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Pretty underwhelming for a Legendary

First attempt at card creation

Same mana cost as two Shadowforms with the benefit of being one card as opposed to two. The card for card swap is a wash so I did not factor it into the cost as it could be a pro or a con of the card. The Mind Shatter Hero Power is certainly powerful late game, but I wonder if the tempo cost is even worth it.

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Silence is a mechanism you know.

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Changing decks will only have a minimal effect. At those sorts of ranks the meta is much harder and more diverse than up the top where it's much easier.... same level of players only you can predict the decks with almost 100% certainty.

The game is basically 98% luck, so what and how you play is never really going to have any significant impact on your rank. A person's rank is simply how lucky they have been recently multiplied by how many hours they have sunk into the game whilst avoiding the temptation to smash their monitor. All the great decks and perfect play around won't have any impact on your ranks outside what you would expect within standard variance .. well that is to say it won't have any "noticeable" impact on ranks as it will be dwarfed by luck and draw which are far and away the two biggest factors in deciding the winner of a game.

Not trying to be rude, but if you can't pass Rank 14 then 90% of the reason is likely how you're playing the deck, not any deck itself. What are you using currently?

Guys, I have insider knowledge that says they will release cards to deal with armor.

If I had to guess the current offer will not expire, its a great way for them to drive players to WoW, some of which would have never played otherwise.

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You're really trying to reach too far there and made no point at all by your apparent cherrypicking and out of context quoting. Also, all I did was presenting a fucking idea I had, but every negative comment on this forum consists of ad hominem, putting words into one's mouth and talking about salt shit and all that. I never even mentioned anything other than that I find the mechanic bad itself and a way to improve it it in my opinion. Never did I even mentioned anything about removing the mechanic or leaving no permanent silence options in the game (I didn't even mention Sap, Entomb and co). I wouldn't have made a thread if I didn't want to see what people actually had to say about it, and not my person or any bullshit community argument. But moving on.

I'm saying the only commonly used silences are too cheap and effective. But not only that it also adds the limit of designing card that no one wants to play because a 2 mana 2/1 completely negates the point of it permanently, and said card isn't a tech against a single specific card, it's use is almost guaranteed in every matchup. It would also leave room to create variety of silence, and if the text says "until next turn" I don't see how it complicates thing. This only means they have to deal with the card they just silenced, and instead of ignoring it.  A little bit more thought in deck building and interaction can't hurt does it? Silence is an idiotic and too strong solution for literally every effect in the game that isn't a battlecry. And you know why people say big cards with no immediate effect are worthless.

It's shitty designed mechanic and too applicable, that's what I'm saying. HS already has little intricacies and silence removes even more of them.

 

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If silence shouldbe be temporary then Big Game Hunter should be temporary as well 

Ignoring your poor attempt...

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Considering that there aren't THAT many silence cards, really there's no reason to take away that mechanic - well no reason unless you're an entitled millennial who just needs to complain about everything on a forum all day long.  That would be the ONE exception.

Unless you're a millennial who doesn't like to read more than 3 words.

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Maybe if the OP insults everyone who doesn't agree with him enough Blizz will change silence. Maybe.

The irony of people having nothing to except complaining about complaints and then looking for confirmation with their peers. The true heroes of Warcraft.

Purely from a marketing standpoint, I agree. It doesn't mean the expansion will be boring (haven't seen enough cards, etc.), but these initial showings are a bit underwhelming. You'd imagine interesting cards would drive more preorders.

Losing Crackle is a bigger deal than people think (especially with all the new taunts) and the nerfs to gnome and juggler don't help. 

Who's a cute little bringer of the End Times? You are! Yes you are!

Seems like a glass-half-full kind of guy.

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Maybe if the OP insults everyone who doesn't agree with him enough Blizz will change silence. Maybe.

Ironbeak/Keeper are the only two silences largely played, the former because of its low cost and the latter because of its flexibility. Silence as a mechanic carries a fairly high cost, aside from just mana, in that you're losing a card slot, body stats, and potential minion effect. The only time in which it is actually worth it is if the silence enables enough of a tempo swing to warrant the cost. I understand having your giant minion silenced may not be 'fun' for you, but you have counterplay options available and the back and forth fight for tempo is exactly what makes Hearthstone fun for many.

C'Thun is an unspeakably evil Old God with a powerful battlecry and a giant malicious eye, but can it see why kids love cinnamon toast crunch?

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The only thing i find complete bullshit with hearthstone expansions is: releasing sets of 100-150 cards twice a year is fucking expensive, for those of us who don't have the time to farm gold everyday and resort to purchasing card packs and adventures to play current meta. Basically this means instead of paying $25-35 per expansion I'm basically going to be forking out $80 twice a year without a guarantee i will have every card in the set. Ontop of all of this, the exchange rates are horrible atm so eg. 60 packs which is the best deal is $85AUD.... 40 packs for $65 etc. 

Im sure im going to get alot of hate for this but for an aussie, that's damn expensive man. thats almost half my rent for the week; put it that way.

There's also only 1 copy of Archmage Antonidas, and it's not always in hand.