Hearth, Stone, Pals

[unruly]

It could be that there are new deck recipes for when Standard finally hits. Or they’ve been having bad cross-communication and Captain’s Parrot and Old Murk-Eye are indeed going to be transferred to the Classic set, but the guy who’s been talking publicly didn’t know that. Or they’ve changed their mind since that announcement was made.

I’m betting on it being that the people who made the deck recipes not realizing that Old Murk-Eye was cycling out due to either ignorance or forgetfulness.

[Squiz]

Got a surprise Ol’ Murky while playing on my secondary account (and on my phone) a couple of days ago. The TB pack was kind enough to provide me with a Warleader, which was the last Murloc I needed (on an account I started playing ~1 month ago). My game then apparently bugged and the achievement triggered three times in a row, accordingly I had three Murkeyes in my collection. Sadly only until I restarted the game. Legendary and all, still would have been funny to keep those.

[unruly]

Still haven’t gotten a Murk-Eye yet, myself. I’m missing the Warleader, but I’m unwilling to spend the dust to craft it. I might do it once the Old Gods release date is actually announced, since once it drops I won’t be able to get Murk-Eye for free anymore. But until then I’m just gonna keep hoarding my dust, hoping to get the Warleader in a pack.

[Squiz]

So, since I am *that *kind of person that a) loves to try new stuff and b) likes getting freebies, I was thinking about dipping my toes into WoW to get me the Paladin hero skin. You have to get a WoW character to level 20 for that, but since the game is F2P up until that level, I probably won’t mind spending a bit of time in Azaroth. I’ve never played WoW before (yeah, imagine), so that might be a fun experience.

In case anyone else is thinking about doing this, just gimme a shout, surely playing together is more fun that alone? Since my weekdays are kind of busy, I probably won’t be able to get in before the weekend.

[theTrueAryan]

I have to say I’m not too excited about having my hammer burn with holy fire, but getting back to wow to see what’s changed sounds like fun. Feel free to add GoldenPants#2198 if you still need a sidekick

[Squiz]

Hey Aryan, thanks for the offer, however I’ve already reached my little goal under week regardless of work and other responsibilities. The new hero portrait is shiny but I have to say the lady lacks in the emote department. Her voice clips sound rather uninspired, sadly.

Still, I now can say that I’ve played one of the most influental games of our times (whoopie). Not terribly impressed of what I’ve seen in the couple of hours I’ve spend with it, but I guess these days it’s all about the raids. Reaching level 15 to get access to dungeons was a chore with all the running around (thankfully, I looked up a short leveling guide and chose Druid as my class with its nice speed boost) and boring kill-X-find-Y quests, but after that it was smooth sailing thanks to the dungeon finder tool. Took me ~4 hours in total to reach level 20 I think.

[Aerothorn]

Still, I now can say that I’ve played one of the most influental games of our times (whoopie). Not terribly impressed of what I’ve seen in the couple of hours I’ve spend with it, but I guess these days it’s all about the raids.

FWIW, I had a conversation today about vanilla WoW (which I played back in 2004 and didn’t like much) with a friend (who played back then and every expansion thereafter, and predictably likes it a lot) and we both agreed that leveling in WoW was pretty crap. If you think getting to level 15 is dull, well, 20-60 are just like watching paint dry. And it was boring in 2004, too.

[unruly]

Looks like the release date for Old Gods has been semi-leaked. The shop now has a message that after April 26 the Naxxramas cards aren’t going to be legal in Standard. Since the launch of Old Gods coincides with the launch of Standard, it should be safe to make the assumption that the 26th is the launch.

[Squiz]

In case you do play on Asia servers (maybe with an alt account), make sure to log in during the next couple of days (5th to 19th of April) to receive 3 Classic packs as well as a free Arena ticket.

Looks as if the bonus is given in celebration of a recent winter '16 tourney victory for a Korean team? Noticed it when logging in today, a quick google search turned up this thread on hearthpwn as a semi-source.

[arathain]

So, um… Yog’Saron, then. Gosh. Cosmically Insane Bomber.

Whispers of the Old Gods – It's Never a Yawn with Yogg-Saron

In other news, I had the Voltron dream played against me in Arena this morning by a Warrior. No Portals or anything, just honestly drafted and played. Brilliantly executed. I brag a little when I say I got through that and a pair of Obsidian Destroyers (thanks to one of my own) to close out the game with a win.

I felt bad though. For a second I considered letting them win just for achieving that. But, you know, 7 win run and all that…

[Aerothorn]

Okay, I know Blizzard likes to be derivative and I’ve made my peace with that, but couldn’t they have tried a little harder to come up with original names for the gods?

