Professor Lich
Member
Oh man, it's going to be awesome if we get monthly / seasonal / holiday based things in Hearthstone now. Whole it's not really the same thing, I always enjoyed the holiday stuff in WoW so I'm happy to see it crop up in here.
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Hearthstone |OT5| Corrupted Deeprock Salt
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I played against a tempo mage in the brawl. Double flamewakers, double esportals and triple frostbolt. Even got a conjurer which discovered a fireball. Managed to win because he played like an idiot with the fireball (I had a war golem taunted up and he fireballed face instead of it)
That you won against that is pretty amazing. That sounds almost like an unbeatable series of draws.
Oh he also had a snowchugger which enabled blastmage on turn 4, where all 4 shots went into my 4 toughness minion and I had no board at all.
Finished the game at 5 hp or so.
You mean cuz i play Rogue and Shaman exclusively?
I love making my own decks. Trying to do AnyFin - Reno. Initially I thought, "but if I draw all my dupes," I've already won (AnyFin). But Reno theoretically gives me tons of stall. I'm just having a hard time keeping track of the duplicates in my deck. I subbed out a Grimscale for Avenge and a second Sludge Belcher for Stalag and Fuegen. They only work because of the double Uldamans. They're such good buff and nerf cards. If I can just get the opponent down to 20 or 13 I've got a win because I usually can't dig around for that second Warleader and Bluegill. I don't have Blackrock Mountain so I'm missing sooo much card draw and I hate it. I have to bank of Muster - Cult Master and it's just so unreliable.
I'm not saying they should directly copy abilities, but I wish they took some more of the themeing from WoW and fed on the distinction WoW creates between specs to offer more variety and identity to the classes. That's supposed to be a focus of Hearthstone too, where your class choice is supposed to have a major impact on the game being played.
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
I desperately need to save gold to finish buying BRM and LoE. What ends up happening is that when I hit about 400 gold I binge on a few packs late at night or something. *Must* *Resist* *Temptation*
BananasWithGuns
Member
Encounter at the Crossroads....really?
You could at least pretend you give a shit Blizzard.
You could at least pretend you give a shit Blizzard.
Eh just bite the bullet and but at least one of the adventures with real money. $20 for loe is such a enter value then essentially forgoing the 140 cards you would get from packs.I desperately need to save gold to finish buying BRM and LoE. What ends up happening is that when I hit about 400 gold I binge on a few packs late at night or something. *Must* *Resist* *Temptation*
I cant for the love of god keep board control with dragon priest. Its like everything kills my minions super fast. I might just be unlucky, even with two zombie chows (never see them until turn 8 or so), 2 clerics, 2 twilight dragons... do I really need to put shadow word: pain back in the deck?
Now dead to a Druid. Boom turn 8, Savage Roar + Trees turn 9. Fun!
Now dead to a Druid. Boom turn 8, Savage Roar + Trees turn 9. Fun!
I had a game against a mage where he played Goblin Blastmage on curve and he used a Target Dummy to trigger his skill. Wtf! XD
You mean the one also know as "Someone at blizzard had a really bad day"-Brawl?
Blizzard is pissed because so many disliked the last brawl and this is our punishment.
Xamtheking
Member
Am I the only one here who liked Randomonium?
Super Nothing
Member
You need an Android device or Android emulator on your PC. If you download Hearthstone from the Amazon App Store, all of the buy options are linked to your Amazon account and you can pay with Amazon Coins. I've only ever purchased packs this way, but I assume you can buy Arena entry tickets as well.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
This gamemode sucks. What's the point? random cards in your deck?
RumblingRosco
Member
I loved that one.
And wait, people hated last week's? Last week's was amazing. You guys have shit taste!
Now please remind me, what is Encounter at the Crossroads? I forget what it is.
CraigerGamer
Member
Brawl just mulligan'ed me two Lord Jaraxxus. ugh
call_kotaku
Member
aggro shaman is actually pretty fun, it feels more synergistic than face hunter even though they play almost exactly the same
JewEl Scarab sees play. Mad Scientist at 1/1 would still be superior to those two cards as it draws a specific card AND plays it for free even on your opponent's turn l.
A Deck made of 50% taunt minions. And ooze.
Haunted
Member
Oh right, dang those newfangled cards.
