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[Oman]

Goddamn it! Still closed beta? I haven't got access yet.

Edit: are they floating out there being gifted or is it from the source only? Still waiting

[Oman]

Link to a straw poll about what rank you finished for the April season.

Personally hit 15. Might have hit 14 if not for getting trolled by Battle.net tonight when I was on a win streak and getting DC'd for a loss. Played 118 games, went 60-58 (.508 win percentage) in games that I actually got to play. Had quite a few situations where either the internet or the client trolled me and DC'd me before the game even started.

Spoiler: Matchup Stats

Felt like I played so many more hunters. SO MANY MORE.

Win % should be a whole number....

[Oman]

Okay, I forgive you!

[Oman]

I just started playing Reynads warlock zoo v2. It's pretty hot.

[Oman]

Just lost due to Mind Control.

There is no counterplay to that card. Fuck that.

[Oman]

Are there more aggro decks than before? Meta seems to heavily favour it right now.

[Oman]

Your mana curve looks like a middle finger.

[Oman]

Lost three games in a row to bullshit legendaries while I play with my low budget decks.

[Oman]

TEACH ME HOW TO ARENA GOOD AND DO OTHER STUFF GOOD TOO.

[Oman]

Wow.

Stoneskin gargoyle restore to full health actually counts as a heal.

Now, you'd think this combos great with cleric, but it also comboes awfully with auchenai.

Wow. That's hilarious!

[Oman]

I am loving building my own mage secrets deck right now.

I think full secrets might cop a little nerf (duplicate to 4-drop maybe?)

[Oman]

They can't change any mana costs on the secrets, otherwise it defeats the purpose of the secret since people would know what you played if its mana cost was different.

Understood. Thanks for explaining the obvious to me

[Oman]

I've really been enjoying the Lore of the Cards series, check it out.

[Oman]

That is my favourite self-reply in this thread.

[Oman]

Reck I'm the most jealous fucker.

[Oman]

I'm really struggling without some legendaries. It's dragging down a lot of my decks. Don't even have a leeroy.

[Oman]

Disenchanted a Cenarius, Lorewalker Cho, and The Beast to get my Leeroy. Let's hope that changes everything.

[Oman]

What rank are you oman?

In previous seasons I've been as high as 10, I think. Definitely 12.

This season I can't move past 18. Seriously. 18!


Paladin secrets is flat out OP. +3/+2 for 1 mana. Sounds totally balanced.

[Oman]

Yeah I'm basically thinking my Leeroy will become a Cairne or Sylvanas.

I just.Fucking.Made One!

[Oman]

So what are we disenchanting our leeroys into?

I think I need a Bloodhoof.

[Oman]

Oooh Sylvanas.

[Oman]

Added Cairne Bloodhoof to my Value Druid deck and he is paying for himself. A lot more versatile that Leeroy. More fun to play.

[Oman]

WHO THE FUCK DRAFTS THREE MIND CONTROL TECHS IN ARENA!?!

[Oman]

So I pulled ysera out of a pack and have been playing with her because I needed her, ya know. But then I just swapped Kel'Thuzad into my druid deck and OMG HE IS AMAZING. Does a really fun combo with Force of nature too. If you trade them all (ie if they die before the end of the turn) they resummon.

Kel'Thuzad is my new favourite card.

[Oman]

NSFW, in case your work doesn't mind you on a gaming website talking about another game, but hates swearies.


This is Straya. This is apparently what we are.

[Oman]

Too many OTK mages for my control warrior to be enjoying life right now.

[Oman]

Well I took most huge armour building cards out except for armoursmith I think, to escalate my early game speed. I need to revert that.

[Oman]

I use it because I don't have a control anything else. I mostly have midranges and some burst combo decks and stuff. I like the idea of a control warrior at least.

[Oman]

Warrior Cards
1x Execute
2x Upgrade
1x Whirlwind
1x Battle Rage
1x Cleave
2x Cruel Taskmaster
2x Fiery War Axe
2x Heroic Strike
1x Warsong Commander
2x Death's Bite
2x Kor'kron Elite
1x Mortal Strike
1x Arcanite Reaper

Neutral Cards
2x Amani Berserker
1x Loot Harder
2x Acolyte of Pain
2x Harvest Golem
2x Raging Worgen
1x Azure Drake
1x Argent Commander

Interesting, but basically isn't anything I don't already play in another deck. Higher focus on weapons maybe.

[Oman]

I think deathlord is a shitty card to have in the game.

Discuss.

[Oman]

Shaman reincarnated a Kel'Thuzad. Summons another Kel. They both resurrect each other if you can't kill both in one turn.


Fuck that.

[Oman]

Thanks for the suggestion CT.

So I was playing arena today, wasn't sure whether to use the spare 100g on a pack or wait for the next arena run.


I spent it on the pack...

[Oman]

Nice pack! It must have been sylvanas day yesterday. I got her too! First non-crafted legendary in ages!

Besties!

Is Naxx worth the $20 or no

This question will always come down to what $20 is to you. For me it was worth it (you'll actually get better cards than if you spent that $20 on packs, I'd say), but I enjoyed the characters, the changes, but still haven't done heroics.

It's a boring answer but...if you look up on youtube or wikia or whatever what Naxx is and go "Sounds like turdburgers", then it's not worth it. If you're asking if it's well crafted, yeah it is. Is $20 the price point I'd like to see on it....no, it's a little high. But I aint grinding that gold.

