Officerrob
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It really is a whole lot of nothing
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It really is a whole lot of nothing
So I don't own him, but why do so few people run Mukla? He's ridiculous on curve and against an empty board he's not even that bad in the late game. Is the banana utility just too strong?
Miracle is out of favor and priests are cutting pyro, so the cheap spell factor doesn't seem that bad.
Miracle is out of favor and priests are cutting pyro, so the cheap spell factor doesn't seem that bad.
Mukla is good in aggro decks. But a lot of people run aggro decks because they can't afford control decks and so probably don't own Mukla. He's not a good value card, because he's 'kind of' 3/3 for 3.
In the rare instance where I'm in the mood to play Zoo, I run Mukla. And I don't play divine favor paladin but he's amazing there.
Yeah, Druid can probably get away with a greedy draft the easiest due to the utterly retarded value their big class drops provide in arena and the ability to break the most fundamental rule of Hearthstone.
I don't necessarily agree with this because your opponent still has to pay 2 mana to use the bananas. If you play him on curve against a 3/2 youve wrecked your opponents next turn, they cant put down a 3 or 4 mana card unless they want to contribute to a 2 for 1. I see it more like a 5/5 that gives your opponent a card, and the card is like a better demonheart?
Admittedly i see him more as a tempo card than a control card.
theMrCravens
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OMG it's out on Android.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blizzard.wtcg.hearthstone
Canada, Australia and New Zealand only ?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blizzard.wtcg.hearthstone
Canada, Australia and New Zealand only ?
If they don't do something about this a lot of people will quit really fast before they get hooked. I was spectating my friend who got matched up vs a full on control paladin at rank 23. The guy was dropping ragnaros and tirion and it was pretty disgusting when she was using mostly basic cards.
"This item cannot be installed in your device's country"
Whatever it's bed time anyway
RazorbackDB
Member
Someone get me the apk right now !
This. Gotta have HS on my Note lol.
It's also an issue for people who don't play a lot as well.
I was just making fun of them answering that question about seven separate times while saying almost nothing else.
Little Nemo
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I'm glad someone asked what they were thinking with Flame Leviathan although they pretty much gave a non-answer.
They need to start phasing expert cards into the basic pool. Every new expac should see a little more of the old cards punted into basic or else this is going to be a really difficult game to get into 2 years down the road.
but I don't want them to have good matchups ;_; that means i have to face off agaisnt experienced people.
Little Nemo
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I was thinking the same thing and mentioned it a few pages back. I think that would also make the classes more balanced for arena. The classes that seem to shine the most in arena are the ones that seem to have a lot of good cards in their basic set.
EnVy_CaLiBeR
Member
This is probably my #1 most wanted thing. I love my bling.
Yeah. I'm nine wins away from a Golden Garrosh and I just got done crafting an all-gold Control Warrior deck. Love the bling. lol
Chmpocalypse
Blizzard
I agree, guess I'm just saying people suck : (
EscapingJail
Member
We legend Again bros
from rank 5 to legend with StrifeCro Mech
from rank 5 to legend with StrifeCro Mech
Is it just me or is Rogue a lot worse in Arena post GvG? Seems like clearing with weapons is more dangerous now, can't keep up with the incoming damage if you don't curve well with your minions. Extremely hard to catch up.
I swear arena is 10x more bullshit since goblin and gnomes. I get offered ONE 6-drop as a shaman and my first match? dude has 2 legendaries (the battlecry/deathrattle gnome and the legendary that summons ANOTHER legendary), 2 swipes, starfall, and ironbark. His 2-3 drops weren't no joke either.
My opponent before this one (last arena run) had Dr Boom. My one AFTER the one above had a ragnaros... seriously wtf.
My opponent before this one (last arena run) had Dr Boom. My one AFTER the one above had a ragnaros... seriously wtf.
I was going to post this earlier. I completely agree. Before naxx they were probably my best class, almost always went 7 wins even with mediocre decks. Now they're just bad. I stopped picking it and always win against it. They face tank so much they end up killing themselves, and that's just to stay even on board. Eviscerates and backstabs are a lot rarer to draft, and almost all their new class cards are garbage.
Opened up my first GvG legendary -- it's Blingtron 3K. Not sure what to use this guy with, if anything. Seems pretty situational, not for regular play type card.
On the plus side my latest priest deck went 11-3 in Arena. The games I lost were basically games where I got swarmed early and couldn't keep up.
On the plus side my latest priest deck went 11-3 in Arena. The games I lost were basically games where I got swarmed early and couldn't keep up.
