I completely understand and feel the same. I have shifted to Arena for this reason as ranked fells just stale and boring. Climbing to D5 is more chore than fun. But even Arena feels stale after some time, would really like to see more rotations.
Some thoughts:
HS economy is still a problem; yes they did some improvements but as said above getting relevant epics and legendaries can still be a problem; also in my opinion it is still the shittiest economy from all major card games
The fact that only a limited number of cards actually see play in ranked is pretty common in card games though; I cant speak of LoR but in MTGA it is pretty much exactly the same; this might be an inherent feature to some degree
The bottom line for me is that I would like to see more rotations. Another idea would be to introduce more game formats e.g. in MTGA you have the pauper format (only commons) and other. But even that would only be fun with enough rotations.
To be entirely honest I am no fan of the guilds idea. I entirely agree to Crusader2010 and his post.
Some additional thoughts:
2 vs 2 battles sounds fun but opens up a host of new problems; the UI would need to be significantly redesigned for this
Raids sound fun too but again the game would probably need to be signifcantly redesigned to implement this properly
Rewards are a sensible topic, you really can't give gold or exp in my opinion, cosmetics would be ok but might be too little to justify the concept
Introducing an entirely new layer of competion and rivalry might not fit the casual approach HS stands for
The bottom line is that guilds do not really fit into HS right now, nor can it easily be implemented. What I kind of like is the raids idea but I would not tie it to the guilds concept. Two quick ideas that come to my mind are (i) some kind of world raids for the entire community (like a super boss or so) and (ii) a new "raid mode" where you can compete with others against the AI (some sort of the Pinata tavern brawl but better and with more players). But these are just quick ideas.
Good idea in theory maybe, but in practice this is terrible. Everybody should be able to buy the bundle that suits him / her best. For non wild players the wild bundle is of no use. Or maybe your budget is limited (not that far fetched in a global pandemic) and you want the 10 bucks bundle and it is not offered to you. No, Blizzard, just no.
I think that is an unfair advantage. Not sure if i would call it cheating but it certainly is close to it. Blizzard should crack down on this. But hey that is just my opinion.
I play Wild Secret Mage on ladder (although a slightly different than meta list) to reach D5 since several seasons. I did not look up any stats but just based on my experience:
Priest is the worst matchup (especially Reno / Raza priest)
Warrior comes at a second (Odd Warrior especially but also Aggro)
Apart from that no class really sticks out, however all Highlander and Aggro/Token variants can be problematic (a Reno on curve usually leads to a loss unless the Mage is really far ahead; Aggro can still outrun you as you are reliant on a number of key cards e.g. Flak Mage)
Hunter: Rarely encounter any on ladder, but could be problematic
That being said there are several anti-secret tech tech cards available to slot into any deck. Just slot in a Secreat Eater if you are annoyed. Another tipp would be to just try to play around the secrets. I often have the impression people do not think enough and just shell out their cards.
In my personal opinion Priest is fine with the exception of the Rez archetype. The underlying problem here is that HS does not really has a proper graveyard mechanic like Magic for example and lacks proper counter cards. At its present state most Rez cards are simply mana cheating tools with little counter opportunities. Just take Resurrect, which basically is 2 mana summon a huge minion, or [Hearthstone Card (Mass Resurrection/card] which is basically the same at a higher level. Combine this with all the stalling and copy cards and you have a quite annoying archetype.
That said I don't think any balancing will happen in wild.
Thanks for the post. I tinkered around with a similar deck idea albeit in wild some time ago. In wild you have multiple other options to make the deck even more RNG heavy. To name a few: Deck of Wonders (a must have for every wild Casino Mage), Cabalist's Tome, the original Yogg-Saron, Hope's End as well as Primordial Glyph. For total madness you can even slot in Mayor Noggenfogger. Needless to say that this deck was kind of bad, but it was fun.
Some cosmetics at certain achievement levels would be welcome. And by the way we do not need any "disenchant all" button for achievements, this should happen automatically without the need to click at all. And fixing the notification timing is overdue. But nice to know that they look into it.
Mech Mage with Mechwarper, Piloted Shredder and Dr. Boom. Your win con was to cheat out mechs early with Mechwarper and put pressure on the opponent. Mana cheating was pretty tame though in those days. Alternative win con was flame balling your opponent in the face via fueling Archmage Antonidas with spare part cards (Clockwork Gnome ...)
On a close second is C'Thun priest (the original one) from Whispers of the Old Gods.
Sale aside, the fact that latest expansion packs cost exactly the same as expansion packs from several years ago always appeared strange to me. Guess it is because of dust. Some sort of promotion would not hurt them though. In general I think HS could make more money with a more intelligent monetization, but that is another topic
My question after reading this is: Why do you not just play Standard? Basically all the cards mentioned here are wild cards. No Aviana-Kun in Standard. In Wild there a couple of strong cards which will continue to show up. You can't do anything about it.
This is almost always how they announce Arena adjustments, and it's perfectly reasonable. They don't "owe" you detailed information, especially when it could give you an unfair advantage over opponents who don't read Hearthstone news sites.
