They're probably better off concentrating on Battlegrounds since they've all but abandoned constructed and just allowed it to be Shamanstone for the last two months. Hardly any streamers playing constructed anymore because it's dire. I know Battlegrounds is new so that factors in but most have said they're bored of the ladder.
The downvotes from the Shaman players are too obvious!
I cannot stand this fucking shaman meta any longer, every other game (usually several games in a row) is quest evolve shaman. It's sickening to play this game now. Not only is it boring to play against but makes me realise how many boring players there are, queuing the top tier deck over and over.
I'll see what the expansion brings but I'm done for now. Hate this game right now.
The 100 Dreadsteed thing is easy if you get an opponent that understands and just plays in to your steeds (and you do the same). Happened for me twice but the third guy didn't get it.
Also there is a quest to play 3 tavern brawls for 200 gold. I'm assuming everyone got that too?
Add to that the Blizzard controversy (which they are determined to make even worse for some reason) and you have a perfect setup for many players to jump ship.
LoR is from Riot Games. They came out immediately after the Blizzard controversy to warning their players not to say anything concerning "sensitive topics" (because supporting democracy is now sensitive).
They are 100% owned by the Chinese firm Tencent. They would be issuing the same punishments as Blizzard (if not more severe) had the situation happened in one of their tournaments.
I'm not saying this to absolve Blizzard, they should be held to account but you cannot exactly jump ship from Blizzard to Riot without understanding that Riot games is wholly in China's pocket, more so than Blizzard.
If you managed to get to rank 3 with your N'Zoth warlock then keep going I say. If you went a bad run I'd say you were just unlucky as you've already proved the deck.
I personally would have liked to see the official Weibo account denounced. Although not run directly by Blizzard (yeah, sure) they are acting on Blizzards behalf and they definitely took sides.
Would the reaction have been less had this been the decision in the first place? Possibly, but you have to remember it took them 12 months to ban Roger and he was actively cheating.
I dont play any other Blizzard games right now, I was dabbling in wow classic but this has left too bad of a taste to play it. I have spent money on Hearthstone and I enjoy it so not playing it is pointless and I am playing for now. I usually buy every expansion etc but I dont know anymore. When the next expansion hits it might be a good time to bow out. I'm going to watch their reaction and conduct between now and the next expansion, including Blizzcon.
Right now this heavily censored and corporate response is not enough enough to warrant their actions over the last week.
Keep cycling and using Flash Heal / Novice Engineer and use Time Out + Zephrys the Great to board clear. Once you have 7 Mogu Cultist you can go mad :D
I have enjoyed season 2 a LOT more than season 1. There is still a fair few warrior mirrors that go on a bit, but they are no longer the worst match up to watch. That belongs to combo priest mirrors!
Heal druid can never work now, too many decks run Zephrys the Great (even non-highlander decks) which render Lucentbark completely useless. We are stuck with quest and, to a lesser extent, token for the time being. We already have the same core but different win conditions for quest druid.
I have had the VIP ticket multiple times now and I'm still to see Bob's deck as an option. I know it exists but either I am being very unlucky or it's quite rare for it to show up.
Warrior - Still far too much removal, the deck is not fun to play against. You cannot get anything to stick to the board and the whole game is boring, long and unfun. Still!!
Shaman - MCT was fine and crops up in a meta every now and then. MCT with double battlecry whenever you want is not, having to play around two of them for the whole game at times is horrible design.
Priest - Even with the Extra Arms nerf it has done nothing to stop this high roll deck, the game is decided in the first few turns.
Paladin - Prismatic Lens into Murlocs, again not fun when it can be played so early, not only that if you do survive (which is slim in itself) you have Zephrys / Nomi come out really early too. Zephrys is being played in a deck that doesn't even suffer the downside of playing him!
They're probably better off concentrating on Battlegrounds since they've all but abandoned constructed and just allowed it to be Shamanstone for the last two months. Hardly any streamers playing constructed anymore because it's dire. I know Battlegrounds is new so that factors in but most have said they're bored of the ladder.
The downvotes from the Shaman players are too obvious!
Can we squelch again? The amount games this week were I've played against some absolute melts spamming emotes from the start to end is staggering.
No shit...
She played brilliantly, had some of the best draws I have ever seen whilst her opponents had some of the worst. Almost too good to be true...
