I believe she's coded to not use her hero power if you have a minion with the Enrage text on the board. However it looks like this doesn't apply to stuff like Gurubashi.
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Hearthstone |OT| Why tap cards when you can roll need [Naxx final wing out now]
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I believe she's coded to not use her hero power if you have a minion with the Enrage text on the board. However it looks like this doesn't apply to stuff like Gurubashi.
Aquavelvaman
Banned
Secrets can only activate on the enemy turn now.
Officerrob
Banned
All secrets were changed so that they can only occur during the opponents turn
Done all heroics on first try. Maexxna was the easiest one with a free paladin (fill her board with 1 attack power minion, then play guardian of king + vodoo witch doctor to stay always at 30, let her suicide herself by fatigue while u remain always at 30). Fraelina was pretty easy with a tempo warrior. Anub was done with a control pally, nothing too hard. All those decks have 0 draw and if you stall long enough you just win late.
Secrets only activate on your opponents turn unfortunately.
It was playable in paladin rush decks at the time, now it's probably useless but I haven't kept up.
Officerrob
Banned
I'm not going to lie, I'm pretty disappointed. These boss battles are just a semi distraction in order to unlock what will only be a handful of new cards. Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy to finally get some new cards, but the way they are being put out (AI boss battles) seems like a giant waste of time and resources to me.
Officerrob
Banned
Argus bug is back...
Idk.
As someone who isn't that great at hearthstone/just got back into it Naxx has been a ton of fun and it is only the first wing.
The first series of bosses were fairly standard. But the heroic ones gave me a big challenge (Jaraxxus is my only real legendary).
Maexxna was fun due to the way her hero power worked to help you win. Got her to deal 6 dmg a turn. Heal it up, and use hunter hero power to slowly whittle it down.
Boss 2 was super easy. just used my regular warlock deck to bea tit.
Anub was the biggest hassle for me. I tried dozens of decks and nothing work until i randomly tried a priest (still level 10). Ended up getting a lifewell buffed to high hell and won the game easily
It was a nice break to go up against something new and challenging.
As someone who isn't that great at hearthstone/just got back into it Naxx has been a ton of fun and it is only the first wing.
The first series of bosses were fairly standard. But the heroic ones gave me a big challenge (Jaraxxus is my only real legendary).
Maexxna was fun due to the way her hero power worked to help you win. Got her to deal 6 dmg a turn. Heal it up, and use hunter hero power to slowly whittle it down.
Boss 2 was super easy. just used my regular warlock deck to bea tit.
Anub was the biggest hassle for me. I tried dozens of decks and nothing work until i randomly tried a priest (still level 10). Ended up getting a lifewell buffed to high hell and won the game easily
It was a nice break to go up against something new and challenging.
mysteriousmage09
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Beat all the content, heroics were a pain in the ass only due to them being complete gimmick fights that force you to make a specific type of deck in order to possibly do it.
That and not getting fucked over by RNG. The amount of times I conceded on turn 1 is staggering.
That and not getting fucked over by RNG. The amount of times I conceded on turn 1 is staggering.
I had happy thoughts of a deathrattle Druid deck with Poison Seeds! Sprinkle that shit with Force of Natures
(but at work atm)
I had happy thoughts of a deathrattle Druid deck with Poison Seeds! Sprinkle that shit with Force of Natures
Force of Nature into Posion Seeds seem practical as a late-game play, as long as the opponents side is empty/near-empty.
No it's more practical if the opponent has relevant minions that you just turned into treestumps.
Either is desirable. I'm sure your scenario is more desired.
Yeah the main utility of Seeds is to kill annoying shits like Sunwalker. Then you can be cute and time it with something like FoN or token minions for max value.
Nope.
How do you get the card backs in Naxx? I know you get one for beating the whole mode, but what about the others?
The Icecrown one is the ranked August reward for getting to level 20. The one with the ooze in the middle is the heroic Naxx one.
The first wing is most definately feels underwhelming.
Minsc
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Yeah, with quite a few people finishing it in like 30-60 minutes (guess they didn't hit those lag spikes - single matches were taking me 30 minutes yesterday), it's not quite even the couple of hours of content I expected. I've been reading a lot of people not even dying once on all the heroic fights either (but I sorta wonder if these people stack their games - restart everything that isn't an ideal opening hand).
For the expansion, they're off the hook until like September now... Naxx will last until halfway through August, then focus will be on the end of August's Ranked Season, and come September people will probably be looking for news.
