Hearthpwn

According to BlizzActivision there is only one month in the calendar: November.

So yes, my guess is November.

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New favorite: Rend Blackhand into Sylvanas Windrunner. I'm loving rand so much lately

thats not a combo mate 

 Maybe he/she means some hot action between Rend and Sylvanas, mate. We don't know. :D

(Wait, did I really just say that?)

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People are already tired of complaining about brawl mode and want a new mode to whine and complain about. 

 LoL that's funny. But true, sadly.

However, I believe there is more to that. A lot of Hearthstone players have had experience with other card games (I don't wanna just say TCG because that's not really the only one). Some of them might even have participated in tournaments. When they are asking for a "Tournament Mode", they are reminiscing on the past and is trying to bring back (or trying to experience for the first time) the experience of a tournament. 

The mere mention of the word "Tournament" also brings the feeling of authority, of seriousness. It's like they are no longer playing "just a game", but is engaged in serious competition, with other competitors to fight for glory and fame, to prove that they are the champion(s) of this competition. Which is fine, whatever. Know that Hearthstone will never be like this. 

Hearthstone is a casual game BY DESIGN. The developers said that. The developers do exactly that. Randomness breeds fun and laughter. Randomness ruins competition. The developers want the game for players so that the players can pick it up, play a few games, get some good laughter, and move on with their daily lives. I guess that vision doesn't really align with some of the vocal minorities. But that's fine. Everyone has a say, right?

If they want competition, want tournament mode, go play M:tG. If I don't have a fiancee, and have a buttload of cash from my father, sure I would play M:tG all day and engage in tournaments. Afterall a little bit of my heart still want to excel at playing card games, specifically M:tG. But alas, I can't. So I am content with Hearthstone, giving me some card games to play and think about, but is casual enough I can set it down and go on with my daily lives. 

Someone had responded to my other posts, saying something like "you are like someone saying you don't need to get high on drugs because you can get high on lives". I mean, well yeah. I don't know if I get high on lives, but I certainly don't need to get high on drugs, or Hearthstone, or M:tG, for that matter. I am not saying anything, I am just pointing it out. 

This topic is so sensible I must make my contribution.

1 mana spell, "Turn your hero power into Hunting-Hunter - 0 mana: Destroy your opponent if your opponent is playing hunter." (Yes, the opponent, the physical opponent.

Or how about...

1 mana 1/1 with an ability that reads: "If your opponent plays a hunter spell, that spell is destroyed, so is one of his/her fingers".

Hey. How about this...

1 mana spell : "For the rest of the game, if your opponent activates Steady Shot, instead of dealing 2 damage to your hero, the arrow is redirected to hit your opponent in the face". (Gore warning)

Finally, this.

1 mana spell : "For the rest of the game, if your opponent's Explosive Trap is activated, instead of dealing 2 damage to your hero and your minions, your opponent is put into the living hell that is Explosive Trap and die in a fire. You are required to witness the scene and listen to the wailing until your opponent is dead". 

Are you not entertained? ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED? IS THIS NOT WHY YOU ARE HERE? /spit

Each to their own, I guess.

So let me tell you another story...

One day my friend came by, so I treated him with a beer...

Friend: You got that new painting there.

Me: Yep.

Friend: I don't know who painted that, looks cool though.

Me: Thanks!

So after a day or two another friend came by, this time I treated him with some wine...

Friend: That's your new decorations...?

Me: ...yep.

Friend: Looks like a smudge... but whatever. You pay like *** for that?

Me: (smiles and shake head) yep. Sounds silly, right?

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The point is not about the painting's good or the price is good, but the painting itself. Not only did it offer me some comfort when I look at it, it also gives me and my buddies something to talk about. The price doesn't matter. The painter doesn't matter. What matter is what you do with what you got. 

For those who are saying they can get more games on Steam than buy the portrait, why not do both? I checked Steam before I sleep and lo' and behold games are on sale. Some of them are on my wishlist so I grabbed a bunch. 

