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May 21, 201918
Darkelf2099 posted a message on Upcoming balance changesPosted in: General Discussion -
May 20, 20195
torchic44 posted a message on Card Nerf - PreparationPosted in: Card DiscussionThis is a short-sighted nerf. The nerf is great to shape up the meta but it affects every single Rogue card that cost 4 or higher. Spells like Sprint and Vial and Wanted! will be worse than before since it relied on Prep to make decent. Of course, there are also a ton of spells in Wild that also got hurt by that nerf. It's a spell that needed a rework rather than a nerf like that because Blizzard designed spells with that in mind.
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May 13, 2019
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GetchX posted a message on Game of Thrones is disappointingPosted in: General ChatNow that I had a night to digest that episode, I can fairly say the show just ruined itself. I had thought episode 3 was bad, and it stretched the believably of the series, but this one went right over the cliff. The show has ruined so many characters and plotlines in this last season. I feel as if the writers felt that it needed to keep up the drama of the show, and facing a plot of just "good vs evil" left going into season 8, went way overboard to manufacture drama just for the sake of drama.... and totally failed. In detail:
Dany:
Let's start with the big one. Everything about her character in season's 1-7 was that 1. She wanted the throne at all costs and 2. Would not be an evil tyrant and just burn the city down. So at the exact moment that she finally got 1 and 2 and the bells were ringing, she says F it and decides to become the exact person she spent 7 seasons not becoming. Um... OK? And to those of you who said it was being foreshadowed, sure, it was being foreshadowed in the previous two episodes. The writers manufactured this for the sake of the show.
No, sorry, this is just lazy writing. I feel that the writers felt the need to make us uncomfortable, to have a Red Wedding type moment in season 8, but totally failed to understand what made the Red Wedding great. Moments like that reinforce our feelings for our characters, make the victims loved more and the enemies hated more. It adds fuel to the fire, so when the vengeance does come (see: Arya vs the Freys), it is even more powerful and awesome. All Dany's Mad-King does is ruin all our emotions and connections to the character. And the only anger we have is not to another character in the show, but to the writers for doing this.
Seriously, after all she's been through, rape, slavery, losing her child and husband and god knows what else,.. her friend is beheaded and she has doubts about her claim, and NOW she goes all mad? It's entirely implausible. Watch the earlier seasons and ask yourself if this is the same person who was who she was all through the first 7 seasons. It's not, and "she went mad" is not something we were building up to except for what the last episode hinted at. Sorry, can't buy it, and if you can't buy this turn, the show is lost. You DON'T make the protagonist the antagonist in the second-to-last episode of a 80+ episode show with only one previous warning that this might even happen.
Sandor/Arya
They got this one right, at least the part where Sandor saves Arya from herself. It's a great character arc, Arya falling from "princess" to a servant of the God of Death, meanwhile Sandor starts out with no value for life to someone who ends up saving one. And Sandor saves Arya, and then Arya sees death for what it is in the streets. The battle between Sandor and his brother was the most obvious and least unexpected battle of the series, and that's fine. Figured Sandor would kill him with fire, but whatever. The point is, sometimes a simple character arc (good to bad to redeemed for Arya, and bad to good for Sandor) works, it's satisfying and it's ultimately what people want to see in the show, which brings us to...
Jaime:
My favorite arc in the books, and the book's most interesting character. I'm not sure how this one /should/ have ended up, but Jaime, after 7 seasons going from the ultimate bad guy to the guy who could remake himself as a good guy, decides F it, I'm a bad person all along. Again.... OK? While this is more plausible than Dany's turn, it's still straight up stupid and just bad writing. We're going to spend 7 seasons turning the worst guy into someone we can sympathize with, only for him to say "Nope, sorry, I'm evil", walk back home and just die. That's it!... cool, right? Just like Dany, basically this turn in the final season completely invalidates almost everything he did to get to this point. Why would I even rewatch this show knowing how these characters are going to end up?
Cersei:
Meh, her demise was disappointing in that she never saw the face of a Stark when she went down (although I'm glad it wasn't Arya). I'd say it was anti-climactic for the arch-villain to die when a rock fell on her head when she was running away, but then again, the entire season 8 was anti-climactic for her. She just spent most of it staring out of windows. If they wanted drama this season, they should have used, you know, the queen of drama, not manufacturing it with Dany going off the deep-end. Her death-by-rock-on-the-head kinda summarizes how the writing has gone this season: "Um... we don't really know how she should die, so let's somehow get her brother with her and just hit her on the head when they are holding each other. Ok? She wasn't too important to the series."
