I went to college for game design. Ended up working as a technical artist in the industry for 7 years. Got out of the industry because I have a family and I wasn't willing to pull the insane hours. Work in IT now and I am much happier. I really miss the industry though at times. Working on games was so much fun. I did a lot of scripting, modeling, texturing, level design, layout etc.
Well, just to let you know, there are places that don't have the insane hours. Been with the same company for about 8 years now and never worked a day of overtime.
Yeah I might get back into the game... (haha) but my wife and I moved to an area where there isn't much game industry to be closer to my family when we had kids. Now are kids are pretty set in their schools so we won't be going anywhere anytime soon. If there happens to be a game company that pops up near where we live then I wouldn't mind working in the industry again though. I would have to practice up on my modeling and texturing I am pretty rusty after having not done it in about 5 years.
I am having a lot of fun playing this deck. The craziest thing to happen with this deck was when I pulled two Armagedillos out of the Frightened Flunky and played three of the Armagedillos each one buffing each other and the other taunt minions on my hand. It didn't matter if each one only lasted a turn.
I went to college for game design. Ended up working as a technical artist in the industry for 7 years. Got out of the industry because I have a family and I wasn't willing to pull the insane hours. Work in IT now and I am much happier. I really miss the industry though at times. Working on games was so much fun. I did a lot of scripting, modeling, texturing, level design, layout etc.
Those look like some fun decks. Is Sylvanas Windrunner too slow for either deck? I would love to give her reborn. Could help swing the board in your favor.
Maybe in the midrange one. I had considered her when building it, but the lack of immediate deathrattle triggers make her rather slow.
Yeah looking back I can't see how she would fit into the faster deck. Should fit into the midrange deck nicely though since she is a decent body on the board that your opponent has to play around. Plus there are ways to duplicate her or trigger her deathrattle in the deck.
Maybe what we are seeing is purposeful dialing back of how "perfect" Zephyrs is so that it can remain a fun and helpful card to play but doesn't feel unfair on the other side. Generally speaking even super powerful legendaries require some build around or thought into how to use them to maximize their effectiveness. Maybe they don't want Zephyrs to give options that are TOO optimal so that he doesn't become an automatic win card.
I don't know if this is the case but it seems like it could be possible.
He's limited within Basic and Classic sets. He's already not perfect, in the solutions he has available.
But at least he should be optimal with what he has, given his public perspective: i do not expect he never fails, but he should always offer what i expect to find, in one of the 3 options. AT LEAST in the reactive scenario where he's played for immediate answer.
He can never be unfair, because one has to cripple themselves to Singleton deck before being able to play him. And that's a huge price already that cannot afford whiffs like those we are gathering here.
You make a very good point here. Given that he is limited to basic and classic sets and you have to have a singleton deck for him to work I am surprised at the lack of variety in choices in the OP. His code should analyze the situation and give three possible different answers rather than 3 essentially the same options. It is strange that he would only offer three damage cards twice in a row and not anything else. Even if he doesn't know what secrets they have it is simply redundant and unhelpful to offer cards that all do the same thing. It would even be better to offer one damage card, one taunt card, and one tech card in that situation. That would allow the player some choice and the ability to determine what they thought was the optimal play.
Maybe what we are seeing is purposeful dialing back of how "perfect" Zephyrs is so that it can remain a fun and helpful card to play but doesn't feel unfair on the other side. Generally speaking even super powerful legendaries require some build around or thought into how to use them to maximize their effectiveness. Maybe they don't want Zephyrs to give options that are TOO optimal so that he doesn't become an automatic win card.
I don't know if this is the case but it seems like it could be possible.
Those look like some fun decks. Is [Hearthstone Card (Sylvanas Windrunner) Not Found] too slow for either deck? I would love to give her reborn. Could help swing the board in your favor.
I wish there were more options to customize the auto disenchant button. I don't DE any rare, epic, or legendary just in case there is a nerf. I only DE commons. I type "extra common" in the search function and DE anything that is extra. I sometimes DE gold versions first for extra dust if the gold version isn't in a deck already. If it is in a deck I don't DE it since I don't want to fix my decks.
Thanks for the explanation. So it is basically a discover effect where the game decides and weights the choices depending on what is happening in the game? I wonder if this is done in a similar way to the passive reward in the solo content that gives you "advice".
I don't see the wish card on Zephrys card page or in the discussion thread? Am I missing something? I wasn't able to watch the stream so waiting for the content to be posted.
This card isn't showing up on the front page and you cannot click on the "Revealed" button on the side either. Took me a while to find this thread. Probably why no one has commented yet.
It seems like a really easy quest to complete and you don't have to sacrifice a lot to do it. Very solid in my opinion. Doesn't even require you to build a deck around it fits into the Rogue identity already. You only really sacrifice your turn one to play the quest.
Hmm mage card is good and useful. I am not sure if it is a benefit or a hinderance that it only triggers when a minion attacks your hero and not just your hero being attacked. I can see that making it more difficult to tease out the secret but I also see that being a hinderance against a deck that relies primarily on weapons which could be a thing at some point.
This could be a really interesting card. Helps you in situations where you might go into fatigue but also has utility even when that isn't the case. Add in Augmented Elek for extra shenanigans.