I do them for different purposes. I buy games so that I can play them. I buy portraits the same reason I get a vase or paintings or whatever for my house, I enjoy looking at them. And if some of my friends enjoy looking at them when they visit, that's fine too.

So I will tell you a story...

One day I was walking on the street with a roasted turkey in hand. I met a guy.

Me: (shows turkey to guy)

Guy: (nods with smile on face)

Me: (shares turkey with guy)

Both: (good times)

And then another day I was walking on the street again, this time with a roasted suckling pig in hand. I met another guy.

Me: (shows pig to guy)

Guy: (finger pointing) Screw you!!

Me: (facepalm, walks on)

Guy: (still yelling) Screw you and your disposable income!!

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See, it's all about perspective. 

By the way, if it is not clear enough, the story has absolutely nothing to do with what we are discussing here in this thread. :D

Achievement Earned: "Oh, look, a f**king Pay2winner with his fancy portrait"

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I am gonna dive into playing warlock when they allow me to replace Guldan with anything. I mean... Guldan is ugly, even by Orc standard. 

I am so used to LoL skin, $10 for a Magni? It's nothing.

A friend and I made complimentary decks to do some testing with Gahz'rilla and discovered the following:

1.) The number of cards that can be in a deck is effectively 58, although it goes to 59 for the briefest of instants

2.) Gahz'rilla's power is stored in a signed long. This means that his theoretical maximum power is 2,147,483,647.  If you were to cause his power to increase past that, then it becomes 0. 

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Thanks for your explanation!

My opinion is that aggro really was meant to work that way. Apply pressure to the opponent, forcing bad trade. If it is OP then that's of course not a good thing. That's why I said "Yay" instead of "Nay" on the undertaker nerf, the card just force bad trade all on its own, and can really goes out of control in short notice. But to say the mana curve strategy is snowball, is.... I am not sure. I play MtG, and I see no problem with Sligh decks. I don't know how to explain it for people who aren't a Magic player. Of course they are different games, and have different mechanics, but some principles still remain true. That's why there are decks that are designed on the same principle.

I don't see players playing Face-hunter and just collect free wins. If it is really as hazardous to the community as some people here think it is, I don't share that opinion. The facehunter right now is where it should be, powerful enough for people to fear it, but balanced enough to be dealt with.

I still remember the days in MtG when every single deck is an Affinity Ravager deck. Every. Single. Deck. Now that would be a problem.

You are quite right, back in it's prime days it accounted for about 25% (thats on the conservative side) of the total decks in the mid ladder ranks. For a deck to hold that much of the player base with 9 classes and multiple deck types within them is detrimental to the game.

People will flock to whatever gives them an edge, it's hard to balance anything in a game this intricate. Most of the time it's up to the players to moderate the checks and balance. If one deck is too strong, we must find ways to counter it. With how easily it is for Blizzard to chance cards it is done very rarely, I think it's only been done 8 times since official launch. So there is obviously something wrong if Blizzard has to do such a massive change.

I do see it every now and then and agree it's manageable, maybe even more fun now that it's not every other deck you face. While having to tech vs the still large amount of zoo helps to counter when you do face them, I still lose occasionally, but thats just part of the game.

Hey guys, this deck is built around an idea I recently had, namely increasing the value of Echo of Medivh by reducing its cost to 3 mana via Sorcerer's Apprentice.

Sorcerer's Apprentice furthermore has combo potential with the cheap spells this deck runs such as Unstable Portal and Arcane Intellect. Power plays such as T4 Apprentice + double Portal can provide you with a huge tempo lead.

While the deck might still require some fine tuning, it got me to the top 100 without difficulty. Once I'm settled on a final list, I'll write a more comprehensive guide.

Class cards are better than neutral counterparts. That doesn't mean it is OP. 

I wish people would stop whining for nerfs simply b/c they lose to a card. Learn to anticipate your opponent's play. You can nerf all the cards you want, there will be something that appears OP to you. Either that or the game will get boring.

It isn't OP and it isn't going to get changed any time in the foreseeable future. </thread>

Posts like the OP really make me want to take my time.  Maybe even make dumplings during my turns.