So I think it's worth a try putting Mad Scientist down to a 1/1.
WesternHeretic
Member
Won't change anything.
sounds like a shaman it is
I put an ooze into my grabby Priest deck but i don't see that winning much, it's for fun shenanigans.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
I mean, I don't want to nerf it so hard it won't see play at all. If it's objectively worse but still being played, I'd count that as a step in the right direction.
I do. Fuck secrets. I never liked that mechanic before they started printing moronic shit like Mad Scientist and Mysterious Challenger.
WesternHeretic
Member
I mean, I don't want to nerf it so hard it won't see play at all. If it's objectively worse but still being played, I'd count that as a step in the right direction.
You know nerfing mad scientist would make the matchup of Mage/Hunter vs Paladin ... be more in favor of Paladin. Especially if a juggler can ping off the mad scientist and you save a trade.
Paladin is a separate issue altogether. Like Dr Balanced.
WesternHeretic
Member
I play Paladin... BITE ME.
I've been playing it before TGT and Dr.6 so... NOT MY FAULT!
You know what's awesome. When you fuck a Mage and their mirror entity by dropping a darnassus!
As long as Mad Scientist draws and plays the secret his statline doesn't matter much, he's gonna be played in basically any mage/hunter deck. I'd rather he be a 1/2 than anything else though, otherwise a freeze mage could later in the game drop and ping him for a guaranteed iceblock or something. I prefer hitting the attack over anything else as it wouldn't let him trade into other two drops as cleanly. Like mad scientist running into a knife juggler is a disgustingly good trade.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
well Hearthstone deck tracker has had annoying issues before but now it crashes the game so thats cool
The more I think about Mad Scientist the more I think his design is fundamentally flawed. His power is directly proportional to the class he is in. He is only "okay" in Paladin but he's broken in Mage. If his power was "Deathrattle: Draw a Secret from your deck." Or "Deathrattle: Add a random Secret to your hand" that would be much better. That would equalize his power across classes.
call_kotaku
Member
my proposed nerf for mad scientist still holds: make his deathrattle a joust
or nerf MC by making mad scientist play every secret in your deck
Blizzard, if you're listening, I can totally consult for your balance team
or nerf MC by making mad scientist play every secret in your deck
Blizzard, if you're listening, I can totally consult for your balance team
WesternHeretic
Member
Dr. 6 in Tavern Brawl that drew 3 secrets.
Even God is telling me....
Even God is telling me....
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Thats an execution not a nerf
Class strength keeps changing. But Mad Scientist will always be a fundamentally broken card
Thing is that these days you need a deck of 30 OP cards. It's why Paladin is on top right now, they just have a higher concentration of them in their deck. Doesn't make Mad Scientist any less stupid.
call_kotaku
Member
just following in the footsteps of the warsong nerf
GwyndolinCinder
Member
Just realized the majority of the new cards have an azure drake feel to them, feel great to play, yet dont make your opponent think " fuck that card".
The Raptors make me say that for sure.
Mad scientist should definitely be looked at eventually, but I hardly see the point of a nerf that further unbalances the game in its current state.
GwyndolinCinder
Member
board map and seasonal greetings in one week? whilst working on deck sluts? Sounds like alot of work for hs team.
New wing tomorrow.
Eerie Statue could be a Renolock inclusion.
Raven Idol is a pretty good card overall at least for Arena.
Curse of Rafaam might be a cool anti Freeze Mage tech.
Desert Camel not looking too hot right now as almost everyone has some 1 drop. Unless people want to go all in with Injured Kvaldir.
Museum Curator also has some potential.
Legendary sucks this time though. The previous 3 were great though. At least there will be some Starseeker decks online that I will happily crush into submission.
Eerie Statue could be a Renolock inclusion.
Raven Idol is a pretty good card overall at least for Arena.
Curse of Rafaam might be a cool anti Freeze Mage tech.
Desert Camel not looking too hot right now as almost everyone has some 1 drop. Unless people want to go all in with Injured Kvaldir.
Museum Curator also has some potential.
Legendary sucks this time though. The previous 3 were great though. At least there will be some Starseeker decks online that I will happily crush into submission.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Removing Uther's WELL MET for Christmas has nerfed him significantly in the BM meta isnt that enough