Never mind on my question I found it. You have to click on your name to get to your profile page. Not on any of the options that drop down when you hover over your name.
Is there a master list of achievements that you can get? I would also like to see what the achievements I already have are for. When you click on them they just loop back to the notifications page again.
My favorite card so far is BEEES!! because of the flavor of the card and I think the name is hilarious. I also think from a gameplay standpoint it is a very complex card and can be used in multiple ways which I like. Cards that are just straight good but are only really useful in a direct way are boring. BEEES!! is going to be a fun card and will lead to some great interactions.
Yeah I might get back into the game... (haha) but my wife and I moved to an area where there isn't much game industry to be closer to my family when we had kids. Now are kids are pretty set in their schools so we won't be going anywhere anytime soon. If there happens to be a game company that pops up near where we live then I wouldn't mind working in the industry again though. I would have to practice up on my modeling and texturing I am pretty rusty after having not done it in about 5 years.
I am having a lot of fun playing this deck. The craziest thing to happen with this deck was when I pulled two Armagedillos out of the Frightened Flunky and played three of the Armagedillos each one buffing each other and the other taunt minions on my hand. It didn't matter if each one only lasted a turn.
I went to college for game design. Ended up working as a technical artist in the industry for 7 years. Got out of the industry because I have a family and I wasn't willing to pull the insane hours. Work in IT now and I am much happier. I really miss the industry though at times. Working on games was so much fun. I did a lot of scripting, modeling, texturing, level design, layout etc.
Yeah looking back I can't see how she would fit into the faster deck. Should fit into the midrange deck nicely though since she is a decent body on the board that your opponent has to play around. Plus there are ways to duplicate her or trigger her deathrattle in the deck.
You make a very good point here. Given that he is limited to basic and classic sets and you have to have a singleton deck for him to work I am surprised at the lack of variety in choices in the OP. His code should analyze the situation and give three possible different answers rather than 3 essentially the same options. It is strange that he would only offer three damage cards twice in a row and not anything else. Even if he doesn't know what secrets they have it is simply redundant and unhelpful to offer cards that all do the same thing. It would even be better to offer one damage card, one taunt card, and one tech card in that situation. That would allow the player some choice and the ability to determine what they thought was the optimal play.
Maybe what we are seeing is purposeful dialing back of how "perfect" Zephyrs is so that it can remain a fun and helpful card to play but doesn't feel unfair on the other side. Generally speaking even super powerful legendaries require some build around or thought into how to use them to maximize their effectiveness. Maybe they don't want Zephyrs to give options that are TOO optimal so that he doesn't become an automatic win card.
I don't know if this is the case but it seems like it could be possible.
Those look like some fun decks. Is [Hearthstone Card (Sylvanas Windrunner) Not Found] too slow for either deck? I would love to give her reborn. Could help swing the board in your favor.
I wish there were more options to customize the auto disenchant button. I don't DE any rare, epic, or legendary just in case there is a nerf. I only DE commons. I type "extra common" in the search function and DE anything that is extra. I sometimes DE gold versions first for extra dust if the gold version isn't in a deck already. If it is in a deck I don't DE it since I don't want to fix my decks.
This is a most excellent and welcome change! Glad to see this partnership form. Something that I have been hoping for since OoC started.
Thanks for the explanation. So it is basically a discover effect where the game decides and weights the choices depending on what is happening in the game? I wonder if this is done in a similar way to the passive reward in the solo content that gives you "advice".
I don't see the wish card on Zephrys card page or in the discussion thread? Am I missing something? I wasn't able to watch the stream so waiting for the content to be posted.
This card isn't showing up on the front page and you cannot click on the "Revealed" button on the side either. Took me a while to find this thread. Probably why no one has commented yet.
It seems like a really easy quest to complete and you don't have to sacrifice a lot to do it. Very solid in my opinion. Doesn't even require you to build a deck around it fits into the Rogue identity already. You only really sacrifice your turn one to play the quest.
Edit: Now it is showing up on the front page.
Hmm mage card is good and useful. I am not sure if it is a benefit or a hinderance that it only triggers when a minion attacks your hero and not just your hero being attacked. I can see that making it more difficult to tease out the secret but I also see that being a hinderance against a deck that relies primarily on weapons which could be a thing at some point.
This will be fun to experiment in silence priest and it will also have good utility to not go into fatigue potentially.
This could be a really interesting card. Helps you in situations where you might go into fatigue but also has utility even when that isn't the case. Add in Augmented Elek for extra shenanigans.
Thanks for making this suggestion I think that would be a great change.
Never mind on my question I found it. You have to click on your name to get to your profile page. Not on any of the options that drop down when you hover over your name.
Is there a master list of achievements that you can get? I would also like to see what the achievements I already have are for. When you click on them they just loop back to the notifications page again.
My favorite card so far is BEEES!! because of the flavor of the card and I think the name is hilarious. I also think from a gameplay standpoint it is a very complex card and can be used in multiple ways which I like. Cards that are just straight good but are only really useful in a direct way are boring. BEEES!! is going to be a fun card and will lead to some great interactions.
I like seeing these new experimental decks. Looks like fun. From a flavor standpoint though weird to see a "highlander" deck with two Brann's in it.