Is it just me or has going first become more valuable this expac? With everything being so frantic and win by turn 5 based, it feels ot me that going first is worth more than it used to be. I don't keep stats as I play mainly on mobile - has anyone else seen this?
Depends on games, if Aggro vs Aggro then it is usually based on who drew the better hands, if all else are equal, the player going first will always curve out and trade better than the opponent and eventually win the game.
This topic comes up again every few months. Each time, it's nothing but opinions based on anecdotes.
Run some tracking software, build up a large sample of games, then start a new thread backed up by detailed statistics.
Meanwhile, many players already do run tracking software, and sites like Vicious Syndicate collect data from thousands of players. If there were any interesting trends or changing patterns in the data, we'd already know about it.
Is it just me or has going first become more valuable this expac? With everything being so frantic and win by turn 5 based, it feels ot me that going first is worth more than it used to be. I don't keep stats as I play mainly on mobile - has anyone else seen this?
I noticed the contrary in Arena, I feel like I get better starts with the Coin, always. Might be related to my drafting habits
Depends on games, if Aggro vs Aggro then it is usually based on who drew the better hands, if all else are equal, the player going first will always curve out and trade better than the opponent and eventually win the game.
This topic comes up again every few months. Each time, it's nothing but opinions based on anecdotes.
Run some tracking software, build up a large sample of games, then start a new thread backed up by detailed statistics.
Meanwhile, many players already do run tracking software, and sites like Vicious Syndicate collect data from thousands of players. If there were any interesting trends or changing patterns in the data, we'd already know about it.
Locked.
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