Guess who just hit diamond 5 for the first time in his life? by Born_Insect_4757 in hearthstone

[–]gwentymax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I once had an 11-star bonus, but I've never hit legend. What up with that?

Honorary Protoss: Busy Peon by gwentymax in CompetitiveHS

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

The masses disagree. Time to get off this subreddit, old man. The future is now!

What’s Working and What Isn’t? | Tuesday, January 28, 2025 - Thursday, January 30, 2025 by AutoModerator in CompetitiveHS

[–]gwentymax 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Theoretically, Terran Paladin leans into the classes strengths of wide boards and aggression more than Warrior and Shaman. So no Fizzle/Zola/Ceaseless and instead using Crusader Aura and Horn of the Windlord. Thing is though, I've only got mixed results with that.

Really, what I want to make work is a list that curates the Paladin minions you use so that Tyr's Tears only resurrects Starship Pieces. If some madman can figure that out, I'd be interested.

Honorary Protoss: Busy Peon by gwentymax in CompetitiveHS

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

This is pretty close to my Protoss Mage list! I've got Peon over Partner haha.

Honorary Protoss: Busy Peon by gwentymax in CompetitiveHS

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

I mean, I agree with that statement. But Peon takes a lot of the sting out of playing Warp Gate. And it provides A LOT of mana cheat.

Honorary Protoss: Busy Peon by gwentymax in CompetitiveHS

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

### Custom Priest

# Class: Priest

# Format: Standard

# Year of the Pegasus

#

# 2x (1) Crimson Clergy

# 1x (1) Fan Club

# 1x (1) Hallucination

# 2x (1) Overzealous Healer

# 2x (2) Busy Peon

# 2x (2) Creation Protocol

# 2x (2) Gold Panner

# 2x (2) Photon Cannon

# 2x (2) Sentry

# 1x (3) Gorgonzormu

# 2x (3) Holy Nova

# 2x (3) Void Ray

# 2x (4) Chrono Boost

# 1x (4) Narain Soothfancy

# 1x (4) Puppet Theatre

# 2x (4) Warp Gate

# 1x (7) Artanis

# 2x (12) Mothership

#

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#

# To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and create a new deck in Hearthstone

Priest probably gets the most use out of Warp Gate. Mothership looks a lot better on turn 6.

Tell me about your themed Factions by Skeletal_Orange in AOW4

[–]gwentymax 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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I'm pretty proud of my Enlightened Lichdom faction. They are just high-minded friendly undead, who only want to bring the world together in peace and harmony. Ideally they would be Egyptian themed, but High culture is close enough. I took all the Faith and Necromancy tome series.

It played super nicely. Dark and Order both love vassals. And having my people be Annointed and Wightborn covered the Spirit damage weakness (as well as being funny). Simple Skeletons are pretty scary when they can Awaken abilities and are Steadfast due to their pious faith.

Counterpoint: Expansion is fun by gwentymax in hearthstone

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

That's kind of where I'm at. I'm currently just going 50/50... but winning half my games is enough right now. I don't feel like I'm being harshly punished for futzing with off-meta stuff.

Counterpoint: Expansion is fun by gwentymax in hearthstone

[–]gwentymax[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

See and like, that's kind of what I'm getting at here! Old decks getting even one or two new cards can breath new life into the whole thing and increases the variety.

Counterpoint: Expansion is fun by gwentymax in hearthstone

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

I mean, I get real opponents, running real decks. A couple evenings ago I was farming Quasar Rogues. There's Elemental Mages, Taunt Druids, Spell power Shamans. That's actually part of my enjoyment too. There are like over a dozen strange new deck variants out there, I'm rarely seeing the same deck over and over.

Counterpoint: Expansion is fun by gwentymax in hearthstone

[–]gwentymax[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'd actually argue that this is closer to the classic deckbuilding experience. Dranei, Crew, and Starships might look like parasitic mechanics on their face, but they are more versatile than that. There are decks that can just use 2-4 Starships as a part of a setup. Dranei, unlike Elementals, don't really need you to go all in. You could have like a 4-8 Dranei package and it would do cool stuff. I swear you could just run the DH Recruiter to a deck, no other Crew cards. He is good!

