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mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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Valiantman posted:

Platinum 8 was 6 stars for me.

Huh?
Plat 10 wild, 9 stars.

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mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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Edit: Eh, no point in getting mad.

mcbexx fucked around with this message at 23:56 on Sep 6, 2022

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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At first I thought, "Oh, this must be a gimmick brawl. Once I die, something will happen and the real fight begins". But nope, apparently they are dead serious giving the mage a 4 mana headstart (and the coin, because why the gently caress not?) and a dragon based deck, so your board is up against 4/5 - 4/8s until he plays his Kalcgos or Kazakusan while you have 5 mana and some random rear end spells for 0 mana.

Edit: Oh, on game 3 I drew Nozdormu. Cool. Died the next turn, but hey, there's the game plan.

Don't bother picking Warlock imho. Priest seems to work better.

mcbexx fucked around with this message at 21:34 on Sep 7, 2022

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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RatHat posted:

Love how they introduced P2W mechanics in Battlegrounds and then did a legendary quest that requires you to get 1st place

Pure coincidence if you ask me.

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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peer posted:

https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23852686

nerfs to guff (a mild one imo), edwin, dawngrasp's hero power, nightcloak sanctum, hunter quest, starfish, major nerf to kael. buffs to school teacher and bannerman

Ah, so only one class can now still pull off Kael/Brann/Sire shenanigans consistently. Seems a very intuitive measure in order to combat the problem.

Just bad luck for the other classes that it's one of the two dominant ones and the one which has plenty of tools to juice Denathrius up the wazoo.

mcbexx fucked around with this message at 19:33 on Sep 9, 2022

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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PneumonicBook posted:

Immune prevents damage and targeting. Blizzard will still freeze them, whirlpool clears, shaman can devolve them, etc

The devolved minions would still be immune though, from how the Jailer card reads. Right?

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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Well, that didn't take long ...

How to solve Hearthstone’s Castle Nathria Puzzle that arrived with the Maw and Disorder Miniset? A step-by-step guide to solving the mystery

Haha, never change, small indie game devs!

quote:

Note: Due to a bug, you need to have your game in English to enter the puzzle. You can change that from Battle.net game settings. Once you enter, you can close the game and reset it to your original language and you will resume the puzzle from where you left it.

Oh, and also, it seems you'll gain XP from the puzzle mode ...

mcbexx fucked around with this message at 01:58 on Sep 29, 2022

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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After finishing the puzzle, I can not help but wonder if one of the next expansions will add an Renathal-like card that expands your board space to 10.

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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Game has become a joust of who can gently caress over the other's gameplan better by playing Theotar at this point. It's not even good Trolden poo poo.

A completely joyless experience.
Decisions don't matter anymore, it's a plinko machine.

Nerfing Theotar to give two choices instead of three would be a good start to rein that poo poo in. Or just send it to Wild.

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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I am a 100% certain that they have learned their lesson and will no longer print mega disruptive cards with strong battlecries now that Brann is back in standard.

[touches earpiece] Hold on, I'm getting news ...

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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Looks like the pack rewards for watching the reveal did not work, so there will be Twitch drops enabled for all HS channels on Nov 3rd-4th.

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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goferchan posted:

They will find a new partner

Didn't the chinese government crack down hard on online gaming a while back? Like limiting hours or downright shutting down services and companies? Maybe Netease got some leeway to let current contacts run out due to their size, but there could be political pressure to keep Blizzard out.

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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Quotey posted:

got a challenge a friend quest. quotey#2801 EU. grab it before the weeklies come in someone! 1800 experience

e: done

Should have saved that one for the new tavern pass to get a nice headstart for you and someone on your friend list. Even better if you have a buddy who has saved one as well.

Speaking of, I got a challenger daily stored and I am looking for an EU buddy who also has one saved up. If I'm already on anyones friends list (same name as here) and you have one as well, hit me up on tuesday evening after the expansion launched.

