golden cards with normal copies once you have all of that rarity.
I have the entire set of Outland thanks to this protection rule, and I opened a Legendary in the Felosophy bundle. It was Lurker Below, which I have golden of from Pre-order. So I DE’d the golden copy to craft something later. My next one would be Lady Vashj as I also have her in golden. My next Academy epics will be Braggart or Devout Pupil because of this rule.
One other match up besides the mirror that can be bad is Shaman running Devolve and Beakered Lightning. It's basically make to specifically be anti-this deck.
Yeah, I feel absolutely DIRTY playing this deck, but I've farmed 70 gold from wins in about an hour... Now if you'll excuse me, I must go take a long shower.
But for me, the worst is the tavern brawl one. Since I'm forced to play that mode :(
Same for me except that it's the battlegrounds one. Ick
With both Battlegrounds and Tavern Brawl quests you can just start a game and immediately Concede if you don't want to play the mode. Both will still count the game despite not actually playing a turn.
Congrats! Got my first one about a month ago using Even Shaman. Completed my Classic legendary collection with a [Hearthstone Card (Natalie Saline) Not Found]. I kind of was the same: didn't really care to grind, but decided to try this new variant of Even Shaman with a lot of Totems as I hadn't played my favorite class in a long time. And not only was I having fun smashing opponents with Healing Totems, but I kept winning and winning all the way up to Legend.
I'm also encouraged by the fact that he states they have points in the system they can tune, which to me means they have every intent of ensuring players are able to still earn the same level of awards for the time they spend grinding games for xp and tier progression. Which also makes me assume there will not be a gold cap, and perhaps xp after reaching top tier goes towards some sort of additional gold rewards.
I hear you, but really I can't say I'm for or against it until the fully fleshed out system is revealed.
My thoughts as to the incentive to the new system? The paid tier was mostly cosmetics and XP boosts that ramp as you progress to higher levels (based on the previous spreadsheet we saw). So perhaps they are hoping more players will throw an extra $20, or $25 at them to get these boosts and hero skins/card backs. Also, depending on how the XP boosts work, and if they don't cap out gold earnings (which this latest statement makes me think they won't), having the XP boost could be great for players who want to hoard gold for expansion day.
I could also see a world where in this pass system you cap out on pass tiers, and then every X amount of XP earned after that awards you Y gold, and so having the XP boost could potentially push for an even larger gold stockpile than what you currently average if you are grinding out and playing a lot. But again, it'll all depend on how much the pass costs, the actual rewards system, and the total value you're able to earn in the end.
As I said in the edit to my post though, Dean states they have "tuning" points that they can adjust if they are wrong on the new system being equally or more rewarding to players. So that makes me a little optimistic.
IF it actually plays out the way Dean is saying, with grinding players (like me) able to hoard 8000-10,000 gold prior to each expansion, while also earning other non-gold rewards like packs... OK, I'm on board! But I can't be completely sold on the battle pass idea until I actually see concrete stats on what rewards will be like.
Furthermore, if they make this promise and then it ends up all players are NOT able to earn and hoard as much gold as in the current system, I hope they are able to quickly adjust the system to make sure they keep this promise (and I am taking this statement as a promise from Dean/Blizzard).
EDIT: Looking over the article again, he does mention having "tuning" options in case they are wrong and not all players are getting the same value with the new system.
The Reptari tried to make their way into Un’Goro, and had even gained a small foothold in the outskirts of the crater! But then, a lone Tortollan stood up and shouted, “OUT OF MY JUNGLE!!!” HIs bravery inspired his kin to push back and expel the Reptari invasion.
I don’t mind this brawl... until I get someone dropping something like a turn 1 Tyrantus. Then I’m out!
Not every HS player is guaranteed to have played WC or WoW, so BoH stories are just for providing lore of the initial heroes of each class.
I’m always down for a good Dragoncaller Alanna list!
I. Hate. This. Card! He’s so mean, and keeps calling me a loser! I’m not a loser... *cries quietly in the corner* Leave me alone!!!
Built a Spell Druid similar to past builds, but was worried it was going to lack the big payoff damage like last time this brawl was out. I saw another Druid and assuming they’d be using the same tactic (the brawl had just opened up) I played a Fungal Fortunes and then passed. The other Druid WAS using a similar deck and as I suspected, he couldn’t do enough damage turn 1. So I watched as he basically gave me the game, and started my turn 2 with about 10-15 hp, a Swipe in hand, and an opponent at 2 hp.
EZ Game! Why worry about killing your opponent when they just kill themselves?!
Had to look back at an old story about the previous Mage Bundle, but I though the packs looked a little different. Only real difference is the color of the gem and middle ribbon going horizontally across the pack. I'm guessing they updated the look because it's a different Standard year? Or did they just not like the color of those elements from before?
