Can we quit lying to ourselves.......

Springs
Springs Posts: 29 Just Dropped In
edited March 2017 in MtGPQ General Discussion
The new event is titled "Who gets Baral first wins". Does D3 even playtest cards??? Just slap some abilities on a card and send it out there.....


Way to screw up the first new event D3.

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  • madwren
    madwren Posts: 2,259 Chairperson of the Boards
    I was told by many reputable people that Baral is fine, though, and that there's nothing to see here.
  • Springs
    Springs Posts: 29 Just Dropped In
    Can you imagine being a new player and seeing the infinite combo turn one? If that doesn't make you move on to another game, I don't know what will.
  • wereotter
    wereotter Posts: 2,070 Chairperson of the Boards
    With what I've been matched up against, Baral would at least be a change.

    So far 6 matches against Koth, all of which showed my opponent with an event score of 0, implying he or she isn't even playing the event. All identical decks with Goldnight Castigator, Scab Clan Berserker, that phoenix and Tyrant of Valakut. The few that weren't Koth were Liliana zombies and infinite kill spells, again with no energy.
  • buscemi
    buscemi Posts: 673 Critical Contributor
    Don't look at me. I've been trying to tell everyone Baral was beyond broken since the second it was spoiled...

    viewtopic.php?f=31&t=58365
  • Necandi
    Necandi Posts: 4
    Enemy almost Dead. My Saheeli with Full health. Claustrophobia was on the field. Not a single baral, but It was a baral build. AI managed a cascade: summoned some tokens then baral. Could only Watch. He needs a nerf asap.
  • Theros
    Theros Posts: 490 Mover and Shaker
    No one wins if Baral is not addressed, including people who got him. Negativity is too high right now to let Baral fly under the radar
    Red Alert
  • madwren
    madwren Posts: 2,259 Chairperson of the Boards
    During the first Saheeli Rai event, she was locked into a node and we were all forced to endure the Runaway Carriage meta. Most people either ran RC or were forced to run answers to it.

    Kudos to the devs for adequately reproducing said meta by introducing Baral. Surely this was by design!
  • Mainloop25
    Mainloop25 Posts: 1,959 Chairperson of the Boards
    Was playing a nasty Kiora deck that got me down to 1 hp. It was maybe at 60 hp. I finally got to cast Baral. Guess who won that match?
  • Steeme
    Steeme Posts: 784 Critical Contributor
    You know, if everyone stopped stuffing their decks with Baral, you wouldn't be matched up against him as often icon_e_biggrin.gif
  • ErikInVegas
    ErikInVegas Posts: 102 Tile Toppler
    Springs wrote:
    Can you imagine being a new player and seeing the infinite combo turn one? If that doesn't make you move on to another game, I don't know what will.

    Sure this is like the 'clever' MBAs who 'optimized' malls to waste as much of people's time as possible.

    Now people don't go to malls any more.

    They're going bankrupt all across the US.

    Provide value or go bankrupt.
  • morgue427
    morgue427 Posts: 783 Critical Contributor
    honestly i find going against baral far easier than some of these hyper tuned kiodra decks. had one in the challenge after a baral like chain( no he wasnt out) has a 24/24 island hasted then got rid of him them boom 32/32 reach octipi game over by then
  • SpaceDuck
    SpaceDuck Posts: 85 Match Maker
    Springs wrote:
    The new event is titled "Who gets Baral first wins". Does D3 even playtest cards??? Just slap some abilities on a card and send it out there.....


    Way to screw up the first new event D3.

    That's funny, down in silver this event is called "Only Koth on health related nodes"
  • madwren
    madwren Posts: 2,259 Chairperson of the Boards
    SpaceDuck wrote:
    Springs wrote:
    The new event is titled "Who gets Baral first wins". Does D3 even playtest cards??? Just slap some abilities on a card and send it out there.....


    Way to screw up the first new event D3.

    That's funny, down in silver this event is called "Only Koth on health related nodes"

    Or Chandra1.
  • speakupaskanswer
    speakupaskanswer Posts: 306 Mover and Shaker
    Hey, at least we have options: either we can be annoyed by the matchmaking that puts up against the same opponents with non-event decks again and again OR by playing against Baral which is as much fun as having your game freeze.

    This is how you screw up an interesting event idea.
  • morgue427
    morgue427 Posts: 783 Critical Contributor
    i keep seeing brian 1125 or merciside , using creature less ob or koth, and baral honestly isnt hard to handle see him first thing get taken out haven't lost to one yet, but i save kills or imprison just for him incase lol. annoying but hey i use him why should others most dont have as good a cards as they should in theirs. i find sphinx tuteledge invaluabale, yeah slows down getting it but when i do the ai wont change cards so the first card ends up costing them 50 plus on even a cheap spell
  • hawkyh1
    hawkyh1 Posts: 780 Critical Contributor
    madwren wrote:
    SpaceDuck wrote:
    Springs wrote:
    The new event is titled "Who gets Baral first wins". Does D3 even playtest cards??? Just slap some abilities on a card and send it out there.....


    Way to screw up the first new event D3.

    That's funny, down in silver this event is called "Only Koth on health related nodes"

    Or Chandra1.

    I've just had chandra1 with olivia.

    so far I've seen skysovereign, pig and olivia.

    HH

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