wouldn't it be much less interesting if they kept rehashing a card's previous effects just for consistency's sake?
LIke, sure Battlecry Hunter could be fun, but it has pretty much no support at the moment so what's the point of shoehorning the Battlecry mechanic onto Brann?
absolutely nuts. Running two Slude Slurpers already gets 4 procs done for just 4 mana, add EVIL totem and a bunch of other battlecry synergies and this becomes crazy.
Token Shudderwock might finally take off, especially since that deck usually doesn't have a good turn 1 play anyways.
Just with lackes this is already great, but combine it with stuff like Giggling Inventor and Former Champ and you have a solid transition into the midgame, espcially since the totem hero power is fairly useless (and occasionally detrimental) in that kind of deck
Cult Master takes care of draw as you have all that lackey generation anyways.
Golden Candle beats every deck. They can't use their syngery if they have none and if you have just one passive that works without specific synergies (Gaudiness, Sceptre, Flag) then you basically win unless RNG fucks you
It's almost like Blizzard has a track record of lying to our faces and expecting we don't notice
They should have just come out and said "it's because of ratings/the Chinese/general office cuckery and I would have accepted it, maybe even respected it.
But just lying and saying "this is what the artists wanted, no ulterior motives" is just such a blatan lie it's kind of embarassing
I'M sure the artist for Succubus went like "oh yeah, back when I drew her originally I always intended her to be a retarded demondog, it just turned outj wrong, lol"
They could have just done a more toned down version of a Succubus and it would have been fine, but no, gotta lure in those kids because they spend the most money.
At this point some court decides that selling lootboxes to children should be illegal and all this shitshow comes crashing down.
finally, those Rogue decks were pretty lame. There was pretty much nothing in them to build around and a lot of the time you were hoping to get Bob to throw some of that crap out immediately
because we need even more efficient removal for a class that has barely any counters already. I guess going with a small number of medium bodies is no longer an acceptable strategy.
I see here some debate over whether people were "offended" by overly sexualized artwork, but I think that misses the point. There is way too much sexualization and objectification of women in art and culture today, and video games are (I'm pretty sure) among the worst offenders. Since these games are played by a lot of young people, and certainly more males than females, they can't help but feed toxic masculinity with this type of art. It's not about what statement it makes, it's just about having these images be commonplace and acceptable. I applaud Blizzard for making these adjustments. As others have noted, there are many more potential candidates (Aviana, etc.).
If you're upset about content changes (a Felstalker and a Succubus are not the same thing), I agree with you. However, ask yourself how important these details are compared to everything else that makes the game great.
I think the bloodshed argument is more straightforward. Are many of us okay with or even fond of the graphic detail in some of the art? Sure. Do we need this to enjoy the game? Certainly not.
literally not why they are doing this. Also, way to make yourself look like a clown
I mean....Lackeys are good and all but what does this fit into? In most scenarios iit will just generate one lackey making it a less efficient version of Sludge Slurper.
I guess if there's a good version of Token-Shudderwock Shaman comes around this might see play.
Was only a matter of time til something like this happpened.
Priest still doesn't have a gameplan and a lategame boardwipe doesn't really support any of the current playstyles, but I guess it's something to work with
Idk, obviously you can complete it really quickly with Plot Twist and the fact that you no longer have to actually spend mana to get the quest reward is also helpful and means a mild effect like this is far easier to justify
On the other hand it's basically a permanent Wilfred Fizzlebang who was never used despite not even being that bad and having a number of buildaround cards to make him somewhat work.
At the end of the day you can't really target draw so the only deck which this would even matter in is one that contains cards worth reducing.
Basically unless we get a card that works REALLY well with this entire concept Plot twist Warlock will just remain a meme
lucky you, all I hear is the DK 64 minigame timer.
ALL I SEE IS BEAVERS
also known as "Hagatha pees in the pool"
at this point if you're supporting anything that Blizzard does, you're part of the problem
wouldn't it be much less interesting if they kept rehashing a card's previous effects just for consistency's sake?
LIke, sure Battlecry Hunter could be fun, but it has pretty much no support at the moment so what's the point of shoehorning the Battlecry mechanic onto Brann?
absolutely nuts. Running two Slude Slurpers already gets 4 procs done for just 4 mana, add EVIL totem and a bunch of other battlecry synergies and this becomes crazy.
Token Shudderwock might finally take off, especially since that deck usually doesn't have a good turn 1 play anyways.
Just with lackes this is already great, but combine it with stuff like Giggling Inventor and Former Champ and you have a solid transition into the midgame, espcially since the totem hero power is fairly useless (and occasionally detrimental) in that kind of deck
Cult Master takes care of draw as you have all that lackey generation anyways.
Golden Candle beats every deck. They can't use their syngery if they have none and if you have just one passive that works without specific synergies (Gaudiness, Sceptre, Flag) then you basically win unless RNG fucks you
Succubus looks so much more natural as a demonpuppy, right?
It's almost like Blizzard has a track record of lying to our faces and expecting we don't notice
They should have just come out and said "it's because of ratings/the Chinese/general office cuckery and I would have accepted it, maybe even respected it.
But just lying and saying "this is what the artists wanted, no ulterior motives" is just such a blatan lie it's kind of embarassing
I'M sure the artist for Succubus went like "oh yeah, back when I drew her originally I always intended her to be a retarded demondog, it just turned outj wrong, lol"
They could have just done a more toned down version of a Succubus and it would have been fine, but no, gotta lure in those kids because they spend the most money.
At this point some court decides that selling lootboxes to children should be illegal and all this shitshow comes crashing down.
finally, those Rogue decks were pretty lame. There was pretty much nothing in them to build around and a lot of the time you were hoping to get Bob to throw some of that crap out immediately
Alright, so I guess we can forgive the Chinese, apparently BLizzard is just run by spineless cucks.
Word.
Also yes, Malfurion is pretty hot...and I'm a straght dude
because we need even more efficient removal for a class that has barely any counters already. I guess going with a small number of medium bodies is no longer an acceptable strategy.
literally not why they are doing this. Also, way to make yourself look like a clown
Bow down to your Chinese Overlords
Maybe Hand Token Druid can do something with this? Basically neutral Acornbearer
If only we had this a year ago, so many Quest decks would have been much better
I mean....Lackeys are good and all but what does this fit into? In most scenarios iit will just generate one lackey making it a less efficient version of Sludge Slurper.
I guess if there's a good version of Token-Shudderwock Shaman comes around this might see play.
Was only a matter of time til something like this happpened.
Priest still doesn't have a gameplan and a lategame boardwipe doesn't really support any of the current playstyles, but I guess it's something to work with
Idk, obviously you can complete it really quickly with Plot Twist and the fact that you no longer have to actually spend mana to get the quest reward is also helpful and means a mild effect like this is far easier to justify
On the other hand it's basically a permanent Wilfred Fizzlebang who was never used despite not even being that bad and having a number of buildaround cards to make him somewhat work.
At the end of the day you can't really target draw so the only deck which this would even matter in is one that contains cards worth reducing.
Basically unless we get a card that works REALLY well with this entire concept Plot twist Warlock will just remain a meme
oh yeah, Plot Twist exists. Would have been pretty pointless otherwise to reduce the last 10 cards in your deck