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Quote from Kaladin >>

On the topic of complaints regarding poor battle tactics - Name one person in that group that has: 

• Experience commanding an army that large
• Experience in battle tactics with an army that large
• Experience fighting the NK and his army on a large scale and not one on one
• Unlimited time and resources in order to make a million more trenches or catapults
• Knowledge of the NK such that the group would know in advance that a single line of fire wouldn't protect them against wights, despite their one and only experience with fire and wights has proven successful

The only person who might have some military strategy is Davos, by way of his experience with Stannis, but Davos was a trusted friend and adviser, not a military commander.  The group was doing the best they could.  Their plan wasn't to defeat the NK's army on the battlefield anyways.  And the Dothraki were merely doing what they've always done - waiting around for a fight charging in and fucking shit up.  

 In the Books, Jamie leads some pretty big armies in large battles. I think he had some in the show too (but maybe not this big). As for knowledge of the NK, nobody had that obviously, though I was a little surprised that after having Sam steal all those books from the Citadel, there wasn't something he found in there that would have helped make a big difference.

All you need yo know is the HS development team looks at those numbers

Quote from GerritDeMan >>

Hi I'm a day later because the episode is released at a later time in my country. Unfortunately I have to agree with everyone that this was a disappointing episode.

I'm not that bothered by the bad tactics used in the battle. My main problems with the battle were: 1. Why was it soooo damn dark? Even if it's night time you can still adjust the lighting in such a way that we can actually see what is happening. 2. Plot armor once again reached critical levels. I expected so much more people to die, but since they didn't it makes this season's second episode feel pretty damn meaningless. I did really like that Bran thanked Theon and told him he is a good man, and therefore it felt like a good moment for Theon to die. Apart from that the only 'main' characters who died were Jorah, Beric, Edd and Lyanna Mormont. I liked Edd, Beric and Jorah but they had already outlived their usefulness in the story, and I didn't give a shit about Lyanna.

About the Night King and his death: I have only read the first two books of a song of ice and fire (and I plan to read the rest) so I don't if it's more clear in the books that they are not just generic baddies, but when Bran said in the last episode that the goal of the night king is to erase mankind and all memory of it, for me that basically confirmed that the night king is just a generic bad guy. However, I was still secretly hoping that he wouldn't turn out that way, but I was obviously expecting too much from the writers by doing that. I hope GRRM will at least make them more interesting in the books. The night king's death was also pretty dumb. Arya's magical leap out of nothing made no sense at all. Also apparently all the other white walkers (who, by the way, did literally nothing the entire episode) also die when the night king dies, which is awfully convenient.

Now I'm just hoping that D&D will stay true to the ending George told them and tie up the remaining loose ends in a satisfying way. In that sense I'm actually glad they ended the white walker threat in this episode so now we can focus on the (hopefully) more interesting stuff.

 

 Spoiler answer to your spoiler question regarding big difference between books and show:

I enjoyed it (other than brightness issue, which really was annoying). I thought it was entertaining. I thought it was what the series has become since about 3-4 seasons ago: A fun fantasy epic that is NOT GRRM's A Song of Ice and Fire. Rest in spoiler tag:

I didn't vote because control warrior is not an option. No thanks 45 min games.

To me, the most offending combo of the meta is Preparation > Raiding Party > Waggle Pick > Dread Corsair (sometimes two). The amount of value there for 4 mana is just insane, and usually means game over on turn 3 or 4 for a two card combo.

Waggle Pick is the biggest offender, especially when compared to Truesilver Champion. Stats are identical, but one gives one of the best Rogue cards, played in nearly ever rogue deck since forever as a deathrattle, the other gives a tiny amount of heal that would not even be printable on a 0 mana card.

I think waggle pick should be bumped to 5/6 manna, or lower durability to 1, or get rid of the 2 mana cost reduction for the bounce.

Love this thread. I had the same issue with Carnivorous Cube and [card]Stoneclaw Totem[/card].

For the longest time I thought Auchenai Soulpriest was an evil rabbit, but those are horns not bunny ears.

I agree there is a bug. When I put this card in my deck, I can't seem to win.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. The game needs a fast-mode, or some kind option where players can pick fast-preferred, and if they get matched up against another fast-preferred player, turns are like 30 seconds max and the queue algorithm tries to match fast-preferred players

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Marin the Fox token.

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Arfus

Based off the WoW DK ability of the same name. In WoW, Mind Freeze , well, freezes minds. Not only did it stun your opponent, but also prevented them from casting spells. So I recreated the effect in Hearthstone with a 1 mana spell. Thank you to everyone for helping me change this card.