(Also: “The God of Death” can in no way be considered “a mouthful.”)

P.S. Calling it now: Floating Watcher + Spreading Madness in Wild. Wooooo.

[postinternetsyndrome]

Wow. That’s bizarre. And potentially very powerful. Results could be disastrous though. I don’t know how you’re supposed to build around it when it’s completely random. It would be nicer if it said like, cast all your spells again that you cast this game. Then you could build a combo deck with mind blasts and stuff. This… yeah it’s a deranged bomber.

[unruly]

I want to build a tempo mage with Yog, just so I can throw spells all over the place on turn 10. It’ll be my new casual deck, right alongside my all-or-nothing astral communion druid.

[unruly]

I’ve been spending all my gold lately on GvG packs, in hopes of getting Dr. Boom before he goes crafting-only, and today I finally get a legendary drop. And it’s Ghazrilla. So now, if I want to play in Wild, I’m gonna need to craft the stupid card because you know he won’t get replaced for a long time in the Wild meta. Grumble…

[postinternetsyndrome]

I’m sorry to say that you sort of deserve it for acting so irrationally. I think in the long run it’s more economical to just craft the one card you want from the expansion and spend the gold on new cards.

[unruly]

Oh, I know. But there were plenty of cards from GvG that I didn’t have yet and I knew that I was only about 10 packs away from a legendary based on the 40-pack sympathy timer. So I figured I’d go for another Legendary and try to scoop up an epic or two that I was missing while I was at it.

I don’t plan on playing Wild all that much though, so not getting Boom isn’t a big deal. I’ve been figuratively frothing at the mouth while waiting ever since they announced that he’ll be cycling out, because I hate him so much. So much that I’ve refused to craft him for at least 5 months now. Which means I probably won’t ever craft him unless I end up with a ton of spare dust and no more cards that I want.

[Lethe]

Oh, I know. But there were plenty of cards from GvG that I didn’t have yet and I knew that I was only about 10 packs away from a legendary based on the 40-pack sympathy timer.

Wait, what? Are you saying there’s a counter that awards you a legendary if you haven’t had one in the last 40 packs?

[unruly]

All evidence points to there being a sympathy timer that gives you at least 1 legendary per 40 packs of a specific set opened. It’s not 40 packs total, it’s 40 packs of a particular set. There was actually some Asian site that ran a contest to see if anyone could get to 40 packs opened without getting a legendary, which all had to be livestreamed, and the only way people were able to win was by constantly changing which set they opened and switching servers. Anyone that tried opening packs of just 1 set all hit a legendary before hitting 40 packs. So while the sympathy timer isn’t officially recognized, all signs point to it being there. It seems that chances of a legendary increase with every pack opened, but that the chance shoots way up after 30 packs without a legendary, to the point that you’re guaranteed a legendary on pack 39.

There’s a fairly extensive writeup about it on Reddit, which is where I first learned about it.

But yea, because I knew about that and because I knew I was fairly close to hitting the timer, I decided to spend my gold on GvG packs in hopes of getting Boom. But now I’m done with GvG packs, since I’ve reset the timer. Going back to buying Classics until the expansion drops, because I still need Sylvanas and a few other nice ones from there.

[Lethe]

^ Thanks for that info, that’s very interesting.

I just had a beautiful sequence of play as a Priest vs. some kind of Freeze/Giant Mage. Starting with a solid board of Holy Champion, Northshire Cleric, Shadowboxer and Nexus-Champion Saraad, all heavily damaged from Blizzard, and with myself at 25hp, I was able to play Light of Naaru to put me at 28hp and summon a Lightwarden, and then Darkscale Healer to hit 5 targets. Cleric, Boxer, Lightwarden, Holy Champion, all go insane and it takes forever to resolve with me giggling all the way. And then the next turn comes around, two minions are still damaged and I drop Injured Bladmaster for a third, then Holy Nova + Hero Power on the Blademaster and the whole machinery starts up again. I’m shedding cards because my hand is too full but having too much fun to care. The Mage kills my Holy Champion when it is up to 23 attack, but my Lightwarden survives all the way, up to 29 attack on the final turn. Best Lightwarden ever.

It was just great to see all those Priest mechanics firing at once. One couldn’t have scripted it any better. And if you want to know why I was running Darkscale Healer, it’s because I just got the golden version at Level 55 and it looks cool. So there.

[arathain]

http://www.hearthpwn.com/cards/33178-faceless-summoner

Oh good, those embattled Arena Mages get an utterly berserk common card to help them out. Summons Blademaster, Mukla, Scarlet Crusader, Brann, Cobra…

head explodes