Quote from DiViNE_Priest >>I'd say Hearthstone is like 20-30% skill, the rest is luck and the quality of your deck.
Yep. And in this meta t2 keleseth t5 cobalt scalebane t7 bonemare t8/t10 dk, that's more 10-20%
Why do people say things like this? Like, where does the 20 to 30 percent figure even come from? You pull it out your arse, that's what. It doesn't make any sense, nor does it make you sound clever. If by skill you mean knowledge of the game then what you actually mean is the game is near totally dependent on skill but once players reach a certain level of game understanding luck is often the deciding factor in matches. Proof? Give someone who doesn't know how to play or understand any of the games concepts (I.e. a brand new player) a tier 1 deck he will lose game after game after game.
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I think when it comes to the very top HS players in tournaments, they know the matches so well and how to win them a lot of it comes down to luck, just based on the fact they're playing at such a high level. But for most people I'd say there is a lot of skill involved in Hearthstone so I don't get why people have to downplay it so much.
Oh it's easy, you just draw Keleseth on curve. Oh, draw Raza and Anduin on curve. Yeah, well what about the majority of games where that doesn't happen? There is a reason why pros make it to high Legend on a monthly basis and other people get stuck at rank 15. Those people who do get stuck also tend to blame luck as their shortcoming and not actually making mistakes and bad decisions.
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You have the memory of a goldfish if you really think this meta is that bad compared to some prior ones.
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I never understood the mentality that F2P games means charity. As in, I should have all the important content and never have to spend a dime.
It's been shown that you can be competitive while never spending any money on Hearthstone as lots of people do it. Why would Blizzard cater further to people who don't financially support a game they spend countless hours playing, and why should they?
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Maybe you should be using the time available to you to make the best decision and plan out your future turns?
Who cares if it's casual or brawl, there is nothing wrong with using the time available to you. It doesn't mean the player is just alt-tabbed or not paying attention.
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The thing you need to realize is that you will lose games in Hearthstone and sometimes there is nothing you can do about it. Sometimes you'll go on a bad run and lose several games in a row, it happens and is just the nature of the game. But you need to realize as long as you maintain a winning average, eventually you will continue to climb. Learn from your mistakes and when you do lose, try to sit back and think of what you could have done differently, or better. A lot of people blame bad luck when they actually made mistakes or decisions that put them in a position to be unlucky. On the flip side, sometimes your opponent has the nuts and there isn't anything you can do about it except move on to the next match.
Play the game for the sake of playing the game and enjoy it. The ranks will come if you're doing that. Once you get past your ladder anxiety and just play to play, you'll start breaking barriers and before you know it, you'll get to rank five easily, because you've done it over and over again. So you know that you can do it.
What's the worse that can happen? You try to get to rank five and fail and the season ends. So what, try again. Keep trying until you can do it on the regular. You'll never get there if you don't try. And trying meaning failing along the way.