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HS isn't in that bad of a spot currently, but OP makes some good points and if they are continue to be problems it might well be.
they have all the statistics they need to make the game good (enough). no need to read rants from scrubs on forums
"In Overwatch, sometimes people say something like "Hey could we use this one voiceline for this character?" Boom. Added. Within a week or two."
And look at what retarded r/hearthstone wants:
Petition for Blowgill Sniper's voice line to be "one shot, one gill"
Petition to change Patches The Pirate's charge to charrrge.
I guess they think that everybody cares the same retarded things.
"Sit and come relax, riddle off the mac. It's the patch."
Chronicle: RuneScape Legends and The Elder Scrolls: Legen
but nope they still didnt do the trick
I think when criticizing the game a lot of people fail to realize that the game evolves over time. Just because a theme or strategy is good/bad now doesn't mean it always will be. The designers plan ahead and sow the seeds for themes to be good over time and not just giving everyone all the tools immediately. Look at Dragon Priest and Reno decks. It has taken 3 to 5 releases for these decks to become viable in the upper tiers. When the first set of next year drops both of those decks may cease to exist. Maybe then Grimy Goons or Stealth Rogue decks will be viable. We just don't know. I think the designers are learning to spread things over time so that a specific deck isn't dominant for incredibly long stretches as that's when a game becomes unhealthy.
Let's all chill and stop acting like the game is broken and the people in charge are morons just because we can't see the entire picture right now.
People who refuses to play aggro out of principle are even worse than people who play exclusively aggro.
One should seek to become a complete player and play all archetypes, including ones that he despises for whatever irrational reasons.
Druid, paladin, and hunter are in a bad place right now. Shamans, warriors, and rogues running the pirate package are the best decks. So the best strategy in the game right now is going face.
That said, miracle rogue, reno mage, dragon priest, and hand lock are all tier 1-2.
I have found this to be disturbingly true in all walks of life, but video games in particular. People don't realize that there is a subtle and advanced skill set associated with being a good video game designer. That issues arising from balance and design are as much a result of the complexity of the task as any presumed incompetence on the part of the creators. This is not a claim about the infallibility of those in charge, but it is a nod of respect to how difficult it can be.
Ultimately it baffles me: what does one say to people when they simultaneously maintain that the developers are clueless yet somehow Hearthstone is clearly the most popular digital card game in existence? It must be coincidence...
If you're so dissatisfied with the game then just quit and uninstall instead of coming here and sounding like an entitled little brat.
Let's remember we're talking about Blizzard here. As their name would indicate, they move at a glacier's pace compared to other companies. I'd complain more about it if their track record as a company didn't indicate that their methodology produces higher quality games. I agree it is frustrating sometimes that more doesn't get done, but I think they are in a pickle due to the F2P nature of the game. They clearly make decisions based on trying to keep some kind of baseline status quo so as to not move too fast and pull the rug out of the players who grind their way to the gold/dust they need for things.
I do feel that they need to add a game mode akin to Heroic Brawl (that doesn't eliminate Tavern Brawl) for players who want higher stakes modes. I also feel like they should figure out a way to gain stars on ladder relatively equateable for both aggro and control decks so ladder isn't overrun by aggro all the time. Lastly, I think they should rework some of the Classic set class specific cards. Things like Savagery, Mind Games, and Kidnapper are woefully bad compared to where the game has come since beta. If they wish to keep the Classic set in Standard at all times I think that increasing the power level of some of these currently unplayable cards a little bit can keep the game a bit more fresh by giving classes more interesting basic tools to play off of. However, it'd have to be carefully done as no one wants a class to just be reduced to a single qimmick like Force/Roar was for Druid. I'm not advocating that all classes should be totally balanced against each other at all times (as I said in an earlier post, that is a pipe dream), but that they can create a more interesting game by improving cards slightly/subtly just as much as they can nerfing them.
HS is a victim of it's own success and consequent popularity. Thanks to sites such as this along with many others and also twitchtv, people can just log in to netdeck and blindly copy refined decks. Why is this a problem?
For starters, any meta would seem stale to those uninspired folks that opt to miss out on the fun of card testing and just copy paste a deck online. Imagine a world where HS was not as popular on twitch for example. No "pro" players to watch as they do the testing for us in a matter of mere days to weeks to figure out the most optimal decks to win with. We all would take alot more time on our own while testing sub optimal decks which in turn would help to self balance any meta and by the time we figure them out, a new expansion would be fast approaching.
It's sad that any interesting card or mechanic would only see the light of day in any deck is if a pro does well with it on stream or at a tournament and someone copies and posts it online. And you all wonder why this game seems stale.
On a final note, this is the most diverse the meta has ever been and I'm quite happy to see it. And yes, I've been playing since the game's release.
I have spent most of my time trying to focus on the first point, with some tangential references to the second. Complex systems are, by their nature, devilishly complicated and impossible to predict with great precision. The best they can do is make general projections, aided by past events and in-house testing, that help keep the balance of the game within certain limits. They have gotten better over time, but they will undoubtedly continue to make errors due to the nature of their task.