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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:lol: the very first of my squirreled away standard packs I just opened

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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Well, now I feel lovely because I only opened the one signature legendary in my 30 standard packs before they shut it down.

Anyhoo, I needed to get three Priest games done, and since I had opened her anyway I grabbed this Infinite Svalna deck from VS and it is just dumb and crazy APM fun. Often I just get concedes immediately once I go to round two by casting one or more discovered Animated Dead.

Get one Radiant Elemental into your dead pool, play Svalna as early as possible. Switcheroo and Grave Digging help tutoring her out, the latter synergizes after you played a Spirit Guide on 5 (as it's an Elemental Undead).

Then, with the other Radiant Elemental and two Animate Dead in hand, you go quasi infinite on Vision of Darkness casts, fishing for heals and board clears as needed. Went 3-1 with it right off the bat.

### InfiniSvalna
# Class: Priest
# Format: Standard
# Year of the Hydra
#
# 2x (0) Desperate Prayer
# 2x (0) Illuminate
# 2x (1) Animate Dead
# 2x (1) Flash Heal
# 2x (1) Gift of the Naaru
# 2x (1) Holy Smite
# 2x (1) Shard of the Naaru
# 2x (1) The Light! It Burns!
# 1x (2) Condemn (Rank 1)
# 2x (2) Radiant Elemental
# 2x (2) Thrive in the Shadows
# 2x (3) Switcheroo
# 2x (4) Grave Digging
# 1x (4) Xyrella
# 2x (5) Clean the Scene
# 1x (5) Spirit Guide
# 1x (6) Sister Svalna
#
AAECAdG+BQSe6wPU7QOIowTvkQUNmesDh/cDrYoEhZ8Ey6AEiqMEorYE9dME+dsEutwE9vEEpJEF6pQFAA==
#
# To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and create a new deck in Hearthstone

mcbexx fucked around with this message at 23:14 on Dec 6, 2022

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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mcbexx posted:

### InfiniSvalna
# Class: Priest
AAECAdG+BQSe6wPU7QOIowTvkQUNmesDh/cDrYoEhZ8Ey6AEiqMEorYE9dME+dsEutwE9vEEpJEF6pQFAA==

Circling back and quoting myself, this is such an hilarious deck.
Just by using identity theft, I have completed these two achievements



Grand Magister Rommath was an especially funny discover, as you can imagine.

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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Wait what? The Path of Arthas set is currently only available as a golden version for 70 bucks, with no non-golden version purchasable for gold in the shop?

(At least in the EU shop, I even restarted to make sure it wasn't glitched).

Edit: Oh never mind, they hid the normal one behind the tile for the golden set.
Absolutely makes sense.

mcbexx fucked around with this message at 03:55 on Dec 7, 2022

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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Yes, please leave my Brann on board and focus your attention on the Mograine I played along Brann on turn 10.

Let me just follow up with a Hematurge to get two chances at discovering another Mograine.

Oh, there he is.
Enjoy 12 face damage at the end of my turns going forward then.
Granted, this was a tremendously dumb misplay from my opponent, but Brann + triple Blood Rune with Mograine (and single blood rune Patchwerk :lol:) is :discourse:

Brann was super icky before, will they keep him in standard for another 4 months?
Knowing them, I'd wager they'll probably nerf Mograine first by adding a non-trivial corpse requirement.

mcbexx fucked around with this message at 18:53 on Dec 8, 2022

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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I wish Asphxiate and Death Strike weren't designed so visiually similar to each other.
Sure, I could read the card title or text, but naah, let's lifesteal 6 off of that big juicy 10/10 taunt instead of killing it. :rolleyes:

Unrelated: This is such a bullshit combo

mcbexx fucked around with this message at 23:15 on Dec 8, 2022

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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Blasmeister posted:

Many people at all skill levels will be trying out the new class right now, especially with the lich king quest line pushing DK play, and it obviously is all entirely new decks so will be at an early disadvantage against other classes with existing, refined archetypes. I would wait a few weeks before worrying about it being underpowered

Yeah, I see people hero powering and letting the ghoul die without even going face. Or casting corpse explosion with 3 corpses and - I assume - wondering why the two 12/12s don't die.

poo poo's new, give it time.

