I haven't been very active on hearthpwn lately, but I still logged in regularly and I am sad to see it go. Looks like I'm not gonna finish my long term goal on this site.
I feel you :(
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May 29, 201922
Twitchy posted a message on The HearthPwn Tavern Is Closing Its DoorsPosted in: News -
May 7, 20193
Morkimus posted a message on What if the salt thread...was a bad ideaPosted in: General DiscussionSometimes the salt thread is a godsend. By itself, the thread is one of the most amazing features of Hearthpwn. So... no, I don't think it was a bad idea.
Of course, it is always very convenient to dismiss all criticism as salt, and I do believe the salt link to be the laziest reply possible in Hearthpwn, tied with the small indie company meme.
But think about it this way: posting the salt thread is no different from saying "OP is salty" and calling it a day. The argument does not get stronger just because there is a link attached to it. Usually you should either ignore it (because the person, quite literally, could not think of anything else to argue against you) or reply with about as much effort.
And this is coming from a person who despises the Salt Thread link as a shield from criticism.
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May 6, 2019
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Mazi posted a message on Scientific research about aggro and control players:Posted in: General DiscussionIn the Minnesota research institute of doom, they have done studies about why players chose to play aggro or control decks.
It turned out that in every competitive game, who decide to play control roles is tipically an obsessive person who need to keep control about everything in real life too, thus not living emotions at their fullest. This is true not only for control decks in HS but also for tank or support roles in mobas for example.
On the other side, the aggro player is someone who likes aggression and big damages, this can be easily explained in 2 ways:
The player is below 10 years old so he get excited by everything involving big numbers and damage just like when he looks at his favourite pointless and stupid american action movie with nutella and ice cream in his hands.
When the aggro player is more adult tho, it means he need to compensate his own lacks with big damages. Possible causes are micropenis, low height, high weight, inability to interact with the opposite sex. This is true also for high damage heroes in mobas such as assassins or damage oriented fighters.
And you? What kind of player do you feel like you are?
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May 5, 20192
Mercynary9 posted a message on Keyword DiscussionPosted in: General DiscussionImagine quartz elemental have enrage, “im so angry i cant attack”. Not every minion need this weird enrage keyword.
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May 1, 20191
Cultrus posted a message on I'm too weakPosted in: Wild Formatwhy not? last month i hit legend with even shaman. it works well vs odd paladin and token druid (not 100%)
here is my full list: https://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/1273829-legend-even-shaman
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May 1, 20191
Deck_Fiend posted a message on I'm too weakPosted in: Wild FormatQuote from Deck_Fiend >>ah sorry man this is specifically tagged for "wild"
Ok so I heard even shaman was nerfed? maybe it's still good though. I haven't played wild since around Jan this year so I'm not sure. I heard Big priest is still being horrible though and that There's a new warlock deck that's nearly as bad.Even Shaman's "nerf" was actually a nerf to Flametongue Totem making it cost 3 and removing it from that archetype. However, I'm not positive all builds of Wild Even Shaman were using it to begin with. I did see an interesting post a day ago about someone's take on Even Shaman, using things like Garrison Commander and Draenei Totemcarver. Not sure how good it really is, but they hit legend with it apparently.
To sum my point up, even with the Flametongue change, there are ways to make Even Shaman work still.
yeah that doesn't even seem like a really important card TBH. I mean I do see some decks running it, but not often. It's more of an old school card. Like how you hardly ever see tide totems neither any more.
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May 1, 20191
RoyRogersMcfreely posted a message on I'm too weakPosted in: Wild FormatDo it! Even shaman is very fun in wild and with the new expansion there are a couple of different versions which is a lot of fun
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May 1, 2019
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Hawk7915 posted a message on The pathetic state of WildPosted in: General DiscussionComing from Magic, I don't really understand the complaint that Wild as an "eternal format" has a meta with high powered decks. You named 5 decks at the top of the meta, I know there are other decks that aren't as good like Aluneth Mage and Deathrattle Hunter, not everything wins because not everything should win. It's the nature of competitive card games.
This.
An inevitable part of any semi-competitive, for profit collectible game is that some strategies are just more powerful and some cards are just more powerful. There will always, always, always be a "deck to beat" or two or three. There will always be a metagame.
For instance, let's look at Resurrect Priest/Big Priest, as that deck has had some amount of staying power and popularity for years. It is so powerful because it synergizes extremely well with big, powerful minions especially ones that have strong Deathrattles or "immediate impact" (in the form of end-of-turn effects or powerful passive effects). Resurrect allows you to follow a tempo-poor turn (summoning an 8 or 9 or 10 mana minion) with a huge tempo-positive turn (summoning another copy for only 2 -4 mana and then being able to play an answer alongside it). This play has only gotten more powerful as we've been given more ways to "cheat" those 8 and 9 drops into play like Barnes and Shadow Essence.