Amaz gets pretty good mileage out of Blingtron in Priest by also playing Harrison.
Little Nemo
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So I had a Mage quest so I figured I should actually try Flame Leviathan rather than just bitching about him all the time. I don't quite know what to think. I built a deck with him in mind. Made a mech deck and focused mainly on minions that wouldn't be too adversely affected if he did appear suddenly.
It went better than I expected. I just played 5 games in casual and handily won all of them. Only one time did the Leviathan turn out negatively solely for me. I had mech yeti on board and my opponent had nothing. So I took two damage. Not too horrible. One time he came out it was kind of a wash. The other three times wiped out their board and I either wasn't on the board or had things left standing.
So he seems not completely horrible, but I'm still not sure if he's worth a slot. Anyone else played with him and have any thoughts? Knowing he's in your deck, you know to play around him (affecting how you trade) so it seems like you can do a lot to minimize the repercussions of him. I don't know though.
It went better than I expected. I just played 5 games in casual and handily won all of them. Only one time did the Leviathan turn out negatively solely for me. I had mech yeti on board and my opponent had nothing. So I took two damage. Not too horrible. One time he came out it was kind of a wash. The other three times wiped out their board and I either wasn't on the board or had things left standing.
So he seems not completely horrible, but I'm still not sure if he's worth a slot. Anyone else played with him and have any thoughts? Knowing he's in your deck, you know to play around him (affecting how you trade) so it seems like you can do a lot to minimize the repercussions of him. I don't know though.
MetroidPrimeRib
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All these are good, I hope they get implemented soon.
"cool ideas" for deck slots better not be code for "you have to use gold/$$$"
I think they will add DK/Monk sometime down the road, but I don't think it's really necessary right now.
RumblingRosco
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Seems like something that could be worked into an Adventure mode, but maybe locking a class behind a paywall isn't a good idea.
Just to temper expectations, the actual quotes for all of those made them sound like all of them are a looooooooong ways off, which was part of my disappointment.
Basically the message was "we are really busy adding all of these things we are not mentioning here, so these things we are addressing won't be soon, and we are currently deciding what and when to do things."
I'm hoping by PAX East they will have a better sense of what's next since they are usually a lot more forthcoming, so I'm willing to take them at the face value of "we haven't decided yet."
MetroidPrimeRib
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I don't think I'd like that too much. If they were to put in a new class, it should just be there. Maybe do a tutorial where you have to fight it once to unlock it so you know hero power and stuff like that.
Yeah, it does seem that way. A lot of the answers are "That would be cool" or "We don't know." At least they are putting them into consideration.
I still hope more deck slots comes pretty fast, or the easier things like more dailies.
Just had the most amazing comeback in my HS history.
I decided to login to my second account to open up the free gvg packs and do an arena.
Apparently I didn't finish my last arena on that account, so I started the next game on that run, currently 4-0 from before gvg.
I'm a mage and get matched vs. a priest.
Early game was pretty even, but then on turn 4? he coined out a hobgoblin and an unstable ooze. His board was scary 5/6 minions. I ran my frost ele into the hobgoblin and dropped a 2-drop and used arcane int.
I now had Frostbolt, Blizzard, Flamestrike, Flamestrike in hand as well as as a minion or two, so I knew there was an outside chance I could pull back.
He dropped a Harvest Golem and Sea Giant.
I Blizzard turn 6.
He novas to heal his oozes,harvest golem and giant.
I flamestrike turn 7 to kill the oozes.
He attacks face, drops a 5/4 taunt and heals the giant. Now I'm at 10hp. Giant is at 6hp.
I frostbolt the Giant and kill the damaged golem and drop a Kirin Tor.
Here's the ticket to his demise:
He shrinks my 4/3 and Cabals it. He attacks face. I'm at 5hp
I flamestrike and ping the Cabal to completely clear his board of 5/6 minions.
I have 3 or 4 cards in hand. He had 2/3. He plays harvest golem and kodo.
A turn or two trading board control and then I draw Vaporize which kills his last minion on board while I'm at 1hp.
I start playing 2 minions a turn and kill anything he drops including using a silence to kill a lightspawn.
He's in top-deck mode and doesn't draw direct damage. I even held off on playing <4 drops for two turns for fear of Shadow Madness.
He dies in 3 more turns.
From 1hp against 30hp. To thrilling victory with old cards. Felt great.
Really wish I had a replay or spectators.
Sorry, that got a bit long.
TL;DR: I clawed my way to victory using a non-gvg mage deck vs. a gvg priest deck after 3 out of 4 turns of AoE. reaching 1hp shortly after, and then clearing his top decks for the last few turns with my card advantage/utility cards.
