I think it all comes down to poorly defined archetypes. In a balanced game, you Should either be able to put a lot of big threats in your deck and out-value your opponent or you try to play on curve and grab the tempo, but you should not be able to do both. But now with cards like Wand Thief, lackeys, and primes, you can play on curve and never run out of steam. This becomes even more of a problem because card draw/generation has become way too efficient with cards like Sayge, Seer of Darkmoon or Secret Passage. It used to be that in order to generate card advantage with cards like Sprint you actually had to give up tempo, but not any more, which makes the whole concept of card advantage pretty meaningless. Even when Playing against Aggro decks like Aggro DH you usually win by playing a wall of taunts, not running them out of steam. I was happy when Divine Favor was sent away, but then they just print a card like Voracious Reader. Compare that card to Arcane Intellect or Gnomish Inventor, some actual balanced Card draw.
Began playing Hearthstone again after a long time of not playing, and decided to play some arenas. I am probably a bit rusty so I decided to draft with the Hertharena companion, but my average used to be close to 6 wins with a few hundreds of runs of experience, so I figured out I'm gonna be fine. The first draft felt quite strong, but each opponent I faced had what seemed to be a crazy strong deck for Arena. went 2-3. Then it happened twice more: 2-3 and 1-3. Literally never did so bad in Arena(or Hearthstone in general). Everything just felt completely broken.
Is the arena that bad right now? and an endless streak of broken decks, with RNG being the only thing that carries? Is there any use for me to keep playing, and losing my gold? what is your experience with arena lately?
I used to play hearthstone for over 3 years until mid-2019. Yesterday I logged in and saw quite a few big changed in the core game mechanics, including a remade economy and a new game mode. So I have a few questions:
Could anyone write a quick recap of the major changes in the past year and a half?
I see a lot of single-player content. Is any of it worth spending gold on at this point?
I am now quite busy and won't have more than a few hours a week to play, and gonna be quite casual overall. Is the new economy still f2p viable?
I FUCKING HATE THIS GAME!!!! I USED TO BE GOOD, BUT I KEEP BEING STOMPED BY EVERYTHING!!!! CAN'T CLIMB ANYMORE. EVEN RETARD FACE HUNTER SEEMS LIKE TOO MUCH FOR MY FUCKED UP PLAY. SECOND SEASON IN A ROW WHERE I CAN'T GET TO RANK 5, ONLY LOOSING BASK TO 8!!!! AND I USED TO CLIMB TO 5 EAAAASELY EVERY SEASON. AND TO TOP IT ALL, I MANAGED TO LOSE 500 MMR ON BG. FUCKING BRILLIANT.
You're a new player and so it's possible you just had a streak of bad luck, but over the course of thousands of matches you'll play if you stick to this game, rng will balance out. You'll be extremely lucky sometimes, and unlucky at other times, but most of the time luck is just average.
If you're too upset by loosing to rng, maybe a card game isn't for you. Try chess or something.
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I think it all comes down to poorly defined archetypes. In a balanced game, you Should either be able to put a lot of big threats in your deck and out-value your opponent or you try to play on curve and grab the tempo, but you should not be able to do both. But now with cards like Wand Thief, lackeys, and primes, you can play on curve and never run out of steam. This becomes even more of a problem because card draw/generation has become way too efficient with cards like Sayge, Seer of Darkmoon or Secret Passage. It used to be that in order to generate card advantage with cards like Sprint you actually had to give up tempo, but not any more, which makes the whole concept of card advantage pretty meaningless. Even when Playing against Aggro decks like Aggro DH you usually win by playing a wall of taunts, not running them out of steam. I was happy when Divine Favor was sent away, but then they just print a card like Voracious Reader. Compare that card to Arcane Intellect or Gnomish Inventor, some actual balanced Card draw.
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No Eviscerate, Edwin VanCleef, Leeroy Jenkins(or other charge minions to combo with Cold Blood) Conceal, Sap or Questing Adventurer. Valeera can draw all the cards she wants, there is simply no way to win a game as Miracle Rogue.
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Began playing Hearthstone again after a long time of not playing, and decided to play some arenas. I am probably a bit rusty so I decided to draft with the Hertharena companion, but my average used to be close to 6 wins with a few hundreds of runs of experience, so I figured out I'm gonna be fine. The first draft felt quite strong, but each opponent I faced had what seemed to be a crazy strong deck for Arena. went 2-3. Then it happened twice more: 2-3 and 1-3. Literally never did so bad in Arena(or Hearthstone in general). Everything just felt completely broken.
Is the arena that bad right now? and an endless streak of broken decks, with RNG being the only thing that carries? Is there any use for me to keep playing, and losing my gold? what is your experience with arena lately?
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I used to play hearthstone for over 3 years until mid-2019. Yesterday I logged in and saw quite a few big changed in the core game mechanics, including a remade economy and a new game mode. So I have a few questions:
Could anyone write a quick recap of the major changes in the past year and a half?
I see a lot of single-player content. Is any of it worth spending gold on at this point?
I am now quite busy and won't have more than a few hours a week to play, and gonna be quite casual overall. Is the new economy still f2p viable?
Thanks for any help
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battletag: SwordDancer#2966
EU
trade only, you go first.
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Battletag: SwordDancer#2966
Region: EU
Trade only? : yes, you go first
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Battletag: SwordDancer#2966
Region: EU
Trade Only?: Yes, you go first
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I FUCKING HATE THIS GAME!!!! I USED TO BE GOOD, BUT I KEEP BEING STOMPED BY EVERYTHING!!!! CAN'T CLIMB ANYMORE. EVEN RETARD FACE HUNTER SEEMS LIKE TOO MUCH FOR MY FUCKED UP PLAY. SECOND SEASON IN A ROW WHERE I CAN'T GET TO RANK 5, ONLY LOOSING BASK TO 8!!!! AND I USED TO CLIMB TO 5 EAAAASELY EVERY SEASON. AND TO TOP IT ALL, I MANAGED TO LOSE 500 MMR ON BG. FUCKING BRILLIANT.
FUCKKKK EVERYTHINGGGG
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Does anyone have a definitive answer? maybe with a reference to the data?
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Does getting a golden legendary sets the pity timer for regular legendaries back to 0?
tnx.
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You're a new player and so it's possible you just had a streak of bad luck, but over the course of thousands of matches you'll play if you stick to this game, rng will balance out. You'll be extremely lucky sometimes, and unlucky at other times, but most of the time luck is just average.
If you're too upset by loosing to rng, maybe a card game isn't for you. Try chess or something.
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Battletag: SwordDancer#2966
Region: EU
Trade only : Yes, you go first
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Battletag: SwordDancer#2966
Region: eu
Trade only? : Yes, you go first
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If it stays that strong after rotation then it may need a nerf.
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Maybe Reckless Diretroll is good in zoo?