So why do 4-5 (I think) new buddies come out supporting a beast board, including Lich King who should have been automatically glued to Undead, but N’Zoth gets a buddy who is irrelevant and wastes space on the board until you can triple it then immediately vendor it? On top of that it can’t even make the fish golden, but 3 other hero powers and other new buddies can yield a golden fish but N’Zoth will never be able to since quests are gone? Curator, buddy follows minion type all, the tentacle douche gets a beast buddy, for some reason MURLOC HOLMES gets a beast buddy, Rokara gets a beast buddy which is silly because she’s a warrior and they don’t have pets.
I’d have supported every single buddy just coming with the ALL type instead of whatever this thoughtless nonsense is that appears to have taken a year or more to design.
Seeing how most buddies end up taking a space on boards and tend to not scale with most tribes the player is going with, a one off and sell buddy is probably better. Also N’Zoth has always had a path to a golden fish if these 2 conditions are met: Dragons in the pool, and if there are any minion stealers in the lobby that take your fish for themselves. After encountering someone that took your fish by whatever means they did, you use the high tier dragon that lets you get a minion from the last enemy’s board. its a gamble but you can get another fish that way.
Personally I think getting a golden Fish or Golden Amalgam should be its own achievement. I know getting amalgam when not playing the hero that starts with one is, but golden version should be too.
You use them to make dr minions golden. You dont have to make the buddy golden,it will give you 1 less golden dr minion. But it is kinda rare to get 3 good targets so that isnt the biggest issue and if you golden on 4 you could discover baron.
There is no need to rush the buddy i think. You can wait till it cost zero (though you will get the other ones later then).
There isnt that many great targets but its doable if beasts and mechs are in. If not then i dont think its good.
boombox,frog,buster,wulf are good i think.
The tier 4 undead that buffs undead with 1 att , snake and the dr naga that gives a coin are not that bad either.
Good point, I guess I didn’t consider it an option since it is such a long shot. It’s rare enough for RNG to work out for minion stealers enough that they face the same “best possible steal” twice before the game is landsliding. Especially now, since that would essentially give them 2 of the 3 fish before me, if not all 3. Either way, it is a possibility.
N’Zoth had always been a face roll for me before buddies, as long as beasts were on board, so I’m probably just annoyed that he has too much competition.
When quests were ingame for everyone, I’d have a golden fish almost anytime I had one of the quests that could get me one. Wonderball being my absolute favorite.
One of my favorite things to do is pair up with an IRL bud of mine and party up and join the same BGs and we will see our choices of heroes and if its possible for one of us to steal the other’s unique minion like the Fish or the Amalgam, etc. We will coordinate to that extent. Its usually our luck we are never paired against each other the entire game tho lol.