Board 8 > Hearthstone Discussion Topic: Now with 100% more skill

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It does not. The text reads "Your next battlecry triggers twice" not "your next battlecry triggers twice as much"
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I would guess if you played double murmuring into another battlecry, it would just trigger twice, since it doesn't say "triggers an additional time" or whatever. Just says "twice" which innately specifies 2 times.

damn

Gotcha, I just didn't know if it would make the "your next battlecry triggers twice" trigger twice itself and therefore lend to extra triggers.
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The full card dump is out on the Facebook album: https://m.facebook.com/pg/Hearthstone/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1792736717435755

Marsh Drake (3 mana 5/4 dragon, battlecry summon a 2/1 poisonous for your opponent) looks like it could be really strong in decks where you curve out, plus its a good activator for dragon paladin.
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Divine Hymn legit annoys me. It's Holy Light on crack. No power creep my ass.
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Are we really sad that Holy Light is getting one-upped?
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You guys missed the TRUE power creep.

https://hearthspoiler.com/ul/2676e59a-9e81-4b4e-9498-8f3b1e1041da.png

RIP Shatter
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Yeah I really don't understand how they end up printing cards like snap freeze that are just objectively better.
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It's because when you're "power creeping" shitty cards like Shatter and Holy Light, it doesn't actually matter. When the alternative is never printing cards better than really bad effects, you're just creating pointless restrictions on what you can make.
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I'm loving the support elemental mage is getting.




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i just played hydrologist against a secret mage on turn 3 into his frozen clone

why am i so dumb
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So Hunting Mastiff is actually pretty alright with Stampede.

I also realized something about the hunter's mark / wing blast thing. One is even and the other is odd, so there's that.

I honestly don't think even decks are really going to be a thing. I mean, for all that deckbuilding restriction, all you really get is that you can use your hero power "for free" on turns 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9. After that, unless you generate odd-costing cards, there's never going to be a point where it matters.

Truthfully, odd decks are a bit dubious imo as well. Hunter and mage might be able to pump some extra damage, using that 3 cost hero refresh and 5 cost damage doubler, but hero powering is usually something you do in lieu of playing a card. Maybe control warrior makes use, but I haven't bothered to check what kinds of cards they lose without evens. Strangely, the best class for it might even be shaman, but I'm dubious that will do anything.
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For what its worth, the situation ulti described would happen 1 in every six hundred and sixty six million games

But hes not lying

Skill doesnt matter

Just like it didnt matter when he healed a minion he had potion of madnessd and said it was a misclick
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So does anyone here play the Elder Scrolls card game? I saw they just had a Morrowind expansion come out but dont really know much else about the game (I think they had a Skyrim one last year too?).
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JonThePenguin posted...

So does anyone here play the Elder Scrolls card game? I saw they just had a Morrowind expansion come out but dont really know much else about the game (I think they had a Skyrim one last year too?).

I used to play when the game was in beta and a little after like official launch. Basically I left right when the first mini adventure thing hit. At the time I was one of the top players in the game. I bacically Made the dominant token style aggressive deck of the time.

I think my biggest issue was bethsedas apparent lack of promotion and taking forever for mobile. But Im also not a fan of the prophecy mechanic. Something where every five hp you lose you trigger a card draw and if you get a prophecy card you can instantly play it. While this posed interesting scenarios I also made one of the first propechy decks (which others later refined). Like even in beta the deck was semi competitive and I was able to hit legend with it and its one that would only get better over time. Like I see the mechanic as a huge Hinderence

Id give it a go though to see if you like it or not.

The other factor though is that it is a game that uses twitch drops and several streamers of the game are not happy about it because it means recasters are on top of the streams for the game. The number one player in the game quit over this.
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azuarc posted...

I honestly don't think even decks are really going to be a thing. I mean, for all that deckbuilding restriction, all you really get is that you can use your hero power "for free" on turns 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9. After that, unless you generate odd-costing cards, there's never going to be a point where it matters.

But but but wing blast!

HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

It's because when you're "power creeping" shitty cards like Shatter and Holy Light, it doesn't actually matter. When the alternative is never printing cards better than really bad effects, you're just creating pointless restrictions on what you can make.

I'm more annoyed that they're power creeping an unused paladin card and giving it to priest. Priest doesn't need it.

The scary thing about Witchwood is that the two strongest classes, priest and warlock, are getting the best cards.
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Wedge Antilles posted...

HeroDelTiempo17 posted...

It's because when you're "power creeping" shitty cards like Shatter and Holy Light, it doesn't actually matter. When the alternative is never printing cards better than really bad effects, you're just creating pointless restrictions on what you can make.

I'm more annoyed that they're power creeping an unused paladin card and giving it to priest. Priest doesn't need it.

