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You must not have played much arena, because it seems to be at a reasonable spot right now - and a ton of fun! New cards to play around with; every match is different; able to pull off crazy combos that would never work in constructed. My only complaint about arena at the moment is how powerful paladins are. Other than that, the layout is a blast and the best way to build your cardpool if you're decent at it.

Thanks for all the comments, I really appreciate them. Some of the interweb trolls showed their teeth, but overall, genuine feedback, which is really appreciated! So, I guess I hadn't thought about new players. Standard definitely makes more sense for them. Also, the Sea Witch combo in wild is pretty annoying (which I still don't understand why it was reverted), so I can understand that. The bottom line for me is that in standard, at decent ranks - and lately, any rank - people play the same few decks. I guess in the end it can be chalked up to personal preference. I would rather hit some annoying mill/reno decks as opposed to playing against similar opponents every game, but I can understand how people would feel the other way.

So let me start by saying, I've been playing Hearthstone since the first few months of its release and love the game. I've gotten countless 12 wins in arena and as far as rank 1 in ranked play. I have played a ton, but have a serious question at this point in the game:

Why play the standard format? I'm not trolling, I'm looking actual reasons why people play the standard format over Wild or Arena. I've played around 50 standard games since the expansion and I probably won't play too many more. It's at a point in hearthstone where, each expansion, everyone gravitates to one of 3-4 decks. In the recent past it's been Razakus, Big priest, Jade druid, to now with cube lock and paladin. So far I feel like 80-90% have been one of those two things - cube lock or even/odd paladin. How is this preferable to playing in wild where there are many more solid decks that you can hit high ranks with? Or arena, where you can have a different experience every draft? Why do people stick to a format where, generally, only 3-5 decks are mainly played?

Again, I'm really looking for honest answers to why people are playing that format. I'd like to enjoy standard, but I just don't see the draw over the other two formats where there is much more diversity.

Greetings Hearthpwn community,

Let me start by saying, I love the arena and what it offers. In general I find that being successful in arena requires more - dare I say - skill  than the hours of grinding the ranked ladder with quest rogue and pirate warrior. However, since the change of only standard cards in arena and certainly since the launch of the last expansion, it seems to be quickly becoming very repetitive (small card pool currently, mage, paladin, rogue in every match, etc). Am I the only one who thinks that having a Wild Arena format would mix this up and be a ton of fun? It would also allow us to use those old cards we have sitting in our collection - or better yet, allow some of the newer players to experience playing with them at all. There are Standard and Wild ranked formats, why not have the same for Arena?

Any thoughts for or against this are more than welcome. I am genuinely curious if others have thought about this and think it would be a good idea.

Wont having this card in your deck also give your opponent an idea of what to expect? They can just mouse over your deck and see that you have 5 more cards to start than they do.