The Night King:
Yeah, this was episode 3, but it bears repeating here as we point out how the writers are screwing up the character arcs for these people. I said it before on this episode, but just making this guy straight evil, with no explanation and no backstory, is a failure. NO character in the book is completely evil, and NO character is all good. That's what makes the books and show great... and this character should have been explained. He lived for thousands of years, created back when the children of the forest existed to protect against mankind. We had a huge magical wall and thousands of men over thousands of years protect mankind from him. He has incredible powers. Annndddd.... he's going to attack a castle, and die when he gets stabbed in the knee.
OK, we know he was going to die, but you know... for someone who has been the arch-enemy of all of humankind for 7 seasons and thousands of years, we should have gotten at least an explanation. Maybe from...
Bran:
OK, this guy sucks, and it's GRRM's fault mainly. He wrote him to be an all-knowing God in the books, and when someone is super-powerful, they, well.... become really uninteresting. That being said, my GOD did the show not know what to do with him. He just sat around and stared, and stared, and stared. You know, you COULD have used his knowledge to explain the Night King (see above), and you know, maybe had that knowledge be a part of how he was killed. You know, instead of Arya appearing out of nowhere and stabbing him at the last second.
You also COULD have had his knowledge to add drama to the season. Maybe he knew that X and Y had to happen for things to work out, so the drama is in getting X and Y to happen. It almost seemed like that would be the case, when he forgave Jaime because he was here in the fight. Maybe Jaime had to do something in the Night King fight or the later fight for the good guys, but... nope.
Varys:
Here's the storyline for Varys for the season. "Varys finds out that Jon has a better claim to the throne than Dany, and doubts if Dany would be a good queen. He starts doing his Spider thing to try to rig it so Jon is on the throne. However, he is caught by Tyrion and betrays his friend to the queen, and is executed."
Sounds promising, eh? Here's out it all went down: "Varys is writing a note. Greyworm comes in and takes him to his execution. Tyrion apologizes".
If this was season 3, what would have happened is Varys would have talked to the Northern army and told them that Jon is the rightful king. Drama would ensue where we wonder if the Northeners would turn on the Unsullied. Just when we think we might get a civil war, Dany captures and kills Varys, striking fear into the Northeners, and Jon has to play diplomat between Northeners and Dany and succeeds. However, this act pushes Dany further into this "Mad Queen" persona, ruling by fear, and driving a rift between Jon and her.
Of course, doing it this way would then make us think Dany really will burn the city down when the time comes. But this time, the bells ring and she doesn't and defers to Jon wishes and they rule together, and HBO saves 20 million dollars from their CGI budget and uses it on another episode to actually do proper character arcs and writing.
Bronn
I only point him out in that, when you look at his only appearance this season, really looks stupid now that Jaime is dead. Whatever, he's a side character and it's not a big deal, but it just shows that the writers were more interested in drumming up "drama" for the sake of the show, instead of doing what the characters would do normally.
I'm not going to even cover Tyrion (supposedly the smartest Lannister screwing up constantly for the past 3 seasons) and Eamon (contrived scene with Jaime). All the show had to do was a simple lay-up.... give the payoffs for the characters that have been building up over 8 seasons. Don't get fancy, don't try to go for shock, and you'll have one of the best series of all time. Sometimes keeping it simple and giving us what we want works best. We know a whole bunch of people will die, that's fine, but tie up the arcs nice and neat.
They did this with Sandor, and well, that's it. They totally screwed up everyone else. The last episode doesn't even matter anymore. Hell, the whole series doesn't matter anymore. All that build up, all the years of history, is for naught.
I found it funny, when you looked down at all of Kings Landing burning, honestly, I found it a fitting picture of what just happened to the show.
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May 5, 20191
Essavias posted a message on Game of Thrones is disappointingPosted in: General ChatOk, while ep3 had at least some, not much, redeeming qualities, ep4 is straight up garbage. Pathetic.
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Mar 30, 20195
Rainbowhunter posted a message on The Wild Meta is still pretty good!Posted in: General Deck BuildingGreetings y'all,
I've been having a blast with quite a few decks in Wild, not much of a Standard player, but if any of you are sick of Standard at the moment and like playing a semi-competetive Hunter deck that's a blast to play I present to you my Clogged and Loaded deck guide.
If you're sick of seeing Mech Hunters, but still like playing Mechs and love Rogue, I present to you my Mechanical Kensei.
Like playing Even Shaman, but want to spice things up? Well I've got you covered with my combo oriented Dustin' Around.
Is Midrange your thing and you're a knight in noble shiny armor? Well go and have some adventures and create legends with my Even Paladin list.
All of these decks were tested quite through and through and definitelly stand a chance on the Wild ladder. With the most competetive of them being Dustin' Around.