Where is she from anyway?
I'm done.
I cannot stand this fucking shaman meta any longer, every other game (usually several games in a row) is quest evolve shaman. It's sickening to play this game now. Not only is it boring to play against but makes me realise how many boring players there are, queuing the top tier deck over and over.
I'll see what the expansion brings but I'm done for now. Hate this game right now.
The 100 Dreadsteed thing is easy if you get an opponent that understands and just plays in to your steeds (and you do the same). Happened for me twice but the third guy didn't get it.
Also there is a quest to play 3 tavern brawls for 200 gold. I'm assuming everyone got that too?
I'm rank 2 with N'Zoth Rogue. It's a great deck against the tidal wave of quest shaman (literally more than 50% of all games).
The mirror is binary affair though. You ever draws scheme first wins basically.
LoR is from Riot Games. They came out immediately after the Blizzard controversy to warning their players not to say anything concerning "sensitive topics" (because supporting democracy is now sensitive).
They are 100% owned by the Chinese firm Tencent. They would be issuing the same punishments as Blizzard (if not more severe) had the situation happened in one of their tournaments.
I'm not saying this to absolve Blizzard, they should be held to account but you cannot exactly jump ship from Blizzard to Riot without understanding that Riot games is wholly in China's pocket, more so than Blizzard.
If you managed to get to rank 3 with your N'Zoth warlock then keep going I say. If you went a bad run I'd say you were just unlucky as you've already proved the deck.
I personally would have liked to see the official Weibo account denounced. Although not run directly by Blizzard (yeah, sure) they are acting on Blizzards behalf and they definitely took sides.
Would the reaction have been less had this been the decision in the first place? Possibly, but you have to remember it took them 12 months to ban Roger and he was actively cheating.
I dont play any other Blizzard games right now, I was dabbling in wow classic but this has left too bad of a taste to play it. I have spent money on Hearthstone and I enjoy it so not playing it is pointless and I am playing for now. I usually buy every expansion etc but I dont know anymore. When the next expansion hits it might be a good time to bow out. I'm going to watch their reaction and conduct between now and the next expansion, including Blizzcon.
Right now this heavily censored and corporate response is not enough enough to warrant their actions over the last week.
Yeah, I might be miscounting but there are only 29 cards in that deck so I think the N'Zoth is missing.
I can already see the Twitch chat during the next Tournament.
Here's a really fun deck if your still playing with this brawl
Crystology
Mogu Cultist
Flash of Light
Novice Engineer
Zephrys the Great
Time Out!
Keep cycling and using Flash Heal / Novice Engineer and use Time Out + Zephrys the Great to board clear. Once you have 7 Mogu Cultist you can go mad :D
I have enjoyed season 2 a LOT more than season 1. There is still a fair few warrior mirrors that go on a bit, but they are no longer the worst match up to watch. That belongs to combo priest mirrors!
Arcanologist
Frostbolt
Research Project
Zephrys the Great
Frost Nova
Ice Block
Unless there is secret hate you win every time.
Heal druid can never work now, too many decks run Zephrys the Great (even non-highlander decks) which render Lucentbark completely useless. We are stuck with quest and, to a lesser extent, token for the time being. We already have the same core but different win conditions for quest druid.
All these decks are essentially the same lists aside from a few cards.
I have had the VIP ticket multiple times now and I'm still to see Bob's deck as an option. I know it exists but either I am being very unlucky or it's quite rare for it to show up.
This is amazing, thank you so much for this! :D
Things that need to change: -
Warrior - Still far too much removal, the deck is not fun to play against. You cannot get anything to stick to the board and the whole game is boring, long and unfun. Still!!
Shaman - MCT was fine and crops up in a meta every now and then. MCT with double battlecry whenever you want is not, having to play around two of them for the whole game at times is horrible design.
Priest - Even with the Extra Arms nerf it has done nothing to stop this high roll deck, the game is decided in the first few turns.
Paladin - Prismatic Lens into Murlocs, again not fun when it can be played so early, not only that if you do survive (which is slim in itself) you have Zephrys / Nomi come out really early too. Zephrys is being played in a deck that doesn't even suffer the downside of playing him!
These are the things that piss me off right now!
It does the same on Android. Why it needs to download the whole package again is beyond me.
They said they made the mobile client as streamlined as can be but right now it's anything but.