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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Cool.
Thing is ... I haven't played Paladin in weeks.

:dafuq:

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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There's currently a Twitch drop running, 2 Standard packs, 2/4 hours.

The only participating channels seem to be
/solaryhs, /thijs, /feelink, and /iamthanh

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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mcbexx posted:

There's currently a Twitch drop running, 2 Standard packs, 2/4 hours.

The only participating channels seem to be
/solaryhs, /thijs, /feelink, and /iamthanh

Part 2 started about 30 mins ago, just a reminder for the US early birds.

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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AnacondaHL posted:

huh, twitch is currently showing that today is a separate drops session, either this is a bug or it's packs 3 and 4 today. I guess we'll find out in a few hours~

It's weird. Thijs just had to disable his drops due to "hackers invading the channel" and apparently he can't turn it back on (I was on 98% :argh:).

On the other channels drops still work, but I'm at the 68% of the second drop from yesterday.

So I'd wager Thijs messed up and set his channel to "two new drops today", got told people can't have nice things and had to turn it off.

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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Funny how people throw fits over Druid while Deathrattle Rogue can have a self-sustaining board of seven 5/4 ghouls on turn 4.

Managed that on my first go with the deck and made a Jim Halpert face at the non-existing camera crew.

Edit: 2nd game.

mcbexx fucked around with this message at 21:45 on Dec 11, 2022

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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Mr Beens posted:

Could you post your deck? I've been experimenting with this and haven't quite found the right balance of cards.

I had a variant with two Stoneborn Generals instead of the Serrated Bone Spikes, but that did not work out quite as well.

People (me included) have a really hard time figuring out the cascading Infectious Ghoul.
To be fair, if the opponent has no silence (Starfish is a thing after all and I expect to see it way more often shortly), it just snowballs into utter chaos, even more so when Snowfall Graveyard is still up.

Exhibit A

https://i.imgur.com/MsmluOR.mp4

Exhibit B (I will concede that he knew exactly what he was doing and might have tried to rope me into skipping my turn)

https://i.imgur.com/G1VMhb6.mp4

Exhibit C - sorry, fellow human rogue

https://i.imgur.com/33UXCFz.mp4



### DrDRDrDRDR
# Class: Rogue
# Format: Standard
# Year of the Hydra
#
# 2x (0) Preparation
# 2x (1) Blackwater Cutlass
# 2x (1) Door of Shadows
# 2x (1) Gone Fishin'
# 2x (1) Shattershambler
# 2x (2) Forsaken Lieutenant
# 2x (2) Serrated Bone Spike
# 2x (3) Sketchy Information
# 2x (3) Snowfall Graveyard
# 1x (4) Counterfeit Blade
# 2x (4) Scourge Illusionist
# 2x (4) Swiftscale Trickster
# 2x (5) Burning Blade Acolyte
# 2x (5) Infectious Ghoul
# 1x (8) Invincible
# 2x (8) Smokescreen
#
AAECAaIHAo30A9+iBQ716APT8wO9gAT3nwT8pQT9rAS3swTVtgSJ0gTj0wT03QT13QShkwW4mAUA
#
# To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and create a new deck in Hearthstone
# Generated by HDT - https://hsreplay.net

mcbexx fucked around with this message at 03:23 on Dec 12, 2022

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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If you don't login to the game regularly (but then again, why are you reading this thread?) or clicked away the bigass banner too quickly:

quote:

Get into the holiday spirit with a gift of 10 packs (2 packs from each of Forged in the Barrens, United in Stormwind, Fractured in Alterac Valley, Voyage to the Sunken City, and Murder at Castle Nathria), free for all players who login between now and January 31!* Spread the holiday cheer to your friends and let them know that new players will receive an additional 50 packs (10 packs from each of the last five Standard expansions) if they create new accounts and login before January 31!**

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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Sloppy posted:

It's the 4-ban Tavern Brawl again. Anyone remember that Rogue list from last time? I think it had Pogo Hoppers and something else nasty.