Officerrob
Banned
Because of one card, it's like every Pally hero token has taunt now
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
Member
Bring on a Dual Spec idea. I want to be able to see my opponent's class and decide between two sets. No one deck fits all.
Would be really hard to manage because many classes are designed around their hero powers, like Rogue, Warrior, Paladin and Warlock. You would need an almost identical hero power for a different spec, which kind of defeats the point of "dual specs", from a WoW point of view.
Like, why would Fury or Arms generate Armor?
shindoku21
Member
I finally went 12-0 in Arena, but my rewards were crap, including the cards in the pack. >=/
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Greetings, traveler.
My GvG arena stats. Not infinite, but not bad. Started off with like 4,600 gold, and I'm still over 4,000. It's gonna take a good long while to burn through this all.
Bomb Lobber is my new favorite arena card. Should be played in constructed too. It's so damn good.
Even though it's not my highest win rate, I really like priest. As long as you draft a low curve, and get some good card draw you can do very well. It helps that the play style is so similar to undertaker priest, which is my favorite deck. Trade for board control, snowball a huge lead, and get ready to recover from board wipes. Mage is still strong, less flamestrikes, but lots of new good class cards. And of course paladin is still really good. Need to try hunter again, did really well in two times I picked it, but could have easily been a fluke.
Bomb Lobber is my new favorite arena card. Should be played in constructed too. It's so damn good.
Even though it's not my highest win rate, I really like priest. As long as you draft a low curve, and get some good card draw you can do very well. It helps that the play style is so similar to undertaker priest, which is my favorite deck. Trade for board control, snowball a huge lead, and get ready to recover from board wipes. Mage is still strong, less flamestrikes, but lots of new good class cards. And of course paladin is still really good. Need to try hunter again, did really well in two times I picked it, but could have easily been a fluke.
EnVy_CaLiBeR
Member
Been a long road but..
I have my first Golden Hero! A Golden Garrosh. lol
I have my first Golden Hero! A Golden Garrosh. lol
Got my first ragequit . Was playing my Handlock against a Druid. Dropped Mountain Giant turn 4 on a board with Sludge Belcher and 4/6 Taunt Druid of the Claw. He gave them both Death Rattle: summon 2/2 Ent then swung them into my giant, leaving it at 1.
I silenced his slime, hit his face and then...
I fucking love Recombobulator
. Was playing my Handlock against a Druid. Dropped Mountain Giant turn 4 on a board with Sludge Belcher and 4/6 Taunt Druid of the Claw. He gave them both Death Rattle: summon 2/2 Ent then swung them into my giant, leaving it at 1.I silenced his slime, hit his face and then...
I fucking love Recombobulator
Little Nemo
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Do you mean like you would build two decks for each class, queue up with the class, then decide which of the two decks to use upon seeing which class you were up against?
Brofist
Member
Had an absolutely bizarre game in arena vs a priest as a druid.
Turn 4 Priest plays a Piloted Shredder with a 1 health Dark Cultist on board. I swipe and kill both. The shredder summons a Lorewalker Cho which is buffed to 0/7 by the cultist.
Priest casts Divine Spirit / Inner Fire on the Cho to make it a 14/14 on the next turn. For the next 3 turns I'm playing taunts to stall while trying to draw my bgh. With 10 health and facing lethal I last resort play a Thoughtsteal that I got from the priest via Cho and get a SW Death and kill the buffed Cho.
Meanwhile the whole game spare parts were flying back and forth between our hands because of the Cho.
I finally lose when priest plays a Lightwarden that he was able to stealth using spare parts and buff up big with a circle of healing.
Turn 4 Priest plays a Piloted Shredder with a 1 health Dark Cultist on board. I swipe and kill both. The shredder summons a Lorewalker Cho which is buffed to 0/7 by the cultist.
Priest casts Divine Spirit / Inner Fire on the Cho to make it a 14/14 on the next turn. For the next 3 turns I'm playing taunts to stall while trying to draw my bgh. With 10 health and facing lethal I last resort play a Thoughtsteal that I got from the priest via Cho and get a SW Death and kill the buffed Cho.
Meanwhile the whole game spare parts were flying back and forth between our hands because of the Cho.
I finally lose when priest plays a Lightwarden that he was able to stealth using spare parts and buff up big with a circle of healing.
Little Nemo
Member
Got my first ragequit
I silenced his slime, hit his face and then...
I fucking love Recombobulator
What happens if you recombobulate the little sludge from sludge belcher? Do you get another 5 or like a 1 drop?
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