Many people are paying a lot of money for this game, so asking for adjustment details is definitly not too much. Also there is no unfair advantage if this information is publicly available (people reading news is certainly not unfair)
I've not been able to select either DH or Lock in the past several times I've done Arena, so I don't know what's going on. All I do know is that I'm sick of always having to choose between three classes that I don't really play and trying to build a deck from those cards. I would like to see you be able to select from 3 random classes, or if you don't want any of them you are able to toss up another "X" amount of gold to mulligan or roulette 3 other random classes. I usually end up feeling like I am forced to play a class I'm not very comfortable with and just end up wasting 50 gold (because you at least get a pack for losing out totally), my time, and patience.
I think Arena is pretty much about playing with classes and cards you are not familiar or comfortable with. Not a fan of the reroll idea for gold to be honest
DH especially has been pretty crazy. Basically all of my DH runs were significantly above average and I managed a couple of easy 12 wins. Being offered DH already was a significant advantage in my mind. The class has lots of good cards but for me the most broken was Expendable Performers which won me the game many times.
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Unfriendly behavior (e.g. insults); this is pretty rare here though
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I am a bit disappointed. I kind of hoped for a water-themed expansion which is overdue in my opinion. But ok lets give it a chance.
I completely understand and feel the same. I have shifted to Arena for this reason as ranked fells just stale and boring. Climbing to D5 is more chore than fun. But even Arena feels stale after some time, would really like to see more rotations.
Some thoughts:
The bottom line for me is that I would like to see more rotations. Another idea would be to introduce more game formats e.g. in MTGA you have the pauper format (only commons) and other. But even that would only be fun with enough rotations.
To be entirely honest I am no fan of the guilds idea. I entirely agree to Crusader2010 and his post.
Some additional thoughts:
The bottom line is that guilds do not really fit into HS right now, nor can it easily be implemented. What I kind of like is the raids idea but I would not tie it to the guilds concept. Two quick ideas that come to my mind are (i) some kind of world raids for the entire community (like a super boss or so) and (ii) a new "raid mode" where you can compete with others against the AI (some sort of the Pinata tavern brawl but better and with more players). But these are just quick ideas.
Good idea in theory maybe, but in practice this is terrible. Everybody should be able to buy the bundle that suits him / her best. For non wild players the wild bundle is of no use. Or maybe your budget is limited (not that far fetched in a global pandemic) and you want the 10 bucks bundle and it is not offered to you. No, Blizzard, just no.
I was not aware of this combo. Seems pretty ridiculous to me
I think that is an unfair advantage. Not sure if i would call it cheating but it certainly is close to it. Blizzard should crack down on this. But hey that is just my opinion.
I play Wild Secret Mage on ladder (although a slightly different than meta list) to reach D5 since several seasons. I did not look up any stats but just based on my experience:
That being said there are several anti-secret tech tech cards available to slot into any deck. Just slot in a Secreat Eater if you are annoyed. Another tipp would be to just try to play around the secrets. I often have the impression people do not think enough and just shell out their cards.
In my personal opinion Priest is fine with the exception of the Rez archetype. The underlying problem here is that HS does not really has a proper graveyard mechanic like Magic for example and lacks proper counter cards. At its present state most Rez cards are simply mana cheating tools with little counter opportunities. Just take Resurrect, which basically is 2 mana summon a huge minion, or [Hearthstone Card (Mass Resurrection/card] which is basically the same at a higher level. Combine this with all the stalling and copy cards and you have a quite annoying archetype.
That said I don't think any balancing will happen in wild.
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Some cosmetics at certain achievement levels would be welcome. And by the way we do not need any "disenchant all" button for achievements, this should happen automatically without the need to click at all. And fixing the notification timing is overdue. But nice to know that they look into it.
Boggspine Knuckles will hopefully take a well deserved hit
Mech Mage with Mechwarper, Piloted Shredder and Dr. Boom. Your win con was to cheat out mechs early with Mechwarper and put pressure on the opponent. Mana cheating was pretty tame though in those days. Alternative win con was flame balling your opponent in the face via fueling Archmage Antonidas with spare part cards (Clockwork Gnome ...)
On a close second is C'Thun priest (the original one) from Whispers of the Old Gods.
Sale aside, the fact that latest expansion packs cost exactly the same as expansion packs from several years ago always appeared strange to me. Guess it is because of dust. Some sort of promotion would not hurt them though. In general I think HS could make more money with a more intelligent monetization, but that is another topic
My question after reading this is: Why do you not just play Standard? Basically all the cards mentioned here are wild cards. No Aviana-Kun in Standard. In Wild there a couple of strong cards which will continue to show up. You can't do anything about it.
Many people are paying a lot of money for this game, so asking for adjustment details is definitly not too much. Also there is no unfair advantage if this information is publicly available (people reading news is certainly not unfair)
I think Arena is pretty much about playing with classes and cards you are not familiar or comfortable with. Not a fan of the reroll idea for gold to be honest
DH especially has been pretty crazy. Basically all of my DH runs were significantly above average and I managed a couple of easy 12 wins. Being offered DH already was a significant advantage in my mind. The class has lots of good cards but for me the most broken was Expendable Performers which won me the game many times.
Upvote for that :)
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That being said, down and upvoting is a legit function on this site and people are free to do it for no reason whatsoever. I am not bothered by downvotes and I think nobody should be. This in no way changes my interaction on the site. I also don't ask for reasons, people could have a ton or none at all. It is the internet after all :)
Yeah it has gone missing. Must be a bug