It might end up being too weak, but Reno's battlecry should really be an Enter the Colosseum effect imo. You can keep it as 'remove from game' instead of destroy, and have it remove non-interactables too, but it should ABSOLUTELY be symmetrical from a balance and flavor perspective. Not much of a 'showdown' if you get to keep your seven closest friends while the opponent has nothing.
It being a one-sided plague of death that costs 1 less mana, gives 5 armor, stops your opponent from redeveloping and upgrades your hero power is so unbelievably stupid. Blows my mind that they ever thought otherwise.
6
EEYYYYYESSSSSS!!! FINALLY!!!! THIS IS GOING TO BE THE DREAM PATCH!!! THEYRE FINALLY REALIZING THE REAL PROBLEMS!!! My god. Board clears, reno and legendary cards that aren't fun to play against as well as the power level are the real issues. However, every freaking forum post whines about how aggro is too good, so they've been balancing it around that instead.
1
I played a lot of plague dk in titans and badlands and it was very fun. It's just a satisfying deck overall and the fact that you can shut down reno is icing on the cake. When literally 2/3 of my games post November were vs reno decks that ruined my fun, it felt ecstatic to shut it down. In badlands, plagues weren't even that good vs reno decks though... When I played reno hunter, I won most of my matches vs plague.
I'm not a fan of current DK though because I think they ruined the class. They reduced the rune requirements of all the triple and double runes so now they just all play rainbow DK. Really stupid how you can run the plagues in rainbow now and have it make sense. I loved rainbow back in festival of legends, but now the deck plays completely different and just plays like your typical "class legendary spam" every other freaking midrange/control deck does. I HATE Reska, the Pit Boss and The Primus. I really hope they revert the rune changes. The rune system was the greatest idea the HS team had in years, but people on the forums whined so they're doing away with it. And now DK: the class that had the most deck variety plays the same deck all the time. Good job guys!
2
You're probably right about warrior. I think reno decks in general are still too busted and I'm tired of seeing them. Reno the Lone Ranger shuts down so many fun strategies and it's way too strong. The reno problem is going to get worse and worse when new cards come out as well because that always happens. The 'restriction' of putting 1 copy of each card is always less and less restricting when they add more cards. Ive hated the reno mechanic since it was first introduced.
And I played almost every popular deck including the paladin one that was killed in the last patch. Wheel warlock was by far the easiest and strongest one. I won 10 freaking games in a row at diamond 5 and made legend for the first time in 10 years of playing HS... I don't care what the stats say because theres clearly some sort of bias. Maybe it has a lower WR because its worst matchup is sif mage and plague DKs, which recently got popular. I still won vs them more than I lost though when I played it. People say demon hunter counters it, but I beat like 8 DHs with it and only lost to one.
all they have to do to fix DK is to actually use the rune system they created. When they announced it, I was like holy crap, that's the best idea they've had in years! Now, you can balance cards by tweaking rune requirements. So lets say for example, we have a card like Helya that's OP. She's not always OP though because if you run her in the double unholy, 1 frost deck which she was intended to be put in, the deck has other exploitable weaknesses. However, blizzard instead is doing the opposite. They listened to the idiots on the forums complaining about how the rune system is bad and "too restrictive", so they just removed rune requirements. Now every DK deck is rainbow and plays the same! Well done blizzard! Rainbow DK was my favorite deck until they buffed it and made it into tier whore shit. People don't even run Climactic Necrotic Explosion anymore. IT'S INSANE! Make Helya double unholy. Make the 5 5 with twisting nether triple blood again so they cant discover it. Nerf The Primus ffs. Titans in general are bad for the game and have overstayed their welcome
4
idk why they always do this... They consistently give demon hunter nothing but garbage cards then randomly pick one to make completely busted in one aggro deck that's cheap to craft, then it gets nerfed for like 2 patches in a row. Then the other 'decent' demon hunter cards they print are only playable in a deck which contains 6 other DH legendaries.
Also, that DH deck that everyone's playing is broken, but rainbow DK, tentacle warrior and wheel warlock are much better decks that are less fun to play against and way easier to play
2
does the text imply that if you play this card without 5 dragons, that it doesn't count as the 'once per game' condition? Asking this because you could do some strategy where you play it earlier, then bounce it back to hand or copy it and make it cost less than 5 and then play it later. Also, this card is pretty good, but I don't think (fingers crossed) that it's going to break the game. I like the design though. Very relieved that they didn't go for a big priest theme with this expac. Was really worried after they announced Obsidian Statue andLesser Diamond Spellstone for the core set
4
why dont they just say "honorable kill"? that's what the mechanic is right?
4
Groovy Cat Free Spirit
1
Ice Sickle, Map of the Unknown, and Alter Ego have been removed from the Quest Reward Pool.
5
I've been playing this game since its release and for their 10th year anniversary, to commemorate it, I guess the devs decided to print the most broken, badly designed card in 10 years lol. Dude, Harth Stonebrew.
Just lost to a druid who played him turn 5, then spent turn 6 playing Buffed Emperor Thaurissan (which comes from Harth, so it's not a lucky draw or highrolly in any way shape or form. And you know, everyone knows that iconic hands from HS's past include 5 mana emperor, but I digress.) Turn 7, I get OTKed from 40 hp with 2 taunts up and a lifesteal minion. He used patron warrior cards.
If my opponent had the nuts, id be less mad, but he didn't. This came from ONE card. How on earth did they think this was ok?? I can't wait to see all of the OTK complainers freak out about this card in the coming days. This is insane
2
Dissonant/harmonic pop is one of the best board clears they've ever printed. If this is a slightly worse version than that, then it'll be in every deck. I havent looked at what board clears are rotating, but the ones in the current meta are overtuned. We need less board clears, not more. Putting minions on the board should be mandatory to win.