I should have probably made it more clear, but the question was about NERFING the Coin (for it to not count as a spell) not BUFFING it.

I think that there’s an argument for buffing it, but it might be hard to balance. It heavily depends on the meta and the deck itself, but there were some metas where going first and second was already pretty close (like within 1-2% WR from each other), so buffing it means that we might end up with an opposite situation.

Also, it’s only something that really matters in the competitive scene. If you’re playing in a tournament, then you can get unlucky streak of going second a few times in a row. On the ladder, you’ll play enough games for roughly 50% of your matches to be on Coin and 50% going first, so it all evens out.

I’m not 100% sure if that’s true, but I’ve heard that a lot of the Q&A folks working for Activision-Blizzard are on a strike right now. If that’s true then it really shows.

If you’re sure about the numbers and didn’t craft anything after you got the extra Dust, you should probably contact the support (https://us.battle.net/support/en/help). They can check your account logs and see if there’s anything missing.

Like I’ve said, the official message is that they only took away what they gave by mistake and nothing more, but so many people are reporting lost Dust that there might be something to it (maybe another bug). I hope that they address it soon.

If the card is remade in a way that it’s hard to tell whether it’s a buff or a nerf, Dust refunds still apply. It’s even in the patch notes.

However, Rapid Fire change is a clear nerf. There is exactly one deck in Wild that runs the card and it’s Questline Hunter. It costing 2 mana makes finishing the Questline harder and then the HP refreshes slower later in the game.

Thanks, I’ll get to that soon!

I actually like to watch BG more than play it (Standard is my favorite way to play), so while not directly, the changes make it more fun for me too 🙂 I’m also happy for BG players that they’re getting so much new stuff!

But then again, we’ll have a massive meta change for Standard with rotation in ~2.5 months, so that’s not very far off either.

Yeah, but it would still cost them about $70 billion to get a full card collection, so why not just buy entire company.

I don’t really play Wild that much (maybe like a dozen of matches per month), but I’ve heard a lot of people complaining about Ignite Mage on Twitter. Maybe not because it’s too powerful, but because it’s unfun to play against?

Good question! Both Barrens and Stormwind puzzles were added in .2 patch, so we might get one for Alterac Valley soon. At least I would hope so, because they are really cool 🙂

No worries! It’s hard to keep track of all of that 🙂

Yes, the achievement is still bugged. I hope it gets fixed in the next patch.

You’re technically correct that Warrior is worse at the Top Legend ranks. But for 99.9% of the ladder, Questline Warrior is strong deck, much stronger than Mozaki Mage.

Top Legend meta is always its own bubble – mostly because of skill level differences, but also tech choices or matchup spread. In case of Questline Warrior, I would probably blame it on skill ceiling. The deck is very easy to play optimally and that’s why it’s so strong against lower skill players – but once you reach that ceiling, there’s not much you can improve in your gameplay while other decks (including Mozaki Mage) still have a lot of room to showcase player’s skill.

Sometimes it’s fun to look at Top Legend (just like it’s fun to look a tournament meta), but when I write articles, I generally tend to use Diamond-Legend stats – they are more “competitive” (unlike something like Bronze, where people might genuinely not know how X or Y deck function), but also more relatable to a wider audience. Of course this particular article is not mine, but I would assume that OG does a similar thing.

I think that his point is that he picked Horde and will get Vanndar (Diamond version) without even needing to complete the event. Assuming Alliance wins in the end, that is 🙂

Yes, you get the Golden version of opposing faction’s leader for completing all the honor ranks (7.2k honor in total).

There should be a special, separate slot for those Legendary Quests.

It used to be one of your Dailies before the UI revamp, but it hasn’t been working like that in a while.

Yeah, it looks like it was initially bugged and they had to “unlock” Rank 2:

https://twitter.com/hsdecktech/status/1471655168437489667

I understand the argument, but I do think that it makes sense to not always use the keywords like Echo. Or let me rephrase it – it doesn’t make sense form the perspective of experienced players, but it makes the game more approachable.

If you launch the game as a new player, you have no idea what those keywords mean. You already have to learn a bunch like Taunt, Rush, Battlecry, Deathrattle, how exactly they work and so on. But those are fine, because they appear on lots and lots of cards. But let’s say that there are only 2 Echo cards in Standard at the same time. You need to learn a new keyword and remember what it means for just 2 cards. But if they say “Repeatable this turn”, you don’t need to remember anything, because it says it right there on the card. Now add a few more keywords that are used just for a couple of cards in Standard.

Some HS players are kids. Some players are let’s just say not smart. Some players take long time to learn. By not having multiple “one-of” keywords, the learning curve is not as steep.

The goal of keywords is to make players’ life easier and the game more understandable. Turning “Full-Blown Evil” into an Echo card doesn’t accomplish either of those.

I wouldn’t mind if all of those were keyworded, but I’m not the target audience for making the cards as understandable as possible. For me it’s a visual thing, something that doesn’t really matter, for new players it might make an actual difference.

And by the way, it’s not just Hearthstone – MTG is doing the same thing for the same reasons.

I don’t, but if someone posts them online and I see it, I’ll add them to the post.

I honestly don’t know, I never bought those ranked bundles and there isn’t a lot of info about them online.

Maybe you have to wait a bit for it to show up.

Yep, mini-set cards are added to the packs so if you own all the expansion cards by the time mini-set drops, you’re guaranteed to get them.