Logically, I think next bit of news will probably be the Android / iPhone ports, which maybe they'd have playable at BlizzCon in November... which would also be a good time to spill a little info about the first expansion, I could see a 2015 release as pretty likely for it if they hold off on giving any info until BlizzCon about it. If the expansion isn't released until sometime 2015, it'd make sense to have a 2nd PVE Adventure out before the expansion / after the other platforms are released.
I'm an expert
Formerly worldrevolution. The only reason I am nice to anyone else is to avoid being banned.
We can't possibly tie golden cards to heroic.. it's so hard.
<tons of in game warnings about heroic>
<everyone breezes through heroic>
Almost everyone who posts about Hearthstone online likely breezes through heroic because they are well aware of everything about Hearthstone and have played a lot. For your average schmoe who casually plays a few games a week and might be tempted to spend some extra time with the game due to Naxxramas, those Heroic fights are probably incredibly hard. These are your average Hearthstone casuals (the majority) who would view hitting rank 15 as a great achievement.
For us, the hardcore players (by casual definition), the excitement is more about the new cards than the solo content.
For us, the hardcore players (by casual definition), the excitement is more about the new cards than the solo content.
I'm an expert
Formerly worldrevolution. The only reason I am nice to anyone else is to avoid being banned.
Except we have to wait like everyone else for the new cards locked behind shit pve content, even though we suffer the most from the stagnation of the game. Casuals don't care that we've been playing the same decks for months, they can't even build them. You can give casuals their pve content and cute card backs, but new card releases should be expedited for those of us who actually play the game seriously.
My feeling is that we'll see quite a few small PvE-expansions before we see a really big one, now that they have the roll-out process set.
Officerrob
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I think it's still going to take an eternity for them to produce more mediocre PVE content.
Also, Faerlina will be happy to use her hero power with Acolytes of Pain on the board.
pillowpants
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Can someone please give me some tips on how to defeat the Grand Widow? I've tried about 10 times now with different classes with no luck. Normal difficulty, yes I know I suck. I'm a casual player and barely have any dust to craft cards (maybe one). I keep getting stuck with 4 cost cards in the beginning and her hero power just overwhelms me. Thanks.
Well, this should immediately tell you that your curve is too high for this enemy. Just fill a deck with cheap, high-quality (stats-, not dust-wise) minions and you're good to go. Warlock would be the obvious choice but for normal any class should suffice.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Good morning! I dreamt of the new oozes...
Anyone got a link to the new music? Please?
edit: Also, anyone wanna Mumble it up with me? I was thinking it'd be fun to play Hearthstone while talking to fellow GAFers?
edit 2: wait, the regular GAF Mumble that I have saved doesn't work... hmm?
Anyone got a link to the new music? Please?
edit: Also, anyone wanna Mumble it up with me? I was thinking it'd be fun to play Hearthstone while talking to fellow GAFers?
edit 2: wait, the regular GAF Mumble that I have saved doesn't work... hmm?
Pyros_Eien
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For the normals on my US account that's like 3days old I used a warlock aggro deck with a bunch of basic cards, deck list since I'm too lazy to upload the picture:
2x Soulfire, Mortal Coil, Power Overwhelming, Elven Archer, Voidwalker, Voodoo Doctor, Acidic Swamp Ooze, Bloodfen Raptor, Bluegill Warrior, Shattered Sun Cleric, Wolfrider, Senjin Shieldmasta
1x Abusive Sergeant, Ironbeak Owl, Drain Life, Shadow bolt, Earthen Ring Farseer, Raid Leader
The 1x are either because they're not basic cards so I only have one or because I have better stuff/they're not very good(Raid Leader for example). Just replace what you're missing with whatever's the same price.
EnVy_CaLiBeR
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Yeah that is awesome.
It'd be nice if there was a reason to replay the battles after you clear them for the first time. I figured there would at least be a way to earn some gold, but there's really just no point once you unlock the cards (which took all of 15 minutes).
Silence that old fart.
Or better yet, save your polys, hexes, assassinates, naturalizes for him.
Normal mode and challenges were really easy. First try for them. Heroic is harder though.
I'm a bit disappointed in the content. There isn't all that much and having to wait another week for the next set is making me sad. They said there would be replayability. There is none. There is literally no reason to play these more than once.
I'm a bit disappointed in the content. There isn't all that much and having to wait another week for the next set is making me sad. They said there would be replayability. There is none. There is literally no reason to play these more than once.
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