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Hearthstone |OT5| Corrupted Deeprock Salt
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LucidMomentum
Member
Okay, I'm playing ranked to level up each of the classes to 10. It's... slow going as I lack a lot of the class cards.
Since I have 2 of the adventures, should I just play those to level up?
Since I have 2 of the adventures, should I just play those to level up?
If one class has cards usable to boost C'thun you'll just see a harder push towards a single archetype C'thun instead of one that spans classes. Class cards are already fairly limited, and when an expansion whiffs on them or doesn't make something more universal it can really hurt the class. If a class winds up receiving C'thun based cards it would feel like the game is pushing them too hard to create that kind of deck.
No. You level up faster if you play Ranked. Keep doing what you're doing.
#2. The card is good in terms of power level.
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
You could, I like doing the class challenges since you play some fun decks and so aren't hindered by your lack of cards. Ranked does give you more exp though.
I think it's okay. I don't think it's as good as Muster.
Princess Carl
Member
That's seriously the card they choose to reveal?
Everything about this screams a miniature Destiny cycle. They have no idea what to do with the game and are coming up with something at the very last minute, and gave themselves two more months to crunch.
All aboard my doomsayer train!
Everything about this screams a miniature Destiny cycle. They have no idea what to do with the game and are coming up with something at the very last minute, and gave themselves two more months to crunch.
All aboard my doomsayer train!
It's clunky because it costs 5 mana, and Paladin is a class that already has a busy mid-late game but little early game with the loss of Naxx/GVG cards. It's not bad, it's not as good as Muster is now, but it just doesn't seem like a card that Paladin wants to play.
LucidMomentum
Member
I'll keep doing ranked then. Almost got priest up (yawn, I really don't like this class) and then I've got 4 of them done. Once I've got them all done I'll see what classes I like the best (Necro / Hunter so far) and then focus on those classes while I go through the adventures and get more cards.
I already spent quite a bit on the game, but I feel like it's more accessible and cheaper than MTG overall so that's nice.
Princess Carl
Member
...Or more likely, this might be a really boring balancing expansion.
Of course it's not as good as Muster for Battle but Muster was damn near broken. It's also not as bad as Dark Whispers or Ball of Spiders. The card is balanced stat wise but it's very usable for all the reasons I mentioned before. It's usable both in Wild and in Standard.
In fact, I don't think any card revealed in OG is raw dumpster tier. Closest is Validated Doomsayer but it's not bad in an aggressive deck.
Professor Lich
Member
Here's a question I have;
Not counting the power of Muster for Battle, is a card like that a staple for Paladins now? I know it's a strong card, but I'm thinking more about something that pools a lot of Recruit bodies for them. Paladins are all about buffs, right? So getting a card every Standard cycle that does that seems like a good idea for them as a class. Sure, maybe this iteration is a really boring take on that idea, but it could be a way to see how it functions and where to move forward from here.
Not counting the power of Muster for Battle, is a card like that a staple for Paladins now? I know it's a strong card, but I'm thinking more about something that pools a lot of Recruit bodies for them. Paladins are all about buffs, right? So getting a card every Standard cycle that does that seems like a good idea for them as a class. Sure, maybe this iteration is a really boring take on that idea, but it could be a way to see how it functions and where to move forward from here.
Cthun already breaks some mechanics. The buff it gets from the cultists seems to be permanent so if you bounce back the card as a 10/10 into your hand it remains a 10/10. This might also mean that the buff can't be silenced off.
My question is what happens when you Thoughsteal it. Do you get the buffed version? What about when you Entomb it?
Fodder for amusing "wtf hearthstone" videos I imagine.
I can't wait for someone to buff up their Cthun to godly levels, Priest plays Thoughsteal and gets two Cthuns, then proceeds to beat the other guy with his own Cthun.
toddhunter
Member
People laughed at me when I suggested the new expansion would be cards like Piloted Shradder.
Yet here we are, rebuy the same old cards with some balance adjustments every year!
Yet here we are, rebuy the same old cards with some balance adjustments every year!
I feel Muster was just really good tempo, plus the having a Lights Justice is really helpful, since you would often make use of the extra damage to remove the enemy 2 or 3 drop.
The new version having no weapon make it a lot weaker. In a vacuum, its just an average card. How viable it will be is going to come down to how it synergizes with other cards in the set. If there is something that benefits from summoning or killing a bunch of units, then it will be pretty good. If not, average doesn't normally cut it in constructed, so it likely wouldn't see play at all.
I am going to pop off really hard if they put out a Corrupted Shredder, 5 mana 5/3 Deathrattle: Summon a 3 drop.
i'm actually sorta relieved by cards like these
i'm pretty much picturing it as a "don't worry guys we aren't gonna do straight reprints" thing which I was actually semi worried about
that said hopefully 1: i'm not reading too much into it and 2: there aren't to many of them
Professor Lich
Member
Do we know the rate of which they are revealing cards? We've seen a total of six now, right?
7
6 yesterday,1 today
will probably be pretty slow overall because there's still like 5-7 weeks until the new cards even come out
Princess Carl
Member
I'll stop playing if they do.
SonicXtreme
Member
idk why they never nerfed mysterious challenger to just be a deathrattle card. it'd make it insanely fair imo
BananasWithGuns
Member
Because Blizzard has a hard on for secrets and they'll do just about anything to make sure they see play.
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
This is like an even worse The Beast so I'm okay with it.
Better than hungry dragon, can't be insta killed
That's way worse than Hungry Dragon. It can summon a Patient Assassin for your opponent and then you basically wasted a whole turn.
Even then most of the 2 drops can outright kill the 6/3 minion. It's dumpster status.
Super Nothing
Member
They don't get the 2 drop until after the Corrupted Shredder is dead, though. It's still pretty terrible.
toddhunter
Member
Way worse than the 7/4 at least.
Make it overload 1 and a pirate and it would still slot right into Shaman.
toddhunter
Member
2/4 cranky silverback is going to be amazing.
I just meant that that being instantly killed by a pit snake feels worse
irfaanator
Banned
that ice ranger power creep
BananasWithGuns
Member
I hope there's an evil Annoy-o-Tron.
"Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye."
What?
Since other people are spitballing.
Oh OK, that seems strange but good for cool for some odd decks
It steals Taunts and Divine Shield from other units. Its normally a vanilla 3 mana 2/3, and its battle cry is to Steal Divine Shield and Taunt from all units, and gain it for each one he took.
Oh wait sorry, corrupted cards can't be good, silly me. Ok, he is a 4 mana 2/4 with taunt and divine shield.
irfaanator
Banned
was gonna say a 2/1 with charge and deathrattle
Portugeezer
Member
This drip feeding of cards is bullshit.
That actually sounds like a pretty good card to me...better than annoy-o-tron actually