Hearthpwn

Been playing casual mode for a bit of fun with totem shaman. Turns out its not fun.

Here is a list of my last 7 opponents

Voidlord Warlock (net decked)

Face hunter (net decked)

Secret Mage

Big Priest

Secret Mage (net decked)

Aggro paladin (net decked)

Aggro Paladin (same guy as above)

This is in casual mode. Why aren't people playing that top tier nonsense in ranked? Just kills any fun in casual as you might as well be playing rank 5 ranked. I mean don't people know that these decks are already good?

Some of the most fun in this game can be had in casual mode when you get 2 people with off beat decks that havn't be refined to within an inch of their life.

Rant over

Have faith fellow brethren.

We have survived the storm of the jade monster and our deliverance is only months away. Despite our controlling ways being dealt a harsh blow with miracles abounding we have still cobbled together a mighty defence with our murloc allies. 

If we can remain relevant at a time when everything we held dear has been ripped from us then surely deliverance is at hand. 

Cling to the light and do not lose faith. Take up your truesilver and know that the silverhand will be there to support us in the months ahead.

Ready your buffs and prepare to fight. We will not be silenced! Even in death our ashbringers will bring ruination. 

I call all those worthy to arms and implore you to fight. Fight for our right to stay in the meta and show all those net deckers out there that justice is still here.

My fellow soldiers of the light. We have all the cards revealed. What can Paladin muster this expansion.

Share your deck building ideas!

This deck focuses on easily completing the pally quest and having Lynessa Sunsorrow and Galvadon as your finishers.

Call to Arms will play a huge role in keeping board stability and tempo by summoning Doomsayer and Dirty Rat to the board.

So i play tirion

Priest plays this and cabal

i press the concede button.

Seems legit

I don't get it...

When i first read i was like meh.

Then i re-read it...... 6 mana 5/5  that can easily have cost reduced with DIVINE SHIELD!! i'm down for that all day.

Not to mention its a freaking crystal lion...... that looks made of gold for some reason.

Omg if i see one more post comparing this to tentacles for arms........

This has so little in common in terms of value. Tentacles is 5 mana 2 attack, deathrattle ''return this to your hand'' Meaning you have to pay the 5 mana again.

This is 6 mana 4 attack, deathrattle give a minion in your hand 4/2 and deathrattle equip Val'anyr.

For 6 mana you get 8 attack over 2 swings and when the BUFFED minion dies it re-equips at no cost to you as long as no silence was played. This is leaps and bounds ahead of tentacles and the buff on the minion will be great on any card and insane on several cards ie dopplegangster or chain gang. Not to mention weapon removal (which may be rife during this exp) does very little to this card. 

This card alone will make control pally much stronger and healadin may become viable depending on the next cards to be released.

No more tentacles please. 

First and foremost, this is not a thread complaining that we don't get to choose our FREE LEGENDARY weapon. Notice i highlighted free and legendary? 

I for one realize that Blizzard has no obligation to do this and i am extremely grateful for it and if i happen to get the weapon to a class i dont play i will most likely take my 400 dust with a smile and be on my merry way.

Here's where the can of worms starts...... if Blizzard out of the goodness of their heart (with obsolutely no marketing strategy involved at all) saw fit to give us awesome free goodies including the free packs etc is it reasonable to ask that we got to choose our weapon as well?

Here's my personal view and play experience.

I main Paladin. I have almost all the Paladin cards and i certainly have all the relevant ones. I spend money on the game so i have the cards needed to make a few T1 decks with a few classes. If i manage to get the Paladin weapon for free i would most likely fall off my chair and get the party poppers out. However in the likely event that that does not happen i will have the resources to craft it anyway and i go on my merry way.

Here's where others may differ. They don't spend money. Perhaps they dust a few classes to scrape together a T1 or T2 deck. They have so much time invested into maybe 1 or 2 classes that not getting possibly a meta defining or class defining card puts them out of being competitive until they grind out enough dust to make it. 

This may sour the newer players experience especially if they are facing others who happen to get a shiny new weapon that they are able to play in a strong deck. 

I could go on but i think you get the point. (this is already too long).

TLDR

Have your say! If we are getting a freebie should we get to choose? Would that make the experience so much better especially for new players? Should we not have a choice, and why?

Pretty sure Black guards ability only hits minions. sorry friend

Hmmm nice idea but im not sold.

Relies so heavily on abomination combo that if you dont draw any of the combo pieces you may be left with a hand that is full of heals and secrets with nothing to do.

It has 0 tempo and no reliable way to take back the board ie no equality or pyro.

Relies on abomination combo for clear, runs a lot of small cost spells that do nothing with no way to draw cards. 

Like the idea and i may try it but it looks like it might be a frustrating experience.