Pogo, counterfeit coin, sinstone and secret passage worked well enough for me. They ban pogo, you do an almost infinite turn and slam down to bigass stealthed minions, they concede.

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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victorious posted:

Have those drops turned up for anyone yet? I had the stream going for like 6 hours yesterday and haven't had anything yet.

They are often delayed, at least until the end of the event, sometimes a couple of days after that. It's not Twitch.

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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Jezza of OZPOS posted:

I also apparently get 1600 dust because the signature card i was whinging about unpacking yesterday was anub

I got bad news for you then, but I'm sure you have found out by now ...

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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Starsfan posted:

https://twitter.com/ZeddyHS/status/1623759166358831105

so what's the earliest that a deck is going to be able to pull off this insta win combo in wild lol

Can't wait for yet another inevitable win condition that makes everyone bring all the disruptive cards back into the meta, making everyone suffer.

Which classes don't have a silence? Too lazy to check.

mcbexx fucked around with this message at 21:18 on Feb 9, 2023

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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Olpainless posted:

1 mana 1/3 amalgam.

1 MANA AMALGAM.

this isn't going to cause problems.

Well at least the card is aptly named.

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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Well, Wild is already broken once the mini-set comes out, pending nerfs to this new Mind Sear card (deal 3 to enemy minion instead of hero or deal 2 damage to enemy only) or Radiant Elemental eating a "don't reduce below (1)" nerf. I guess buffing Test Subject to 3 health would also work.

Radiant Elemental, Test Subject, Embalming Ritual and Mind Sear on Test Subject, repeat until enemy hero is dead.

Switcheroo to tutor minions apparently is banned, thanks for pointing that out. Replace with Insight. Thrive in the shadows and Shadow Visions to get the spells quicker.
Fill with draw and control spells.

Absolut best case? Turn 2 lethal.
But I doubt you can pull it off before the rope runs out.

If you have any heroic bosses that still need defeating, get cracking on the 14th before they nerf the combo.

Something like this (+2x Mind Sear of course)?

mcbexx fucked around with this message at 13:37 on Feb 11, 2023

mcbexx
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https://twitter.com/G2Thijs/status/1625521992718856195

mcbexx
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Scrub-Niggurath posted:

test subject banned from wild

Also from solo adventures (which, technically, is wild, I guess).

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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Yeah, Hearthstone is the only "service" game I have stuck with, and that's because of the actual money I have sunk into it.
I have gone free to play except for the tavern pass, which I will phase out as well come next expansion. Probably will stay on until my gold and dust run out, but the high-roll, casino style play and the ramp up of both (almost) inevitable win conditions and the only valid counterplays - stacking or playing against unfun disruptive cards, is slowly but steadily killing the game for me. I quit Overwatch and Apex Legends, I might finally be free shortly. :dance:

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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Blasmeister posted:

Minisets are generally a much better deal than packs in terms of gold so I would def be in favour of like, 2 big sets and 2-3 minisets for each one per year. As long as we get a roughly similar number of cards per year total

Monkey paw curls and minisets are no longer sold for gold.

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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So we're just gonna ignore whatever the DK(?)card at the end of the trailer is that deals 12 Lifesteal to the enemy hero and summons a board full of 7/8s?

Edit: Oh, it's this one. Good thing that spending corpses is super hard.
I guess we can count us lucky that the Souls don't have rush.

mcbexx fucked around with this message at 19:10 on Mar 14, 2023

mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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Orange Crush Rush posted:

Why not “Flower Power”, that even fits Druid pretty well

That's almost guaranteed going to be a card name.

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mcbexx
Jul 4, 2004

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Edit: I read gud.

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