According to Tempo Storm, Priest has been VERY good at higher legend ranks. Maybe the best class, according to them. One of their strong plays is, and will honestly continue to be, Cabal Acolyte into Wave of Apathy. This card combo against an enemy with a single, big minion on board basically guarantees you can steal anything, because the Spellburst happens after the enemy minion(s) is reduced to 1 attack.
While in theory this further randomizes a steal of a wider board, my personal experience is that my Priest opponents always manage to steal my one big minion and dodge the four-six smaller ones when they make this play. LOL
I got excited when I saw Totem Goliath in the list, but then realized it was a buff. I got excited not because he needs a nerf, the buff is nice actually, but instead because I have a golden copy of the Goliath and I want that full dust value, baby! :)
I do believe it was stated somewhere that the rule is:
1) You won’t open duplicates until you have all of that rarity in a set.
2) Once you have 2 of each card in a rarity, 1 if each Legendary, your next cards in that rarity will be any cards you don’t have 2 normal copies of.
So yes, it back fills your golden cards with normal copies once you have all of that rarity.
I have the entire set of Outland thanks to this protection rule, and I opened a Legendary in the Felosophy bundle. It was Lurker Below, which I have golden of from Pre-order. So I DE’d the golden copy to craft something later. My next one would be Lady Vashj as I also have her in golden. My next Academy epics will be Braggart or Devout Pupil because of this rule.
It won’t let me buy it. *Checks Collection Manager* Oh wait!
Never said it was perfect... :)
One other match up besides the mirror that can be bad is Shaman running Devolve and Beakered Lightning. It's basically make to specifically be anti-this deck.
Yeah, I feel absolutely DIRTY playing this deck, but I've farmed 70 gold from wins in about an hour... Now if you'll excuse me, I must go take a long shower.
With both Battlegrounds and Tavern Brawl quests you can just start a game and immediately Concede if you don't want to play the mode. Both will still count the game despite not actually playing a turn.
I have yet to update my HL Hunter list and it’s still pretty good without any SA cards, honestly.
Congrats! Got my first one about a month ago using Even Shaman. Completed my Classic legendary collection with a [Hearthstone Card (Natalie Saline) Not Found]. I kind of was the same: didn't really care to grind, but decided to try this new variant of Even Shaman with a lot of Totems as I hadn't played my favorite class in a long time. And not only was I having fun smashing opponents with Healing Totems, but I kept winning and winning all the way up to Legend.
I'm also encouraged by the fact that he states they have points in the system they can tune, which to me means they have every intent of ensuring players are able to still earn the same level of awards for the time they spend grinding games for xp and tier progression. Which also makes me assume there will not be a gold cap, and perhaps xp after reaching top tier goes towards some sort of additional gold rewards.
I hear you, but really I can't say I'm for or against it until the fully fleshed out system is revealed.
My thoughts as to the incentive to the new system? The paid tier was mostly cosmetics and XP boosts that ramp as you progress to higher levels (based on the previous spreadsheet we saw). So perhaps they are hoping more players will throw an extra $20, or $25 at them to get these boosts and hero skins/card backs. Also, depending on how the XP boosts work, and if they don't cap out gold earnings (which this latest statement makes me think they won't), having the XP boost could be great for players who want to hoard gold for expansion day.
I could also see a world where in this pass system you cap out on pass tiers, and then every X amount of XP earned after that awards you Y gold, and so having the XP boost could potentially push for an even larger gold stockpile than what you currently average if you are grinding out and playing a lot. But again, it'll all depend on how much the pass costs, the actual rewards system, and the total value you're able to earn in the end.
As I said in the edit to my post though, Dean states they have "tuning" points that they can adjust if they are wrong on the new system being equally or more rewarding to players. So that makes me a little optimistic.
IF it actually plays out the way Dean is saying, with grinding players (like me) able to hoard 8000-10,000 gold prior to each expansion, while also earning other non-gold rewards like packs... OK, I'm on board! But I can't be completely sold on the battle pass idea until I actually see concrete stats on what rewards will be like.
Furthermore, if they make this promise and then it ends up all players are NOT able to earn and hoard as much gold as in the current system, I hope they are able to quickly adjust the system to make sure they keep this promise (and I am taking this statement as a promise from Dean/Blizzard).
EDIT: Looking over the article again, he does mention having "tuning" options in case they are wrong and not all players are getting the same value with the new system.
The Reptari tried to make their way into Un’Goro, and had even gained a small foothold in the outskirts of the crater! But then, a lone Tortollan stood up and shouted, “OUT OF MY JUNGLE!!!” HIs bravery inspired his kin to push back and expel the Reptari invasion.