The scary thing about Witchwood is that the two strongest classes, priest and warlock, are getting the best cards.

I wonder if it's an overreaction to Priest and Warlock being garbage a year ago when this set was being created? Are Hunter and Shaman going to be the new OP in the next set?
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Yeah I honestly didn't even realize that only half the classes have a specific even or odd card outside the two main neutral Start of Game legendaries.

That's pretty cheesy. >_>

skullbone posted...

I wonder if it's an overreaction to Priest and Warlock being garbage a year ago when this set was being created?

This is Blizzards balancing philosophy in all of its games, so probably.

Except Survival Hunters in WoW. Theyll never be viable PvE.
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I think I reached the limit for getting packs from the daily quests, because I didn't get one when I completed my quest today. I had two saved up when the event started so I guess it makes sense.
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You didnt hit a limit or anything, the pack event ended last night.
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So last time I pulled a legendary it was prince 3, I was looking through my shaman collection yesterday and forgot that I had, at some point, gotten a Runespear, and I was like...

Why would I ever use these cards, why would they make it like this
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NewerShadow posted...

You didnt hit a limit or anything, the pack event ended last night.

That makes more sense. I probably should have been paying attention.
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Emeraldegg posted...

So last time I pulled a legendary it was prince 3, I was looking through my shaman collection yesterday and forgot that I had, at some point, gotten a Runespear, and I was like...

Why would I ever use these cards, why would they make it like this

I'll trade you for my Dragon Soul.
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davidponte posted...

Emeraldegg posted...

So last time I pulled a legendary it was prince 3, I was looking through my shaman collection yesterday and forgot that I had, at some point, gotten a Runespear, and I was like...

Why would I ever use these cards, why would they make it like this

I'll trade you for my Dragon Soul.

I at least like dragons so I would do that in a heartbeat
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Prince 3 sees use in Cubelock, I dont regret keeping my golden copy at all.

Patch notes are out and the patch should be available on non-mobile: https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/blog/21694420

There are a bunch of small things in the collapsed bug fixes section that seem significant, its worth reading. Some highlights:

Deathstalker Rexxars Hero Power has been updated to include Beasts from Kobolds & Catacombs and The Witchwood.
Minions now only break Stealth when attacking. Damage dealt by card abilities, such as Knife Jugglers knife throw, no longer breaks Stealth.
Cards that were burned, such as by drawing cards when your hand is full, will now appear in match history.

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Just Doppel-evolved in Arena. Im going to miss this.
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Why did it take that long to implement that third change? Been waiting for that forever.
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I didnt think that was a bug!
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Well now I can stealth a Flamewaker in Wild
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Playing Grand Archivist while Nozdormu is in play will no longer sometimes skip an opponents turn.

Oh look, more Nozdormu bugs. Fixed right in time for some animation from Witchwood to cause a new one...
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The deal damage to heroes quest is now 65 damage. Kind of an awkward number.
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UltimaterializerX posted...

me, a literal pro tour mtg player

Is this true?
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ProfitProphet posted...

UltimaterializerX posted...

me, a literal pro tour mtg player

Is this true?

Absolutely not, he regularly lies in almost every one of his anecdotes.
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Ulti, I must admit Im curious. Whats your DCI number?
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Trust me if he was actually a pro tour mtg player he'd have already gloated about it a ton by now and it would be well known-- being humble about his accomplishments is not something Ulti is known for. This is just his defensiveness to people calling him out on being bad at Hearthstone
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I wonder how many people he has blocked. I wonder if hes at the point where hes actually just blogging.

Can someone whos confirmed blocked by him post the next topic so he just cant post?
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dude it seems like you post about ulti almost as much as ulti actually posts

if you just stopped there would be half as much of him
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PSA: If you care about wild or golden cards, now is the time to start crafting the Hall of Fame cards. The patch comes out soon and you'll get a dust refund on cards you want.

https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/80pcv4/updated_breaking_down_hall_of_fame_related/
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MariaTaylor posted...

dude it seems like you post about ulti almost as much as ulti actually posts

if you just stopped there would be half as much of him

He has me blocked since I posted out his misplays so no, my posting has no influence on his posts
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BlackDra90n posted...

PSA: If you care about wild or golden cards, now is the time to start crafting the Hall of Fame cards. The patch comes out soon and you'll get a dust refund on cards you want.

https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/80pcv4/updated_breaking_down_hall_of_fame_related/

Thank you for the reminder! Didn't have any Molten Giants so I crafted two golden versions.
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I disenchanted the two Molten Giants I had when they got nerfed and I'll be crafting two golden ones now.

Feels weird to double dip..
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I think I actually pulled a gold molten giant way back in the day. Maybe I should actually reinstall the game to get the dust. Craft that gold Sylvanas.
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