You'd think that as more and more cards get printed, it would be a less powerful strategy but the reverse has ended up being true - Blizzard isn't printing anything else for Priest to do that is more powerful than Resurrect, as if they did that would break Standard. Can you imagine how insane something would have to be to be a better idea than looping Obsidian Statues and Y'sharjj with resurrection effects? In no time at all, older cards would be power-creeped to oblivion which is the opposite of what most people want out of Wild, right? We'd need something for Priest like "4 mana, if your deck has no minions summon The Lich King"...and even then, I'm sure we'd see spells-only Resurrect Priest to abuse it :(. Meanwhile every time any good "big" minion is printed Resurrect priest just gets a little more powerful. Any time Priest gets a new tool to help ensure they survive to turn 6, Resurrect benefits more than any other possible Priest archetype because Resurrect is already the best archetype - the rich get richer.
But let's say they nerfed Big Priest TO THE GROUND - nerf the unholy hell out of Barnes, Y'sharjj, Resurrect, Shadow Essence, and Eternal Servitude. Every other class would still have options that would dominate.
Let's say you outright ban ALL the components of top decks now - let's ban Barnes, Y'sharjj, Vargoth, Resurrect, Baku, Genn, Kingsbane, Murloc Warleader, all of it. That wouldn't do what you want - we wouldn't suddenly see each class with 2-3 viable ways to play, all equally balanced. We'd still see within months a "solved" metagame with two or three top decks, as the "next best things" took off.
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Apr 30, 20192
SlydE posted a message on Garrison Commander in Even ShamanPosted in: Wild FormatLegend proof.
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Apr 24, 20192
ShadowsOfSense posted a message on What about a Hearthstone version of Overwatch's just announced Workshop featurePosted in: General DiscussionWhat would be your incentive to ever pay for anything again when you could just make whatever cards you wanted in this mode?
Don't get me wrong, as an avid creator of cards I'd love this. But it'd be ridiculous for Blizzard to allow you to create your own cards from a business standpoint.
As for gamemodes, that's just a custom games browser, which OW has already had for ages and which people have been asking for for Hearthstone for ages too, nothing special. I guess seeing this you could argue for a more creative custom games browser, but again, you couldn't let people touch individual cards.
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Ah yes, Devolve. I used to run 2 of them, but because I kept running into Big Priest, I put in 2x Hex. When I finally stopped running into them, I cut a hex for some tech cards, like Golakka Crawler. The main reason is because while it can deal with a large, overstated threat, I felt that Maelstrom Portal was SO much better against the aggro i was facing, which was why I put in 2x Walking Fountain, which has saved me at least 2 games.
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Not necessarily, I encountered no Even Shamans on my run from rank 15-4. It was pretty interesting, it has largely faded from popularity in favor of Control Shaman or Murloc Shaman.
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If any of you guys ever remembered the thread I made about my unwillingness to craft a deck, well I did it. I crafted Even Shaman, and I have to say that it is meta-defining. I'm going on a 68% WR, and there are no signs of stopping at Rank 4. I recently hit a 9 win streak, and I'm riding on a 5 win streak now. Obviously all the matchups aren't perfect, but one of the most important things is that it beats BOTH Odd Paladin and Kingsbane Rogue, and fairs decently well against Big Priest. I've played 66 games, and I highly recommend you check it out. This is looking like the Pepper Thread but if anyone wants to get into Wild, Even Shaman is the way to go. I'll edit this later with the decklist.
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Quite often anytime someone tries to have a meaningful conversation about problems in HS, "Salt thread link:" "There's a salt thread for that". It's just really annoying how this website is a forum for Hearthstone, but now it seems as if the only place someone is allowed to talk to in a moderately annoyed tone is the salt thread. And who actually reads what the salt thread users say? It's like writing in a diary: I am mad. Big Priest is bad. What do you think? I would like to get Kaladin's opinion on this.
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lol he could survive by using 2 Whirlwind and a Warpath. EZ Clap
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Well this thing would be designed for hardcore players. Nobody who's like "Eh, I play Hearthstone sometimes during my free time" is ever gonna want to use this feature, but people who love hearthstone will use this feature. It would never work though, the coding would be a mess and the community isn't exactly appreciative of Blizzard.
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Yeah sure, but a 6 mana above average 5/5 is nothing to sweat about, considering you have 6 turns to develop.
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False. Completely false. The only reason that they can rez so many 8+ mana minions is because Barnes makes a copy of it and they keep rezzing. How da fuck else does Priest get anything on board by turn 8.
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Good points.
Good points. I take back what I said.
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Why is this thread so long, the reason is because people like winning.
And who ever defended it? Literally all over Hearthpwn there's these threads "Token Druid: the New Cancer" "Token Druid, the new meta" "fuck token druid". There's definitely negativity about Token Druid. There's always gonna be consistently good decks, like Odd Paladin, which even after the nerf was one of the best decks in the Standard meta. I don't really see a problem with it, it's a good aggro deck, who ever heard of that? The main reason everyone plays it is because it's cheap and effective. Just like Odd Paladin! Why nerf anything that has a good winrate. And by the way, what deck do you play?