[Oman]

he was during beta but then he got nerfed to his current unplayable state

Playable in very specific decks.

I'm surprised he's not a bigger hit in handlock and equivalents.

[Oman]

Yup, that one is going in my list. Deathrattle priests will maintain a high level of power

[Oman]

Congrats mate!

[Oman]

Sunwalkers are amazing and definitely worth the craft cost. One of my favourite drops guaranteed to pull some hard removal before you drop your 8 mana legendary. Illidan has the problem of being a very "win more" card. 2/1s are going to do shit if you're behind, but if you're ahead in both board position and card advantage they'll keep you there day after day.

[Oman]

So...I've been playing a lot of card games at the moment (mostly Netrunner and Hearthstone) and I'm really starting to enjoy hearthstone less and less. I just feel like there are a lot of cards that don't have counterplay. My current piece of shit card is Alexstraza. I can be winning and in a good position and my opponent does 15 damage to me and drops an 8/8 on the board for 9 mana. A couple of games in a row this has just completely fucked my tempo. I don't feel like there's any counterplay because even if I hex/SW:D/Poly whatever the minion, I've still just taken a full fifteen damage and been forced to use hard removal for 9 mana!

I like the game, I do, I just feel like sometimes my opponents can affect me without my having any significant ability to react to it. (SEE ALSO: MIND CONTROL!)

[Oman]

Be aware that the ranked system resets every month. when it resets you may end up as a brand new level 20 or something vsing a guy that is super pro with his legend deck. Just play though that


I enjoy it, but it's very light on, I would also use the 100g/pack gating system to allow you to become familiar with new cards rather than just buying 60 packs straight up.

[Oman]

I'm leaning Dr. Boom

go with that feeling.

[Oman]

If undertaker becomes a terrible card, I'll be glad. Because the meta needs a shakeup so that deathrattle hunters and handlock aren't the only thing I'm seeing.

[Oman]

Power creep will always exist,

Yes and no. Power creep happens when you design for "better" instead of "different". It doesn't have to happen, I rave about Netrunner as a game that avoided power creep throughout the term that I played it, over several new set releases.

Spoiler: Me raving about Netrunner

Kati Jones was this card that was released as an "OMG OP" and was expected to outpace other cards, but it never happened because it was just a slow card, and allowed all these aggro Corp decks that never really succeeded to overtake any Runner using Kati at any stage in the game (sidenote: it also made cards that attack Runner resources INCREDIBLY prevalent and added this huge play/counterplay into runner economy). This is because Kati isn't a strictly better card, she's different. She's slower, higher opportunity cost, with a higher reward. Compared to the two other neutral Runner econ cards: Sure Gamble, and Lucky Find, she's such a different play. The math is where this gets interesting though! Right at the end of it all: Lucky Find gets you 9 Credits for a 2 click, 3 credit investment - Net gain of 4 Credits. Sure Gamble is 9 credits for a 5 credit, 1 click investment - Net gain of 3 Credits. You spend half of your turn on Lucky Find, but you net that extra credit. That's a resource drop, but it's nice. And Kati is a little crazy cause of how you can stack on her, but basically for 2 credits, and five clicks, she gives 12 credits - Net gain of 5 credits, but comes over four turns instead of right away, and can be targeted at this time. But if she gets to five turns instead of four turns it's a net gain of 7 credits. At six turns, it's 9 credits. At seven turns she's a net swing of 11 FUCKING CREDITS. That's HUGE for a single card. AND she's still on the board (pawnshop OP).

Kati became a risk/reward card, and got left out of a LOT of decks. This is how you add more options without adding more POWER. Kati is super strong, super awesome, unless your opponent pressures you in ANY way. That is an awesome new card that changes not only one strategy, or one deck, but the metagame.

Power creep happens more in Blizzard games than any other because power creep happens when you balance UP, which is Blizzard's mantra. One of their devs once said at a GDC or something that if Blizzard finds something is overpowered, they don't nerf it, they buff other stuff to bring that big OP thing back into line. This is because they don't want their players to feel like their toys are being taken away. The problem with this plan (and it's been great in WoW) is that when something like Boom drops, or any of those GvG cards which are + or ++ versions of existing base cards for the same mana cost (it's been a while since I played, but War Golem gets spoken about a lot, I mean, even Spider Tank is a 3/4 Mech for 3 which is nutbags). When that happens, and you're determined to balance up, you have two options: Go back and readjust all your old cards to be competitive with this new card you've created, OR release new cards to combat the powerful card by being powerful themselves. And only one of those choices allows the developers to monetize. You've got two War Golem, so you're not paying for it when they balance it up to an 8/8 body for 7. Instead they release an 8/8 war golem, give it a powerful battlecry, and call it Dr Boom. Then suddenly EVERYONE needs the new card to combat the slightly less new card, so everyone needs to buy packs, because we're balancing up.

Balancing up leads to power creep. Power creep happens A LOT, but that doesn't mean it's inevitable. I think the "Power creep will always exist" bit isn't entirely true. It's just part of Blizzard's development strategy.

[Oman]

Well. I've been determined not to netdeck. I'm losing a lot!

[Oman]

I have a C'Thun druid that I'm really enjoying.

[Oman]

I started playing again. Just the solo adventures though

[Oman]

Cause they are fun designs.