If there are any questions about substitutes be sure to ask and I'll happily help y'all out before the guides are posted.
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Feb 13, 20195
Greym1 posted a message on Brawl of Champions Round One Is This Week's Tavern BrawlPosted in: NewsThe Brawl Quest got an extra slot. You can have 3 quests open with this event and its ok.
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Feb 12, 20190
FilsonTheRat posted a message on Malthael Isn't The Only One Reaping Souls - 8% of Blizzard Laid Off, Dev Teams Increasing, Message From J. Allen BrackPosted in: NewsWill I be able to play those epic games on my phone?
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Feb 12, 201945
Dr_Horus posted a message on Reminder: Lunar Festival Ends Soon & Season of Rastakhan BeginsPosted in: NewsInstructions unclear, ended up crafting golden Millhouse Manastorm
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Jan 31, 20192
Dallaen posted a message on Hearthstone Nerfs Coming February 5 - Equality, Cold Blood, Hunter's Mark & MorePosted in: NewsRexxar is absolutely the best DK in the game and it's not even close. This is not hate on Rexxar it's simply a fact and the numbers don't lie. Look at the data on how often a Hunter match is won AFTER DK Rexxar is played. the only reason it is not being changed is because it would set a dangerous precedent and force them to change all the DK's. That is simply something they will not do.
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Dec 21, 2018
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Tiket posted a message on Why the new nerfs make me happy and the future of nerfsPosted in: Wild FormatI hope that they will rework the priest’s resurrection mechanic.
When minion got resurrected it should be remove from dead pool. It is nonsense when priest resurrected 2-3 copy of single dead minion.
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When Bran said to Theon " I'<wbr />m going to go now" and then did his warg thing with ravens, I thought for sure he's going for some help. Maybe some unexpected reinforcements, like wild animals coming from the woods and attacking those WW that stayed in the back. But no, he simply wanted to check out on his boy NK, that's all.
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Dunno if it's posted somewhere already, but there are pack rewards for log in into game every day of championship. Today it was one Witchwood pack, tomorrow will be one Boomsday pack, and the next day will probably be one Rastakhan pack.
Make sure you start Hearthstone every day because if you miss a day, you lose that day's pack for good.
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You're absolutely right! Haven't seen single Control Warrior, Quest Warrior, Dragon Warrior + Odd versions of each, Rush Warrior, Mecha'thun Warrior + some meme Warrior decks on ladder for more than a year! I missed him sooo much!
Dr. Boom was strong before the rotation, now it's OP. And it's fine because DK Garrosh wasn't much of a Hero card and warrior deserves to have one that's strong.
More annoying thing for me is Omega Devastator. Thanks to Omega Assembly I see at least three of these buggers per match. Just recently had a match against Warrior who played 5 (FIVE!) of 'em. Fun times...
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with this deck you lose to rogue, you lose to bomb warrior, and you get crushed by token druid - and that's about 90% meta atm
early game minions are weak, it lacks strong heals and it's main source of power (summons) are rng dependant
+1 for the effort, but this deck is not for ladder
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It's a bad card that can be useful in a few situations. Tier 4 at best.
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It's 3 packs actually.
This is how it works:
You get one pack just for choosing someone. If your choice moves out of the group stage, second pack is yours. If he wins his next match (as Bunnyhoppor did), then you get three packs. And if your champion gets to finals, it's time to open a bottle of champagne, 'cause you're rich, son!
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I don't think you get that my post isn't about dust, rather about the consistency of cards that are put into HoF.
So far, cards that are moved to HoF were, as developers said, either omnipresent/overused or were "limiting future design options" if they stayed in standard. Fine. This time, apart from Genn/Baku and three classic cards that indeed could be/are material for HoF, we have four cards that are total opposite - they're neither overused, nor they are limiting design space.
Now, if these cards were really good, then it would make sense to keep them, but, apart from Murkspark Eel which is decent, other three are medicore/bad and are only in HoF because, without Genn/Baku in standard, they'd be completely pointless. So why keep these bad cards in HoF alongside other powerful cards? Just so we can have more cards in the game? Nonsense.
I don't care about dust, I was talking about something else.
Really people? Dust is the only thing you care about?
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While Baku/Genn & Classic cards make sense, rest of the cards imho don't belong to HoF. Strongest even/odd decks (especially in the wild) won't even use any of 'em. I mean, who would want to play Gloom Stag ever?
And since, obviously, developers aren't planning to print any more cards like this, they will stand there like a weird anomaly.
They should have removed them completely and give players dust for 'em.
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I think changing it's cost from 6 to 9 (or 10 if it's more suitable for some possible unknown even/odd shenanigans) would help quite a bit, without hurting much it's power level.