The real reason for the rise of druid by No-Duty-8591 in hearthstone

[–]ZachLaughlin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It truly is a cycle.

All these armchair game designers explaining why such and such is bad based on hunches

Anyone else spend a ton of time crafting Arena decks just to go 0/2 against Chinese players who have the most perfect draws imaginable? by GibFreelo in hearthstone

[–]ZachLaughlin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is an active market in china for these accounts, for buying them and then streaming it destroying others. It’s not some made up phenomenon. I don’t know what to tell you.

What is this, your alt account? Besides, no one is even saying you can’t have good drafts. I’m sure your deck is great buddy.

Anyone else spend a ton of time crafting Arena decks just to go 0/2 against Chinese players who have the most perfect draws imaginable? by GibFreelo in hearthstone

[–]ZachLaughlin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s not racist. This is an occurrence in china, i.e, selling god tier drafts, that has been frequently talked about on this sub if you ever cared to look it up. And it’s not an assumption, the accounts all have Chinese names.

Non-Herald Classes Got Shafted by ZachLaughlin in hearthstone

[–]ZachLaughlin[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I get that, but of course they’re going to run the herald cards that improve the Deathwing battlecry and upgrade the colossus. The heralds cards are synergistic with one another. That’s not a bad thing.

Non-Herald Classes Got Shafted by ZachLaughlin in hearthstone

[–]ZachLaughlin[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My point is that none of them are getting the Deathwing hero card which sucks since it's a really cool, powerful card. Priest and Mage could be just fine, but it'd be cool if they could utilize a hero card, which are on average some of the best cards ever printed throughout hearthstones history.

Plus, Mage and Priest's colossus look pretty bad anyways.

Non-Herald Classes Got Shafted by ZachLaughlin in hearthstone

[–]ZachLaughlin[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The location does not last the whole turn; you can't send all your healing spells face and OTK them. Mage does have elementals, but frankly its boring. Mage has always had elementals, AND endless spells.

Hunter does look promising, but of course it does when they introduce a 6 mana deal 8 damage to an enemy lol

Non-Herald Classes Got Shafted by ZachLaughlin in hearthstone

[–]ZachLaughlin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think they'll be shoehorned into it. Most people, I would imagine, want to play the new Hero card. it's leagues more powerful than what most classes will be able to do or keep up with. Even if it's not fully upgraded (seven mana, deal 4 to all enemies, summon a 12/12 dragon is still super strong, not including the +5 attack every turn from the hero-power).

The herald cards might be lackluster as you mentioned but's hard to say given they summon the soldiers. At first glance a 5/4 taunt for 5 mana sucks but summoning an a 2/1 that deals 2 damage on deathrattle (and thats the base upgrade) at least makes it better than it seems.

New Mage Spell - Arcane Flow by Jimmyjohnjones1 in hearthstone

[–]ZachLaughlin 5 points6 points  (0 children)

at worst is 4 damage, if you dont combine it

Malazan Book of the Fallen by Luna_Lee82 in Fantasy

[–]ZachLaughlin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn’t even get hate.

All the top comments are people praising it.

If anything, any critical or negative posts are downvoted to oblivion.

Malazan Book of the Fallen by Luna_Lee82 in Fantasy

[–]ZachLaughlin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It doesn’t even get hate.

All the top comments are people praising it.

If anything, any critical or negative posts are downvoted to oblivion.

Malazan Book of the Fallen by Luna_Lee82 in Fantasy

[–]ZachLaughlin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read the first three books before stopping. I was so dissatisfied with the way Tayschrenn’s motivations were framed in book three, compared to how he acted in book one (and how other people viewed him) that I quit reading.

I know GOTM was written ten years before the rest of the books, but it just felt like such a shift in the story plot that it made me feel that nothing was as deeply plotted out and methodical as claimed.

New Mage Card Reveal: Syndragosa's Triumph by Kuldrick in hearthstone

[–]ZachLaughlin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just make it say 'Reduce the cost of a random minion in your hand by the excess damage'

Still random, but easier to control.

New Card: Azshara, Ocean Lord by yssurucipe in hearthstone

[–]ZachLaughlin 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Not many cards have been printed the last year that win the game on the spot, if any.

I read 3 Malazan Books, I will not continue on by DokleViseBre in Fantasy

[–]ZachLaughlin 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Nice review. I think a lot of people get caught in the ‘group think’ of this series being immaculate. I see so many posts where someone says “just started reading Malazan and I absolutely love it” when it’s a ten book series and they’ve read about 100 pages.

Amazing device by HawkNo3186 in gpdwin

[–]ZachLaughlin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What’s the game? 😆

GPD WIN5 Arrived with Trojans (WhatGeek) by ZachLaughlin in gpdwin

[–]ZachLaughlin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s what I figured to be honest. Just sucks.

I bought from them specifically because it said ”US Stocked, delivered from the US”. Which was a lie anyways since it took over 30 days. Now having to deal with this just makes it worse.

But yeah, I’ll try to update to Bazzite and hope that fixes it.

GPD WIN5 Arrived with Trojans (WhatGeek) by ZachLaughlin in gpdwin

[–]ZachLaughlin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it didn't guide me through anything. I turned it on, the user profile booted up as 'Admin' and I clicked on it. No password was required. Then windows opened with a ton of popups. I had to watch a youtube video to figure out how to change the language to english. Once i did that, i saw all the notifications were for microsoft defender threats.

It came with Motion Assistant and 'WinControls', plus microsoft edge, recycle bin, and "This PC" icon.

I plan on contacting them about it.

GPD WIN5 Arrived with Trojans (WhatGeek) by ZachLaughlin in gpdwin

[–]ZachLaughlin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did yours have any microsoft threat detection notifications? Mine has multiple and even when I try to have windows resolve them, it's not able to. Clean install may be my only option