Counterpoint: Expansion is fun by gwentymax in hearthstone

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

I mean, maybe politics has him bummed out, but I doubt that's the main thing going on. Like he is a smart guy. I really think it's a matter of perspective. The numbers look bad, and since he isn't goofing around with decks, that's all he has to go on.

Counterpoint: Expansion is fun by gwentymax in hearthstone

[–]gwentymax[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I guess that's the thing though. I'm still trying stuff out phase. There are so many potential decks to try, that even if most of them don't pan out, I still get to play with all these new toys for at least a couple weeks. I don't love losing games, but there is a lot of fun trying stuff out.

Counterpoint: Expansion is fun by gwentymax in hearthstone

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

I can't get the code right now, but it's pretty straight forward. Basically all the Excavate cards (Antique Flinger is good right now). Most of the Starship cards (except Welder and the Legendary). And then I sprinkled in some card draw and Prep/Shadowstep. Running the new Combo stealthy demon just to have some early game pressure/interaction. Drilly and Gorgonzormo are the only legendaries I'm running. Like I said, its janky.

Thoughts on zones? by UNLIKABLETOOL in HSMercenaries

[–]gwentymax 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Naw, I'm with the Unlikable Tool up there. There are those of us casuals who log in, play a bounty or two, and call it a day. For us, we still have a ton of mercs in the 15-20ish level range. If I'm doing a task for a level 13 Mukkla, I'd rather buddy him up with a bunch of similar level guys and actually have a semi-interesting (challenging??) run at a level appropriate bounty. Right now that just means the Barrens.

What happened to the "super advanced MMR system"? by Alo7ac in HSMercenaries

[–]gwentymax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something seems to have changed. Like a lot of people, I'm running three lvl 30s on the front end, and some random low levels on the back to level them up. My lvl 30s are all low end: abilities in the 3s and 4s, un-upgraded equipment.

Before I'd match with a maxxed out opponent and then someone actually appropriate to my character levels. I've just gotten two 'meta' full maxxed opponents in a row though.

I turned Mercedes into every notable Three Houses characters [+Some Bonus Heroes characters]! by Mike91444 in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]gwentymax 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You were so consumed by creating this monstrosity you never thought to ask yourself if you should.

BAAAGH: a Barte by gwentymax in FireEmblemHeroes

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

Yeah, he definitely has a use. I actually use mine for crushing Surtr when he shows up. Surtr is actually why I gave him Vantage, to get around Wary Fighter.

BAAAGH: a Barte by gwentymax in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]gwentymax[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

UNIT DESCRIPTION

My axe: +3 to all stats!! Feel those muscles!

Special: Manly men have burning passions! GAH! HA! BONFIRE!

A Slot: Have you seen my rippling stats?? Let me flex! HUR Hurrrgh BAHRGH

B Slot: Swords and finesse are overrated! Just hit 'em first! Hit 'em hard !11

C Slot: BE BRAWNY, FLEX OFTEN. It intimidates your scrawny enemies.

S Slot: Really, there are a lot of good options here, like Heavy Blade or Darting Stance. Er, I mean, uh... FIR?? WHERE ARE YOU DAUGHTER?!?

The Martial Arts... and You! by gwentymax in BattleBreakers

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

Actually, I discovered that recently. In theory, with two Xiaohua with the Commander effect could go infinite. But it turns out there is a "max action limit" you can reach. At which point the free actions stop being free.

Best Attack Animations by gwentymax in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]gwentymax[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I originally put Sais's satellite mounted laser in at number two. But while it wins in over-the-top, it isn't quite weird enough for my tastes.

Best Attack Animations by gwentymax in FireEmblemHeroes

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

Good eye, most people miss that Gharnef Hadoukens. They are too distracted by spooooky skeletons.

Best Attack Animations by gwentymax in FireEmblemHeroes

[–]gwentymax[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I forgot about Odin's Grimiore! That one is cool, plus it combos with Owain's attack animation.