Hearthstone

Column_sl said:

Hopefully someone comes out with something better in the next couple years, and overtakes Hearthstone because the game is a complete joke currently. I guarantee the better players will jump ship immediately. I can't imagine how bored they must be streaming this game every night with a smile on their face.

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I remember hearing this shit about WoW for like ten years straight. Never happened. "Everyone is about to bail any minute guys! Come play WH Online with me and these three other dudes from the guild!"

But you're right. There will never be a pro HS tournament circuit at this rate. Oh, wait.

I don't think you can equate this game with WOW it's a silly comparison, and the pro circuit is a fucking joke. Over Half the tournaments are invite only, and very few are open pools because we can't have our top streamers getting RNGed out in the first couple rounds can we.

Out of all the games on the Esport circuit, Hearthstone is the laughing stock of them. This permeates through every true discussion on the state of this game out there.

Tavern Brawl sounds like a mildly interesting minigame that won't have the slightest influence on competitive play, i.e. Tavern Brawl results won't be taken seriously or matter in any way. New rules every week means a total lack of any metagame, poor balance, and just general randomness. It probably also rules out more casual players as it sounds like you'll need to have all the cards in the game to be able to consistently utilize the weekly rulesets, while most players live a life of disenchanting everything that isn't used in popular decks so that they can craft the important cards. It's already essentially impossible to stay on top of the ladder meta without putting considerable money into the game. Following a game mode wherein the "right cards" change every week will be impossible for 95% of players.

For this reason, I hope Tavern Brawl is just something minor that they're adding on the side without affecting their other plans, and not something that will take up the "quota" of game changes. It doesn't sound like a game mode I'd ever bother playing, and I could just leave it alone without worrying (like I do with arena), but I have a sneaking suspicion that this is the only noteworthy addition the game will see this year. And with Blackrock Mountain being an absolutely terrible expansion that did next to nothing to the game, I'm a bit concerned that they'll feel like introducing Tavern Brawl means they can then leave the game alone for a long while.

Did nothing.... everybody get in heeeere.

Except patron/commander is a pretty shitty addition to this game.

As an aside there is nothing more entertaining to me in this game than mirror entity on doomsayer twice in one game.

All Hail the Fel Reaver! I know, I know... BGH but it still feels good man

I'd be more worried about humility or aldor peacekeeper. That's an entire deck ready to be milled.

Playing ladder at rank 10 and just played a Warlock deck I hadn't seen before. Not quite sure what is was trying to accomplish, but they played 1 deathlord, 2 sludge belchers, 1 sacrificial pact, 1 darkbomb and a couple other things. Usually Maly lock has more card draw, right? Not sure if the player was trying some version of control or something, but like I said, haven't seen anything like it before. Probably because it wasn't very effective.

taho_sl said:

Playing ladder at rank 10 and just played a Warlock deck I hadn't seen before. Not quite sure what is was trying to accomplish, but they played 1 deathlord, 2 sludge belchers, 1 sacrificial pact, 1 darkbomb and a couple other things. Usually Maly lock has more card draw, right? Not sure if the player was trying some version of control or something, but like I said, haven't seen anything like it before. Probably because it wasn't very effective.

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May have been a "otk" deck with arcane golem, 2xpower overwhelming, faceless and he didn't draw into his combo, et makes this old combo particularly scary again, could possibly use leeroy.

mures_sl said:

May have been a "otk" deck with arcane golem, 2xpower overwhelming, faceless and he didn't draw into his combo, et makes this old combo particularly scary again, could possibly use leeroy.

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Yep. I played one of these yesterday and got skelped. He had 4 charge minions down and hit 2xPower Overwhelming.

Ah, interesting. Haven't run across that before.

Edit: And, fantastic, more broken charge-mechanic face aggro to deal with.

Power Overwhelming + charge isn't new. Of course Emp just made those kinds of combos possible again.

First time I ran into that Golem lock shit last week or something it pissed me off, thinking I had the game in hand then wombo'ed my face with the combo.

It's not a super common variant of Warlock though. So even though a OTK variant is running around out there. It's rare enough to mulligan as though it's Zoo or Handlock.

Whenever I see a Warlock I always assume Zoo. If it's Handlock I've got a couple of turns to draw into some answers. But if it's Zoo I need my answers immediately.

Mage skin:Medivh

I'm seeing about 70/30 handlock lately @ 6.

jooka_sl said:

I wonder since the new hero skins come animated, just wooden not golden, if they are going to enable the animations on the older hero's for everyone golden or not.

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I doubt it. The animated portrait is probably a selling point for at least some people who don't have/won't get a golden hero.

Maybe down the road, but I would think that would be way after this new set of heroes stop making Blizzard money.

They probably won't animate the old ones, just to make people want the new ones that much more.